Park Playdate

Today, Caroline and I met up with some of our friends at Sims Park. It was the first time that Caroline and I had been to that park and we really enjoyed it. I loved the walking trail that they have and Caroline loved the playground. We will be back there in the near future for sure! It was nice visiting with our buddies today. Here's some pics of our fun on the playground...













It was so hot today!!! We got to the park early thinking we could beat the heat but the heat beat us! By 11:00 we all were drenched in sweat so we came home. Caroline fell asleep in the car on the way home and ended up taking a 3 1/2 hour nap. She was worn out from playing so hard with her buddies!!!

Lately...

I just realized that I haven't posted anything in awhile since the Campmeeting posts. Maybe it's because nothing new is going on right now or that I don't have anything fun to post about...who knows?!?

Caroline started in a new room this week at daycare. I'm really excited for her because she's learning a lot but the other part of me is sad b/c it's just another reminder of how fast she is growing!

She comes home saying new things all of the time. And she's acting like she's getting closer to start potty training too because she will tell me that she's just peed or pooped after she goes in her diaper. I must say that I'm NOT ready for this phase. I've been dreading potty training for months now. Hopefully she'll be somewhat easy to train.

We also are 6 months away from taking her paci away. Her dr said that it is fine for her to have her paci until she's 2. He said that it wasn't affecting her teeth or anything like that so to let her have it until we are ready to take it away. I'm thinking I'll just go cold turkey when we do decide to do it. That's what we did for her bottle and it was a breeze. Now, I don't by any means think that removing the paci is going to be a breeze but I do believe in the whole "out of sight out of mind" theory. It will probably take her a few days to get used to it but hopefully she'll forget about it!

Other than that, Blake and I have just been busy working and keeping up with our very busy toddler! We are planning on going to Savannah in a few weeks for our 4 year anniversary. I'm really excited and am looking forward to eating some yummy southern food!

And because I don't want to write a boring post with no picture, here's a cute picture of Caroline with Blake's dad. Blake's parents came over last weekend to see Caroline. In this picture, Caroline and granddaddy were watching the video that we had done of her at campmeeting. Caroline loves watching herself on TV!


Hopefully the next post we will have something more interesting to talk about!!!

Campmeeting 2010- Saturday

Saturday was the last day for us but Sunday is the official last day for campmeeting. Saturday was FULL of activites.

Here we are ready to go to the campground. I'm looking a little rough and tired!


We started off the childrens program with a cute balloon release. Each kid wrote a message that included their name, address, email, etc and put it in a plastic bag and tied it to the balloon. Each year we do this and we always have someone that responds back saying they received out balloon. How cool is that? So here were are releasing our balloons.







Later in the afternoon the kids did slip-n-slide. This isn't just any slip-n-slide folks...it's an awesome slip-n-slide! They get a HUGE slide that looks like a trash bag and put baby shampoo and about 3-4 water hoses. It is always a hit with the kids. I wasn't planning on letting Caroline participate but she was dying to get wet so Blake took her. She loved it. We have a little dare devil on our hands!




After the slip-n-slide, Caroline just crashed. She slept for over 3 hours.


Each Saturday the kids do a program to show what they've practiced all week. We all wear our campmeeting t-shirts. This year the shirts were so cute and were so true. The back says, "Loudsville Campmeeting...hard to explain but I love to tell the story". So true, campmeeting is so hard to explain to others but I love to tell everyone about our wonderful campmeeting moments!






After the Saturday church service, the campground hosted smores and a bonfire. Here we are enjoying a delicious smore! It wouldn't be campmeeting without a smore!






So that wraps up my posts of Campmeeting. I hope you've enjoyed reading about all of our fun! It is truly such a fun week...even if it is busy! The kids really learned a lot this year and were so excited about receiving their own personal Bibles. Our theme this year was "I love to tell the story" and each night we had someone give their testimony. It was amazing to see how God works in people! I really enjoyed hearing the wonderful preaching and singing that we had all week long! Next year, you should join us!!!

Campmeeting 2010- Friday

Friday morning we decided to sleep in and skip the children's program. We were all so tired so it was a nice change in the routine! Shortly after waking up and eating breakfast, Caroline decided she wanted grandma to give her a pedicure. All girls have to have good looking toes!



I had scheduled Caroline's 18 month dr's appt for that Friday since I was already off from work so we drove to Cumming for her appt. She was such a ham for the dr and he said she is talking well above what she should be for right now. He said she talks more like a 2 year old instead of a 1 year old. That made me so proud! I owe most of it to daycare though b/c they really work hard with her and do flash cards with her all day long. The dr checked out her war wounds from campmeeting and thought everything would heal quickly! I was praying he wouldn't think that we abuse her! Here's her stats from her 18 month visit:

Height: 30.50; 19th percentile
Weight: 20lbs 11oz; 6th percentile (she's going to be a shrimp!)

Here's some pics I took of her while we were waiting for the dr.




Caroline had on the cutest mini skirt. I tried so hard to get a cute pic of it but it's hard to get a toddler to stand still. This was the best I could do!


After the dr's visit we went to campmeeting, had dinner, and tried to go to church but Caroline didn't have patience to sit very long so I ended up sitting with her on the porch. My mom had made Kendall and Caroline matching dresses for them to wear during campmeeting. They were adorable!







This is what a hot little girl looks like after she's been running around chasing frogs!


We had planned to stay at the tent Friday night but at 10:30pm it was still in the 80's and so humid. We were all dripping in sweat so we decided to go on to my parents house and sleep in the air contitioned house! That wraps up our fun Friday!!!

Campmeeting 2010- Thursday

Thursday was a VERY busy day...as if the other days weren't busy enough!

Thursday morning started off with some sleepy heads....



Followed by fun singing and doing the activity for the morning...






After the morning activities, we decided to take a break from the heat and visit my granny and papa. Granny grows her own garden every summer and she filled us up with yummy tomatoes, cucumbers, and a TON of blueberries. After visiting them, we decided to grab some lunch at the local mexican restaurant.


Here's some funny pic of the kids in the car on the way back to the campground. I was asking them to make silly faces!


Thursday is always the Loudsville olympics so we rushed back to participate. The kids really enjoyed the olympics and each activity included getting wet which was nice since it was 100 degrees outside! Caroline even got to participate in the baby race and then enjoyed the swimming pool afterwards!











Then we relaxed, ate dinner and got ready for church.


After church, the campground paid for everyone to go cosmic bowling until midnight. So, to the bowling alley we went! It ended up just being Blake, Caroline, me and my parents. My brother and his family ended up taking the kids home for a nights rest since we all were tired!





That wraps up our very busy day!!!