Thanksgiving 2009

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year… we ate way too much and enjoyed time with our family. On our way to Thanksgiving dinner at the lake, we saw this little beauty on the golf course. 

 

Cayson and Daddy headed down to look at the lake.

Cayson was excited to see his cousins… he calls them “my cousins.” Here he is with Cousin Maggie.

Korbyn, Kaci & Lakin playing with the Pictionary Man game… fun game, by the way.

Cayson was mesmerized by baby cousin, Klaire… He couldn’t get enough of her and kept showering her with kisses.

We hope everyone enjoyed a day filled with family, food and thanking God for our many blessings.

Fishy Business

We headed up the turnpike to take Cayson to the Oklahoma Aquarium and visit friends that live that way this past weekend. It was a blast! We enjoyed LOADS of DELISH food and great company! There was even a little shopping too. :) Beware: Bazillion Pictures Ahead!

Friday was my birthday so we started out with gifts…. Dusty got me my cookie cake! :)

He also got me a new North Face jacket! It’s not the maternity type, so it doesn’t fit me quite right at the moment.

 

Cayson was excited to head to the aquarium!

 

He had been talking about touching a starfish so we headed straight to that exhibit… of course, he refused to actually touch one. This is a good fake out picture – as close as his finger got to the starfish.

Cayson LOVED the “Nemo” fish! One of his favorites.

I was fascinated by the jelly fish tanks.

A few obligatory pictures with the big alligator…

Dusty is NOT thrilled about this picture… Cayson loved the pink 4-wheeler at Bass Pro. Ha ha. I thought it was funny. He later told me his favorite 4-wheeler was the green one.

Cayson got to meet Becca & Matt’s niece, Josie. They had a blast playing together and feeding the catfish on Sunday.

Get this, Josie is nearly two years older than Cayson! He’s about an inch taller than her! Yes, we have a tall guy on our hands.

Thanks, Matt & Becca for a fun weekend!

Pretty in Pink!

Some very generous & sweet friends threw me a baby shower last weekend. It was an amazing event! The food was DELISH… this pregnant girl LOVED it! Thought I’d share a couple of pics… I didn’t get any so I stole these from my mom’s camera.

Thanks, girls, for a fun day! Thanks to all my great family & friends who attended the gala!

Autumn Pics

My sister did some pics of us a few weeks ago…. Here are a few bunch of my favorites!

You can check out all our family/maternity pictures here. Password: taryn.

In case you thought we were normal…

… things are never normal in the Jarnagin house.

I won’t disclose who the fanny pack actually belongs to… it was intended to be part of Cayson’s Halloween costume that never happened.  Oh, and I won’t tell you that the person it belongs to wanted it BACK and would not let me donate it to the thrift store!

Curious George Live

 It’s funny how God works the little things out… my mom really wanted to take Cayson to Curious George Live but we never got around to getting tickets. Fast forward to Wednesday – Nana called and had four tickets someone had given to her! Who-hoo! So, we got to take Cayson to Curious George Live last night and they were great seats! He LOVED it!

So excited before the show started!

Exhausted Mommy- after being in the city all day for dr appointment and shopping…

 

Dusty was REALLY excited to see George.

Sitting with Grandma

 

Cayson with Curious George… total torture to get him to stand still for these pictures.

Thank you for the tickets, Nana!

Project Week

Have I mentioned that Dusty is off work for 17 days? Yay!!! He spent the first week of his vacation doing Honey-Do’s to get ready for Baby Girl’s arrival. He’s painted, painted, painted, and painted some more. It probably didn’t help that I changed my mind on the kids’ room paint color mid-job… and I think I like the final color. I thought I’d show off some of his handy-work.

Here are some of the painting of the bedroom pics…. the paint was peeling all along the bottom of the wall so that posed a fun “challenge” for Dusty.

 

Mid-way through…. two of the paint colors… the yellowish one was actually a lime green that was way brighter than I expected… not quite the pale green I was going for.

Final color

Our new microwave, installed above the stove…. it gave me some great counter space getting rid of the old one!

New light fixture on the front porch

Painting both the front doors…. this isn’t quite done yet.

Dusty painted this bookcase to put in the kids’ room. I love all the storage for Cayson’s book collection!

I did paint the rocking horse… have to take credit for something. :)

The dresser is a work in progress… waiting on the last coat of paint to dry on the drawers and then it will be ready to fill with clothes!

Dusty put together this underbed storage organizer to hold most of Cayson’s indoor balls… yes, he likes balls a bit.

 

Iron board hanger installed

 

Hat hooks… I did paint this too.

Updated ceiling fan for the kids’ room

 

Of course, Dusty has had a very willing helper who slows speeds the process along.

I’m so happy Dusty has knocked down so many projects on my to-do list! We are much closer to being baby ready now.

And we have a winner!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A winning name, that is!!! We are excited to have 100% decided on a name for a bundle of joy!

Photos courtesy of The name: Taryn Montine. Montine is special to me because it was my dear granny’s middle name!

Photos courtesy of RM Photography – check her out!

Meeting a famous blogger

Dusty was extremely sweet and took me to the Pioneer Woman cookbook signing… if you have never heard of the Pioneer Woman a.k.a. Ree Drummond a.k.a. PW. She has a very popular blog that features Recipes, Confessions, Homeschooling, Home & Garden, and Photography sections. One of the best parts? She’s a fellow Oklahoman! She is starting up a book tour for her recently released cookbook, The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from an Accidental Country Girl.

Dusty and I arrived at the location an hour and a half before she was to start signing books. The line already stretched out the door of the bookstore! Before long, the line had grown to several hundred people behind me! So crazy! My great friend, Michelle, came to get her chance to meet the Pioneer Woman too and Dusty was sweet enough to hold her a spot in line.

We still had to wait an hour once PW arrived to get to the front…. I think Michelle and I were both giddy and nervous… we could barely talk. Ree did touch my baby belly! I told her I was indeed pregnant which made her laugh and get a little embarrassed due to this post.  She also complimented Dusty for being a wonderful husband and hanging around… by the way, he was a bit excited because as he lingered around the store while we were in line, he got to talk to her famous husband a.k.a. Marlboro Man along with other members of her family/entourage. I think he was a bit star struck as well.

Isn’t she beautiful? She was soooo sweet!

It was an awesome experience and totally worth 2 1/2 hours of standing in line!