real quick..

bill is wearing a visor and ella kate walks by. she stops. she stares. then says, "uhhh, dad? you're missing the roof of your hat!" :)

random.. and a tad gross!

we had two birthday parties to attend yesterday. one of them was at a water park and the other was in a friend's backyard swimming pool. the swimming pool was filled with salt water and after ella kate got some in her mouth she told bill, "mmmm daddy, this water tastes like tee-tee!" now.. there are two things horribly wrong about this! one, that she knows what tee-tee tastes like, and two, that she likes it!?!?! gross...

we are going on vacation this weekend to fripp island. my whole family is renting a house together and we are all very excited! bill was talking to ella kate and josiah tonight about everything that we are going to do there. he was telling them about all of the animals that we will see.... deer, alligators, crabs... then josiah butted in and said, ".. and giwaffes, zebwas, ell-phants!" poor thing is going to be a little disappointed:) although, keep in mind that this is coming from a little boy who thinks that we are at the zoo when we drive by putt-putt:) ha!

he also is still very much into letters and the alphabet. the other day he said, "momma, 'A' starts wiff ah, ah, ah- awigator!" he's a smart one:)

oh, and that miley... she is still her spunky, sweet little self! (oh, and her nose has healed extremely well. thank you, jesus!) tonight i drove through starbucks and we saw one of our favorite workers, shayla! when i got my drink and drove off, miley waved in the backseat and said, "bye bye, saywah!" cutie! oh, and here is another funny thing on smiley miley. she loves music and we have started to let her listen to some lullibies in her crib before she goes to bed. well, this afternoon when i was laying her down for her nap, she looked up at me and said, "thong?" what?! how does my 19 month old know what a thong is?! then she said it again and pointed to the cd player, "thong! thong!" it struck me, then i said, "do you want to listen to your songs?" she smiled and said, "yeah! yeah! thong!!" hehe

new words..

this little miss has been a stinker lately! she is talking more and more and showing her attitude more and more! there is a fine line between it being cute and it needing some correction ... LOTS of correction! oh my! one of her latest cute phrases she says when she hears her sister or brother crying. she makes a surprised face and whispers, " 'siah cwine-nin! shhhh!" (josiah crying... shhh!)

she still speaks a lot in gibberish:) however, when we guess correctly at what she is saying, she gets VERY excited, claps her hands and says, "yay!!"

what can i say.. i try!

i really do try and let the babies have fun.. but today they just were NOT feeling the wagon:)maybe it was just too hot outside or the fact that they were too cramped?!?

they all seemed to chipper up after we finished our walk around the neighborhood.
ella kate and josiah made everyone "hang gliders" (sun visors) at school this morning:)
how thoughtful!

miley had a fight with our front porch stairs today ..... and the stairs won:(

mother's day!

i had a wonderful mother's day!! i am so blessed:)

bill took the babies shopping for my mother's day gift one night this week. while they were gone, my sisters and i took our mom out for a pedicure, dinner and dessert of her choice:) we had so much fun! i am so thankful that my sisters and my mom are my best friends and that we all are so close! i have so much respect for my mom and strive to be the godly, sweet, caring, patient and fun mom that she was to us! when i asked ella kate if she had fun shopping with daddy, she said "yes! it was so fun! we went to the star (macy's at the mall) and we got you some candles for mudder's days!" haha.. easy enough:) no need to bribe her to tell me what my gift was! and sure enough, they bought me my two favorite candles from yankee candle - i love that place!after church sunday night, we ALL went out to eat for mexican! i love my family! look at all these cute people! (eric and bill were the ones taking the pics!) eve, erin, josiah, mimi, lauren, ella kate, me poppa, and miley!

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my aunt posted this on facebook and i thought i would share it with you in remembrance of my sweet nonny:)

If roses grow in heaven, Lord, pick a bunch for me

Place them in my Nonny's arms & tell her they're from me

Tell her that I love & miss her & when she turns to smile

Place a kiss upon her cheek & hold her for a while

Because remembering her is easy , I do it everyday

There's an ache within my heart that will never go away.
Happy Mother's Day in Heaven!

man.. i miss her! i think about her often and so does ella kate. we were coming home from kroger 2 days ago and out of nowhere ella kate said in the back seat, "momma, i really miss nonny!" i replied, "oh, i do too! what do you think she is doing right now?" without hesitation she said, "she's probably holding a baby!" this got my water works going... about a month before my grandma passed away, my sister erin lost a baby at almost 20 weeks. this was devastating to my entire family and i remember talking to nonny on the phone about it and listening to her cry and cry. erin and eric don't find out the sex of their babies, they like to be surprised. so the whole time she is pregnant, we call her baby "hershey"... meaning he or she:) well, it is comforting to us all to think that nonny is in heaven with my grandad and hershey. obviously, we have never talked about hershey with ella kate, because it would be too confusing because she was/is so small when it happened. but, for her to know that and say that just melted my heart:) god is so good! but in a split second my tears went to laughter. i told her, "yes! i believe nonny is holding a baby!" then ella kate said, "and maybe tomorrow she is gonna ride a bike!" haha... oh, the innocence:)

she also said this prayer this week, "dear god, thank you for this day. thank you for my family and my friends and please let nonny come back home soon! amen!"