Random

Here are some random pictures of the fam. go here http://jeremyandmaile.blogspot.com to see pics of my new nephew. James Jeremiah Srader, he is precious.

Easter Sunday

Charcey being a ham bone

Kit and Foster playing in the snow at the cabin

Foster layered up for the snow


Foster and his MeMe

Two peas in a pod

This is Memarj, my 88 year old Grandmother

mmm, yummy dirt!

Foster and Charcey swinging on Easter instead of hunting eggs

Foster crashed with his DiDi (bottle) and night-night

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHARCEY

Today my precious niece turned 2! I can't believe it has been two years since God sent us this little angel, I remeber every single detail about the day she was born, little did I know the impact this child would have on my life. She makes me laugh everyday and blesses me beyond measure. Happy Birthday sweet girl! I love you more than you know.

Charcey opening gifts at her "carnival" birthday party

Aggie

Meet the new addition to our family
Aggie Bennett Black, she is now 13 weeks old
(you can probably guess how she got her name)
Aggie is a sweet dog and is great with Foster, she loves to snuggle and is pretty layed back. It is so funny when she runs because she steps on her ears and trips herself, it doesn't seem to phase her, she gets up and keeps going. Her favorite toy is one of Foster's slinkies, who would of thought.
Now that we have Aggie, Foster thinks he is boss. He is always saying "no, no, Aggie" and "Aggie... outide an tee-tee" He wakes up in the morning and the first thing he says is "where Aggie?" He loves to lay in her bed with her and she likes to lay on his "night-night," although he isn't always real happy about that. She is growing super fast!

Update

I know my blogs are few and far between so thanks to those of you who have not given up on me. I thought I would share some pictures of Foster from the last few weeks.
Foster went to the circus for the first time 2 weeks ago, he liked the first 30 minutes and riding the elephant but past that he was done...oh well. Charcey really liked the circus, she watched pretty much the whole show, she was so cute with her cotton candy, light up wand and snow cone.
The rest of the pictures are of Foster just doing his daily thing.
Stay tuned because my next blog will be about the new addition to our family... her name is Aggie and she is a 9 weeks old Bassett Hound. We will be getting her Friday so you should see pictures early next week. I can't tell you how excited I am!
Foster's new favorite place to play is our neighbor's yard

he is making himself at home on their fence

Yip, that's me with the kids on an elephant (the kid in the back is holding on for dear life)

Charcey watching the Circus... Foster, more interested in the balloon.

Foster running like a mad man through the house.

The only time all of us actually got to sit and watch a second of the circus

Foster acting G.Q.
speaking his mind (which is a lot these days)

Uh Oh Mommy

Foster has truly hit the toddler stage. He is always on the go and does not stay still unless he is sleeping. He says many words now, but most recently his favorite saying is "uh oh mommy" I have come to know that when I hear this there really is an UH OH.

Tuesday mornig while getting ready for work, I heard Foster shuffling around by my night stand. I turned to see what he was doing and before the words "Foster, NO!" could come out of my mouth... my glasses were snapped into two. My first reaction was anger but as I walked over to him he stared at me with those big brown eyes and while blinking inocently he ventured to say "uh oh mommy, uh oh." Of course I couldn't resist that little, sweet voice so I kindly said "please don't play with anything on mommy's nightstand anymore."

Little did I know that letting him off the hook with his new favorite saying was to lead to the next few adventures.

Foster and Charcey dumping out a box of straws all over the kitchen floor at my Mom's house. Did he get in trouble? nope, all he had to say was
"Uh Oh MEME"
In less than 3 seconds he cleared an entire bookshelf all the while yelling "Uh Oh, Uh Oh."

In the car with a container of snacks, from my rearview mirror, I see cheeries flying through the air. I turned and looked at Foster in his seat... you guessed it. "Uh Oh Mommy" (this picture does not do it justice)

After all the uh oh's he finally crashed out on his couch.

Our new lesson for the week is to learn the true meaning of UH OH, that is, things are only an uh oh when it is an accident not an excuse to get away with everything.

I'll let you know how it goes :)

Thanksgiving

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. This year we went to the Black family ranch and enjoyed a good ole country feast. Foster loved playing on the tractors and "mooing" at the cows. He also got to go into the horse barn and feed the horses (however he was much more interested in climbing on all of the hay) Once we returned from the farm we spent the rest of the evening with my family.

What a humbling day, we truly have so much to be thankful for. The Lord has blessed us abundantley, though we are so undeserving. I hope you all took time to reflect on everything you have been blessed with and are thankful for.

"Praise be to God who has blessed us indeed"

Happy Halloween

This year Halloween was especiallyof fun. Foster and Charcey were old enough to enjoy it, they dressed up, walk around, and received a lot of candy. Foster dressed up as a giraffe and Charcey dressed up as a dragonfly. We celebrated Halloween by attending "Halloween Happening" at Randall High School on Thursday night. Friday night we visited friends houses and enjoyed the carnival out at Lake Tanglewood.

This is one of the only pictures we have of Foster wearing his giraffe head, he wasn't too fond of it.

The Dads and Kids at Halloween Happening

One of the few times where us moms are actually in a picture

Foster trying to figure out his costume