Diamonds are a girls best friend

Emily has like a trillion spelling words each week.

So we spend lots of time studying and learning them.

Hadley likes to join in the fun.

She creates sentences to go with each word.

Today for "dime" she said:

"I have a diamond ring."

Yesterday is was "before":

"On my birthday I will be four."

They don't make ornaments for that

For a little less then a year SHE has been H3.

It is how she began signing her name.

I have a pillow with her signature on it.

Unfortunately for you it is a little light to see in a picture.  But come over and I will it show it to you. It sits on the couch, with the signature hiding against the couch.

We searched endlessly for a cheap little H3 emblem from the car that was H3 first.  But didn't find one.

Alas, she has turned H4.

If they ever make that Hummer...she will have had the name first, but she will surely be H7 or H8 by then.

At the request of my sister Mel I am posting her party pics.  

Mainly she wanted to see the cake.

It was made in a castle bundt pan that I purchased on a girls trip.

It is such a cute bundt pan.

But you can't frost it or you lose all the little features.

I didn't think about that, until I went to frost it.

So we frosted around the windows and along the top and Hadley placed little confetti dots on the frosting and she was so happy that I didn't stress long about it's looks.

And just for history.

Her sister blew her candles out.

Dawn's having a giveaway

Go check out Dawn's site on my side bar.  She is having a giveaway.  And while your there check out her cakes.  They are incredible!

Couponing

You know what I really love about couponing (besides saving money)?

I get to do the majority of my shopping at Albertsons and Maceys....not Walmart.

Love it!

8 Months

I can't believe he is 8 months.

Army crawling.

Says Hi.

Waves.

Claps.

Attacks Hadley when she has something he wants.

Is carried by Hadley (not with permission).

Eats rice krispy's by grabbing a handful, bringing them all up to his face and seeing which ones fall in his mouth (last night he ended up with one up his nose).

Still wakes up at night (a good night has only two wakings).

Is so stinking cute.

Makes us laugh.

They officially have a team

My sister had her 6th baby last night.

It was her 5th boy.

One little girl in the middle of them.  Don't worry she holds her own.

A week over due he came out at 7lbs 3oz (that's small for our family) and ended up coming c-section.

He has a name.  It's either Cody or Caleb.  Decisions, decisions.

We're excited to have another little cousin.

The Difference

Me with Strep this weekend: Fever, Chills, Dead in Bed, Requiring Prescription Strength Painkiller (there's none left...so don't bother breaking in to get it :))It was 48 hours before I got going again...I'm still not 100%

My girls with Strep: Bouncing off the walls, no pain meds needed.