"new cowbee boots"

Laney is still as serious a cowgirl as I've seen. She got new "cowbee boots" as she calls them, they light up when she walks...Scott picked them out. She is learning what all of her tack is called. She has mastered the saddle, the halter, the lead rope, the bridle, and the bit, but every part and piece she wants to know what it's called. Memorizing those 4-H books is finally coming in handy again. Yesterday she was petting "Teabone" and thought her chestnuts on her legs were owies. So we picked and peeled at them and I told her they were like finger nails (best description I could come up with)...she was fascinated with them. We visited Mor Mor and Papa this week so that Scott and I could go for a belated birthday dinner for me with no kids...it was nice, I gotta say...never! thought I'd say that :) Laney had a blast chasing "hop hops" around their neighborhood and pushing Tana in the stroller. Tana was cracking me up, she loved it. Her little, well chubby little, legs were just so relaxed hanging over the edge of the stroller, I couldn't stop laughing at how chilled out she was. It was too cute. With all the rain we've been having, and with Laney's affinity for mud puddles, I bought her a raincoat and boots. She wanted to wear them so badly, even though it was nice out, that picture just looks so cute like she's waiting for it to rain again. Now that I bought those, it'll never rain again. Tana is so funny...she rolls from her back to her tummy but still hasn't rolled back over or log rolled. But she does this scoot thing that makes me laugh so hard my side hurts. She will be sitting and she gets all excited and starts this body scoot thing...it's so funny...but she actually scoots across the carpet. She'll scoot 6 to 8" or so on her butt before she stops to see why I'm laughing. Then she just smiles, laughs, and starts it again. It's so funny, I'll get a video.

"Happy Birthday Mommy, Happy Birthday Mommy"

Summertime has finally hit, full force! Thank goodness! We have no spring whatsoever, it went from 41 to 91 and has stayed in the high 80's low 90's ever since. My 32nd birthday was last Wednesday...and Laney sang me happy birthday. It went a little like this "happy birday mommy, happy birday mommy, happy birday mommy, happy birday uncle, happy birday daddy, happy birday mommy." Then she gave me a big hug and told me "wuv you too" :) so pretty much the cutest "birday" present ever! Some of the funny things coming out of her this week "Nokie's a bad ol' cat", "I'm sick 'n' tired of Molly eating my shoes", "I'm freakin' out", "I can't help myself" (when she can't do it by herself) and "Tana's a pink baby"...not sure what that one means, but she says it when Tana's naked. She is beginning to want to tell time. When I lay her down for a nap, we read a story and then I let her read to herself for 5 minutes. I point on the clock where the big hand will be in five minutes and tell her she has to put her book down and sleep when it gets there...it hasn't failed yet ;) Tana had her 6 month check up, she was 19 1/2 pounds and 27 1/2 inches long...still in the 98th percentile. My arms are pretty buff these days.