Holy Freak Out of 2010!

And actually I'm NOT talking about McCall- I'm talking about me! Yes, I had a mild severe freak out moment yesterday. Why you ask? Lets just set the scene.... loooooooooooooooong week of work and I am picking McCall up from daycare around 4:30ish yesterday (Friday afternoon).


{I am willing to say that yes, I was slightly in a hurry and ready to get to Columbia to celebrate Koehler's Birthday.}

I pulled up in our drive way where I was intending on running inside to change outfits while Davy came outside to get in the driver's seat and head to Columbia. Sounds simple enough...Not extactly what happened..... So, I pulled up, honked the horn, Davy came running outside to get in the driver's seat, and I exited the still running (well air-conditioned) car. No problem, right? WRONG and in a BIG way! As I got out of my car the door swung back just enough to latch (but not completely shut) and I really didn't think much about it and continued on inside. Right as I grabbed our garage door to go inside Davy reached our car and I heard the worst (ok, not worst, but you never want to hear it) words you could ever hear as a parent "Bridget, you locked McCall inside the car!!!!!"

Holy %*&$#$%&#@&^!!!!

Seriously? Did I just allow that to happen???? I ran back to the car where I violently pulled, yanked, and searched for whatever I could to break the window, door, whatever it took to get my baby out. All the while McCall just looked at me and giggled as if I were playing a game with her.

By this point Davy ran back inside to get a hanger to see if we could maneuver our way into the car.

I was in my own, freak out world, that I had NO idea Davy's parents were outside and were yelling at us and asking what was going on.

At some point I finally heard someone, but couldn't see (because of the way the sun was shining) who it was. So I did what any freaking out parent would do, I yelled. "I don't know who is over there but could you please go get David (my father in law) - McCall is locked inside our car!!"

And out of the shadows appeared my mother and father in law. Long story short.... my mother in law entertained McCall while my father-in-law was able to get the car open in what seemed like 27,091 minutes, but in reality was 2 minutes. AHHH! Thank you, Brenda and David!!!!!!!!!
Freak out over....

PS- I get this question pretty often due to the amount of photos I have of my child: "Do you carry your camera everywhere?" The answer: "yes"
**However, I would hope no one would expect me to have any pictures from this situation because I certainly do NOT :)

I Thought It Would Be A While Before We Dealt With This....

McCall kissing boys!!!!! (I took these from a Facebook page and they didn't turn out very clear...sorry!)

I Just HAD To Do It

That is, put her hair in pigtails! :)

side view

top view

front view...

"OK, Mom, I think they get the picture"

Fun With Family

La La and Pa Pa came home from vacation late Thursday night, Mimi and Papa came to visit on Friday night, and Drake came to visit on Saturday- can we say McCall has had a FANTASTIC weekend?

Being giggly at breakfast!

Spending time with MiMi and Papa before they left

3 Generations picture :)

McCall: "Are you sure I'm related to these two?"

The Fam

Waiting on Drake to arrive...

Feeding the new chickens (we now have 15 chickens!!! La La and Pa Pa decided we needed 10 more!)

Drake made it!!!  And he was ready to meet the chickens (and feed them, of course!)

La La with the grandbabies (minus sweet Eli)

"Hey girls!"

I couldn't stop laughing at these two! Watch out!!!!! (Notice McCall is holding on)

Pure Silliness

Sometimes Ok, most of the time Davy, McCall and I are just plain goofy with a capital G! But I sure do love our goofy moments- AND you know I just have to capture them on camera :)

Silly me- I thought the bowls were used for mixing; nope, much more fun using them as hats!

Me: "McCall, wouldn't it be fun if you gave Mommy a massage?"

McCall: {:::::giggle, giggle, giggle::::::; walks over gently sits down jumps on my back}

her version of a scalp massage....

Laughed so hard my ribs still hurt....

Davy pretending to be asleep. McCall, not so much....

"cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese"

This picture has NOTHING to do with this post- I just couldn't believe how long her hair was when it's wet and not curled up. CRAZY!!!

More long hair....

I Want To Put On My My My My My Boogie Shoes....

So, this past weekend was full of celebrations! It was my mother-in-law's Birthday and it was also Amber's Birthday (both on the same day, September 11)
Some party pictures from Friday night and Saturday night are below for your viewing pleasure.....

My mother-in-law's cake - it was SO good!!!!

Will being silly with McCall while people were arriving...

She sure does love cousin Will! (Or as McCall would say cousin "wooooo")

I love her face in this picture!

Happy Birthday, La La!

And she saw Pa Pa....

Singing to La La

And now helping her blow out the candles...

Amber's cake!

Ready for round 2 of partying

"Happy Birthday, Amber"

The Birthday Girl blowing out her candles