This Week

Dear Abs,

We've been having so much fun lately. And we didn't even have to go out of town!

Your baby sister is growing up on us so fast and this past week she took her first big girl bath, and you got to take it with her!

You were SUPER excited and even let her wash your face :)

And since she was growing up, I thought I'd let you grow up a little and wash your own hair, which you did rather well if I may say so myself.
Yes, you were trying to spike it up!

And, going along with the big girl theme, we headed back to the zoo and you rode the carousel all by yourself!!!! Wow is right. Mommy was feeding Kate, so I couldn't ride with you and you said "Hey, Mom, I can ride by myself." So... I let you. And that included standing in line by your self and handing your tokens to the man, by yourself...

You did a great job, but did have a little trouble getting on your lion, but the man was nice enough to give you a boost.

You didn't need his help after the ride. You just jumped. You are half monkey, remember.

And we did NOT see the dinosaurs yet again, but, again, you played on the pretend one.
We played on the playground, including swings, which might I add, you totally can swing by yourself. You've been trying, but you totally have it now. Legs in. Legs out. Legs in. Legs out. Ugh, my baby girl. Where are you??!!!!

You even tried teaching your sister how to swing.

And the two of you swung together!

We also rode the new 'train' at the zoo. Now, let me just get this out there. The Nashville Zoo is so disappointing when compared to the Memphis Zoo (Mimi's zoo), so when I heard there was a new train at our zoo, I got excited. Well.... Memphis still rocks it out, no doubt. At least zoo wise. And trampoline park wise :) But, nonetheless, here you are on the 'train'.

And for a total of 2.5 seconds, the view was pretty neat.

Oh well, we have fun there. That's for sure. And for the first time, I let you pet at the petting zoo!

If you can't tell, you L-O-V-E-D it!!!! You begged to stay and brush the goats but I promised you that Aunt Ash-ash would let you brush theirs.

We, that is, you and I, went for a bike ride this week! You loved that, too, because it meant you could get off the driveway and ride on the road!
We've since rode our bikes a couple times, but unfortunately, you had a bad crash on Sunday and we ended up walking our bikes up a hill to get back home. Let's just say we need to work on using your brakes rather than your feet...

Friday was super fun for you because you went to Ellie's house and got to spend the night!!! Papa and Nona were in town and you had a blast with them. Saturday was beautiful so we took full advantage and went to Ryan's house for some outside fun. You two did lots of playing on the playground...

While others had a nice relaxed picnic...
And others loved playing with all the balls!!!
You were especially excited that we got to eat dinner outside.

Once the sun set, you kiddos went inside and we (Miss Leigh and Mommy) made an executive decision that each night at the beach we would provide a movie and popcorn for the kiddos while the parents relaxed on the back patio. Now, if you can just stop from tattling on each other!!!

Sunday was another beautiful day and Daddy grilled his yummy burgers for us and we got to eat again outside. Your fave!

Then, yesterday, Daddy brought you home from school and we had a surprise for you, well, it wasn't exactly a surprise, but you hadn't seen it, so it was sort of. Anyway!! You finally got the playground you've been asking for!!!!

Hooray!!!!!! What a great week! See, we didn't even leave town! That's not saying we won't ever leave town again, because we're headed that way real soon!!! Love you baby girl, I mean growing up girl!!!