Our BEST nature walk yet~

 We saw a turtle-

 We caught a pollywog!

 Who was so cute-- I couldn't stand it!

 Saw gorgeous birds!

 Picked blackberries-- ahhhhhh!

 (which is where our nightly tragedy occurred--  Ems got scratched by the evil blackberry bush)

 Ellie's first picking experience ~

 AND here is her very first ponytail-- are you kidding?  Sooooo cute!

 We also caught a lady bug--

 AND found the world's tiniest clam-- I know-- the tiniest/cutest little night!

 We had to catch 4 little pollywogs- that now live at home with us-- these are Emmy's happy/what the heck faces.

 The night ended with a telling of Peter Rabbit and while eating blackberries and cream (that we picked ourselves) just like Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail.

Don't you love these little cuties-- the faces are pure delight.

Not to be left unattended...

 So today Jason and I spent-- oh, I don't know- 15 minutes looking at residency programs-- on the couch- 3 feet from the outdoor patio, where the girls were playing quietly (this should have been my first red flag)

 I started smelling something nice... like VS Lovespell... and they came in WHITE with lotion that they had painted themselves with- how cute.

They are NOT to be left unsupervised... ever. At least it was lotion and not poop...

Armed Forces Day is a PARTY!

 We have had the best weekend-- Saturday day we went to a library street party-- to kick off their summer reading program-- there were carnival games...

 and there was a firetruck!

 Oh- and a VERY ghetto version of Minnie showed up.... bless her heart-- but Emmy was over the moon and kept asking her "what are you doing HERE?!"

 Then that night there was "Thunder Over Augusta"-- a celebration to honor Armed Forces Day--

 Ellie's new thing is to "fly like a bird"-- she flaps her wings and runs just like Emmy does-- it's so cute.

 There was a dog on the blanket behind us-- let's just say, Emmy didn't need the fireworks...

 There was a Jo Dee Mesina concert, blow up things and the best fireworks show I have seen yet-- all for FREE!

 They also had tanks that you could explore!

It was sooooo fun-- Elles HATED the fireworks at first and cried her eyes out for the first 2 songs-- just about the time she started to like it-- my patrioticness got to me and I cried my eyes out-- finally we all got control of ourselves and LOVED the end-- Emmy had to fly with joy and Elles would burst into applause when one was really bright.

Cutie designer in the making!

 Yes-- it is a day of debuts--

 Her she is-- the world's next top designer~ she made the shirt herself.

 She LOVES it (thanks again Chels for the FUN idea)

Isn't it so cute how much she loves it!

Callahan Fox 's big debut!

 First- he is adorable and I LOVE him!!! BUT- he is a stinker-- when we wanted to see his face-- he put his little arms in front of it~

 heartbeat!

 We were 18 wks 1 day along and that's just how he measured-- almost...

 His legs measured 18wks 2 days~

 and his head measured at 18 wks 6 days- ha!!! He's brilliant!

 and he's still a boy-- something J was VERY relieved about...

He's so handsome-- AND as you've noticed~ we've named him! Callahan Fox-- I know- it's perfect! Callahan is my Grandma's maiden name and Fox is J's Grandma's maiden name-- we will be calling him Callan-- it's old, original, and the nickname isn't spot on-- but close enough ;)

Emmy got to help-- let's just say that DELIGHTED doesn't begin to describe her at that moment ;)

Mr. Tom's Cabin

 The man we rent from is Mr. Tom-- and here is the downstairs--

 I LOVE it!

We continue to be so blessed!

My Mother's Day Flowers!

 I was surprised the morning before Mother's Day with GORGEOUS flowers!

 and Jason got me a pregnancy pillow-- the best gift I EVER could have asked for~

 I can feel more sleep in my future!

Emmy even sang at church-- the first song didn't go well-- she had her huge tongue out like KISS (minus the scary makeup) for the whole thing~ the second song went a little better-- because she found her thumb and started sucking it (why?! she isn't a thumb sucker at all) ~but the last song was the jackpot-- she realized she was on a stage and that she loved me-- and so she started making loving faces, singing random words, along with air hugging, blowing kisses and other loving interpretive dancing-- it was fabulous!

Mother's Day photo shoot

 Both girls were sick when I took these pics for their Grandmothers' smileboxes.

 So we got a lot of these...

 and this is how much Emmy loves them~

 and this is how much Elles loves them~

 one looking...

 the other looking...

 and BOTH!-- not the best-- but ok.

 little lovers.

 and finally~ PERFECTION!

 kisses

and more kisses~ Happy Mother's Day to all of the AMAZING women in our lives!

Great Times!

It's just like I used to feed the baby cows as a kid-- the best is they BOTH love it!