Horses and Shopping

Delaney and I went to my friend English's daughter Eliza's third birthday party. Steve and English had rented ponys for the kids to ride and there were also baby goats and bunny rabbits. Delaney LOVED the pony!!! The pony people said they had never seen a girl this young have no fear of the pony and wanting to ride over and over and over.





What am I going to do? The child wants a pony now.

Petting the goats was really fun.

Delaney liked to pet the fuzzy rabbits. I had to remind her a little bit to be gentle.

The birthday girl Eliza gets ready to blow out the candles on her pink horse cake. Drew, Bella, and Q wait anxiously.

The Lees gave up their old shopping cart so Delaney could have one to play with at home. Delaney likes to get her purse and "shop" around the house, just like Mommy.





















1...3....GO!!!! Delaney sometimes skips 2 before she runs.


Olive snuggles up with Delaney's banana.

Spooky possessed eating face

Delaney tends to roll her eyes in her head when she is eating sometimes. I know she loves her food and all, but it is kinda weird.

Getting Ready for Christmas

Delaney loves her some singing Christmas mouse

A little belly action...



Delaney shows off her cleaning skills dressed like Santa

Delaney shows off her moves once again

Band Parties and Thanksgiving Dinner Part 1 and 2

The night before Thanksgiving, Randy and I went to see a band "The Electric Company" that is made up of guys I went to high school with. They were doing a reunion show and it was a lot of fun. My girls from work (and those who used to be at work) came and we had so much fun!!
Mary Holland, Mary, Sarah, me, Liz, and English

The current girls---Mary, English, Liz, and me

Little Santa makes a mess while she eats.

Before going to Nanas to celebrate Thanksgiving we had some photo moments on the stairs.



Thanksgiving was DELICIOUS!!! and the company was wonderful. Grammy and Delaney were super cute together.





Thanksgiving Dinner Part 2 was at Jackie's house. Before we went Delaney decided to model her fancy Turkey Day outfit and her goggles.



The goggles were traded for her sunglasses and Delaney gets excited about the holidays as she points out Hannukah troll in her Judakitsch book that she loves.

There was still time left to pose with Santa Elmo...

...and her alligator Grammy bought her in New Orleans...Henry...prounounced "hen-ri" because he is French.

The Lights at Saluda Shoals Park

We went to Saluda Shoals Park to see all of the beautiful Christmas lights. The night we went was the only night where you could walk through---otherwise you have to drive. It is totally worth it to walk and we had so much fun! The weather was nice but a little drizzly. It made for nice photo effects because it looked like snow.

My friend Danielle and her husband Clif met up with us and they showed their sweet tooth.

Bananas and Turkeys

Delaney's new favorite toy is this ridiculous stuffed banana that I won her at The State Fair this year. She sleeps with it, hugs it nonstop, and even tries to take it in the bath with her. The other day I caught her trying to ride it like a pony. Wow.



Delaney got all suited up to go to my Shandon Turkey Trot 8K race. Before we left, she showed us how she can do the Moonwalk. I don't have a video yet, but yes, she does the actual Michael Jackson moonwalk. My child is the shizzle.



I did great in the run. It was a 5-miler and my time was 39:10. I came in 19 out of 77 women, which I think was pretty good. There were some real serious runners there that day. The course was really stupid---you did a great 2.5 miles, nice and flat, and then at the end you did the same 2.5 miles again. With all of Shandon to run in, I thought that was pretty stupid. Oh well. Delaney and I hugged the nice turkey they had at the end.

18 month old Cool Chick and Oysters

Delaney had her 18 month old checkup this week. Everything is great and she continues to be a tall skinny minny!! 22 pounds 8 oz (23%), 33 3/4" (78%).

Miss Thing likes to wear her sunglasses on her head like her mommy.





We thought this pic of the dogs was hilarious. Just hangin' with Elmo.


We went to the SC Oyster Festival this weekend and met up with my friends Liz and Mary. Jackie was there too and we had a great time! Delaney managed to sucker her daddy into going down one of those dreaded inflatable slides again. I secretly thinks Randy loves it.

Delaney hadn't seen Liz in a while but immediately became best friends with her and wanted her to show her around the festival.

Always the lady....Delaney enjoys some mint chocolate chip ice cream.

I LOVE this dress ----thank you Jean!!! I know that it has lobsters on it..but that was the closest thing to oysters I could find.

The 24 hour stomach bug affected our family this past weekend and THANK GOD it did not hit Delaney. It hit me first, then Randy...and then unfortuanetly my friend Mary who we saw at the oyster festival. It was a pretty nasty 24 hours but, on the bright side, I lost 4 pounds.