Birthday Fun!

My niece Ella turned 5 at the end of June. It is truly hard for me to believe. I think mainly because my sister Kim was about to drop child at any time the day Michael and I got married. So, when I think of Ella being 5, I think of us being married for that long. Actually, it has flown by. That is good, I guess! :) Here are some pictures from the fun day. The kids had a blast. Not only was there the pool, but also a 15-20 ft. blow up slide. I REALLY wanted to go down it, but everyone advised against it. Maybe next year! Here are some pictures of the kids at the party.

Lila LOVES the pool. Time to watch Ella open her gazillion presents!

Time for some cake. The Birthday girl surrounded by her family.

Jay Boy REALLY liked the cake. He is handsome even covered in pink!

Wordless Wednesday

Yes, I know...it is suppose to be "Wordless" Wednesday. Well, those of you who know me know that I can't go without saying at least a little something. So here are my few little words.
I'M SCARED!! Thank goodness for the video monitor.

Starting her early...

We attended our first ever political event on Tuesday. This made Daddy happy! Monty Lankford is running for Congress and we went to George Jones' farm for a FUNdraiser! I will say, I felt like a total goob strutting in to find that we were the only ones who decided to bring their child! Lila did great and was the hit of the party. I wasn't paying much attention when a man came up and was talking to Lila and telling me he had 3 little girls. I was concentrating on trying to eat my own food and shovel food down Lila and was just like in my head..."Uh huh, whatever." I glanced up to notice his nametag said Van Hillary! OOPS! I started paying attention then. I wish I would have been a little more polite from the beginning or at least said something halfway intelligent. We had a great time, but Lila was up WAY past her bedtime and was ready to go. She also wanted nothing to do with Mommy and Daddy. She was ALL about some A.J. and Mr. Morgan. Poor Ashley holds kids all day long to only get a night out and have another child only wanting her. I took some pictures, but I will ask permission to post first.

Also, I am WAY behind on weekly pictures, but here I am at 26 1/2 weeks. I have some pictures of me in this same dress at around 15 weeks. Things sure change! :)

We are off to the lake for a fun filled firework friday!

The little things....

So, I am totaling loving this imitating stage that Lila is going through. It will probably drive me crazy later, but right now it is just really cute. We are driving in the car yesterday and the song All American Girl by Carrie Underwood comes on. I look in the mirror and Lila is bobbing her little head. I hold up my hands and start snapping my fingers. She immediately started trying to snap her own fingers. Then we get home and I am spraying some air freshner. Moments later she goes and picks up the can. Not only does she hold it and twirl it around like she is spraying the room, but she starts making the "sshhh" sound like it is coming out! This morning we were folding clothes and listening to her kindermusik CD and I start leaning way over to the left and then to right and then she started doing it. She has done some things like that before, but it always seemed to be a delayed reaction. Now she does it pretty immediately. Oh, its the little things they do that just get ya!

A Just Because and Travel Tips

So, I need some advice. We are heading to Alaska in July! I am super excited, but I am also very nervous about my non sleeping on anybody, doesn't sit well or long in a lap, and non watching TV child, for the 10 hour trip. Our flight from Atlanta to Alaska is a VERY large plane and guess what? It is PACKED! There is not an empty seat beside us. That means for 7 hours we will have Lila in our lap. Let's not forget that I will be almost 7 months pregnant. Yes, we probably should have coughed up the money and purchased her a ticket, but Geez, that is a lot of money. Anyway, I need some ideas to keep her entertained. This is also the child that totally freaks in an elevator (although I will say we have had some progress with that lately), so I am nervous about the noise, etc. What about her ears? Will they bother her? I apologize now to those sitting around us.

Ok, second question: This is for those mothers about there with lots of kiddo's, especially say 5 and under. I am looking into going ahead and purchasing a double stroller with an sit and stand in the back. I.E. the Joovy Caboose triple sit and stand. Here is my thinking. I will have 2 15-16 months apart, and the Good Lord willing (and if these 2 don't change my mind) we would like to have more within the next several years. Let's say Lila is like 4ish and baby boy is 3ish and then we have another, do you think this is a good idea? I am thinking that Lila will be old enough to where she doesn't want to ride in the stroller anymore, but if we are out on a long day (zoo, mall, amusement park) then she may get tired and want to stand or sit in the back and then I would have the 2 seats in the front for the younger ones. Help Please! What strollers would you suggest? I really don't want to buy 500 strollers trying to figure out what is best, so I would like for this to be a 1 time purchase, for a while at least. Thanks in advance!
And I leave you with this:
Just because I think she is cute....

As Promised....

FFF.

This was from last night. We had a few people over for dinner. Well, let's say I felt the least I could do was cook since we asked for help to move our 10,000 lb piano, (It's not really, but that beast is heavy) and move in my new china cabinet. YEA! Anyway, we love to have people over anyway and it was a nice night out and Lila loves seeing her friends. However, daddy will be turning the front porch light on when she starts dating if she is going to kiss like this! :) Mason at least had his mouth closed, but Lila went in with hers wide open!

ALSO! BIG NEWS! :) Michael came in this evening after playing outside with Lila to show me her new trick. He was telling me how she was blowing kisses over and over for like 5 minutes. I thought it was really cute as he was telling me this, but I didn't get too excited about it until he asked her to blow me a kiss. OH MY GOODNESS!! I jumped up out of my seat it was so cute. I was so proud! He said that she was waving to Chloe (our sweet dog) and he asked her if she wanted to blow Chloe a kiss and she just did it...over and over. Oh, I love her. She has also been blowing, as in cooling, off her food lately before she puts it in her mouth. I noticed the other day that she was holding her food up to her mouth and blowing really loud but I didn't put together what she was doing until I noticed myself blowing off her meatballs and then she did it too. Wow, the things that make a mother so proud. The other funny thing she has been doing lately is taking her paci and wanting to dip it in my water glass. I guess she has seen me do this one too many times at resturants when her paci falls to the ground. My baby is growing up!

Oh, and I am getting ready to back date quite a few posts so if you really care and want to read, you may need to scroll back some.

I Passed!

I received a call this morning from Franklin Women's and I passed. YEAH! The first thing I thought of when I saw I missed the call was that I needed to go in the kitchen and down about 7 oreos before listening to the message. :)
Still to come:
my Favorite Friday Foto!