Getting Crafty

Earlier this week my cousin Jackie came to town for a few days. It was SO nice to have her here to help with Audrey Claire while my student and I did school stuff. When he left, Jackie and I loaded up Miss Priss and headed to Hobby Lobby and met Lindsey. I swear we walked up and down just about every aisle in that store! We had a blast. It was fun looking at stuff and getting new ideas. Every other sentence coming from Jackie or me was "Oo, I could use that to make..." I am all about making things these days. I guess you could say I am trying to be "crafty". Anyway, to all our parents and grandparents, you may be getting a "home-ade" Christmas present this year, just warning you!

While we were there, we found AC some cute new accessories. I didn't buy them this trip, but she may have these before we get her pictures taken next week.

Poor little monkey was so tired. But her LiLi held her while we continued to shop around!

Here is the result of the Hobby Lobby trip!

The one on the left...

The one on the right...

I have been wanting something hanging here in AC's room but didn't really know what I wanted. This adds some much needed color in her room and matches her name, bow holder, trash can and lamp. Slowly but surely the girl's room is coming together. Maybe by the time she is 4 I will have her room just like I want it. Just in time for her to be ready to change it all!

Mommy's makeup

I used to have a good "getting ready" routine. As a part of it, I would always sit in front of a big mirror to put on my make-up. Then I had a baby. Now I just put what little I am going to put on wherever and whenever I can. A lot of the time I end up sitting on the floor with Audrey Claire while putting it on. Lately she has become very interested in my make-up bag. I've never let her play with it because I was afraid she would want try to open everything or put it all in her mouth. Much to my surprise all she wanted to do was to empty the entire bag! Here she was yesterday morning.

Oh and just in case you're wondering, this video and the dancing video were made in the same day. That's why AC has the same clothes on. I DO change her clothes on a daily basis! We had a little more free time that day than we usually do!

Dancing With Daddy

Here is my little monkey doing her newest trick! I am still not sure where she got it from. One morning last week she just started doing it. How precious?

Going Home (part 2)

Like I said earlier, we did so much in the little time that we were home, I decided to split it into two posts.

Right after church Sunday morning, we headed to Wesson to visit with Seth's family. While there, we saw Seth's grandparents and his Dad. I really wanted to take Audrey Claire outside to see the cows but the rain kept us inside. So we just had fun playing with new toys from ReRe's house. Also, we had a very special visitor stop by-Sara Madalin. Oh, and her parents too! Her dad, Regan, is Seth's dad's first cousin. Anyway, we have enjoyed following her blog since she was born but never got the chance to meet her. We were so excited to finally get to play with her. And boy was she fun! Seth and I got to see the things we have to look forward to once AC starts walking. That Sara Madalin was all over the place! It was so cute to see her exploring anything and everything she could.

How cute are these boots Sara Madalin is wearing? Made me really jealous since my little monkey can't even wear shoes because of her "chunky" feet!

Not only did Audrey Claire have to share her toys, but she had to share her grandparents! She was a good little girl and didn't mind though.

I found her sunglasses and decided to try them on her to see how she would react. Surprisingly, she left them on and played for a few minutes!

After Wesson, we headed to Brookhaven to visit with more of Seth's family. This was his mom's side of the family. By this point in the trip, as you can tell from this picture, Audrey Claire was one tired little monkey. She had played herself out!

And this is where my camera batteries died. I guess they were worn out too from all the pictures taken Saturday and Sunday! Anyway, we enjoyed getting to visit with Seth's grandparents and aunt for a little while but had to cut the visit short so this monkey could go night-night on the way back to Hattiesburg.

I told you we did a lot in two days!!

Going Home (part 1)

This past weekend we got to go home for a little visit. We did A LOT in a short amount of time. I am going to split it into two different posts. We will start with Saturday night. We decided at the last minute to go to Crystal Springs. Our friends, Annie and Matthew were in town from Kentucky. Originally, they had plans and we weren't going to get to see them. But when their plans were canceled, we hopped in the car and headed north. We met them, along with Annie's parents, at one of our favorite places to eat-The Family Fish House in Hazlehurst. Only a place like that can get Seth to eat things like coleslaw and turnip greens! Audrey Claire wanted to get in on the good eatin' too-

But she settled for the camera case instead. She loves that thing!

The next morning, we went to my home church, New Zion Baptist. There were SO many people there that have meant so much to me over the years. We tried to get pictures with most of them but a few slipped out early! I really wish we could have spent more time with each of these people.

Here we are with Lindsey and Annie

ReRe and Pops

The Delaughters

Michelle and Madison

Annie and Mr. Robert Earl

Baby Talk

We have been pretty busy the last two days. I am still trying to get used to having another person at home with me and Audrey Claire every day. Yesterday as soon as my student left, Judah came to play! He is growing up so fast and is cute as a button! He just smiled and laughed most of the time he was here. I strategically made it to where he was getting here around AC's nap time so it would be easier on me, but they did get to play for a little while when he first got here. It's so funny to see their reactions to each other. It's fun to pretend to know what they are thinking about. Here is my interpretation of what's going on in their heads.

AC- "Who are you and why are you at my house?"

Judah- "Look, I am just here to play for a while. Nothing long-term"

AC- "Oh, ok. In that case, I will let you play with my toys- but you gotta do it the right way. Here, I will show you."

AC- "Excuse me. Are you paying attention to me?"

Both babies- "We aren't up to anything. Promise."

Judah- "I am gonna be a rockstar just like my daddy!"Also last night, our friends Justin and Lydia came over for dinner. We really enjoyed getting to spend time with them. Both babies were awake and requiring our attention when they were here so needless to say, no pictures were taken! We were too busy trying to make both of them happy.

Three cheers for Apple!

Guess what!!

That's right. That's a picture of my little monkey! On the blog! Yes, I can upload pictures again! Can I get a hallelujah from everyone? Oh my I am excited. And you can tell from the picture AC is too! What did I have to do you ask? Well I called Apple and talked to so-and-so from who-knows-where and he talked me through an "update". Here is how the conversation started. OK mam, take your left hand and... I was like "This is gonna take a while. He is about to say something like take your left hand and TURN THE COMPUTER ON." But much to my surprise, all I had to do was press down some buttons with my left hand, a few with my right, stand on my tippy toes facing the east (at least that's what it felt like I was doing) and voila- pictures! Thank you Apple. Anyway, miss priss just woke up ready for lunch, my student is hungry, and Daddy will be home in 25 minutes ready for his lunch. So one picture will have to do for now. Don't worry though. I am back and ready to upload! Stay tuned...