Happy 2nd Birthday Georgia Kate!

Georgia Kate, you are TWO years old today!!!  Two is my favorite age.  I just love it!  

Georgia Kate adds spunk, fun, laughter and a whole lot of love to our family!  We are so thankful for her!!!

Georgia at 2 years old…

She talks ALL DAY LONG.  She has such a little twang and it cracks us up!  She makes pretty much every word into two syllables.  "That yo-was (yours)?" "My hay-a (hair)"  I love how she adds "yah" or "yes" to the ends of a lot of her sentences.  "We go they-a (there)? Yes?"

Recently she has started calling me Mom (instead of Mommy or Momma) and I'm not sure I like it!

She is doing really well with learning her manners and often says please and thank you on her own.  

She likes to tease and joke with us.  She will purposely put the puzzle piece in the wrong spot with a little smirk on her face or smile while saying the wrong answer to a question that she knows. :) 

She loves to put on hats, glasses, goggles, etc.

She has turned into such a little fish this summer!  She LOVES the water!

She always runs and walks with a little skip in her step.  I love that about her!  

She is definitely a momma's girl through and through, but looks more and more like her daddy every day! 

She still really, really loves her ba-bees (pacifier).  At some point soon we are going to have to buckle down and become more selective about when she can have it.  Ugh.  

She is so affectionate and cuddly!  Even if she's upset with me for telling her no or taking something away, she will still come sit in my lap and hug me while she's crying.  She loves to give kisses.  She will kiss one cheek and then push my face and say, "odder side", and kiss the other cheek.

She loves to pretend to drive in my car, push all the buttons, and take everything out of the console and glove compartment. :) 

Some of her favorites...

Books - Little Mommy, Going to the Zoo, nonfiction books about animals (She's really advanced.) ;)

Songs - Old Mcdonald, I'm a Little Tea Pot, Mary Had a Little Lamb

Foods - Teddy Grahams, frozen blueberries, cheese sticks, applesauce

HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY, BABY GIRL!  We love you to the moon and back!

Update: 2 year (and 1 month) stats...

Height - 37.25 inches, 99%
Weight - 34 lbs 4 oz, 98%

21/22 week update!

I am officially 22 weeks along with our sweet #3!  We had our anatomy ultrasound last Monday when I was just about 21 weeks.  I was so excited to see our precious baby and also a little bit anxious.  We are so thankful that the baby looked wonderful!  I think I have been even more amazed during the anatomy ultrasound with each baby because I understand and appreciate even more what a miracle it is!  I was so happy and excited and grateful as we watched our baby wiggle around and I cannot wait to meet him/her!  

sweet little profile!

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It's been fun having a child that's old enough to kind of understand this time.  I showed Reid the ultrasound pictures that night and while he was somewhat confused (I can't blame him), he had the sweetest smile on his face.  Before bed, I usually ask Reid if he has anything he wants to talk about.  Lately he's been saying, "Yes!  Let's talk about our baby!"  

Sweet baby #3, we love you so much already!!!

July 4th Weekend

Swimming...

Poppers (the extent of our "firework" activity/watching this year)...

Matching patriotic outfits for church the next day...

We had a very low-key, but fun July 4th!

Gulf Shores Trip

We recently went to Gulf Shores, Alabama for a week of fun in the sun!  

We usually go to Florida, but decided to try somewhere a little bit closer this year.  Well, the drive that was supposed to take 8-9 hours ended up taking 14!  The kids were AMAZING.  I couldn't believe how well they did.  The whole time I kept saying how much easier the kids were this year than last year!  They had a BLAST.  We stayed at the condo almost the whole week.  Chris and I and the kids went to meet my friend Traci and her kids for lunch one day (they happened to be in town the same week) and then we all went out to dinner and played putt-putt one night, but other than that, we just hung around.  It was SO nice.  We were back and forth between the pool and the beach and the kids just couldn't get enough!  Georgia Kate turned into a little fish while we were there.  She LOVED the water and was so brave.  Reid loved the pool, but wasn't a fan of the ocean until the last day.  Once he warmed up to it, he had so much fun running in the waves!

Father's Day was our first day there...

We attempted to take some nice pictures of the kids on the beach one evening, but that is way easier said than done! ;)

It was a wonderful week at the beach!!