Two things...

Two things that just came out of Caroline's mouth while we were snuggling on the couch, "You're all mine" and "I'll always be your's". Man, that girl knows how to just melt my heart!

A Conversation

This morning just after Caroline woke up and I was trying to snuggle with her, we had a conversation that went like this:

Caroline:  "I need Daddy"

Me:  "He's sleeping"

Caroline:  "But, I want him to hold me!"

Me:  "But, why can't I hold you?"

Caroline:  "I want him do that!"

Over about the last week and a half, this girl has seemed to be getting more and more attached to her Daddy.  I knew she would leave me behind one day, but I wasn't ready for it yet!

The PERFECT day!

I just asked Caroline what she wanted to do today and she said, "Hug and snuggle." Sounds like the PERFECT day to me!

When Caroline speaks...

When Caroline speaks these days, she always cracks us up.

This morning, she woke up and David headed to her room with Abigail closely following.

When Caroline saw Abigail, this is what she said,

"Well, hey Abigail, are you excited to see me this morning?"

She really is too funny!

I love you, sweet Caroline!


I had to add this one that just happened...

David came up front wearing his Alabama pajama pants and Caroline immediately said, "Roll Tide!"

David then told her that she would get to watch some Alabama football today and she said,

"Yay!  I love to watch your football.  It's so CUTE!"

She's the one that's cute!

Caroline's First Awards Ceremony!

Caroline completed the AWANA Puggles program this past year with her friends at church. 

Mrs. Lou Ellen Stroud did a really fantastic job teaching our kiddos some wonderful things about God and she truly loved on Caroline so much.

Caroline has also grown to love Mr. Ian and Mrs. Heather and I am so thankful for their leading of my sweet girl!

We are blessed to have wonderful people teaching our children!

Here are 2 videos of their portion of the awards program.

This is the video of a portion or what they learned in Puggles this year.

This is Caroline getting her certificate & gift.

I can just here her saying, "That's MY Mrs. Heather!"

Countdown to Disney!!!!

We are counting down to our Disney trip!

Our countdown chain even has things to do on the back like:  watch Disney movies, make Disney crafts, & even make some Disney snacks!  We are getting excited around here!

We leave in 15 days!!!!

Thanks, Poppa & Nonna!

Abigail Says the Blessing

For a little while now, Abigail has been joining Caroline while she says the blessing.  Here is a sweet video of her saying it.  You can hear, "Dear God" plus a little jibberish after that.  She sometimes says, "Amen" as well, but we didn't catch it on this video.

This happens OFTEN

I try to read my girls books as often as possible.

Abigail has recently started getting books and bringing them to me and either putting them in my lap or handing them to me to read.

When either of the girls do this, I try to stop what I am doing and read to them.

The funny thing about what Abigail does though is that she lets me get through about 1-2 pages and then

SNATCHES

it away from me.  It so funny to watch the look on her face when she does it.  I read many beginnings to stories, but not many endings with her!

She is such a joy and laughs and smiles often.  I am so blessed to call this little girl, Daughter!

It's Time to Celebrate!!!!!!

On August 4th, we celebrated 

Caroline's 3rd and Abigail's 1st Birthdays 

with a Doc McStuffins themed party in Mobile, Alabama.

Here's a picture of Doc and her friends

The Decorations

These are the party favors. 
 They are first aid kits with snack size M&M packs in them.

I made the labels for the front.

Caroline requested cupcakes for her party.

I think they turned out really well!

Abigail's Lambie cake!

Wreath for the front door with a "Doc is in" sign

Abigail's chair ready for her dive into the cake!

Caroline distracted by her adoring public

The Birthday girls!

It's present time!

They had some awesome helpers!

Here I am trying to put Abigail on her new rocking giraffe!

You'll notice in the second picture her clinging to me.  She was quite scared of  it!

Happy Birthday Caroline!

Time to sing Happy Birthday to Abigail for the first time!

You will notice that I got the cake a little too close and she grabbed one of the pieces of candy on the cake before we could finish singing.

She had been blowing so well before her party, 

but she couldn't pull herself away from the taffy to blow the candle out.

"Wow, all this for me?!?!?!?!?!?!"

I love the concentration!

Time for Poppa to clean her off.  She was a mess!  That's the way it should be!

Party in the pool!

Some chose to hang out by the pool instead.

It's Official...She Walks!

Abigail took her first step on June 8th while my dad was in surgery.  It was a very special moment that I will never forget.

She has continued to walk a step here and there for a while, but this past Saturday, July 14th, she spent about 30 minutes walking back and forth between David and me.  It was so much fun to see her moving into this new phase!

She has continued to walk more and more every day and the last couple of days, she has been taking initiative to walk on her own without our help.  I was finally able to get a good video of her walking.  I can't believe she is about to be ONE!

She WALKS!!!

A Sweet, Sweet Sound

The other day, Caroline said, "You're my best friend."  It was so sweet.

Even better, just now, Caroline said,

"You're the Best Momma!"

Could I ask for anything else?  That just MELTS my heart!

I love you, my sweet Caroline!  You make me laugh every day.  I love the joy in your heart and the way you think about things. It's so refreshing to see the world from a child's perspective! 

Hugs and Loves!  -Momma

Abigail's First Tooth

I just had to make note before I forgot that I felt the very tip top of Abigail's first tooth today!

She has been teething for a LONG time, just like Caroline did and finally they are starting to come through!

Caroline got her first tooth on April 10, 2010.  She was eight months old and Abigail is eight months old too!

Let's Go Fly a Kite!

We visited Medoc Mountain State Park today. 

It was SO beautiful out at this park!

 We spent some time flying a kite and hiking.

I love days like this with my hubby and sweet girls!

Here is Caroline flying the kite all by herself!

Caroline really didn't want her Daddy's help in flying the kite, but they had a good time anyway!

I loved watching David and Caroline together!

"I want to do it myself!"

Meanwhile, here is what Abigail was doing.

First, she spent some time playing with and crawling all over Mommy.

She decided she wanted to crawl all through the grass.

Look at me, Mommy!

She got pretty far away from me at one point.

Time to get back to Mommy!

I have no idea why she was doing this, but she kept lifting her leg like this.  Too cute!

Here we are on our hike.  

I can't say how much I love hanging out with these three!!!