Martin Girls

I give up

2008-10-22T19:24:00.002-05:00

It is apparently physically impossible for me to keep this updated. So... if you want to know what's going on with us, you'll need to get a Myspace account and add me as a friend. My Myspace link is http://www.myspace.com/martingirls.

Hannah's 8th birthday

2008-03-16T10:09:00.002-05:00

Abby's 3rd birthday

2008-03-16T10:06:00.001-05:00

A photographer came to visit us at daycare!

2008-03-16T09:55:00.003-05:00

Nice Day in February

2008-03-14T21:19:00.001-05:00

Crazy Arkansas Weather... it snowed a day or so before these were taken... here it's about 60 degrees.

Christmas 2007

2008-03-14T21:14:00.000-05:00

This is as good as a group photo gets with this bunch!

Ryley was a flower girl

2007-12-08T20:03:00.000-06:00

I got to be the flower girl in Mommy's friend's wedding. I did so good! The ring bearer ran down the aisle, so I walked all by myself, dropping my flower petals just like I was supposed to! I ran out close to the end, so I had to run over and tell Mommy that I used all of my petals. After she told me it was okay, I went and stood by the groom until she told me I could come sit down.
Mommy curled my hair and put sparklies on my face... I was SOOOO pretty. I loved my pretty dress.

Pretty girls

2007-12-08T20:02:00.001-06:00

Aren't we cute?

(We smacked each other 5 seconds later)

Sleeping Abby in Random Places

2007-12-08T19:59:00.001-06:00

I may look just like Daddy, but I sleep just like Mommy... whenever and wherever I can!

Leaves 2007

2007-12-08T19:54:00.000-06:00

Mommy made us a HUGE pile of leaves. It was a little cold outside, so our noses are kinda red and runny... but it was fun!

Ryley's 4th Birthday

2007-12-08T19:52:00.000-06:00

I'm four!!! Happy birthday to ME, happy birthday to meeee!

Halloween

2007-12-08T19:49:00.001-06:00

Halloween was awesome. As usual, we went trick-or-treating at Mommy's office and got tons of candy. Hannah and Ryley were vampires, and Abby was (obviously) Scooby-doo.

The horsies at the circus

2007-10-08T21:16:00.001-05:00

The circus also had miniature ponies that we could ride. We thought that was great fun, too. Mommy wasn't aware that some horses come with seat belts - these did!

Pardon the demon look - the flash does funny things at night.

The Circus

2007-10-08T20:54:00.000-05:00

We went to the circus on Saturday night. You can't really tell, but we're riding on an elephant in these pictures! Mommy found it very difficult to take the picture while also riding on the elephant. It would have been much better if Daddy would have taken the picture from the ground.

Here you can just make out the back end of an elephant in the background... *hee hee*

The petting zoo at the fair

2007-09-24T19:49:00.000-05:00

So, at the fair they had a petting zoo... we got to pet a baby cow, a baby pig, and baby chickens..... Mostly baby chickens. We would have happily stayed in the petting zoo all day. Momma says next year she's not buying the armbands that let you ride as many times as you want, 'cause we were just as content in the free petting zoo!

The Fair

2007-09-24T19:46:00.000-05:00

Mommy and Daddy took us to the fair! It was pretty cold out... but we had jackets so we were okay.

The Butter Baby

2007-09-13T20:09:00.000-05:00

I found the coolest stuff... Butter! Besides being absolutely delicious, it's very squishy. Mommy wasn't particularly amused, but I thought it was a LOT of fun.
Look Mommy!
The butter after being "squished"

We play sports, too!

2007-09-09T21:27:00.000-05:00

Don't let the boots fool you... I shoot a mean lay-up!

Middle Blocker in Progress

Abigail one year at a time

2007-09-09T21:20:00.001-05:00

Brand new me!
My first snow... and first year!
Fluttering into my second year
The big 2!
Two and a half-ish

Ryley one year at a time

2007-09-09T21:13:00.001-05:00

Newborn me
Around 4 months - but so cute!!
One year - already a rock star
Two years - such a big girl!
Three years - the shirt says it all.

Hannah one year at a time - continued

2007-09-09T21:07:00.001-05:00

Me, almost 5, with the famous Ducky
Six in the snow!
Seven going on 21

Hannah one year at a time

2007-09-09T20:55:00.001-05:00

Me, just a few days old
My 1st Birthday
Me at around age 2
Me at three
Me at four-ish

More to come! Love, Hannah

Taking pictures of ourselves is tough

2007-09-04T21:33:00.000-05:00

Where's that Daddy when you need him???

Super close-ups

2007-09-04T21:30:00.000-05:00

Mommy gets bored somethimes and decides to play with the super close-up button on her camera. It's a good thing we're so cute, 'cause super close-up can be scary for some people.

Abby's curls

2007-09-04T21:28:00.000-05:00

I have lots of curls. They are wet right now 'cause I just got out of the bathtub. When they are dry, they are even curlier. It's a good thing I got my daddy's pretty curls.

Mirrors

2007-09-04T21:25:00.001-05:00

After our bath, we started playing with the camera in the mirror. Mommy had a small panic attack when she thought there were two of all of us...

The Gatorade Miracle

2007-08-27T20:25:00.003-05:00

So... I was opening the Gatorade bottle "all by myself" and I accidentally dropped it. It landed bottoms-up right on its mouth. I believe this is just more empirical evidence that Gatorade is the greatest stuff ever. Love, Abby

Too cute

2007-08-27T20:24:00.000-05:00

Fireworks

2007-08-27T20:23:00.001-05:00

Mommy just thinks this picture is cool.

I'm a big second grader!!

2007-08-27T20:21:00.001-05:00

I started second grade this year. I'm so big! Sometimes I like to act like I'm in my teens... mommy doesn't think that's too cool, especially when I have a "smart mouth." I thought that's what I was going to school for!

Lizards

2007-08-27T20:18:00.001-05:00

These are our lizard friends. We had one with a blue tail, too, until it bit Abby. Blue lizards are mean. Brown lizards are fun. They lived under our rainspout for about a week until we tortured them for a few days and they decided to move.

Gym babies

2007-08-27T20:16:00.001-05:00

We go to gymnastics every Monday. We love it!

FINALLY

2007-08-15T18:50:00.001-05:00

Mommy is not a big dork anymore. She will attempt to update regularly.

2006-08-21T20:22:00.000-05:00

Mommy would like for everyone to know that she is not a terrible person that withholds new pictures from everyone. She is experiencing technical difficulties with the website and cannot get it to allow her to add pictures. Hopefully she will figure it out eventually. Thank you for your patience.

Snow Ice Cream

2006-02-19T19:35:00.000-06:00

We made snow ice cream yesterday... it was yummy. It was Ryley and Abigail's first "snowcreme."

Valentine's Day

2006-02-19T19:32:00.000-06:00

Snowbabies

2006-02-19T19:30:00.000-06:00

More 1st birthday pictures

2006-02-05T21:28:00.000-06:00

I'm one year old!

2006-02-05T21:15:00.000-06:00

I'm one year old! I actually turned one on Wednesday, but we waited until Sunday to have my party. I got lots of presents, and cake, and ice cream. I had to open presents in two shifts because there were so many and I kept getting distracted. Birthdays are hard work!

Playing together

2006-02-05T21:12:00.000-06:00

Ryley was being extra nice and she pushed me around on my airplane. Five seconds later, she was not so nice and pushed me right off of my airplane. Sisters are poopy sometimes.

Abby in a basket

2006-02-05T21:02:00.000-06:00

I play in this basket all the time. I climb in and out, and then I do the Abby dance. I get very put out when Mommy puts toys in the basket, and I throw them all right back out. There is a joke here involving basket cases, but Mommy says that if you can't say anything nice, then don't say it where anyone can hear you.

The Star Gymnast

2006-02-05T20:56:00.000-06:00

I had another gymnastics meet this Saturday, and I did great. I won first place on the balance beam! We also got to go perform at the Lady Razorbacks college gymnastics meet. It was a lot of fun. Mommy is going to try to get a website up so that everyone can see videos of me competing.

Budding Beethovens

2006-02-05T20:53:00.000-06:00

My first lost tooth

2006-02-05T20:49:00.000-06:00

I lost my first tooth the other day. It had been very loose for a while, and then I pulled it out! The tooth fairy left me a special note and two whole dollars!!! Inflation must be terrible these days, because Mommy says that she only got quarters. She says that this tooth fairy is the best ever.

Group Pictures Are Hard

2006-01-18T17:27:00.000-06:00

Mommy is figuring out that trying to get a group picture of the three of us is VERY DIFFICULT. There's something about the attention spans of children under the age of five...

Weird Winter Weather

2006-01-18T17:20:00.000-06:00

This winter has been very weird. Arkansas weather is always strange, but this one has been the strangest one Mommy can remember. Yesterday it was maybe 40 degrees, and today it was mid-60's??? Choosing an outfit in the mornings is very challenging these days. However, it sure is fun to get to play outside.

The Trampoline

2006-01-18T17:17:00.000-06:00

The trampoline is one of our very favorite things to do outside. Ryley calls it the "jumpoline," which is pretty cute.

Bathtime

2006-01-09T21:49:00.000-06:00

I can climb stairs

2006-01-09T21:47:00.000-06:00

I learned a new skill the past few weeks...climbing! Mommy and Daddy can't keep me on the floor anymore!

I love butter

2006-01-09T21:44:00.000-06:00

Mmm...butter!

The Rocking Chair

2006-01-04T20:08:00.000-06:00

I found the rocking chair the other day. It's lots of fun, but very tricky to climb into. I mean, every time I'd try to climb up in the darn thing it would tip forward and dump me out, unless I managed to lean just far enough over that it rocked backward and then I'd smack my forehead on the back. And man, don't get me started on the hazard to the toes!! Lots of fun, these rocking chairs.

Superstar!!!

2006-01-04T20:06:00.000-06:00

I'm ready for my close-up, Mr. Deville!!

I can feed myself!

2006-01-04T19:59:00.000-06:00

I'm pretty good at feeding myself lately. Toward the end of the meal, I get pretty bored and start getting wild with my spoon, and then we almost have to call HAZ-MAT in to clean it all up! I'm eating cereal here, which isn't too messy, but today I had baby food chicken & pears and it was not pretty when I got done.

2005-12-27T17:08:00.000-06:00

We went to see Papaw and Nana and have Christmas with them. Here we are at Granny Martin's house, playing outside. It was a beautiful day!

Playing Basketball at Granny Mart's

2005-12-27T17:04:00.000-06:00

We're working on our basketball skills. Daddy worked on his, too... it was very funny. (Daddies can't jump.)

Jeremy and I

2005-12-27T17:01:00.000-06:00

This is my cousin Jeremy. I love Jeremy! I don't get to see him very often, but when I do, we have lots of fun.

Bach? Beethoven? No!! Baby!

2005-12-25T18:29:00.000-06:00

I like to play the piano. It makes all kinds of great noises, I mean music.

Daddy's Hat

2005-12-25T18:24:00.000-06:00

Daddy's hat is fun. It's a little big for my head, but it sure is cute on me!

Our Babies' First Christmas

2005-12-25T18:18:00.000-06:00

These two beautiful babies had a great Christmas. They were a little confused at first, but it didn't take long for them to enjoy all the presents! Miss Valerie will be one in a few weeks, and Abigail will be one on February 1st.

Daddy Kisses

2005-12-25T18:13:00.000-06:00

Daddy kisses are yummy! I don't give kisses out very often, so this was a special treat. Of course, he did pass his vicious case of bedhead to me, so I guess we have some special bond.

Christmas at the Martin House

2005-12-25T18:02:00.000-06:00

Christmas was so much fun! We had so many presents... it took us most of the morning to open them. Santa must have thought we were very good girls. (Mama said she didn't mention the whole present-destroying event to him, or the Abby-bopping, or the ridiculous amount of times she had to tell us to clean our room. We owe her BIG TIME.)

Christmas Eve at Granny's

2005-12-25T17:53:00.000-06:00

Here we are having Christmas Eve at Granny & Papa's house. We had a big dinner and we got to open some presents! (No, the Martins did not reproduce again... that's our cousin Valerie, who belongs to Aunt Kara and Uncle Phillip. Thought we snuck one in there, didn't you!)

'Twas two days before Christmas..

2005-12-23T09:12:00.000-06:00

'Twas two days before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was crying or whining about... The presents were all wrapped & placed under the tree with care, until a certain two-year-old figured out they were there! Mommy thought they were safe 'cause they'd been there a week, but apparently someone decided it was time for a peek. Visions of boarding school and groundings danced through Mommy's head, until laughter bubbled up and came out instead. After all, she could make Daddy wrap this time around, assuming the tape and scissors could be found... So, without so much as a fuss or a fight, Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!!!

My first ponytail

2005-12-23T09:09:00.000-06:00

It's official... it took two years for me to grow enough hair to put in a ponytail. Funny, but it also took two years for me to decide I liked pacifiers, too. Hmm.

Giddyup Papa

2005-12-23T09:05:00.000-06:00

Sleepyhead

2005-12-10T15:23:00.000-06:00

Daddy is in China for a few weeks. While Daddy is gone, Mommy watches all three of us. Sometimes, she rocks all three of us to sleep at the same time! When that happens, Mommy sends Hannah to bed first, then scoots out from under me so she can put Abby in her bed. This time, I thought I was going to wake up, but I fell back asleep sitting up in the recliner instead.

The silly pillow

2005-12-10T15:19:00.000-06:00

Granny calls this the silly pillow. Abby and I LOVE the silly pillow. We like to throw it and sit on it and drag it around. Mommy keeps mumbling something about how the silly pillow belongs to her, but we really don't pay much attention.

My first gymnastics competition

2005-12-10T15:13:00.000-06:00

This was my first real gymnastics competition. We had real judges and everything. I looked very cool in my uniform with my hair all done up and sparkly. I did very well, I placed 6th overall in my age group!! Everyone got trophies, so I was very excited. I was also very tired on the way home.

Weekend with Papaw

2005-12-10T15:09:00.000-06:00

We went to visit Papaw and Nana after Thanksgiving. It had been a long time since we had been there. We had a great time!!!

Our first gingerbread house

2005-12-10T15:05:00.000-06:00

We had a lot of fun making the gingerbread house. Mom was slightly concerned about our sugar levels when we finished, but we were fine.

More leafy kids...

2005-11-23T19:44:00.000-06:00

Playing in the leaves

2005-11-23T17:32:00.000-06:00

Playing in the leaves is very fun! We have lots of trees at our house, so we have LOTS of leaves. We made a huge leaf pile to jump in - it was almost as tall as us.

Fashion Week at the Martin house

2005-11-18T22:59:00.000-06:00

Mommy is very concerned that some sort of gene mutation took place in all of us. Even though she was the worst sort of tomboy and has only recently graduated to occasional makeup and drying of the hair, all three of us could be labeled "girly." Prissy, even, on occasion. For example, she cannot understand the purpose of a poncho, much less a pink poncho with fringe. But, I'm sure cute when I have it on, so she guesses it's okay. As long as we make mud pies while wearing pink faux fur.

Abbysicles

2005-11-18T22:56:00.000-06:00

And the number 1 reason that you shouldn't leave water glasses unsupervised in the Martin household is....

My new vacuum

2005-11-18T22:50:00.000-06:00

I love to vacuum. I used to follow Mommy around while she vacuumed every day. (Okay, so maybe it was more like once a week....Fine, once a month.....okay, so she only vacuums when the carpet starts grabbing your ankles. There is a reason she chose a house with a minimal amount of carpet! Sheesh. Tough crowd!!)

Sunday Afternoon with Daddy

2005-11-18T22:44:00.000-06:00

On Sunday afternoons Daddy and I watch football from the recliner. Sometimes the game isn't very exciting, though.

My first gymnastics meet!!!

2005-11-18T22:40:00.000-06:00

Here I am posing on the balance beam. I'm on the pre-team, which gets me ready for real competitive gymnastics! We had our first fun meet tonight. We've been learning routines on the beam, floor, and uneven bars, and we even do vaults! They don't give us real scores, it's really just for practice for our first real competition meet in a few weeks. I did awesome!!!

Mmm.....cake!

2005-11-18T22:36:00.000-06:00

Birthdays are lots of fun. I loved it when everybody sang "Happy Birthday" to me, so much in fact that I sang it to everyone else for the next few days. I got ridiculous amounts of presents which was also lots of fun. I mean, that is why Mommy and Daddy got a bigger house, right? More room for toys?

Party Favors Are Fun

2005-11-18T22:31:00.000-06:00

I sure love these things!! Mommy gets a little tense if I blow it repeatedly into her ear, but otherwise it's a great time.

Other Martin Family Members...

2005-11-11T18:24:00.000-06:00

I'm Sam. My mommy brought me home a few weeks ago. Daddy was not very excited at first, but he's warming up to me.

I'm Maggie, the wonder-Bassett. I'm pretty lazy.

My first kindergarten performance

2005-11-11T18:15:00.000-06:00

This was my first kindergarten performance. Our class sang songs at the PTO meeting. It was very cute.

I'm two years old!!

2005-11-11T18:07:00.000-06:00

I'm a big girl today! I love to sing and play. My favorite song is "Baby Bumblebee." I'm quite the little starlet!

2005-11-02T21:25:00.000-06:00

Halloween was so fun! Mommy took us to her office, where they let us trick-or-treat at all the cubicles!!! We may never sleep again after all the sugar we've eaten.

2005-10-29T10:19:00.000-05:00

Whoever said blondes have more fun was right!

2005-10-29T10:18:00.000-05:00

2005-10-29T10:16:00.000-05:00

I'm a little angel!

2005-10-28T22:26:00.000-05:00

Look at me!! (I'm only 7 months old!)

2005-10-28T22:22:00.000-05:00

We love to play outside. We also like to stay in our jammies ALL DAY!!

Welcome to the Martin Girls' blog!

2005-10-28T22:04:00.000-05:00

Hello... We are the Martin girls!!! Hannah, 5, Ryley, 2, and Abigail, 9 months. We keep our mommy and daddy very busy.