VEGAS!!!!

Yes we loaded up and headed out for the biggest Redneck convention that I've ever been to, a NACSAR race. We got to go down to Las Vegas where it was nice and warm to see Family and be amongst the crazy "Las Vagians". Here is a picture from the Strip where the Car Haulers had a parade on Thursday. It was a pretty neat sight to be able to see how big and shiny these trucks are. They did not have all the trucks but there were between 40 and 50 of them.

Eric had to take Maycee away from the Trucks because they were blowing whistles and honking there horns and she thought it was too loud.

On Friday we took the girls with us to watch the cars qualify for the race on Sunday. Maycee was so happy to be in the sunshine and see all the people. Here she has ear plugs in that did not last too long but we gave it a good effort.

Kimberlen thought it was a crazy place being at the race track. She was able to wear the big headphones that we were using on Sat and Sun so she thought she was pretty cool.

This was me and Eric of course, but we were standing right next to the wall on pit road. We had a crew member come up to us and ask us if he could take our picture for us and to make sure that we did not step on any of the hoses that were on the ground. It was really cool to be able to be on the other side of it all.

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This is our driver Jeff Gordon coming up the pit road after practicing. This is how close we were to the cars. Totally awesome. (If your in to Nascar)

And this is the Pit Box for Jeff Gordon. This was us on Sunday before the big race. I couldn't believe that we could just sit right there just like the crew members do during the race.
This is just the other side of the previous picture.
This is the Jeff's car in the line-up for the start of the race.
And here he is discussing his care with the Crew Chief and members.

SUCKER

On Valentines there was way too much candy. Kimberlen came home from school and was showing me her cards and candies. Maycee kept trying to get them and I kept moving her. The next thing I knew she had a hold of a sucker and ripped the wrapper right off. I decided I woudl let her taste it and boy did she love it. She thought this was the best thing in the whole world.

"Thanks Mom" is the exspresion here.

Trying to get it away from here was the hard part. I had to distract her and then I put her right in the tub. She was a sticky mess.

Feeding Time

Kimberlen always wants to help with her little sister and do things that I don't think she is quite big enough to do. But what do I know I am just the mom. As I was trying to feed Maycee and make dinner for the rest of us Kimberlen said "Mom I will feed Maycee for you". I decided that it couldn't be too bad and she always is asking to do it, so here she is feeding her sister. I think that her mouth is open bigger than Maycee's.

Brushing Teeth

Maycee loves her sister so much. Kimberlen was getting ready for bed and was in brushing her teeth. Since Maycee follows her everywhere now it was no surprise that she went in the bathroom with her. Maycee was just in awe over Kimberlen brushing her teeth. Maycee always watches all of us when we are brushing. I think she thinks that since we have something in our mouth she wants it in her mouth too.

Maycee's on the Move

Finally Maycee is crawling. She started about 2 wks ago. Here is a short clip of her following me into the bathroom. All she wanted that day was my socks. She likes fuzzy stuff.

And another of her going down the hall. I am not quite ready for this, I don't even have a gate for the stairs, but it is on its way. Kimberlen thinks this is so great beacuse now Maycee will follow her around the house. It is so cute.

Poopie Girl

Here is our precious girl. Today was fun. Maycee got to play with Hudson for a few minutes and of course he pooped while he was here. Well, about five minutes after they left Maycee was in her swing in the office drinking her bottle and pooped also. She is teething and has had diarrhea so I got the diaper and wipes right away as she whinned as if it hurt. When I picked her up I thought I better make sure it did not end up coming out of her diaper and sure enough it did. I took her right upstairs and knew I needed to put her in the tub. As she was standing next to the tub I was trying to take off her shirt and onesie and that is when I realized that not only it the poop run down on her legs but that it also came up the front and all over her stomach. Yuck! I managed to get all of her clothes off and put her in the tub. This is how she ended up and she was just as happy as could be, she was in the tub, one of her favorite places. Enjoy! At least now I can laugh at it because she is all clean now. WOW what an experience.





I know that it looks like it could be food, but no...it is poop!

Cookies!

So we baked some cookies and both of the girls helped. Well actually just Kimberlen but if you ask her she will tell you that Maycee helped too, because watching is helping. She did more than just watch. She laughed and talked and yelled at us the whole time.
We had a lot of fun. Kimberlen thinks it is pretty neat to be able to put the ingredients into the mixer. Obviously, I don't let her do a lot, it is just easier for me to do it myself (I really need to change my attitude).
Kimberlen's hands got pretty sick and gooey as she was rolling the balls of dough to make the cookies. Maycee just thought it was hilarious.
This is Maycee's first homeade cookie. I have just started giving her more "grown-up" food as we call it at our house. I could tell that she thought it was better that her Gerber cookies that she loves as well. She did not want to let go of it. Kimberlen thought they were pretty good too. I also think these are the best. They are the Neiman Marcus recipe. YUM!
At the end of her cookie it was so soggy and she was covered in goo. She keep sucking on it and little pieces would break off and she would gum them really fast and go after some more. Needless to say we had a fun time, and yes I did put a bib on her after this picture.

THE SLEDDING HILL

So with all the snow that we are finally getting this year we took Kimberlen and Maycee sledding.

The girls had a lot of fun and Maycee really seems to like the snow. It is as if she almost tries to eat the cold air by opening her mouth and liking. Ithink the whole wind thing is a new experience for her and she likes it.

We actually let the both of them go down a little part of the hill together. It was pretty fun to get to see the expression on Maycee's face as they were slidding down hill.

Kimberlen went for the big hill (I don;t think there is too much that this little dare devil is afraid of. In fact I was probably more scared for her

than she was going down. It was pretty steep and the sled that we have is not that great.

And here is the tumble that she took 3/4 of the way down. But the brave little girl got up and pulled the sled back up to the top to have her dad help her go down again.

We also video taped our little adventure to show the family. It was a fun time I even got to go down the hill and that part of the video tape just might get erased.