Zoo Time!

Yesterday we continued our celebration of nice weather by going to the zoo. Thanks PawPaw and Dee Dee for our annual pass for this year! Here we are ready to leave. I think this picture captures the essence of Abigail's beautiful hair!!!!:
Zoo time!
Emily enjoyed looking at the map yesterday and picking where to go next. She did a great job of seeing what the animal was on the map and telling us she wanted to go see the zebras next or the elephants, etc. I was impressed:
Abigail enjoyed watching all the activity in her stroller:
I love this picture. This orangutan was sitting in his throne looking out over everyone like he was king of the world:
I'm glad we had a great day yesterday because today it rained all day and we were back in our coats and long sleeves by the end of the day : (

Lovin' the Warm Weather

We actually wore short sleeves today!!!! We had such a beautiful spring day that we celebrated by going to the park this afternoon. So guess what I did . . . come on you know . . . put Emily and Abigail in matching outfits!!!

Here are my sweet babies:

Happy Spring everybody!

Last night my friend Tara and I went to see the movie Av@tar 3D. It was so good! We didn't get home until after midnight. I've been up all week coughing so last night was no different. I figured I might as well lose sleep watching an enjoyable movie than just sitting at home losing sleep : ) I even broke down and watched TV at 3:30 this morning because of my cough. Then about the time I got all settled and starting to doze I heard Abigail wake up at 4 something . . . but I never went to her room. She settled back down after a little while. I hope I get a little more rest tonight . . . but it's not looking hopeful . . . because I'm having a coughing fit while I'm typing . . .

Wear Green

Emily was asked to wear green today for school so of course I had Abigail wear green too! Emily is in the middle of saying "Happy St. P@trick's Day" in the photo:
This morning, getting dressed was delayed a little because Emily said she had to put her babies to bed and read them a story before bedtime. We then had to turn out the lights and leave the room and get dressed in Abigail's room because her babies were asleep. So sweet!:
We have all had lingering colds and coughs that won't go away! We are in week #3 of congestion and cough for Joe and me and it's really starting to get old. I'm ready for warmer weather and no more cold and cough!

5 Months Old!

Abigail is 5 Months Old Today!!!!

Grandmama gave Abigail this cute Auburn dress for Christmas. I wanted to get a picture of Abigail and Emily together on Sunday in their Auburn attire but of course . . . I forgot. When we get home from church there is always such mayhem with getting everyone in the house and trying to get lunch together . . . that Abigail was down for a nap and Emily in her play clothes before I remembered that I wanted to get a picture of them together. . . . I will try to remember next time. Thanks for the dress though . . . we love it!

Abigail is trying to roll over from back to front but hasn't yet. She loves to sit in her little chair and smile and laugh at whoever looks her way. She has done well in the church nursery the last few Sundays. Abigail sleeps really well. She now sleeps from 7pm to 7 am at night and takes a really long morning nap and then a shorter afternoon nap. Her hair is still as crazy as ever but is thinning some on the sides. I now only feed her 4 to 5 times in a day and she is much more efficient during meal times. When she gets tired the best thing to do for her is to swaddle her in her bed and she puts that thumb right in her mouth. I thought Emily was an easy baby to go to sleep but Abigail has her beat for sure.

We love you sweet 5 month old girl!!!!

Party

Last weekend we went to Birmingham for my brother's birthday. I left my camera at my sister's house so I haven't been able to post anything to the blog this week. But my kind brother mailed my camera to me and I got it back yesterday!

Before discussing the festivities I must comment on the previous post about Emily with her scissors. Don't give her any ideas on cutting her hair! One day last week I had to work while she was at home and when I was done there were a million tiny little pieces of paper all over the living room floor. She had also cut one of her necklaces into several pieces and had started in on cutting some cloth off of one of her teddy bears. But what can I say, the girl played quietly while I worked. Thanks goodness she didn't think about cutting any hair!

My brother Robert always loves to celebrate his birthday with friends so we went to his house last Saturday night. Everyone brought their favorite finger food to celebrate and when it got time to eat, Robert came out of the kitchen and said, "Hey Dad I forgot to get plates, napkins, cups, and ice . . . can you go get some?" Crazy boy!!!!! :
Abigail slept on the floor in Robert's guest room and the rest of the children watched a movie in Robert's room while the adults had fun playing C@tch Phrase . . . one of my favorites!

We also got to meet the newest members of my sister's family . . . as if Michelle doesn't have enough to do already with 3 children . . . they now have 2 puppies!
These crazy mutts got out of the fence while I was there and started running thru the woods on the side of their property. So Sarah and I went running back there to get them and kept having to jump over a little creek amongst all the woods . . . Sarah got both dogs back safe and sound.

Abigail enjoyed seeing PawPaw and DeeDee:
. . . . and she enjoyed watching her cousins make funny faces. Watch her laughing at Sarah and Sam in this video:

Scissors

Emily discovered scissors at her friend Julia's house last week so of course we had to get a pair for the house. She has enjoyed making valentine's for everyone lately by cutting up little pieces of paper and putting stickers on top of them:
We also had fun taking pictures together:
Here is Emily's photo of Abigail and mom:
This past Saturday we got a babysitter and had lunch with our friends Jason and April. Jason wanted to try sushi and we all know Joe was excited to have an excuse to eat sushi. So their daughter Riley stayed with Emily and Abigail at our house with the sitter and we enjoyed a relaxing lunch! Abigail did fine, so this Sunday I even left her in the nursery for the first time . . . yea! It was the first Sunday in 4 1/2 months that I got to sit thru a worship service : )

DeJa Vu

I can't believe that it snowed again here today! Yesterday it got warm enough outside to open up our windows, and today we played in the snow!! Here are photos from our adventures this afternoon:


We came back inside to get warm and Emily and Abigail enjoyed hanging out together on Abigail's quilt. If you notice closely the girl can drool . . . look at the front of her shirt!
I had to take Emily to the doctor yesterday and while we were there the doctor took a look at Abigail's ears just to make sure she was o.k. While he was doing that, Abigail put her big wet hand right on his face . . . it was pretty funny!