The Big Party

I am admitting defeat that I won't be able to find a time to track down a card reader for the pictures on my camera, so here are some fabulous pictures from Danica's camera of the party for SK's birthday. We had over several friends to enjoy pizza, cupcakes, and the swing set!

Our Sassy 2 Year Old

There is my big two year old, can't you just hear her saying "CHEESE"?! Yes, she chose the hand motions herself. This was her going to school on her birthday all decked out in her "birthday girl" outfit. While she is two, she has not become terrible. Hopefully our sweet kiddo will stick around and craziness won't overtake her. She still loves all things girly (clothes, purses, shoes, makeup, etc), her favorite character is Minnie Mouse, she is very into baby dolls now and loves to feed them and put them to "night, night", she is a big flirt with the fellas (daddy is keeping a hawk eye out for this one), and she loves going to school and church (instead of crying when we leave, she now waves bye-bye to us immediately at drop off - like get outta here you are cramping my style). We were able to celebrate her birthday with having some friends over to play with her brand new swing set, but since I haven't loaded those pictures yet you'll just have to stay tuned. We did go to the doctor today, so below are her stats. When the nurse measured her height she asked if she was 3 - nope just a very tall 2 year old. She was super good at the doc, and didn't even cry when she got her last vaccination.

Height - 36" (95%)
Weight - 28.6 lbs (70%)
Head - 19.5" (90%)

Bowling and Hanging with Daniley

We hit a milestone two weekends ago - Sarah Katherine went bowling for the first time! She absolutely loved it, and even made a strike!!! (Granted there was a tiny bit of help from the bumpers and mommy, but it totally counts.) Who knew they made rental shoes in her size?!

After bowling we had set up a play date with our buddy Daniley. While SK was napping, Daniley got invited to her grandmommy's house and then Daniley was nice enough to take SK to the party! Daniley's mommy even found a deal on matching outfits for the occasion - she is the bargain QUEEN. Here are the girls hanging out with Daniley's cousin - Dexter.

This past weekend was "Member Day" all over Birmingham. Basically if you are a member of any one of these participating organizations, you get in free to any of the others on Saturday. So, since we were zoo members, we decided to go check out the McWane Center (kids' science museum) this past weekend. Sarah Katherine and a couple of her buddies go together and had a great time playing. We even got to hear a local theatre company perform pieces from the Sound of Music. Our girl loves singing, so she had a good time getting down to "Do a Dear..."!



After nap time, David got his second wind and wanted to go take SK somewhere else fun (I guess he's getting his time in for all those weekends he had to work, but man this is kicking my tail! Lots of excitement for me.) His first suggestion was to go to Chuck E Cheese. We went in, and in about 5 minutes we left. That place is a madhouse! Maybe I am not an "experienced" enough mom to handle that place. We may try again in a few years, but for now riding the carousel in the mall was much more our speed!

Seeing ALL of Chattanooga

The weekend of our 7th anniversary, we loaded up to Chattanooga to see Aunt Susan and Uncle Fred AND to see all the sights Chattanooga had to offer. It was so great to visit with family and to spend time together making our family memories!


We love you Aunt Susan and Uncle Fred - your the best hosts!

On Friday night we went to see Fred and Susan's son and his family at a local camping area. They had a sweet set up with a fancy camper and a boat, so we got to take Sarah Katherine on her very first boat ride...

At first she wasn't too sure about this whole thing, but...

As we picked up speed the whole boating idea started to grow on her and...

Finally she said scoot over Stephen, I'm going to drive!

Saturday was the bid day of sightseeing - Rock City, Ruby Falls, AND the aquarium. All in one day with a fairly well behaved little girl. Considering the girl didn't eat lunch until 1 and didn't get a real nap all day, I'd say we have an angel baby!

Hiking around Rock City - I had never been before, it really is beautiful!

Where we are standing, you can see seven states!

SK enjoyed being Miss Independent and walking around in the Ruby Falls cavern. She of course touched every rock as we walked around. :)

Pretend we have a decent camera and can see the falls behind David and SK!

And then finally came the aquarium. Her most favorite was the jelly fish. Let's hope she stays away from them in the ocean though!

Outside of the aquarium there was a splash pool area and of course SK loved it!

After all of that big day, SK pooped out by 6! David and I were supposed to go out to a nice dinner, but he got a really bad headache - so much for fanciness for us. Luckily BC Powder came to the rescue, and even though we missed our reservations we were able to go to dinner and a movie. Something is better than nothing! :) Time has flown by so fast, I can't believe it's already been 7 years. I am so thankful for a great husband who is also a great father - I love you!

Little Miss Firecracker!

Happy 4th of July from SK! She is getting to be so grown up these days, and Miss Firecracker is a perfect term for her - she always buzzing everywhere, she definitely lights up a room, and the girl can work her red, white, and blue! She is starting to talk more these days, and sadly with that comes "No" and "Mine". We are moving through our "teachable moments", but on the whole our little one is still super sweet!

Celebrating Daddy Being off Work on the Weekends!

So, I know I am averaging once a month for my blogging but at least I'm a binge blogger and put up a bunch of info each month! We are now excited to say David is off on the weekends and we can finally do fun stuff together as a family. He is working as the General Manager of a hotel in Huntsville, so it is a bit of a drive but it is a wonderful opportunity for him. So far, so good and we are LOVING our weekend time together. :)

We took a trip to the zoo and got to show dad all around (we are members of the zoo, but David hasn't been able to go on a lot of our trips up there). He got the royal treatment and even rode the train! The gorillas were so excited they even came out to say hi (the first time I've seen them!).