Squeaky Shoes

Sweetie got Abby Kate 2 pairs of these shoes that have a squeaker in the heel. Abby Kate is still walking on her tiptoes all the time. She can stand flat footed, which is great considering some children are born with a tight Achilles heel and cannot stand flat footed. She is simply practicing for her role as a prima ballerina I guess. But these shoes have been fantastic. She LOVES them and wants to hear them squeak thus walking normally. GREAT invention...but annoying.

The Birthday Tree

Laura gave me a great idea to do a birthday tree for Abby Kate considering her birthday is in December. Max's is one day after AK's so they share the December birthday struggle. This is our birthday tree this year. I really think we will start celebrating half birthdays soon. Abby Kate LOVES the lights and beads....she wakes up every morning and says "THERE IT IS! My birphday tree!"

Milking the Dogs....

I bet that post title got your attention! Here is AK "sharing" her milk with the dogs. EVERYONE smelled terrible that night.

Hanging out with Sus...

Sutton has become such a fun part of our 3 day a week routine. They really are sweet friends! They are both sweet kids and when a "stealing" of a toy comes up, the other usually hands in back the minute tears begin....Abby Kate will always immediately quit crying and say, "shanks you Sus (thank you Sutton)." And just a side note, Laura does not dress her boys in little girl t-shirts that say "Cutie", I promise. He had taken a little "swim" in the dog bowl and so his shirt was in the dryer. I am a good babysitter I promise!

A walk in Momma's shoes

Abby Kate's new favorite thing is finding our shoes and walking around in them (except for Daddy's boots and then she loves to hide her stuffed animals in them). This was her first walk in heels...wedges to be exact! She was a natural!

Ahhh Fall.....

We went to Sweetie and Po(a)ppy's (Abby Kate actually adapted his name from Poppy to Pappy and so it shall be)this past weekend and had a ball playing in the leaves. It was my favorite thing as a kid too! She kept wanting us to cover her up after each time she jumped in a pile, she wanted us to re-rake the leaves into another pile. FUN FUN!

Blowing Her Nose

Most of you know Abby Kate has been pretty sick and has had a whirlwind few days. Her little nose has been dripping and driving her crazy (she has her Daddy's OCD tendencies and hates anything to be unclean on her...except dirt unfortunately). So yesterday, she went in her bathroom and promptly did this....

Giddy Up Horsy!

Oh this child! She cracks us up! Love this one....

Happy Night from the Bumblebee!

Trampoline Fun!

Playing at the park....

Here are a few more pictures of our time this past weekend. The weather was perfect and we had SUCH fun!

Pumpkin Patch with Neannie, Kourtney and Krista

Millions of New Pics....

I have TONS of new pictures and videos to post so stay tuned this week for lots of new ones. I may even do a slideshow or two to get them all in!

Channing Birthday!

We got to go to Channing's birthday on Sunday and got to eat tons of tons of pink M&Ms. Gosh she loves those things!

The Chatter

Here is a little glimpse of our little Chatter. She ADORES the dogs and talks to them constantly. Bless their hearts. They are so patient!

Another cute OSU Pic....

We also taught Abby Kate to say "GO POKES!" which was cute and fun to watch her say. This horse is an OSU rocking horse that Nannie and Grumpies had when I was little. It was fun to watch her play on it.
She already misses Nannie and Dumpies so much. She talks about them all the time and yesterday saw a lady with white hair and leaned over to touch her hair and say "NANNIE!" Of course, she was embarrassed when she turned around but I think mostly disappointed :) Isn't family the best?

Bath Time!

We still love bath time here...we now call it swimming. You can see the video of her "swimming" in the above post!

Pop and "Dad Dad"

We also got to spend time with Pop and "Dad Dad." They came up for the Gun Show and had a ball. It was the first time Grandad had got to come visit so we had a WONDERFUL time and I cannot begin to tell you how fun it was to watch this men fuss over Abby Kate. Saturday morning they were all three in her room when she woke up and just giving her all the attention in the world as she performed. What a fun thing for a little girl! Undivided attention from the men in her life. Ahhhhh....she is surely blessed!

Go Pokes!

We had such a wonderful time in Stillwater this weekend for OSU Homecoming! We got to see our entire family which is always such a treat and spend time with Nannie and "Dumpies." We laughed a lot and just loved being together. I could not get the pic of AK and I to rotate so sorry about that! Hehe!

One More...

I couldn't get this one to post last night but I love it. They were just chatting away. LOVE IT!