a little piece of heaven

carmen is growing and changing each day. everyday she amazes me with new words or little things she does. or crazy fits she throws. yes...she is becoming her own person each and everyday. i took some pictures of her last night that truly capture how i see her. as a beautiful little angel who is exploring with her little wide eyes and soaking in every little thing. i just love that little miss.

some oldies

I took a lot of pictures of carmen today. just for fun. when i downloaded my pictures, i realized that there was many from the past few months that i haven't downloaded yet. So here are some gems....as well as some of the pictures i took today.

Here's carmen looking pretty.


Here's Carmen helpin' daddy


Where's Carmen?


There she is


Here's Carmen takin' care of business


Can I help you?


"Uhhhh, yeah, you know i was rockin' and a rollin'..."



I'm coming, I'm coming


This is my belly


Here you go


Playing with Bella


Blowin' kisses


That's all folks!

photobooth

i love the photobooth application on our computer.
carmen and i have soooo much fun. she's very mesmerized by it,
so sometimes it's hard to get her to give a good expression....but i've managed to get a few.

reading is fun

carmen's favorite toy is her books. she absolutely loves them.
recently she's been sitting with them and "reading" them out loud.
it's so cute. if there is an animal she recognizes
on the page she'll say what they say.
Her new animal sound is for a monkey.
One of her books has a monkey and
whenever we go to that page,
she says, "eh, eh, eh" like a little monkey.
i caught this picture of her with one of her books.
sorry it's a little dark, but cute none the less.
i hope she always enjoys reading...as i did not and probably should have.

Mad Men

I have to tell you about a television program that is truly amazing. Perhaps one of the best shows on television at this point in time. It's called Mad Men and it's about advertising in the 1960's and IT IS AWESOME. I can hardly wait for it to start up again . I re-watched season 1 this weekend and now nothing else on TV even compares. It goes without saying, but if you want to watch good TV, watch Mad Men July 27th on AMC. It's so amazing.

More Carmen will be coming shortly.

auntie to the rescue

i still can't find my camera cord, but luckily auntie janna has been snapping new pictures and has her camera cord. so, we now have some treats for you...but first i must say some things about carmen.

i can not get over how wonderful carmen is. and i'm not just saying this because she's my daughter. everyday she makes me laugh. she amazes me constantly. she has recently started to pretend and it's just so freaking amazing to see her. she pretends to read. she pretends with her doll. she makes funny voices. it is so cute and i just love seeing her grow and develop into this amazing little person. the following just begins to scratch the surface of how awesome she is.

and now....we have pictures of carmen with grandma carlie, carmen bein' sassy, carmen semi-enjoying the beach and carmen walking! yes, that's right. carmen is walking!!!!!! yay, carmen.



and, since i'm in the blogging mood, we also took some video of carmen walking and playing and saying very cute things, including a birthday wish for grandpa jerry.
(note that while i was making this video clip carmen was enthralled with seeing herself on the computer. she was stunned and mesmerized and stared at herself. it was very funny to watch.)

enjoy.

missing camera cord

so, i obviously have not been updating this thing. and today i decided i should update this with some new pictures and lo and behold i can not find my camera cord :(

so, i did the next best thing and took some pictures of carmen on our photo booth in a fourth of july bow her babysitter made for her.

as soon as i find my cord, i'll update some new pictures.

Also, Happy BIRTHDAY dad!