McCarthy family

::: two :::

2011-05-05T21:32:00.000-07:00

I have a TWO year old.

Who likes to:

Count one, two, free (three)!

Sing Abc's, twinkle twinkle little star, itsy bitsy spider, praise him, jesus loves me, oh happy day, and of course a little baby baby (justin bieber).

Eat greek yogurt.

Eat any sort of gum or candy.

Drink milk from starbucks. Everytime we drive by one she says somilk (some milk).

Play at the park.

Read books.

Talk about her sweet friends.

Talk to just about everyone we see out and about.

Water the yard and plants.

Watch Thomas and Sid the Science Kid.

You have moments for tantrums (they aren't horrible), but it's 95% of time over food! You know what you want.

You've started picking out what you want to wear in the mornings.

Proud to be a mom to such a sweet girl and excited to see what your life holds!

::: in other news :::

Our house is pretty much all together. Of course, there are some things we'd like to do beyond what we've done, but it'll happen!

23 Months

2011-03-13T13:42:00.000-07:00

Oh, my Eisley. You are FULL of life every moment. Can't imagine life without you.

You LOVE to be outside, sing dance and eat!

I started writing this last month for 21 months so I'm finishing it now.

Some of my favorite things you say:

Necklace

Bracelet

Wing (Ring)

Burder (Burger)

Timmy (book)

Cookie Monster (book)

When you count you go one, two, five

When you sing the alphabet you say......A,b,c, b

Bees (blueberries)

Toffee (coffee)..now you actually say coffee...oddly enough you love all kinds of coffee. You see it in the most random places.

Pepper (Dr. Pepper)...I have no idea how you know what this is, but you do!!

When you sneeze you say bless you. You've started saying bless you, dada to people because I guess your daddy sneezes a lot.

When you really want something you shake your head yes as your saying it.

When we watch Wheel of Fortune you yell random letters and yay.

You are starting to talk about some of your friends, especially Allie, Riley and Jubilee. You also talk about all your family members all the time!!

When I drop you off with my parents you usually just tell me bye before I even get you in their house!

You haven't been sleeping through the night very well - since the end of November you've had 3 ear infections and I think it's really messed up with your sleep patterns. Your room is directly behind ours so it's really hard on all of us! I would say you sleep through the night about every other night. Last night was one of them - praise the Lord!

86 years old

2011-01-23T04:21:00.000-08:00

I love our house!

Established ::: 1925

It definitely has some quirks, but it makes life a little interesting sometimes. Like the fact that pest control has been out three times this week. We've got 2 possums and a raccoon who have made their home under our bathtub. Bleh! Eisley runs around in the morning saying "it's a possum, it's a possum!"

Some of my favorite things are the front porch, the back deck, the wood floors, our sweet neighbors, the massive trees, did I mention the front porch???, the original windows, old school door knobs, and our secret upstairs media room. We are so close to everything that we love to do besides our church.

More meal planning......

2011-01-20T21:14:00.001-08:00

January 16-

Lunch- Chicken enchiladas

Dinner- Breakfast (waffles, eggs, bacon)

Dessert- Peanut butter/chocolate fudge

January 17-

Breakfast- Leftover waffles

Lunch- Bean and Cheese Nachos

Dinner- Mexican Style Tacos – steak, cilantro, onions

January 18-

Breakfast- Leftover waffles

Lunch- Leftover enchilada’s

Dinner- Steak, asparagus, potoatos au grautin, salad

January 19-

Breakfast- cereal

Lunch- French toast pizza

Dinner- Crab legs, fondue, salad

January 20-

Breakfast- eggs, cereal

Lunch- French toast pizza or hot pockets

Dinner- Spaghetti and Meatballs, bread, sugar snap peas

January 21-

Breakfast- eggs, waffles

Lunch -Out

Dinner- out to dinner

January 22-

Breakfast- Panera

Lunch- Frozen chicken and farfala

Dinner- Steak, sweet potato fries

January 23rd-29th

Sunday-

Lunch- out

Dinner- breakfast- eggs, bacon, blueberry waffles

Monday

Lunch- tuna sandwhiches

Dinner- easy chicken santa fe

Black beans

Frozen sweet corn

Salsa

Cream cheese

Chicken (canned)

Cheddar

Rice

http://www.recipegirl.com/2007/11/30/easy-chicken-santa-fe/

Tuesday

Lunch- leftover chicken santa fe

Dinner- fried round steak

Cube steak

Potatoes au grautin-package

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2010/08/fried-round-steak/

Wednesday-

Lunch-cube steak sandwhiches

Dinner- salmon patties, cheese grits, asparagus

Thursday-

Lunch-french bread pizza

Dinner- Roast

Roast, carrots, salad, potatoes (freezer)

Friday-

Lunch- leftover roast beef sandwhiches

Dinner-out

Saturday-

Lunch-blts

Dinner- with friends

January 30- February 5

Sunday-

Lunch- out

Dinner- shrimp pitas

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/shrimp-salad-pitas-recipe/index.html

Monday-

Lunch- French bread pizzas

Dinner- chicken gyros, yogurt sauce, cucumber/tomato/red onion, hummus

Tuesday-

Lunch- leftover chicken

Dinner- gumbo

http://www.pauladeen.com/recipes/view2/gumbo/

Wednesday-

Lunch- leftover gumbo

Dinner- Spaghetti

Thursday-

Lunch- leftover spaghetti

whole chicken, salad

Friday-

Lunch- leftover chicken

Dinner- out

Saturday-

Lunch- out

Dinner- chicken frozen dinner

Favorite Shows

2011-01-20T10:48:00.000-08:00

Well if you saw our DVR it would be full of these shows:

Top Gear USA

Some people might not like this show since it's not like the BBC version, but I actually enjoy watching it with Daniel. I think I get some extra wife points for watching this one :)

The Good Wife

Oh man, I just love this show. That's all I can say. So much involved and I love the cases they try. It makes me secretly want to be a lawyer. I jokingly told Daniel he could go to law school the other night and I'd support the family and then I realized he'd have to finish college first. I think he'd be a great attorney!!

Selling New York

I mostly just love this show because of the crazy commissions and the outrageous properties.

Royal Pains

We'll see how this show pans out this season-if it gets too crazy I'll stop watching it. I just enjoy looking at the "Hamptons". Although, a friend told us that they actually don't film it in the Hamptons. Oh well. It's still beautiful.

Gilmore Girls

My all time favorite show. It's something between me and my mom..we can just laugh about the craziest things on this show. For Christmas she got me a bag full of jokes from Gilmore Girls (A hello kitty alarm clock, pop tarts, a tote from a make up counter, season 4 of Gilmore girls, and much more!) It was a great gift.

Throwdown with Bobby Flay

MMMM.. Just watching this show makes me hungry. It's glorious. Daniel got me the recipe book for Christmas which has his recipes and his opponents recipes from the throwdown. I'm excited to try out some of these recipes.

American Pickers

These guys are hillarious and they know so much about everything they are "picking".

So, what are your favorite shows???

2010 in Review!

2011-01-04T12:25:00.000-08:00

I don't think anything too exciting happened last January or February besides trying to build our business'.

We sold our second house in March.

Our baby girl turned 1 in April.

We bought our 3rd house..that's right 3rd. Lived with my parents for 2 months while we looked for our third house. We closed at the end of May. We finally have it completed inside. Of course, we have some other things we want to do, but everything downstairs except for the bathroom and wall colors is done. I'll post a blog about that with pictures soon :)

Became an aunt to Josiah Samuel.

Celebrated 3 years of marriage followed by a trip to Greece. We left the day after our anniversary although it was for a work trip we still had a lot of fun and were able to get away just the two of us and enjoy each other!

I was at our women's conference in July (I think) and really felt like God was impressing upon me to quit real estate. It was a test of faith for me. We had been depending on the income since Daniel started his company this past November. I felt like I was running ragged most of the time..dropping Eisley off here, doing open houses here, writing contracts, answering nine o'clock phone calls from a buyer. I was pretty successful as a part time agent so I didn't want to give up the income, but "His ways are higher than our ways. (Isa 55:9)". He has once again proven faithful. I knew he would and being obedient ended with a weight lifted instead of a burden on our finances.

Eisley started Mother's Day Out in August which coincided with me phasing out of real estate and working with Daniel at Concept Culture (www.conceptculture.com). I had my last closing in October. I can now refer business and make a referral fee so I've kept my license for now to see what I end up doing in the long haul.

I started working with Daniel 3 days a week keeping the books and running errands. Hoping it turns into more, but for now I've been catching up on all 2010 and organizing everything.

Since Eisley started Mother's Day out she finally goes into the nursery at church so I am able to get involved again. She would scream hysterically for over the first year of her life. That is definitely an answered prayer of mine. She loves her teachers at church and at MDO. She is learning so much and I am going to blog about her later :)

Lost our second baby at the beginning of November. That was one thing I would've never expected, but again "HIS WAYS ARE HIGHER THAN OUR WAYS".

Overall this year I think I've just learned to trust a little more. Trust without knowing the why. Or understanding the whole situation.

Praying that 2011 is a year where we see lots of growth. Perhaps of our family, friends, relationships, seeing people saved, seeing lives changed, and our business growing. Most of all I just want to see God move in ways he never has before in my life. I want to depend on Him every day and every moment. I'm excited to see what He has in store for us, our friends, and our families.

Menu Planning

2010-12-05T20:03:00.000-08:00

Thanks to my friend Tori Rieger for getting me excited about menu planning again! I've been researching online for recipe's the last few weeks to spice things up a bit!

Sunday night: Nacho's

Monday:

Lunch- Sandwiches

Dinner- Chicken Scaloppine, broccoli and salad

http://www.food.com/recipe/romanos-macaroni-grill-chicken-scaloppine-122046

I've never made this recipe so I am hoping it's good! I had it at Macaroni Grill a few weeks ago (it was so good!!) and will cut out some of the butter. It calls for FOUR sticks!!

Tuesday:

Lunch- Leftovers

Dinner- Chicken Cacciatore, potatoes au grautin, and salad

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2010/10/chicken-cacciatore/

Wednesday-

Lunch- Leftovers

Dinner- Sandwiches or grab dinner on the way to church :)

Thursday:

Lunch- Tuna salad

Dinner- Out with friends to see the Grinch and dinner!

Friday:

Lunch-Out to lunch or soup and sandwhiches/salad

Dinner- Spaghetti, green beans, and salad

Saturday:

Lunch- BLT's

Dinner-Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and salad

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2010/09/my-favorite-meatloaf/

I haven't decided if I am going to do the bacon on the meatloaf..I don't have a broiler pan and the grease would just soak in the meatloaf...yuck!

Happy Menu Planning!

Life's Challenges

2010-11-05T13:32:00.001-07:00

Warning: These are just my thoughts during this time + some processing.

This past week has been quite a challenge for this little family. We found out last Thursday that we would not be welcoming a second child into this world yet. At first I was confused...not understanding how this could happen to me. I had the perfect pregnancy with Eisley and never saw this coming. I've found myself saying I didn't understand a lot of things this past year and realizing now that I don't have to understand anything and just trust in the Lord.

I finally had time to sit down and read my Bible Saturday night and this is the FIRST verse I read. I wasn't looking for it and was probably doing just the opposite thinking that I'd be reading in Lamentations and nothing would apply to what was going on. How crazy to think that God wouldn't speak to me during this time!!

Lamentations 3:20-27

20I will never forget this awful time,

as I grieve over my loss.

21Yet I still dare to hope

when I remember this:

22The faithful love of the LORD never ends!^b

His mercies never cease.

23Great is his faithfulness;

his mercies begin afresh each morning.

24I say to myself, “The LORD is my inheritance;

therefore, I will hope in him!”

25The LORD is good to those who depend on him,

to those who search for him.

26So it is good to wait quietly

for salvation from the LORD.

27And it is good for people to submit at an early age

to the yoke of his discipline

I love that is says I still DARE to hope when I remember the faithfulness of the Lord. The Lord is good to those who DEPEND on Him so that is just what I will do. I am so thankful that God is in control and His ways are better than mine.

I learned Psalm 23 of the Bible in first grade and have never forgotten it. Never did I know how much it would apply to this week in my life. So thank you Miss Patton for making us learn this, although you'll never read this!

I was sitting by myself getting a sonogram after going to the ER (they wouldn't let Daniel come in with me to the room). I was mad because I didn't want to be alone to look at the sonogram, but God brought this to my mind and I just prayed it over and over. Thankful that he is in control.

The LORD is my shepherd;
I shall not want.
He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the still waters.
He restores my soul;
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
For His name's sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil;
My cup runs over.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days of my life;
And I will dwell in the house of the LORD
Forever.

I'm glad that I'll get to walk someone else through this and encourage them that the Lord is good!

We've had so many precious friends and family reach out to us and it's great to be so loved during this time.

Pumpkin Patch

2010-11-05T13:22:00.000-07:00

Eisley loves to play outside so we knew a trip to the pumpkin patch would be in order this fall. We headed out with our sweet friends Tori and Allie. Eisley normally calls her baby, but now she calls her Allie. I think this is the beginning of a great friendship. Tori made her shirt which I love! She calls pumpkins balls. These memories are mostly for us moms, but it keeps the girls busy too.

Eisley and Allie on the train.

My sweet blue eyed girl

Us girls amongst the pumpkins-Eisley was about done at this point!

Allie and Eisley

Her first pumpkin patch

Afterwards we headed out for some Mexican food and the girls conked out on the way home!

Morning Sickness

2010-09-20T19:25:00.000-07:00

A.k.A. All day sickness. I LOATHE you! How in the world are we supposed to deal with this? Today I have just felt so defeated...I go to change a diaper and I throw up. I go to clean the dishes and I gag. I think of a certain food and I just quiver. I smell laundry detergent and I gag.

I just prayed all day for a good attitude and for it to be gone. Lord, help me to find strength and joy in you through this process.

I want to enjoy where Eisley is at life because she's so much fun but I can barely hold my head up.

We went to see my great friend Rachel and I had to cut the trip short due to getting sick this morning. I wanted to go ahead and drive just in case the sickness got worse for my 4-5 hour trip home. I am really glad I got to see Rachel just wish it could've been under better circumstances. Oh well...I'm done complaining..I am really thankful for this sweet life that's developing and taking everything from within me. :)

Our Trip to Greece

2010-08-30T18:54:00.001-07:00

Ok..I am going to attempt to catch up on the blog. My sweet husband accidently deleted most of our pictures from Greece. He knew he had transferred all the wedding photos and we were at an art gallery for a friend and he just deleted everything on the card! Oh well...I guess it's good a have a PHOTOgraphic memory...

Shout out to the couple that allowed Daniel to shoot this wedding. Greg and Katia:

View from our hotel room:

We got to Greece after our 18 hour trip and I told Daniel that we couldn't go to sleep we just needed to make it through and not take a nap...well we took like a 5 hour nap. We then just walked around the town and had dinner and just relaxed which was wonderful!

The next morning we got massages and went out on sea doo's.

Then we ate and ate AGAIN.

That night we went to the rehearsal dinner at this wonderful Greek restaurant..the food was delicious!! Oh, I almost forgot. We were supposed to follow everyone over to the rehearsal dinner. We had a map with street names but the roads had NO SIGNS! Needless to say the person we were following missed their turn and we got lost on a bunch of one way roads to end up at a red light. Well of course, we turned RIGHT on RED and got pulled over with a whoppin $900 ticket. Boo!! Let's just say we can't go back to Greece for 8 years :)

We had some more pictures of our adventures and food, but like I said they're all gone. We rented an Audi Convertible and drove the countryside. We went to some wineries and ate at little cafe's which were so good! We also visited the remains of a castle, but it was really a joke to us so we didn't stay very long.

We had a great time away from real life just relaxing. I miss all the fresh food, but we'll see you again in EIGHT years Greece.

Happy Bir-fa-day!

2010-04-18T07:34:00.000-07:00

Happy one year to our sweet Eisley Kate.

This year has been quite a roller coaster...going through things we never imagined going through, but you have brought so much joy in the midst of it. We know God brought you into our lives at the perfect time. You were born for such a time as this!

(This is more of a post for my memory so sorry for all the details her baby book is in storage).

We had friends and family come and celebrate her birthday at Gigi's and Papa Mac's (Daniels parents) since we don't have a place to live right now.

Mmmm cake!

Loving every bit of attention!

Here you are twiddling your mouth and making me laugh!

You twiddle your fingers over your mouth and make your voice go really low and high!

You suck your thumb all the time!

We are living with my parents and Eisley has adjusted quite well. We will be here until we go to Greece (did I mention we are going to Greece???) so I think it came at the perfect time! Since her bed is here and she'll be used to everything.

Shes loves to sing, eat, talk, laugh, and sleep! I really think she likes to go out and about. She has started waking up earlier at my parents (I think because they wake up earlier). So she sleeps anywhere from 10-11 hours. She takes about an hour and a half morning nap and a two-three nap in the afternoon. Like I said she loves to sleep!!

Her words are mama, dada, uh-oh, hi, bye, pitty (pretty). Her hi and bye are in a country accent!! I am not sure that she has directed mama and dada towards us but we like to think so. She's not walking yet, but cruising along everything. When she likes something she's eating she says mmmm. She loves Mexican food-beans, rice, and chicken.

IN OTHER NEWS: we are supposed to close on our new house this week, but won't move until the end of June. Now, it'll be the beginning of July because we'll be leaving for Greece. Daniel's shooting a wedding in Greece so they paid for our flights there so we are beyond excited to go to Greece! I really wanted to go to Europe before we had kids and now we get to go anyway!

Change, Change, Change

2010-03-12T14:39:00.000-08:00

The McCarthy household exists to CHANGE!!

We have had so much going on the past few months and are overwhelmed by God's love and grace in our lives.

Daniel started his new company back in mid-November and Concept Culture fully launched--

www.conceptculture.com

I thought Daniel could work at home, but with me working from home and Miss Eisley crawling around everywhere he knew he had to get his own space. He started by officing in the Stockyards with a friend, but they really wanted to get their own space so his new office is just a few blocks from our house which we just SOLD!! I'll have to get some picture's of their new office. It's right of West 7th. You can see the new Movie Tavern and Fred's Cafe from the front door. It's totally where Daniel wanted to be. God has given us the desires of our hearts!!

We are looking at purchasing a house in Historical Fairmount:

Here it is in all it's glory.

We've got a few days left at our home which has been a great place to start our family. We've only lived here a little over a year. I have a feeling we'll be moving a lot until we can finally get the house we REALLY want. We're what you would call "flippers". Hard to flip houses in this TX economy, but I am here to tell you it can be done. We'll be purchasing our 3rd house as a married couple and haven't even been married 3 years yet. I'm a little bit more sentimental about leaving this house than our first and had a few tears the other day. So much has happened here, but I am so excited to have this next house be a part of this next and NEW chapter of our lives and to meet our new neighbors.

Well my friends are here to help pack so I better go!! : )

p.s. I hummed the title to chain,chain,chain....get it?

9 Months (a little late)....

2010-01-24T08:43:00.000-08:00

Miss Eisley is everywhere and into everything.

Height: 28 inches 1/4

Weight 17 Pounds and 8 ounces

Looking back at her weight from 6 months she hasn't gained that much weight, but I'm sure it's because she's so active. Our little booger has been sleeping through the night for over a month now. I had to let her cry it out for about two weeks--I'm talking atleast 2 hours in the middle of the night every night. I was determined to get her sleeping through the night by Christmas. She had just formed a nasty habit of waking up once or twice.

She is saying dada (gone from saying it to whispering it), uh-oh, hi. She can wave and clap. Pulling up on everything. She seems like she might be a climber, but I don't know yet. She is getting to be so much fun!!

She loves her food!! We're working on etiquette at the table. If I walk away for 5 seconds she comes out with this full out cry. As soon as she's done eating she's fine again. I will swat her hand, but it really just makes it worse...any tips from you mom's out there???

Christmas Photos

2009-12-13T07:33:00.001-08:00

Our family of 3 didn't take any Christmas photos yet and we probably won't, but the other night we took a few with Daniel's family after dinner and decorating their Christmas tree.

Don't you think we should go with this one?

Or this one??

They'll probably use this one even though Miss Eisley isn't looking at the camera!

DISCLAIMER: these were a last minute request of Daniel's mom so they should in no way show Daniel's photography skills!!

Busssssyyy

2009-12-12T19:13:00.000-08:00

This past month has been crazy at the McCarthy house, but good. I was sitting down to write this post and realized Eisley is 8 months old today. This past month was the first time she had been sick--first with a virus that was followed by congestion. Then, two weeks later she still had the congestion and then an ear infection along with an eye infection. I got sick both times!! We are on all sorts of medicine and vitamins.

We celebrated my dad's 59th birthday.

We took our first trip to the zoo with the Brown's. We covered the whole zoo. Rachel said they had never walked through a whole zoo before!! When we were done we rode the train back.

Daniel's cousin Neely got married so we spent lots of time with his family that was in town before the wedding and our night at the wedding was short lived, but we wanted to bring Eisley along.

We also celebrated Thanksgiving-- Eisley was very sick and sensitive so it wasn't the funnest Thanksgiving we have ever had. I really enjoy playing games and such which didn't happen this year. Oh well!!

This picture is pitiful, but this is how the day was:

7 months

2009-11-09T20:04:00.000-08:00

Well just short of 7 months Eisley popped up 2 teeth and began to crawl. It's not anything fast or perfect which I am OK with!!

We've added peaches, mango, chicken, and beef to her repertoire of foods. I think she just loves food. I started giving her the baby foods that have meat in them and since then she has been sleeping through the night! Coincidence? I think not.

I know everyone said she wasn't hungry, but this really makes me think she was. She immediately went from waking up 2-4 times a night to NONE!!! Thank the Lord. This all came at the perfect time (more on that later).

She was going through a stage of screaming at a high shrill when she didn't get her way..that has gone away for now with a few swats of the leg and firm no's from mom and dad. One morning she did at Daniel and he said NO, she looked at him with her tongue out and went PTTTHWWW!!! (I have no idea how else to make that noise).

Everywhere we go everyone tells us that Eisley is very attentive and observant. It's so funny that stranger's notice these things. It's probably because she stares them down.

6 Months

2009-10-21T11:28:00.000-07:00

Eisley Kate is 6 months old. Halfway to a year!

She's eating rice cereal, oatmeal, sweet potatoes, squash, pears, applesauce, peas, and green beans. I think her favorite is sweet potatoes and applesauce. She doesn't really like the cereals, but we give her a little bit since they say they need iron. I don't really know if they do!

She's NOT sleeping through the night, but we talked to the doctor about it and she gave me a few ideas to work on it without going cold turkey

Height: 27 inches- 90th percentile
Weight: 16 pounds, 9 ounces- 75th percentile
Her head is in the 42nd percentile..haha.

She's almost sitting up, but would rather get down and into everything. We've seen her get on all fours a couple of times so we think crawling is around the corner. She's started getting into baskets, bags, etc.

She loves to suck her thumb and takes a morning nap between 9-11 for about an hour and an afternoon nap at around 2:30 or 3:00 for 2-3 hours. I am able to get a lot of work done during those naps!!!

She is getting better about her separation anxiety, but gets upset when no one is paying attention to her--we're working on it.

What a learning process parenting is.

"Nuh-uh"

2009-10-12T18:59:00.000-07:00

I've been thinking a lot about discipline and obedience. After all Proverbs says "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."

Granted-my little one is only 6 months old, but I already here her babbling "nuh-uh" over and over again when she doesn't like something. This happens multiple times a day. In the back of my mind I am thinking "I am going to have to deal with this sooner than later." But HOW?

Do I want her to obey out of my fear of being humiliated? At this point, honestly, YES. I want her future obedience for the wrong reasons. (I say future, because right now she's so little that there are moments of not letting her get her way, but she doens't understand.) So that my life will be comfortable, but I know that REAL obedience won't come out mommy saying, "because I said so."

We are now responsible to train her little heart to love and be obedient to the Lord. Which in return is being obedient to us.

I am excited for the lessons to come for me and Eisley. I sure know I am going to learn a lot over the next 20 something years.

God is.....

2009-09-17T14:50:00.000-07:00

Today I was reading Psalm 20 and it's picture perfect of who God is to us.

He answers us when we're in distress
He protects us
He sends help
He grants support
He gives us the desires of our hearts and makes our plans succeed
He saves us
He answers us
He causes us to rise up and stand firm

It's crazy that we don't always allow Him to be God to us.

5 Months

2009-09-10T07:19:00.000-07:00

Well we're almost halfway to a year. Our infant now looks like a baby and her clothes are starting to not button. So out go my favorite outfits and in come the new.

Daniel took some pictures for March of Dimes a few days ago so these will be her 5 month pictures:

Eisley is very attentive these days and grabbing and eating everything. This month we tried rice cereal, pears, and tonight we tried sweet potatoes. She was a fan of those!! Ate them all up. She's been really fussy the past few nights and now I am thinking it was because she was hungry!!

She smiles at most people and then shy's away. It's so fun to see her little personality too.

Weight: 15 pounds

She's come a LONG way...

2009-09-10T07:13:00.000-07:00

Well as my husband reminded me with an email of "the colic" pictures this morning I am so thankful how far our baby girl has come.

I am so glad and I am sure she is too that we don't go through this every evening.

This picture looks just like a "McCarthy":

I guess I should try to find a picture to show the contrast.

Those are the days we will never forget. So thankful she's better now!!!!

4 months, Photography, and more

2009-08-16T19:19:00.000-07:00

Eisley's four months old and we are one busy, little family.

Since my last post Daniel got all of his camera gear. He bought studentministry.com before we got married and he decided to sell it to buy his gear.

His website will be www.mccarthystudios.com . He's spending all of his extra time focusing on this and he is GREAT at it. The great thing is he's already good and he can only get better.

My real estate has really picked up over the past month.

EISLEY:

I cannot leave her in a room by herself or she ends up in the corner or under something. I can just see it in her eyes that she wants to be walking around and getting into everything. We found out during this past month that she's allergic to cows protein so I have cut out all dairy in my diet and she seems much better. She loves other people as long as they aren't holding her, but if they hold her she turns that smile upside down!!! She's started babbling a lot more the past few days.

She stopped sleeping through the night this month. I don't know if she's hungry or she's just formed a bad habit. I haven't decided if I am going to let her cry it out or not. I think I am.

I better go. I'll post some pictures soon!!!!

3 Months Old

2009-07-12T09:38:00.000-07:00

Eisley is growing everyday (don't all babies??). I can't wait until she's older and we can converse, but for now I'll keep her just the way she is. That little smile just melts my heart. My little baby is growing up. She seems to be pretty spirited, by that I mean very active and happy one minute and fussy within seconds.

*She loves bath-time so we give her one every night simply because she enjoys it so much.
*At ten weeks she started sucking her thumb and rolling over.
*She loves for us to stand her up and just bounce herself around.
*She sleeps anywhere from 6-10 hours at night as of now. I haven't figured out what we do different on the days she is not sleeping as long, but she's only up for about 5 minutes when I get up with her so it's not too bad. She seems to not want to go to bed before 9-hopefully we can break that little habit.
*She went swimming (or sitting in the water) for the first time this month
*She smiles at random people all the time not just mom and dad, but more often with us

She weighed 11 pounds and 3 ounces at her 2 month appointment and today she weighed around 12 pounds 8 ounces (I think--that could be off it was on a regular scale). So somewhere over 12 pounds.

Daniel is trying to convince me that he needs a camera. When he wants something he wants the best of it. He wants a Canon 5D with some lenses totaling around $5000. Seriously, this can't just be for a hobby.

So he's going to start taking some pictures and see if it's something he'll stick with, otherwise he can just stick with videography.

Here's my favorite picture from Eisley's shoot with Daniel:

Bye for now!

4th of July Weekend

2009-07-05T06:55:00.000-07:00

Daniel was off on Friday so we just treated it like Saturday. We normally go to Panera every Saturday morning. I think we started doing this when I was pregnant, because I loved their cinnamon rolls!!!

I begged Daniel to go swimming over at his parents house and he finally said yes so we were off to find swimsuit for Eisley. After we found her swimsuit we grilled out for lunch and then took her swimming. She hated when we put her swimsuit on, because it was tight over her head, but once she got in the water she settled down.

Eisley took a nap while we all ate and we woke her up to get in the pool:

She loves her thumb:

Worn out from the water:

Then we went to dinner with Daniel's parents and home to play Scrabble!! Lol.

Saturday we had lunch at my parents house:

Then we went to church with Daniel early so he could run sound. Then we attempted to go to dinner and Eisley was fussy, but we made our way to shoot off fireworks. At first it didn't seem like the fireworks bothered her, but then they set off bobcats or whatever they're called and she LOST it. Poor thing. She was so scared. She finally settled down on our way home. Hopefully next year she'll enjoy the fireworks, but who knows!!!

Tonight we're planning on going to dinner for my brother's birthday and to Concert in the Gardens without the baby in tow!

House changes

2009-05-27T14:45:00.000-07:00

We sold our house on Western in September of last year and moved in with my parents for a month!

Goodbye first house!!

Here is our second house before we started our remodel:

After a month and a few days of remodeling we got this:

2009-05-14T14:10:00.001-07:00

Well our little Eisley Kate is 1 month old already. How did that happen???

Here she is on a little shopping trip on Monday:

We've been to the mall 4 times since she's been born. I had money from my birthday, but I can't find anything! I hate that.

25 Random Things

2009-01-29T14:47:00.000-08:00

Can I honestly think of 25 random things? We'll see!!!

1. I love Gilmore Girls and wish I was smart enough to truly appreciate everything within the show, but I can most of it!

2. I love writing with sharpie fine points and pencils.

3. I love Chili's ranch.

4. I never thought I would be married at 20 and pregnant at 21, but God did and now I wouldn't have it any other way.

5. I worked at Mr. Jim's Pizza with my best friend Rachel when we were 16 or 17.

6. I love my 4 Runner..I've wanted one since I was like 5. Me and my grandma used to write letters to each other and she would send me pictures of 4 Runners that were for sale in the paper.

7. I am a real estate agent and used to play like a realtor when I was a child--must be my destiny!

8. Milk makes my face break out.

9. I love looking at people's pictures.

10. I love Tyler Candle's---specifically the Diva scent.

11. It drives me crazy when people misspell, so hopefully I don't misspell anything while I am writing this.

12. I've lived in Fort Worth my entire life.

13. I have two older brothers and was the first to get married! Woo hoo!

14. I wish I was creative...maybe it will come with age. : )

15. I used to love Dr. Pepper, now I love coke. Especially when it's so cold that is icy.

16. I am still trying to learn how to cook and enjoy coming up with new things.

17. I am not much of a reader..would rather talk.

18. Daniel proposed to me in person, but it started on a video of all of our pictures and him on a mountain in Colorado talking to me.

19. I love being around people!! We have people over all the time.

20. I want to go on a mission trip sometime soon. Maybe somewhere they speak English or I will learn atleast part of the language of where I am going.

21. I have to make lists to get things accomplished and loving scratching the things off my list.

22. I am a fast test taker. I am usually the first person done or out the door when taking a test.

23. I learned how to type using instant messenger in high-school.

24. I love having my toes painted by someone other than myself!

25. Baths are nice.

The end!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Holy Cow--that is way too much to think about.

A lot on my mind

2008-04-28T16:58:00.000-07:00

I'm supposed to be strategizing and setting goals for my new business, but I am SO tired I can't really even think.

Tomorrow is my semi annual dentist appointment..if you don't know...me and the dentist do not get along! I'm almost 21 (hehe) and I have two root canals and two crowns. One of the teeth that I had the work done on is HURTING! Hence my dreading of the dentist. Hopefully it will go well.

I'm using this to get all my thoughts out...I need to:

Build a client base and learn how to get leads, get my face out there and start meeting new people.

I want to get a website so people can find me on google. I was thinking WWW.HMREALTOR.COM

Thoughts??

I also want to get in with a few banks and sell foreclosed homes.

Most of all I want my new career to have meaning. I want the people I work with to really have an understanding of what they're doing and have an enjoyable experience of buying a home.

On a different note...been thinking about all the students that we work with. I really want to make an impact. The time goes by faster than you can imagine. I think to myself that somehow they'll eventually have a revelation of Christ and how much he loves them...but not if we don't make an effort beyond saying hey, whats up, how are things, good..blah blah blah. I'm not trying to sound cynical at all, but am just being honest.

alright I am off to make dinner and watch Juno.

p.s. my shift button is stuck!

Another one of these things:

2008-04-05T19:46:00.001-07:00

I'm obviously bored:

The Basics
Hair Color: Blondish

Eye Color: Blue

Height: 5'4

Profession: Real Estate (almost) and Insurance

Relationship Status: Happily married!!!

Religious Views: Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life

My Favorites
Favorite Color: Blue

Favorite Car: Always loved 4 Runner's, but I'm starting to like a couple of the Lexus' haha.

Favorite Movie: Too many to choose from. I love old movies with Sandra Dee.

Favorite Hobby: I'm starting to do stuff in my yard and it's really a stress reliever.

Favorite Song/Singer: I like a ton of different things like Josh Groban, Michael Buble, most worship music (hillsong, cfni, etc), I'm a sucker for cheesy pop music

Favorite Book/Author: I don't read enough to even know.... : /

Favorite School Subject: I always liked math and lunch, once I got to college I enjoyed history

Favorite Vacation Destination: Italy...I want to travel all across Europe before we have kids...we'll see about that!

Favorite Food: MEXICAN!!!!

Favorite Restaurant: Panera Bread, La Playa Maya, La Madeline...I could stay on this one forever

Favorite Animal: Fish---haha....

Favorite Store: I like to go to Target and just walk around and get random things.

Favorite Childhood Memory: Hanging out with my brothers...one day we went on a walk in the field and sang some song...I loved them more than I let on.

Favorite Baby Name: Sydney Michele McCarthy, Seth Cohen McCarthy

Favorite Person In Your Life: Daniel
This or That
Chocolate or Vanilla: CHOCOLATE!

Big Mac or Whopper: Whopper--I used to love a big ole' whopper

Coke or Pepsi : coke

Beer or Wine: Mango Colada's

Coffee or Tea: coffee

Apple Juice or O.J.: Apple Juice

Facebook or MySpace: Facebook

Summer or Winter: Summer

Cats or Dogs: Dogs are cute, but I am not a good owner

Rain or Shine : Depends.

Chips or Popcorn: chips and hot sauce

Salty or Sweet: sweet!

Morning or Night: Night

Movie or Play: Movie

Money or Love: Love

Breakfast or Dinner: Dinner

Forgiveness or Revenge: Forgive

Paint or Wallpaper: Oh..paint!!

House or Apartment: House--possibly a condo

Do You?
Have Any Pets: We've attempted with two dogs--sorry Rooney and no name

Have Any Children: Nope, not yet

Smoke: noo

Drink: Coca Cola

Exercise: eh.....kinda?

Spend Your Life On Facebook: Try not to

Play On A Sports Team: hahaha

Belong To Any Organizations: phi theta kappa

Love Your Job: yep, especially my new one

Like To Cook: Yes!

Play An Instrument: hahha

Sing: Yes--on my own especially

Dance: not usually

Speak Multiple Languages: No..

Ice Skate: fun!

Swim: love it

Paint: Only when needed

Write: Not a good writer

Ski: too much work

Have You Ever
Stolen Anything: I tried once at wal-mart, the beaper went off on the person in front of me and I ran to the bathroom and threw it on the floor---so dumb.

Been Drunk Before Noon: never been drunk

Got Caught Telling A Lie: probably

Got A Speeding Ticket: yes

Been Arrested: no

Littered: Me and Rachel used to set our cups outside of the car and drive off

Failed A Class: no

Screened Your Phone Calls: No....yes

Eaten Food Off The Floor: Probably

Stuck Gum Under A Desk: Probably

Wished You Were Someone Else: Probably at some point

Cried During A Movie: ALL the time

Other
Describe Yourself In One Word: friendly

Biggest Fear: Having no friends

Your Proudest Accomplishment: Getting my real estate license will be

#1 Priority In Your Life: God my father

Dream Job: Realtor and mom

Where Are You Right Now: At home..about to go to bed

Where Would You Rather Be: Right here

Place To Visit Before You Die: The seven wonders

Song Played At Your Funeral: Find us faithful

2008-04-05T19:39:00.000-07:00

I am not doing so good on this blogging thing.

Exciting news!!!

I will be working at Coldwell Banker and will hopefully have a lot of signs with my name on them that look like this:

We're going to St. John for our 1 year anniversary and we got a killer deal!!

We have a lot of changes going on right now, but it's all good things. I can detail more into this later.

2008-02-22T10:38:00.000-08:00

I am going to try and start blogging the things that we do more often and get better at taking pictures, because we do stuff all the time!!

This past weekend we had a Disciple Now at our church and it's so great to see students give their lives to Christ and choose to live pure. I am determined to make sure that we make a difference in the students lives. It sounds so cliche, but we don't want to just leave this kids hanging on their own to figure out how to live a pure life in this CRAZY world. I didn't take any pictures this past weekend! I even charged my battery and everything.

On a different note...what is going on with LOST?? Does Kate have Claire's baby?

Our system for Farmers has been down since about 9:30 and it is now 12:44! I've got to get some work done before this day is over, but everything runs off of the computer system. A transformer blew in Los Angelas so we will probably be out of work for the rest of the day!

I have two more real estate classes until I can officially go take my test and become a licensed salesagent. There is a 33% chance that I will past the first time. No clue where I am going to work...I will be figuring that out within the next two or three weeks. I'm nervous to walk into some random office and people not take me seriously. I look SOO young. People always think that I am in high-school.

Daniel is filming the first wedding video tomorrow night for EVENT CINEMA! The website isn't done yet, but you can look at it.

www.eventcinema.com

2008-01-03T07:56:00.000-08:00

All I can say is life has been busy. We had a wonderful 2007 and can't wait to see what this year holds. God is so good!!

Pictures from this past year:

Ski Trip:

Mexico:

I am starting real estate school next week and still deciding what broker I want to work for. I am very excited. I am going to continue doing insurance part time until it picks up. Daniel is going to start doing wedding videos in the next month or so hopefully. So we are continuing to keep busy!

Wedding Stuff

2007-03-22T08:55:00.000-07:00

Well!!!!! Its been a little crazy lately, but its fun. We will be picking out the photography Saturday morning and then leaving for OK to meet with Suzanna and her mom about the invitations.