Thanksgiving Points Discovery Garden

I love Thanksgiving Point! We had so much fun running around the garden and getting lost in the mazes. The kids were in charge so we got lost many times, it was a blast! There is a tunnel you can slide down to get into the bear cave so that was a hit for a while. Its been so nice to have this stuff close at hand.

Sidewalk Chalk + Water = Hours of FUN!

We got home from the Gardens and the day was still young. With daddy out of town we had to come up with another activity to keep busy until bedtime. Abbie had a great one, mix water with the chalk... it turned out great!! They had a blast for a couple of hours made a big easy to clean up mess and I got to sit on the bench and relax while I watched them! The end result was two tired messy kids. We took baths and went to sleep after a long fun day of activities!!

Tuckered out!

Izza had so much fun with the animals today that it wore her out. She fell asleep on the drive home with her mickey mouse cell phone and legs crossed.... both Abbie and I thought it was too cute not to take a pic!

Farm Country

I am trying to get as much outdoor activity in before it gets too cold!! We went the Thanksgiving Point's Farm Country today. The girls had a blast. We haven't been since last October so it was all new to Izza she ran around so excited about everything. We saw baby goats, pigs, chickens, horse, sheep, peacocks, turkeys, and of course we fed the ducks forever, they are too fun! Then they couldn't wait to ride the ponies. Abbie hopped on all by herself and Iz was equally excited... until the little boy next to her started to cry (you can see him in the pic with abbie on the horse), that made Iz nervous and she refused to ride!! We got her ticket back and used it for a carriage ride instead, the safer way to go, maybe next time :)

The Nursery!

I have finally been able to get the nursery set up! Our house has a sitting room in the master bedroom so its been turned into the nursery! Its perfect, things fit nice and snug (what babies like, right?) Just a few finishing touches left. I can't believe we are down to 6 or so weeks...... Its still not a reality that two babies will be coming home with us!! We can't wait to meet them!!
Abbie and Izza tried out the cozy-ness of the cribs for the babies. They were both pretending to sleep!
ps. I know the window coverings are awesome, but temporary until the shutters are done!:)

My pretty finger paints!

Abbie was gone with Gma and Gpa Cobb to run errands. It was just me and Iz and she got a great idea... finger paints (as she calls it). It's the little kid nail polish that is like clear glue with sparkles in it. It peels off after about 30 seconds so its pretty harmless if it gets EVERYWHERE!! She was so proud of her self, she painted my fingers and toes as well... It is so amazing to realize that she is this big!!

wHaT??

My girls are too too funny! They couldn't stop giggling. I thought they looked huge but when I saw the pic I realized we are all pretty evenly proportioned!!! I am huge!! yikes! I love my silly girls!!!

28 weeks and counting.......

I have had several people ask to see pics of the gigantic belly so here it is..... I am bigger than I have ever been!!! I had to order new larger sizes of maternity clothes.. yikes!! I am due Nov 14Th but the docs say plan at least 4 weeks sooner!! We have settled on names for our sweet babies. We will have Emily Sarah (my g-gmas name) and Olivia Klara (Ben's g-gmas name). Abbie and Izza are getting more excited everyday! I am just hoping the babies will wait until the whole house in unpacked and the nursery is set up:)

Izza's 1st haircut!!!!!!!!!!

Izza got her first haircut today!! She was so excited the whole drive over to the salon, when we got there she had a change of heart. She wasn't even going to get near the chair! Abbie went first to show her how fun it could be. She decided if she could look at a magazine then she would sit there sort of still. We just cut the tiny mullet piece off the bottom of her hair, it so funny to see her without it. She loved it once the haircut got going, after she was done, she ran up and down the salon showing everyone her haircut. She was so excited!!! She is such a big girl!!! (of course she wouldn't hold still for the after pic... maybe next time!)

She's ready....... I'm not!!!

Abbie cannot wait for school to start! She will be going all day and having lunch at school, the highlight of a lifetime. She has been waiting for years to be able to do that!! We went and got the school uniforms and supplies this past week. It is so hard for me to realize that my first baby will be in school from now until...... well at least 12 years, if not more!! Its a time of reflection for me, I had so many plans of things we would do everyday and things I would teach her in order to get her ready for the big world of school...... All I can do is just hope she is ready. (I really mean, hope I am ready to let her grow up!) I am so proud of her and all that she already is, I will miss her like crazy!!