Sunday, May 31, 2009
CJ, meet Sonia. Sonia, meet CJ.
I just love these photos my sister took of our daughters meeting. "Our daughters" is such a strange thing to type. We both have DAUGHTERS. I still think of us as the daughters. Anyway, seeing our daughters meet (even though it was in the backseat of a sedan in an airport parking lot) was magical. CJ seemed thrilled with her cousin, until she caught sight of herself in the mirror, that is. After that, Sonia lost a little of her appeal. Sonia did open her eyes a little at first, but them she snoozed through the rest of the introduction. I guess both girls were just acting their ages, right?
Saturday, May 30, 2009
The funny thing is, Corey was actually surprised by this.
Corey and Charlotte had a nice evening alone last Monday night while I went to Trivia. He had grand plans to make Charlie gazpacho (a cold soup made from raw vegetables). Good old Charlie Jo is not what you might call a big fan of vegetables. Not even close. So did she like the soup? Watch and find out!
At least it's fun to rub around on the tray of the highchair.
At least it's fun to rub around on the tray of the highchair.
A demonstration
Charlotte would like us all to know the proper technique for exiting the play pool.
Got it??
Got it??
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Unwrapping a present
Charlotte and I flew up to Chicago to meet little Sonia Marie! We are having a terrific time (though CJ does seem more interested in Auntie Ernie's cats than the baby) and have fallen in love with the Great Sosini. One of my favorite things to do with CJ was to unwrap her from her swaddle after she woke up. I had major deja vu watching Erin do the same thing this morning, and I caught most of it on video. She's such a little peanut!!
Monday, May 25, 2009
Charlie Osbourne
Tonight, I was able to get home at about 4:00 from work, so I relieved Niki from Charlie duty so that Niki could go to trivia night. I made Charlie a special dinner of gazpacho (did not go over well), and then we went outside to enjoy the evening.
Charlie busied herself weeding the garden (she did a nice job) by pulling weeds and taking them across the sidewalk and dumping them in the grass. (No matter - our "lawn" is of the typical Tennessee "mowed weeds" variety. We live on a limestone shelf. We're lucky to have anything growing out there.) Then Charlie bit the head off a snail. Great. I pulled the shell out of her mouth, but there was a lot of brown mushy stuff in there, too.
Charlie busied herself weeding the garden (she did a nice job) by pulling weeds and taking them across the sidewalk and dumping them in the grass. (No matter - our "lawn" is of the typical Tennessee "mowed weeds" variety. We live on a limestone shelf. We're lucky to have anything growing out there.) Then Charlie bit the head off a snail. Great. I pulled the shell out of her mouth, but there was a lot of brown mushy stuff in there, too.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Pizza and vultures
We had pizza at Mellow Mushroom (YUUUUUUUUM!) last night with Joslyne, Demetri & Zoey. Somehow I forgot to take pictures of anything but Charlotte toddling around before dinner.
Anyway, afterward we headed back to Zozo's pad for some brownies. As soon as each adult got a slice, CJ and Zozo turned into rabid vultures. Actually, they were more like zombies seeking brains (there was a lot of grunting and zombie-like noises while they grabbed aimlessly in the general direction of the chocolate treats). First they attacked me.
Then, they went after Joslyne's slice.
Thwarted, Zozo decided to chomp on an elephant instead.
It was a great night with delicious food and terrific friends!
Anyway, afterward we headed back to Zozo's pad for some brownies. As soon as each adult got a slice, CJ and Zozo turned into rabid vultures. Actually, they were more like zombies seeking brains (there was a lot of grunting and zombie-like noises while they grabbed aimlessly in the general direction of the chocolate treats). First they attacked me.
Then, they went after Joslyne's slice.
Thwarted, Zozo decided to chomp on an elephant instead.
It was a great night with delicious food and terrific friends!
Stringer Baby 2.0
We fully intend to find out the gender of our second child, but will not have that appointment until July.
If we have another girl, Niki and I are 95% sure that we will name her Elizabeth Jane Stringer (I, in particular, would probably just call her "Lizzie").
If we have a boy - well - (as you may remember from our blog posts when we were pregnant with Charlie) we still have not settled on a boy name.
We need your help.
Here are the rules:
1. Middle name should be James.
2. First name cannot start with an "O" (we do not want an "OJ").
3. First name cannot start with a "B" (we do not want a "BJ").
4. We may, or may not use initials as a nickname ("PJ", "AJ", etc.)
5. The last syllable of the first name cannot be "-er".
Do you have any thoughts? Propose a name, and tell us why you think we should use it!
If we have another girl, Niki and I are 95% sure that we will name her Elizabeth Jane Stringer (I, in particular, would probably just call her "Lizzie").
If we have a boy - well - (as you may remember from our blog posts when we were pregnant with Charlie) we still have not settled on a boy name.
We need your help.
Here are the rules:
1. Middle name should be James.
2. First name cannot start with an "O" (we do not want an "OJ").
3. First name cannot start with a "B" (we do not want a "BJ").
4. We may, or may not use initials as a nickname ("PJ", "AJ", etc.)
5. The last syllable of the first name cannot be "-er".
Do you have any thoughts? Propose a name, and tell us why you think we should use it!
Friday, May 22, 2009
CHALLENGE!!
I think Quinn wants to challenge Charlie Jo to a dance off... Click here to watch his moves!
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Shake that booty
Warning - this video is quite long (over 4 minutes), but until I learn more about editing with our movie program you're going to just have to suffer through it to see all of Charlie Jo's hot dance moves. She's a dance machine.
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