Jack's new silly face... I love it, he scrunches up his nose and shows all his teeth while he does this fake little chuckle, its hysterical!!!
My 2 cheerleaders posing for a picture
And finally, all the kids- RG is holding Josh and Anna Till's baby boy Avery, Dillon and Houston, Maggie Ruth, Kylie, Laeton Reed, and Jack Brother.
Our regular first day of school pose, pack pack on, lunch box in hand, standing in the drive way. I actually took her to school the first morning because she had a load of school supplies, but she rode the bus home that day and got on the next morning.
Maggie Ruth made it through the first day with ease because she got to go to Grandmama's while I took Ryles to PHS. I was really afraid she was going to have a meltdown because all this time she's been thinking she'd get on the bus with Sissy! She's a late sleeper and hasn't even been up to see her off but one morning!
Getting off the bus that afternoon...as soon as I saw her running it was if a million pounds had been lifted from my shoulders! I had prayed all day that she'd have a good day and love PHS and God does answer prayers!!
When I asked her how her day went this was what she did!! Can't ask for much more! Thank you Lord for such a smooth and easy transition!
Riley Grace is 10 1/2. She finished 4th grade at Andalusia Elementary and will be starting 5th grade soon at Pleasant Home School. She is super excited about this change and has been hoping for this for quite some time now. She'll be riding the bus to school for the first time and for now that is quite a novelty in her eyes. I'm excited for her and hope this change goes smoothly. She's enjoyed spending time at Brian's some this summer and is going to be getting a new baby sister there on Monday. Everywhere she goes there's lots of babies! I feel for her sometimes. She's still a pretty big help although I will say the newness has definately worn off of these brothers and sisters. They are often "on her nerves". She didn't do swim team in Montgomery this summer but she's spent a whole lot of time in the water. She LOVES to swim and is an excellent swimmer! She's growing up WAY WAY too fast and is becoming a young lady. She is only about a half size behind me in her shoes and loves that she can actually wear some of my shoes. School will start the first of August and my full time helper will be out for most of the day. Makes me a little sad.
Maggie Ruth is 3 1/2. She's still the one I have a hard time putting words with. She's as friendly as they ever made a child **if she woke up on the right side of the bed**. But watch out world if its "one of those days." She's much more of a girly girl than Ryles. She wants her nails painted everyday a different color. When we were at the ALFA conference she'd ask random ladies, "what color is your polish?" It was hilarious! She totally has an opinion on what she wants to wear everyday. Rarely do I pick anything out that she's agreeable with. She's even learning to do her own hair. She brushes it and tries to put it in a pony tail. She also still loves to hang out at the shop with all of the men. She's a social butterfly for sure! I can honestly say though she is as much fun as she is a handful. She is constantly making me laugh. She talks with her hands a lot and I love to see the expression she puts into all of her statements. Hard to believe she'll be 4 in a couple of months. She thinks that when the bus comes to get Riley she'll get to get on and go to school with Amy. (Garner that is, who will be in 1st grade, but Maggie has NO idea there is any age difference in the two of them.) We'll see how well this goes when RG gets on the bus and she can't. 
And one last bit- we're expecting our 4th little bitty in January. I'm about 15 weeks. I'm actually due the same date I was with Jack. If this baby comes 2 weeks early like Maggie Ruth and Jack did we might just squeeze 3 birthdays into one day. Jack was born on my birthday (Jan. 7th) and if we miss that date we can go for the 8th, Riley Grace's birthday. We'll find out what we're having in just a couple of weeks so I'll try to post again then. Thanks for hanging in there with me during my leave of absence from blogging!
We recently spent 2 weekends playing soccer with the 9 and under all girls "All Star" soccer team. Riley Grace made some AWESOME plays this year and was definately one of the leading scorers on her team! We were so proud of the girls that played in the district and state tournaments. Their team also came home with the "Best Sportsmanship" trophy, of which the referees voted on! Way to go girls!
These sweet cheeks will be turning 3 in one week!
I really could just cry! I cannot believe its been 3 years. She is an absolute JOY (well, atleast most of the time)! I know I should be recording more of these days...Some of her favorite things right now are::
-playing school with her sissy-
-going to work with her daddy in the mornings-
-trying to carry Jack around (...she's only 4 pounds heavier than him)-
Some of her great phrases lately::
-Mama, I need my oysterlizer (moisturizer)-
-Sissy, you are not the boss! I am!-
-peanup and jelly =peanut butter & jelly-
-Maggie was telling Memama (Russell's grandmother Jane) something and I interrupted her and began to talk to Memama. Maggie says, "Excuse me, Mama. Excuse me, Mama. I was trying to tell Memama something." As Memama said later, well atleast we know she understands the "do not interrupt" idea.-
-"Mama, Uncle Alan calls me Rudy" (with a huge smile!), every time we pass Wachovia bank-
Happy 3rd Birthday Maggie Ruth! We love you Rudy!
I could very possibly be done sweeping the kitchen floor, he consumes anything he finds- such as this piece of oreo he found under one of the barstool. Healthy breakfast!
Maggie Ruth and John Luke have had a good time together lately. I think Rudy just loves the fact that someone will do what she wants them to do (or atleast most of the time he will). John Luke also seems to like her attire...he's sporting some of it himself.
I actually didn't get the cutest picture (good thing- his daddy would probably shoot me). John Luke decided he wanted to wear MR's yellow polka dot short shorts! It was priceless.
A couple of weeks ago Maggie Ruth, Jack , and I made our way down to Destin to spend a night with Mendy and her boys.
The ocean was unbelivable! In all my days going to Destin it has been ages since it was this nice. It was like sitting in the most beautiful clear lake you can imagine. There were no white caps to be seen anywhere.
Mendy and I just sat in the edge of the water with Andrew and Jack while Maggie Ruth and Ty played... it was PERFECT!
Jack (mostly) and Andrew were taste testing the sand most of the time.
One last "summer" hoorah for the cousins... Its always kind of been tradition that we'd get together to swim and have pizza on the Friday night that Ryles comes in for the weekend, well this was only the 2nd time we managed to do it this summer. And by the way, it won't be long before we'll add one more cousin to the crew. Kristen Sue and Josh are expecting their first child in April!!! We can't wait to meet this sweet baby.
And finally...Ryles started 4th grade!
