Spring Photos

(Jay-if you are looking at this tonight at work, I hope you are having a great night! Love ya!)



Erin can't get enough of dada's orange snow cap. She loves wearing it everywhere -inside and outside.

A rare glimpse of Erin in pigtails! She doesn't usually keep them in for more than a few seconds. She is sure cute in them though!

Erin helping dada with the spring raking (we have so many leaves, that we'd need an Army to get them all raked up).

I think she has more fun playing in them though.

Erin on St. Patty's day. She looks so cute in green (and red, blue, purple, pink!).

Erin rarely takes the time to relax during te day, but she did lay down and read a book with momma.

Messy Face. Bunny Ears. and adorable-ness

Aunt Christine and I bought Erin these Bunny ears (the tag said for children 7 and older, don't tell Nicole ;-).

Hippity-Hop

She did not like them very much. Notice Christine restraining her arm from the removal of the cuteness

Aunt Christine looks amazing with bunny ears on! Hot stuff.

Grandma to the rescue! They sort of look alike?

Spaghetti on the face.

I think before she started crying Christine poked Erin in the eye with a saucy finger.

You can see Grandma Pat in the background punishing Erin for her obstinate behavior.

This is one of my favorite photos of Erin.

Those big eyes, pouty lips and button nose.

Uncle Mike.

GoOfY DaDa

Nothing like taking a cute 15 month old girl and making her look like a geeky construction worker! These pictures are courtesy of dada (put put on here by mama).



How in the world did we catch this picture of her pushing her goggles up with her pointer finger?

She's trying to clap in this picture.

She really loves these goggles. They are from Biology 101 lab, which we took over 10 years ago!

She is growing up too fast!

Erin stacked this block tower all by herself! She is so happy, as you can see by her clapping. According to my Toddler 411 book, this is a milestone typically reached from 16-24 months (I guess g-ma is right, she is advanced!)

She loves to dress up, especially wearing hats and scarves.

Here is Erin running around at the North Collins Winterfest. It was very cold out, but she is a tough country chic (at least daddy says that!).

Dr. (Erin) Barker

Erin really loves her dada and mimics him in many ways. She went into her toy box today and put on her stethoscope and grabed her otoscope to play with. Jay doesn't really want to admit it, but I see a doctor in the making.

Messy Spaghetti

Daddy took these messy pictures of Erin and wanted them to be on here for the world to see!

I've been a bad blogger!

I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while. Things seem to have gotten much busier lately. I don't really know why. Maybe it is all the snow we've been getting that is making all our travels take much longer. Anyway, Erin is doing fabulous. It is so stinkin' adorable. She does so many cute things these days. She can walk backwards and then finds something to plop her butt onto (like a toy). She loves her books and is especially fond of "Pat the Bunny." What a fabulous book for toddlers. The book was originally written in 1940, which is amazing to me that it is still a best seller after all these years. The majority of the day Erin simply walks/runs around and trys to get into anything that she can. She always manages to find the gates that aren't closed (we don't do that too often, so don't worry grandparents.). She still loves Carl (the cat) and if he is near her she loves to pat him and sometimes gets a little rough. We have tought her gentle and thankfully Carl is the best caat on Earth and hasn't ever done anything aggressive towards her.
Unfortunately it is getting more difficult to get good pictures of Erin these days. If she notices that I have the camera, she comes running towards me and wants to take it form me (she does the same thing with the phone). I'll get the photos on my camera uploaded later and I'll post anything that is good.
I'll also try to not let so much time go by with out an update......