our weekend : 10/9-11/2015

 where, oh where, to begin. let's see, we got quite a lot done on Friday. you had your 9 month checkup, which consisted of two shots :( you absolutely did not enjoy them this time. (the past couple times you would cry a little and then you'd be quickly over it.) this time you cried the whole way out of the doctor's office. i really hope it doesn't make you hate the doctors, but who really likes going to the doctors. after your appointment we took Dooley to the vet to have her annual check-up and get her shots as well. and then we went home and just hung around the house. it wasn't until later that night that things took an awful turn. Dad and I ate dinner late, due to him hanging out with Uncle Lock wayyy too late. so when we finished eating, it was close to 11 pm. i immediately felt queasy, but figured it was from eating too late. about an hour later i was hunched over the bathroom toilet with the worst stomach bug :((( it was the worst i have felt in a looong time! after doing a lot of researching i reasoned that it was best for you to stay with me and nurse you. apparently i pass antibodies to you so your immune systems recognizes the virus if you catch. it's Tuesday now, four days later, and knock on wood i really hope your in the clear!! Dada came home form work yesterday with the bug. and when i got home form work, you better believe i sanitized any and everything in the house! I'm just really hoping we get rid of this yucky soon!

i also have to say that we have the very best Joanie ever! she comes to my rescue every single time i need her! i really don't think there has been a time that she's not helped me out in a pinch! and you absolutely love going to her house.

so this weekend turned into the weekend firm hell and now Dada and i are recuperating this week. i really hope we feel back to ourselves by this weekend!! i didn't take any pictures over the weekend, so i will post some that were sent to me last week. love you little girl!!

your last afternoon snuggle with Uncle Lock :( well maybe not last, but now Lock goes to work because he has a job!!

your FIRST BIKE RIDE with Noma!!! she said you loved it! and how cute are you with your helmet on! 

after your 9 month checkup, at the vet's office...passed out

Mamie's first selfie -- you were holding the phone and somehow managed to turn the camera on. i clicked the photo button, but you were crying because you thought i was trying to take the phone away. you're weirdly obsessed with electronics 

mamie & christine

this will be a never-ending story...

you have known each other since you've been in our tummies.

Christine was the first to be announced on Mother's Day 2014 at Sunday dinner, and the next weekend we found out you would become part of the family too!

at the time, all we knew was that each of you were there; we didn't know your sex, much less ideas of what your names would be.

we knew y'all would be best friends when we found out together that aunt Leigh and i were both having girls!

Dada and i figured out a name pretty quick. we didn't learn Christine's name until we had the gender reveal.

mae & christine, christeenie & mamie :))) get ready to do pretty much anything and everything together for the rest of your lives, or at least i hope it goes this way ;)

love you both so much, sister-frands!! xoxo!!!

this was the BEST WEEK EVER...you girls were born about 22 hours apart!! you were meant to be besties, or sista-frands. 

this picture was taken a couple days after you both came home from the hospital. this was y'all's very first meeting, and sadly i missed out on it. i tried so hard to come out and be apart of it, but i felt terrible., i think it's also when i realized that something was major wrong with the way i was physically feeling. it's moments like this that I'm glad we have cameras to capture the memories!

Riverside Presbyterian Church: baptism - March 22, 2015

Baptism - after all the excitement. i love this picture. you both look like little dolls!

this is another picture that just melts my heart! i wish i could remember how old you guys were in these pictures...i think you are around 4 months old, judging by what you're wearing. your outfit was one of my favorites!
it's from Gommy (Hobby Horse - size 6 mos.)

i know we were watching a pre-season Jags game, hence you "wild" outfits! you guys were soo tiny!! I miss you being this size :)

you are around 5 months in this picture (shrimp & grits size 6 mos. outfit) Noma bought you all matching outfits. i also know this was taken at a Sunday dinner because y'all are laying on the rug by Noma's front door, while we all ate dinner.

just having some girl friend chats!!

this might have been one of the first times you all were at the pool together. we spent lots of time at the pool the first summer y'all were born! i can't wait until summer 2016 when you will actually be running around wearing your floaties!!!

another pool day & looking like twinsies in your matching sun hats

sisters & "sisters"
i know you and C will love hanging out with the Schweagle girls!!  

this is your 6 month birthday!!!

i love C's big bow. i can't wait for your hair to get thick enough for a huge bow!

this was our last pool day of the summer. i think that summer 2015 was the best summer ever so far! it's crazy to think that the first pool pictures you guys could barely hold your heads up; this day y'all were crawling all over the place! you even dunked yourself in the middle of the baby pool!

this was taken shortly after the picture above (at the pool). we went over to leigh & carter's for a cocktail and you girls just couldn't hang!

there are soooo many more pictures out there! these are just a few that i rounded up, and Lord knows we will have more than we can imagine by the time you girls are 1...a little more than 3 months!! i know the time is going to fly by. you girls will probably have joint birthday parties until you voice reason otherwise. and even then you will always share a family birthday :)))) 

Sugar Mountain: 10-2015

I'm going to go ahead and start this by saying, a vacation is really not a "vacation" after you have a baby. maybe one day it will return to a relaxing time to unwind and just chill, but for now it probably cant be anymore stressful for me. there's all the packing, and accessories (i.e. baby gear), and the what if we need this or that, or what if the weather decided to change, or what if she blows out a diaper everyday...however, i should stop whining because we did *kinda* have fun up in the mountains. we decided to leave after work on Wednesday to drive through the night so you could sleep the whole way. it worked out very well for you. you cried for about 30 minutes out pf the 7.5 hours. we arrived at 3 am and were sooo tired, none the less you woke up at 7:30 am. we had planned to take you to do all the touristy stuff and then pretty much realized we'd be wasting our money. plus it was rainy and cold outside, and most of the "attractions" were outside, so we skipped on all of it. we ended up spending three days vegging out at the house. which was nice, but made me go a little stir-crazy :)

time for picture overload...

this was our first morning at the mountain house. Dad and i took shifts with you. i woke up first at 7:30 am, and then he left me fall back asleep to watch you the rest of the morning :)

we made a nice little play area for you so we could watch football and you at the same time.

here's one of the accessories i brought - a baby gate. probably over-kill, but we were told that the railings on the stairs were big enough for you to crawl through. it wasn't though, and we could have left the gate at home...

the beautiful view off the back porch!

our first morning there while i was washing dishes, you and Dada were outside on the porch. i glance over and he is learning down looking at you. next thing i know he comes running inside with you in his arms and tells me that you're choking on a leaf. i did the "finger swipe" and could feel it but it was too far down your throat. Dada shoved his finger so far down your throat and you instantly starting crying. ohhh the relief! it was a pretty scary moment and I'm so thankful that Dada was there. the rest of the trick was spent checking for mouth for something you might be chewing on. you're like a little goat! you munch on everything!! 

p.s. i found the leaf in your poopie that evening ;)

you loved plying with this stuffed bear. i love your reaction when you see a stuffed animal! you get so excited and hug it so hard. your favorite stuffed animal is Oveito (the lamb in the background). i named him that because of the little lamb on sesame street. 

 these pictures will definitely be some of my all-time favorites!! this day we took you to the Mast General store. long story short. three years ago on this very same weekend Dad asked me to marry him :))) we took a picture in this very spot with Dooley.

October 2012

 Dad pushing you up, up, up the hill!

These pictures just melt my heart. i could literally stare at them all day. i love every picture i take of you, but every once in awhile i take a picture and realize just how beautiful you really are...that sounds sooo vain, but its sooo true! your cute little smirk just makes my heart hurt it so damn cute! When you were born Dad and I would always say that we love you so much, it hurts. sometimes when i hug and kiss you i have to stop myself from squeezing you too tight. geeeeeze, i love you so much!!!!!!

when i took these pictures, Dada said, 'get the red tree in the background" -- you can kiiinda see it over his shoulder. in real life it was such a pretty red tree.

i just want to go ahead and note that it wasn't as cold as it looks. in all the pictures you don't have socks/shoes on, and I'm like dressed for the chilly-cold. the pictures above you did have shoes on, but you took them off and chewed on the Velcro.

that booty though!! when we laid you down on your make-shift bed, that little bottom just popped right up! this picture cracks me up! and you do sleep like this all the time :)

you had just woken up from a nap and i scooped you up and held you, and you ended up falling right back asleep. so i just held you and snuggled you. i love when you sleep so soundly on me. i fell like this is when you get your best sleep. 

last, but not least, we stopped by great grad-daddy's house on the way home. he made Dada and i breakfast (grits, eggs, bacon, and sausage) and he even skipped church! he just moved up to chapin, sc and it makes me sad that i cant see him whenever anymore. he loves you so much :) you are his 5th great-grand baby, but 1st girl grand baby. it was a quick, but short trip and i wish we could have stayed longer!!

this trip was not the most successful trip with you; we've definitely had better, but i know it will get easier the older you get. and i do have to say that you are becoming more and more fun. i just cant wait until you have teeth and i can feed you whatever were eating, and when you're out of diapers and can walk, and...I'm just kidding!!! it wouldn't be worth it if it was easy!! i love you baby girl, you teach me everyday how to become more and more patience; with you, Dada and even myself. love you more than anything in this world!!!!!

our weekend: 10/2-4/2015

this past weekend was pretty lax. we did things here and there but didn't have too much going on. Sunday we celebrated aunt Mary's birthday at fyc brunch, and like always, i had the most delicious waffle with chocolate chips, strawberries and whipped cream :)) its my favorite! in the fall our weekends pretty much consist of football, brunch, and then some more football. i cant wait to watch you sit on the couch with Daddy and cheer on our teams. you will grow up a Florida state & Georgia fan, but i will support whatever decision you make when it comes time to go to college. this week we leave for Gommy's mountain house! we are so excited to bring you up here!! the leaves will be changing their colors and it will look like a sea of yellow, orange, and red. it will also be your first time experiencing the cool weather since you were born. 

these pictures are from the past weekend. I'm really starting to resent my phone. it's an iPhone 4 and what would be considered very outdated. i keep trying to remind myself that at least i have a cell phone (but who doesn't these days...), however i just really wish Dad would go ahead and bite the bullet to get new phones. he always tells me to use the camera, but its so dang difficult to pull out a camera and snap pics, especially if something is happening "in the moment." i wish you were a little older and could talk, because I'd teach you to say, "let's surprise Mama and get her a new iPhone."

we surprised pops on Saturday. even better, we surprised him in your fsu cheerleader dress. Aunt Leigh bought it for you and C has a "matching" gator dress. I'm sure there will be lots of pictures taken when we play each other!

I've decided i need to start taking more pictures to remember what were doing. there were countless moments where i thought to myself, ohh i need to remember this moment and then completely forgot, whoops! but still how cute are you?!?! you wore a"princess" dress - that is any dress (mostly smocked) that is long and hits around your ankles. at least that is what we're going to call them ;) another funny thing you do is suck on your paci upside down. you do this intentionally. i don't know why though. i always say, "you so silly with your paci upside down!"

 here's another one of your "princess" dress. see what i mean? and of course, you standing up on your tippy toes trying to get a sip of Dada's beer. i think he would let you drink some if it wasn't for me saying no! 

even though it was aunt Mary's birthday, she still brought a bag full of clothes that she bought you from old navy. it's all 12 month sizes and it makes me cry! i cant believe you will be a 1 year old soon!!! this jacket will be perfect for north carolina. i put it on you this morning and Dada said you looked like a baby polar bear. i cant wait to bundle you up later this week! we plan on leaving Wednesday night so that you sleep. you will wake up in the chilly weather :) 

Love you baby girl!!

xo, 

Momma