She is Somethin'

I have a few pictures to post so any blog readers out there who haven't seen me know I am still alive. So busy and so much to record here.  Hopefully one of these days I will get caught up!
Here is a picture of Shelby I took on my phone while eating out so it is a little dark.  She found something new to use for a mustache.

A few posts ago I showed the picture of her petting the baby alligator at the library.  Most of you probably have not met Shelby's stuffed alligator her dad bought for her (add it to the list of why she loves him more than me :)).  Introducing Mr. Croc.  Yes you read that right.  An alligator named Mr. Croc.

Let me tell you how many times Mr. Croc has given this mother heart failure!  I will walk into their bathroom and there he is taking up the entire floor.  On the night of the taking of this picture, I was going up to bed.  Shelby's room is at the top of the stairs and I about fell back down them when this is what I caught out of the corner of my eye!  Every 9 year old girl has a life sized alligator as a guard outside their door, right???  Thankfully Mr. Croc is safely locked in his cage in Shelby's room.  It is a huge box I brought home for her and he barely just fits in and the box barely fits in Shelby's little room.

When Nate and I were in OK for the World Series, she took Mr. Croc with her on the road to Grandma's house.  The first place they went when they got there was to a graduation party for her step-cousin Allie.  Shelby asked Nate's mom if Papa Jay had any ties?  Can you believe she wanted a tie for Mr. Croc to wear to the party?!?  Papa Jay is such a good sport.

Mr. Croc has on a tie that you can see is hanging down and Papa is holding on to its leash.  I guess if I am not going to let the kid have a real pet, I will have to put up with stuff like this!

In other random news, the girls got their hair cut on Sunday.  I don't have a picture yet to prove how nice Shelby's looks.  She got a few inches cut and all the scraggly end pieces are gone.  It helped the natural body/wave come alive a bit.  Last night she was sitting in the chair and for once she had it down and not pulled back into a pony tail (a daily battle between us).  Her hair was laying so nice framing her face and she looked so grown up.  I told her how pretty she looked with her hair down like that. Only time will tell if she took that to heart, cause what do moms know right?!?