My Little Cowgirl...

Thursday was an exciting day in the life of Lorelai (or so I would imagine...) She saw the Astrodome for the first time in her life, rode a pony for the first time, and got to harrass, abuse, and generally torture many small animals! Exciting. I've also been playing around with photoshop alot the past few days, so if you hate photos that aren't all-natural, .....sorry. Of course I didn't fix any flaws on Lorelai, because quite frankly, what flaws could a 15 month old have?? I just played alot with colors and lighting (courtesy of Pioneer Woman's photoshop action sets!) So here we are! These first few of her riding the pony, loving the pony, and then very shortly after realizing my hand was not supporting her, freaking out on the pony! I settled her down and she went back to loving the pony...




Cutest. Cowgirl. EVER.
These next ones were taken at the Petting Zoo. This is probably Lorelai's favorite setting in the whole world- animals TRAPPED and forced to take her love. She LOVES animals- all animals- they just don't love her so much at this point in her life! She's a little....ummm....rough, to put it mildly. She's also very obtrusive to their daily activities. In some of these you will notice she is in their face while they are eating hay, poking their eyes, letting them know where their nose is, and she was even trying to talk to a little baby goat while he was trying to nurse. He thought she was very rude, but was nice enough back to her. There was only one animal in there who was her equal. (dum Dum DUM) The Llama. This feller chomped on all of our shirts, and only after me yelling at him while he was eating Lorelai's shirt did she get upset.



(next one) "and this is your Nose!"

"Don't worry, he doesn't bite!"

"are YOU talkin to ME??"

Lorelai: Eye! Eye! Eye!
Animal: Uncle! Uncle! Uncle!

"...kids!"

The infamous Llama:

Lorelai's response:

Big girls don't cry!

"Shhhhh! Just go."

Here are a few favorites from inside the reliant arena where the livestock show was...


All tuckered out, ready to go home...

Auntie L also bought Lorelai some fantastic cowgirl boots, pics of those to follow in the near future!

Pretty fishy!

The other day we had what was our closest to serious incident yet! It was not a serious incident, by the grace of God, but it was CLOSE and SCARY. Lorelai and I were having fun playing out in the backyard while we had workers inside finishing our floor tile, and we were playing on the deck. We went to get a closer look at the fish in our pond(can you tell where this is going?) I squatted down by Lorelai at the edge of the water, literally INCHES from her. Apparently she wanted a closer look. She took a step forward, tripped, and went head first into the pond. thank GOD I was right beside her, because it is just deep enough for the whole top of her body to go way in. Her little legs started kicking frantically on the edge, so I was able to grab on and yank her out IMMEDIATELY. She was gasping and panicking which made me gasp and panic, and we had a Dr. appt for that afternoon b/c I thought she had an ear infection (which she doesn't)so I called and told them even though it was their lunchtime, i was coming RIGHT THEN. Turns out she's fine. She didn't inhale too much nasty bacteria water, and she did hit her head on the bricks that hold up the fountain, but no concussion or permanent damage. It just took 10 years off my life, that's all.
Here's a pic of Lorelai yesterday with her bruised face:

Like I said, not that bad. Here's a pic of the pond in case you've never seen it and are wondering how big it is:

Don't be fooled by the small circumference. This pond is about 2-3 feet deep.
It's wierd because at the beginning of that day, I just had this urge to pray for God to give me the strength that I needed for that day. I remember wondering if someone I love was going to die, or if Lorelai was going to be fussy, or what it would be...
Thank God for his protection over this sweet girl!!!! (and for his forgiveness for all of the times I've thought: How could that parent have been so irresponsible to let this happen to their kid??) It literally happened within seconds. Scary!

***AS a side note: We are looking for a plastic kids playhouse and a plastic outdoor slide/climber combo. If you know anyone who is giving one away or selling one for cheap, PLEASE let us know! I check craigslist like every hour, so don't suggest that :)

Thanks!

Hello.....Hollywood?

Yes... this is Lorelai Little.

I'm ready for my close-up!



The other day Lorelai and I went to the park for a little photo-shoot. I feel like we've been soooooo busy the past few months, we haven't had a chance to take many pictures. But, we made up for it, and Lorelai is becoming quite the little fashionista thanks to grandmas and aunts!
Here are the rest of the pics of my little model.
Next stop: Hollywood!







and Lindsay, I am DYING to install my photoshop so I can get those actions!

Could it really be THAT easy???

(sorry folks, I recorded this video sideways so go ahead and turn your head to the left to watch the video...) I was most excited about this video. I am going to copy Lindsay Kirklin and post a disclaimer about how much i HATE my "mommy-voice." (The voice I use when I talk to Lorelai.) Seriously....it sounds like I'm from another country when I say "come to mama!" And, now that I've pointed it out, it's all you're going to hear. PLEASE get past that, and focus on how CUTE it is to watch the inner-struggles of a 14-month-old. This video is the complete opposite of how things usually go when I tell Lorelai not to do something. Usually, it ends with something to the effect of Lorelai throwing herself on the ground and repeatedly wailing and rolling around. (Diane, am I right?!) and, that's on a GOOD day. So, what you are about to see is NOT an accurate depiction of everyday life here. Actually, this is how Heaven must be. Your child wants to do something, hears you say no, and obeys. Rinse, Lather, repeat. So, here goes. (another sidenote...with our house being under construction, everything is breaking all at once. The guestroom toiletseat cover broke off, so this is what happens when one of us (AHEM) accidententally leaves the bathroom door open. And, the spot in the toilet is something that Lorelai threw in there earlier. Not poop.) Enjoy!

Funny Videos

Okay, so I actually hate posting videos b/c for some reason it takes my computer like 2 hours to download the video to the blog (anyone know a shortcut???) but these two were too fantastic to not post. This first one is from the other day when our friends Diane and Ashton were over. We were trying to get Lorelai to give Ashton a kiss on the head, and you can see it is clearly going to be a love/hate relationship between the two of them for now...



This one video actually took like all day to load up, so I will post the other one tomorrow!

Under Construction, A new obscenely large fish tank, and...

We will start with the construction. We got our new cabinets in Friday, so this has been a weekend full of ripping the old ones out, and putting the new ones in. We are just starting today to install the new ones, but this is what our kitchen looks like right now:


So today I am asking myself the question, why, oh why did I let Shawn buy this new fish tank??? think it's 110 gal and it takes up the whole back wall of our dining room (where the mirror use to be.) It really is pretty, and he really did get a good deal on it, but it is SO over the top. Our old tank caught some disease, and EVERY fish but one died. It was the worst massacre our house has experienced. He was going to have to buy a bunch of new stuff that would've been expensive, so instead we decided to get this monster off of Craigslist:

This morning, while Shawn was admiring said new fish tank, he came across something rather disturbing...

THE GHOST OF FISH TANKS PAST! Do you see the freaky, happy-looking-whale creature in the rock? I thought when Shawn showed it to me it was a fish that had gotten trapped in the rock and was decomposing (wouldn't have been the first time...) but NO. It is a part of the rock that chipped during transfer from one tank to the next. creepy.
I know it's not Mary, but how much do you think we could get it for on Ebay? :)

Scrapblog

Okay so I found this link on my friend Jodi's page and am already obsessed with it. It isn't as high-tech or cool as using photoshop for digital scrapbooking, but it is FREE and easy! I've already created 2 pages, so check back periodically and see if I've posted anything more!
http://www.scrapblog.com/viewer/Viewer.aspx?sbid=1400430