Carowinds

We spent our lovely, Fall day at Carowinds!

We had such a great time and the weather was perfect.

Hadley loves it here and there are a few rides she likes. Even little

Hollins enjoyed looking around and seeing new sights.

I was only able to get a few pictures before my camera died. Boo...

Hadley loves to drive the cars!

On the train!

(Ignore the nose picking-she's had a cold!)

And of course, flying the plane!

Pumpkin Treats

On Fridays, I usually try to do something fun with Hadley. I know it's the early childhood teacher in me but I like to do seasonal crafts and cooking with her and she loves it!

This past Friday, I had every intention to take her to get a small pumpkin at a local church just to paint but it rained EVERY.single.day.

So, I drew a pumpkin and she painted that and we made pumpkin rice krispy treats.

She didn't enjoy making these as much-she didn't not like getting the stickiness on her hands but she loved eating them. When we make anything, she likes to lick the spoon-even with things that aren't good to eat raw-like pizza dough! But she loved this!

The pictures are so blurry! One reason-I am no photographer and 2- she doesn't stop moving!

Friday Phone Dump

Happy Friday!

I was able to thread my new serger all by myself! I thought this would take all day!It didn't-yay for a success!

Hanging out in the crib!

Almost finished with Hollins' Thanksgiving t-shirt and taking orders!

Ready for church!

Sweet sisters!

Weekend Recap

We had such a busy weekend!

It started off hectic with a trip to Wal-Mart Friday night, which turned out to be stressful. Two year olds apparently have their own agenda!

But how can you stay irritated when they are this cute!

Saturday, I had to attend a funeral. The PE teacher passed away following an off-roading accident, leaving his wife and three young children. It is a heartbreaking situation and all I could think was how easy that could be me. The funeral was a time of worship for me because I know that God makes all things good. I left the funeral so aware of the blessing of Eric but, of course, the devil showed up at our house!

Eric went to the Carolina game and we FINALLY had a good game. The score was like 54-3! Crazy! As soon as I left the funeral, I met the girls and Mimi at a birthday party, we ran to the fabric store and finally, headed home! Sunday we headed to church and we played the rest of the afternoon. It has been a beautiful, cool weekend here and I hate it when they come to an end so fast!

Random Pictures

Some recent pictures for Gran! We love you!

So fresh and so clean!

Where's Hollins?

Sweet Hollins!

Ready for school!

Playing on my new swing set!

Sweet sisters loving on each other!

Hollins is 2 Months Old!

Sweet Hollins...

You are 2 months old and I cannot believe it. Time has passed so fast.

You really are the sweetest baby. You only cry when you are hungry or very tired and even then you stop crying when you are held and cuddled. You only wake up once a night and could probably sleep a full twelve hours if I really pushed it. But I enjoy that time with you. I love you so much and I am going to be devastated on October 24 to leave you and your sister to go back to school.

You have started to smile at us and are able to hold your head up so well. I am going to have to break out the Bumbo soon. Your skin has really cleared up and you aren't spitting up nearly as much. Nutramigen is good stuff!

At your 2 month appointment you weighed 11.9 pounds (50%) and were 21 1/4 inches (25%). Maybe you are going to be more petite. Hadley has always been in the 100% for height. I looked back at the baby book and she was 2 and a half inches longer.

This is Hadley at 2 months. When I was looking back at Hadley's pictures, I can't believe how much they look alike. Except one has dark brown eyes and the other has bright blue eyes.

We are still shocked that Hollins is going to be a blue eyed beauty. Eric and I both have dark eyes.

Weekend Wrap Up and a Checkup

This weekend was crazy and busy.

The girls and I went to my parents house on Saturday to spend the night. The Gamecocks had a late game and I wanted to go shopping. My parents live in a town with the outlets!!

We decided to let Hollins sleep while my daddy watched TV and mama, Hadley, and I decided to shop. We only made it through one store (Carter's) and we were done. Hadley hadn't had a nap and had had a cold for about a week. I was able to get them a few things but not stock up like I had planned.

I bought Hadley all 2T things to get her through the year but they are hanging off of her.

The girls went to bed easily and I watched the Gamecocks struggle to win....

At 11:00, Hollins woke up and she had gotten the cold that Hadley and I had all week. She was pitiful and I felt so bad for her knowing I couldn't do anything to help her. She ended up getting up quite a bit through the night but we salined, sucked, and ran the humidifier through the next night day and night and today she seems much better!

This morning Hadley and I had her 2 year well visit. She weighed 26 pounds and was 35.5 inches tall. She's tall and skinny, not like her mother at all! The doctor was very impressed with her health and development. She knew all of her colors, counted to 10, and (dare I say) potty trained! Now to get rid of the paci...