Botanical Gardens

On Friday we went here:

Our friends Rachel, Julia, and Liliana have an annual pass so they got us all in for free. We had never been so this was a nice treat. We couldn't have asked for better weather. It's hard to believe that such beautiful gardens are this close to the concrete jungle in midtown:
The girls had fun walking around and playing mostly while we enjoyed the pretty views.

Best friends:

They had a play area for the kids:
One day soon Abigail, you will be running with them:
There was also a cool bridge that we walked over:
and glass pumpkins around the gardens:
We had a great time together. I think Emily and Julia enjoyed riding together in the car as much as they did spending the day together! The cutest moment for me was when Emily and Julia were in front of Abigail laughing and talking and Emily raised her hands in the air and yelled "surprise" and Abigail put her hands in the air just like her sister and yelled out her version of "surprise". So cute!

Living with Kids

Can you tell kids live here?

We started out this morning with a clean house . . . but by the end of the day there were toys in every room I went to.

Abigail has officially caught up with her sister and makes just as much of a mess.
. . . oh but what sweet faces they have . . . and what joy they bring to our house:

Abigail's Birthday Party

We celebrated Abigail's 1st Birthday this weekend at PawPaw and Dee Dee's house:

A co-worker of my mom's made the cakes for us . . . she did a great job!
Abigail ate so many new things this weekend. She tried chicken salad, tuna salad, and pimento and cheese sandwiches from the lunch tray we ordered for the party. She also ate ice cream and cake!
Emily waiting for us to sing Happy Birthday so she could try some of the cake:
We opened presents and she enjoyed the strings off the gift bags better than the toys : )

Thanks for coming everyone!

Here is my favorite picture. My brother's camera kept taking shots after the first one and everyone got a kick out of it:

Happy Birthday our sweet Abigail! We love you!

Abigail is One!!!!

Abigail is One Year Old Today!!!!

In Love

I'm gushing over my babies today! They wore their fall shirts yesterday and wore their AU shirts today and the pics turned out so sweet! One of these is about to be my background on my PC:
I have some left over fabric that my mom gave me and the other day found these pants that would match the applique from her fabric . . . I love finds like this: