Catchin' Up

Spencer always wants to know what's coming up next. After each holiday or major event, we have to map out the next exciting thing. After the 4th of July, the fair was all he could think about. He would tell random strangers at the grocery store that he was going. It was his reply when he was asked, "How are you doing?" "Good," he would say, "I'm going to the fair." We decided to take Colton with us since Rachael wasn't feeling up to it.

Uh, not sure what all the posing was about.

Conversing with cows.

Just looking at the animals was hard enough but having one finish off her dinner pushed her over the edge. I was laughing too hard to get a picture of her screaming (such a mean mom).

Sophie threw major fits after getting off the two rides she went on and Spencer was still holding a grudge against me for forcing him to go on the dragon roller coaster even though he liked it.

The boys were great. The lines were long. The weather hot and the wallets empty. Spencer's already talking about next year.

Waiting for These

My feet have been killing me since we've been setting up the halloween store. Like an idiot, I realized after a week that my old Nikes were too small. How I didn't notice that before I'm not sure. Pregnancy changes your feet and apparently I forgot that (past tense on the pregnancy part). So I have these ordered and on their way. I hope they are as comfy as they look. I'm having a hard time picturing me wearing them but we'll see!

These Shoes

Perfect style, perfect fit, perfect price! It's seriously been a challenge finding shoes for Bo (our nickname for Sophie) that don't squeeze her feet. Her wonderful chubby not-so-baby-anymore feet look absolutely adorable in these. We're off to pick up a pair in brown and maybe pink.

::I love his sweetness and I love him to pieces
(No worries Aunty Lisa, I didn't forget I just had to stop and feed him before I was done posting!)

::Wakes up every morning and right away asks, "Can we go somewhere today?"
::Loves to hear stories and drives me crazy requesting stories I don't know/remember
::After getting in trouble for referring to our neighbors as "the bad neighbors" (even though they are) changed it to "Our neighbors who litter"
::Says his sister's name like no one else, with complete and total annoyance, "So-fee!" Makes me laugh everytime
::Loves to pour his own milk into his cereal resulting in at least 2,384 bowls of cereal being made a day
::Recently started calling me "mama" and I can't get enough of it
::Is an excellent big brother

::I love him to pieces::

:: When prescribing an antibiotic for Sophie, her doctor laughed and said, "We'll just go by weight, not age and weight or she'd have to be three."
:: Today I bought 4T pants and have to return them tomorrow (we need 5T)
:: There's nothing cuter than watching her pudgy fingers blow kisses
:: She kisses her baby brother at least 2,384 times a day
:: Like a true girl, she loves necklaces, purses, and shoes
::My favorite thing to hear her say is "Caw, Caw" for a bird or "Bak, Bak" for a chicken
::She fake cries every time Carson cries
::She loves her Spencer

:: I love her to pieces::

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Rach,
My kids are way too distracting so this probably won't be a real tear-jerker of a post. Besides, I'm in my creating mood, not my writing mood. I've been making these super cool pillows and I keep thinking that that's what I should make you for your birthday, but then really? I mean, how often have I really finished anything that I've claimed to be making for you. Remember last year? Yea, that scrapbook is totally still sitting here unfinished. And besides, I totally need a diet coke. And maybe some candy to go with it. Definetly need a sugar/caffeine rush before I could make something cool, or write anything deep and meaningful. And seriously, when was that last time you or me were deep or meaningful? I should have totally made you some cupcakes or something but we all know that you're the true baker of the family. Besides, mine would just be a regular old box cake with regular old canned frosting. And then there was that plan to take your kids today so you could take a break, I mean a real break. I know you've been laying around a lot lately but we both know that doesn't count as 'resting' since we still have to yell at our kids, or change the channel for them, or worry about whether or not their ruining anything important to us. And by important I only mean those things that can't be replaced. Like the old stuff. Cause anything newer is so not worth getting up for. So, in typical Amy-Rachael fashion, here's just a few of the things I thought about today then talked myself out of. I mean, thats where our real talent lies right? Our intentions are always good, but the follow through stinks. Good thing we're sisters...Less offensiveness that way.
But Happy Birthday, anyways.