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This is what my child did with a Sharpee marker 10 minutes before we were supposed to be at church. At least she didn't have a dress on yet!

Cowgirl at Heart

Shayne loves these boots that her Aunt Katie got for her. She hasn't stopped wearing them over the past two weeks!

Box Y-August

Every year we go to Wyoming to the Box Y for Danny's family reunion. We always get to see his cousins, hike, eat good food, and just relax. Being there makes it easy since there is no cell phone service, internet, or TV. So we bring a good book and sit on the porch a lot.

Shayne loved it this year. Besides having issues with dirt getting on her feet- she took her shoes off about a million times- she had a ball and loved riding on or in anything such as horses, wagons, four wheelers, and motorcycles. For being such a shrimp, that girl doesn't have any fear.

Cousins wagon ride:

In front of the lodge:
Giddy-up!:
Boat races:
Ride with Daddy:
Up at Barstow Lake:
Danny's cousin Casey decided to snorkel in the lake. And this lake is freeeeeezing! I think he saw a lot of logs, dirt, and a few trout.
Not too interested in swimming in the lake after getting her toes in it:
Playing with Granny:

Angels & Bullies

So today Danny's grandma and mom came down from Wyoming and we made and canned applesauce. Yummy! We are going to love it during the next couple of years. Our applesauce looks even better than this picture. My mother-in-law is the best. She did most of the work, let me take a nap, AND did most of the clean up (dishes, sweeping, mopping!). It was a fun although intense project and there's no way I could have done it myself- ever pretty much.

Later today, I took Shayne to the park just to get her out and about. As we are playing on the playground set, a group of 9-10 year old looking kids come over and start hanging around the playground set. I hear one of the girls loudly whisper to her other friend the following:

"I see London, I see France,

I see a baby hanging out your underpants."

I slowly realized that she was laughing and pointing at my very pregnant self! OK- so her mocking song is not the most original or the most bright, but she hit a sensitive mark. Then this little twerp decided to again loudly whisper the same thing to each of her other friends and continue to laugh in delight at how clever she felt she was.

If I would have been my 10 year old self, I might have said something creative like "Shut up you bratface," but I am the adult here so I decided to say "I can hear you" hoping that might scare her enough to be quiet. Oh no, not a chance. So then I took the high, mature road and ignored them. This seemed to work and we continued on our way across the playground. I can't believe I was bullied by a 10 year old!

Chatterbox

The other day we had a conversation that went like this:

Me: Shayne, where's your other baba?

Shayne: Baba side A'i hum-hum.

Translation:

Me: Shayne, where's your other binkie?

Shayne: The binkie's outside where Ally (our dog) is eating it.

Funny girl!

18 Months Old

I love, love, love this girl. I've been having a hard day with her today, but then this picture came on my laptop wallpaper and I just thought how much I love her. This is one of my favorite pictures of her. I know the name of this blog is "The Gouldings" and not "Ode to Shayne" but I can't help myself. She is such a spunky, busy girl right now. And I love that she is this way even though it makes it tough to take her places. She is so interested in animals, babies, grasshoppers, bees (every bug is a bee right now), taking her shoes and socks off to find out what miniscule grain of sand is on her foot, trying different foods usually if I let her feed it to mom first, my pregnant belly, telling Ally to 'sit,' playing in the car, and riding on anything that goes (horses, motorcycles, 4 wheelers, bikes, in a wagon). She's a lot of work to keep track of, but she is sure fun!

Randomness

This is Shayne's "say cheese" face. You've got to love it!

This is her "show me your teeth" face.
For the 4th of July, we started the day by going to our neighborhood parade. It was actually really fun and Shayne loved the cops on their motorcycles. I thought she wouldn't like the noise but she wanted more of it. She also ruined her 4th of July shirt after about 20 minutes of wearing it due to all the candy she was eating at the parade! That afternoon we met my Henderson cousins and grandparents at Tucano's for lunch and then headed down to Stadium of Fire to see Carrie Underwood. She was awesome in concert and the show was super fun. Shayne was not into the fireworks in the least and so we watched them as we walked to our car from the stadium. So fun!
Shhhhhh. Don't tell anyone that Shayne may take a naked ride on her ladybug rocker every now and then.
Here's a 5 month very unpregnant-looking pregnant photo. 20 weeks to go and probably 20-25 pounds more to gain!! AHHH! Besides being tired (I seriously take a nap almost everyday, it's awesome), I feel pretty good. And I don't think I mentioned it, but we are having another GIRL. We are excited to have two little girlies in the house!