Pumpkim Patch

We had our now annual visit to the pumpkin patch. This year we went with Lanie's daycare field trip. We had a pleasant time. No one got bit by any animals. They also moved the pigs to a pin in which they cannot be fed. This may or may not be because I called them after my incident last year when one of them tried to take my finger off. At least they took me serious since the guy laughed at me on the phone. Not a good idea when I am already perturbed. I'm already looking forward to next year!!

Pin the pigs now reside in!

Corn maze. Took a few trys and short cuts but we managed to find the way out.

Kids enjoyed the wagon for the long maze.

This is Lanie's favorite spot in this stroller. She will just sit in it when they are playing outside since it has buckles which she is obsessed with.

Cowgirl Lanie

Not happy about this pre church photo session.

Lil bit happier but not about to look at the camera cause I know that is what mommy and daddy want me to do.

Alright I am done...gotta make my get away quick.

What another pic with mom?

and Dad??

Not the best model this morning but could have been much worse. We had to capture these pink cowgirl boots Aunt Kassidy got for her. I am sad to say that I was going to have her wear them a few weeks ago and her foot wouldn't fit. :(

Tulsa State Fair

Someone else feeding the camel. You will understand after you read the below comments.

I was getting worried this ostrich was starting to think bad thoughts so we moved further away directly after getting this pic. Not sure why Lanie looks so unhappy. O wait she really doesn't like to be constrained to be still so I am sure that is it.

Big Pink Fire Truck

We did bring her stroller, but she was tired of it at this point. So now she is enjoying playing/pulling mommies hair. Notice her hair is getting a bit longer yet still curly.

Daddy's so tall she can see everything sitting on his shoulders.

We do try to attend the state fair every year. Lanie loved the food but she was not big enough to ride rides or anything like that. So we went to the petting zoo. Unfortunately Lanie's first Fall we went to a pumpkin patch/petting zoo. I actually got bit my a pig. Darn thing tried to take my finger off. That event has pretty much ruined petting zoos for my children as I won't let Lanie feed any animal with her hands now. Yes I do admit that I am over protective, but she only has 10 fingers and I would prefer she keep them all. Luckily they had these little shovel type things to put the food on to feed the animals. So we did get to partake in feeding them just not with our hands. A few days after our fair visit we learned that we totally missed a building with a whole bunch of kid friendly activities. At least we know for next year!

Chuck E Cheese Please

Watching a game with her buddy LiLi (Eli).

She Loves slides.

This is the face of someone ready to dominate.

Daddy showing her how the game works. Of course if you know Lanie she did it her way anyways.

O WOW!!

Meeting Chuck E Cheese for the 1st time.

She's not scared of much of anything. (Except Santa which we learned a few months later)

We met some friends at Chuck E Cheese. This was Lanie's first time and she loved it. She ran from game to game. It is fun to be able to let her enjoy kid friendly places for a special treat.

PARK

This is a short post but wanted to show you Lanie's favorite big red car in her favorite park. We go here every time the weather is nice. Also notice the hair progression over the next few posts.

Going Somewhere??

One day Lanie got on this kick of "packing her car" with all her toys. It was fairly entertaining watching her lil mind work through this process. We finally just started handing her toys for her to pack since everything she got out of the car to get more toys everything would fall out. Then she would get frustrated and start all over. One thing about it this is one determine lil girl. Once she gets her mind set there is no way she is a changing it. Note: I have no idea where that trait cam from!

July......R U KIDDING???

So for everyone out there who keeps up with my blog and continually only have seen the update I did in July...I'M SO SORRY!!! What can I say, life got a lot hectic and the blog seemed like the logically choice of something to give up for a bit. Then you know how it goes once you get out of the habit of doing something it is soooo hard to get back into it (ex. exercising).

The end of 2010 taught me a whole lot about life, work, and family. I have learned what my limits are and that I truly am going to do my best to not allow myself to get past that point again. It all started with work picking up quite a bit. I mean for 3 months I worked 55-60 hours per week which meant LONG days and working on the weekends so therefore other things had to slide. Any "free" time was spent with Lanie (and the hubby) and cleaning the house for an occasional house showing. O yes don't forget our house was on the market (and still is) during this time as well. I essentially had to give up all my time off during the holidays to meet some deadlines. We still traveled to see our parents so they could enjoy Bart and Lanie's company and occasionally get to see me during my breaks.

I have been debating back and forth on whether to just start updating the blog starting at the current moment in time OR trying to play catch up and updating it for some events over the last few months. I was leaning towards the first option until I read a blog last night about mother's are memory keepers for their kid's lives. Pretty much a punch in the gut!!! I know that I have slacked on taking pictures let alone downloading them/printing them. I am just not the scrapbooking or anything creative for that matter type of person. I have tried to do various projects with friends and always just seem to make myself feel worse and inadequate. So I am making a pledge to myself to make blog books for my children so they can make all memories documented. Yes I know that means I HAVE to be much more diligent about updating my blog. So here's to a new year (wait are we already almost in March).....Here's to the rest of this year to keep my blog up to date for my poor child's sake. I truly want her to have pictures to look back on to remember all the fun family events we do. So now I need to get busy with catch up!!!! (Wonder how many hours this will take).