Smarty Pants!

We have a "little miss smarty pants" on our hands! Angel has been learning very quickly! Tonight she surprised us with a couple of her "smarty pants" moves.

While I was working on my school work and Jon was fixing dinner, Angel decided that the house needed to be cleaned up...which it does by the way! She went around the family room, picking up the trash, and taking it one piece at a time to the trash can...saying "trash, trash" all the way there. The funny part is that she knew what was trash and what wasn't. Once she picked up everything that could be thrown away, she decided to pick up the dishes and take them to daddy in the kitchen as well. She took his glass to him and her bowl that she had her snack in. What a big helper she is!!

The other incident that really got me laughing, was at bath time. I said "you ready to go get your bath" and she started her usual "yes yes" nodding her head. So off to take a bath we went. I started the water and was using the restroom before putting her in the tub. She was doing her usual prancing around the bathroom, talking up a storm..then she started toward the door. I said "you need to come take your bath". She came back to the tub and looked in it, then turned away. I said, "you have to take your clothes off so you can get a bath". Much to my surprise she leaned down and grabbed her pant legs of her one piece outfit, and pulled them up toward her head trying to take it off. What a smarty pants!!

What a week!!!!

Well it's been a crazy week here at the Barnes household! I started out being sick at the beginning of the week and haven't completely recovered yet. I had an ear infection that caused one ear to close completely, allowing me to hear absolutely nothing with that ear. I also had an upper respiratory infection to go along with it. By the end of the week, I was back at the doctor's office getting more medicine for a sinus infection. Hopefully I'll be feeling better soon!

Jon went into the hospital on Tuesday and stayed there until Thursday. I was fortunate to be able to spend the nights in a recliner next to his bed. Thanks to my mom and dad, I didn't have to worry about Angel being taken care of though! Mom was so kind to take off work and watch Angel for me, then she ended up sick too. They "think" Jon had some major infection in his gallbladder ducts and possibly a gall stone, even though he had his gallbladder removed last year. He will have a follow up appointment next week to make sure things are still under control. But he's feeling much better after many bags of antibiotics, pain meds, anti-nausea meds and was sent home with more pain meds and antibiotics.

Angel got sick while her daddy was in the hospital with the stomach flu. Thanks to Granny (my mom), I didn't have to deal with the vomiting and diarrhea. Unfortunately, Granny caught what I had and has been feeling pretty crummy too. Wow, what a week...hope we don't relive that one!!

An Eternity!!

Ok it's been an eternity since I've blogged! I'm so sorry it's taken me this long to update you on what's going on with the Barnes' family. We have been very busy!!

We moved to Kansas and are working on getting settled into our new home. We love it here on our 12 acre farm! God has really blessed us to be able to get such a wonderful place. It's amazing to us how everything has just fallen into place from the very beginning, God really is AWESOME!!

Angel has been growing and learning! Well the growing is slow, but the learning is not so slow. She hasn't changed much in size, but her intelligence and abilities are constantly changing. According to her skill level test done at the doctor's she is several months ahead of her age, they are always impressed with how much she can do. Her Aunt Melanie is most impressed with her ability to wink with one eye (which she has been doing since 10 months old). She is quite the copy-cat and enjoys trying to make people laugh. She's a little ham! She loves to be the center of attention just like her daddy.

Here is a picture of Angel cheesing for the camera! In the background is her new puppy, Foxy (a Toy Australian Shepard).


Here Angel is playing basketball, she's got quite an arm on her!


Here are a couple pictures of Angel's new puppy, Foxy! She's a beauty!! She is a Toy Australian Shepard.


More pictures and updates to come in the near future.