Last Weekend of Summer

We had a fun Labor Day weekend at the lake! We spent our weekend swimming, fishing, watching football, and playing on the Dock. We came home early on Monday and played outside in the backyard. Anne Bailey got to slip 'n slide for the first time and loved it!! We had a great and busy summer but are excited school is starting back!

 

Hanging out on the Dock

Anne Bailey modeling her glasses



Emerson had fun playing in the water table

Watching the boats go by

I love this picture, pure joy!



Emerson loves coloring with chalk

I had to include this pic. Emerson's new
 obsession is brushing her teeth

FUMC Open House

Last Tuesday, we went to the FUMC open house to see the girls new classrooms and meet their teachers. Anne Bailey is going to be in 3 year old preschool this year! I really cannot believe she is getting so big! Her teachers this year will be Ms. Paula and Ms. Mary Lin. We are so excited to have them. Anne Bailey will also be in class with all of her friends from last year plus a few new ones! 

 

Ruff, Anne Bailey and Emerson playing in AB's classroom

Emerson is also starting Mother's Day Out this year! She will be in the 1 year old toddler room with Ms. Sherri and Ms. Kelly. It is the sweetest little class and I know she is going to make lots of friends!! I am sad that Emerson will not be with me all day but I know she is going to love school. Also, it will be nice to have a little mommy time.! :)

Emerson getting to know her classmate, Jack.



AB and Emerson checking out the pirate ship

Look Who Is Walking!!

Emerson has been taking a few steps for a little over a month now! The last two weeks she has gotten a lot more confidence and has really taken off and walks everywhere. It is the cutest thing watching her and seeing how happy she is now that she can walk. Emerson has gotten pretty fast and loves exploring all the different rooms in the house. We are so proud of our baby girl!!!



Busy girl!

on the move



Such a big girl!

 

Ballet and Gymnastics

Anne Bailey has a pretty busy schedule these days. She has started back to gymnastics on Monday nights at Flip Flops. She loves Ms. Misty and has so much fun with Tatum, Anne Cambria and Lucy. She has also started a pre-k ballet/tap class on Wednesday afternoons at North MS Dance Centre. It is the sweetest little class and Ms. Mary Francis is so good with them.





Ready for Tap/Ballet class

How adorable is she?

Anne Bailey and Tatum are in the same dance class! Yay!



Anne Bailey and Anne Cambria waiting for gymnastics
class to start

Anne Bailey's 3rd Birthday!

We had a great day celebrating Anne Bailey's 3rd birthday on Sunday. We had a fun Princess and Pirate birthday party at Fairpark Fountain that afternoon. Some friends from school and family came to help us celebrate. All the kids had a blast jumping and playing in the water and eating yummy cupcakes. Anne Bailey had the best time and was asking the next day if it was still her party. We are so thankful to everyone who came and made her day extra special. I still cannot believe we have a 3 year old!!

Ready to open some presents

She got lots of dress up and beauty shop stuff

Ready to go to AB's party

The table

Waiting on her friends to give out the favors

Checking out the water

AB and Christopher

Sweet Emerson watching the fun

Craziness



AB and Mary Clayton

Family pic

Emerson was ready to join in

The birthday girl

AB was so sweet making sure Emerson was having fun

AB, Barrett, and Tatum

AB and Morgan were taking turns crawling under the water

Look at that sweet face

Happy Birthday Anne Bailey



Blowing her candle out

Sarah Reid, AB, and Anne Cambria

Emerson taking a little break from her cupcake

The princess on her throne eating some popcorn

AB and AC

AB sharing some popcorn with Tatun

Morgan, AB, Anne Cambria, and Tatum

Anne Cambria and Lucy

Wrapped up and ready to go home after a fun day

Anne Bailey is Three!!

Anne Bailey turned 3 years old today!! How did this happen? She is growing up so fast and is such a little girl now which makes us very sad!  She loves dressing up, playing with her friends, anything princess, barbies, and loving on her little sister. She has passed the terrible twos, thankfully and is so sweet and sensitive. Don't get me wrong, she still has meltdowns and is whiny and dramatic but I can try and reason with her now. She still talks ALL THE TIME and constantly amazes us daily with what she knows.  She is so smart and has such a great imagination. It is so fun talking to her or playing with her. The stuff she comes up with is pretty hilarious! Some funny things she says right now is "oh dear, is that a deal," and the funniest is when she wants you to agree to something she says "don't say no, don't say uh uh, say yes."

Anne Bailey is also eating much better lately and has added a few new foods to her menu. She still loves milk and white grape juice. She is taking one 3 hour nap a day and is sleeping 11 to 12 hours at night. She is scared of the dark so she likes to sleep with lots of lights on. She has been completely potty trained for about 6 months now.  She is trying to be independent and like to do things by herself. She does still sucks her thumb and thinks her monkey is a person. These two things I know I need to start breaking her of but it helps me to keep her little for a little while longer. 

We are so proud of our sweet 3 year old!! Happy Birthday, Anne Bailey! We love you so much!

Memphis Botanical Garden

On Thursday, the girls and I went to Memphis to pick Ruff up from the airport. We decided to make a fun afternoon out of it and went to the Botanical Garden. It was so hot but both girls had a blast. We ate an early dinner at Huey's and then headed home. We had such a fun afternoon with our girls! 

Hula Hooping



Giving Emerson some food in drive thru

Trying to decide if she wants to slide down



sweet sisters



Feeding the fish

Emerson fell asleep drinking her milk



sleepy girl