More Ohio

My cousin Kevin got married and the girls went to the wedding reception. Gracie enjoyed the "princess" and the big Birthday cake. We told her she was at the princess ball and she was loved it. Mallary on the other hand - slept through alot of it (with the band playing!) I had fun visiting with family that I haven't seen in a couple of years!

Gracie with Aunt Mary Beff (her new big buddy for the week)

My cousin Jacquelyn and Grandma

Gracie andPrincess Patti

(I wish the pictures did the moment justice
Gracie really did think a princess had her and was thrilled)


Kevin smashed the cake in her face...alot of it.
I've never actually seen someone do that.

Gracie with her cake.
She thought my piece looked better than hers
so she ate most of both of them!

Ohio!

We are back from such a fun week visiting all our family in Ohio. The girls, mom and me spent a little over a week with my grandparents doing all kinds of fun things.

Picnic at the park with Grammy

Playing at the park
"Driving the Tractor"

Visiting the Dam and throwing rocks

Riding her bike JJ (her Great Grandpa) got for her

Checking out the scarecrow

Playing at another park
This is the school park that mom and I both played at when we were little
so it's neat that Gracie gets to play there too!

Yet another treat that JJ got the girls - a wagon!




Me with my Grandpa . He will be 88 in 2 weeks!
I only hope I do as wonderful as he does at 88!!!

Donuts for breakfast - another treat we don't usually have!

She wants one sooo bad!

More posts coming about our week!

Sesame Street Live!

Gracie, MeMe and I went to see Sesame Street Live "Elmo makes music" on Sunday. I wasn't sure how Gracie would do, as we have never been to a "theater" type event or had to sit still this long for something before. But Elmo and music are some of Gracie's favorite things so I thought I had to take her to it. Well Gracie loved this show like I could not have imagined. She bounced and danced in her seat. She clapped and sang and had the best time! She enjoyed snacking on her m&m's and had her lemonade. She even left with a giant Elmo balloon! I had so much fun watching her and how much fun she was having. We have looked at the pictures several times so she could tell me all about the show again.

7 Months Old

Oh how the time is going by to fast! Sweet little Mallary is 7 months old today! She continues to be such a happy and sweet baby. In the past month, she is sitting up, sliding around to get her toys, and growling at us more than ever (actually a little creepy but she does it with a smile). Her bottom 2 teeth have broken through and are coming in so her chomps on our hands hurt a little more. She continues to love the Gerber DHA Organic (read: most expensive) baby food the most i guess it's the texture of the cereal and the combo of fruits. I wondered where the DHA came from and it's tuna fish oil - GROSS but she gobbles it up. We are graduating out of the infant carrier this weekend sniff sniff, but I can't hardly carry her anymore - it's so heavy. She loves to hold her own bottle now and grabs it away from me. I still help some, but she is pretty good about it. Bath is a new adventure as she can sit up and play with all the bath toys. She loves that! Mallary also gets to take a bath with Gracie sometimes and they both laugh and splash and love to be in there together. Gracie calls her sisty now and it's pretty cute so we'll let it stick. Da Da calls you fatty since you have to eat every 3 hours on the dot when you are awake! You aren't lenient when it comes to feeding time even if it's only 1/2 a jar of food - it's must be in your mouth. Nighttime continues to go great but naps are hit and miss. You are such a delight and we love you so much!

The 7 Month Photo Shoot

slightly rocking so it's a little blurry and messes up the color but not too bad

she decides chomping on the armrest is more fun and so is pulling up on the side

We move to the floor to try some shots, must go for mommy and the camera

Gracie decides to join us and Mallary points out her new teeth

Mallary lays herself down, being a model is hard work and she is done.
No More Photos!

Cousins

On Sunday we finally got some time to go play with Baby Andrew again. He's so tiny!!! He was sweet and slept almost the whole time. I'm not sure what he thinks about his girl cousins who are wild! We tried to take some pictures of them together and they turned out pretty funny! MeMe made us a yummy dinner and got the girls a new witch for Halloween (which they love!) Gracie and I also got to go to Kate Ryan's party to celebrate her 3rd Birthday and play with our Birmingham friends and other cousins Katelyn and Karoline. Alan went to the Ryder Cup this weekend so I'll see if he will be my "guest blogger later this week and write about his trip. No cameras were allowed inside so sadly there are no pictures from the trip - just a great memory!

Catch Up

Well since I had big plans for the park this morning and mother nature changed them with lots of rain I decided I'd catch up on our September. This month has gone by so fast and now looking forward - we have so much going on and I mean it when I say not another weekend with nothing planned until after the New Year! How can a 6 month old and a 2 year old have such busy lives?!?!
Anyways, here are just a few shots from what's been going on with us:

Mallary can sit up and has been for about 3 weeks now.
We've watched some Football, finally some pictures of the girls in their outfits (well Auburn ones for now)




We went to RiverFest - well had a picnic and played before the action started. We left Dada to have a guys weekend and came back for the results on Saturday. I did a recap of that on the BBQ page, but just in case you miss it - my dessert got 5th place! (yes i am proud of myself!)

Mallary wants a cheeseburger!showing off her toy

showing off her toes!

Playing in the cooler?

Nope, she said Dada you need a beer...she knows her daddy too well (it was after noon at least!)

Watching the awards on Saturday!

And because I can't make stories like this up...Gracie was "baking us a cake" after her bath. If you have never had the pleasure of cleaning up cocoa powder - you are missing out on a delightful experience. It's very fine and doesn't vacuum up like flour or coffee or sugar(I know from experience) and can get in the crevices of your floor and well it's just a huge disaster to clean up

notice the handprints all over the door knob - did she know she had made a huge mess and want to sneak out?

Oh and yes, she had to move the chair, unlock the pantry and then pick out the cocoa powder and lemonade mixes and then pour them out (I was bathing Mallary).



And finally, after all the time and effort (and lots of money) I put in to making sure my children have the cutest clothes from clothing shows, boutiques, etc. This is how I have to dress them to get them in the car without fussing and want to go do errands! (Gracie insisted Mallary be included)

they are wearing their disney princess dress up clothes and they still have jammies on under them and pieces from each princess. The errands were all drive thrus!

Craft Time!

Halloween is gradually working itself up to be a major holiday! Which is fine b/c I like it and there are lots of fun things we do in the fall leading up to it. Target is decked out in the whole back section of Halloween galore and I noticed the grocery store was already stocking their candy too. So to join in the fun, I (with some guidance from Gracie) made a cute little wreath for our door. I just got a small wire frame wreath, wove in 4 types of Halloween inspired wired ribbon and TA DA! I left most edges of ribbon kinda ragged on purpose to give it that ragged appearance.

Here is my final product: