Miss Priss is 10 months old!

Well, I am still waiting on time to slow down and it doesn't seem to be happening!!  Charli had her 9 month pics taken with Michelle Frick a couple of weeks ago.  We decided to shoot outside at the park in Frisco.  The wind was blowing and there were a few distractions, but of course Michelle managed to capture many amazing pics for us!

Charli has become quiet the mama's girl these days!  We have so much fun together!  We went to the carnival at my school this weekend and Charli was so excited to see everyone.  She was a trooper and let everyone just pass her around.  We decided to drive to Sulphur Springs after the carnival and surprise Meme and Pop.  They were definitely surprised!!  We made their weekend that is for sure!  Just two weeks till Thanksgiving.  I am definitely ready for a break from the normal routine! 

Happy Halloween

Charli's first Halloween has been fun. There is not too much to do with a 10 month old (yes, Charli turned 10 months on the 29th!!!!) on Halloween, but we made the most of it! We started the day off with a flu shot (fun for her huh!) and then we visited Grandma and Papa Roden. Then we were off to get some photos taken of C in her costume. She is a spider in a web.

It is too cute! When I was a little girl my mother always made Halloween so fun! We always decorated the front porch all up scarey (even played scarey music) and my mom sometimes dressed up like a witch. When Charli gets a little older I will try and make things a bit more memorable for her. Halloween night here at our house is a lot of football and passing out candy to the little trick or treaters that stop by. Happy Halloween to all of you!!

Where has the time gone?

I can't believe Charli is just a week away from being 10 months old! Where has the time gone? It seems like just a month or two ago when we brought her home from the hospital. I can honestly say I have embraced every single minute of every day with her. Everyone told me how fast the time would fly and they were so right. It is so very bittersweet!!

This past weekend Darren and I took Charli to the State Fair of Texas for her first visit. When I was a kid, my parents brought me and my sisters to the fair every year during TX/OU weekend.

Darren and I have visited every year we have been together as well and we hope to keep this tradition going with Charli now. My parents and my sister Shelley and her two sons Shaddox and Shaden came and met us at the fair. We were very sad Shelbi and Travis couldn't make it. They already had plans to go to U2 in Oklahoma.

Shelley and I had a BLAST riding the old school rides at the fair!

MeMe had a GREAT time playing with Shaddox and Charli all day! She held Charli almost the entire time. She said Charli kept telling her she wanted to go home with MeMe and Pop, but I just wouldn't let her go! :)

Life is great!

Ok, so I am TOTALLY new to this blogging thing! I am a Facebook junkie and enjoy a little scrapbooking at Shutterfly and that is about it. Although I am pretty "tech friendly," I am not experienced with Photoshop nor with Blogspot. So...bare with me as I am a newbie!

Michelle Frick has been taking Charli's "Baby's First Year" pics.  This is her 6 month pic.  The pic on the main page is also taken by Michelle.  She is just amazing at capturing those perfect moments!   

  Charli decided to cooperate and pose for a pic on the horsie at Chuck E Cheese at a birthday party.  She was still a bit wobbly at sitting up and holding herself up so we had to shoot quick!! 

Life is great! Darren, Charli and I are loving our life together. Charli is 6 months old and just a week away from 7 months. The joy she brings to our lives is just amazing. Our families just can't get enough of her. My parents, Meme and Pop, live an hour and a half away so they don't get to see her every weekend, but we make time very regularly to meet up and visit often.

 My sister Shelley had a baby boy, Shaddox, just 7 weeks after Charli was born. We are so excited to watch our babies grow up together! Shelbi continues to spoil her with clothes and kisses. She and Travis live in Longview so it is tricky getting together.

  Darren's family is just as in love with her.  His parents and brother and sister think the world of Charli.  We are very lucky to be surrounded by so many wonderful loving people.

Smiles!