Celebrating a mama to be

Leigh and Chad are expecting their baby girl in a matter of weeks on Nov. 10.  To say I am excited about this is an understatement.  The other day I was sitting at work and all of the sudden just got so antsy and excited thinking about their baby girl!  She is loved by so many already! I called Leigh and told her that I actually got off work on her due date (I usually work the first three Saturdays in November) so she is cleared to go ahead and have the baby then.  Ha!

Terrianne and I hosted a baby shower for her at church.  Allison helped with some great food.  It was such a great celebration of a wonderful couple and beautiful baby-to-be.

We had a colorful theme with polka dots and stripes.  I made the cake pops and guess who made the cake pop stands?  Gotta love a handy husband.  Not only handy, but a perfectionist.  These had to be made out of nice wood, a certain size and smooth. :)

Love this photo.  Leigh's mom gave her something framed that used to hang in their house.

A gown for baby's dedication.

Leigh with her mom (and my second mom...hee hee)

Love these ladies!

The hostesses with the new momma

Love it!

Lately I have been doing a monthly craft night at our house with some friends.  Terrianne and I made this banner and the tissue paper pom poms.  Yay for wine and craft night! :)

Baby T, your Aunt Laura can't wait to meet you!!!!!  And I know a certain 4-year-old that is so excited to finally have you "pop" out!

Fall zoo trip

The morning after we got back from Florida Jeremy said, "Let's just be lazy."  And I said, "I am all for that, but we also have to entertain two kids all day."  :)  So then he said, "It is so nice out.  Let's just go to the zoo."  Totally not what I thought he would say.  We were in denial about going back to work the next day.  We packed a lunch and went for a few hours.  Kelly came with us too.  It was beautiful out and the animals were enjoying themselves. It was a nice family day!

The female lion did some intense roaring on top of a rock.  I had never heard something like that before. 

Here is Addie's roar!

Kate loved petting the goats.  She loves animals!

Kelly has a picture of this from last year as a comparison.  Lately I have been realizing how big she has gotten and it is hitting me that she'll be in Kindergarten next year!  Crazy!  Last year her head was much lower on this picture.

Both girls together. :)

The orangutangs are probably my favorite at the zoo.  Kate was not a fan!

Aww. Sweet picture.

August in a post

Yep, I'm updating August photos in mid-October. Better late than never is mentality right now. So here is the month of August and early September in one post.

Addie took swim lessons in late July.  It really helped her confidence, but she still has a little ways to go.  She met a new friend there.  Her name was Kate and they had matching bathing suits. :)

Jeremy and I celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary on August 7th.  I didn't get to do a separate post about it.  Hard to believe it has been 8 years.  We took a weekend getaway trip to Nashville.  It was awesome (and seems FOREVER ago...wanna go again?)!  Nashville is a great city for a weekend away.  We had dinner, had drinks (Yuengling, of course), walked around downtown, shot pool in a pool hall/bar on Honky Tonk Row, slept in, went to Franklin & Leiper's Fork (two of the cutest towns outside of Nashville), met up with friends for dinner and most importantly, enjoyed time together as a couple!  Now with a second kid and busy work schedules, especially Jeremy's workload, things can get very stressful and busy.  It was so nice to spend time with each other, talk and enjoy meals kiddo free!  Love you, babe.  To many years to come!

It was beautiful weather that weekend!  We sat on the patio for dinner one night downtown. You can barely see "The Batman" building in the back.

Jeremy was so excited to see the General Lee when we were in Leiper's Fork!


When we got back from our trip we headed out to Jenny and Anthony's house.  The kids had fun fishing, but I think Jeremy had the most fun! :)

Had to take a picture of this! Ha!

Two houses down from their house is a small farm with some horses.  The horses are so sweet!  It was the first time Kate had been close to a horse.  She was a little scared at first.

Love this photo of Abigail

A couple of pics from an evening at a park...

Had to get a picture of the monkey butt. :)

A night of s'mores with the Wildes.  Kate likes to snack on the graham crackers.

We went down to Lake Cumberland for Labor Day Weekend.  Unfortunately it rained a lot, but we still had fun.  We also watched the UK/UofL football game.  Kate's cheering on the Cards (like her mom!).

It is rare for Layton to wear regular clothes. :)

They caught a turtle and named him "Shelly".

Addie started soccer with the Northeast YMCA.  I am so excited since I played soccer from age 5 until I graduated high school.  She is still trying to get hang of it and understand some of the basic concepts.  She practices once a week and has games once a week until the end of Oct.  One of the last games Addie was around about 8 other kids and the ball was right by her and she said, "Coach Mark, watch this!" and proceeded to do a cartwheel instead of trying to get the ball.  Ha!  She is having fun and laughs a lot, so that is all that matters.  Plus, she runs a lot and it helps wear her out at night!  :)  Go Thunderbolts!

Kate got a swing from Mamaw and Papaw (Annette and John) for her birthday.  She loves it!  Whenever we are outside she wants to swing.

And Addie still loves her tree swing!

Ok, on to fall pics soon.  Have a great week!