Daly Family Blog

Hey Dee, I love the picture! You should enter it in some kind of photo contest. That is so cute about Owen and the Owl. Ooh, I feel a children's book idea, at least that would make a good title! Yesterday I spent 30 minutes typing my blog and updating you all with what I've been doing and then I tried to add some photos and poof, it all just vanished! I don't think I want to sit here and go through all that again so I'll give you the short version. We went to Waco, TX for our oldest grandson's graduation from Baylor. Had a good visit with Catherine and her family. We also went cemetery hunting and found the graves of Bill's great grandparents. It has made me hot to do more genealogy. Chey's room is finished, she says she feels like a princess. She was speechless with delight when she finally saw it. She has been waiting since I broke my arm in March to get her Birthday surprise of new bedroom decor. I guess she was not disappointed. I have never seen her so ...

This is our indoor cat...there is a little story behind the big plastic owl. Our inlaws have fake owl in their yard to scare away the crows and vermin. Well, Owen took a liking to that owl, and would always pick it up and carry it around while at their house. So my MIL decided to get Owen his very own big plastic owl. It is now his favorite "toy" which he treats like a stuffed animal. Carries it everywhere we'll let him. Wanted to take it to daycare last week and to the store yesterday. "Beak" "eyes" "wings" "claws" ....every owl part he names, over and over! LOVES IT. You just never know what they will attach to. Anyways, the owl is now working overtime because there is some crazy loud squaking bird that sits on our BBQ right outside the sliding glass window and taunts our poor cat. (And drives us batty...I don't know what kind of bird it is, but gawd, it's annoying!) So I set up the owl to help him out a little...

10 days and nary a blog ...what have we come to? Okay, I know I have been neglectful too, but we must blog on! Here's the low down on the fam and what we are up to: Jacob is leaving tonight for a Boy Scout campout in the Great Salt Plains region of Oklahoma. They will also tour the Alabaster Caverns...he will be back on Sunday...bummer. But, he will have fun and hopefully will not get dehydrated--it's going to be 95 degrees...yikes! William is trying to go on the potty full time...and is doing pretty well. He is also having fun playing with all of his Thomas stuff from his birthday! Benjamin started singing along with his cartoon today...he was very serious...trying to hit all of the notes and kind of growling along--it was really funny! Rick is working but should be home in a while the countdown is on until we go to Cincinnati on July1. I have found a bunch of cool museums and historical sites for us to visit... I am just getting ready for summer and getting ready to have a be...

not sure why it wouldn't let me post my pics! any ideas?

Just had a few minutes to blog, so here goes....Scott took Owen to the park and Wes is on the tail end of a nap in his swing. I can't believe its been 4 weeks already since being a family of 4. Last week was my first week when I had both boys by myself all day long. It was not as bad as I thought, just a few tense moments where both were crying at the same time and also Owen has figured out that he has more time to get into things while I am nursing. But overall, its been OK. Wes hasn't figured out how to sleep too well at night yet. We've had several nights where he's up at 1:00, 3:00 and 5:00 am. wailing for some sustenance. And with burping, changing and rocking, it's usually at least an hour awake each time. You can do the math on how much sleep we're getting! Ugh. On an bright note, last night he slept from 9:30 pm until 3:00 am, which is a huge stretch for him, so relief may be in sight. This boy grunts and moans alot, even when asleep. It took...

Hello guys. It is a rainy day here in Owasso. We started out the day standing in the rain on Main Street watching the parade in which our own Teacher of the Year rode by along with Rylie and Chey, in a convertible tossing candy at us! Then we took Chey home and went to Attwoods where we have been every Saturday morning since we got our ducks. Had to pick up some pine shavings to spread around for them to poop on. Then we came home and spread the pine, washed our hands and had some lunch. Tonight we go to William's 3rd birthday party! It will be the highlight of the weekend! Right about now you are saying to yourselves "boy those 2 really live an exciting life" Yes, we do. Yesterday we went to Bixby to meet some friends for lunch and then to Collinsville to the Thomas Train store for William's birthday gift. Then we came home and I cleaned out the garage while Bill mowed the field out front and the ducks swam in the wading pool out back. Then I walked the ducks back in...

Hey guys, what has been going on? Not much here, except Jacob was home all weekend with bronchitis...so he had to miss on of his boy scout campouts. He was really bummed out, but at least he had a good reason to stay out of all that rain! William has an ear infection in both ears, but is slowly getting better...and Ben is okay with just a runny nose, but he is none the less pretty mad about it. Rick returned late Saturday night from his course in Boston at Harvard Medical School. He said the campus was awesome. I told him to look for Matt Damon of Good Will Hunting fame...but he just saw a but of smart looking people, I think. He went to the Cheers bar and had a goood time. I am trying to clean out closets and count down to July 1, when we report to Cincinnati, OH. I am also preparing for William's 3rd birthday this Saturday, can you believe it? I have to light the candle in my kitchen 20 times a day so he can blow it out to practice for his birthday cake...well gotta run must clea...

Wow Mom, it sounds like you have had a busy time! You lead such an active busy life, I don't know where you get your energy! I just seem to muddle through several projects everyday, not finishing any of them and then collapse after dinner like I worked a full day. Today I get my hair done, and I need to return a curtain to Target and get another one. I bought 2 for the computer room to see which one I liked. I also need to go to the Home Decorators Store and finish an order I started last week. We are getting a small table and chairs for the hearth room. We got a new round rug for it last week. My housekeeper comes on Monday so it is a good day to get out and run errands. John, I have been carrying those calendars around in my car for months. I need to get them to you. Jim, you can have some more too if you want. There are plenty. Dale and Chris might like another. My ducks are looking very scraggly, half down and a few feathers here and there. The bigger they get the more they poo...