What's Up You Ask...

Dear Abigail,

Man alive we've been super busy!  Every weekend and a lot of time during the week, too, we have had so much going on.  Thank goodness for cameras because otherwise I'm not sure I'd remember everything!  

Of course, I couldn't forget your sister's first ever birthday!!  You were super excited to give her card to her...

You (and Mommy!) were so proud.  It says "I love you - Abby" written all by yourself!! And you were also quite proud of the present you got her, which was a bit of a shock to Mom....

That Minnie Mouse was NOT supposed to be in that bag, nor in our Target shopping cart, but somehow it found it's way home and in Kate's birthday bag.  Hmmm... Sneaky thing you!  Here's what Mommy thought you were excited about giving her!  Her first baby doll, with a paci and all!  

You two got all dressed up and we headed out.

Where to, you ask, well where does Kate love??? Goofballs!!! Okay, okay, not Kate, but you and Ellie do, and, well, Kate does love it a little bit! 

There have been more soccer games going on, all of which your team wins, all of which you score a lot of goals!  Hooray!  I mean, good job, but winning isn't everything.  It sure does feel nice though!

Of course, sometimes you incorporate your gymnastics in with soccer...

With nothing but grace, of course.  And we love some tunnel at the end of a ball game!

Somewhere in these past couple of weeks, you went home with Mimi and spent a night with Clara Lee.  You guys had a ton of fun, but the one thing that was the mostest fun to you was getting to ride in a booster seat.  Apparently, your car seat got left in Mimi's car, so all Ash-ash had was a booster seat and boy, oh, boy, you thought you (and Ash-ash) were something special!  You, still weeks later, tell me all the time that "I got to ride in a booster seat at Ash-ash's house! Ha ha ha ha ha!"  And then I remind you that "ha, ha..." is disrespectful and then you say "Hey Mom, you know what I got to do at Ash-ash's house?" and I act like I have no clue and you tell me with the biggest smile on your face!

You also went to some of Ash-ash's friends house to watch the UT football game, which means you got to play with a bunch of little girls, particularly one little girl who has none other than a chihuahua!  Ahhhh!! I can't escape them!!

There was some fishin' going on during this visit, or what appears to be some 'gettin dirty' going on based on these pictures!!!

Oh, and we had your sister's first ever birthday party, too!!! You and your cuz's clean up pretty nicely, huh!!  It was a sweet, fancy first birthday party and you three had a blast, as usual.

And your pretty little sister decided to start officially walking at said birthday party!!!!

Also, at some point, we made a trip (or two...) to Cece's!  You were super excited about giving Kate some of your chocolate, which she did so happily!

Oh, and yeah, so you are in dance now!  Particularly, ballet.  You LOVE it and are excited to put on your whole get up, and you look so adorable in it, too!

Ahhhh yes! So you and Mommy had a special little trip to Cookeville a couple of weeks ago.  Your cousin Alexis was on homecoming court and so we HAD to go see her!  I kept telling you that we were going to see a lot of pretty princesses, all dressed up in ball gowns and you were SUPER excited!!

Here's you and Alexis, two super pretty girls!

After the homecoming, we went to dinner with Aunt Amy and Aunt Jill (and Alexis).  I'm glad we were able to go and you still talk about your princess, Alexis!
Oh, so the weekend of Kate's party, Mammaw and Pawpaw came up and stayed for the weekend, so on Sunday morning we all went to Cracker Barrel, and guess what they had???! A chihuahua!!! Mammaw was sweet enough to buy you your very own puppy and it even yaps like a chihuahua - hooray!  At least you have accepted that this is as good as it's going to get with you and getting a chihuahua!

And it's been really nice weather, so we've gone on bike rides...

Or well, short bike rides.  You get lazy. Quick. So Daddy has to carry the bike back...

Oh, and this day was kind of sad... I took you AND Kate to your 4 year and 1 year check up, respectively.  Well, I didn't realize that BOTH of you would get 5 shots each. Yes, 5.  You were smart, too, and asked Dr. Lee immediately if you were getting any shots.  He was able distract you for a total of 1 minutes until you decided to just hide in the window until I literally pulled you out to hold you down on the table.  Sad day... Very sad day...

BUT good news is we went straight from the doctor to Mimi's house!! You and Kate were getting your pictures taken in Covington AND we were celebrating Mimi's birthday!!  And, of course, you had a little visit from your dear goofball, Clara Lee!

And, again, we've been enjoying this beautiful weather!!! (and getting ready for Halloween!)

 

We've also had a couple play dates.  Cole and Chloe came over one afternoon and we met Anna and Jacob at Chick-fil-a on a rainy day!  And, of course, we've had a couple dinners at Ellie's house and a couple times Ellie's been at our house.  She came over to watch a football game and we went to her house to watch a football game and then decided to just chill all day and eat dinner!  Lots and lots and lots of hanging out with the friends, lately!  That's what's been up!!!  Loves you!