Picnic, Thanksgiving, and Zoo Lights

While the weather was nice, we had quite a few picnics at Shelby Farms, Charlotte finds them very relaxing :)

Patsy making mashed potatoes for Thanksgiving:

Prestyn came to eat with us. Charlotte kept telling everyone about her "baby cousin":

ZOO LIGHTS!

C enjoyed the fake snow:
She was very, very impressed with the lights- this was the first of many "Oh my GOSH!" moments:
running through the zoo in the dark was pretty fun too:
In the Polar Bear building, they had a little disco dance party set up. Charlotte was a big fan- I was afraid we would never get her to leave.

She ran out to the middle of the dance floor and danced like crazy. It was worth every penny we paid to get in just to watch her.
The best part of the dance party was when we found Seth to dance with!
She was SO excited and told us on the way home that seeing Seth was her favorite part of the night. She also informed us that when she grows up she is going to marry Seth first and then get a job. They are going to live in Seth's house and have a dog named Putt-Putt?

Firestation

After church today, Charlotte went on a trip to the firestation to visit Grumpy.

Calling MattBabb on the intercom.
He didn't answer... probably because he wasn't there.

A random duck?

Playing at Grumpy's locker

Riding in the back of the truck

Driving the Pumper:

Halloween 2009

This one is actually from a Wizard of Oz party a few days before Halloween:

Ready to fill the pink pumpkin with candy!

Charlotte and Daddy having fun Trick or Treating:
Had to sit down and take a break:
Sorry these aren't great, but at least they are something! Hope you are happy LZ :)

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Happy Birthday MSM! I couldn't find any pictures I thought you would deem acceptable.
Charlotte says "Happy Birthday" and Shelby, Sam, and Simon say they miss you.

SGI 2009 Part One

Our Annual Babb Family Trip to St. George Island
2009 Edition

Charlotte tried to get Uncle Jon and Aunt Meg to go to bed at like 9:30pm. We all know that was an exercise in futility:

Swinging Charlotte (aka trying to give grammy a heart attack):

Relaxing and letting the waves "come get us":

I seriously can't believe this is the same kid who hated the sand the first year:

Enjoying some music with Aunt Megan:

LOOK! A rare Jon in the pool sighting!:

Feeding the birds (Brian, they missed you!):

Playing in the sand:

More Pictures coming- I don't want to make Blogger explode!

3rd Birthday!

I can't believe Charlotte is already 3! We had a great time at the party- lots of friends and LOTS of hot dogs...

Some Decorations-
(Day 1, year 1, year 2, year 3)

Halos for the girls:

Tabletop decor:

DJ Charlotte LOVED her hat and glasses (but not as much as her Daddy did):

These people were eating, but they didn't eat nearly enough hot dogs:

The weather was CRAZY amazing!
Awesome cake courtesy of Becca and Mary:
General Merriment:
Feeding the ducks:

Gift Opening:
Playground time:
Sunday we went to Captain D's for a birthday tradition:

New Pictures!

Time for some new pictures so we loaded up early on Saturday morning and braved the heat and mosquitoes for a photo shoot. We went to Memorial Gardens (for those of you who are not Memphians, Memorial Gardens is actually a cemetery with a beautiful garden in the middle- it is a hot spot for photographers in Memphis. There were at least 4 other photographers there while we were). So here we go....

Being Silly:

She was blowing a kiss I think?

Boredom at it's finest:

I call this the Joe Turner (those of you that know him know what I mean) She has plans, sneaky plans:

Future Price is Right model?

I love these pink boots so much I can't stand it. They barely fit on her feet now but I think I will keep them FOREVER:

Wild River Country

Yesterday we drove 2+ hours to Little Rock, AR to the waterpark there.
Charlotte LOVED LOVED it. We watched The Little Mermaid on the way up- her favorite character these days? The dog. Every time he popped up on the screen she would get so excited and tell us all about the "sweet puppy".

The kiddie pool seemed much less germ-filled than many I have been to:

She made us go down this slide about 900 times. I think Jimmy had almost as much fun as she did:

Sliding with Daddy:

Even more fun with Daddy:

She only got the floating turtle to herself once and she was prepared to defend herself against interlopers:

Another little boy that was with our group- she refused to learn his name, preferring to just call him "Boy":

I didn't get a lot of pictures because it is hard to actually do anything at a waterpark if you are carrying your camera. She adored the wave pool and was determined to go on the BIG slides even though she was way too little. This paints a scary picture of the future: Me standing at the exits of things while she and daddy wait in line for hours, ride for 5 seconds... all the while I am holding all the stuff.

It was a great day and it was a really place! We plan to go back every year!

And Also, The ZOO

A big pile of otters:

Special Panda Friend:

Charlotte and Jolie looking sweet:

We all had to wait because she spotted a squirrel: