Pics of the Girls

Welcome Claire Olivia!

She is here!

Making Pizza

Mary Kate has decided that her new favorite hobbies are 1. Making large messes and 2. Helping mommy cook. Both are demonstrated below.

Belly Bump

It is bigger now. This was taken around two weeks ago! We are almost 36 weeks!

The Big White Lie

Last week the weather man lied to us two times. Last Wednesday he told us that it was going to snow 1-3 inches. Guess what? It maybe snowed 1/2 an inch and was gone in an hour. Mary Kate got to touch a snow flake, but as far as anything fun in the snow- nope! The snow didn't last long enough.

Then again on Friday the weather man said that it was going to snow 1-3 inches overnight and all day on Saturday. I was so excited! Every time that I got up to use the bathroom (it is alot these days) I would look outside to see the snow. There wasn't any. When I woke up in the morning Brian and I checked the weather and they kept repeating that it was coming. About noon it did start to snow and it snowed for about two hours. It was completely gone in 30 minutes after it stopped snowing. I don't know what kind of training the weather man gets to be able to be on t.v. and lie to all of us, but that is exactly what he did. This was supposed to be the "mother of all snow storms." Well, it was a big white lie.

I do not have any pictures of Mary Kate in the snow because it didn't last long enough! :)

Winter Attire

Sorry to you folks who check this often. I guess I am in a "blogging slump". I will try harder to keep you updated.

Old man winter has arrived and with him comes some fuzzy, warm, and cozy clothes. Mary Kate loves putting on coats, hats, scarfs, gloves, mittens, etc. And by loves I mean screams and cries loudly when you try to take any part of it off- even if it is a toasty 80 degrees inside. For some reason she will let me take off her coat at home but not when we leave to go out somewhere. Even today she cried when she took her nap because I took off her sweater so she wouldn't sweat while she napped. Crazy Kid!

This hat/scarf ensemble was knitted by my friend Brianna for MK's birthday. She wouldn't put it on in September and she won't take it off in November!

The Mormons and the Good News

I know that Becky already posted a picture of this, but I could not let my picture go without blogging. I mean it really is striking how much they resemble mormons in this picture.




Now for the good news. For those of you who read this and don't know we are having a girl in March! We are very excited and can't wait for her to get here. Mary Kate on the other hand might have a few things to say about having a little sister. When we ask her what is in mommy's tummy she says, " a belly button." She did let her guard down one day and decided to share her sippy cup of milk with my tummy. All kids have to adjust sooner or later. I will get Brian to take a belly shot of me and I will post it later.

Happy Early Halloween!

We have already begun the Halloween festivities around the Bojo household. We went trick-or-treating twice on Saturday. Mary Kate is a clown or in her words a "coot clown" which is a cute clown. She is indeed pretty darn cute if I do say so myself. This clown suit was made for me by my mother when I was little. I wore the clown costume, my brother wore it, and my sister wore it. Brian said he heard someone say that they thought Mary Kate looked cute, but that they saw the same clown costume at Walmart. It is a GOOD thing that I didn't hear that or I would have had to throw down! Not that there is anything wrong with getting costumes from Walmart but she should recognize a homemade one.

Mary Kate and the Mandolin

This last week, Brian was using his musical abilities on the Mandolin. He leads worship in church and he wanted to bring a "blue-grass" feel to the songs. Mary Kate loved the mandolin and thought it was just perfect for her size.

Rainy Day with Elmo

Elmo is quickly becoming a favorite person around here. He goes many places with us. We got back from the grocery store one day and I turned around to see this.

Mary Kate's Birthday

Mary Kate turned two last Thursday. We took her to Chuck E. Cheeses for dinner. We all had a blast but the pizza was nasty. Mary Kate's absolute favorite part was the giant mouse named Chuck E. Cheese. She would stare at him forever-especially his feet. I guess she thought that if he had feet he must be real. She liked the rides okay. I scored some majore tickets when I found a game that was broken and would just keep letting you play it. I kept getting dirty looks from other parents for hogging the game, but I didn't care because I was racking up tickets for prizes for my daughter. The absolute highlight of the night was when Mary Kate picked out a long tootsie roll as one of her prizes and decided to take a big bite out of it, wrapper and all!

My Birthday and Labor Day

This year my birthday fell on Labor Day. I have been dying to see the Georgia Aquarium and we wanted to go before Mary Kate turned two and we had to pay for her. We had a blast! Mary Kate asked to see a "dolshin" the whole time, but of course they didn't have any dolphins, but they had lots of other great things to look at. If you haven't been I would really recommend it. Our camera lost battery power after just a few pictures so we were bummed about that. I think this last birthday was one of the best of my life.

The Stifling Dog Days of Summer

Well, I haven't been doing a whole lot of anything these days except complain about the overwhelming heat. It is way too hot to be outside doing anything but sitting in a pool.

Mary Kate has invented this new game called "Daddy Dit You" which is "Daddy Get You." The way it is played is this: Mary Kate announces "Daddy Dit You" and takes off running in any crazy direction laughing and squealing as loudly as possible. Brian then takes his cue and drops whatever else he is doing and begins to chase her. I inevitably end up getting smooshed, squashed, or generally clobbered as she scrambles to get away from Daddy and seeks protection from me. This game can go on for hours and when Brian collapses from sheer exhaustion, Mary Kate takes this as "the end of the world as we know it" and cries until Brian feels compassion and begins to "dit you" again. I'm telling you- it is a fun game.

P.S. Sorry, no pictures of the game yet.

The Barbie Jeep

Woohoo! A very, very nice person gave us a barbie jeep for MK. She wasn't real sure about it at first, but she likes it much better now. She isn't tall enough to reach the gas so we have to use our old mop to push it for her. It makes for dangerous driving when an almost two year old is in charge of steering!

Hey Hollywood!

Mary Kate loves to wear her sunglasses. She gets mad if she can't put them on by herself.

Happy Belated Fourth!

Happy Fourth of July! We had a great day. We watched the cave spring parade, swam and ate lunch, had visitors for dinner and then watched a drive in movie. It was a busy but fun day. On July 3, some cousins from Ohio came to visit so we had a cookout at Brian's Uncle Tom's house. We captured some cute pictures of Ben and Mary Kate eating some ice-cream.

Aggie the Wonder-dog

I don't typically talk much about Aggie, but she is a great dog and very special to me and my family. We got Aggie about three and a half years ago after we had gone through a rough time. Aggie didn't heal our hurt but she surely distracted us from it. She was an adorable puppy and she has turned into a great dog. One thing she does that is so unique is that she will curl up in the most obscure places. You never know when you might find her. You might be making the bed, and you go to grab the covers and something black comes flying out from the bed. This particular day I was getting ready to do some laundry, but hadn't made it downstairs yet. Aggie found herself a nice spot to curl up in to rest.

Bathing-Beauty

This picture proves that you can be any age (although my Grandma's only 29) and still be a bathing-beauty.

Back From the Beach

Last week we joined my parents for a vacation at Venice Beach, Florida. We had so much fun! For some reason, fossilized shark teeth have found their way to Venice Beach and all you have to do is look really closely to find them. That was a great part of the trip. We mostly just relaxed, ate, read, and did almost nothing. It was nice and much needed for everyone.


Oh yeah, we played pool too!



The shark teeth and maybe other fossils?


On our last night in Venice Beach we ate at the Italian American Club. We were by far the youngest people there, but we ate like kings for eight dollars a person!

Again, I Pick my Battles

This picture needs no explanation.