Book Exchange!

I am so excited. I sent a few of you a book exchange letter and IT WORKS!!! I hope you all participated, somebody did because Daisy received her first book today! I was so excited. So even if she doesn't get anymore books we evened out because I only bought one book and now we have a new book for Daisy! I rarely ever participate in anything like this, but thought it sounded fun! Can't wait to read Daisy her new book, "God knows all about me"!!!!

Pumpkin Patch!

Daddy has started a new rotation, Anesthesiology, YEA!!!!!!!!! Why am I so excited? Because since July 1st Chris has his first full weekend OFF!!!!!!!!! AND he should have weekends off for the entire month!! We are so excited to have some time with daddy!!

So today we took Daisy to a pumpkin patch! I am not sure Chris was very excited, but once we got there and saw all the activities, he changed his mind! This place was AWESOME. It is called ORR Family Farms. They have a train, a carousel, petting zoo, hayride, pumpkin patch, corn maze, peddle cars, jumping pillows, giant sand box, playground, mining for jewels, sand volleyball, horseshoes, fishing, and even a place for weddings! We had such a good time, here are some of our favorite pictures in slightly random order:

There were so many good picture spots around the farm. Here is Daisy and one of the giant pumpkins!

PS--thanks to aunt leslie for this adorable outfit and to the Anderson's for the fall hair bows! Daisy's shirt says "So cute its scary"

Family picture!

Picking her pumpkin in the pumpkin patch. They were just her size, which was so fun!

She was so proud!

Hayride with Daddy

A horse shaped tire swing, that was too big for Daisy.

The jumping pillows! Hard to explain, kind of like a huge inflatable trampoline halfway buried in the ground! The kids loved them and Daisy loved it when the kids jumped and bounced her!

The petting zoo. Daisy wasn't sure about it. This picture was taken seconds before a giant lama almost ran us over! The goats climb to the top of this thing and there is a conveyor belt that the kids put food in and crank it up to the goats. It is funny to see goats climb like this!

A pig! GROSS. I was trying to be brave for Daisy. He felt like a porcupine!

Daisy was unsure about the bunny. It's okay Daisy mommy doesn't really care for rabbits either!

The train ride around the farm!

The Carousel. Daisy LOVES to ride the carousel at the zoo and this one was no exception, except this time we could ride as many times as we wanted! Good thing she is too young to know that!

We did ride it twice. We had such a good day!

In other news, Daisy still loves her pink car. We take it on walks every night, but the car has to come back into the house because she LOVES it so much. This is one of my new favorite outfits of Daisy's! Thanks to the grandparents and friends for all the new clothes!

Earlier this week Daisy and I met Dara and Evan at the zoo (and baby S in Dara's tummy). The weather was perfect. Dara took lots of pictures and she posted them on her blog page, you should check them out. (I have Dara's page linked to my page just click on The Stewards on the right hand side of my page). I hope everyone is doing well and staying healthy!

Her pictures are HERE!!!

We are so excited about these pictures! There are more but here are some. They turned out so CUTE!!! The photographer lady wanted us to only use two outfits, but I am so glad we pushed to use three. Daisy did so well and it was difficult to pick which ones to enlarge! Hope you enjoy!










PS--we had these taken at JC Penny.

Daisy is ONE!

Well, it is official Daisy is now ONE! She had a great birthday. We first had her pictures made, which turned out so cute, and then we took a stroll around the neighborhood in her car! When we got back home she cried when we took her out of her car, so we carried the car back into the house and she ate snack in her car! Good thing the car comes with a cup holder!

Daisy went to the doctor today for her check up. She is 17 lbs 5oz, and 29 3/4inches long! This keeps her in the same percentiles 5% for weight and almost 90% for length and 95th percentile for head circumference(thanks daddy!). Everything checked out fine, except we will be visiting a pediatric physical therapist to make sure her left foot is okay (she stands on the inside of it).

Here are some pictures from the last couple of weeks.

When I was hanging out at the farm over labor day Daisy spent some quality time with her grandparents. This was the first 'overnight' trip for her (and me). We both did well! This is her favorite thing to do with grandpa--swimming!
These are some pictures from Daisy's first trip to the zoo. She really loved it!

And this is Bimmer's latest accessory. He has chewed his paw pad off and it is slow to heal so he is now sporting a cone! Poor thing runs into everything with this on. We keep trying to take it off and he immediately starts licking his paw again! Hopefully it will heal soon!

PARTY!!!!!!!

Here are some of the pictures from Daisy's birthday party! We had such a great day. Daisy loved every minute of it and she is definitely not afraid to be the center of attention! We missed all of our friends from out of town, but were definitely blessed by all the friends and family who were able to come! Thanks to everyone for such a great day.

Here is Daisy's giant cupcake cake! I think it turned out cute!This was Daisy's 'throne' for the day. I saw this idea online and decided I could make it myself!

This is Daisy and cousin Lilly playing with Daisy's new swing set from Nana and Jim! She LOVES to swing!

Daisy and her new wheels! She cannot get enough of her new car, I cannot wait to take her on a walk around the block in it! Just what every girl needs a pink car!

Eating her cake!

This pictures turned out so cute. As everyone was singing happy birthday to Daisy she started to clap!!! (thanks Kelly for taking pictures). Again thanks to everyone. We had such a great day!

Garrison Farm 2009

What a wonderful weekend! What to say......good friends and LOTS of LAUGHS!!!! I was sad to leave, but ready to see my little girl and hubby! I am already looking forward to another get together with my girls, what a blessing to have such wonderful friends for life! We missed all of you who were not able to come!

September is here!

Can you believe it? Daisy will be ONE in exactly TWO WEEKS!!!! There has been so much going on around here. I have so many updates. Always behind!!!! The weather has been so nice this past week. Daddy finally had a day off this weekend. We had such a great time! We took Daisy to the zoo for the first time! We took A LOT of pictures that I will have to post soon. Today Dara, Evan, Baby Steward, Danielle, Jackson, Stacy, Lola and Elle all came to visit! We had so much fun and it is so neat to see everyone's kids. We missed Maddie though! I miss all my friends so much and wish we could hang out all the time! Until I can post recent pictures here are some pictures from the past few weeks to get you by.

Daisy tried a new hairdo the other day. She really does not like it when I fix her hair, so generally it is a mess! Daddy does not like headbands, but I thought since her hair is longer he might like them better. I think she looks so cute and old in these pictures!

Daisy has really been growing lately. I cant wait to see how much she weighs! Her new favorite thing is her snack trap. The other evening when Nana was in town, before bed she was playing and sure enough she found her diaper bag, dug out the snack trap and started eating snacks!!! It was so cute she was kind of hiding behind the couch like she was doing something she wasn't supposed to be!

PINK BOOTS! Daddy bought Daisy these boots last September at a Rodeo I think. (He was volunteering to do mouth cancer screenings, not watching the rodeo!!) Daisy's feet have just now grown into them and she looked so cute in her pink dress and boots. Just like an Oklahoma Girl!


So we have been thinking back about our lives at this time last year. Chris and I looked back through old pictures and this is what we found!!!!! I cannot believe how HUGE I was! The body is so amazing! This picture was taken two days before Daisy was born! So glad she didn't wait any longer!
We are off (Daisy and I) to the Garrison farm for Labor day! Can't wait to catch up with more friends! Hope to post more soon!