Mia Beth at Two Months!

Well, our little Mia Beth is two months old! This is a picture of her on her 2/12th of a year birthday! This is me, just being generally adorable!

And Mommy says this picture has to go in both mine and Mia Beth's wedding slide shows. She loves it because we're just laughin' laughin'!

This is me and my handsome Daddy, on our way out the door for church! Don't you love my big girl coat?

Around the house!

This is me decorating me for Christmas. I love to put shoes and such on my hands! Sometimes I like to take my shoes and socks off in church and put my goldfish crackers in my socks and then eat them from my socks. Mom says I'm a disgusting creature. This next picture was taken on Cheney's 6th birthday. We had a little party for her and she got a new hoodie and some dental treats for her stanky breath.

Here's Mia Beth, all grinny. I thinks she's oh so cute!

In this picture you can tell that she looks lots and lots like Daddy!

Oh, and here's me doing one of my chores. I always put away Mom's Diet Cokes, wishing for the day when she'll finally learn to share them with me.

My Bill Walton Impersonation...

Daddy says that most of you younger readers won't get this, but he says I looked just like Bill Walton the other night. I got one of MiaBeth's headbands and wore it a little bit low on my brow. In case you couldn't remember what he looked like back in the day, here's a picture of Mr. Bill Walton. Okay, I guess Daddy does kinda have a point.

Riley Cate, Part 2: I told you I'd think of more!

Riley Cate LOVES to watch the anniversary episode of the Coppey (Cosby) show. She tries to do the dance and sings along with Rudy: "BABY! BABAAY!"

She had a booboo on her finger and she spent SEVERAL minutes holding it up to the TV for Mickey Mouse to kiss.

A few weeks ago, Jason talked about lepers in his sermon. Riley Cate turned to Mamee and whispered, "Go Leopards?"

She STILL talks about pushing Ben. One day this was our conversation:
Cakie: "Push Ben?"
Mommy: "No, not nice."
Cakie: "Push Momma?"
Mommy: "NO. Not nice."
Cakie: "Push Santa Claus?"

Yesterday she handed me a little bead or something and said, "Here Momma. Don't eat it."

She loves to sing "Tomorrow" from Annie. It goes like this:
"Tomorroo, tomorroo, I love you, tomorroo, I love you, tomorroo. Day avaaay."

Riley Cate

Oh, the things she says:

"I got big ears."

"I droppa my donut."

"I bumpa my head." (Part Italian?)

Jason: "Riley Cate, where'd you get that tortilla?"
RC: "I found it." (NOT true, by the way)

Cheney barked at someone at the door and Riley Cate says, "Santa Claus! Santa Claus! Santa Claus here!"

I'm sure I'll think of more later!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Here I am getting ready for company to come over. Actually it's not company really, it's family! I'm wearing a rabbit head bath robe and brown everyday shoes. I'm holding a baton, a sparkly purse full of crayons, Mickey Mouse, and an I Love You book. A little bit later, Daddy came back home from duck hunting and watched some TV with us. I wanted him to watch Jon and Kate with me, but Daddy won't watch it... something about Kate being snappy and domineering and that he feels bad for Jon getting yelled at all the time like a scolded puppy. Or something like that. Here's me and Mommy, just hanging out.

Mia Beth didn't get to eat any of Daddy's yummy chicken, or Mommy's awesome smashed potatoes. She just hung out with Mamee and made Miabess noises.

Here I am with Abbie and Rex at the kids' table Wednesday night. This was our pre-Thanksgiving dinner and it was yummy!

Speaking of our dinner, silly Daddy took a picture of his plate. We had grilled, bacon-wrapped, jalepeno-stuffed duck (and chicken for the girls and kids) with chimichurri, and some grilled pork loin with just a hint of hickory smoke. Actually Daddy just tells me that every kind of meat is chicken, but I know the difference.

Halloween in De Queen!

This year for Halloween, I was Little Bo Peep and Mia Beth was my sheep! Meme bought Mia's costume and I got mine for my birthday from Uncle Daniel, Aunt Lissa and Ben. Then Mom made me a bonnet out of paper plates, hot glue, paint and ribbon! Momma and Daddy tried to be Sarah and Todd Palin.

Life at the Carlton House...

Well, it's just never boring at our house. I have to find all kinds of things to do every day. Here I am in Mia Beth's swing. Momma took a picture and then I was banned from the swing for life. Mom found me one day, sitting in my chair, reading this book. It's called "What Baby Needs". Now I am an expert on Mia Beth. As a side note, we are not supposed to color on our chairs with black ink pens. I found this out a few days after this picture was made.

I'm having to learn to share with my baby sister. My baby doll was resting in the swing and Momma wanted to put Mia Beth in there. We decided to compromise. I think Baby Doll was really glad.

Daddy's got these magic running socks. I think they look sooooo pretty on me!

I don't really like the cake part of puh-cakes [translation: cupcakes], so Mom made me a puh-cake spoon...with sprinkles! Mom is so smart.

Not much...

I have no idea what Riley Cate is doing in the following picture. I know she has on Mia Beth's hat, but I can't figure out what that is around her legs! Here I think we're doing a little bit of fall decorating by making our baby sister more festive!

I know you can't even see Mia Beth, but I'll try to add some more pics soon. This is all I could find that had been uploaded from the cameras.

Both girls are doing great right now! Riley Cate is talking like crazy and spouting out sentences that we had no idea she knew, like: "I can't reach it!" Also, for the first time, she recently climbed up in my lap and, without any prompting, said, "I love you, Momma." It was so sweet. Still, my thunder was stolen a little when she got her rock friend from children's church (not sure the application they used!) and kissed it and said, "I love you too much." Oh well.

I'd Like to Place an Order...

Just had to share this with ya'll. We stopped at Sonic on the way home and as soon as we pulled in, Riley Cate says "I'd like to buy a Coke, please." Seems she's been hanging out with Mommy a bunch, although she forgot to say "diet"!

Some other Riley Cate's:

We can't get in the car without her wanting to listen to Veggie Tales, which she calls what sounds like either "Funny Tales" or "Pony Tales".

She is still obsessed with the DeQueen mascot and just randomly whines or yells out "SEE LEOPARD!"

We have certain dances for everything: a ham and cheese dance, a mint dance and a "bar bar" (granola bar) dance.

We went to a halloween party at cousin ben's house last weekend and she pushed him down. Now she keeps saying "Texarkana. Party. Push Ben."

In her children's Bible, there's an illustration of Jesus placing the mud and spittle in the blind man's eyes. Riley Cate tried to give Jesus a time out. Remember that she also sings "...for the Bible tells me no." I think we may have issues.

More Mia Beth...

Daddy finally got around to posting a couple more of Miabef's pictures. He's got a bit of a photographic logjam at the moment, but I'm glad that he FINALLY made time for his own flesh and blood. And I'm sure that you are wondering who made Miabef's dress. I can tell you that it was handmade here in the USA. If you want one just like it, you can email Mommy and she can put you in touch with the lady from ebay.

Mia Beth's Photo Shoot

Mia Beth got to have her picture made the other night. She cooperated really well. I think she had to take a break once or twice for a bottle, and for some wardrobe changes. I had to explain to her that being a model is hard, but it's rewarding. And Daddy is a pretty understanding photographer, so that helps.

Mia Beth Around the House

Here's Mia Beth talking on the phone with Mommy. Mia Beth doesn't say much yet. She pretty much just makes a lot of grunty noises and sounds like a baby pig. Or maybe a little goat. She sure has changed since she first got born. A lot of people have asked, so Daddy looked into it and saw that Mia Beth was three hours old when he took the picture with her eyes wide open.
Here's Mia Beth and Daddy watching Monday Night Shoeball. For those of you who don't know, Daddy and I have a running argument. I can say "foot" and "ball" but I love messing with Daddy and calling it "shoeball". We have tons of fun arguing about shoeball.

My Second Birthday!

Here I am with Mamee putting socks on my American Girl doll! I named my doll Mia. Here I am opening a neato box of accessories for my Mia doll. And this is so cool! Nana and PawPaw got me this Bella Dancerella Disney Princess Ballet set. It comes with a DVD that we can watch at least seven times every day! Thanks Nana!
Here is my cake. It's got a Chihuahua on it!

Mia Beth's Evening Reception and Brunch Guests

Mommy was craving Outback all day long in the hospital, so as soon as Mia Beth got here, Mamee and Papa went and picked up dinner. The lady that took the order from Daddy on the phone thought it was so exciting that we just had a baby, so she put a card on the bag when they got the food! Meme kept me all day Thursday, so she finally got to come up and meet Mia Beth Thursday afternoon late. Mia Beth is Meme's third great-grandkid! Here I am thanking Cousin Jeff for coming. Jeff is the coolest. And he helped Daddy get some wireless thing hooked up so Daddy could help me with all this blogging.
Here I am enjoying a lovely hospital cafeteria salad Thursday night. This was good, since mostly at Meme's house all day I had eaten only eggs and ice cream. I love Meme.
Uncle Danl came by and gave Mia Beth her dinner late last night. Uncle Danl has the coolest job... he gets to work on sickles (also known as motorcycles). I think he works for some man named Harley Davidson, who has a LOT of sickles.
Here's Papa Joe getting to hold Mia Beth for the first time!
Here's the cake that Aunt Lissa brought by. In case you can't see, it says "Happy Birthing Day Amelia Beth." The cake is mostly gone now, thanks to Mommy and Papa Joe.

Here I am getting to meet Mia Beth for the very first time. I even offered to share my favorite blankie with her.
Here I am in my Big Sister shirt that our friend Julie in De Queen made special just for me.
Mia Beth sure sleeps a lot!

Mia Beth's Meet and Greet

Mommy checked in to the hospital yesterday at 6AM. Here's Mommy during her hard labor, munching on ice. The big thing on her index finger is the oxygen sensor, which she kept knocking loose and making the thing go "ding dong ding dong." She says the hospital has excellent ice. Aunt Lissa (a.k.a. Ben's mommy) came by during lunch with a cake! Here's Mommy and Mia Beth, right after she was born. Doesn't Mommy look GREAT?!Here's Mia Beth with Nanna. And of course Paw Paw took his turn.
Here's Mia Beth's little hands holding on to Mommy's finger right after being born.
Here's Daddy with Mia Beth.
Mamee had lots of ooohs and aaahhhs.