Ali being Ali

Ali doesn't want to miss a thing so her new favorite place is looking out the window.

Why sit in the exersaucer when you can sit under it.



It's more fun to sit on top of the toys than to play with them.

Ali also likes to stand up in the crib now instead of sleeping.

As you can see we have our hands full with Ms. Alison.

Mini Update

I've gotten some good pictures of Ali this weekend and have some good stories to share, but I don't have the time to get the pictures from the camera to the computer. Hopefully one evening this week.


Saturday evening we attended the 4th annual Chili Cook-Off out our friend's house. What a special treat we look forward to each fall. Billy is becoming the cook in our family and I take care of the girls in the evenings, but he has always been the one to cook when it was time for chili. For the past three years he has always placed in the top three and come home with a great prizes. (Thanks Kevin and April!) This year was no different. He came home tied for 1st place and a gift card to .......you guessed it, Chili's.

He's so proud of himself. He told me on the ride home last night that it meant a lot to him to win, so I'm happy for him. He takes pride in what he cooks. So we wanted to take this chance to say a HUGE THANKS to Kevin and April for opening their home, hosting this fun evening, and having prizes for the top three winners. It really suprised me one that there can be so many types of chili....there were none there that tasted alike, and two that she didn't take pictures for her blog.

My Girls

I love these pictures!

I have an addiction to buying baby clothes. I loved these shirts and pants. What would I do without Kohl's? As summer has come to an end and I am packing up clothes that are sleeveless or just to small I have come across many, did I say many, outfits that they never worn or wore only once. I would see things and think they were so cute, buy them, and that would be it. We also had lots of friends and family that bought 2 of the same size, but with Ali being so much smaller she missed out on wearing many outfits. Next summer if I do my yard sale of baby things somebody is going to get a steal. New clothes with tags still no for nothing, because you can't price things to high at a yard sale or people won't buy anything.

Ali is so afraid that she is going to miss something that she now pulls herself up on anything that she can get a good handle on. She loves standing up. Before we know it she will start walking.

Look Close!

If you look closely you can see them. Ali's teeth are shining bright!

Random Thoughts

The girls turned 7 months this weekend. Where does the time go? This time is so much fun. Ali is crawling around and Emma is trying. They can sit and play forever. Although this stage is so much fun, I miss my babies. They aren't my little babies anymore. I think that I get so emotional when I think about it because I know that Billy and I are done having kids. I won't get to experience the excitement of everything in the beginning again. I won't get to hold such a tiny precious life and know that he/she is part me. My "baby" time is over. My babies are growing up. Thank God that they have the sweetest smiles and look at me like I'm the best thing in the world. On Saturday we took them to Wal-Mart to have pictures done. I wanted to see what they could do because I can't afford to buy anything from my photographer who is doing pictures at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months. They got some good shots and I was a sucker. So I'll have lots of pictures to share soon. We get to pick them up on the 24th. The first six weeks of school has also come to close and the the second six weeks started today. I have lots of work I should be doing for school concerning progress reports, lesson plans, and general school work but here I am blogging instead.

I've been tagged

I've been tagged by my friend April. Here goes my attempt to share 7 random/weird facts. Let me say this is very hard to do. I have no special stories.

1. Every night or every other night when I check email I also go to the CBS webpage and read the recaps of TheYoungandtheRestless, TheBoldandtheBeautiful, and AstheWorldTurns. I want to keep up with what is going on so when we have days off, snow days, summer break I can watch and know what is happening.

2. I just got my hair cut short. Everyone has been nice saying they like it, but I hate it. But hey, it's hair and it will grow back.

3. Jealous of all the people out there that have these special talents. Some can sew, cook, scrapbook, blog, make crafts, take photos, and the list could go on. Then there's me still trying to find my niche. I'm good at watching TV. Does that count?

4. Since we have had the girls we have gotten out the "habit" of going to church on Sunday mornings. I am starting to miss it, but at the same time it has been our time to catch up on things around the house or time to nap while the girls are taking their morning nap. Morning nap is also the time that second service, which we once attended, starts.

5. I'm afraid of any type of bug. If it has legs, moves, flies, and doesn't belong in the house then I make Billy come kill it. I don't want to come close to it. For the first 3 years that we have lived in our home we had Dodson come spray for those lovely friends and it was great. Because of money I had to end that service and I've spotted 2 spiders in the house since their last visit. Times are going to be tough next spring when all my creepy, crawly friends are out and about moving again.

6. I miss reading books, but have no time. Well I do have time because I watch lots of TV when I could be reading, but you can do other things while you watch TV. If you are reading that's all you can do. So I would rather watch TV and iron then curl up with a good book.

7. I never went to a high school homecoming dance or prom. I always hung out with the "cool" kids, but always got left out at dance time. To this day I still wonder what it would/could have been like to have gone.

Ok, so I didn't have any super cool stories to share but I tried my best.

Halloween Time

The girls are all decked out in their Halloween costumes. We decided that Emma looked more like a thug ready to rob a bank then a cat. She would not smile for anything while I was trying to take pictures. I'm not a professional, but I was trying my best to get some good pictures. Emma still isn't the best at sitting up, so we put her in the bumbo seat. Thanks to grandma for the outfits!