Fall is Here!

My favorite part of fall is decorating the house and lighting all my yummy smelling candles. Sophia helped me sort through and put up all the Halloween decor this weekend. I also sewed her Candy Corn Halloween costume, and made sure the Tootsie Roll costume fit Griffin. Sophia loved playing in her witch costume from 2 years ago, but the hat was a little small so she had Griffin wear it all day.

Before I finished the bubble hem...

A little snug around the cheeks!

Well, it's pretty good for my 1st attempt at using a pattern.

I had no idea what I was doing, but it turned out

pretty cute from a distance!

Miscellaneous Pics

This is the cake I made for Kimberly's baby shower.

We are expecting Abby to arrive this December!

This is how Griffin takes naps on Daddy's watch...

Our pretty girl.

He's on the Move!

Griffin is 6 months old now and loving his walker!

Mommy's Ballet Costumes

I finally went out to my mom's house to get all of my old ballet costumes. There are a lot of them! Sophia can fit in a few of the smallest ones. She loves them!

Bluebird Lion

Seaflower

This was a pie maid costume

My very first one was a little purple glittery butterfly costume when I was 4. Sophia loves it! But I guess we forgot to get a picture of that one... We must have been too busy dancing. :o)

Beach

We went to the beach about a month ago and my best friend Sandy & her boys met up with us to spend the day. I forgot my camera, but here are a few pictures that Sandy took.

It was a beautiful ceremony...

The bridesmaids all wore pink.

First Day of Preschool

What a big day for our little girl. Preschool. I can't believe it. She was so excited, and in good spirits.

Baby brother was so excited, too!

We arrived early and took a lot of pictures.
Here she is galloping into school!

Sophia had a little playdoh time with her new friend named Griffin!

Lots of puzzles

She had been looking forward to the sand table all week!

And then it was a goodbye kiss for mom,
and straight back to the sand...

I went shopping and ran a couple errands and was back 1/2 hour early. I really didn't want to be late or miss out on picture moments. A few parents needed to stay the whole time, I guess. Most kids were fine, though.

This was the end of class at circle time.
Sophia is sitting on the floor right in front of the teacher.

All the parents eagerly waited for dismissal time, cameras ready.

Here are 2 of the 3 teachers,
and a little friend snuck into the picture, too!

We went to McDonald's for lunch -
her choice of anywhere she wanted to go...

And Grandma & Joe met us to hear about her day.

She loved it and is excited to go back on Thursday. She's such a big girl!

A Fun Time at Aunt Kim's

While Kyle & Zach attended the Huskies game last Saturday, Kimberly and I hung out over at her house with the kids for the evening. It was an adventure just trying to get into the house, actually. Kim realized once we pulled into the driveway that she did not have a house key! So we brainstormed for a while and then I offered to scale the roof if one of the upper windows was open, which one was. They have a split level home (kind of like Sandy's and my Aunt Connie's for a reference) so all I had to do was step up onto the front porch railing and then climb onto the small portion of roof in front of the upper story windows, which was not a steep grade at all, and then climb across to the far window. It wasn't too scary, though - just funny!

Sophia is soooo excited for Baby Abby's arrival.

She talks about her quite often.

I cannot believe Kim is already in her last trimester!!

Griffin & Sophia had their first bath together.

He had peed all over himself during a diaper change,

so it was actually just a quick dip for him.

September Already?!?!

We're into September and I just can't believe it! Here's what we've been up to...

Griffin reading one of his books from Great Aunt Linda.

Thanks, Aunt Linda!

Sophia and I out for a stroll.

She decided to wear her cowgirl hat.

Grandma Karen's 57th Birthday! Wow.

She brought over a cake and 57 candles for Sophia to put in it!

(An important note - I did NOT decorate this cake...)

Sophia and I made cupcakes for the Huskies tailgate party.
She, of course, always gets a sample.

Daddy and his little Huskies tailgating

before the LSU game.

Zoo

We had a fun trip to the zoo last weekend. We invited Grams & Cramps to join us for the day. Sophia loves her Crampa!

Baby boy had a great time, too.

Sophia taught him all sorts of things.

Griffin at 4 1/2 Months

Griffin had his first taste of rice cereal this week - yum...

And he's definitely outgrown the bouncy, he tries to reach

over the side for the toys he drops. Not safe.

He always loves bathtime.

Getting Big!

Griffin is just about too big for his bouncy seat and I was getting worried on what we would do without it. Then I remembered... the exersaucer comes next! How soon we forget.