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:

Milk

Abigail drank whole milk for the first time on Monday. She is used to water in her sippy cup so she spit it out at first. But by dinner time last night she drank almost the whole glass:

So we are now down to her morning bottle and that will be gone when this container of formula is gone : )

I also enjoyed fixing Abigail and Emily the same lunch yesterday (grilled cheese) and Abigail ate what we were having for dinner last night. It sure was nice fixing just 1 supper!!!!!

Roomie Visit

This past weekend my college roommates came to visit for our annual get together. Abigail had been sick with a high fever at the beginning of the week but was thankfully on the mend when they got to town Thursday night. On Saturday we enjoyed going to Auburn for the day and ate at our favorite places, walked around campus, and even went back to the townhouse we lived in together:
We ate lunch at this yummy place:
and ate dinner at this yummy hole in the wall that is still so good . . .
And of course we had to have lemonade here:
It was fun walking around campus together:

. . . and seeing new buildings next to old familiar ones:
We went to one of the buildings to go to the basement where we all used to hang out together in between classes . . . and it's nothing but offices now : (

We also got to see the coliseum one more time before they knock it down:
We also visited with our friend Tara on Friday night and that was fun to all hang out together:
I had a great time gals! See you next year . . . next stop . . . Dallas!

Fair

On Saturday we went to the state fair with friends. The rides were free from 10 to 11 so we let the kids get on as many rides as possible. Waiting in line for the fair to open:
Abigail's first trip to the fair!
Emily was a little scared of the rides this year so she chickened out on a couple of them. But she did like the carousel so we rode it twice.
Abigail rode the carousel too:
Emily was tired after lunch and wanted to ride around laying down. She even took a nap this afternoon until she rolled off the couch and woke herself up!
We always enjoy walking by all the booths. This year Joe found a Bible tract just for him:
And of course we blew all our money on yummy fair food! I got my usual corn dog and roasted corn. Emily ate half my corn dog though. We are going to have to remember to buy her one next year!