7 months old

I can't believe Willa Kate is 7 months old already!! It seems like just yesterday I was pregnant with her!! She is such a happy little girl!!! Brady just adores her and can just look at her and she will start laughing!! It is the cutest thing!! Brady LOVES to make her laugh and he loves to play with her!! She is sitting pretty well, but her legs are always flexed and straight out when she sits so I think that is why it has taken her longer to sit all by herself! Willa Kate still doesn't have any teeth!! At this age Brady had 3 teeth!! So far she has eaten green beans, peas, sweet potatoes, squash, carrots and peaches and she loves them all!! She has started to get on her knees a lot, so she will crawling before we know it!! We have been trying to baby proof the house, like installing a hard plastic cover over the banisters in the playroom and putting up a baby gate at the top of the stairs! She has started trying to clap, clicking her tongue and she is babbling a lot! She is such a sweet girl and she is so cute I could just eat her up!!

Mississippi

We went to Mississippi for a week over the Labor Day holiday and had a fantastic time!! Some of the highlights are that we attended Prairie Arts, a arts and crafts festival in our hometown, visited with both of our families, and shopping (YES, I shop in Mississippi because they have the absolute cutest boutiques EVER!!!!). I always get asked where I get my children's clothing, decorations and gifts and almost 98% of the time I tell them Mississippi!! People always look at me like I am crazy!! But Mississippi seriously has some of the best shopping EVER! I think it's more of a southern thing! Alabama has some really good shopping too!! I made a trip to Birmingham to do a little when I was in town!

Brady always has the BEST time when we are Mississippi!! He always gets spoiled by both sets of grandparents and loves to play with his cousins!!

Here are pics from our trip!! I stole a lot of them off of my sister in law's blog!! LOL I didn't take a whole lot of pics!! I really need to get better about taking pics!!! Thanks for the pics Kasey!!

We had a little photo shoot for my niece's 1st birthday!! Isn't she a little doll?!?!?! Here are a few of my favorites!

Cael and Brady

Mary Clayton checking Willa Kate out!

The boys!

The girls!! Willa Kate, Mary Clayton and Lilah Claire (my sister in law's niece).

The best pic I could get of Willa Kate and Mary Clayton!!

Brady, Willa Kate and their first cousins!! (Brady, Cael, Willa Kate, Connor, Mary Clayton and Collins)

Collins and Brady taking a bath!! The tub was covered in dirt after they got finished!!

We went to Connor's football game and he did great!!!

Here are some pics from that night!

MC loving on Willa Kate!!

Brady, Collins and Cael playing!



Willa Kate enjoying the nice weather!!

First day of MDO

Brady had his first day at MDO 2 weeks ago!! I wasn't really sure how it would go since he has never stayed with anyone but my parents or Wilse's parents, and even then it hadn't been for long!! But he did GREAT!! We walked to his classroom and he just went right in and started playing!! I got all of his school things put away and just stood there for a minute watching him, then I walked over and told him bye and gave him a hug and he said "bye bye Momma"!! I had to hold back my tears!! With his personality, I knew he needed something like this!! He LOVES LOVES LOVES his "schools" as he calls it!! I am so happy and relieved that he enjoys it soooo much and we just love his teachers!!! He has not napped or even laid down during nap time, but I just think he is so excited that he can't!! LOL So his teachers have been reading to him during nap time while all the other children are napping! Maybe eventually he will nap during nap time! His Teaches asked me if he takes naps at home and I said yeah, and they said well what's your secret and I said, I don't know? LOL They said he is a very strong willed child and I just laughed!! He really is!!

Also, we are going to Kindermusik once a week and he just LOVES it too!!! It's music and dancing and pretend playing, so it is right up his alley!!

first day of "schools" pic