Summer Time!

Summer has flown by! I can't believe it is already September and fall is quickly approaching!  Lucky for us, our neighborhood pool stays open till October 12 so we have a little bit longer to have some pool fun!

 

We have had a crazy busy past couple months as usual.  Here are a few of the places we went and things we did:  Chi-fil-a Cow Appreciation Day, Ellington Ag Center, Splash Pad in Downtown Nashville, Williamson County Fair, Bowling Green, Lake Rabun (TWICE), Babyland General (Birth place of the Cabbage Patch Kid), Goats on the Roof, the neighborhood pool, the Science Center, The Zoo, puppet show at the downtown library, The Y, Sky High Sports, Bounce U, and many many more!When you have an almost 3 year old with us much energy as Hudson, the key is to keep them busy!

 

It is crazy to see how much the girls have grown up and changed over just the past two months.  Here are few pictures of our adventures!

They love this "boat"...aka - tray off the ottoman

Fun at the Splash pad

Sobes picking some veggies at the County fair

Hudson insisted we ride on the roller coaster...clearly she loved it!

I feel good about this boat captain...

Lots of fun cousin time this summer...LOVE!

She is officially playing soccer!

SueSue, her girls and treats from Hall's

Riding the Ski trainer!

As you can see the girls have had a great summer!  Here are few updates on what they have been up to.

 

Sullivan:

• She had her 15 month check-up today and everything looked great.  She weighs 25 lbs, 9.5 oz (85%) and is 32 3/4 in long (96%)
• She still eats like a champion and just last week at the lake she ate a rib down to the bone...I mean it was CLEAN!
• She is still our sleeper too - Thank goodness.  Last week in Atlanta, she slept till 11:15 EST!  Amazing!  But she always gets 12-13 hours a night!
• She is finally learning sign language and can now sign: more, please, thank you, milk and all done
• She is talking more and more everyday.  Some of her new words include: mama, dada, snack, dog, ball and Makers
• She also recently started nodding her head for 'yes' and 'no' and it is pretty cute
• She tries to do everything the big kids do including running which is even cuter to see those chunky little legs try to keep up with everyone!
• She is finally getting used to going to school and only cries for a second during drop off.  She goes to Mother's Day Out twice a week and The Academy twice a week and seems to have fun once I leave and she settles down.
• She recently got 4 molars and is about to get her bottom pointy teeth as I call them.
• She is pretty funny and I have a feeling it won't be long before she starts beating up on Hudson!

 

Hudson:



• She is one tall little lady.  I am not sure exactly how tall but let's just say she looks more like a 4 year old than a 2 year old.
• She still eats really well too so I am hoping we will skip right over the picky phase (although I know it is coming)
• She is playing soccer at First Presbyterian Church and is really liking it.  We have had 1 game and while she didn't participate the whole time (due to a middle of the game potty break) she did stick it out to the end which is more than I can say for 4 of our players who went home crying!  She is the youngest on the team by a year, so I am proud of her for even being out there.  She even did one throw-in and one kick-off.  She also scored the first 2 goals of the game (for the other team...) but I guess at this age - a goal is a goal!
• She LOVES school.  She also goes to Mother's Day Out twice a week and The Academy twice a week.  She just moved up a class at the Academy and has a blast every day!
• She is still a fish and loves to swim and can even swim without a life jacket.  She loves to run and jump in and swim back to the wall or stairs.  We only let her do it when one of us is in the water with her but she is getting really good at it.
• On our last trip to the lake, we bribed her to ride the ski trainer.  At first she only did it for the blow pop prize, but as you can see in the video below, she asked to get back on it with her blow pop.  She even asked to go again two more times last weekend.  We can't get her to stand up yet but next summer for sure!

That is about all for now.  Here are all the pictures from our adventures.  There are a lot so fair warning!

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4th of July

We are finally home from a wonderful 11 days at Lake Rabun!  Our week long trip was extended due to the lake flooding...but we won't complain!

 

There are way too many pictures to include but I have pulled out a few cute ones and you can enjoy the rest if you click the link at the end!

 

Some of the highlights from the week include:

• Tubing - nonstop - Sobe LOVED it
• Swimming - also nonstop
• Board games and Head's up on the iPad - Pace and Tom doing ballet would be the highlight of that for sure!
• Boat rides galore
• Running the Rabun Ramble - Shout out to PJ for winning his age group in the 10K, Eileen for getting second in her age group in the 10K and Wylee for getting second in her age group in the 5k - we brought home a lot of hardware
• Awesome fireworks by Cousin Brad in the cove
• Rain, Rain and more Rain
• The Copperhead Snake Slaying
• The Tree on BooBoo's car
• The flooded lake
• And many many more!

Fun in the baby pool on the top of the boathouse

Sweet Sobes!

Sobe and the belly...covered in blackberry juice!

Professional Boat Captains.....

Happy 4th of July!

No hands...no big deal!

Family tube ride!

Buddies waiting for the fireworks!

Yes the tube has a cooler!

Standing on water?!?

So sad that our trip is over but it was nice to get home to our house and our routines!

 

Plus, the day after we got home, this little one had her first day at The Academy of Maryland Farms!  She LOVED it!  She is Miss Wanda's class - Infant 3 and had a great first day!

 

That is about all for now!  As always here are the rest of the pictures from the lake trip!!

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June

We have had a busy few weeks so I thought I would get some pictures out before our big trip to the Lake for 10 days!

 

Hudson and our good Buddies, Ava Grace and Caleb, went to Lipscomb University's Lil Bison Soccer Camp.  It was for an hour a day for a week and Hudson just LOVED it!  It was also Special b/c one of my former players, Karli Crosby, is a rising Junior at Lipscomb and was Hudson's counselor!  It was so much fun to watch!

 

First Day!  All set!

Wacky Wednesday at Camp

So Wacky!

The last day was Lipscomb Spirit day...Sobes joined the fun!

Last day with Coach Karli!



Showing off her step-over while holding a popsicle..that is hard core!

Other than soccer camp we have stayed super busy.  Hudson also attended VBS with Ava Grace and Caleb and had a blast.  Unfortunately, she got a double ear infection and had to miss the last night but she loved every minute of it.

 

We also went to the Zoo for Friday night Member Night.  Bouncey houses and free carousel rides.  We packed a picnic dinner and had a blast!

 

Hudson planted some seeds earlier this spring and her flowers finally bloomed.  She is so proud of them and takes such good care of them.  Watering them everyday!  Here she is showing them off - with her assistant of course!

So proud!

We have also spent a lot of time at the pool.  Ton's cousin Chris and his family recently moved into our neigborhood and Hudson has loved it!  She and Sobes love having their cousins just down the street and I think we have played with Max and Gunner every day since they moved in!

Not to be outdone...I thought you might like to see what Sobes has been up to lately.  Here she is showing off her two favorite things....dancing and eating!

 

Here are the rest of the pictures from soccer camp and our other adventures!  Can't wait to show you all our pictures from the lake trip!  Until then, we hope everyone has a very Happy Fourth of July!

 

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Splish Splash...it's a Birthday Bash!

Happy Birthday Sully!

We celebrated Sully's First Birthday this past weekend with a big Rubber Duck themed water party!  We had perfect weather and so many wonderful family and friends in town to celebrate.  It was a great day and judging by the picture above...the birthday girl totally enjoyed herself!

Month by Month

We went with a rubber duck theme and I found some great decorations and invitations on Etsy.  Here are Sully's Month-by-month pictures!  She changed so much!

Decorate your own Rubber Duck Station

We also had a decorate your own rubber duck station.  The kids (and adults) loved it...even if it did get a little messy!

Super fun Pool (Thanks Iffy) and Rubber Duck Beach Balls everywhere

We had duck beach balls and all sorts of pools and sprinklers going.  

These two had a blast

As you can see, Reed and Hudson had a blast in the pool that Macy gave Sully for her birthday. It was a huge hit!

SueSue and I took on a Pinterest Project...turned out pretty cute

My mom and I decided to make the cake this year and I found a super cute idea on Pinterest so we decided to tackle it.  It turned out way cuter than expected and we even made a little mini-version for Sully's smash cake!  Nothing like some layer cake and icing with sprinkles, surrounded by kit-kats to get the party started!

Cake time

Sullivan liked the icing but didn't get much of the cake!

She got it everywhere...yet ate very little!

She barely ate any but somehow managed to get it everywhere.  When she realized how messy she was she got very update and that was the end of that!  Haha.  She did better than Hudson though.  She didn't even touch her smash cake!

Presents!  Really the boxes are the best part!

After the guests left, the girls and the cousins decided to go back to the neighborhood pool for MORE swimming and then we came home to cook-out and open some presents!  Hudson did most of the unwrapping but Sully loved all her gifts.  Of course she liked the boxes even more!

See everyone next year!

We opened the rest of the presents on Sunday morning and she got so many wonderful things.  We are so blessed to have such awesome friends and family!

 

It was a great weekend and here are even more pictures of the birthday bash!

 

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One Year Old

One year old!

Sweet Sully turned ONE yesterday!  She is such a big girl now and it is amazing how quickly she has started doing things in just the past few weeks. 

 

Our past month was full of summer time fun! 

 

Our Neighborhood pool opened the middle of May so we spend just about every free minute we have over there with the Bells.  As you can see Ava Grace and Hudson are total fish!  They love the water!

Pool time!

Aunt Iffy invited us to go see Joel Crouse play at Dave and Busters a few weeks ago also and it was a blast.  If you don't know him...look up his new single "If You Want Some" on YouTube...Hudson and Sobes LOVE it and highly recommend it.  The girls loved it and danced the whole time!

Rock Stars

We were supposed to go to Indiana to see Bo and Jen get married but wouldn't you know it both girls got ear infections the day before we were supposed to head out so Tom went without us and we hung out at home and took our antibiotics...haha.  Luckily, 2 weeks later we had our first plane trip planned!

 

Hudson was so excited to ride on an airplane for the first time.  We were a little concerned about Sobes, only because she is in the walk/crawl phase and holding her for 2 hours was going to be interesting...but they both did amazing!  On the way to Austin, they both had some snacks and took naps.  On the way home, Hudson napped and Sobes just looked out the window.  We couldn't have asked them to do any better!

First plane trip

We had a blast spending our Memorial Day in Austin, TX.  We went to visit the Boyles whose girls are about 6 months apart from our girls in age.  As you can see, Hudson and Blake were best buddies from the minute we arrived.  We did some swimming, toured the Texas athletic facilities, ate some great food and played at a huge park in Austin with playgrounds and a train ride!

Heisman pose??

Here is a group shot at the Texas football stadium....it was like herding cats so this was the best we could get.

The girls...best buddies!

Apparently it never rains in Austin...until we went to visit.  So we had to come up with some indoor fun and we found it!  We took the big girls to the Trampoline place, which Hudson LOVES and Blake had never been to.  They had a blast jumping and going in the inflatable slides and obstacle course.  It was awesome.

Trampoline time

We headed home on Sunday but had to get in one last swim!  These two were so much fun to watch and I can't wait to see them grow up!  I just wished we lived closer!!!

Last swim before we leave

This past weekend we celebrated Sully's birthday with just our family.  Her big party is next weekend but we went ahead and gave her her presents and let her have a giant sugar cookie (Thanks again Aunt Laura...she loved it).  As you can see she loves her new bouncy turtle and thinks it is so funny.

Sobes loving her birthday present

Pretty sure the cookie was a HUGE hit also!

And her Birthday cookie

We spent her birthday at the pool of course!

Happy Birthday Sully!

As you can see, we have stayed busy as always. 

 

Here is a little update on the girls:

Sully:

- We had her one year check up today and her new stats are: Height 31in (95%) and Weight 23 lb, 5oz (80%)

- She walks everywhere now.  If she gets in a huge hurry she will crawl but she always starts out walking

- She is still a great sleeper.  10-12 hours a night plus at least one nap

- She LOVES, LOVES, LOVES to eat.  Literally, we put it on her plate and she eats it.  Stir fry, bar-b-que, brussel sprouts, any type of fruit, steak, pork, chicken, tacos, etc.  She is an eating machine

- She has also started to dance.  Her go-to move is the twist but she also has a little bounce she does

- She is starting to say words which is fun.  Some of her favs are dog, hat, mama, dada, bath, and hi.

- She also tries to jump now.  It is so funny.  If you tell her to jump, she will bend her knees and try to jump up...she doesn't leave the ground but she is so proud.

- She loves to clap!

 

Hudson:

- Crazy as ever

- Barely Sleeps

- Still a good eater but not quite like her sister

- She is headed to her very first soccer camp starting June 10.  She will go for an hour a day for a week!  We got her some super cute cleats and she is very excited.  We'll see what happens when she gets there though!

 

I guess that is about all.  I will post another update next weekend after Sully's party as I'm sure we will have a ton of pics and I can't wait to see her dive into her cake!!

 

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Eleven Months

Eleven Months

Well the countdown is on!  Less than one month until our little Midgey turns ONE!  I can't believe it!  Time has flown by for sure. 

We had a pretty low key month which is good b/c we have 2 out of town trips planned for May including the girls' first airplane ride to Austin, TX for Memorial Day!

To start off this month we celebrated Tom's birthday.  The girls and I took him out to dinner Friday night at his favorite restaurant - The GerstHaus.  Hudson of course loves it too b/c like her Daddy she loves Kielbasa and Polka Music!  The next day we convinced Tom that we needed to go to Sky High and do some trampolining - which was not easy b/c all he wanted to do was work in the yard.  Luckily we got him there and he walked into his FIRST Surprise birthday party ever!  He was so shocked, it was perfect! 

Tom and I did get to enjoy some time away without the girls.  We headed to Greenwood, MS for our good friend Blewett's wedding.  It was so much fun!  Our whole group of friends was back together and without kids for the first time in YEARS!  I think some of us celebrated like we were 25 again...haha!

We also enjoyed the Kopf's Annual Cornhole Tournament.  Sadly Tom didn't bring home the trophy this year but we had a blast and so did the girls!

Other than that, we have just been playing outside in the nice weather, working, going to school and coaching soccer.  Hudson goes with me every week to help me coach and we are hoping to sign her up in the fall!

So tall!

Speaking of Miss Hudson.  She is still as wild and crazy as ever.  She had her last gymnastics class last week as we are taking the summer off to spend time at the neighborhood pool and play outside!  She has grown so much as you can see above - over 2 inches in 6 months!  She still talks up a storm and never sleeps or stops moving!  But she is getting so grown up and is so much fun to be around!



Trouble!

This little on on the other hand...is Trouble!  She is hilarious and goofy but B.A.D.  She can walk but chooses not to.  I think she knows if she walks we will stop carrying her everywhere.  She loves getting into Hudson's stuff and is pretty tough.  She and Hudson play rough and neither seem to mind.  She still LOVES to sleep.  Just last night she slept for 13 hours!  She also still LOVES to eat.  I am embarrassed to list what all she ate last night but let's just say she cleaned her own plate and Hudson's too!

We went to the doctor earlier in April and everything was great.  She has grown quite a bit but is still a midget compared to Hudson.  She was 29 3/4 inches long (90%) and 21 lbs, 7 oz (75%).  I am shocked she doesn't weigh more with the way she eats but I guess she burns it off with all the crazy crawling she does!

Already playing together...good buddies

The girls have already started to play together which is so much fun to watch!  I know the more mobile Sully gets, the more they will do together.  Sully had a blast the other night riding in the wagon with Hudson Pulling.  She was just laughing the whole time.

See you next time!

That is about all for now.  We will have lot of new pics and updates next month as we will have gone to Indiana for a wedding, Austin to visit the Boyles and Websters and celebrated Sully's First birthday!

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