Ok, so it's been another month... sorry! Here's what ya missed:
We rounded out the summer with our last pool days during Labor Day weekend.
have been enjoying the cooler weather taking our babies out for strolls every day
enjoyed a long overdue visit with Rebecca and Erica. LOVED catching up with my dear friends!
celebrated a joint birthday party for Avery, Papa, & Dave
got some kisses from Papa and Gigi
practiced dressing up for Halloween
dressed up and smiled with sisterly love
we have been playing lots of hide and seek lately, and I busted them hiding together under Dave's office desk
dressed Lucy up to cheer on Vanderbilt
went to Gracie Lee's super fun birthday party and had lots of fun with friends!
Some photo-free activities included a visit from Nana and Daddy Jim, several zoo trips, and an extended weekend under the care of Mimi & Grandaddy so Dave & I could have date weekend in Vegas. Ahhh, feeling relaxed and refreshed after lots of shopping, eating out, and reading by the pool. Can't thank you enough Mom & Dad!
This weekend, we packed up the birthday girl & Lucy and ventured up to Lexington, KY for my cousin Jennifer Sheehan's wedding to her adorable, funny-man fiance, Bill Allen. I wish I could draw you a family tree to show you how literally every living person that I am related to came together for this event. Avery and my cousin Christy's daughter, Ellie, were the 2 cutest flower girls ever, and the whole weekend went off without a hitch (well, almost)
Here are Ellie, Avery, and Hannah (my cousin Sara's youngest daughter)
running around with cousins is the best!
Aunt Nancy remembered Avery's birthday and had a cake for her at the rehearsal dinner!
Backyard Brunch at my Aunt Ellen's house Saturday morning. Dad reading books to the girls so they stay out of trouble =)
Katie & Jordan
Jennifer with the hostesses... Linda, Charlene, Ellen & Kathy
Avery with Ellie, the other flower girl. They had never met each other but luckily became friends right away. Ellie is also 4 years old and lives in Lexington.
Lucy and Avery hanging out, harmlessly messing around in the dirt.
then my girls start playing with their slightly older and cooler cousins (Mary Browder & Madeline Howell and Rachel & Hannah Roberts). Right after this picture was taken, I took Lucy in the house for a blueberry muffin, turned my back on Avery and these girls for 2 seconds, and...
BAM! They found a wagon in the garage, loaded Avery in, and immediately flung her out onto the concrete face first. Shoot, so much for a Christmas card picture. Avery had an awful black eye for the rest of the day, but was luckily in good spirits and did fulfill all of her flower girl duties, despite the less than flawless flower girl complexion =( Sorry Jennifer!
A nap and a dab of concealer later, we were back in action.
my and my dear cousin Julie
Here she is! She did so wonderfully, I was shaking with pride. Ellie decided not to join her walking down the aisle, but Avery took it in stride, and said she still wanted to go because she LOVES being a flower girl!
Mary Browder "hugging" Avery and little brother Owen
Avery with Jason & Renee's 3 kids- Madeline, Mary Browder & Owen
Jennifer & Bill
the girls with Julie's cutie-pie, Jacob
Jennifer with the girls, love this picture
The Sanger/Morris clan
the kids dancing the night away while the adults were in the next room over eating dinner
The reception was at Keeneland, the famous horse-racing venue in Lexington. It was beautiful! Lucy didn't join us at the wedding or reception, since her 18 month old busy-body self would have put a damper on my fun, but she had lots of fun with our dear friend Joni Beth Lattus Waldroup who agreed to help me and babysat her in the hotel room. Gotta love JB!
We had such a great weekend, lots of thanks to the Sheehans & fam!
Here are some pictures we took at the Wilson Co. Fair last weekend. We live in Sumner County, but our fair isn't quite as elaborate as this one, so we joined some friends and made the trip over to the next county =)
On August 19, Avery turned 4 years old! At 39lbs and 41.25 inches tall, she is a joy in every way. The weekend before her birthday, Mimi and Aunt Katie came to celebrate, and we had a party with all of her friends at My Gym.
Here is the birthday girl
With her Rapunzel cake (that I made!)
My Gym parties are so much fun, the teachers there are energetic, the games are age appropriate, and they just do such a great job of making the birthday "girl" feel special.
The best part is when they dressed her up as a princess and rode her around in a circle on a motorcycle, the look on her face was priceless!
her sweet friends
silly face!
towards the end of the party doing a "go to sleep" game. check out Lucy.
