Sunday, July 3, 2011

Steamboat Springs, CO, July 2010

Since I only started blogging this year, I wanted to be sure I included the portraits of the kids I had on the sidebar when I started my blog.  I took new ones of the girls in their Easter dresses, but I'm sad to see the old ones go.  The old worn-out cliche is true, they do grow up so fast.

Tamzie Woo-woo

Azie B

Kakie

Anni Bananni

Deebug

More Bunnies

I know, you probably think I think my bunnies are more exciting than my kids, but I just can't resist writing about them. 

So, you know that our rabbit had four bunnies, right?  Wrong!  SIX!  Yes, apparently not only can boys have babies, once he has babies the babies can have babies. 

Since we were moving, though, we had to get rid of all our bunnies.  That means no more blogs about the cute, furry little things :(  How, you ask, did we manage to find homes for seven bunnies?  It wasn't so easy.  Apparently not everyone shares my fettish.  Finally, when it was down to the wire and we decided (I hate to admit it) we could just give them to our neighbor so that he could shoot and eat them, we found them homes.  One next door neighbor took one, the other next door neighbor took two, and our best friends took four babies and the mom.  We knew they would have good homes. 

The only problem I saw was that the two and/or the four plus mom could eventually turn into an epidemic.  I have a friend, though, who told me how to determine the gender.  You just lift their little tails and spread their legs.  Well, I knew the mom was a female (or at least I think she is) so I looked at her first.  Imagine my complete and utter surprise when all, yes ALL, the babies looked just like mommy!!!!  Our obvious allergy to male babies did wear off onto our rabbit.  Now we'll just have to wait and see if two girls can have babies together. :)

Friday, July 1, 2011

Yes, I Am a Slacker

I have gotten onto my blog two times now since my last post, but I had so much fun reading everybody else's blogs that by the time I was going to write, something came up and I had to go.

Our adventures have been many since I last wrote.  Tamzin and Azie both had a birthday in May.  Their birthdays are only a day apart, but I promised myself that they would never have a joint birthday party.  I just want them to feel like they each have their own special day.  In fact, when we were in the hospital, Cameron gave plenty of encouragement so that I would be sure to get Tamzin out before the clock struck midnight.  (I made it by an hour and a half - phew!)

We ended up having to leave town on Azie's birthday, thus making it a necessity to have a joint party. (Not starting out so great, I know.)  It sure was fun, complete with great friends and great gifts, but after we had the party I recommitted myself to having separate parties for a different reason.  I couldn't see both of them at the same time.  I ended up missing a few precious moments, including Azie's huge eyes when she opened her Zhu Zhu pet.  Here are a few that I caught.

Yes, Azie requested a blue frog cake.

One of Azie's many favorite presents.

Tam Tam is in love with Elmo!

 She wasn't about to leave a single crumb on her tray.

Squealing because she couldn't get her doll out of the box.