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.

My Favorite Place

Karson, my amazing sleeper, has not slept all week.

I am tired.

I am worn out.

I needed a trip to my favorite place.

I LOVE the beach.

I LOVE the sunset over Lake Michigan.

I LOVE nights when DJ and I take Molly and Karson for a walk on the boardwalk.

The smell of campfires.

Fall weather.

The huge waves rolling in.

Lake Michigan.

My favorite part about our walks at Lake Michigan...Karson all snuggled in, in his stroller.

Going to town on his paci.

With his big blue eyes watching.

Taking it all in.

Enjoying my favorite place.

Just as much as Mommy.

Six Month Pictures

Karson is pretty lucky!

He has an Auntie Leesha.

Not every baby gets to have an Auntie Leesha.

She is pretty cool.

Karson loves her.

Mommy and Daddy love her too!

Among the MANY things she has done for us...
She takes AMAZING pictures of our munchkin.

Remember our Family Pictures from last month?

Auntie Leesha.

She also took Karson's Six Month pictures for us.

LOVE THEM!