August continued

Ok so more of August. Curtis had to work a lot I mentioned and so one Saturday I was not about to hang out at the apt again so I decided to call up Julie to see if she wanted to hang out. We decided to go to the Alligator park. BOO! Julie was telling me about the one they had in Myrtle Beach that sounded so cool... this one was not as cool:( It was super pricey but not much to it. We got in - saw an alligator and that was about it - we were HIGHLY dissapointed and I was REALLY embarassed that I had suggested it. I mean we saw bigger alligators at Julie's house in Summerville! Their (the alligator people) only saving grace was a little learning show they did at the end. We got to pet a little Alligator, hold a snake and Piper got to hold a baby alligator, and they showed us Big Al which was a REALLY big alligator that the alligator man kissed. So that was cool.

Not sure why thse pictures wont rotate! but oh well, you get the gist right. Bailey, again, I think wanted to hold the alligator (the big one).



Her she is NOT excited that the snake is touching her - see the terror in her face!

Piper wasn't interested in holding the snake but thought she was REALLy cool to pet its head.

August

I was just looking through my pictures and saw some fun pictures of things we did in August and was wondering why I had never put them on the blog - SLACKER! August was a bust of a month for me personally because Curtis was working TONS. Like TONS +!! I'm not a fan of not seeing him that but whatever - He's an allstar and closed 18 houses!! Hooray for Curtis - he really is a FABULOUS builder! I'm glad I have him to build the rest of our houses for us (yes houses - I guess I have to get used to the fact that we will move a lot). Anyway, we tried to keep ourselves busy and LUCKILY we have Julie and the kids close by to play with. They invited us to go with them to the zoo in Houston and it was a blast. I just love love the picture of Rex and Piper on the fence. Piper just adores Rex and had so much fun with him and all the kids. There was a three month old elephant that was just SOOOOO fun to see! He was SOOOO cute and I seriously could have watched him ALL day. He was just so playful and curious. Bailey loved him too and I think wanted to hold him. Not sure how that would work.

There was a fun little petting zoo - always a hit - and they even had brushes for the kids to use on the goats. As I'm sure you can guess, Piper was in HEAVEN! It's hard to see in the picture but she has a brush in her one hand and was just going to town on that poor goat. I think she would have brushed it bald if I would have let her. Luckily I tore her away for this picture with the black goat. Isn't he a cute goat. Bailey of course loved petting them too - she is totally obsessed with dogs and I think she thought they were just big dogs.
All in all we had such a fun trip. I DEFINATLY want to take them back this fall/winter when it's cooler. Even though it was fun, it would be SOOO much better if it weren't 100 + degrees outside. Thanks for the fun trip Gerratts!

The park

Just thought grandparents might like to see Bailey (AKA: Babyzilla) walking. It's really funny!

New Pictures!

Maybe living in an apartment is a good thing! As a result of being so bored, I have been able to keep up on the blog! Haha! Anyway, I've been taking lots of pictures of these cute girls and the fun we've been having just hangin out in our apartment since it's too stinkin' hot to go outside.

This morning I had to go to the bathroom durring breakfast and Bailey was not happy about not having food in her minute at every second so I asked Piper to feed her some oatmeal. This is what I came back to. Isn't she such a good big sister!

Bailey was NOT about so sit still for this picture!

Bailey thinks it's the GREATEST thing ever to bite the spoon when i'm feeding her. This time she got it and was very proud.

Piper and I have been doing fun "school" activities. We have been playing pretend school on tuesdays and thurdsays (not always consistently) and this was us experimenting with objects to see if they would sink or float. She LOVED this activity!



My Bailey - not so much a baby anymore.

Play Room

Ok ...So I'm house dreaming. I figure, I'm going to decide exactly how I want my next house to be so when the time comes we can just build it and not sit around hum hauing. I think, if we build a two story (which i'm still not sure about), I want to have a loft that will be a play room (like yours carole and Kimberly). The only thing I haven't been sure on is is I actually want it to be a 'loft' or just close it off to be its own room. Mess DIRVES ME CRAZY. and if its open, i can see how that might be disastrous.

So today I was deciding I need to build Bailey her own book shelf for her room (trying to make this little apt more homey). I thought it would look cute with her little chair my mom gave her and that way she could have her own books in her own room and not have to go through Piper everytime she wants to read a book. I figured I might as well build it since I could probably do it cheaper and cuter than buying and that way WHEN we move again if I need to toss it I can. Anyway blah blah, I was looking on knock off wood to see if she had a cute bookshelf pattern and I came across THIS!!!! Isn't it ADORABLE!!!!! I LOVE IT! I think it's from land of nod?? Anyway I love it, love the colors, love the wallpaper, love everything and have decided that this will be what our next playroom looks like! (well more than just the shelf of course but i'm going to base it on these colors etc! hooray) Now I just need to find that wall paper!

Food = Happy Bailey

OH my gosh!! Bailey LOVES food! It is so funny! She will try ANYTHING and usually loves EVERYTHING! So this afternoon I fed Bailey a snack - pured carrots and apples - which she was satisfied with and went off to play after. I decided to sneek a couple of her little crackers. So I get the box out quietly and open the bag as quietly as possible which I thought was PRETTY quiet! All of a sudden Bailey comes tearing out of the living room with her mouth WIDE open. She KNEW! Somehow she knew exaxtly what I was getting into and she WANTED in on it!

My next house!

This sign or at least quote WILL be in my next house!














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