Pumpkin Patch!

OK, I'm finally getting around to posting new pictures. We did get to go to a pumpkin patch this year, however, somehow we forgot to get a pumpkin to carve. Who knows, time just went right by us. Anyhow, we went with the MOMS group from my church, and we had a really good turn out. Super fun, especially for Abby. I didn't really get any good pictures of Ashley, she just wanted to play with the hay or was mesmerized by the pumpkins. We tried.

What a cool pumpkin! Her first time ever seeing a pumpkin!

This was so cute these teenage girls from the church read them "The Pumpkin Patch Parable" at the pumpkin patch. Too cute.

She is getting so big!


The best I could get of Ashley. Everyone was trying to get her to smile, the funny thing is is that she is such a happy baby all the time. Figures when it's picture time she goes the other way.

I took a few shots of this, and she just looked at the hay, Abby is real good with pictures, thank goodness.

Another one we tried for. Pretty cute, though.

We met "Shampoo"!

A couple of weekends ago we went to Seaworld. When we arrived to the park there was Shamu posing for pictures! Abby kept calling the whale, Shampoo! She was saying very loudly, "Hi, Shampoo" over and over! It was too funny. Eventually we corrected her, but it was too cute! Anyhow, we had such a nice time and it wasn't even crowded! Awesome!!! We got a bunch of pics but I'm just putting a few up. Abby had a lot of fun with all the whales, dolphins, penguins and everything else that was there.

Here we are with Shamu (Shampoo?).

A picture with the very noisy sea lions. They were very cute, though.

We took a small tour, and part of it was getting to meet and pet a penguin. They were too cute! The penguin we got pet had a boyfriend, and he let us know it! When they opened the little gate to let her back in, he came right out and got next to her. So, sweet.

She's coming right for us!

We ate lunch at a restaurant called The Shark Underwater Grill. It's right by the whole shark exhibit. This is inside the restaurant. The whole shark aquarium is all around you along with a bunch of other fish. It was actually so nice and peaceful eating in there. The sharks and fish swim so easily and slow, it was so relaxing and cool!

Ashley's 6mths.!

Ashley turned 6 months old on the 23rd. She's a curious little girl and likes to jibber jabber now quite a bit.


Probably shouldn't be putting her in this seat anymore. What do you think? It's just so easy and portable.




This is Abby's doing! Left them for a mommy bathroom break and this is what I found. She didn't seem to mind it at all!




Look who's getting some teeth!! She has just learned to use her little fingers to pick up little pieces of those puffy snacks and put them in her mouth!

Ashley at 5 mths.

Ashley is now actually 5 1/2 months old now, but these were taken a little bit ago. She's the sweetest little thing ever! She totally loves her big sister. She laughs for her like crazy and is always looking for Abby. Abby of course eats it up. She's teething now, and that finger, or sometimes fingers, are always in her mouth.

First Day of Pre-K

Monday was Abby's first day of pre-k. Crazy to think that in just 1 yr. she'll be in kindergarten! Anyhow, she is going to the same wonderful christian preschool she was at last year, and she LOVES it there! She had a great first day and week.

All ready to go. She could not wait to go.



Ashley is ready to go too, waiting on big sister to get her hair done.

Jeff got to come and drop her off with me.

Abby with her teacher Mrs. Magazino (quite a name for a 4 yr. old to say) and her helper is Mrs. Torres. They are so sweet!

B-Day celebration Day 3. Party!!

On top of everything else she got a birthday party! We had an Ariel (Little Mermaid) Pool Party at the clubhouse in our neighborhood! Of course everyone got in the pool for about 20 minutes and it started to pour!! That's when the teacher in me came out, thank goodness I had some crafts and games planned just for this moment that they could do in the clubhouse! It actually worked out real well, though After the craft and game we did lunch, then cake and by that time it was OK to go back out to the pool. All in all, successful party!

Too cute of a cake!

There she goes swimming away!

It's raining outside! Let's make some sun visors! Abby with her friend Meg.

The proud grandparents with the babies of the family!

Opening gifts! The real fun part!

B-Day celebration Day 2! Lunch with princesses!

We surprised Abby with going to Disney and having lunch in Cinderella's castle. I know another Disney trip, but how cool is it to actually go in the castle. At first we met up with Cinderella for a nice photo, then you walk up the stairs to the top and you enter "Cinderella's Royal Table" room! Abby was beside herself!! She was in awe, seriously! I have to admit that I was too! You can see the whole park almost from there! She got to meet a bunch of other princesses there too.



They actually have a pro photographer taking pictures, and you get package of one of the pictures they take with Cinderella, it comes with the whole experience. This isn't it, but it did turn out cute, it was just Cinderella and Abby.

Abby was so good about getting her autograph book signed. She made sure she had the pages ready for every princess that came to our table.

It's a chocolate glass slipper filled with chocolate mousse on an angle cake pillow. Don't you love it! On the plate it was written in chocolate "Happy Birthday Abby". I had to call ahead to the Disney bakery and order this.

Abby with Snow White. Snow White was so sweet with Abby. Abby was so funny, she had the whole picture posing drill down.

Here she is with the hosts of the park! We thought we were going in to just see Mickey, and we got Minnie too! Thank goodness.

Anyhow, we have a ton more pics, but I won't bore you with all of them. She got to meet a bunch of other characters, and she actually was a bit braver on this trip with the rides and shows! Our little girl is growing up. We had a lot of fun with her!