July 4 2009

This year for the 4th of July we started our day off up in Cumming at Morgan's parent's house. Terrel helped her dad stain their deck. Morgan and her mom and the girls just hung out and played with the girls. We had fun and had a great lunch of Jim N Nicks BBQ!!! We then made plans to go to Stone Mountain park to see the laser light show and fireworks. It was time to go and Terrel looked online at the website to get the address and up popped a big screen that said PARK IS CLOSED... at 4:00 they closed all the gates to Stone Mountain because the park had reached it's capacity. We were a little bummed, but said there are soo many places around Atlanta doing fireworks, we'll find something else to do....so we decided let's go to the Gwinnett Braves game(since the Atlanta Braves were in Washington). We drove up there, went to eat at Chili's first then headed to the game and got there, and it was SOLD OUT!!! STRIKE 2 for us!!! We decided to go back to the Mall of Georgia area where we saw a bunch of people lining the streets and all to find out what was going on....these people were getting set up to watch the fireworks from the Mall of Georgia and also the Gwinnett Braves...so we decided to just settle there in the parking lot to watch. We got there around 730 or 745 so we had to wait about an hour and a half before they started which was fine. It got to be about 845 and the crowd really started getting there...well up drives a bunch of teenagers who were very rude and turned their music(RAP) up very loud and started dancing doing moves we didn't want our children to see...so we decided to move back in the parking lot.... now the fireworks started but we could barely see them---we were pretty dissappointed--- we jumped in the car and decided to go to the ramp iof the interstate to watch. Everyone else had that same idea....so we couldn't do that...we ended up at a conv. store to watch some of the gwinnett braves fireworks which turned out to be very good :):). Our day didn't go as planned but it ended up being a fun evening and Tegan really enjoyed the fireworks and we were together as a family and that's all that matters :):) We hope you all had a fun and happy 4th too!

Carley turns NINE months

On June 25th 2009 Carley turned 9 months old. She has really changed soo much in her 9 months. She has grown up so fast, I can't believe how fast it's gone by!!! She had her 9 month checkup on Friday July 3. Dr. C can't get enough of her....he loves her to death!!! She weighed in at 21 lbs. 4 oz(75-90%). Her height was 27 3/4 inches(50-75%). She is growing at the same rate that she has been since she was born, so everything is going great for her. Carley's accomplishments since 6 months include:

crawling(8months old)

feeding herself crackers, puffs, etc

saying Da-Da

saying Ma-Ma

saying Bye-Bye

waving Bye-Bye

pulling up on EVERYTHING( 8 months, 1 week old)

cruising on furniture

clapping

playing pat-a-cake

playing peek-a-boo

can go from laying down to sitting up

hold her own sippy cup for drink

shake her head NO when being asked questions(for fun--doesn't understand what she is saying)

Some fun facts about Carley include: she's a little pool fish...she loves swimming in the pool, we go almost everyday; she loves playing with her big sister and her big sister's fun toys(big sis not so sure of this though); she is an eating machine--she will literally eat everything in site if we would let her; she has FIVE teeth already-- 2 on top , 3 on bottom; she loves our dogs--everytime she sees them she gets so excited and starts yelling(she says AHHH); anytime someone is going somewhere she is right behind them, she follows us everywhere we go; she cries when someone goes out the door if she doesn't get to go; she LOVES to be OUTSIDE; she also loves popsicles(she gets mostly sugar free for now)

There is only one thing we wish she didn't do--- GRIND her teeth---she just started doing this yesterday!! Her sister did it too---we got through it, but it just hurts to hear her do that!!!

Shelf Reliance Giveaway

I was able to attend Time Out For Women this year in Columbia, SC with my mom. It was such a fun weekend. The company Shelf Reliance was there advertising and selling their products. I receive their emails and they now have a blog. They are also giving everyone a chance to win one of their incredible shelves. Check out their new blog to see how. Here is the link to their blog:
http://www.shelfreliance.com/blog/

if you have trouble getting there just email me and let me know. Thanks. ENJOY!!!!!

THREE YEAR PICTURES

I took Tegan's 3 year old pictures today. She did so great and cooperated so well(not very common for her at picture time). She is getting so big and looks so grown up and is looking more and more like her daddy!!!!

Happy 3rd Birthday!!!

Tegan turned three on Saturday, June 6. We had a really fun party and day for her. She had lots of cousins and friends who came to help her celebrate. We had a Little Mermaid/Under the Sea party. We played some games and did a pinata...the kids really had a great time. The biggest hit though was one of the presents my(morgan's) parents got for her. The bought one of those bouncy rooms that has a slide on one side...the kids had a blast in it. All the parents seemed very grateful for the bouncy room because it wore all their kids out, so they all slept very well last night. Thanks to all who came and helped make the party a success for Tegan. Thanks to Nana & Papa for letting us have her party at their house, and thanks to all who drove from so far to attend the party, we really appreciate it.

To Tegan: We are so grateful for you, our sweet girl. You have made these last 3 years so much fun for us. You have taught us so much. You are an example to us and to your baby sister, Carley. She looks up to you so much and watches everything you do. You are such a sweet daughter and we are so blessed to be your parents and to be able to raise you. We love you dearly and are so happy to have you in our family.

Love,
Daddy & Mommy

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Braves

We've been able to attend a few Braves games this year so far. We've had a great time at each game. Our seats are GREAT!!! We're glad we're so close and we can just take off and go without any plans if we wanted to. We enjoy going to sporting events as a family, and the girls really have a good time. We hope our Braves have a good year this year. We root them on every game and hope for a win each time. Some we win , some we lose. You can't win them all I guess. Here are some pictures from our games.

EIGHT MONTHS

Carley is 8 months old now. She is such a good baby and is so sweet. She loves her big sister andgrins from ear to ear everytime she sees her. She sleeps at least 12 hours a night(since 4 months). She LOVES her solid foods(can't you tell from the fat rolls?). She says Da-Da, Ma-Ma,and Ba-Ba(bye-bye). She plays pat-a-cake and peek-a-boo. She can go from laying down to sitting up like a champ. She LOVES to jump and bounce especially in her little bouncersaucer toy, she gets so excited. She's been trying to crawl since 6.5 months and finally on her 8 month birthday she took off across the floor, now we can't stop her, she's into everything. Tegan loves being able to play with her, but isn't too fond on sharing all her toys yet(something we're still working on--and will probably always be working on). She is our sweet girl and we love her so much!!