Papa and Grammy's visit

This past weekend Papa and Grammy came up for a quick visit...and they came bearing gifts.  Summer absolutely loved her new desk/easel and has since put her laptop on it and types really fast and really hard.

 Summer and Grammy (aka Mammy) posing

There is nothing better than grandparents coming to visit.  Summer took full advantage of the play time and welcomed Papa into her playhouse.

Welcome fall!  Overnight the high dropped from 78 when they arrived to a high of 58 the next day.  We bundled up and went to Skytop apple orchard and indulged in their famous apple cider donuts, delicious!

A baby chick had escaped its pin and Summer got to pet it before Papa reunited it with his family. 

 Wow sheep and goats!

What you can't see is the goose with a really long neck sticking his head far outside the fence.  Summer was momentarily stunned.

A walk with Grammy and Papa through the bamboo forest. 

Papa asked her if she wanted to go outside and play and she got ready real fast. 

This was Grammy's favorite part of the trip! 

We had a fun time.  The day after they left I took Summer to the doctor to see if her persistent cough was anything of concern and sure enough it was diagnosed as her 9th double ear infection.  She sure is a pleasant sick child.  In fact, she loves her medicine.  She askes for "mo" and I have to tell her that if she is "good" she can have it twice a day...after she finishes her meal.  Do I get a great parent award for that?

Summer Pics

This September has turned out to be very busy for me so as you can see I don't have much time for blogging but I do want to share some of Summer's personality through photos.

She loves her baby dolls.  Here she is taking them all for a ride on her horse.

 My daughter loves putting on lipstick.  Usually I have a practically empty small container of lipgloss that she carries around and applies when needed.  However, it has gone missing and she helps herself to my purse at any moment it is accessible (or she pulls a chair across the house to stand on to make it accessible).  She did manage to keep it mostly in the lip region though!

 A child with lipstick is a happy child!

 Oh yeah Summer, very pretty!

 Summer pushing baby Ella while wearing her very first ballcap that we got her in Crested Butte.



Roll Tide

Annual Colorado Trip

We always look forward to our first taste of fall (and sometimes winter) during our trip to Crested Butte, CO.  It is so nice to spend time outdoors and actually have to put on extra layers to stay warm.

 We stay in Mt. Crested Butte and always do a walk down to the town.  It is beautiful and great exercise.

 We do a LOT of eating out! 

 We hiked some waterfalls and they were gorgeous. 

It was nice to get away but even better to come home to this sweet little girl...I mean BIG girl!  She will correct you if you don't say BIG.

Hello Friends

As it turns out, being pregnant with an active two-year old leaves very little time for blogging.  I have been taking naps when Summer sleeps which leaves little time on the computer.  So...here is a two week recap in pictures.

Most Monday's and Tuesday's you can catch us outside playing with our neighbor.  Summer is pretending to be a firefighter while walking her catapilar and abandoning her bike in the road.

 We love meeting with friends for playdates at the park!  Summer and Addie

 We are starting our own designer play-doh jewelry line.

 More fun picnics at the park with friends! Summer and Greer

 And on occasion, Summer will eat a big dinner!  Spaghettios we love you.

 Big Smile!

 Sweet Sweet Girl



Guess What?

Last week, the day before we left to go to Alabama to see cousin Brody for the first time, I found out I am PREGNANT!  I told Summer that everyone was going to love her shirt.  And they did!

 Baby Brody couldn't be cuter or a more easy baby.  He just slept in my arms.

 Summer loved swimming in Grammy and Papa's pool, as did the rest of us.

She even put on goggles and I dunked her under water to let her see...then I realized I was holding my child under water!!! Whoops, she was ok though.  She went down the water slide about 30 times and absolutely loved it.

Summer posing with cousin Brody and Grammy.  I asked her if she would share her toys with Brody and she immediately started pulling all of them out...I meant in the years to come.

 We celebrated Chad's birthday at our favorite BBQ spot, Jim 'n Nick's. 

 Summer getting some sweet lovin' from Bubba and Jen.

Friend Outing

Today we went to our favorite place to beat the heat, Splashville. We rode together with our neighbor, Nicholas, and his mom. This was Summer's first time in a car with another child. Summer talked the ENTIRE time and poor Nicholas didn't say a word...a prelude to the future.

 They both played well in the water.

 And as usual, Summer got drenched

 Ahhh, right in the face!

 Summer wanted to provide Nicholas with alot of "unsolicited direction."  He was not a fan.

Fun day with our sweet neighbors.