Go Jackets!!
i was feeding adalyn up on my bed this morning when josiah walks into my room. his eyes light up and he says, "hey! i didn't get to kiss the baby yet this year." he runs over to us, gets in her face and says, "good morning, sunshine!! did you sweep good? i missed you while you was sweeping! did you miss josiah?" he kissed her all over her hands, face and and head when i asked him, "you sure do love adalyn, don't ya?" he nodded his head yes then said, "she's my best fwiend! she is the best baby EVER!!" it is so sweet to see... adalyn is so loved:) i am anxious to see how the sibling relationships unfold. i wonder if she will care for him as much as he does for her. right now, she smiles and laughs at all of them. but i wonder if she will favor one over the other... we shall see!
speaking of miley... she made me laugh this morning! adalyn had spit up some so, miley just grabbed the bottom of her nightgown and wiped her face/neck/chin all clean! what a doll!! i also have seen ella kate catch adalyn's spit up with her bare hands before, just so it wouldn't get her outfit or the floor dirty!! i have some big helpers:)
tonight in the car, ella kate found a pair of panties. (don't ask.) next thing i know, she is hollering at us to look at her. "look! i'm spidergirl!!"
sweet kisses!
don't ask what miley is doing in the background. just focus on the other 2 cuties smiling in the front:)
meet the "momma girl and her 2 puppies!" who knew those toy stethoscopes were so versatile? :) josiah's is a little more snug than miley's, though. so whenever ella kate yanks his "fleash", it hits his adam's apple and makes him gag:)
it was adalyn's first time riding in our back-pack carrier and she was perfect! (who's surprised??)
sweet moment...
her eyes are changing colors:) they might be brown like EK's afterall!!
adalyn and i hung out on the rocks while bill and the big kids put their feet in the water. do you see those "caves" under the bridge? well, miley REALLY wanted to go in them and kept telling us, "it's not scary in dare! da snakes are berry nice!! let's go see!!"
remember, they were just wanting to touch the water, but who wants to get only their feet wet? :) in less than a minute, all 4 of them were soaken wet!
some of these turned out blurry, but their expressions are priceless!!
the kids did SO well with all of the walking and "hiking". i was especially surprised by miley. she and josiah lead the way for most of our time!
we had so much fun! and as usual, i took too many pics:)
her daddy gave her a little gold ring that was actually mine when i was a little girl. it is in the shape of a heart and she LOVES it!
she kept saying, "that was so sweet of you to give me this ring!"
we took jos to preschool, miley was with mrs lori and nana watched adalyn so ella kate and i could have a "girl's morning!" first stop was starbucks!! she has been wanting her own frappuccino for a while, so today she got her very first one! (thanks cynthia for the gift card!) she picked a strawberries and cream drink with a pink cake pop!
however, starbucks isn't really the place for an energetic, excited, 5 year old. so we didn't stay very long:) our next stop.... the nail salon!!!
when we got there, we were 3rd in line and had to wait a few minutes. she was so excited!! at one point while we were waiting, she told me, "momma, i am so excited i just want to kick everybody out of the way!!" then when it was finally her turn to sit in the chair, she said, "i can't believe we're here!! i'm being so brave!!"
she picked out a sparkly blue/green for her toes and a sparkly purple for her fingers!
$13 later, we were done and we had the best time! i asked her how it felt to be 5 and she said, "i feel a little bigger. i almost feel like a mom!" :)
the 2 of us ate lunch at home. she requested a fried bologna sandwich and some watermelon:) simple enough? although when bill came home from work, she asked him, "daddy, can we go to cracker barrel for my birthday dinner?? or.. is that too expensive??" sweet girl. i'm not gonna lie. money is tight... as it is for many of you. but someone (who will stay anonymous) decided to be blessing to us, and allowed my birthday girl to have her 'pancake, fried okra, mac-n-cheese, and applesauce' dinner of choice! thank you!!!
true story: what better way to finish off your 5th birthday, than to wear your little brother's underwear to bed b/c your mom hasn't tackled the mountain of laundry and there are aren't anymore clean little girl panties:)
all in all it was a wonderful day!! i am so thankful that we were able to spend some girly time together!! i love my girl!! i cannot imagine how boring life would be without our ella kate!! we love her to pieces!! happy birthday sweet girl!! i cannot believe that you are "a whole hand!"
i love our nighttime cuddles with adalyn. our big kids go to bed around 7:30 and adalyn stays up until 8:00. so we have some time for just the 3 of us to snuggle:)
i love walking in my foyer and seeing these cute bags. just another reminder of my many sweet blessings!
i have had the hardest time letting these dead things go. they were mother's day flowers that ek and jos made at school when they were in the 3's preschool class. so ella kate's will be 2 years old this year.. but i just can't throw them away. i keep watering them, hoping they will turn green again!
and there is nothing better, than watching my babies sleep... LOVE!
this pic cracks me up. josiah got that brown blanket for his birthday and he wants to sleep with it every night. he doesn't want to sleep in his bed, he wants to sleep ON it with his warm, fuzzy, fleece blanket. in this hot, georgia, summer weather.
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