favorite food...anyone?

In this picture, Charlotte is saying the name of her favorite food does anyone have a clue as to what it is?
~Dave

the great Char-lotto

(pinch your nose and read the following out loud)

"THE GREAT CHARLOTTO vs. MEE-MEE THE VISCOUS"

Mee-Mee gets Charlotto in the corner...
with the swift reaction of Charlotto, she was able to reverse the hold,
8...9...10 heavy weight contender is now the champz!!!

I wanted Charlotte to wake up and play with me, its 9:00 and she is still asleep (so was Meg, hee hee). I shot this little show trying to wake her, but it didn't work. hope you like it.








"THE GREAT CHARLOTTO vs. MEE-MEE THE VISCOUS"
short play by daddy the bored

Happy Birthday Dad!

Today is my Dad's birthday, and this is my "daddy dedication" birthday post....Its not just cuz I dropped the ball on getting a card out on time either!
My dad is one of the most intelligent people I know. I remember when Deedee and I were little we would ask him questions,like kids do, about randomness in the world, he always seemed to know the answer. When we would ask him doubtfully,"well how do YOU know?" He would matter-of-factly answer, "Well, because Daddy's know everything." We would simply take that as truth and go about our questioning. It would often become a game of "stump Daddy" trying to think of questions that he didnt know the answer to. I cant remember a single time that we did and I think to this day I still believe that.
I also remember many times growing up watching Jeopardy and Dad would know the answer to all of the questions. We always tried to convince him that he should try out for the show and make us thousandaires! These are just a couple of examples of how smart my Dad really is and I am so proud that has dedicated a big part of his life to teaching others just a few of the things he knows.
Dad is also a very funny guy....yeah sometimes they are cheap jokes but they will always make you laugh anyways :) I think making people laugh is one of the things he enjoys most and I love that. I am proud to say that I think my Dad and I have a very similar sense of humor.
These are just a couple of the things about my Dad that stuck out to me, none over his loving and caring heart and dedication to family. He is such a great Dad and an awesome Grandaddy!
So, Dad, I hope you have a wonderful birthday! I love you so much and cant wait to see you in a couple weeks!

Karen and Tommy Tighe

I knew it would only be a matter of time until my sister Karen would find the one special person to share her live and time. Karen here's to all the little moments to come; good, bad, large, and small...take them together and your love will prevail. I love you both ~Dave

Halloween

I only have a sec. to post...My sister Karen is marrying the coolist guy this weekend and we are leaving in a few hours. love to all ~dave

Charlotte is warmed up and ready for holloween!



Adrian

clean for my girls

This weekend Meghan and Charlotte went To Sarah's 2nd birthday. I have another hour to kill before picking them up and thought I would Blog. For those fortunate enough to check our blog (before 8:30pm pst. on Sunday the 28th) you will know before Meg that I cleaned the house, and rearanged the funiture. I was able to move and clean the entire up stairs. With the help of Paul E. I was also able to move the tv (Thank you again Paul for the help!) I hope It makes my girls happy. ~Dave



HAPPY BIRTHDAY SARAH!! I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GREAT TIME!!

Bamboo forest

the last few weeks little miss Charlotte has not felt very well. Today she seams to be feeling a lot better so I thought I would take her to the Bamboo forest for a short walk and some fresh air while Meg got some sewing done.



she and I had a fun time running around and touching all the plants and playing in the fountain. I love running around chasing my little girl ~Dave :)
here are a couple of short soundless vids of the day!

Charlotte Walking

Just in case, we still have blog subscribers...(I dont blame you if you've given up)...here are a couple videos of Charlotte walkin around the house...enjoy...

My wife

The other day I called my wife on her cell and told her that I had purchased a huge pile of bikes.( www.roadsidedave.blogspot.com/ to see what I'm talking about:)~ anyways, some of the fellas at work said and I quote "my wife would kill me if I had done that"...not my wife. She said WOW now you can build some of the bikes you have been talking about! And the Judges from Canada give her a...



I'm a very lucky man.

1 year and 15 days!

this first year has gone bye real fast...sorry we have not posted any pictures from her birthday. I think Meg is planning to post soon. until then Daddy has another sleeping picture to post that was taken today. love to all. Dave

Happy Mother's Day Mom!

"MOM"--this is a word that has taken on a whole new meaning for me this year, not only for the obvious reason of becoming one, but also because of the unity that I now feel with that segment of the population that wakes up each morning yearning for the next time she sees her child's face, for those women who ache to their core if she sees her daughter in one ounce of pain, and those mom's who lose all concept of adulthood when their son is mistreated at school and are ready to go to blows with any snooty principal or bully kid that stands in their way!

It is for this reason that whenever I feel those motherly feelings I immediately reflect on my own mother during my growing up years and feel that much more appreciation, respect, guilt, and love for her. All the skinned knees, broken hearts, hurtful teenage words, bad decisions and life struggles that she watched me suffer through and undoubtedly suffered silently beside me. All the while soothing, waiting, listening, patient, supportive, and loving me through it all, putting her own feelings aside for my own.

My mom has so many amazing qualities including but nowhere near limited to- her ability to laugh at herself ("you think life's funny or something?"), her frugal nature, knack for organizing, solving any problem you throw at her, eloquent writing, and of course her landscaping skills with a simple pair of scissors (true story) :).

So, Whenever I feel those tinges of doubt or insecurity about my abilites as a mom, I simply reflect on my mom, and her mom (grama dixie), and even her mom(grama D) and I realize that all of these amazing women have shaped the mom that I am today. Then I am put at ease knowing that Charlotte is one lucky girl to have inherited these wonderful "mommy genes".

Thankyou Mom for everything you do for me and my daughter and family and also thankyou to all of the amazing mommy role models in my life: Karen, Grama Dixie, Aunt Lu, Deedee, Sue, Aunt Wanda, Aunt Jenny, Granny, Aunt Dana, Kelly Ryan, and Mrs. Joyce.

Have a wonderful Mother's Day....I love you!

first day of mommyhood

like mother, like daughter
2 generations of mommies3 generations of mommies 2 of the best moms in the world!



"baby hogging" note the scissors in her hip pocket!

Grama Dixie and her girlsmooches

Crawling and other assorted tricks

Hi everyone! Yes I realize that it has been a while since we blogged but Charlotte just passed 10 months and she is doing new things everyday....It is so much fun to watch...Here is a little clip of a few of her tricks. Well enjoy...

Posing

Okay so I realized after I took these pictures that Charlotte kind of looks like she is posing for a centerfold. The fact that she even has "cleavage" as Grandad and Nana pointed out, only adds to the image....

Well, lets all get past that visual and just see her for the cute posing, leopardprint-wearing doll face that she is!

Cant wait to see Aunt Deed, Uncle Brent, and SARAH! in a couple days!

Check me out!

Oh yeah, everybody, Charlotte takes a big girl bath now ....and I do mean BIG girl...check out those rolls! She loves hanging out in the water and playing with her squeezy bath toys.


These are definitely going into the "blackmail at 16" file


On another note, I (Meg) just started my first Etsy shop. Etsy is a website were people can sell their handmade goods. Its a great place to find really cool stuff and unique gifts that you wont find anywhere else! (thanks to Deedee and JJ for the Etsy heads up)

ode to the pigbear

the original pigbear pic Can you see the family resemblance?

Today is the one year anniversary of the pigbear blog that we all have grown to love so much. we have watch it grow from a little 3 comment site into a large dubble digit site with rad pictures and sweet links...
... its so punk rock!!!

Thanks Deedee for all the updates, pictures, positive messages and to Brent for the suppa sweet videos that we couldn't have done with out. We love you so much. Thank you for inviting us into your lives, Can I get an 'Amen'?

I clean up real nice!

Me and my aunt Lu just a swangin'

Me and cousin Jack

Catchup!

Yesterday at the Park.








I know, I know, fallin down on the bloggin job AGAIN!
We had a whirlwind trip to South Carolina, and Tennessee to see the fam. Charlotte finally got to meet the world famous Grandaddy and Nana, as well as many other family characters. I am pretty proud of how she adjusted and bounced back to everything that changed from day to day. I hope everyone had wonderful Holidays and are enjoying a wonderful New Year so far!