Dinner with the Ruffings

Tonight, our good friends Patrick and Christi came over with their daughter Luci for dinner at our house. The girls had so much fun playing together! After supper, we let them have some fun in the tub. Then, they ran around in the their pjs for a little while before bedtime : ) We really enjoyed visiting with Patrick and Christi, and the girls were definitely fast friends. Thanks so much for coming!!!

Reading books before bath time


Fun in the tub



Acting crazy in their pjs : )


Playing in baby Ella's room


More books...


Bye Bye Luci! See you soon!

Baby time : )

Last Sunday, we went over to Jessica and Danny's house to take supper and visit Colt and baby Lane. Lane is 5 weeks old now, and he is just adorable! Hopefully he will start sleeping through the night soon so Jessica can get some rest : ) Here are a couple of pictures:

Today, we babysat Avery while Keri went to get her hair done. Lia was so excited about playing with baby Avery. She was a big helper with changing diapers and playing with toys. We had a fun girls afternoon!

Playing with friends

Yesterday, we spent the afternoon at Keri's playing with friends. She blew up their bounce house, and the kids had so much fun playing in the balls and sliding down in the water! Jessica came over with Colt and baby Lane, Jen brought Bennett, and Tiffany brought her twins Emily and Luke, so we had quite a few little ones running around : ) It was fun t0 sit and visit with the girls while all the kids ran around the back yard. Thanks for the entertainment Keri. We always have so much fun at your house!!

In the bounce house with Sage and Colt


Eating ice cream in the shade with Luke, Colt, Sage and Bennett


All smiles with Sage : )

Mother's Day Out 2011 at Windwood

Lia is going to Mother's Day out 2 days a week this year, and we switched to a new school so she could be in a class with her friends Sage, Luke, Emily and Colt. She will go on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:00 to 2:30. Last year, she went on Mondays only from 9:00 to 1:00, so it will be an adjustment for her to take her nap at school this year.

We had open house a couple of weeks ago and got to go in and meet the teacher, Mrs. Julia. Then, today was Lia's first day of school. We had been talking about it a lot in preparation, and she was very excited to go play with new toys and said she would not cry and I would give her a sucker after school (my little negotiator!) When I dropped her off, she held it together until the last second when I walked out the door, then I heard her lose it. When I went back to pick her up this afternoon, she was sitting in the circle singing songs. She burst into tears and ran to me as soon as I walked in the door : ( The teacher said that she was sad off and on throughout the day, but she enjoyed going on the playground and did participate in a couple of activities and took her nap fine. I'm sure next week will go better...

Meet the teacher night


With Sage and Colt at Open House


Lia's nap mat, bag and lunch box all ready for the first day


All dressed and ready for her first day, she wanted to carry her lunch : )


Okay Mama, enough pictures!!

Cabin pictures

With the exception of the screened porches and a few other small details, the cabin is finished! We spent the last week getting all moved in. After many trips into town for all the things we needed and countless hours unpacking and putting furniture together and hanging art, we finally got everything all set up. We won't be back until January or February, and at that point we'll have a new little addition, so it was really important for us to get everything done on this trip so it would be ready when we go back with Ella in tow next year. We are so happy with the way it all turned out! It really feels like home away from home : )

Labor Day 2011

We spent Labor Day weekend in Auburn this year and had so much fun! We were there getting moved into the cabin, which is finally finished, and we got to go to the first AU football game of the season while we were in town. Here are a bunch of great pictures from the game:

Popcorn with Daddy

Watching the game with Daddy


Philip and Dad enjoying the game

Shaking her shaker, clapping, and cheering for the Tigers


Aubie!

In our seats with Mimi

Band in AU formation


Outside the stadium before the game

All dressed up and ready to go!

Visiting Uncle Cliff's store : )

Visiting Joe and Tina, my Dad's parents

In a new dress playing with little Aubie

My beautiful family!! : )