September

This month was our first look at what no preschool would look like. I've had so many mixed thoughts about taking B out this year…Really it has been great though. I've just got to get us into a good routine! I'm trying to balance too much (as usual) and feeling overwhelmed most days. I do love having her home though! This year will flash by and then my sweet little baby will be in big girl school for the next 14 + years =(

We've tried to see our friends Elizabeth and Charlie at least once a week!

 These two play together SO WONDERFULLY! They are quite entertaining to watch!

 Clint was gone quite a bit this month and poor Zizi got confused if I was talking to him on the phone. She waited for him just like this most days he was gone!

 I never tire from looking at that sweet face.

 This silly girl has been sorta hard to teach. She just does not want to learn from Momma. I think we are finally doing better, maybe…She knows now more than she did at the beginning of the month =)

 ABC fun!

 I have to put in here for personal records: Parker knows the entire alphabet…recognition wise. One random day he was going through an ABC book and I realized that he was accurate on most of the letters. We worked on it just a bit and now he has them down! **Funny side note-Parker is hilarious when saying the letter "L". He rolls his tongue and keeps on saying the l sound for quite some time. Now, sister asks for Park to teach her!

 One of the successful crafts (which lasted approximately 1 hour before being destroyed). It is a puppet. Blakely, however kept telling me it is a bunny…R is for Bunny.

Fail.

 Statue Blakely. She has such a huge fun personality! She loves to pretend she is a statue or picture and nobody can see her. 

*Side note, we went to Gatlinburg the last week of September and HAD A BLAST!!! I somehow walked away with 2 pictures (and not the scenic/beautiful kind)…They are the two below. 

Complete fail on my part!

 Old man pose.

 Sweet friends. 

 I've heard on multiple occasions this month how much Blakley loves her brother. She actually cries when he takes a nap and tells me that she just misses him so much! I'm totally aware that this is probably not going to be the case for long, so for now I'm just soaking in every minute of their sweet friendship!

 I love this spunky, hyper, sweet and 'spicy' little 4 year old.

*she loves the word spicy and uses it for so many things. Dad's facial hair is spicy. Swinging in the swing too high is spicy. Cupcakes are sometimes too spicy.

Some other funny things I don't want to ever forget are when she asks if I'm 'realing' or 'tending'. She came about this all on her own…yet another Blakelyism.

An Announcement!!!

In February, Clint and I will be outnumbered!!! February 24th is the due date. 

A few things about this pregnancy…It has been unlike either of the other two. From day 15 I have stayed sick. Nausea, vomiting, dizziness, exhaustion, a never ending metallic taste filling my mouth, headaches and migraines! Let's just say it has been an adventure. I really do not like complaining, but for documentation purposes I feel that I must let baby Lyle know just how fun these months have been for Momma! 

All in all, totally worth it =)

First game on the Plains

What an amazing weekend we had!!! The kids LOVED walking around Auburn! Clint scheduled an agent visit in Opelika Friday, so I grabbed the stroller and took my time walking around my favorite campus with the kids while he worked! 

 I'm pretty sure Parker is trying to figure out if this Tiger is real or not!

 We enjoyed some of the best Lemonade you can get ANYWHERE!

 And Blakely shared! =)

 Indulged in some $5 suckers…….

 Saturday we drove back from the lake house to AU for GAMEDAY! My little AU cheerleader was so excited!!!

 The kids were so good all day long! 

 We met up with some special friends!

 Such a sweet day filled with wonderful memories! I really wish we could make our visits more often!!!

Blakely LOVES having her picture taken! I hear requests to take her picture all day long! Here is one of those requests!

She also loves taking selfies!

The car ride home was a perfect end to a perfect weekend! I have no clue what came over these two, but they were so happy!!! 

September Fun

Blakely got to see her best friend and cousin preform a ballet recital! She was so proud of her and has non-stop asked to take ballet! (This recital was actually last month…somehow I didn't include it in previous posts).

 Since we aren't doing school this year, Mimi graciously lets Blakely spend the night quite a bit! Parker LOVES taking advantage of this alone time to play with some forbidden toys! =)

 We are REALLY enjoying our FREE trampoline--thank you very much Facebook! On a selfish note, I'm super bummed to be pregnant right about now--I would love nothing more than to jump around with my little buddies!

 SO sad to say, our favorite place, Sweet Frog, closed this month! We will miss you very much!!!