Cheekwood Botanical Gardens

They were obsessed with the fountain and "wa-wa."

They wouldn't sit on the bench together.

But they would sit on the table together! This will be at their wedding! ;)

"What? We didn't do anything!"

We went to see the scarecrow exhibit and didn't even get a picture of any of them. They were actually pretty neat. Different organizations from around Nashville made their own scarecrow to be displayed along the paths to the gardens. The kiddos had a great time running around and we finished the morning with a picnic in the shade of a big oak tree. Perfect weather! I LOVE Fall! (I know I have said that before).

Dancing Diva

How did we entertain ourselves before kids?!

So Sorry for My Absence

I have really been bad about updating the blog and I apologize for that. It is definitely getting more difficult to do things around the house while Emory is awake. Anytime I sit down at the computer she wants to sit in my lap and "help" me type. Most of the time she ends up opening a program on the computer or shutting down the whole thing! I spend most of my day reading the same three books over and over and over again. While I was at work yesterday I received a text from Chase..."Can I 'lose' the Thomas the Train book. I've read 6 times in the last 45 minutes." Haha...welcome to my life 7 days a week!!

When do they grow up? Seriously! Last night before we went to bed I checked on her and realized she was taking up 3/4 of her crib! She use to be so small and stay in one spot. Now she moves ALL over the place in her sleep. Four days ago she had a mini meltdown because her cookie broke in half...such a girl! And Friday while I was washing dishes she stuck her head into the kitchen with this look on her face that she did something wrong. I asked, "Emory what did you do?" She finishes walking slowly into the kitchen and points towards the living room and says "uh-oh." My first thoughts..."crap." I walk into the living room to find a puddle of milk on the carpet in front of the TV. She had taken her "spill proof" (spill proof my butt) cup and turned it upside down and shook it until there was a puddle in front of her. Realizing what she had done and that it was going to need cleaning up, she came to get me. It took all I had not to laugh at her because she went to get a towel to help me clean it up and kept saying "uh-oh." What am I going to do with her?! :)

Below are several new posts...enjoy!

Cookies

For lack of a better title...sorry. Anyway, Kate and Garrett came over the other day for another play date. The original plan was to go the the botanical gardens but there was a chance of rain, so we nixed that idea and decided to stay at my house and decorate cookies. Kate said her thoughts were..."oh that sounds fun, decorating cookies with a 15 month old and a 17 month old, sounds messy, and it's at Erin's house!" haha. Thanks Kate! :) Anyway, the kids had fun. Emory was only interested in the sprinkles and Garrett only wanted the cookie...no icing and no sprinkles! The weather ended up being sunny but pretty warm. So we were able to get the kids outside for a bit before we got too hot. This week is going to be to botanical gardens since the sun has decided to show itself again and the temperature has dropped into the 70s. I LOVE Fall weather!

Isn't She the Cutest?!

She's saying "cheese"

She's finally not scared of it. It only took 5 months!

A Visit to See Baby Colt

Callie enjoys getting in all the baby stuff now that it's back out.

Baby Colt

All the babies

Callie giving Colt lovin'. I wasn't quick enough to get Emory.

Trying on some sunglasses.

Colt Easton was born September 15 but we had a sick household so I stayed away as long as I could. Emory was SO excited when we pulled into Callie's driveway. It had been awhile since we had seen her and she was ready to play. The girls played somewhat well with each other. They are still working on the sharing thing. They only want the toy that the other one has! One day it will be better. Emory surprised me at how well she did with Colt. There wasn't any jealousy from her at all. She kept trying to give him lovin' and kept pointing at him and saying "baby" and giggling. Even when I was holding him! Callie is a very loving big sister with the occasional breakdown from lack of ALL the the attention. All in all the girls played well together and Colt is too cute! And NO it doesn't make me want another one...not yet anyway! ;)

17 Months

Ok, so I'm a little late getting this posted but life has been a little crazy. Better late then never. So what have we been up too?

-Em weighs in at about 24 lbs, length I'm not sure. It's hard to get her to stand still long enough to get a height.
-Her vocabulary is growing daily and she's gotten pretty good at repeating what we say to her. I guess we are going to have to be much more careful about what we say around her now.
-She is obsessed with shoes. Not so mush for herself, but for other people. If she finds a pair around the house she will bring them to the owner and insist that you put them on.
-She is getting a little bit more adventurous. She went down the slide at the park all by herself. I was so proud of her.
-She big into helping me do a lot of things...cooking, cleaning (I think she likes to make messes just so she can clean them up), read, eating (she likes to feed us cheerios), the list goes on.
-She has almost mastered he use of a spoon and fork and insists on using one with every meal.
-She loves to dance. All who know me know she didn't get that trait from me!

Emory is quickly turning into a little girl and growing further away from being the baby. This is one reason we aren't pregnant yet....I'm not ready to admit that she's a big girl and not the baby anymore. Where did the time go?!

UAB vs SMU

Watching the cheerleaders

Family picture with Blaze. Emory wasn't too sure of him!

Watching the game in the box.

Emory spent her first night away from us Saturday night at Cole and Mandy's. She had a great time, but I was up early driving to their house to see my girl. This is them playing "bolf" as Payton says.

Sunday I had the opportunity to go to an AOII pref ceremony for recruitment. It's been 5 years since I've been active, so it was nice to go back and see my little sister and see how much AOII means to her and how much it still means to me. Sappy I know, but true!

As far as football goes...

What a heart breaker! If we had played as well in the first half as we did in the second half we would have beat the crap out of them, but I think we got the big head! Oh well, happens to everybody. We are already doing better in the conference than expected so I'm not worried! :) Final score 33-35, SMU wins! :(

The Park and a Picnic

What can I say? Emory decided to make the first move!

My big girl going down the slide all by herself!

Gotta love the static on the plastic slide!

Sharing her carrot with her doggie...he goes EVERYWHERE with us now!

Last Friday Kate and I met at Dragon park to let the kids run out some energy. Emory has started to get a little more adventurous and decided to go down the slide all by herself. I was so proud of her! She also decided that Garrett wasn't going to make the first move and took matters into her own hands...literally! I honestly wasn't trying to get that on camera, but once I realized it, I wasn't going to delete it, it was priceless! Watch out boys!!

As Smmer Ends...Football Begins!!!

The weekend started out with the first UAB football game...and I must say despite the rain we had a great turn out I thought. Not to mention WE WON!! I know can you believe it, the Blazers pulled out a win and actually played well against Rice. We won 44-24. Of course we made our mistakes but we were picked to finish 0-8 in the conference and we've already proved them wrong.

Emory watching the band with G and Dude.

Family Picture time.

Most of the kids in the school bus that Harper bought.

The parking lot at Legion Field was a swamp. Emory wasn't too happy with her Daddy!

Emory with Katie and other AOII sisters.

Checking out the roster.

Feeding Dude popcorn at halftime.

She got a little restless after halftime, as did her Daddy and Dude so they went walking.

Lucky for us we were in the box because the bottom fell out around the 3rd quarter!

Before Chase even got back to the car from getting our things from the tailgate, Emory was out like a light!

The weekend ended with the last weekend at the lake. :( Is summer really over?! I know that summer isn't the same once you are an adult (that whole job thing that goes year round, really throws a wrench in things), but still, it's still sad it's ending!

We had a great Labor Day weekend but are glad to be back home. Now back to the grind tomorrow!

3 Days and Counting!

We are SOOOO ready for football this weekend! Emory already has her new cheerleader outfit washed and ready to go! GO BLAZERS!