A Whirlwind!

Hi Blog!  We have missed you.  So as usual we have been busy bees!  I had my 5 day mini vacation to NY for my best friend from high school, Julie's bachelorette weekend in Woodstock NY!  It would have been awesome, but I have been dealing with a horrible pulled muscle in my left shoulder blade... Boo hoo!

 

Nick had his weekend with the girls, he is the best Daddy ever.  he stayed at my parents house and kept super busy.  Forgot to have him take pictures of his adventures, but they did really great!

 

here are a few pics from my NY trip, wish I had taken more...

 

 Freedom Tower.  It really gives you chills once you see it again in person.

 

 

I flew into LGA and stayed the night in Staten Island with Diana, good times and delicious food!   I miss the pizza and cream ice!  Then we headed to Carmel to get Julie and head to our Cabin in Woodstock, NY!  First time in Woodstock, it was great to see all of the hippies!

 

 We did get some honks!

 Beautiful Bride to BE!!

 

 

 

 Sunset from parking lot by the Walmart at our house in GA.  We really needed that after our crazy travels.  Was so nice to be home!  (5 min after Nick picked me up from the airport, our van broke down and 2 hours later we finally got towed...) Thankfully my grandparents met us and helped us.  Don't worry, it was just a switch and the car was ready first thing the next morning, so nick had to drive all the way back to CLT to pick it up...  We were supposed to get home around 6 the latest and didn't pull into our driveway until 9!  it was a LONG day!  Enough about that mess.. 

 

 

here are so fun pics of the girls, to judge their similarities and differences!

Lucy will be on Left and Ryann on Right

 

 

 

 

 This is just Lucy, but thought that Ryann resembled her here...

 and here!

 Lucy reading to Ryann!

 crazy hair!

 Stickers for my pee pee chart! or my belly : )  We are being really aggressive with the underware and potty training now, so fingers crossed that by  next blog entry we may have a daytime potty trained big sister!

 I don't even ask any questions!

 

Just realized that there aren't any pics of me, I will try to get some up soon!!

 

in 8 days we will have a 5 month old, I cant even believe that! 

 

I also cant believe that we are home in our house, just the 4 of us this weekend, it has been over 2 months since we could say that!  Crazy!!!

 

This coming weekend we head back to my parents for All American BBQ family dinner, delicious!

 

and then we begin out whirlwind trip to NY for Julie and Kevin's wedding!  Cant wait!!

 

Ta Ta for now! xoxoxoxoxo

 

 

 

America's Bday, Auntie Shanny and Uncle Justin and Will the Rain ever go away!

Have we been busy bees!  We had my sister Shannon and her husband Justin in town since Wednesday night, they just left this afternoon. Boo Hoo!  We really were getting used to having them here.  Cant wait to see them again soon.

Happy Birthday America!

Our new friend we found the morning on July 4th, right by our front door!

 My First 4th of July!

 Sister and I would really cooperate for mommy to get a good picture, we will have to do a re-do!

 Army Princess

 

 Our Macy's fireworks!  Lucy liked what Daddy did!!

 

 Thought we would give the jumper a try! 

 

 Lucy's belly shirt!  She kept trying to pull it down, and said mommy, this shirt is to small, LOL!

 Lucy loves wearing DaDa's socks!  and she will not look at me anymore and take a nice picture, she has her arms crossed!

 

 So much fun with Uncle Justin!

 Who's baby is this, LOL!

 

 She started holding her bottle last night!

 Don't worry mom and dad, I got this!

 

 

 

Ryann is really starting to talk now.  Here is a Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd3Eth15jvI&feature=youtu.be

 

She is also staring to roll over!! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kKW8SaYuCk&feature=youtu.be

 

Ryann had so many things happen while Auntie Shanny and Uncle Justin were here!  She started playing and grabbing for her hanging toys, she started really coo'ing and she is rolling over.  The only milestone she is not right on track for his to laugh!  But we aren't to far away from that one!!

 Auntie Shanny and Uncle Justin, we love you and we already miss you so very much!!!  Again, ms. Lucy wont look at me and smile eVER anymore!

 

 

We weren't able to do much outside while they were visiting, we have been getting so much rain!  and thunderstorms!  We cant wait for more sunshine to come back!

 

I figured that I would pass this pasta salad recipe along, it was a huge hit!!!  Much better the next day and the day after!!

 

Cucumber Dill Pasta Salad

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/cucumber-and-dill-pasta-salad/

 

 

My sister and I had a great sisters day out!  We got pedicures, I got a haircut, we went to PF Chang's for lunch and then we went to see The Heat!  Hilarious it was!!!  When we got home, my sister did an at home Ombre hair color kit!  I have the before pics, but need to style it and I will post the after pics, we were very pleased with the outcome!!!

 

Lets see what else, Nick and Justin got a bunch of golf in and we had lots of yummy food! 

 

On Wednesday we head to my parents Nick will be staying with the girls while I head to NY for my best friend from high school Julies Bachelorette party weekend!  We rented a house in Woodstock, NY and we plan to go tubing and have a BBQ, it should be a blast.  It will be really weird to be away from nick and the girls for so long. I haven't been, hmmm EVER!  LOL!

 

Be Back in a week!

 

 

 

We Have a HAM!!!!

We had Ryann's 4 month check up and she is doing great!  she is officially 10lbs even and the nurse said that makes her a ham! 

She is really close to rolling over, she loves eating her hands and she is starting to realize that she has hands, LOL!   She is also starting to coo more!  Lucy loves that.

 Sad face!

 Trying out the Bumbo for the first time!!!!

 Big sister really likes the bumbo!

 Whatcha lookin at!

 Andrew is Lucy's new horse!

 Wonderful new bus that we got from my mom's best friend Patty, thank you Patty!!!!  Grandpa and Lucy going to school!

 Side view of the bus!

 This is what happens when I am trying to give Ryann a bath, Lucy gets her shampoo and washes her hair!

 Take 1

 Take 2

 Lucy playing dress up!

 Don't worry mom and dad I got this!  LOL!

 It was so funny!

 

Lucy is really loving shadow puppets right now! 

2 Videos of us in her cave (hallway) doing shadow puppets.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBqvXXMycgs&feature=youtu.be

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8_8wtD-PV8&feature=youtu.be

 

Lucy also just really started pedaling her bike, she really zooms around the house, we have to watch out for our feet and ankles!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg16trrosGc&feature=youtu.be

 

 

 

We cant wait for Auntie Shannon and Uncle Justin to get here tomorrow, they will spend the holiday weekend with us and leave Monday!  They haven't been to Augusta yet, so we cant wait!!! We have lots of fun adventures ahead of us!