Temporary Hiatis

Baby Leah dropped our camera from the top of the balcony in our house... and it is finally kaput!    We will be buying a new one in the next couple of days and be back soon... so we are just on a short vacation from the website!  

Updates:  Baby Leah says everything we say... can say her colors (may not know all of them but sure can say them all).  She is in a language explosion!

Noelle - LOVES preschool and spanish class... good thing we started her this year.  She asks everyday is she can go to preschool... she is becoming such a big girl!

Noelle is still wanting to be Minnie Mouse for Halloween so that is what she will be... we have the outfit and mouse ears.  Leah will be Daisy Duck...  I just had to have them coordinate in some way!  

We are getting ready for Disney in two short months.  Noelle is so excited about it... and you know Leah, she just rolls with whatever!  I read an article about a mother commenting on how her daughter was all girl but not girly-girly.  She doesn't get into princesses but she was more Pippey Longstocking... in the fact, she is independent, wants to do what she wants to do, and does and likes whatever she wants... etc.. you know the story.  Well, all I kept thinking (without the image of the girl with the goofy Pippy Longstocking hair) is that is our Noelle!  We are having her birthday party (on her actual birthday) at lunch with the Princesses at Cinderella's castle.  Somehow, she will have fun but probably not care it is with the princesses... that is just Noelle.  She would probably rather have b-day lunch with Tow Mater!

Leah has been doing gymnastics and all she does is practice at home... always on her head or trying to hang from bars somewhere.  She runs all the time and looks like such a cute bobbing baby when she does.  She still says Daddy, Daddy, Daddy... and lights upwhen she sees him.  Though she comes and grabs my hand in her little hand all the time and tries to lead me wherever she wants to go.. and she will not take NO for an answer.

Our spunky gals... we just adore them!

Nice teeth girls!

Noelle and Leah had their semi -annual visit to Dr. Rhodes, their dentist, this week.  They both did sooooo good and had nice pearly white teeth with no cavities!  No crying, no resisting, total cooperation... it is so nice on Mama when we have visits like that!

Screaming Grandma

Ok... I had to post another pic of Grandma with Doug and Noelle. Sorry it is side ways... the pictures is not as important than the sound. If you listen, you will hear a loud scream all the way down the flume... that was Grandma. This was the second time, which Noelle had to beg her to ride both times... the first time her scream almost deafened all of SDC... I missed that because I was laughing so hard. As Grandma put it, "what you will do for ONLY your grandchildren"!

Whose that grandma on the baby ride?

Dixie Stampede

Well, Noelle got to visit Trouble and Beau (or Boat as she calls him)... this time Bella got to meet all of Noelle's horsey friends. I do not remember which one, but Bella found a favorite too! Leah... as usual, not interested! She just enjoyed getting out and making us all laugh!

Enjoying the Rides at Celebration City

All the girls, Noelle, Leah, and Cousin Bella, all enjoyed riding at Celebration City. Even Leah got in on the action and took care of her little sister. Granted, she put her hands and arms around her neck, and practically choked her, to help her... it was none the less sweet. Bella and Noelle had a good time as riding companions... it was tough to drag them away from the rides. Good thing Grandma bribed them with a sucker.

1st Day of Preschool

Noelle is so excited about going to preschool. She has her little backpack and smile ready to go. She is washing her hands before she goes into the class... as the rules say for Ms. Misty's class. The first thing she did was run to the computer to play. She does not get to do it much at home and was excited to know there are no limits in her classroom on their computer!

Preschool Orientation

Noelle went last Thursday to her preschool orientation. Mama, Daddy, and Noelle (leah too) went to meet Ms. Misty, Noelle's teacher. We met all the other Mommy and Daddy's and Noelle's classmates. We got to play in her classroom... she was having a blast. I think this child is ready for school! However, I am not sure Mama is ready for her 1st baby to make this step... I am going to be a mess when she goes to Kindergarten!

Goooooooo Razorbacks!!!!!!!!

Noelle and Elizabeth are all ready to go call the hogs!

Found Papa a new tractor!

Move over Cookie Monster... we have a Milkshake Monster!

Nobody believed me but Leah LOVES milkshakes. Last week, we travelled with Mimi and Papa to see our cousin, Christopher, get married. We stopped at a Mickey D's in southern GA and Papa got a large vanilla shake to share with the girls. You can see the size of the cup. Well, Leah got a hold of a drink and it was all over from there. No brain-freeze for this kid, she would not take a breath and drank nearly all the milkshake. We HAD to take it away so Papa and Noelle could get a few drinks!

We had such a good time in Georgia. We saw all our wonderful Aunts, Uncles and many cousins that live over there... who we hardly ever get to see! It was a great trip and a nice wedding. I was so busy keeping up with the girls, that I did not get any video or pics ( and took all my cameras)... bad mommy! I am going to regret missing all those memories on their first road trip with Mimi and Papa. Noelle is still telling everyone, "I travelled to 5 states in one day" and she loves to ask Daddy, "have you ever travelled to 5 states in one day?".

Washington County Fair Time!

Doug and the kids pose with their favorite cow at the county fair! I missed the shot of when Doug sat on another hay bail for this pic and it was too soft to hold him and he rolled off into the cow's area. I laughed so hard that I cried. That cow looked at him like "what the heck you doing in here"!!! Classic!

Ms. Sheila's Calf

Mommy ran into Ms. Sheila Pierson, who she worked with some years back, and her son's were showing a calf at the Washington County Fair. They let Noelle and Leah pet it. Leah almost jumped out of her chair... we finally found something that scares our fearless baby... hehe... I should not laugh but you should have seen her reaction when the calf turned its head and made a noise at Leah! Noelle found it funny and suprisingly did fine with it! I wish the video was running when it happened... but we did get a little snipit of their interaction with it. As you can see, Leah is not terribly interested!

Jumping Bean

Who is more excited, Noelle or Doug? Too bad they did not have one for Daddy's size, he might have joined in!

Washington County Fair Pics

Are we having fun yet?

White Water

We are all going to White Water for the last time this summer on August 23rd. But I wanted to include pics from our last trip. Leah hates her swim jacket but she can upgrade next year after she turns 2. I thought she looked cute in it! Of course, Noelle is used to her by now but she wanted the orange one this time... she always wants the pink one??? I am ready for fall!!!!!

What a weird dress up party!

Auntie M kept Elizabeth quite a bit this summer. Noelle and her loved to play dress up... but this day was very weird. They usually put on my clothes and shoes but instead Noelle put on her leotard for gymnastics, her snowboots and elizabeth was sporting a red cowboy hat... anyway, you can look at the picture and see this weird get-up.

I love my sister!

Ahhh... they are starting to play more together and take care of one another. Leah is such a smart baby... she will try to finish Noelle's sentences. The other day, Noelle was walking around saying 1,2,3... and before she was done with 2, Leah would shout "3". Noelle is smart too and appears to be very left brain. Leah is just a quickie and picks up everything... maybe that is just the 2nd child. You know, they have a teacher with the oldest sibling. Who knows... Mommy and Daddy decided it was because she is so smart like her sister :)

New Mickey D's

We stopped by the new McDonald's in Tontitown to meet Ronald McDonald, Hamburgler and Grimace. They had $1 happy meals, Bedfords were doing free pics with Ronald McD and giving free prizes. Our pics of Ronald will be ready until Tues... I will post later. But Leah was so facinated by Grimace that we got our pic outside with them. Noelle would not go within 10 ft of them and it took forever to get her with Ronald. However, our curious and fearless baby just smiled and stared at them... not one bit intimidated!

Fayetteville Farmer's Market

Today we were at the Farmer's market and Noelle insisted in buying some pink flowers. She wanted Berries... but our freezer is stuffed from the past few weeks of berry picking. Noelle wanted us to take her pic with the pretty pink flowers one of the ladies made for her. Then she wanted a pic with Daddy and Leah... but would not share her flowers.