Pics!

Mariah drooling over her favorite "American Idol" Kris Allen as he sang "The way you look tonight" just for her!


Looking at Buffalo.

D.C. for the day!

Well Jordan wanted to get away for the day on Saturday, so he suggested the zoo. The D.C. zoo!! So we packed lunches and headed for a day trip. Well, may I suggest if anyone tries this let me make a suggestion: NEVER go on a Saturday, when it is 90+ degrees, and try to park in the zoo parking lot (as if one would think cars park there). I think there were at least 9 million people there enjoying the same idea. The heat was manageable with lots of water and shade. The worse part of the whole thing was the parking. Apparently only 50 cars can park in the lot, so you have to park on the street. Oh okay, well did I mention that we are in downtown D.C. on a Saturday!! We drove around for a hour looking for a spot on the street that was closer that 20 blocks away. Finally after some prayer (I was about to lay hands on the street), a woman (God bless you whoever you were) was leaving one block from the zoo. Praise Jesus!!! The kids had fun and were actually very good. The animals were great, especially the elephants and the hippo, but I was disappointed in no giraffes. And did I mention hero daddy who had to track down Mariah's lost blanket over a million square feet of zoo, and found it!! We did enjoy a getaway, but would love to go back on a weekday in cooler weather, and ride the metro. It was so hectic out that I had no time to take a picture (you know it had to be for me not to snap some quick shots), but I did manage to snap this one of the kids at the rest stop.

8 months old!

Unfortunately she does not have enough hair to put a clip in yet. This was the first time I was able to actually make it stay for more than 6 seconds. Oh well, we shall keep trying.

Buffalo

As you may recall, I posted pictures last year of our little rabbit. This is the 3rd year in a row that we have had a rabbit have babies in our yard. Last year she had 4 babies under Chase's slide, and this year she has chosen the tree for her home sweet home. I haven't noticed any babies yet, but she is sure pleasantly plump! I figured since she is becoming a part of our family she should have a name. I threw out lots of names to Chase, but at lunch one day after dismissing all of my suggestions Chase said "I will think mama." Two hours later he came running to me with the name of all names, "Buffalo" he shouted! Well there you go, Buffalo it is.

Twinkle Twinkle

Chase and his version of "Twinkle Twinkle."

Milestone

I noticed a week ago that Chase is finally getting his 2-year-molars in. Oh, did I mention that he will be 3 next month. Oh well, all that matters is he is getting his teeth in, not when! But you know it is bugging me like crazy that his teeth aren't following the eruption table!!!

Best friends or not!

The other day I was so excited to hear my 2-yr-old utter "Mama, you are my best friend." I enjoyed it so much I asked him again, "Chase, who is your best friend?" "Thomas" he utter back without hesitation. :( Oh well, it was sweet while it lasted.

Spring pictures 2009

Happy Easter!!!!

Happy Resurrection Sunday! As a child of God, born and saved by his grace, there is no greater day to celebrate than Easter. Thank you God for paying the price and allowing me spend eternity with You one day! He is risen, He is risen indeed!

Well as you will notice the first part of Easter Sunday started out well, but by the end we were melting fast, that is, Chase was melting fast!! At least you can see their cute little outfits!

Lord, are you teaching me to vacuum???

Tuesday afternoon the kids were playing in the den and I walked into the kitchen to wash a bottle for Mariah. I heard her coughing, but didn't think much of it because we are all sick. After a minute or two I heard a gasp and ran in to see Mariah fall back and stop breathing. I grabbed her up and screamed for Jordan. I laid her face down in my arms and started back blows. After about 3o sec she coughed up a large piece of wood, who the heck knows where she got that. Of course she was fine, but it really scared me. That happened to Chase at about the same age at Mom's house. After I calmed down I was thinking of what God could possibly be teaching me through this incident, and then I thought, Lord are you teaching me to vacuum??

Moments!

God has given me yet another great week with my most treasured gifts, my children. Even while I feel sick as a dog, just about to hack up a lung, my kids never cease to make me laugh out loud.

Pat a cake!

"Pat a cake,
pat a cake,
baker man,
bake me cake fast you can,
roll, roll, roll
deh-dah-lee-dah-lee-dah-lee-dah-lee." - Chase Binder

More Milestones

In the past month Mariah has been doing new things everyday. Her crawling is getting better and better, she is starting to say sounds "dah," and now she is pulling herself up on whatever she is close to. She is even starting to take steps, while holding onto something of course. Oh, and by the way, remember when I mentioned that she was our mellow and calm child, well she outgrew that. Mariah is turning out to be as wild and full of energy as Chase is!!

Food Fun

I found these cool pancake molds at Williams & Sonoma. I am trying to be more creative in my food preparation for Chase, just to make it fun. I liked these because they were only $18.00 for a set of three molds (Lion, Monkey and Elephant). Chase loved them, but I think the most comical part was watching my try to make them the first time. As you can see the elephant didn't make it, the monkey was a little crispy, but the lion was perfect!!!!