I know my days are numbered....

So I'm going to enjoy them while I can! This morning, I went on another fun field trip with Ali's class. We walked up to the Strand Theatre to see the Three Little Pigs play - it was so cute and so much fun! When I told Ali I was going, she was SO excited and said "Will you please sit by me??" - music to my ears! I know these are not words I will be hearing out of her sweet mouth forever so I am treasuring them now, going on as many field trips and class parties as possible, and loving every second of my sweet girl(s)!

Ali and Caroline waiting for the show to start! (not the best picture, but only one I got!) Their class made these precious shirts with three pigs on them - in honor of the show!

After the play, Ali and I decided to take advantage of our time before she had ballet (and while Rhodes was in lunch bunch) for a little one on one time - a date to Sugarcakes! I treasure this time so much - knowing that my big girl will be in Kindergarten next year and these times will be few and far between. We chatted it up for an hour and it really made this Mama's day! Love having a little girl that loves her Mama and loves our time together as much as I do! (even though I know it won't be like this forever!) I love her so & love our sweet time together!

The littlest Patrick

Finding time to sit down and blog is getting harder and harder these days! I can't imagine what it will be like once I am a mom of 3! Speaking of...poor baby Patrick is in need of blog love! Sweet baby is busy kicking Mama a lot (but Ryan can't feel it just yet) and it is such a great feeling! I am busy growing, gaining weight and a big belly (blame it on the 3rd pregnancy!), and all of the highs and lows of pregnancy. Ryan and I went in this morning for our 21 week ultrasound and here's the full report. We made it through the ultrasound without finding out! I would have been SO disappointed with myself if I had found out at this point. I feel like this is my one chance in life where I get to meet this sweet baby and have that moment where I get to find out it's sex, announce it's name, and hold my sweet baby and I can not wait! And, I promise I am truly not finding out - not just saying it and secretly finding out and keeping it from you all! :) (although I did consider doing that at first!) The ultrasound today went great! Everything looked great - except they did notice some calcium deposits in the baby's heart. Since this puts us at a small risk for Down Syndrome - we need to go in again again at 30 weeks for another ultrasound (that I would have already been getting for my Hypothyroidism), but Dr. Cauthen is not worried. I show no other signs and my bloodwork came back that I have a 1 in 5000 chance of having a DS child...so I am not too worried. Just praying for a happy, healthy baby come February! After the full check to see if baby had all of it's legs, arms, hands, heart chambers, etc - I asked our tech if she could tell what the baby was...we turned our heads and she did a quick check and Ryan and I both came out of the office with different opinions about what her answer told us. We shall see! It's hard to believe our newest addition will be here in a little over 4 months! Today made me really excited and we are praying for this sweet baby and can't wait to hold him/her in our arms! :)

Berry Patch Farms 2011!

We had another great time this weekend, venturing out to one of our favorite Fall traditions - the pumpkin patch at Berry Patch Farms! We met our friends, the Lowerys, there and also ran into lots of fun friends, saw lots of pumpkins, got some little faces painted, ate hot dogs and boiled peanuts, went on a hayride and played a little on the playground. It was the perfect trip!

We started off with a little face painting...

You can't tell by Rhodesy's face in this picture, but she had a blast - I guess she just wasn't in the mood for pictures! :) (and my camera's memory card was full after the first picture above!)
Having fun in the front of the hayride!

Rhodes loved the gourds!
Posing with their favorite mini-pumkins
Sweet friends, Ali and Caroline!

I am sure I have never mentioned how opposite my two girls are - this one likes to sit and pose for pictures...
This one prefers to act silly!
Amazing attempt at a shot of my two girls in the pumpkin patch!

And, again, silly Rhodeso posing with Mama on the hayride back. She was trying to show her pumpkin, but of course it was blocking her pretty face!Happy Fall y'all!

Rhodesy's birthday weekend!

My sweet Rhodesy had a fabulous birthday weekend! It kicked off with a special trip to American Girl for lunch on Friday... We enjoyed some yummy food and the girls each got to pick out a little gift to take home! Something about that pink restaurant and store filled with dolls and girly things makes it such a fun place to celebrate!






The girls broke into their bags as soon as we got out of the store!

Rhodes started having meltdowns and was ready to go - but I had promised the girls a trip to the carousel. Even though Rhodes wouldn't have it - Ali still wanted to go, so we went upstairs for a quick spin!

Our day continued with a trip that night to Burruss's Fall Festival and then Ryan and I had a date night with friends to this year's last Concert on the Square, while the girls had their favorite non-related babysitter (Ms. Joa) and their friends, Libby and Brittain, over to play!

After some convincing, Ryan talked Ali into going to her first UGA game! She was so excited the morning of - especially about cotton candy and going to the bookstore to buy a new cheerleading outfit! Even better - for Ali's first ever game - she got to sit in our friend's (the Postons) box to watch the entire game! Seriously - Ryan said it took him 30 years to get to watch the game in a box and Ali got to go on her first time - she does not know how lucky she is! :) It made this Mama rest assured knowing that there was a bathroom, food, drinks, and heat/air conditioning right there - they had a ball! Ali didn't even want to leave when the game was over! It was such a special day for them and we are so thankful to the Poston's for another fun trip to their box! Papa, Uncle Ty, and Aunt Ashley ended up getting to sit up there too - so Ali got lots of attention and had loads of fun!

While they were away - Rhodes and I enjoyed the perfect Mama/Rhodesy day! We started off with a trip to Rhodes' friend Jack's digging birthday party (he is a day older than Rhodes)

Then we headed to the mall to meet Mimi at the Disney Store for some shopping, eating and then a spur of the moment special trip to Build-A-Bear to build Rhodes her own bear. I think it was the highlight of her birthday - she was so precious picking her bear out, stuffing it, giving it a bath and then picking out the perfect outfit. I loved my special time with my special little girl!

When Daddy and Ali made it back from Athens - we took off for our annual birthday tradition of La Parilla!


On Sunday, Rhodes woke up to a fun birthday morning! We started off with birthday breakfast, then had a family birthday lunch party! Rhodes and Ali had so much fun bouncing around with their cousins Olivia and Savannah and everyone else who came to celebrate!!

oAli was Rhodes' present opening "helper"...


Cousins enjoyed some birthday dance parties!

First birthday cake of the day - happy 3rd birthday to my sweet Rhodesy!

From there, we headed over to the Poston's for Rhodes and Christopher's Princess and Superhero birthday party in their backyard!


Birthday superhero and princess!



Rhodes had fun in the huge bounce house - but her favorite part may have been going on the zip line in the Poston's backyard!
After the guests left, the two birthday guests of honor put on a musical performance...

And, finally, this morning - Rhodes headed to school with special treats to celebrate turning 3 with all of her school friends! She was so excited to wear her new number shirt!

Feeling thankful for three fabulous years of Rhodesy!Happy birthday to our sweet, hysterical, smart, beautiful princess! We love you so!