Another oldie but goodie

Hello-
Internet hasn't been liking the whole blog thing so I haven't been able to post. I tried to save some time by adding a photobucket account so that I could upload whole albums in slideshow format. However, photobucket doesn't like my blog anymore so I can't have a pretty slideshow. SO, here's the link. After clicking it you should find photos of a visit to Casa Bonita, Casa Bonita la la la la la la la:) and some karaoke and other things.




http://s1100.photobucket.com/albums/g413/Erika_Walcott/Casa%20Bonita%20and%20other%20assorted%20Denver%20pics/

We're baaack

Here is a start to the many picture updates to come.  We are kind of settling into a routine here and we love our house!  Those of you out in Denver--we miss you!  It is very good to be here but we miss our old home, and friends, and church!
Anyway, here are pictures from March 14 of Joey's graduation-Yay Joey!

We're Here!

With bleary eyes, stiff joints, pounding heads, and one awake baby. :) It only took us 16 1/2 hours!  Now to unpack.....

Goodbye Denver

This is our final post as Denver-ites.  The truck is taking all of our stuff tomorrow morning and we'll arrive 5 days later in our new Wisconsin home.  Pictures of our last days and Joey's grad to come post move.

Happy Early Birthday me:)

Although I was looking forward to opening a birthday present on my birthday, Joey outdid himself this year so I could forgive him:) !!  At first I was annoyed because it looks like he spent a lot of money on the gift.  However, those of you who know him know that he can be extremely resourceful.  Joey traded vet care (vaccinations + home administration) evenly for the book shelves.  I have wanted these for quite some time--mostly because we've used a side table as our desk for almost a year-this is quite hard on the back even for a short person.  Joey sitting at the old desk was quite comical:)  I also wanted them because they are beautiful!  Yay for Joey!

Here's more pictures of Marcy in her very typical lounging position and some shots of her teeth.  Also, I've discovered that I have probably misled many of you.  Marcy does indeed own pants.  It just so happens that I only put them on for special occasions:)  No, for real she wears them but I usually take pictures right after a nap when she's happiest and I take off her pants for naps.  Plus she has such toned sculpted legs who wouldn't want to show them off:)  So to reiterate, Marcy does own pants and does wear them.

 Here's the pretty purse that I consider part of my birthday present:)

Brick Wall

This is the wall I have reached.  I am trying to play with the format of this blog and getting extremely frustrated.  Ergo the wall.  Until I can figure out my formatting issues you will not have the pleasure of looking at a lovely background to go with our lovely posts.

On a totally different note--Joey and I got this really cool table at a local thrift store.  We plan to use it during summers for meals or fun projects outside.  Go here and scroll down for a while to find the picture.  its even created by a Milwaukee color--the only exception is that ours is a sunshiney yellow colour.  You're all welcome to share mini picnics with us any time:)  
We also found a REALLY cool purse that Joey bought for me because I've been feeling short on purses as of late.   The brand is Carpetbags of America and it is vintage 60's and beautiful.  It is an olive green shoulder purse with a chevron shaped fabric enhancement at the top.  If you look them up online most are kinda ugly-I like to think that mine is the most beautiful one.  If I can find the darn camera I'd post the picture of it.

Yay Packers!

This is how happy Marcy was when the Packers won.
Here's a funny video...

LOOK!!! (very closely)

If you look just above the white glare you can see that her first tooth is popping through! The one on the left is following close behind! I find it so strange that its so rough for her but we've been consoling her in her fragile state and it seems, though it may be a quick prognosis, that she will make it through this ordeal. We all are quite excited for her:)

Its kind of strange, it seems like she hasn't had any new tricks in quite a while so the whole teeth thing is kinda fun! She's just been on the precipice of crawling for almost 2 months, she's been sitting very well on her own for 2 months, and she's been rolling around the ground for 1 ish months. Sooo maybe the tooth thing will inspire her to crawl, or walk! I think that since her cousin Savannah is quite quick on the crawling, walking, toothing thing it makes me excited for Marcy to catch up.

This past weekend Marc was in town visiting (his namesake) and took us all out for brunch (hoity-toity :) ) And it was Marc's birthday so the restaurant brought him a cupcake and we all sung happy birthday...really really quietly. The jazz musicians sang happy birthday to like 4 other people. The coolest one was for a 94 year old woman--she looked great!

P.S Marcy REALLY wanted his cupcake:)

More of My Hobby

I recently decided to make my hobby more efficient, I found this cool cage-top thingy for my aquarium and decided that I could keep my frog with my axolotl and erika's goldfish all in the same enclosure this way we only have 1 aquarium and I can keep my critters in less space so I set it up, and Lady frog lives in the top cage part with all the branches and leaves and junk, Axle and Erika's goldfish live in the bottom, separated by a divider. It's not quite perfect... but it's close. I think Lady Frog and Axle are both quite a bit happier than before.

Oh, and Lady Frog likes to use the filter for the bottom part as her personal Jacuzzi during the day. At night she comes out and climbs around in the branches.

Hooray for new clothes!

Thanks for all of the cool clothes! Here are some 'tights' pictures. The not so good one is because she did her little vomit thing in her mouth right as I took the picture...and since it looked funny I posted it:) Look at the bottom of the third picture to see my little shoe model:) We can't wait to put her in the Packers shirt for the big game!!

Marcy cannot crawl yet but she's finding her knees kinda fun! I had to place her knees under her for the picture but she can sometimes do it on her own. Her favorite game is for me to place three toys around the living room and she rolls around to find them:) It entertains her for just about an hour each time! So even though she can't crawl she finds a way to make her self mobile!

We had Don and Shirley over for supper last night and we all had a great time! Marcy performed well and the food tasted great!! Success!

Whose baby is that?

Karl impersonating a movie character.

Phil Wenneck: Whose baby is that?
Stu Price: Alan, are you sure you didn't see anyone else in the suite?
Alan Garner: Yeah, I checked all the rooms... no one's there. Check its collar or something

Alan Garner: You hear that? The baby's name is Tyler.

Phil Wenneck: Yeah, I thought he looked more like a Carlos too, bud

SOOO last week we had some visitors and I forgot to show off some pictures. The problem is that there isn't a single picture of the whole group to prove that we were all together:) I had a blast and I think they did too!

Karl, his girlfriend Katie, Willie, and Anna were on a choir tour that spent 4 or 5 days in Denver. Karl, Katie, and Willie spent all of the nights at my house. I got to hear them sing twice, only the end, and the same two songs but the two that I heard were great:) (There was never child care and Marcy doesn't sit so well during concerts!)

On their "free" day we explored Denver downtown. We tried getting into the Denver mint but couldn't get in and drove in circles and circles and circles trying to find a parking spot. They really got familiar with the downtown street layout and one way streets and the many taken parking spots:) We happened to be downtown at the capitol on the day that our governor Hickenlooper was sworn in-that was kinda cool to watch from a circling perspective. We also explored a beautiful Catholic church that the city was built around but not swallowed! Then we went to a Gesch family DREAM restaurant. Its called the Buckhorn exchange and it features I think over 450 "stuffed" animals. Zebras, wolverines, squirrels, buffalo etc... We each had a fairly exotic meal and made our way onward and forward. We toured some nearby sights and headed home. It was a really fun weekend!

(Now that they've left I came up with 2 way better things to do. So you other people should come visit cause I've got some pretty good ideas:))

After the weekend was over... reminiscing over the good times:

Alan Garner: [repeatedly singing] And we're the three best friends that anyone could have

Marcy is practicing for the summer. Shockingly she let them on her face until we took them off!!

The Nursery

I wanted to show some pictures of Marcy's bedroom before we take it apart for the move. We would have liked to paint the walls and decorate a bit more but we like it alot how it is now! The pattern on the bedding is hippos:)

They're Coming...

I'd love to put up more pictures but I can't find the camera. Any ideas Karl, Katie, or Willie:) Lemme know if you find it "hiding" in you luggage:) Once it is located I'll post some posts.

Marcy Gretchen: Back in Black

So Marcy wouldn't smile for her Christmas pictures BUT when you put her in an AC/DC outfit she 'rocks' the smiles! "Uncle" Kyle and "Aunt" Sabrina bought her that outfit and it looks pretty good on her!

We had Kyle and Sabrina over for a mini Christmas hangout and had a great time. Joey and Kyle are equally strange and have a great time comparing matching knives, talking crayfish, and saying things like, "Hey remember when Saddam Hussein was killed...I just remembered that." totally out of the blue. Sabrina and I are so much more refined in our conversations about clothing or making fun of what the boys are talking about. Needless to say its always a fun time when the Kyle and Sabrina come to play.