Busy body

 This girl never stops moving!  We went to Cutter's house a few weekends ago and they are both non-stop.  But it makes it nice because they're starting to play with each other more and keep each other occupied.

 And her new favorite thing to do is "cimb" (climb).  Anytime she sees anything that she thinks she'll be able to climb on, she'll go up next to it and try to pull herself up saying "cimb!"  My mom was watching her and she said she actually climbed to the top of the slide on my old swing set, with a little help of course.

This picture is one to keep around just to embarrass her later on.  She rides in her car seat like this ALL the time!  I don't know if it's just more comfortable for her or what, but 90% of the time she's in her seat this is how she sits.

The circus

 The circus came to Giddings last week and while we were there I realized that this was Korbyn's first circus!  We met up with some friends and memaw and papaw Doug.  All the pictures are very blurry, I really need to start using my actual camera for stuff like this.

 Of course papaw just couldn't resist the pony rides!  We all sat down in our seats and while we were waiting for the show to start they had elephant and pony rides and some other fun stuff for the kids.  Papaw leaned over and asked if he could take her down there for a ride.  I was hesitant only because I figured she would chicken out the minute she actually sat on it.  Even when they were on their way down there Colton leaned over and said "I bet she doesn't do it."  Well did she prove us wrong!  Papaw put her up on that pony and she was ready to go.  They had to sit there for a little bit to wait and see if anyone else wanted to come ride, and then I was thinking if they sit there too long she's going to want to get off.  Nope!  She sat and waited so patiently and the smile on her face when they started moving was SO precious.  They only got to go around like two times though which was pretty stingy to me!

One of our friends that we met up with told us about a video clip that's on YouTube about elephants that go crazy at circuses.  Colton and I pulled it up right then and there and watched it and have forever decided that she will NEVER ride an elephant!!!  Watching that movie was extremely scary, it was almost surreal seeing an elephant with kids on its back running around like crazy and knocking everything down in its path.  So, sorry Korbyn, but that will be something that you'll never be able to experience as long as you're living with mommy and daddy.

 She really surprised Colton and I both because she sat and watched the entire show which lasted almost two hours! 

We really didn't have to spend that much money because memaw and papaw sure know how to spoil :)   As soon as we walked in the gate she saw a blow up Dora and Boots and just had to have them.  It was really nice getting to spend time with them and I know Korbyn enjoyed them being there with her and of course to buy her all of her goodies!

Big helper

Any time Korbyn gets to go over to memaw and papaw's she knows she's in for some work!  But she eats it up big time since she loves to do everything by herself now.  She gets to help papaw go get hay for the cows, then they get to feed them.  She also gets to help memaw look for eggs that the chickens laid and gives them food and water.

 She can get pretty silly with the water hose though.  You better watch out because she'll start to chase you with it!

 She has now learned the words goose and heifers...and many other "farm" words!  We picked her up the other day and my dad was telling me that she scared him for a second.

They had gone and got hay on the "mule" (like a gator) and they pulled up back to the house.  My dad said he put her on the ground and he turned around to put a tool back on his truck and when he turned back around she was gone!  He said he started hollering her name and he couldn't find her so he went inside and yelled at my mom to see if she had gone in there.  Well of course this scared my mom because she knew she hadn't come into the house.  About that time Korbyn came running and laughing behind my dad!  The little rascal was hiding from him.  I hope this doesn't become a habit of hers! 

Daddy's girl

 Every day when we pull up in the driveway she looks out of her window and says "home!  Daddy?!"  They have become so close here lately!  She of course is an ultimate mamma's girl ;) but no doubt about it loves her daddy very much.

 We were at my parents one evening and she loves to jump on the trampoline, as best as she can actually "jump."  So daddy and Korbyn both decided to jump together, which made me just a little nervous.

 Since I usually work until 6 or 6:30 every day, Colton will sometimes pick her up on his way home so she doesn't have to be the last kid there all the time.  He text me one day after they got home and said "we're eating tookies (how Korbyn says it) mom"

And her absolute favorite thing is to crawl into bed with Colton in the evenings and watch Umizoomis or Dora.  They are so cute together!

I do it!

Korbyn has become a two year old overnight!  She is extremely independent and wants to do everything herself and then if she can't she'll tell you "help."  In fact, her new favorite phrase is "I do it!"

Well this tells you how long it takes me to post something.  We converted her crib to a toddler bed during the July 4th weekend.  She loves it, she thought it was the neatest thing that she can now get in and out of her bed all by herself.  I've only caught her out of it a couple of times, but as soon as I catch her she laughs and runs back into it.  Amazingly she hasn't fallen out of it yet.  And as you can see she had to do exactly what daddy was doing.  She loved getting the screw driver and pretend she was really helping him!

 She's getting into that "dramatic play" stage where she really enjoys doing actual tasks.  Her new favorite thing is to put her baby in the bath with her and she does everything to it that I do to her.  After I brush Korbyn's teeth she'll brush her baby's.  After I was her hair then she'll wash her baby's etc.

 And these are the infamous "Korbyn daggers."  She can give such a scary little look sometimes!

Mamma's new ride

 When I began job hunting we were in the debate of getting rid of our tahoe or keeping it.  We decided that if I had to end up commuting that we would definitely get rid of it because the gas mileage isn't great but if I stayed around Giddings then we would replace the tires and just keep it.  The tires were in such bad shape.  In fact, a couple of weeks ago I had a nail in one of them and Walmart wouldn't even patch it because they said the tires were in too bad of shape...ok, I got the hint. 

Once I knew I was going to be working in Giddings we decided to replace the tires and keep it.  But instead of just putting the same tires on it, we put a lift on it and put the tires that Colton had on his truck and he got brand new ones.  So we went to Discount Tire and waited for them to take the old ones off and put the new ones on his truck.  Korbyn was being such a rascal there!

 Of course in the pictures she looks like a little angel, but I even had to take her into the restroom and spank her while we were there.  She is really becoming quite the two year old!

When they first put the lift and tires on I felt a little ridiculous.  I felt like a kid.  But I absolutely love my car now!  It just makes it so much more fun to drive.  Looks like I'll be keeping it until the wheels fall of!

Sleepyhead

Last Tuesday I was scheduled to work a half day.  It was so nice because we've been getting to the daycare around 7 or 7:30 and not leaving until 6:30 for the past four weeks every single day, needless to say I'm completely exhausted and apparently so is Korbyn.

It was about 10:30 a.m. when I was putting my makeup on and getting dressed when I realized that I hadn't heard Korbyn in a while.  The last time I saw her I gave her a snack and she was watching cartoons in the living room.  So I yell her name...nothing.  Usually I can hear her pitter patter towards me when I call her.   As I'm walking towards the living room I start to expect the worst.  I'm thinking "oh my God I'm going to walk in and she's going to be laying there unconscious or something!"  I go in the living room, no Korbyn.  I panic.  I know I didn't open the front door and I know she can't open it yet so I knew she wasn't outside.  Our house isn't very big, but I barge into every room yelling her name and she is nowhere to be found.  I finally make it to her bedroom and this is what I find!

 

I have to put my hand over my mouth to stop from laughing.  The poor thing was so exhausted that she climbed into her bed and had put herself to sleep!