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Pics of the munchkin! She is 10 weeks old now and weighs 14 pounds 13 ounces!!!

Happy Birthday to ME!

I am 28, married and I have THREE little girls. How the heck did that happen?!?!?

Addisyn's First School Project

For her very first Pre-K project Addisyn had to make a collage about her and her family, and then go to school dressed up like mommy. I figured jeans and a tshirt was easy enough! We decided to add to that a baby doll in a sling, a purse, and of course - a Starbuck's cup!

Preschool!

First Day of Preschool

My girls are getting so big!

While the cat is away....

The mice shall play!

Lately, Amelia almost always wakes up first. When she does, she has a new habit of venturing VERY QUIETLY down stairs and helping herself to various snacks and such without my knowledge.

This particular morning, I knew that both of the big girls were awake and they had said they were going downstairs to watch cartoons. I decided Alivia and I should just lay for a few more minutes. When we got up I went about the day as usual, and that afternoon I got out my camera and plugged it into my laptop to import the pictures off the memory card. What I found had me laughing till I was in tears. Apparently they had an impromptu photo shoot while I was still in bed! they were being stinkers - AND DOCUMENTING IT! Too dang funny! You will notice in one of the shots Amelia is eating a popsicle, and in another she is showing Addisyn her green tongue :0P

Are they TWINS?

We get this question so much and it never fails to drive me nuts. I always kind of blow people off when they tell me that my kids look alike. To Bobby and I they are so much their own people that we just don't see the resemblence the way others do. We had Amelia's 3 year old pictures taken and I was shocked to see how much her face looks like Addisyn's did in her three year picture! Amazing!

Addisyn and Amelia this year....


Addisyn and Amelia last year...

Amelia is 3!

Amelia turned three on July 30th so we had a huge blowout, of course! She is so excited to tell everyone that she is "free" like her friend Elin, now!" We had a birthday party for her at Build A Bear, and it was a lot of fun for everyone. I was beside myself that I happened to find dresses for the girls to wear that came with little matching doll dresses that perfectly fit their bears :o)

5 weeks old already!

Little Bit, and I use that term lightly, is now 5 weeks old! It is truly amazing how the days get away from us and they just get big so fast! All of us girls made our trek over to the pediatrician yesterday for Amelia's 3 year old exam and Alivia's 1 month check up. It was as eventful as you could expect a doctor's visit to be with 3 kids and one grown up! Amelia is of course perfect as usual, except for that broken arm thing, and Miss Alivia is just as big as I expected! She weighed in at a whopping 12 pounds 6.5 ounces and 23 inches long! Holy chunker! The doctor said that I should fully expect her to NOT sleep as well due to the fact that most babies her size are quite a bit older and usually starting solids. Due to the fact that she is barely a month old, we clearly can't do that yet, so she more than likely will continue to wake through the night for a bit because she will need extra to sustain all of that chunkiness! She seems to be coming down with her very first stuffy nose, so that is no fun, but I am sure that it will pass soon!

doing the usual....

This is just too funny, and I love the look on her face here!

love those lips!

She LOVES her bath!

Three peas in a pod

Okay - so dressing two girls alike has always been entirely too much fun for me, but three? Seriously it is just the cutest thing ever!

Fourth of July - Family, Friends, Fireworks, and Fun!

After our trip to the Emergency room, we HAD to continue on with our plans to see fireworks that evening. Amelia told every nurse at the hospital that we were going to see fireworks, and that Nana was coming! So arm set, and sling in place we headed to Nana's house to pick up Addisyn who stayed with Paw Paw during our ER adventure and back to the house to get dressed and loaded up for the evening. We headed up to Kennesaw at the recomendation of Ms. Leslie to join the festivities at their church, Kennesaw First Baptist. For a mere $3 TOTAL, we ALL had drinks, hot dogs, and chips, and watermelon and sno cones to boot! Can't beat that! they had tons of inflatables for the kids to play on, which was a bit sad for Amelia. she was a champ though. Addisyn sweetly asked her if it was okay if she went play without her and Amelia happily obliged. Addisyn said to me, "Mommy, is it okay if I go jump now? Baby says it's okay." So nana took her to jump while Amelia enjoyed her sno cone. We were so blessed to be able to spend the entire evening with so many of our wonderful friends from preschool at Lost Mountain Baptist. While driving through the town square we saw Ms. Mysti (Addisyn's teacher) and Millie's boyfriend Noah, who came over to say hi once we found our spot, and while we were parking we ran into Melissa and her daughter Kaylee, who was also in Amelia's class. We were able to join Amelia's sweet teacher Ms. Lisa and her family on their blanket to eat and enjoy the evening. We also ran into Addisyn's other teacher Ms. Wendy, and some friends from my mom's church that we hadn't seen in years! It was really a great time and I am already looking forward to next year!

Addisyn looking sweet

Ms. Lisa feeding Millie some sno cone. You'd have to be blind to not see how much she loves my baby.

I love this picture of Alivia and her daddy

Nana and the girls

The whole family

"Hey, Millie! I got a great idea! Wanna shoulder ride?"

So the big girls decided that it would be a GREAT idea for Addisyn to give Amelia a shoulder ride. Seeing as Addisyn weighs about 8 pounds more than Amelia, this whole plan did not work out to Amelia's advantage. I heard them hit the floor and looked up to find them in a heap with Amelia screaming hysterically as you can well imagine. Off to the emergency room we went, where Amelia completely stole the show as usual. she loved riding in the wheel chair and was a champ for the whole thing. She is so proud of her "purple like Barney" cast, and it is not slowing her down one little bit! It's not all bad, though! Her new purple accessory has created a hinderance when it comes to sucking her thumb! I am hoping that after a few more weeks with this cast the habit will be officially a thing of the past!

In the ER - looking so very proud of herself....

the damage...

Once again so very proud of her new purple accessory.