Monday, August 24, 2009

Trip to Tuscaloosa

We've done a lot of fun things in the last month that I just didn't get pictures of. Grady and I went to the beach for a few days and Mama and Daddy kept Delia the whole time! Now she knows her "Nana" and "Papa"!
This weekend we went to see our friend Madison run in the USA Triathalon National Championships in Tuscaloosa. We stayed with Dave and Christina, and these are some pictures taken on their patio the morning of the race. Madison came in 11th!


Sweet patoot.

When Delia hears a loud noise, her mouth drops open, and sometimes she even holds her hand up to her ear!

What WAS that?


Pictures from cutting the grass a few weeks ago. Delia takes it very seriously.

Pigtails flying!!

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Delia the multitasker

Here a couple videos from around the house last Saturday.


Hmm, I wonder what Mommy does on the way to work every morning.



Uh oh, Delia. Did you get some bad news? Did Dr. Wax hit My Little Pony with his train?

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Ducky Weekend with Delia

Saturday we made it to the Market pretty early again, and got some squash, zucchini, and hot pepper jam. There were not as many dogs there to play with this week, so luckily, Delia's boyfriend Silas was there with his brother John Robert to entertain us.

Silas's faces crack me up! Just wait until he sees whose side of the wagon Delia is riding on...

No way José! She's mine!

We walked a few steps down Main Street to the Book Mart & Café and Silas's mom bought all the kids cookies. No frappuccino for you Delia - what a mean mommy you have!

Mmmm! Sugar cookies for breakfast!

Silas's drink somehow ended up all over his face, and then he began spraying it. Boys are soooo different - if Delia had anything get on her, that princess would not do anything until she was cleaned up.

Another one of those faces, mid-spray!

Playing nicely together, before books started flying off the shelves.

So happy!

This deaf cat was free to a good home. Delia likes to put her finger in animals' eyes and say "EYE." I'm pretty sure that's what she was doing here, in attempts to send this cat to the "deaf AND blind cat bargain bin."




That afternoon, Delia was walking about the house saying "Ducky! Ducky! Ducky!" so we rode out to a neighborhood on campus where there are always ducks looking to be fed. I took a few pieces of bread, but these ducks acted like they were STARVING. They were a little aggressive! There was one duck who would snatch up the bread, then take a peck at whichever duck tried to get the bread too. I didn't get very good video because I was trying to make sure that they weren't about to jump all over Delia! You can hear her nervous laugh as they come charging at us!

Then we went to Barnes & Noble, played in the kiddie section, read a few books, and rode the escalators about 5 times. Delia picked out a ducky keychain that she carried around the whole time we were there, so we spent the $3 and took him home. (She has been talking about him nonstop. "Ducky? Ducky!!") Then the sky turned black and we hightailed it for home. Here is the view to the south - where we were headed.

On the way into our neighborhood, I saw something out of the corner of my eye that looked a LOT like a tornado. By the time I backed up, put the car in park, and jumped out to take this picture with my phone, it was dissipating fast. Grady says since we were not in a tornado watch, it was most likely a "gustnado," a very weak, short-lived funnel. I say it's the first tornado I've gotten a picture of!

This weekend I finally got around to unpacking a new batch of beautiful hand-me-downs from the Nolan girls. Thank you cousins!

Before church this morning. Does it get any cuter than this???