Despite the horrible weather, we did manage to squeeze in some yummy seafood and an afternoon at the beach. It was kind of misty outside and a little cooler than usual, but we soaked it up while we had the chance! It was beautiful, cloudy skies and all. This was Sophie's first experience with sand and she wasn't sure what to think! SD took Ella on a shell hunt. These are my other favorite sandy toes. I want y'all to know that I am MORTIFIED to be in a bathing suit on this blog. BUT, since I'm always the one behind the camera, I thought I would suck it up and take a picture with my pretty girls. I promise the next time I'm this exposed, I'll be skinny! Dinner with my girlies at Peg Leg Pete's. Isabella didn't want to wear her eye-patch, so Ella wore it for ...
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September at Tootlebugs
Did you forget about Amy? or Tootlebugs? You can always click on her button on my sidebar to see all of the cute things she's cooking up. I know there are lots of cute places close by to buy sweet kids' clothes, but Amy is so gifted. She has the best ideas and even when I give her no direction, she makes us the cutest things! It's time to show off the goods again and this time it's all about football season. I ordered these cute outfits for the girls several months ago, but it took us awhile to get the sizes right. I just knew Sophie would be wearing 6 months sizes by football season, but boy was I wrong! I ended up re-ordering hers in a 3 months and it is perfect. How cute are these girlies? Here is Ella's dress. It's a long-sleeved white t-shirt dress with a cute scooped neck. It ...
When it rains, it pours
We stayed on the fourteenth floor of the Emerald Isle in Pensacola Beach, FL. We've stayed here before and it was a bit of deja vu, but boy did we enjoy it. Unfortunately, as Caycie & I were crossing the three mile bridge in the dark on Thursday night, I commented that I hadn't even looked at the weather to see what the week looked like and wouldn't it be horrible if it rained all weekend. I'm not kidding when I say almost immediately, the windshield was pelted with big fat raindrops. It seemed as if I jinxed us. Absolutely not fair. So what do you do at the beach when it's raining? Eat breakfast on the balcony and never put on real clothes all day long. Text, take math quizzes and play endless rounds of Family Feud on Facebook. Read really good books and ...
Easy Peas-y
Sweet Potatoes were a hit... she didn't even seem to notice the difference between cereal and veggies. After four days, I decided it was time to spice things up a bit. I decided to go for the green and give her peas. Apparently, Sophie is going to be our adventurous eater. She opened up like a little bird and didn't skip a beat. ...
Weekend Love
Playing Airplane Lots of Swimming Friends' Birthday Parties Snuggling our Bestie Playing Pretend Hanging Out with Sister Poolside Again Getting Dive-Bombed by Dragonflies Setting up House And just in case there was any question about how baby food was going? Good. ...
Here, Kitty Kitty
Have I mentioned that we're dog people? Kittens are cute and snuggly, until they grow up and get fat, lazy and boring. SD, isn't really a fan. So, Ella & I take advantage of the fact that our neighbors have a multitude of cats who seem to think they live with us. It's the best of both worlds. We have kittens, but no vet bills. We can pet them, without being required to buy cat food. One morning last week, I opened the back door to crank my car and load up backpacks, lunchboxes and purses. What I found, were six tiny kittens in a row staring at me. Now despite the fact that it was still 15 minutes before I would normally rouse Ella, I flew into her room like a five year old and woke her up. She asked if she could just sit on the porch in her pjs and play while I got ...
Doctor Day
This little booger went to the doctor yesterday and aside from the shots had a pretty good time. She weighs 12 pounds 12.5 ounces {30th percentile} and was 25 inches long {95th percentile}. Can you believe she's almost off the charts for length? Tall and skinny sounds good to me. We had some concerns about a knot of her foot, but it's just baby fat. Everything else was perfect and Dr. Darby was really impressed with our head-holding skills. It turns out, we can start baby food any day now. I'll be adding squash and carrots to the grocery cart tonight and I'm sure there will be a funny post to follow. She had to get four shots, two in each leg, and that was by far the worst part. Thank goodness our SD was there, because mommy seriously teared up. Maybe it's because she never, ever ...
She is the Walrus, Goo goo g’ joob
So I found the cuteness of this romper at Target this week for $4 and there was no way I could pass it up. Do you know Ella has never had a Beatles tee? I realized this week that I have been seriously remiss in the Beatles Education of my girls. Well, no more. My daddy taught me to love those mop tops from a very early age. I don't remember not being able to identify those songs. So, starting yesterday we've been listening to the One album on our way to and from school. Ella is already singing Yellow Submarine around the house, so I'm guessing it's going well. Maybe we'll have a video of that situation pretty soon. ...