Grandma & Grandpa Murphy's New Pool

Grandma and Grandpa Murphy's pool got finshed last week and we spent the weekend splashing around.

Memorial Day Weekend

It starting to gett a little hot around here and this holiday weekend we spent some time outside playing in the water. On Monday we went to Brian and Kim's for a yummy cookout. Carys loved the fresh fish and veggies.

I let Carys hold the hose to fill up her water table and she figured out how to swing the hose around for Maddie. They both loved it.

Not very entertaining videos but we did catch her saying "up" and answering a question at Brian and Kim's shindig yesterday. She can also say "da" for dada and "out" but other than that it's pretty much gibberish. She is very good about shaking her head yes or no when you ask questions and is trying to pronouce new words. She said "Mimi" the other day and I think that means Maddie.

Who's Hidding in the Fireplace?

Carys figured how to climb in the fireplace and then not answer when Sean started calling for her.

Where is Carys?

Busted!

Last night Aunt Kim and Uncle Josh went with us to a Frisco RoughRiders baseball game. The highlight of the evening was a tour of the press box. Below is a video of the room where they do the radio broadcast. I didn’t take Carys in because they were live on the air but Kim said their normal speaking voices are exactly like their radio voices. Weird.

Splish Splash

We were off to Toys R Us last week to get Carys a water table and ran into our neighbors. Turns out they had one sitting in their garage and sold it to us for $5. Can’t beat that. Both Carys and Maddie were very excited about the new toy. It’s just the right height for Maddie to drink out of and Carys can pour water for Maddie to try and “catch”. For some reason Maddie love to chase water and try to catch it. I can’t wait till Carys learns out how to spray the hose, Maddie will be in heaven.

Happy Easter

Carys had a lot of fun finding Easter eggs yesterday. We figured she wouldn’t get it and give up but she loved it. By the time she got to Grandma and Grandpa Koehn’s she was a pro.

Bunny Prep

This year I moved the egg dying outside for fear of spills but little miss Carys did very well. Here are a few videos and pics. Sadly, Maddie decided the eggs were too good to save and while we were out at Target, our 2nd trip today, ate everything on the counter she could reach, shells and all. Luckily I had another dozen eggs in the fridge and was able to avoid a 3rd trip to Target.

Planting a Tree

Aunt Desiree came over on Saturday and planted Carys a plum tree.

Trapped in the Hamper

I tried very hard to get video of Carys tumbling into her duck hamper but it was a no go. As soon as I turned my back she fell in.

This is her mom let me out face.

It's Spring!

The weekend before last Aunt Desiree came over to finish up planting the garden and put together her homemade trellis for the melons to climb on. We had so many melons last year we didn’t know what to do with them. Carys’ favorite is a kind call a Sugar Nut.

Saturday Adventures

On Saturday we went with Grandma and Grandpa Koehn and Aunt Desi on the train to Dallas to go to the Dallas Aquarium. Apparently everyone else in the metroplex decided to do this too because the line was wrapped around the building when we got there. We skipped the aquarium and went up to visit Grandpa's office downtown and then went to lunch. Sean picked us up and we headed out to Plano to visit Aunt Kim and Uncle Brian.

Park and Picnic- Dad Style

We had another nice February day and Sean took Carys to the park for a picnic.

I think Sean conned some little girl into pushing her so he didn't have to. :)

Sunny Day

The weather was so beautiful yesterday that Carys got to spend the entire day outside. In the morning she had a playdate at the park with some friends and she spent the afternoon in the backyard moving rocks from one pile to another.

Carys Stats and the Latest Videos

Carys Stats

• Carys weighs about 20 lbs and is 30” (2’ 5”).
• Has 4 top and 4 bottom front teeth and all 4 first molars are one their way in.
• Loves to brush her teeth by herself. This consists of attempting to brush, sucking the water and chewing on the brush.
• We’ve recently discovered that she’s pretty good at feeding herself with a spoon even though we’ve never shown her or practiced. She must have picked it up by watching everyone eat.
• Shes does really well at chewing and loves fruit. She dislikes most green veggies, spinach is the worst.
• Says dada but mostly yells DA!!. According to Sean, she can say ma but thinks it’s the funny to say da when I ask her to say it.
• Says Jessa, thank you, quack and meow and aaaah choooo after anyone sneezes, even if it was on tv.
• Loves to dance
• Love to “pat pat” and hug Tiger although we do find her kicking her occasionally. She would do the same to the dogs but they’re smart and move out of the way when they see her coming.
• She doesn’t get into much trouble and even closes the pantry door for me when it’s open.
• She feeds the dogs their treats every morning and evening, helps put clothes in the dryer and clean up her toys.
• Can move backwards on her ride on toy but still hasn’t figured out how to go forward.
• Can get in and out of her chair and just started climbing onto Grandma & Grandpa Koehn’s fireplace.
• Love to take a bath and throws her bath toys, and recently items that are not bath toys, into the bath tub.
• She’s drunk water from a straw cup since she was about 6 months. She knows how to use a cup but will only drink water from it. She’s slowing being convinced that she can drink milk from a cup too.
• Knows how to take a long sleeve shirt off by herself and can take a disposable diaper off. She’s known for a while how to take her cloth diaper cover off but only does that now when it’s bath time.

Here are a few videos from the past few weeks.

Carys and Sean go to Monkey Business a few times a week. She has a lot of fun and is always exausted at the end of the day.

I decided to give Carys her spoon and bowl last weekend and it turns out she can use the spoon pretty well and has been feeding herself for the most since then.

When the weather's warm enough we go out for walks in the neighborhood in her wagon. She loves it when Sean goes fast.

Caught in the Act

Sean heard a rustling in kitchen and found this. Instead of eating the chips herself she decided to feed them to Brassa and Maddie.

Random Pics

Vegas Vacation

Here are a few pictures from our trip last week to visit our family in Las Vegas. Sean was away in Houston taking a hotel course at the University of Houston which he aced. Aunt Desi turned 21 while we were in Vegas and got to buy her first drink and play the slots. We visited Aunt Tori in the hospital and Carys finally got to meet Dori. While we were there we did some of the tourist stuff. We went to Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay, saw the lions, tigers and dolphins at the Mirage, watched the pirate show at Treasure Island and the fountains at the Bellagio.

The Bellagio still had their Christmas decorations up. Spectacular!

Brianna in front at the Revolution Bar at the Mirage

Desiree's first time playing slots (and winning the entire trip) and first legal drink.