Just pictures

30Sep09

Since I’m clearly not good at updating blogs nowadays, I’ll just upload a few pictures for you. My Aunt Michelle called this the “analog pregnancy” since I’ve been inconsistent about e-mail, blogging, and generally everything having to do with the computer!

Nola & Matilda at the farmer’s market

checkin’ out the animals at the apple farm

Looking at the enormous pig

Apples come from trees?

yum

playground in Charlestown

The USS Cassin Young

Pooped out in front of the Zakim Bridge

Halloween costume

32-ish weeks pregnant

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Maine, belatedly

19Aug09

Oops, I got behind again. Sorry. Summer weather FINALLY arrived in New England around the first of August, and we had two wonderful trips to Maine to ring in the season. The first was to Camden to see our friends Travis, Diana, and Matilda. Travis and Diana were lucky enough to be able to teach at the Maine Media Workshops, and they were there for a month. I uploaded these pics to flickr.

The second trip was to see our friends Todd and Sharon, who have a house in Otisfield, Maine, which is pretty much in the middle of nowhere. We had fun swimming in the pond, eating good food and making multiple trips to Reny’s, Maine’s favorite department store. I haven’t uploaded Linda’s pictures from the second trip, but will do so ASAP. I promise.

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summer outings

15Jul09

Summer has (sort of) arrived FINALLY. I know that Mississippi has been sweltering, but I swear, I think we saw the sun twice in June, so just understand that we were itching to get out of the house. A few weeks ago we went to the zoo, which was fun. There are two zoos in the Boston area, Jackson Park Zoo and Stone Zoo. We went to Stone Zoo, which is smaller and closer. It was the perfect amount for a two year old. Ask her and she will tell you about seeing a yak, an owl, a monkey, and a giraffe. The funny thing is that Stone Zoo doesn’t have a giraffe. Go figure.

No, this isn't a real wolf. The real one is on the other side of that glass.

Nola and a cougar

snake

Last weekend the tall ships came to Boston and Mark, Linda, Nola and I decided to go check them out. It was hot and crowded, but a really nice day and fun to get into Boston.

Uncle Mark and Nola by the tall ships

Gran doing her duty

Then, we walked to the Rose Kennedy Greenway in search of a fountain for Nola to get her feet wet, and a restaurant for hot, pregnant mama to sit down in. We found a fountain, but Nola was way more interested in the carousel that was set up nearby. She loved it!

Later, after we ate dinner at a really nice restaurant (it was the only one we could find without a wait), we headed home way past her bedtime. She was so tired and started crying in the car. Poor baby. While she was crying she kept saying things like, “I ride the green horsey!” and “Mama has a baby in her belly!” all while wailing. It was pretty cute. She was still crying when we got home and she climbed into her brand new big girl bed. You can see here how proud she is on days when she’s not having a crying fit:

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I’m a nut

25Jun09

Nola has been practicing for the preschool graduation day they are having at school tomorrow. She doesn’t normally go to school on Fridays, but I might take her just so she can perform this song that her class has been practicing together for so long. I don’t know the song, but can get the gist of it from her remarkably advanced musical skills. If you want to know the words though, I found the lyrics on a Kid Songs blog.

At the end she says, “I wanna see,” which is the main reason I don’t take a ton of pictures anymore. Whenever I get out the camera she just wants to look at the screen and see pictures of herself.

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Farmer Nola

02Jun09

Well, we had a very busy month of May. Uncle Mark graduated, which brought Papa and Mama Lisa (now known as Sisa or Mama Sisa). Although my dad had to head back to his judging duties, my mom stayed for a little over three weeks, and we had a great visit. Uncle Paul came for a long weekend and was here for Nola’s 2nd birthday, which was a crazy but fun party. Unfortunately, I kept leaving my camera at home, or forgot to charge its batteries. But, my mom took tons of pictures. I’m not holding my breath, but maybe I’ll get a photo CD in the mail soon.

In the meantime, we’ve been enjoying spring and looking forward to Linda’s visit (she gets in town today. Allelujah!). We took a trip out to Chip-In Farm in Bedford, MA, which is a small farm with a general store. They are known for their eggs, but they have some amazing strawberries right now, and we made a special trip yesterday just to get some more. They have a couple of cows, some calves, goats, sheep, rabbits, hens, a rooster, and a big pig. The first time we went Nola was scared; especially by the goats. This time there were some kids who were feeding the animals green beans and they offered some to Nola. It helped her to see the big kids feeling comfortable, and by the end she was wanting to feed all the animals, even the pig. I had to tear her away! Matilda was with us (you can see her in the pictures), and she was totally fine with it all because she’d been around animals at her grandparent’s farm in Colombia. Here are a few pics from our outing:

Feeding a goat

Matilda checks out the chicks while Nola steals the rabbit's food

Future farmer?

We gotta get one of these tractors...

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First School Pictures

16May09

So sorry to those of you with Nola withdrawals. Most of you know, but I’m pregnant again and have just started feeling better in the last couple of weeks. Whew! That was a rough 6 or so weeks. I just didn’t have the gumption to do anything, much less spend extra time in front of the computer.

Last week Nola had her first school picture day. We have to place orders by Wednesday, and will definitely order some to send family and friends, but if you have special requests let me know! Didn’t they come out good? I forgot it was picture day, hence the t-shirt. I kinda like it though.

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Sorry MS State and Alabama fans…

31Mar09

My parents started the Ole Miss propaganda early. Ole Miss 101 was one of the first books they gave her. There’s no narrative; it’s just pages of things that relate to Ole Miss, including Rowan Oak, Ventress Hall, the Lyceum, and Col. Rebel.

Sorry it’s so dark; I wish I knew how to lighten up the image, but I just don’t.

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Makin’ it up to you…

27Mar09

For those of you far away from us, I apologize for not updating the blog in a while! Dru and Nola both had bad colds, and honestly, I’ve had a difficult time regaining my footing from our Mexico trip. Unplugging for ten days proved to be much more appealing than I thought! Now, sifting through over 1,000 Mexico images just seems daunting, and I know you aren’t coming to this blog to see pictures of Dru and I. So, here are some pictures of our trip to the playground last week. I’ve also posted the whole set on flickr (there are many more over there, I only posted my favorites here).

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Catchin’ up

23Feb09

The pensive bumble bee

I know, I know…my mom gives me grief at least once every single time I talk to her that I haven’t been updating the blog. My apologies. I have no excuse. So, I’ll play catch up with this post. It’ll have to last you a little while since Dru and I are going to Mexico for ten whole days without Nobo (!). We’ll miss her terribly, but I think some time on a warm beach will do us both some good. She’ll enjoy her time with Gran, and hopefully won’t wear her grandmother out. Above, you can see that we’re in a fun “dress-up” stage. I hope this lasts a good long time because I love it. You  may remember this bumble bee costume from last Halloween. It’s actually made for a two year-old, and last year we just cut arm holes in it so that she could wear it. Now it fits her perfectly and when she puts it on she runs around the house with her arms outstretched saying, “bzzzzzzz.” It’s pretty darn cute.

She’s also enjoyed her baby doll…finally! We bought her a (expensive) baby doll for Christmas and it took her forever to take a liking to it. Finally, when she took off the baby’s clothes and hat, she decided she liked it. Anyway, she loves taking her baby for walks in her stroller, with a purse on her arm. Sometimes she grabs her purse and her baby and says, “bye bye!” I say, “where are you going?” And she answers, “Library,” or “Shopping.” Shopping? I have no idea where she got that  one! Another reason that you haven’t seen much on this blog lately is because she tries to grab the camera everytime I attempt to get a picture. So, the photos that follow aren’t the best, but at least it’s something.

Goin' shoppin'

Camera, Mama!

Our trip to the Aquarium - my camera didn't work well

Trying the flash - still didn't work...check out that fish though

And I will leave you with a video. It’s a bit on the long side; about 2 minutes. She’s been really into singing lately. Her favorites right now are “Bah Bah Black Sheep” and “Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star,” which actually have pretty much the same tune (so does the ABC song), which is something I’d never noticed before. We also noticed that she was singing, “Baby Beloooga” one day, and we had no idea what song that was. Travis and Diana came over and told us that it’s a Raffi song. She must’ve heard it at day care. The funny thing is, we looked it up on the Internet, and she really had the tune right! I mean, it’s not complex or anything, but I was impressed (let’s face it, it doesn’t take much).

I’ll be back with pictures from Mexico!

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Nola’s “new” china cabinet

04Feb09

Danny and Linda got here last week with a truck load of stuff, including this beautiful kid’s china cabinet that my great grandfather made in 1953 for my mother. Now three generations have played with it! Mama Lisa also sent some of the dishes that both she and I played with. In one of the drawers I also found one of my old smurf figurines. I think it might be brainy smurf, but I’m not sure. Do you think that means Nola will be brainy? She also sent a market basket full of plastic fruit, and a “Disney Princess” tea set. Nola has loved playing with all of this; she especially loves the plates and the broccoli for some reason.

And this one’s for you, Mama Lisa. The light is not good at all, so normally I wouldn’t post it, but since you’ve been so anxious to see pictures I’ll put up this video:

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