Watch Them Grow

Press the play button on the song to the left! It's so precious!

Watch Them Grow

By Zach Gill

She's close to God, I'm sure of that
She sits him down, and they have a chat
She asks for sunshine, and he agrees
You see, for her, He'd do anything

You watch them grow, then you let 'em go

She is a monkey, and I'm her tree
And now she's climbing all over me
Swinging on my vines dancing on my limbs
Her monkey sounds sound like angel's hymns

You watch them grow, then you let 'em go
You watch them grow, then you let 'em go

She is an angel, she is an imp
She's got my big toe, and her mother's lips
She gives fishy kisses, and great big bear hugs
42 pounds of pure love
Then one day she'll be 17, feelin' too big for her home
Seems she was just only 3, oh how our children they grow

You watch them grow, then you let 'em go
You watch them grow, then you let 'em go
You watch them grow, then you let 'em go
You watch them grow, then you let 'em go

Then one day she'll be 33, maybe with a child of her own
Seems she was just 17, oh how our children they grow
He'll ask for sunshine, and she'll agree
You see for him, she'd do anything
He is her child, the center of her world
She is his mother... my little girl

You watch them grow, then you let 'em go
You watch them grow, then you let 'em go

Bowling!

We went bowling last weekend, and it was SO much fun!

Violet was absolutely amazed by the balls coming out of this thing! She would wait for one to pop up and just squeal with delight!

The game was programmed so that whenever it was Lydia's turn, the bumpers would pop up, then they'd go back down when Ryan and I would go.

Yeah, I totally rock
Just Kidding!

We asked Lydia (who bowls over a 200 on the Wii) what she liked better, and she said "Real Bowling" because she liked to actually throw the ball.

That's my girl!

Is that a banana in your pocket?

Okay, sorry if that grosses you out, but isn't this hilarious? This sticker was actually on a Chiquita banana that my mom bought! I'm sending it in to
Jay Leno.

A Dog???

As I lifted Violet out of her crib the other day, I said "Violet, you are getting so big! What am I going to do when I don't have a baby anymore?"

She thought for a little bit, then folded her hands in front of her, and raised her eyebrows and said

"Um, you like a dog?"

I Don't think that we'll be getting a dog for a while, but we can hope can't we?

Violet the Fashionista

Ruby

While we were gone over Christmas, we had a death in the family. No need for sympathy calls, it was just Lydia's beloved beta fish "Bubble". He lived for over 2 1/2 years and we knew his time was coming. We actually had Lydia say her final farewells before we left for Iowa. I assured her that he couldn't be in better hands for his last days than to be with her friend Miles.

She took it very well. No tears, just lots of questions like, "Did they flush him?" and "Do I get to have my fish bowl and rocks back?"

We let Lydia pick out a new fish last week. We also bought her a new fish bowl. She instantly loved this fish and made a "background" for her and decorated not only the inside of her bowl with treasures, but also the outside.

This is "Ruby"The picture in the back is a picture of Ruby and Bubble at the top, then Ruby in her fish bowl. Underneath Lydia wrote "Home, Ruby".

Ruby, please live more than a couple months!!!

Busy Season!

Ahh! What a wonderful yet busy holiday season! Back to my Blog after I haven't written a word on here for over a month. Don't know if anyone will check in, but I'm back!
I have way too many Christmas pictures to post, so I sent invitations to most of you to view them at Kodak Gallery.

Here's one of my favorites
"Time Out"

I know it doesn't have a Christmas theme, but it's still cute!