Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween from our little 'bugs'.

The Zoo

Things have been so busy I haven't had a chance to post about Scott and his new job!  Thank you all for the prayers for him, he was really getting bummed about still not having a job.  God really blessed him recently as he actually had two offers.  Ultimately he accepted the position with Wells, it is only contract but he is hopeful it will turn into a full-time position before the contract expires in a year. 

So with that said he starts on Monday and we wanted to do something fun with the girls together before he starts.  I took today off and we all went to the Columbia zoo.  I wasn't sure if the girls would be at the age yet to really enjoy it, but I think they really did.  They really liked seeing the animals and Emma wanted to pet them all very badly, even the elephants.  It was a great day and we got some cute photos of the girls.  I was dreading the drive a little because sometimes they get fussy in the car but they really did great and it only took about 1 hr and 15 minutes so it wasn't too bad.  It was a beautiful sunny day in the 70s, we really could not have asked for a better day with our girls.

Left to Right: Emma, Savannah, Olivia

Left to Right: Savannah, Emma, Olivia

Left to Right: Emma, Olivia, Savannah

A Beach Wedding

I was in my friend Lisa's wedding this weekend at the beach.  I have never been to a beach wedding and this one was especially unique as it was a sunrise wedding.  I was afraid I would freeze on the beach in October but it wasn't too bad, my feet (yes the bride and bridesmaids were barefoot) were super cold but other than that it was very nice.  They had a beautiful sunrise and a sweet ceremony.  The girls were invited but we decided to leave them home as it was a 4 hour drive.  It was nice to have a small break and we knew the girls were in good hands with my mom.  The girls did fine without us and I think they enjoyed having Nana visit.  Here is a picture of Scott and I after the wedding.

A Choo-Choo wagon

I have been wanting to buy the girls a choo-choo wagon for the longest time.  I searched on craigslist almost daily to see if I could find one as they had been discontinued a few years back.  Over the last year I have found a few for sale but they have been way overpriced.  I really wanted to take the girls trick-or-treating in their choo-choo wagon so I wrote an email to step2 who was suppose to be making them again this fall asking if they would be ready to ship by Halloween.  They were reluctant to give a date but said it would be this fall.  I got an email last Thursday from Step2 saying that they would be pre-selling some on Friday so I logged on and snatched one up that morning.  Today I am happy to say we received our wagon and we took the girls for a stroll around the block.  I really love this wagon, here are some pictures.

Pumpkin Patch, Fall Festival, and Corn Shucking

Yesterday was a very busy day for the girls.  We visited a pumkin patch, went to a fall festival, and then went to our very first corn shucking (yes it is as country as it sounds). 

My moms of multiples group does a trip to the pumkin patch every year so this year we took the girls, they enjoyed seeing the other kids and wandering around looking at pumpkins.  We got some cute pictures of them.  



 

Emma







Olivia



Savannah



Here is Scott trying to help Savannah get over the fact she was
teething very badly.



We then headed down to Waxhaw for the Fall Festival, they had all kinds of stuff for kids, but ours were just a little too small to enjoy the activities.  A photographer for the monroe paper followed us around and took some pictures and so on Sunday we had a nice big picture of us strolling the streets for the festival.  It is hard to act normal when you know someone is following you around taking pictures (of course he did ask but that didn't make it feel any more normal).

After the festival we went home for a much needed nap.  We then got up and put on our overalls (ok everyone except me because I don't have any and don't plan to buy any) for the corn shucking we had been invited too.  The girls are so lucky to have big people friends that invite them to such fun events.  They even had cloggers there, so we had to get a picture of the girls with the cloggers, it was so much fun.

The girls also got to 'shuck' some corn for a local farmer, they were very interested in the corn and even tried to eat it once or twice. 

Here is Olivia being a country girl, squatting down examining her corn.

Emma shucking her corn



Mommy helped Savannah shuck her ear of corn

I don't have a picture of the food, but there were lots of delicious food, we had a great time, thank you to Jen-Lynn, Larry, and Larry's dad the host for letting us come and experience a true southern (and a little country) event.

14 Month Update

Last week the girls turned 14 months old, things have changed a lot since the last update at their birthday. 

I was looking at some pictures from their first birthday and I was amazed at how much more hair they have now, Olivia's is really curly now and Emma and Savannah have a few soft curls in the back.  They also have lots of teeth, including molars.  Savannah has the most teeth, all of her molars are either in or mostly in, she only has a few baby teeth that aren't in.  They have started to actually fight over toys, it gets pretty intense with the screaming sometimes.  We are still letting them work it out on their own so the crying doesn't usually last too long, someone will find something else to play with.

Savannah is still our best walker, Olivia is not too far behind her and can walk across a large room, but she still crawls around some.  Emma walks on her knees and it is so funny, she is very good at it.  She still doesn't walk much without holding onto your hand or a toy.

They also repeat more words now, this morning I got Savannah to say cow, she pronounces things better than the other two.  Savannah has the following new words: duck, bye, stop and now cow.  Olivia, says duck and bye and Emma we don't really know what she says but she tries to tell us things and even points to try to tell us what she is saying, she has a high pitched squeal for things that excite her, it is super cute.

Here is a cute picture I took with some help, it is getting much harder to get them to sit still for a photo so this is the best I could do.