Rah Rah Ree!

Clara Beth went to her second football game last weekend! I stopped on the way in and bought her some pom poms and as you can see, she loved every minute! This in no way changes my feelings about cheerleading, however seeing her playing and having fun was priceless. We have not played with the pom poms since that night! Ha! Ha!

"This is so fun Mom!"

"I've got it now!"

"Oh, so you shake em?"

"Hey, what are these?"

Validation

THANK YOU to the ladies who shared with me last night at Bible study that your kids sleep with you too! SHEW! Thank goodness I am not the only one! I hope that one of you will run into my husband and explain to him that this happens in other households and that I am not a push-over wimpy mom! Sleep is necessary and I am happy to hear that there are others who are willing to do whatever it takes to get there. YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!!!

Bow Head

My little bow head turned 11 months on Monday! And you would think that by 11 months she could sleep in her crib all night, right?! NOPE. Not so much. We (I) have probably done a bad, bad thing by letting her sleep between us. She goes down in her crib at the beginning of the night and then ultimately ends up with us. The night before last, she decided to keep us up ALL night because she wanted to play with BoBo. Last night we tried the "cry it out" method and she threw up her entire bottle. SIGH. I just couldn't put her down in those early days. I was too nervous about her being in her crib alone and now we are paying for it. I am completely sleep deprived and I know I am not functioning to my best ability. All I do is think about my next opportunity to sleep and then I get this sick feeling because I know it's not going to be sound sleep. But this won't last forever and I am beyond thankful that I have this problem.

On to more positive things! Her birthday party plans are underway! None of you, well maybe some of you reading this are invited! Ha! Ha! Only family (Debbie Downer sound). I would love to have all of my friends over for the big event, but it's just not going to happen. I will try to share it through photos to the best of my ability. We are doing a "cupcake" theme with lots of pink, yellow and green. I know, I know...completely UNoriginal but I have seen so many cute things with cupcakes (and who doesn't love cupcakes?) so I just thought that would be fun and festive. We still have a few more weeks until the birthday bash though. It's not until Oct. 17. I am sending out invitations but have not found the time to get them addressed...perhaps because I need sleep. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Little Ham with bows!

For some reason I want to call her "Maude" here.

Aerial shot

Her daddy did this to her when mommy wasn't looking!

Henley is THREE!

Our sweet Henley turned three last Saturday! She had a party and her mommy made her an adorable cake! It was a Barbie skirt with a doll in the middle. It took nearly a week to make and not only was it cute, it was quite tasty! Henry the dog enjoyed the cake too!

Here are some scenes from the party.

Susan putting the finishing touches on the special cake!

Clara Beth sitting in the LuLu chair!

Henny playing with her new drums (Her daddy got these for her!)

Time to blow out the candles!

Henny, LuLu and CB!

Little Biter

Would you believe that this little sweet thing is biting the dickens out of her playmates?!! I do not know what to do! Earlier this week she bit Lucy and today she bit Banks. Both bites made pretty significant marks, however, they didn't break the skin! I am at a loss. I never thought my kid would bite! I know she is not doing it out of meanness and obviously her teeth hurt, but how do you control a 10 month old who bites? If any of you have any suggestions (other than the obvious ones) please let me know. I have called the doctor to see what they recommend. Luckily, both of the victims' mommies have been really nice to me. I have apologized profusely, but if it continues they might revolt and we will be kicked out of Ms. Jodi's house.

I can full-on crawl now!

Little sugar playing at church!

Pretty Close

I know people like to comment on which parent the baby resembles and I am guilty of this too! This photo of CB was taken at the football game last weekend and then my mom found the photo of me. I believe we are around the same age and the resemblence is pretty amazing! I had some really bad hair though! My mom said I had a long mud flap that hung down in the front so she had to cut it straight across. CB was blessed with some great hair so we don't have that problem!

Baby Clara Beth

Baby Allison