Catching up!

I just realized that I didn't blog all week. It was a long week for us and unfortunately the blog got no attention. So, tonight I thought I would catch up! Last Sunday we went to a fundraiser for a litte girl who lives in Cumming and has stage 4 cancer. One of our friends started an awesome organization called Kingdom Kids. They are a non-profit organization that helps raise money for children with illnesses. So, they were doing a 5k run for this sweet girl and they invited us to come join the fun.


We got to the event around lunch time and C was already a little fussy. Well she had a meltdown when Blake and I wouldn't let her jump in the bouncy house because the bigger kids were in there. We knew she was exhausted because she didn't take a nap the day before plus she was hungry so we decided to leave early before another episode happened!!! Here's what she did before we even got on the road. To say she was tired is an understatement!!! She even fell asleep without a passy...which is a first!



This week was filled with work, eat, sleep...repeat 5 days! On Thursday, C got a flu shot and we were told that she'll need another one since we didn't do the H1N1 shot last year. Fun....already not looking forward to doing that again. After that, she got to spend time with Grammy Sue while mommy and daddy went to the Night of Worship at our church with our small group.

Today, we went shopping with my mom to look for an outfit for our Christmas pictures. I know...it's not even Halloween yet and I'm already preparing for Christmas! I'm a planner...what can I say! No really, we have pictues with Farrah the first weekend in November and I have the next two weeks booked up with things to do so we took advantage of this Saturday and went to find something. We ended up finding some great sales and had a fun girls shopping day! Miss C sported her new fall shirt today that Tara Rowell made for her and she looked just precious! (Tara's blog is on my blog list to the right) I forgot to get pics before we left the house so here's one when she got up from her nap.



Let me tell you how HARD it is these days to get a decent picture of her. She won't stand still for anything and my camera takes FOREVER to take a picture. So here are some out takes of me trying to get 1 decent picture! And she kept having a fit for her passy so to get a picture of her shirt, I caved in and let her have it.





That's about all I have to update...not much has been going on! Hopefully, I'll have more time this week to blog. I sure do miss it.

Cumming Fair

Last night we took Caroline to the Cumming fair.



We had a great time hanging out as a little family and getting to see the excitment on Caroline's face when she saw all of the rides.


Unfortunately, she wasn't big enough to ride hardly any of rides but we did manage to ride two of them. We rode the tea cups and the sky buckets!




They had a cute little petting zoo so she had a blast seeing all of the different animals.





We watched a bear show and then let Caroline play some games to win a souvenir. She played a little fishing game and won (with daddy's help!) so they told her to pick out a prize out of the bucket. It took her forever to decide which thing she wanted. She ended up deciding on a duck!





It was a great night and we can't wait to go back next year!

Playhouse and Corn Maze

We had a fun busy weekend! On Saturday my parents came by to bring Caroline this playhouse.


My niece had outgrown it and they generously gave it to Caroline. Of course, she loves it. She squealed when she saw my dad drive in the drive way with it on the back of the truck. She helped us get it off of the truck and into our garage. Now, we live in a townhome and have very little space for toys so I had no clue where this thing would go. I was thinking the backyard but then we all got to talking and decided that we are never in the backyard so she would get very little use out of it being out there. Then we tried to see if it would fit somewhere in the house and of course, it wouldn't. So we left it in our garage. Well, I was determined NOT to lose my garage spot (especially with the winter months coming up) so I made room for it to fit in the garage with my car. It's a VERY tight squeeze but it works. So in the afternoons, I'll just pull my car out and she can play with it in the garage. It's perfect!


Today, since the weather was SO nice we decided to check out the North GA Corn Maze in Cleveland. We had a great time walking through the maze trying to find all of the markers. We ended up finding 5 out of 7 of them. I think we did pretty good for our first time going, especially with a one year old that was 2 hours past her nap time!

Happy Birthday Grandaddy Chris!

Happy Birthday Grandaddy Chris! We hope you have a wonderful birthday!!! We can't wait to see you tomorrow night to celebrate!

Relaxing Sunday

Yesterday, we had a wonderful relaxing day. I love rainy afternoons sitting in my P.J's and napping!

Our morning started off by going to church. Here's Caroline finally getting to wear one of her fall outfits! (technically she got this last spring but it's just now fitting her!)
Here she is posing!


*In this picture, I asked her to pick out a blankie to take to church with her. She went over to her blankies and picked out Froggy and Rabbit. I think she will make a great cheerleader when she gets older!


After church, we headed to Cleveland. We stopped at a fruit stand on our way up and got some green tomatoes, boiled peanuts, and fried apple pies. Yummy! I wish we had a fruit stand like this in Cumming, but at least we can enjoy it on our way to Cleveland every week!


We got to my parents house, had some lunch, and then we were all down for a nap! It was pouring outside and we slept so well! Caroline took a 3 1/2 hour nap.
(Yes, she is Miss Sassy these days!)


After naps and dinner, my mom decided to decorate some little pumpkins with Caroline. She bought enough for my niece and nephew to do some too. It was such a cute idea and after they all 3 got done decorating them, my mom put them around her house as fall decorations! Here's Caroline decorating her pumpkin.





We are so thankful for the cooler weather the last couple of days! Now we are looking forward to pumpkin farms and festivals!!!

1-2-3 Imagine

Today, my mom and I took Caroline to see Seaseme Street live. We had SO much fun. Caroline had a blast waching Elmo.

I took these pics before we left. She was saying bye-bye and blowing me kisses!


Here she is walking with grandma into Phillips arena all excited! She kept saying, "xited, xited"! (her version of excited!)

When we got inside we met up with Caroline's friends from daycare. This is Caroline and Megan...they are in the same class together.



After we met up with Megan, we went to take pics with Elmo...well the cardboard cutout of Elmo! Except Caroline was terrified of standing near it so this was the best I could do.



Then the show started! Caroline was so mesmerized by everything. She sat in my lap so still...didn't move a muscle! She just wached everything and soaked it all in!








When the show was over she kept saying, "Bye-bye Elmo"! She crashed on the way home...she was worn out from meeting Elmo! It was such a fun day and I'm so thankful that we were allowed a chance to do something fun like this with her!