2010 Memory Walk

For a number of years, our family has walked in memory of my Grandpa at the Milwaukee Alzheimer's Memory Walk. I was so excited to take Karson this year. I wish he was able to meet his Great Grandpa! He loved watching all the people. It was a beautiful day for a walk!! We will continue to walk every year, to help raise money for a cure! We love you Grandpa!

Karson had the best seat at the walk!!Karson and my cousin, Amy.

About five minutes into the walk he crashed, and slept the rest of the time

Karson {Seven Months}

I can not believe it has been seven months since Karson was born. Don't I say that every month? But really, he seems like he is growing up so fast! DJ and I oftentimes find ourselves watching him play for hours. He cracks us up constantly!

Karson, at Seven Months you...

Reach for Mommy to pick you up.

If someone else is holding you, you always reach for Mommy.

Shhh...Mommy secretly LOVES this!

You went to the Zoo for the first time!

You loved the bear and the little monkeys.

You are now able to get from laying down to sitting;

and can get onto all fours, and rock back and forth.

You will be on the move in no time!

You LOVE your Praise Baby and Jesus Movies!

You can pull yourself up on your own.

You even pulled your self up on your dinosaur toy, and flipped over it!

You cry when anyone leaves the room.

When you get mad, you stomp your feet.

You LOVE your Molly.

You giggle when she and Maggie play.

You have taken to your paci again.

Mommy and Daddy LOVE this!

You still love your bear though!

You eat puffs now.

You can even, SOMETIMES, get them into your mouth.You are FEARFULLY and WONDERFULLY made!

"For you created my inmost being;

You knot me together in my Mother's womb.

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

Your works are wonderful,

I know that full well."

Psalm 139:13-14

Triponds Camping

Last weekend, we went camping at Triponds with Alycia, Brian, and Jayda.

It was their Fall Festival Weekend.

It was COLD!

We spent our time taking the dogs for walks.

Warming up by the campfire.

Drinking lots of coffee and hot cocoa.

Playing with the Munchkin.

Eating homemade soups.

Yummy!!

And my favorite, relaxing by the fire cuddling with Karson.

Karson playing with many, many layers of clothes on.

DJ trying to get Molly to relax for a little bit.

To give her leg a break.

He was secretly just trying to stay warm.

Karson LOVES his Auntie Leesha.

Karson picking out a book to read.
Makes Mommy so proud!

Playing by the camp fire.

Karson went swinging for the first time.While Daddy and Uncle Brian tortured the poor puppies.

And we wonder why Molls has such bad anxiety...

My Sweet Baby Bear all ready for Trick-or-Treating.

Jayda the Pumpkin.

Mommy and her Little Bear.

The Pumpkin and The Stem.

We over heard a group of kids saying,

"I want to pet the Pumpkin."

"I want to pet the Stem."

Thinking he is so cool in his own chair, by the campfire.

He is such a HAM!

We have decided this is our new fall tradition.

Medical Mystery

Yesterday, we found our our furnace was broke.

We joked saying, it figures.

Since we didn't have a vet bill this month.

Dumb.

Shouldn't have said it.

Guess what?!

Woke up after a LONG night last night, to Molly snuggled up to me.

(Which I LOVE!)

With gunked up eyes.

(Which I do NOT love!)

Fabulous.

Because, ya know, I jinxed myself yesterday.

However.

Our vet is awesome.

Since we already dealt with this is August, I didn't have to take her in.

Woohoo!!!

That means our vet bit was a WHOPPING $18!!!!

What?!

A vet bill under $100!

Awesome!

To answer the question...

Why are her eyes infected again?

Apparently there is a 2% chance a dog can contract a contagious eye infection.

(Maggie got it last time.)

Molly has now had it twice in the last 2 months.

According to our vet,

Molly is a Medical Mystery.

We've Moved...

Well not really...

But...

We will no longer be found at

smedley13.blogspot.com

We can now be found at

lifeatthesmedleys.blogspot.com

Oh Boy...

Karson learned a thing or two from the monkeys at the Zoo last week.

We have this toy in our living room.

I got it at a garage sale.

I don't even have balls for it yet.

Karson loves to play with the parts that spin.

He likes to open and close the yellow door.

It is something new that keeps his attention.

Harmless?!

Right?

He was playing in the living room yesterday.

The dinosaur was on the other side of the room.

Granted, our house is small.

Toothpick small.

The other side of the room is not that far away.

I walked into the room and found Karson standing up on the dinosaur toy.

1. Didn't know he could scoot across the floor.

2. Didn't know he could pull himself up with out help.

Harmless?!

WRONG!

As soon as I saw he was standing up so proud.

Huge grin on his face.

He leaned forward.

He did a flip over the dinosaur.

He didn't get hurt.

He also didn't think it was too much fun either!

New family rule:

"The dinosaur must always be leaning up against the couch if it is going to be out."

Even if, it is on the other side of the room.

So today, we were all hanging out in the living room watching TV.

DJ and I looked and found this.

Those are Molly's toys.

We moved him three times.

Three times he scooted back to the toys.

Apparently, Molly's chewed up-dog slobbered toys are SO.MUCH.MORE.FUN.

Its a good thing dog germs don't gross me out.

People germs..

...different story.

"We're Going To The Zoo, Zoo, Zoo..."

We took Karson to the Zoo for the first time this weekend.

Our zoo is pretty pathetic.

There is a bear.

Some sort of goat.

A few monkeys.

A komodo dragon.

(That wasn't even out.)

Some penguins.

Umm...

Fish.

Ducks.

Flamingos.

Yea, that's about it.

He liked the penguins.

He liked the little monkeys that came to the window. He had no interest in the fish.

The flamingos caught his eye for a second.

However, the look on Karson's face when he saw the huge bear.

Priceless!

He loved it.

He wanted NOTHING to do with having a picture taken with Mommy!

Kept talking to it.

Pretty sure he thought it was a giant Molly.

Or Maggie.

Since she looks just like a bear.

Well...she looks like a bear to us.

We were not there for very long.

It is not a very big zoo.

I am sure we will go back.

Just to see Karson yell at that bear.