Happy 3rd Birtthday, Abbie Grace!

Dear Abbie,

Happy Birthday to my little princess!  I can't believe you are already 3!  Where did the time go?  I feel like it was just yesterday you were just a little baby...

  Although we have gone through some trying times together I just can't help but smile when I look at you! 

You melt this mommas heart! 

This past year you have really changed from a baby sister to another playmate for your sissies!  Mommy loves to see my girls playing together and loving on each other!

 I know they adore you...even when you come up from behind and grab Sophie's horsies and run away just for the sake of teasing...she still loves you...

Levi also loves you very much...you have learned to be very gentle around your baby brother which makes Levi and Mommy very happy! 

I love how you need that time to be held in the morning and after naptime...and if that holding time doesn't happen well you turn into a little beast...but a cute little beast at that!

 I love when I catch you having conversations with your binkies...I know you are way too old for a binkie but in the grand scheme of things I am not too worried...although your future orthodontist may disagree...

I love how your eyes get all squinty when you smile!

And I love the bond you have with your sweet lil cousin, Kenzie...and although you two get into some crazy little kitten fights I think you both would be lost without the other...you truly are two peas in a pod!

We love you so much, Abbie...and are so excited to see how you blossom this year!

11 months...

Happy 11 months to my sweet little guy!  I can't believe you are almost 1!!  You certainly are on the move these days!  These photo shoots are almost impossible!












So Mommy decided to give Woody a try...but all you wanted to do with Woody was eat him!


So then Mommy decided just to plead with you....PLEASE Levi help Mommy and sit still for one second so I can get a picture...AND you gave me
THIS!
Beautiful!
Mommy Loves you, Levi!

Thank you, Abbie!

As I mentioned in my previous post my dearest Abbie won the award this year for giving Mommy the most Wondefulest ( I know it's not a word...but it should be) present a momma could ever receive.  Yes I loved the flowers and pictures Sophie and Ella brought me home from school but Abbie topped the cake with.....

...DRUMROLL....

GOING PEEPEE ON THE POTTY!!!! Yay Abbie!!!!!

My dearest Abbie wanted nothing to do with the potty until this day...and in true Abbie fashion going potty on the pot had to be on her schedule...NOT mommas!

And yes after only 3 days with only a couple of accidents my dear Abbie is officially pottytrained!!!

I am officially a one diaper wearing child Momma...and couldn't be happier!

And like the potty it took her a few days to master the undies! ;)

Now bring on the binky!!!!

Mother's Day 2011

I had a wonderful Mother's Day (which is a given since becoming a Momma!).  After a great church service we went and had some lunch at Cracker Barrel.  I have to say Cracker Barrel is so perfect for our family...it is a big restaurant that tends to be rather loud which is a perfect match for this family of 6 with four chatty patties (plus when its nice the kiddos can play outside while waiting for a table)!  And then after lunch I got to go home and relax with my four beautiful babies and their wonderful Daddy...AND open my card...inside my card was a gift certificate for a mothers ring...YAY!
However, the best present anybody could ever give me was from Abbie and that is a whole post in itself! 

Playing checkers while waiting for our table...

The checkers lasted for about 10 minutes and then Momma had to pull out the big guns...I let the girls take pictures with my camera (me holding the camera of course!)...They wanted to take pics of the other showing a "face"...this is Sophie's "happy" face...

THis is Ella's "mad" face.

I don't know why but this picture makes me think I have like 50 kids! Please pay no attention to my dear Abbie picking her nose...

It was a such a wonderful day...I am truly blessed.

T-Ball

The girls have joined T-ball this year and on Saturday our town had a "baseball" parade in which the village shuts down Main Street and the t-ball, baseball, and softball players march up to the Lions Field for a day of Little League games.  It is days like these that makes living in a small town so enjoyable...

Sophie and her BFF, Sidney

Levi along for the fun...

I love how Sophie and Sidney are holding hands...

And there you have it folks...half of our town marching up a big hill towards the fields! 

Ten minutes later we arrived...

And Sophie looked like this...poor Sidney.

Sleepover

The girls had their first sleepover a couple weeks ago.  It is just so cute to see the girls forming friendships and having fun with each other.  All the girls are in the same two classes at school and go to church together... At one point in time we had 8 kiddos in the house (including our own)...wow....that's all I can say! We all had a good time and I have a feeling this is just one of many more sleepovers to come~

Abbie and Shane preparing for a grass fight

These two are so cute together...do I hear wedding bells?

Watching Tangled

And of course with every sleepever there is a dance party...

Soon after the dance party they started to drop like flies...Sophie and Ella were first...

and about an hour after Sophie and Ella-Sidney and Emma couldn't fight it any longer and crashed around 11 giving this momma the green light to go to bed herself~ :)

My girlies are growing up...sniff sniff...