Daddy's Little Helpers

Kaylee and Allison have really enjoyed being Daddy's little helpers lately. It started after a trip to Home Depot to get some new blinds for their room. The worker who was trimming the shades went to the back and brought out these two little aprons for the girls. Ever since then, whenever Daddy was doing anything like changing the blinds, replacing all the outlet and light switch covers or making pancakes, the girls would run back to their room and come out with their aprons on ready to help.

Happy Halloween

We had a great Halloween this year. Elizabeth and I took the girls to a neighborhood over in West Cobb. We have been checking out houses over there for awhile. It was a nice fall night, not too cold but cold enough for it to feel like fall. By the second house Kaylee had become a pro and was telling us which houses we needed to go up too and she was running around from house to house (she hadn't even had any candy yet).

Andrew stayed back here and went around our neighborhood with some of his friends.

Andrew was a UGA (University of Georgia) Fan. Kaylee was a mermaid. Allison was Cinderella and Samantha was a Kangaroo.

Thats our girl!

Samantha had her 1 year appointment this morning and this child is proving that she will NOT be pushed around by her older sisters!

Our BABY is weighing in at a healthy 22lbs while standing 31 inches high!

Allison is weighing in at a 27.4 and 33.5 in tall while our oldest angel, Kaylee takes the lead (barely) weighing in at a 28.8 and towering at 36 inches!



In the meantime, Andrew is just about to pass my 5'5 122lbs by standing in at 5'2 and bulking up to a 115!



Scott is still....well....TALL!

Happy Birthday

Today we are wishing a Happy Birthday to cousin Ashley and our little Samantha! We had the celebrations for Samantha's 1st Birthday Sunday. After church we went over to the playground for a little while before going home and watching her enjoy her very first McDonald's Cheeseburger...which she ate the entire thing! After cleaning up a bit it was time for gifts and cake and ice cream which she didn't like at all!

It's hard to believe that it was just one year ago that we were at the hospital.

Uncle Shuck's Farm

We had some real nice weather over the weekend and we were finally able to take a trip up to Uncle Shucks Farm. The kids enjoyed running through a mini-maze and checking out all the pumpkins. Allison was a little tentative at first but after walking through it with Momma she eventually got the hang of it and was running all over the place. Andrew got to shoot off a corn cannon, Kaylee enjoyed climbing on everything and Samantha was happy as always, especially with her new view of the world. After dinner we went back and went on a hay ride and walked through the corn maze. Elizabeth and I also walked through a (not-so) haunted/scary corn maze.

Getting Big

Elizabeth and I were actually able to leave the house with just the two of us and Samantha last night. Granted it was just to run to the store and spend 20 minutes waiting to get gas but still...out of the house with only one kid. We took Samantha with us and put her in an upright seat facing forwards for the very first time. I think she kind of enjoyed it.

Last Saturday I took the girls to the park where we had a little fun on the playground and we got to see the Atlanta German Shepherd Club holding a competition. The girls enjoyed seeing all the dogs and watching them actually obey their masters. I also talked them into taking a walk through the woods. Of course that walk allowed me to play 3 or 4 holes of disc golf. Bellow are the girls finishing off on the 18th cage.

Yes you are looking at that correctly...Kaylee and Allison are just about the same height.

Samantha went along for the walk too.

American Idol Warmup

Kaylee put on a small show for us tonight before bed. Notice how she works the audience reaching out to touch all the hands.

Pretty Ears

Our little Kaylee got her ears pierced the other day. It was not a planned occurrence it just sort of happened. We were out at the mall and walked past a store and Elizabeth suggested it. After talking about it with Kaylee she was all excited. There were a few tears immediately afterwards but she was over it quick...mainly once she was given a sucker as a treat.

She loves her pretty ears...

Good Friends

I recorded this video yesterday for a couple of reasons. First off...it's cute! Secondly it is always nice to see how well the girls get along and what close friends they are. I just wanted to get this on tape for future reference when they are ripping each other's hair out because they other has been in the bathroom too long.

It isn't until about a half way in that Kaylee actually notices I am recording.

One Step at a Time

Well Samantha has decided she wants to try this walking thing out. We told her that if she waited any longer that her sisters would beat her. Both Allison and Kaylee were walking by around 10-11 months and Samantha is now 10 months. Well all of the sudden she has started taking some steps on her own.

Here is one...she steps away from the couch then just stops and looks at me for a quick few seconds before collapsing.

Enjoy....we are!

Happy Birthday Allison!

While today is officially Allison's birthday we did celebrate it last night as Kaylee and Andrew will both be busy with their Church Choirs and Youth Group tonight.

Here are a couple of videos of the festivities.

MMMMMM CAKE!!!

Sleep Jumping

So you may have heard of sleep walking but how many have heard of sleep jumping? In case you haven't let this be your introduction. Apparently the jumparoo is so much fun that once you start...you can't stop...not even sleep can get in the way.

Here Samantha demonstrates the art of sleep jumping. After 5-10 minutes of straight up hard jumping the exhaustion sets in...the rest speaks for itself.

Watch at how the spectators are amazed at the art of sleep jumping.

And for the record that is "Alvin and the Chipmunks" the movie in the background NOT the Christmas CD.

A Years Difference

As I was looking through some of my old pictures I noticed these two of Allison in the swing at the park. They were in the same swing and were taken about 2 weeks shy of exactly 1 year apart.

Where to Begin

Okay so after hearing it from two grandparents and one aunt I guess it's finally time to post some updates. The question is obviously where to begin after a month of not posting anything. We've obviously had a lot going on the past 5 weeks. We had a full fledged family vacation...the first in our families history. Andrew has returned home from the summer away and has now started school, Taekwondo, band and will soon sign up for the tech crew for the school play. Kaylee starts choir tomorrow and is looking older and older and less like our little baby. Allison is going through her clingy stage and talking more (and more clearly). Then there's Samantha who I think in my last post I had just talked about how she just started crawling. A week later she started pulling herself up and now she's pretty mobile...as long as she's hanging on to the table or couch and of course continues to always be happy. Anyways here are some quick picture updates . I promise there will be a lot more to come here soon.

Our little princess.

In case you can't see there are 7 little white speckles sticking out of her gums now.

While on vacation we were introduced to disc golf. We finally got the chance to go out and play a few holes last weekend.
Allison joined in on the action.

On the Move

Okay so I just saw that our last post was actually 1 month ago today. Needless to say things here have been busy. It's summer so that means projects. We are just about completed with repainting the ENTIRE condo. I will finish the girls room today then that just leaves our master bedroom. On top of that I've changed out two ceiling fans and two vent/fans in the bathrooms.

Anyways, here is a video from back on July 2nd of our little Samantha beginning to crawl. She is now pulling herself up to her feet when and where ever she can. She is also getting tricky switching from the couch to the table and then back.

Kaylee Birthday

I finally got the pictures from Kaylee's Birthday loaded.

Her you go...

Happy Birthday Kaylee

Well our little girl has turned 3! With everyone (except me) going out of town this week we had a little birthday celebration on Saturday. Dad, Grandpa George and Andrew took the girls to the park for a little bit and let Grandma Pat and Mom get the cake and decorations around.

Here is the Birthday girl ready to help her baby sister.

A lady who was pushing her daughter started talking with Kaylee.

Everyone enjoying their cake and ice cream.

My trip to Lookout Mountain

I took a trip to Lookout Mountain, Ga. It was with my church group. I made a lot of new friends. The first day I packed and loaded on the bus. After an hour or so we left to Lookout Mountain. There was three coach buses which were very nice. They had TVs but since the trip was only two hours we didn't watch anything. That was okay though. I just talked with my friends and played a card game called BS. When we got to the camp my church group checked in. Then got our keys for the dorms since we were in a college. The college was called Covenet College. The dorms were so nice. They had A/C. (SO NICE) After we got all situated we left for worship. There was a band called The Chris Orr Band. www.myspace.com/chrisorrband. They were so good. When worship was over we went to dinner. That is what we did for four days. Then today we woke up, packed our bags, then ate breakfast. After breakfast we left back to Johnson Ferry Baptist Church. There is a site you can go to so you can see some pictures and other things. It is http://www.middleschooltrip.com/ . That is a summary of my trip.

Memorial Day extras

I just downloaded all the video we've been holding on our our Flip Video camera and thought I'd upload a few snippets. The first wasn't over Memorial Day weekend but rather a few weeks ago. I still wanted to show it though. It is Andrew giving a solo sax performance for you. Given the little he has wanted to practice he does rather well.

Do not adjust your monitor the video is supposed to be black. Kaylee gave us a late night performance with the assistance of a glow stick.

Here are some videos from the park.

Memorial Day Fun

We had a fun Memorial weekend. Grandma Marty flew in and was here over the weekend. The weather was beautiful and we were able to go to the park, twice! Of course no one had any fun. The girls even got to go outside and blow bubbles on Monday night too, of course Dad and Andrew didn't enjoy it at all.