County Fair

I just love this time of year.... Fall...

Check us out at the local Fair. I know someone who loved the fair. I bet you cant guess who...

Apples Apples Apples ....

It's that wonderful time of year down south.....apple pickin time.

We went up north to the Apple Festival

Check out some of the things we did at one of the local orchards...

.....we went wagon riding down thru the orchards to see how apples grow...

... we stood in line alot too...

..... it was a happening place to be this past Saturday. I'm sure glad it was a pretty day and we had lot's of family and friends and good snacks to keep us happy.

...Reese got to compete in a her first ever John Deer tricycle race

Her little legs need to grow before she takes on some serious racing. I dont think all tracks will allow daddy's to help.

Then it was off to try our hand at a little cow milking. Reese got to milk a cow. I always wanted to milk a cow but it was for kids only... I believe poor "Buttermilk" will never be the same...

There was jumping and more jumping on a huge trampoline for the kiddies. A nice activity to helped burns off those fried apple pies & funnel cakes...

Maybe next year not only will her legs be longer for tricycle racing , but maybe she will weigh a little bit more too .Then she might not get bounced off quite so easily..... She was a trooper though. She went up then down, up then down... but she always went back up.

She got to ride the horsies....

I think this picture is priceless... can't you hear some western song playing in the back ground... " Lonesome trails to you... until we met again.... "

Then on to the jumbo slides.....My child loves slides... she is unafraid of heights as well as most anything else .
Her daddy loves this fact too. He cant wait until we can go to Six Flags and they can ride all those roller coasters together... ( cause I aint )

We cant forget the petting zoo.... we saw baby chicks, kittens, goats, lambs, calves, pigs and rabbits....

I believe she loves anything John Deer...

she loved the chickens

The chickens had the right idea.... hiding under their shed from the children and not coming out....,....( I wonder if they should have warned Buttercup what was coming??? )

It was a great day for the entire family.....

Painting & Strawberry Shortcake...

Mama, painting, and Shortcake on the TV... what more could a girl want?

Straw--bu---bu--- berry Shortcake ( Berry Happy Birthday )

Today my baby girl turns 3 years old. I can hardly believe it. One whole year with my daughter...whew... it has flown by. It's been a glorious year. She was so excite for her birthday but when it came and all our family started arriving, she got so scared and withdrawn. Can you see the fake happiness / smile? I believe it all over whelmed her even though she wanted them there. I guess we're not over all our issues yet..

Reese has changed so much in the last year. When I look at her, it's so hard to believe... she isnt my little baby girl anymore. She's definately not wearing 10 month clothes any more. Her hair has got so long ( which her daddy loves ... I wonder why men love long hair so??) and her little body has really taken off growing but her little legs seem to have stopped growing.

Last year her birthday was all about fairies but this year she picked her own theme....Strawberry Shortcake.

She loves Strawberry Shortcake. Everything to do with Strawberry Shortcake. We have several dvd's now and we have to watch them EVERY DAY. I believe everyone got the hint cause she got a new back pack, several coloring books, one puzzle, some toy figures with cars, a pillow, and big doll all of Shortcake ( that's what Reese calls her ).....

Thank you Lord for this amazing gift.... our daughter, Reese

This was on our front door with pink/ red/ green balloons around the door to welcome every one to the party but the husband forgot to get a picture. They are reusable wall decals so me & Reese put them on her bedroom wall. She loves them. (She still didnt want to pose for any pictures... oh well they were still precious just like my sweet baby girl and her happiness is well worth all my decorating efforts. )

Love you baby girl, Happy 3rd Birthday.....

Busy... Busy... Busy

Boy have we been busy lately with.... just plain old life. Work, school, potty training, church, speech therapists, and doctor visits seem to monopolize all our time these day. But hey nothing exciting has happened so you havent missed anything. Nothing but just my baby girl growing up on me. She is changing so much each day it's amazing. I look at her and I still cant believe how much she's changed.

She's doing great.... she has a birthday coming up and her daycare/school is wanting to move her up a year. We are excited about that except we need to be fully potty trained. Now ....let me tell you that's been fun. This is my first experience at potty training and boy do I miss my mother. ...Help me mom.... It seems like everytime we make headway, she has another surgery or something and we fall back a little. But we are trying really hard now and I think she's doing great. We will get it all together one day.

Speech is going well too and we keep praying it's all going to click one day and she will just break out in a long sentence or two. I'm still thrilled each time she asks me for something which I might know what she saying or I might not. But together with the Lord's help we are starting to understand each other.

She loves books and we are spending about 30 minutes each night reading before bed. She looks so cute all neslted in her big girl bed with her "my ming" & her" pink berryakin", and a stack of books. I cant wait until she's reading to me....

Keeping cool....

What's a family to do on a lazy hot Saturday afternoon? A bored 2 yr old needs some fun you know... Well I dont know what you do but we go to the park and play in the water fountain. Yea !

Water and summertime just go together ....

You cant keep a good fairy down...

You would never know Reese had surgery on Monday. Now granted I know it wasnt anything major or life threating but it was still surgery. She had to be put to sleep and there were alot of potential complications . A mama still worrys about her baby.

But mama's little fairy was flying high around our house last night ....well riding high actually... cause you know fairy's in the 21st century ride of course. It's so good to see her feeling like her old playful self again. Mama loves it when her baby's feeling good.


Well, mama just plain loves her baby.

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