Sweet baby girl!

Here is Caroline in her busy bee costume with Aunt Becky. She doesn't seem to sure about Aunt Becky's hat! Thanks to Baldwin Church of Christ for a fun night.
(I had my first s'mores of the Fall season!!!)
I will post more Halloween pictures next week!

Our friends, Adam and Julie, invited everyone over for a cookout at their new house. We had so much fun! Caroline is really into dancing to music and she can even keep a pretty good beat! She really gets going bending her knees, I've even watched her jump in the air!
I only have these pictures of Aunt Becky and Uncle Travis' nieces and nephew! The babies were not being very cooperative during the picture taking time. I think Caroline caused trouble by taking Lakyn's fun toy (in the top picture we have evidence that Caroline waited until Lakyn looked away and then moved in on the toy!) We're working on sharing.

Caroline still enjoys standing on her own. I can hardly believe she will be 9 months old next week! Here she is in her sailor outfit Grandma Tracy got her. Her feet are on the bigger side and I can't find shoes that will not leave marks on her poor feet. My friend Amy let me borrow these neat socks that look like shoes! So clever!

Caroline is also making the funniest smile lately! She squints her eyes, wrinkles her nose and smiles the biggest smile ever! She knows that it gets Grammy, Mommy and Daddy to laugh every time. It's really hard to catch on camera. Here's the closest I have so far!

Our little pumpkin

Am I small or is this pumpkin big?!




My friend, Aly, told me all about her adventure to the pumpkin patch, so I made mama and dada take me! We had fun posing for our family picture and I found a little pumpkin just my size. We finished off our trip with a hay ride around the patch. Next year I will be running through the patch!

Big girl...

So many mini-milestones (say that three times fast!) Last weekend we put in her big girl carseat which is huge, but more importantly very safe, comfy, and has a girly pattern. We also finally purchased a forward facing stroller which Caroline loves. (Thanks, Tara and Bailey, for your advice!) We put sunglasses on her for our first trip in the new stroller and after a few minutes Thomas noticed she somehow pushed them up on top of her head and was snoozing. She continues to be a super fast crawler and says "ma ma," "da da," and "bye bye." Aly Claire is giving her lessons on how to put the words together to make a sentence, but right now Caroline is just enjoying screeching at the top of her lungs to get her message across...to neighboring counties. It's funny and cute at home, not so much in church or any other public place. It literally makes my ears ring. I am cherishing each second I spend with her (even when she dramatically falls to the floor crying! Is it mean to want to get that on videotape? :-) ) We love squeezing her and kissing those chubby cheeks!!!!

Rewind to Labor Day!

Caroline, William and John Thomas

Caroline, Thomas and I were able to take a trip down to Texas to visit family. Thomas and I are honored to be John's godparents! We all had so much fun catching up and eating Aunt Laura's yummy food. Caroline had such a great time playing with her cousins. John Thomas and Caroline laughed and "talked" to each other (they were born only three months apart!) She can't wait until she is old enough to play with William's Lego crane! Uncle Skip took great pictures of the adventure.

Splish splash I was takin' a bath...

I remember my dad singing that song when I was little! I've been singing it to Caroline ever since her second bath (I don't think anything could have been heard over her screaming during her first bath!)
We spent a night at Grammy and Poppy's a few weeks ago and Caroline loved having a bath in Grammy's nice, deep sink! Here's video of the event!

Crawlin' Caroline

Grammy is so sweet to capture these videos on her camera! The top video is of Caroline crawling (and crying at the end.) The video on the bottom (if it looks black, click on the small sideways triangle and it should play just fine) is of Caroline pulling herself and standing without holding on while her BFF Aly Claire cheers her on. As you can see, Caroline is not lacking in the toy department! Sweet girls!

Busy Baby (and Mommy)

School is back in session! My free time is spent playing and kissing on this precious little baby, but right now Daddy is holding the sleeping angel so I can update my blog. I am sure everyone is anxiously awaiting a new post. :-) I'm posting two today, because I never know when my next chance will be!
We have been hearing "dadadadada" over the last few days and she is crawling all over the place! She pulls to a stand from anything she gets her hands on: her exersaucer (which she is strong enough to pull on top of her,) the couch, daddy's leg hair, her changing table and her new piano!Caroline loves music! Daddy bought this piano for her and she absolutely loves it! She lets Grammy and Aly Claire have fun with it when they take care of her during the day. Caroline loves to turn the plastic music sheets (it makes a paper turning sound when she turns them and plays the corresponding song.) We sing along to the tunes and she loves the slide that changes the pitch of the song from high to low.

Aunt Becky came to watch Caroline while I had a meeting. This is how I found them when I came home...I think she loves her niece quite a little bit!