Silly Girl

Meredith is such a character! She's at such a fun age. Here's a couple of cute videos:

Court took Meredith out for a daddy/daughter date. They went to McDonalds and then he took her to the dollar store and let her pick out a toy. She picked out this yellow ball with the "Iron Man" logo on it. Funny kid. But we've had some fun with that ball. She absolutely loves it!




I was doing the dishes earlier and Meredith came up and started "helping." Pretty soon, she found a beat! LOL! Check her out! ;)

My Root Beer! No, My Root Beer!

I decided that I wanted a Root Beer the other night. Meredith decided that I needed to share it. Guess she showed me who's boss.

Is This a Talent?

The other day Meredith was falling asleep while eating her lunch. I couldn't resist the opportunity to get the moment on video. I'm not sure if I should be worried that my child will continue eating even when asleep. LOL! Would this be considered a talent??

Meat Fest 2009

Court decided that he wanted to bbq up a bunch of stuff on New Year's day. So we had some friends over and Court bbq'd ribs and pork shoulder and chicken legs and even a racoon (eww! I could not bring myself to try any!). We did karaoke and ate all afternoon...it was a really fun day. Later that evening Court and I went with some friends to see the Benjamin Button movie. It has been sooo long since we've been to a movie. We had a really good time and the movie was pretty good. They did a good job of aging Brad Pitt and then making him look really young. So, anyway, I told Court I'd post a picture of his smoked 'Coon...

Christmas and Beyond

I've been a bit lazy as of late, but I finally have pulled my Christmas pictures and videos from my camera so I can post them here. We had a nice, and uneventful Christmas. It was just the 3 of us, which was kinda strange...I'm used to having lots of family around. But it was fun to watch Meredith open and play with her presents. It was a good day. She got her little kitchen set, some books and coloring books, some stuffed animals, a new outfit, and a potty chair. She also got the movie "Elmo in Grouchland" which we've watched a million times already. She loves Elmo.

This is some video of Meredith seeing her Christmas Presents for the first time:



Here's some pictures of Christmas Morning:









Meredith got a potty chair for Christmas. She hasn't been too interested in it. I've sat her on it a few times and when I do she cries and says, "No! I don't want it!" So, I'm not expecting she'll be potty trained any time too soon, but we still have it out and talk about it and she looks at it when she's getting ready to take a bath. I read on the 'net somewhere that you could help your child get ready for potty training by letting him/her decorate the potty chair with stickers and letting him/her sit on it and play with it in his/her bedroom. Earlier today she mentioned the potty chair, so I brought it out of the bathroom and for the first time she gladly walked over on her own and sat on it. Court and I lavished her with praise, which she loved. Then she decided to sit Elmo on it. So we praised Elmo too. It was funny. She was so excited about it. So, I hope she's finally warming up to the potty chair.

Opening the Potty Chair on Christmas.

Finally warming up to the potty chair.

Helping Elmo go potty.

Christmas Eve 2008!

I can't believe Christmas is upon us. Time flies waaaaaaayyy to fast. I remember when I was a kid, the holidays seemed to last a lot longer. Now I feel like it flies by in the blink of an eye. But anyway...here's a few photos from the Fruge Family Christmas Eve!

My step-mother makes pajamas for all the grand kids each year. It's one of the favorite gifts we get...two pairs of warm, comfy jammies for each of our children. Meredith was so excited about her pajamas...she walked around swinging them around and saying ... "Jammies! Jammies! Jammies!"

Getting ready to open her jammies.

Opening the jammies.

Playing with her jammies.

Posing in the jammies.

A picture of the fireplace with all the presents...we went with a little 2 foot tree this year...it was cheap and safe since Meredith is at the stage where she's into everything and everything she's into goes into her mouth.

We're excited about this little kitchen set we got for Meredith. Not bad for $20. They have a little play kitchen set in the nursery at church and Meredith loves to play with it, so I think she'll really like having this one!

Look at me I can be Twilighted too.

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Fun with Meredith

Meredith is getting so big! And her personality is really coming out. She's talking up a storm and often amazes me with the things she does and says. Like this morning, I asked her if she was hungry and wanted some oatmeal. She walked over to the cupboard and pulled out the box of oatmeal and brought it to me...I didn't even know she knew where the oatmeal was or that it was in that box! A few days ago I was watching the TV show "Reba" and at the end of the theme song, Reba sings "I'm a survivor!" All of the sudden Meredith started singing, "I'm a bi-ber!" It was so cute. I actually was able to record her singing it last night. Here's a few fun video clips of Meredith:


Here's Meredith singing the Reba Theme Song (forgive my horrid singing!;) :




Here's Meredith doing the actions to "The Wheels on the Bus"
Again...sorry you have to hear my horrid singing! ;)




Here's Meredith saying, "I Love you!" and blowing kisses!

Where Did November Go?

I can't believe it's December already. Where did November go? It was such a busy month, I guess I shouldn't be surprised that it is such a blur! Here's some of what we've been up to...


Court's youngest sister, Kari, got married on the 22nd. Court had to work until 9pm the night before, so we got up at 3am, got dressed and made the 2.5 hour drive so we could make it in time for the 8am wedding. It was a great day and Kari looked so beautiful! It was neat to have all the Fruge kids together in the temple for the first time! I know that was a very special moment for Court's parents. Here's a few pictures from the day...

Matt and Kari McCallon

I'm not sure what they were looking at, but it must have been funny!

This was typical Meredith that day.
She didn't want to be photographed and would cry whenever we tried to take a picture.

All the Fruge grandkids together. Meredith was such a pill...I wish we could have gotten her to smile cute for the camera!

The Bride

My two favorite people walking around the Houston Temple.

Kari and her brothers. Kari is modeling her batting stance!

The only picture that Meredith wasn't crying in.

The only reason she's not crying in this one is that she didn't know I was taking it.

The following week was Thanksgiving. After being so busy, and Court working 60+ hours a week, we decided to just stay home and take it easy. Court's sister Caryn and her family came for dinner. We ate, we chatted and then we all took a nap. It was beautiful! The rest of the weekend, Court, Meredith and I just hung out at home and enjoyed some time together as a family. It was hard when Court had to go back to work on Monday...we were really enjoying having time together.

This year Court decided to do 2 turkeys...one smoked and one fried. They were delicious. Sorry, I should have rotated this picture so you could see the turkeys better...they were so pretty!

Court carving his turkeys!

The Sunday after Thanksgiving, Court took the leftover turkey and made Gumbo...it was delicious! Caryn and her family came over as well as our friend Sunshine and her 2 boys. Sunshine's youngest boy, Tru, turned 5 that day, so we sang happy birthday and ate cupcakes to celebrate.

The Birthday Boy!

The kids and the cupcakes.

Meredith loves "kuh-cakes"!

Finally, on Tuesday, Meredith got to go to her first parade! I wasn't sure if she'd like it or not, but she had a blast! We went with Caryn and her family, the Seekins family and the Ericson family. The kids had so much fun! While we waited for the parade to start, they got to eat popcorn and drink hot chocolate! Unfortunately, Court had to work late, so he didn't get to attend. I was sad that he missed out. Meredith was waving and yelling "Merry Christmas!" to all the people and floats as they went by. It was really cute!

All the kids eating popcorn.

Watching the parade with Aunt Caryn


Meredith and Mom

My favorite float...it was a carousel of toilets!

Whew! We've been busy! No wonder I've been so tired! I think it's time for a nap!

Stupid People

The Elementary School I went to has been in the news lately...seems there are people in this world with WAAAAAAYYY too much time on their hands. Protests over kindergartners in pilgrim costumes? Ugh. I remember dressing up as an indian for this annual tradition and I had a great time. When people dress up as Mormon pioneers to commemorate the trek and other historical events in Mormon history, I don't get all bent out of shape or feel it is "stereotypical." It's how people dressed back then...deal with it. Aren't there bigger issues these parents should be focusing their time on??

Click here to read the story in the LA Times.

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Birthdays and a Happy Halloween!

This last week was another busy one! Court turned the big 3-0 on the 28th! I wanted to take him to dinner and then have cake with family, but he had a work crisis and ended up working 13 hours on his birthday! Not fun. Then he worked 14 hour days for the following two days. Needless to say, we never got to go out for his birthday. Court didn't seem to mind too much. I think he was glad the day just went by without too much hoopla. His sister Caryn and her kids did come by for cake on the night of his birthday. I was glad we got to do at least that much. Here's a couple pictures:

I've been watching that show "Amazing Wedding Cakes" and I thought I could make an amazing birthday cake. Not so much...but it did taste good.

We had a bonfire on top of the cake.

Happy Birthday Court! I love You!!

On Friday, Court, Meredith and I flew out to Utah for my brother John's surprise 30th birthday party. It's our family tradition to throw a big surprise party for each person's 30th...John's isn't technically until November 12th, but we wanted it to be a total surprise, which it was. We had all the nieces and nephews trick or treat to his house. It took him a minute to figure out what the heck was going on. It was a fun party...the cousins got to trick or treat together, we ate tons of food, played Guitar Hero, watched a video tribute to John, and just enjoyed being together. Here's some pictures: