It'a a new day...

What a crazy day!! This afternoon I had to take our dog Riley to the vet. What a chore! To have an eight month and a fifty pound dog all by myself...I know one thing for sure, I don't want to do that again for a very long time!! I needed to get into the vet ASAP because Riley was in pretty bad shape and the only time I could go was during nap time so you can only imagine. So while at the vet, Riley got tangled up in the stroller I don't know how many times and Farrah was fussy to add to it all. Riley gets to have surgery on Wednesday for a lot of different reasons. We bred her two times and had some really great big litters and we were thinking we needed to her her fixed because she is getting to old to have anymore puppies. Last year she was diagnosed with the dog version of breast cancer. We had the tumor drained and were told to just watch for anything else. So last month she had her heat cycle and two weeks later she developed these masses on every mammary gland. So on Wednesday she gets to have every mammary gland removed and we have to have her fixed. This is hard because this is James' first hunting dog and she is a wonderful pet. She is so gentle and great with all my nieces and nephews. It was going to be a hard decision to have the surgery or to put her down because we just don't want her to suffer but our vet, who we love, assures us that Riley will be just fine. Thank goodness!!

This is a big stress for me because of the money. All I have to say is God is so good!! We have been "patients" with our vet for eleven years now and he is giving us a huge discount!! The surgery could of ended up costing us $700-$800 and we are only going to be out a little less the $200. What a blessing!!

We were leaving the vet and I was putting Farrah in her car seat which she has all of a sudden decided that she doesn't like. And I noticed.......two teeth!! Now the fussiness makes sense. I'm gong to miss that toothless grin but what a fun new chapter in her life. She has been up to a lot lately. She is rolling everywhere! She pulled herself up to a stand on the coffee table. We moved the table out! The other day I was in the kitchen washing bottles and she was real quiet and I went to peek in on her and she pulled herself up to a stand against the couch! She was so proud of herself. This little girl makes me smile!! She is so close to crawling. She gets on all fours and rocks back and forth. She will go backwards but hasn't figured out the forward motion. She will be crawling in no time. James and I were talking about her the other night and how fun Christmas is going to be this year. I'm sure she will get lots of no's for touching the tree. I do have one question though...How do you get on to your child without laughing?? I will tell her no and she starts laughing and "winking" at me. How can I resist that?? Oh so sweet that little girl!

Here's another random thought. After I'm done typing I go back and proof read and it cracks me up how hick I am and how many typos I have. I want to have a post that I don't proof and see how many laugh's I can get from it. Am I that only one that does this??

Happy Birthday Grandma!

Last weekend we celebrated James' grandmother's 85th birthday. Grandma is one amazing lady!! So her entire well almost entire family was with her to celebrate. She has seven children and six were there with her for her birthday.

James' family minus one brother, Joel wasn't able to make it this weekend.



Grandma with her kids. There is one son that wasn't able to make it.



Grandkids, I think there were eleven grandkids that weren't able to make it.



Great-Grandkids, there are a lot more great-grandkids I have no idea how many more there are.



The whole gang...well kinda.



Happy Bithday Grandma Fortner!!

Happy Halloween!

What a great first Halloween! We had so much fun taking Farrah around. We got a ton of comments!



This picture cracks me up. James and I kept getting hit with Farrah's antenna's all night. The funny thing is Farrah kept that headband on all night. Not once did she take them off.



Our first stop was to the carnival at my mom and dad's church.



Then off to go trick or treating with friends.











After trick or treating we headed to see Lula and Papa Jim. That was a good treat as well! Farrah had one full day!! Uncle Jay gave Farrah her first piece of candy....good thing he's a dentist!

Pumpkin Time!!

This morning we took Farrah to her very first pumpkin patch. It is so much fun doing all these "first's" with Farrah. I have wanted to do all these fun family things for so long and now to have a child to make memories with just makes it all the more special.

We have such a busy day and we really wanted to fit this in so we did the pumpkin patch first thing this morning. We took Farrah for her first wagon ride and she LOVED it! She was more interested in the wagon handle than the pumpkins, I guess I know what to get Farrah for her birthday! She just makes me smile. Just to see her discover the world through her eyes it's just priceless! The way she follows anything that moves, that sparkles, that makes noise....I just love it!!

My scarecrow!



First wagon ride.







Checking out this pumpkin...not real sure what to do with it.



We have a busy Saturday. Today James' family had a birthday for his grandmother who just turned 85! What an incredible woman. We got to see a lot of family and then we are off to trick or treat so we will have many more posts to come!

8 months!!

It's to hard to say!! Farrah Nichole you are eight months old!! Where oh where has the time gone??

What you are up to these days...

You are sitting up like a pro!

You said your first "word" of course it was dada. This made your daddy VERY proud!

You are wearing a size 6 months in clothes.

You are still wearing a size 2 in diapers.

You weigh around 17 pounds.

You "talk" all the time!

You still LOVE your bottle and are not in the least little bit interested in a sippy cup.

You are VERY curious! You want to touch everything and stare at everybody. It's pretty darn cute.

You like to rough house. You crawl all over me and are very active.

You just started to show first signs of crawling. You will get on all fours and start rocking back and forth. It will be very soon!!

Little angel you are just so precious! There is not one day that goes by that you don't make us laugh or smile! We love you and are so proud to be your mommy and daddy!





I am so excited that the season is finally changing!! You have a lot of new fall clothes and you finally get to wear them! I was thinking the other day, it's really sad that you have more clothes then me. Oh well you have a good excuse....you are so much fun to buy for!!

Here is one of my favorites!

Farrah likes...

Dancing With the Stars!! She doesn't watch a lot of TV but when she does notice the TV it usually has music on it. So the other night I was watching Dancing With the Stars and she caught my eye. She was so quiet! This does not happen very often. She is one little talker so for her to be quiet you know something has caught her attention. This is how I found her.



It's hard to believe that Farrah will be eight months old the end of the week. I will give you an update later for her eight month b-day.

Little Miss Flirt!

Farrah is flirting!! It is the funnest thing to see her do. She starts laughing and then she "winks". Her wink is closing both eyes but you can tell she is winking. She started doing this last week when we met my brother and sister-in-law and nephew. We were having lunch with them and Lucas was playing with Farrah and she started doing this thing with her eyes. We were watching her and just laughing because this was the first time she had done this. Of course Lucas had to preform and Farrah would laugh and then wink. We all got a really good chuckle. Then she did it for James and James of course finds any opportunity to make her "wink". It's pretty sweet to watch them together.

Last week I ordered some baby legs for Farrah and they finally came in. Oh my goodness they are sooo cute!! I ordered a pair for her costume for Halloween and then a pair to just try. I will be buying more of these!!



Farrah is sooo busy right now. She is really keeping me on my toes. I had her sitting on the couch the other day and went to get a drink (gone like 2 seconds) and when I came back she was layed over with her head hanging off the edge just laughing! She is going to be my one that loves adventure. She loves to be "rough"!!