Mermaids

The girls spent the last days of summer drawing on the driveway. Emily was very into drawing mermaids.
I thought their bikni tops were hilarious!

6 months

Maybe I shouldn't say this, but..... Abby is by far our happiest and easiest baby! She laughs so easily and cries only when she wants to eat, sleep or needs a diaper change. She takes great naps and sleeps through the night. She loves the bottle, baby food and pacifer. She loves her sisters and watches them run around. She will start giggling when they come talk to her. She is rolling over a bit more. She spent a night with Nana. She loves to sleep with her silky blanket and lovey and pulls them up over her face.

I tried to take pictures of Abby in this cute pink chair. They didn't turn out that cute. I really need to learn how to take cute pictures. She does look like a baby doll though.

 

However in this one she looks like a drunk old man.

Nature

We have had a little too much of nature going on in our backyard. First, there has been 2 sightings of baby  Copperheads. Thankfully both were killed, but that really doesn't ease my mind. 

Then Andy found this big thing by the pond. He brought it up for the girls to see and it was HISSING! Not a nice turtle. And I don't know who says turtles are slow... but this thing was fast and we all starting running away!

I try to enjoy nature, but things like this tend to FREAK me out!

Baby Sharon's Baby Shower

Recently we had a baby shower for Andy's sister... aka Baby Sharon. We might have to drop the nickname because "Baby Sharon's baby" sounds a little funny. I attempted a diaper cake for her gift and I think it turned out pretty cute.

We played lots of games including the classic, How big is the belly?

Andy won and I love the picture of him and Sharon.

We also played Diaper Dads and thankfully I had Layni there to help me.

She gots lots of cute boy clothes!

Sarah loved the cake, can't you tell??!

Abby was happy to hang out with Gandpa most the time.

I hardly saw Emily and Layni. They were off playing who knows where.
They really got along this time.

We always love having Layni around!

Fall Festival

A few weeks ago, our town had a fall festival. We always enjoy it because it gets us in the mood for the State Fair. Emily loves to ride the rides, so we started off with the merry go round.

Then she was all ready for the roller coaster. She has done this ride plenty of times, so we thought it was no big deal to let her go by herself. As you can see, she was very excited...

Until it started moving! Look at her face...doesn't it break your heart??! Poor thing! The ride was extremely bouncy and jerking. Since she has always ridden with one of us, she would just bounce off us but feel really secure with us in the seat. This time she thought she was going to fall out. I wanted to cry every time she passed by me and yelled she wanted to get off. Finally, the ride ended and daddy made everything all better.

And she was ready for the next ride. Andy and her love riding the ferris wheel together. I love watching them way up high just chatting away and pointing things out to each other. 

Sarah preferred to just watch them from down below- on solid ground!

 However Sarah did want to ride the motorcycle ride.

Afterwards, Sarah said, "That was fun!" and Emily said "That was really boring!" Ha!

Abby was such a good baby - either asleep or happy!

Andy did this motorcycle simulator. I am not sure what it is supposed to do, but I am pretty sure he choked!

The highlight of the day was meeting the cast of Lizard Lick Towing- the pride of Johnston Co. If you have never watched the show on TruTV, you should. That is some high quality redneck obnoxiousness!

Preschool

Emily has started preschool. On one hand, I can't believe she is already in preschool. However on the other hand, I can't believe she is FINALLY in preschool.

She is in the same class as her buddy Logan, so that makes her happy. They are good buddies. I like it because Bekah and I swap Sarah and Zoe, so one morning a week I only have Abby.

Ahhhh... I forgot how much I enjoy shopping

A little sun in the eyes.

 Her first morning of Preschool.

She picked out a new dress and picked donuts for breakfast!

Daddy even went in late to work so he could take her on her first day.

And since I am posting this a month after she actually started school... I can tell you she loves it. She doesn't argue about getting ready in the morning. It sounds like she is doing really well. I love she all her artwork when she get home. She is such a cute and talented artist. We are working on her being nice to Sarah when she gets in the car after school. I think she is on her best behavior for 3 hours and has to take it out somehow... and Sarah is the target.

Sarah has been doing much better than I thought while Emily is in school.

Of course 2 of the 3 days, she is playing with Zoe so that obviously helps!

Cook Out

We had a little cookout thing for Labor Day. Nothing better than good friends, good food and a campfire to say goodbye to summer!

 

Watch out for those Turners...they're crazy!

Hurricane Irene and Nana's Birthday

Luckily we were spared any serious damage from the hurricane. We had lots of limbs down in the yard and the power flickered, but that was about it. The girls actually ventured out in the hurricane to play with Luke next door neighbor. We got them all bundled up and Andy ran them across the yard. Emily wanted to take her blanket, but didn't want it to get wet, so she wrapped it in a blanket. She loves that blanket!

My mom was already here before the hurricane hit because Andy and I were planning on going to my roommate's wedding at the beach. Sadly the hurricane prevented us from going to the wedding. (Mandy was one determined bride and moved the wedding inland some and still had the wedding!)

Mom lost power at her house, so she stayed until her power was restored. Ashley also lost her power, so she can down with her girls. That meant we could all celebrate mom's birthday with her.

Lucy, Emily and Leland

Charly just tackled Sarah when it was time to say Goodbye. Sarah thought it was hilarious!

Happy Birthday Nana!