Tricks Are For Kids

Big discovery at the Mize house.  Erin has discovered her hands.  She's been using them and chewing on them constantly for the last month, but this weekend she figured out they were there.  (I'm going on record now to say that her punishment when she's older might be sitting on her hands.  The way she always has then in her mouth will make that punishment cruel and unusual for sure!)

Several times this weekend we would find her just staring at her hands and wiggling her fingers.  It was so cute.  I haven't snapped a picture of that yet but I'm sure I will.  It seems that every facet of her life is now on video or in pictures.

She also started laughing out loud.  For the past week she's been making noise that sounds like a laugh.  It's confirmed.  She was actually giggling in her little pink Bumbo chair yesterday.  She really does like it.  I think it's a combination of things.  She's sitting up on the kitchen table and we're right there talking to her, so she gets happy.

God really has blessed us with a happy baby.  We are so thankful.  Not that we would love her any less if she wasn't, but it's just so fun that she is!  We've been blessed with a relationship full of laughter and smiles so it seems so fitting to have a smiley baby.

Even Rox has been smiling this weekend.  Tommy cooked ribs in the backyard and Roxie has been working "clean up".  She is more than happy to help him scour the backyard for drippings.  (She doesn't want another grass fire!)

Tricks Are For Kids

Big discovery at the Mize house.  Erin has discovered her hands.  She's been using them and chewing on them constantly for the last month, but this weekend she figured out they were there.  (I'm going on record now to say that her punishment when she's older might be sitting on her hands.  The way she always has then in her mouth will make that punishment cruel and unusual for sure!)

Several times this weekend we would find her just staring at her hands and wiggling her fingers.  It was so cute.  I haven't snapped a picture of that yet but I'm sure I will.  It seems that every facet of her life is now on video or in pictures.

She also started laughing out loud.  For the past week she's been making noise that sounds like a laugh.  It's confirmed.  She was actually giggling in her little pink Bumbo chair yesterday.  She really does like it.  I think it's a combination of things.  She's sitting up on the kitchen table and we're right there talking to her, so she gets happy.

God really has blessed us with a happy baby.  We are so thankful.  Not that we would love her any less if she wasn't, but it's just so fun that she is!  We've been blessed with a relationship full of laughter and smiles so it seems so fitting to have a smiley baby.

Even Rox has been smiling this weekend.  Tommy cooked ribs in the backyard and Roxie has been working "clean up".  She is more than happy to help him scour the backyard for drippings.  (She doesn't want another grass fire!)

Big Girl!

Erin has slowly graduated to her Bumbo chair.  Her neck works well enough now to sit in it without help.  She loves it. 

Here's a picture and a video.  The video isn't too much to look at.  It's literally just her sitting the the chair smiling, but it made me smile anyway!

Check out her bib.  Tommy bought a pack of bibs and this was in there.  We just laughed and she wears it anyway.  Technically, she is Roxie's little sister!

Big Girl!

Erin has slowly graduated to her Bumbo chair.  Her neck works well enough now to sit in it without help.  She loves it. 

Here's a picture and a video.  The video isn't too much to look at.  It's literally just her sitting the the chair smiling, but it made me smile anyway!

Check out her bib.  Tommy bought a pack of bibs and this was in there.  We just laughed and she wears it anyway.  Technically, she is Roxie's little sister!

Bring It On

The Mizes are soon to be ready for WWIII.  We bought a huge upright deep freezer.  I also bought Tommy a vacuum sealer.  I'm fairly certain we could hold a herd of cattle and a year's supply of breast milk in our garage now.

It all started with me...

We have a small chest deep freezer now.  We have deer sausage, all kinds of "fundraiser" cookies, and a couple months supply of breast milk.  My plan is to have enough milk on hand for my parents to use when I go back to work.  The freezer we have got too small. 

So, we asked Pawpaw for help.  We asked him to keep an eye out for a scratch and dent upright freezer since he's in Lowe's about 10 times a day.  One week later, we have a huge deep freezer in the garage that we got for half off and got free delivery!!  They actually ended up fixing the small dent that was in the door before delivery.  Now we have a completely repaired scratch and dent freezer that we got for half price!

The worst part of the deal is now we have to "sort and clean out" the old freezer.  Tommy is a man possessed!  He loves to clean and organize things.  (Can you say OCD???)  He's all excited to take on the new project and Erin and I are busy looking for a good excuse to sit this one out!

He actually asked me if I have given any thought to what food I want to keep in the house freezer as opposed to the outside freezer.  Yeah, right!