Cheerio!!

Paisley just got up from her nap and was ready for her afternoon snack. It varies but it typically consists of a jar of baby food and some juice. But since she has gotten her first tooth (if you look closely you can see it on the bottom) I have been a little more open to trying new things since she really wants to chew. So this week we have started dry Cheerios. She LOVES them and best of all they keep her somewhat occupied too! But as I sit here and type this she is tossing them over the side of her highchair just like her sister Crosby used to do when she was done eating and ready to play. Good thing our puppy Bruiser likes Cheerios too!

Look What Miss Paisley is up to Now!

It won't be long now!! She is also standing holding on to something and then letting go and balancing for a few seconds. We are excited for her to start walking....but I hope I don't have to eat my words!!

My Neighbor Says We are "Batty!"

At about 10 o'clock last night as we were getting ready for bed we had quite a bit of excitement. As I was walking out of our bedroom I SCREAMED loudly when I saw a BAT circling around our second floor landing!! I screamed so much I woke Paisley up!! So I RAN in her room to settle her back down and when I did the bat flew downstairs where Heath was. (After the whole fiasco was over he told me that when I screamed he knew that could only mean there was a bat in the house!!) We managed to get it closed off in the dining room so we could come up with a plan. I called my neighbors and Jennifer came right over. I asked her if she heard me screaming and she said she thought she heard something but she wasn't sure. I told her that it was a good thing I wasn't getting murdered!

Carrie was at Wal-Mart (go figure!) and when I texted her about our situation she just told me she always "knew we were a little batty!!" "hahaha...no time for jokes" i texted back!!! So Jennifer came over and the three of us just stood in the doorway watching the bat (seriously for about 30 minutes!). We were ALL too chicken to do anything about it---and let me tell ya my hubby was the biggest chicken of all---okay not more than me!!--but still chicken!! We went through about 20 ideas--not kidding. At one point Jennifer asked me what the life expectancy of a bat was and maybe we could just leave it in there until it dies. I just looked at her and said "next idea!!" Finally after NO PROGRESS was being made I texted Carrie again and asked her to please just come home and take care of it and that she did........

She walked right in grabbed the net (which we keep in our house after the last bat incident!) and scooped it right up. It really made us feel like a bunch of wienies!!! Thank goodness Carrie moved in next door to take care of stuff like this for us!!

Heath the "bravely" took the net from Carrie and escorted Edward the Bat outside! They told him to take it across the street to let it out!! HA! He walked down and let it out by the tracks and we could see him jumping out of the way as it flew out!!

***edition to the story: Since they are our "new" neighbors they don't yet know what a psycho picture taker I am. At one point Jennifer said, "is this a good time to be taking pictures???" and I replied, "this is the BEST time to be taking pictures!!!!"

We thought it was a pretty big one (oh that's another thing Jennifer said about her life span idea...since it was big maybe it was old and it would die soon! She is a trip!) with it's wings open but Heath said it was chewing on the net and squeezed out one of the holes when he let it go!

Speaking of Edward, we had rented the movie Remember Me earlier in the evening and since it was a RedBox and due back the next day we figured we had better go ahead and start it. It was WONDERFUL (I think I will buy it-and I don't do that very often) and we ended up staying up til 1am!! Way too late considering Heath had to work at 5am! An I thought my lazy summer butt was tired---I couldn't IMAGINE how pooped he must've been!!

check out the trailer and go rent it for a buck when you want to see a good movie...

They Passed!!

Chelo is moving on to Level 5 next week and Crosby goes to Level 4!! We found out yesterday that Crosby would be moving to the next level. Since she is so small and Level 4 is in the deep water the instructor wanted to make sure she and I were both okay with it! She also thought that Crosby should be in Swim Club next year!! We'll see! They are having a great time with their summer activities and staying REALLY busy! Adler just finished up tennis and disc golf this week and will be doing volleyball camp in a few weeks while Chel goes to basketball camp!!
We are staying SUPER busy doing exactly what we love this summer!! Our girls like to stay busy---I wonder where they get that?!?!?!

Just In Case You Were Wondering......

YES, I do plan to blog again one day!!! We have so many summer activities keeping us on the constant go and this summer to top it all off we have a crawling, standing, getting into everything little 8 month old!!! So I made the executive decision to "unplug" myself to save my sanity!! We are having a WONDERFUL summer so far (so much to share!) and we are trying to cherish each and everyday as they are already slipping by way to quickly!!

SOOOO, friends and family that are MISSING my posts...don't give up on me! This is a temporary hiatus!! I hope you are all having a great summer!! MUAH!!

8 Months Old!!

8 months is VERY active for our little one!! She is into EVERYTHING all of the time! I have pretty much put everything on the back burner this summer so I can keep an eye on her!! She is VERY mobile and gets in to everything! She especially loves all things that are NOT her toys!! She is really into the dogs, their toys, and food!! She can unfold a whole basket of laundry in 2 seconds and can climb the stairs like a champ!! Other things going on this month:

• She got her first bottom tooth!!! She's been a little cranky about it but not too bad.
• She pulls up on anything and everything. She actually prefers to stand and will get up on all fours and walk like a bear!
• Her crawling has progressed from army crawl to caterpillar to full speed ahead!
• She says "dada" really softly and "MAMA" when she cries (already has it figured out!!)
• She loves to eat little fruit puffs (which she can feed herself), cereal, and veggies.
• If you help her drink water out of your cup she will drink the whole thing!
• She LOVES to watch her sisters play and they LOVE to play with her (for short periods of time!!)
• she has TONS of brown hair. She has had one haircut and her dad thinks it looks like a boy's! So Grammy started putting ponytails in it! They stick straight up like Pebbles but we think she looks pretty darn cute!!
• the tops of her feet are always black from crawling around (I sweep, I swear!!!)

Well, she has found the cord to my laptop so I guess that is all I have time for now!!!