Garner Blog

Daddy and Catherine Dancing

2008-10-07T23:10:00.003-05:00

This is my favorite picture of all time!!!

Our Girl!

2008-10-07T22:44:00.002-05:00

Here are some of the latest and greatest of our girl.

Birthday Celebration #4

2008-10-07T22:15:00.003-05:00

We had a great visit with Catherine's Gramps this past weekend. It was a great ending to Catherine's month long Birthday Bash. Thanks to Dad for coming!!!

I think we have all had enough cake for a while. :)

Birthday Celebration #3

2008-10-07T21:58:00.002-05:00

We decided to have a celebration with our "Seminary Family" here in Fort Worth. We are so thankful for each of our great friends and the blessing they are to us.

Birthday Celebration #2

2008-10-07T21:43:00.004-05:00

Catherine's Grammy came to have a Birthday bash with Catherine as well. She had a great time with her Grammy, and she loves her new stroller for her baby dolls (we all have to watch our toes now). Thanks Mom! :)

Birthday Celebration #1

2008-10-05T00:36:00.003-05:00

Catherine in her new Tinkerbell dres-up clothes

Pappy feeding cheese to the Birthday girl (her favorite)

Yummy...Cake!

Nanna helped Catherine open her presents. Thanks Nanna!

Catherine had a Birthday on Septmber 12th. Our baby girl is now two (which is hard to believe). Because of everyone's schedule, she ended up having four different Birthday celebrations. The first celebration was with her Pappy and Nanna (Joe's parents). We had a fun weekend with them, and of course Catherine was spoiled (as usual).

Cupcake Party

2008-10-05T00:27:00.004-05:00

We made barnyard animal cupcakes for fun with Catherine and her pal Joshua. Catherine made a pig and Joshua made a sheep. They really do enjoy "getting their hands dirty."

Our Little Chef

2008-10-04T23:44:00.003-05:00

Catherine and I had a pizza making party not too long ago. Thought I'd share the pics of her working so diligently on the dough.

Catherine's little friends

2008-09-11T13:34:00.003-05:00

Here is Catherine holding hands with Olivia, who I keep during the week days. They love each other and it is sweet to watch them interact.

Here is Catherine with her "boyfriend" Joshua. They are the same age and have a blast playing together.

Me, Annie, Catherine and Joshua at the Peach Festival.

Our Little Family

2008-09-11T13:09:00.005-05:00

Catherine likes to use daddy as a toy box from time to time. Catherine adds one toy after another and says "here you go, here you go" over and over again. It's really cute.

Daddy and Catherine are going on an adventure, but not without her faithful back pack and "George" the monkey.

Here's the 3 of us posing at the Peach Festival in Weathorford, TX.

Daddy and "the toot"

Mmmm....Pickle

2008-09-11T13:03:00.002-05:00

Catherine loves pickles! I thought these were some cute pics of "our pickle" eating a pickle.

4th of July

2008-09-06T15:04:00.006-05:00

Here are pictures from our 4th of July (I know that was 2 months ago...I'm catching up :)). We are so thankful that Dad and Laura were so thoughtful and sent us the cutest little outfit for Catherine to wear. Also we got to hang out with some friends that night and Catherine was able to sport her bikini (what a hot bikini babe!) while beating the heat in a kiddie pool.

New Pics

2008-07-01T15:04:00.002-05:00

The three Garners saying "cheese" from our very own family fort.

Thanks "Aunt Widad" for the fun hat to pose in.

Catherine's many facial expressions.

Catherine with Daddy on Father's Day.

We love that beautiful smile!

Enjoying a chocolate chip cookie for an afternoon snack. (She's not supposed to put her feet on the table, but I couldn't help taking the picture anyway). :)

This is definitely a "Joe face."

Outside play time.

Mmmmm! Nothing beats getting to lick the brownie batter spoon. As you can see, she was begging for more.

Catherine loves to swim! She is our "little fish."

We ordered Catherine an Elmo laptop (so she could be like daddy). I thought her facial expressions were priceless when we gave it to her.

Hey Friends! There's not really a whole lot new going on with the Garners. We are really enjoying our summer while Joe is not in school. Catherine is continuing to grow and change (I can't believe she is almost two). Here are some recent pictures of the Garner clan (mostly of Catherine, of course). Enjoy!!!

Girly girl

2008-04-16T15:58:00.004-05:00

We have a girly girl! There's no question about it. She loves to get into mommy's make up and brush all of our hair. Most recently she asked me to paint her toe nails. She saw me painting mine and came into the room, sat down in front of me, and said "mine!" She sat perfectly still while I painted her little bitty toes (and she doesn't sit still for anything). After she tried to touch them. I told her she has to blow on them so they will dry. She just sat there with me and blew on her toes. See her pink toes above in her girly pink shoes (these shoes squeak when she walks, too cute). Like I said, girly girl.

Spaghetti Monster

2008-04-16T15:52:00.003-05:00

Catherine loves to slurp her spaghetti!

Big Girl Chair

2008-04-16T15:43:00.003-05:00

So, we bought Catherine a booster seat for the kitchen table (to replace the high chair), and you would have thought we bought her the moon. She loves her "big girl chair." When we purchased it at Target, she instantly knew it was for her and had to carry it in her lap in the shopping cart and in her car seat on the way home. When we walked in the door, she carried her seat into the living room and "explored it." It was the cutest thing. Here's some pictures of her exploring it and eating in it above.

Easter Dress

2008-04-16T15:36:00.003-05:00

Here Catherine is modeling her cute little green and white polkadot dress that her Gramps and Laura gave her for Easter Sunday. Thanks to my dad and Laura for the great dress!

Playing in the park

2008-04-16T15:26:00.003-05:00

Catherine loves to play outside! Here are some great pictures on her playing in a park when we went to see Joe's parents in DeRidder, LA.

The Zoo

2008-04-16T15:21:00.004-05:00

We took Catherine to the zoo one Sunday afternoon with our friends Mark and Ashley. She is still a little too young to truly enjoy the animals, but here are some cute pics of her with her daddy and hugging the little elephant.

Catherine in the snow

2008-04-16T15:13:00.003-05:00

We had snow in March in Texas. Crazy I know, but Catherine had fun playing in it. You can see her little footprints on fresh snow above.

Updates

2008-04-16T13:44:00.005-05:00

This blog update is for those of you who like to pester me about it (I won't use names, but their initials are L. D. and M. S.). :) I'm just kidding! I've been needing to do this for ages, but it's been a little busy.

For those of you who don't know, about 5 weeks ago I started keeping a three month old baby in my home. Her name is Olivia and she is adorable, but it is busy keeping up with a very busy 19 month old toddle and taking care of a tiny baby as well. At first Catherine was not happy with me about Olivia being here (the little stinker bit me on the leg on Olivia's first day here), but she seems to have adjusted really well now. It seems like all three of us (Catherine, Olivia, and myself) are finally starting to settle into a pretty good routine.

Catherine is so much fun at this age. She is starting to say and repeat more words now. My favorite is "iuvu" (for those who need toddler interpretation, it means I love you). She loves to play with mommy and daddy, is super hyper a lot of the time (we can thank her Aunt Mary for giving her this trait), and can just laugh and laugh over the silliest things. She is also fearless, and will try to accomplish just about anything she sets her mind to. Here's some stories that demonstrate this fact...

About two weeks ago on a Thursday, both babies were actually asleep (hurray!). So I was sitting at the kitchen table going through some bills and looking at my calendar and just enjoying the quiet when I hear the loudest bang from right above me (it literally shook the whole apartment). At first I was trying to figure out what in the world that could be, then I suddenly thought, "Oh my goodness, Catherine just fell out of her bed!". So I start running through the living room and up the stairs (at this point Catherine hadn't started crying , so I'm thinking the worst), and right when I get to the top of the stairs Catherine starts screaming. I open the door to her bedroom and she is sitting on the floor with her two lovies (stuffed animals) that she had gone to bed with lying on the floor next to her and crying. Apparently she had used he bumper as a ladder and climbed out of her crib, somehow taking her lovies wiht her. I'm telling you, once she sets her mind on something, she intends to figure it out. She just didn't anticipate the crash landing that was sure to follow. So, I am holding my precious, screaming baby trying to figure out where she landed and if she was okay. After about two minutes, her nose and forehead starting turing red, so it was obvious that she landed right on her face. My poor baby! Well, she was fine. She was playing again five minutes after the incident. The redness was gone by the next day, and her crib is now on the lowest level possible and no longer has a bumper in it. It looks like a cage, but she would have to be McGuyver to get out of it. I really think this all upset me more than her. The little toot scared me!

Okay, here's one more story. Last week, I was busy with Olivia and Catherine decided to do a no- no....climb up the stairs. When I looked over and saw her climbing up the stairs, and told her to come down, and was making my way to lay Olivia down so I could go get Catherine off the stairs. Well, Catherine stopped on the step she was on when she heard me tell her to come down, but before I could get to her she said "Hey mommy", smiled, and stuck her head through the stair railings, which then got stuck. She panicked when she realized she couldn't get her head out on her own. I had to very carefully pull my babies head out of the stair railing. I'm telling you, she's so fast and not afraid to try anything. I wouldn't trade my adventurous, happy girl for the world, but she's going to give me a heart attack.

So, what is Joe doing while I'm hanging with two beautiful girls? Seminary, of course! He's either working there, going to class there, or studying at the library there. Do we miss him? Definitely! But we are proud of Daddy and all the hard work he puts in for his family. This semester is drawing to a close, and we are so excited about some hubby and daddy time. :)

Sorry I wrote a novel! New pictures will be posted either today or tomorrow, I promise.

Catherine's little personality

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Enough said.

Christmas 2007

2008-02-25T14:03:00.007-06:00

Thanksgiving and Christmas were spent hanging out with grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Catherine had a lot of fun at Christmas, and got more presents and toys than we know what to do with.

First haircut

2008-02-25T13:49:00.004-06:00

Catherine received her first official haircut right before Thanksgiving. She did really well, as long as that passy stayed in her mouth. :)

Finally! Garner Updates!

2008-02-25T13:07:00.004-06:00

I know, I know. It has been forever since we have updated our family blog. I've been trying to get Joe to show me how to do this for months now. He still hasn't shown me, so I'm figuring this out on my own. I hope I didn't goof anything up. :)

Well, since our last post, a lot has changed. Most of all being Catherine. She is growing so fast and looks so different than the last pictures posted (you'll see in the pics I soon post). She is tall for her age (like her daddy), and her hair is getting so long. I try to put in pig tails to keep it out of her face, but she doesn't always sit still so I can. Her favorite activities include eating, reading her little books, listening to music and dancing to music, taking baths, and giving hugs and kisses. Her least favorite things are getting dressed and taking naps. Our latest challenge is trying to get her used to not having her passy all the time. We've been only giving it to her for naps and bedtime, and she knows that it is missing most of the day.

As for Joe and myself, the biggest change is that I'm no longer working. I have been staying home with Catherine for a week now, and she and I are both adjusting to the changes that come with that. Joe and I are excited about this change, and I am enjoying the extra time with Catherine. Joe continues to work away at his job and his schoolwork. He has a loaded semester school-wise and is therefore spending a lot of his time in the library.

We are thankful for God's blessings, most of all being the great little family he has given us. Continue to watch for updated postings. Our hope is to keep this updated better so our family and friends can know what's new with us.

Daddy's Bug

2007-11-01T19:20:00.000-05:00

The End.

Birthday Bash Part 4

2007-09-11T19:50:00.000-05:00

The Catherine.

Birthday Bash Part 3

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The Cake.

Birthday Bash Part 2

2007-09-11T19:37:00.000-05:00

The Presents

Birthday Bash Part 1

2007-09-11T19:31:00.000-05:00

The Grandparents.

Catherine Update III

2007-09-11T19:17:00.000-05:00

Catherine's first swim.

Catherine Update 2

2007-09-11T19:09:00.001-05:00

GEAUX DAWGS!

Catherine Update 1

2007-09-11T18:55:00.000-05:00

I have grown weary of the endless threats from Grandparents and Great-Grandparents so here are some long overdue pictures of Catherine Elizabeth. Enjoy!

Birthday Eve

2007-06-07T20:48:00.000-05:00

My girls had a little surprise for me on my Birthday Eve.

Visit with Aunt Mary

2007-06-07T20:43:00.001-05:00

The Fort Worth Branch of the Garner Family

2007-06-07T20:37:00.001-05:00

Simply Catherine

2007-06-07T20:30:00.001-05:00

The Many Moods of Catherine Elizabeth

Update

2007-05-07T22:34:00.000-05:00

Sorry for the lag in picture updates. These last few weeks have been a little nutty. I hope you all enjoy the new pictures.

Adventures in Soild Food

2007-04-03T19:48:00.000-05:00

We have started a little variety in the solid food department. Needless to say it has been interesting. I wanted to post a picture of a sample diaper but Rebekah vetoed it. Go figure.

On this side of heaven, few things rival a Sweet Potato nap.

Not a big fan of the green beans.

Apparently plastic tastes better.

Duck Butt Strikes Back

2007-04-03T19:45:00.000-05:00

Random Spring Break Pics

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Catherine and the MeMaw

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Catherine loves her MeMaw!

Catherine and the Girls

2007-04-03T19:28:00.000-05:00

Over Spring Break we were able to spend a couple of days with David, Beth, Emma, and Alie. Catherine never slept so good as she did after a day of trying to keep up with these two.

A Trio of Trouble

Emma

Alie

Catherine in the Hood

2007-02-27T21:06:00.000-06:00

WATZ UP SUKA

Rodeo Day

2007-02-27T21:01:00.000-06:00

Catherine loves her new toy from Pappy!

This was her outfit for rodeo day at the daycare.
Thanks to Mom and Dad for the boots. Grandparents think of everything!

Bath Time

2007-02-27T20:55:00.000-06:00

Baths have become a lot more entertaining now that she is a little older. I can't wait until she can sit up on her own so that we put in the jacuzzi attachment to the tub! Something tells me she will get a kick out of the bubbles.

Dinner Time

2007-02-11T20:50:00.000-06:00

Rice cereal. Is it solid? Is it liquid? No one knows?

Sunday Dress

2007-02-11T20:46:00.000-06:00

Catherine is ready for church.

New Toy

2007-02-07T20:16:00.000-06:00

Here is Catherine in her new toy. There is so much to do on it she gets frustrated when she can't put more than on thing her her mouth at a time.

Daddy's little computer gamer

2007-02-07T20:11:00.000-06:00

Future professional video gamer hard at work

Snow Day

2007-01-18T22:13:00.000-06:00

On Wednesday the school shut down for the snow, so we were able to stay home for the day. Here are some pictures of us in the snow.

Christmas Part III

2007-01-18T22:03:00.000-06:00

Here are some pictures from Christmas Day at Rebekah's dad's in Jennerette, LA.

Catherine and Gramps

Santa Catherine

Christmas Part II

2007-01-18T21:50:00.000-06:00

Here was our Christmas at Rebekah's mom's in Berwick, LA.

Catherine and Nanny

Nanny, Catherine, Beth, and Grammy opening presents

Catherine goes for a ride with Grammy

"What are our husbands doing now?"

Christmas Part I

2007-01-18T21:35:00.000-06:00

Sorry for delay, but better late than never I suppose. Here are some pictures from Christmas.

Catherine with her Uncle David and Aunt Beth

Alie and Emma

Alie and Catherine

Alie, Catherine, and Emma: a.k.a TROUBLE

Merry Christmas

2006-12-25T20:12:00.000-06:00

Merry Christmas from Joseph, Rebekah, and Catherine

Hanging out with the parental units

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From time to time Catherine the Great graces her parents with the opportunity of some play time!

Rolly Pollie

2006-12-21T22:57:00.000-06:00

The rolling over has begun. For our next trick I think we will work on playing dead!

Thanksgiving Part V

2006-12-10T22:04:00.000-06:00

Despite all the turkey and the skiing, we did find a little spare time for a wedding

Thanksgiving Part IV

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Garner Men. Perhaps the pinnacle of all the Lord's creation. Never will you find such a unique combination of wisdom, style, and grace. At least we like to think so!

The Three Joseph's

Phillip, Grandaddy, Dad, and Me

Uncle Dwayne, Phillip, Grandaddy, Dad, and Me

Thanksgiving Part III

2006-12-10T21:32:00.000-06:00

Here are some great pictures of Grandmother, Granddady, and Grandmother C with Catherine. They all had a fun time with Catherine, and Catherine was more than happy to add to her list of spoilers!

Thanksgiving Part II

2006-12-03T21:08:00.000-06:00

Here are some pictures from our time at the slopes at Loveland. More pictures are on their way!

Thanksgiving Part I

2006-12-03T20:56:00.000-06:00

Snow Bunny

Snow Baby

Snow Booger

Battle Scars

2006-11-14T20:26:00.000-06:00

Catherine had her shots this week. According to the doctor she is a "bleeder." This is just what every parent wants to hear. Rebekah said she went to sleep on the way home and she was in a pretty good mood that night, at least until we took off the band-aids. She did not enjoy that to much! Below are some pictures of our little trooper.

SMILE

2006-11-02T20:23:00.000-06:00

Well we finally got a picture of her elusive smile. Hopefully I can catch some more.

Nanna and Catherine

2006-11-02T20:17:00.000-06:00

Mom stayed with us for a week when Rebekah went back to work. They had a great time watching the Today Show and soaps during the day, and shopping for Pampered Chef stuff we don't need with Rebeakh at night. Thanks Mom for all your help!

Nap Time With Dad

2006-11-02T20:14:00.000-06:00

Stretch!

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SSSSTTTRRREEEETTTCCHH!

Attack of the Aunts Part II

2006-10-19T23:09:00.000-05:00

Shanna stayed with us for a few days. She was more than happy to show Catherine the intricacies of training her father to automatically give her whatever she wants, often without even having to ask. They spent two hours just talking about how to gain access to Dad's plastic with only a smile. It would appear that Shanna has had years of practice at these manipulative art and has decided to take Catherine on as her Padawan* learner.

*This is a Star Wars reference for those of you who are not cultured.

Attack of the Aunts Part I

2006-10-19T22:59:00.000-05:00

Here are some pictures from Mary and David's visit to Fort Worth. They helped Rebekah hold the fort down while I was "working" in Austin for a few days. The list of spoilers continue to grow. I am becoming concerned!

BOO!!!!

2006-10-04T21:04:00.000-05:00

My Girls

2006-10-04T20:57:00.000-05:00

The girls and me!

Is she broken?

2006-10-04T20:38:00.000-05:00

Only three weeks old and she is already falling apart! They just don't make them like they uset too!

Gramps & Laura

2006-10-04T20:30:00.000-05:00

Gramps and Laura came for a visit last weekend. Yet another pair of contributors to our daughters rottenness.

Attack of the Duck Butt!!!!

2006-09-29T17:29:00.000-05:00

Two words.............DUCK BUTT!!!!

Up-close and Personal

2006-09-28T22:46:00.000-05:00

By popular demand here are some updated pictures. These are some great close-ups. Enjoy!

Bath Time

2006-09-17T13:51:00.000-05:00

Catherine had her first bath today. She hardly cried at all, and she seemed to enjoy it. Here are some of the pictures.

Grammy and Catherine

2006-09-17T13:43:00.000-05:00

Grammy stayed with us for the week and was a huge help with all of the hospital chaos. Thank you so much!

Pappy, Nanna, and Uncle Phil

2006-09-17T13:25:00.000-05:00

Here is Catherine with Pappy, Nanna, and her Uncle Phillip. They were a big help to us this weekend. Thanks for everything (especially the Dublin's)!

Catherine the Great

2006-09-17T13:17:00.000-05:00

Here are some pictures of Catherine the Great! All I have to say is this: "LOOK AT THOSE FEET!"

We are home!

2006-09-14T17:28:00.000-05:00

Well we finally made it home as of 1:30ish this afternoon. Rebekah, Catherine, and I are settling in and Grammy (Rebekah's Mom) has been a great help. Pappy (Dad) and Nanna (Mom) are on their way to spend the weekend with their new granddaughter. Those pictures will be up soon. Until then, here are some as we were waiting to leave the hospital, and some pictures of the homecoming.

Catherine Elizabeth Garner

2006-09-13T10:41:00.000-05:00

Catherine is HERE!!!! She was born Tuesday, September 12 at 9:25am. I will have more pictures up soon the next time I get a chance to go down stairs here at the hospital. Enjoy!

Countdown; Part II

2006-09-10T17:01:00.001-05:00

Well no baby yet! On Monday we made an appointment with the doctor to have Catherine induced on Wednesday if she does not come sooner. We have to be at the hospital at 11:00am. Of course we are still hoping she comes sooner, but at least now their is a end in sight. Until we have some baby pictures, here are some pictures we took today with our new camera. Enjoy!

Countdown

2006-08-29T16:50:00.000-05:00

Well for those of you keeping score at home, I have a Catherine status update. We went to the doctor today and while Rebekah has not dialted any further, she is now 75% effaced. Rebekah and I ordered a new camera off ebay yesterday so assuming it gets here before the baby does we will have lots of pictures to share. Oh and before you ask, no Mom I have not put in the car seat yet. Its on the list! Have a great day!

before and after

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Our "little" mother !

Love Pappy

25 years and Counting

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Working Hard

2006-08-17T23:04:00.000-05:00

I had a goofy day at work a couple of weeks ago. Believe it or not I am getting paid to do this! Your CP dollars hard at work.

Cowboy Pics

2006-08-17T22:43:00.000-05:00

Dad, Mom, and Phil all dressed up with nowhere to go!

Shanna K in her bar wench garb.

2006-08-15T09:53:00.000-05:00

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