Nail Polish and Birthday Cake

Wednesday morning while getting ready to leave the house, I decided to paint my toenails. Audrey Claire found me doing this and kept picking her foot up and whining. She just had to be like Momma! Surprisingly, she sat perfectly still while I painted hers.

Of course right after I was finished she had to go show Daddy.

What a girly girl I have! And I couldn't be more happy about it:)

As I mentioned earlier this week, Brookley has been with us for a few days. Wednesday was her birthday so we just had to celebrate! After spending the morning at church, we headed home and made a birthday cake. Lydia came over to help celebrate and brought her cake decorating tools!

Audrey Claire supervised while having her snack of choice (for this week anyway).

After the cake was made it was more nail polishing! Brookley got zebra print

and Audrey Claire got white polka dots added to her pink! Notice how not-so-happy she is by this point.

We had a really fun, girly day that ended with Brookley's favorite food for supper and blowing out the birthday candles. I only had five candles but we made her do it anyway!

Show Off

Audrey Claire has learned several new tricks lately and last night I finally got her to do them while I recorded her. Brookley has been with us this week so she was showing off for her.

She has a few more that I forgot to get her to do. It's amazing to me how fast kids learn new things! I have really enjoyed teaching her new tricks and showing them off too:)

Busy Girl

I'm back! I really hate that my blogging has been so inconsistent this summer but I am doing the best I can! Audrey Claire and I went to Crystal Springs this past weekend for a couple of reasons. I worked in Hazlehurst Friday and my mom and I had a garage sale Saturday. Audrey Claire got to spend the night with Madison Friday night and spent most of the day Saturday with her so I really didn't even see her much this weekend! Sunday we spent the day in Wesson going to church with Annie and Matthew, picking up Seth, doing a little farm work, then church again because Matthew preached. I say all that to say I didn't get get a chance to take many pictures! Here are the few that I got~

Aunt Michelle got AC some ice cream. She loved it!

Sunday night after hearing Matthew preach, we joined several friends for supper at Broma's in Brookhaven. Most of you know how picky of an eater Audrey Claire has been since day one. I am now trying the whole "give them something to dip in and they will eat" strategy. It totally worked last night in getting her to eat chicken. She made a complete mess but did eat a few bites of "big people food" which is rare for her.

I just realized the only pictures I did manage to take were of her eating. I promise she did more than eat this weekend!

Fun with Judah and Owen

Earlier this week, several of our friends got together for supper. We had great food thanks to Meghan and Donnie and wonderful fellowship. Although we don't get to much, we really enjoy being with all our friends! It was fun to see Audrey Claire, Judah and Owen together. They are all growing up entirely too fast. I feel like I just found out I was pregnant. Now I have an 18 month old, Judah is walking all over the place and Owen is crawling all over the place. How did this happen?!!!

These next two pictures look like Judah is attacking Owen. That's not the case at all! Owen was upset and Judah went over to him to try and comfort him. It was the sweetest and funniest thing!

Don't freak out. We didn't let Owen cry too long. His Momma was fixing his bottle but you know we are never fast enough for them. It was just too sweet not to take a picture of!

As I was choosing pictures for this post, I began to look back at old pictures. It really makes me sad to see how fast they are growing and I know it's only gonna go faster the older they get. Here are a few to show how all the babies have grown!

December 2009

January 2010

Lastly, today AC are headed to Crystal Springs for a few days. It may be next week before I post again!

Tomato Festival

This past Saturday Audrey Claire and I joined my family at the Tomato Festival in Crystal Springs. We started the day watching the runners of the 5K cross the finish line. While waiting, she enjoyed a banana

and some ice. We all know she loves Sonic ice. It's a great way to keep her occupied and cool at the same time.

The highlight of the day was definitely the kiddie parade. Audrey Claire got to ride with Madison in the Barbie Jeep!

You'll have to click on this picture to see it better. AC looks terrified!

They had a train ride and pony rides but since it was ridiculously hot outside, AC spent most of her time inside my uncle's shop where it was cool. Maybe next year we will do more fun stuff!

Home Again

This past Friday we took a quick trip to Crystal Springs. Our first stop was Madison's house. Since it was my birthday, she made me a cake. She was very proud of herself!

Of course I had to blow out the "candles"!
Next we headed to Annie's parents house. Annie and Matthew were here because Annie's grandfather passed away Thursday night. We hated the circumstances but were really happy to get to see them. Audrey Claire really enjoyed showing off all of her new tricks. Here she is winking at somebody.

Jackie came by to visit too. Audrey Claire wasn't excited to have to share the rocking chair!

ReRe and Pops came by to visit. Mrs. Sally had puppets leftover from Bible School so ReRe entertained AC. She loved the puppets! (For some reason, Miss Priss wanted her clothes off. Guess she was hot!)

Saturday morning, we went to the Crystal Springs Tomato Festival. Check back tomorrow for pics from that!

Mommy and Me Play Date

Yesterday Audrey Claire and I joined some friends from our Mommy and Me class at McDonalds for a little playdate. We haven't been to Mommy and Me since April so it was really nice to see how everyone has grown! It was also nice for AC to be able to play with friends while I got to talk to adults! I seem to spend a lot of time talking to kids these days:)

No trip to McDonalds is complete without french fries. AC doesn't usually get food like that so she was really excited!