Mommy and Elle day

Today it is just me and Elle. My family is going to Cumberland Falls, which is a couple hours away, and asked to take Sophie. Elle and I were suppose to go, but she hates her car seat right now which makes for a miserable trip! Four plus hours in the car just did not sound like fun to me! So we opted to stay home.

Allergies have paid a visit to the Quesenberry women this week. We're all miserable! I never suffered with allergies until my senior of college. Apparently Tennessee, where I went to school, has the one of the highest rates for allergies. Great. And I'm pretty sure I heard somewhere that Kentucky is the highest. Even better. Either way both my babies have to be on Zrytec. I hate that they're on a medicine like this so early, but I hate to see them suffer more!

A lot of my friends children started school today and I gotta tell you, I am not prepared for it to be Sophie's turn. Thank God I still have three years! But seriously, the thought makes me feel like I could hyperventilate. Seriously hyperventilate. God help Sophie's kindergarten teacher! Forget Sophie holding onto my leg, I'm going to be holding on to hers.

Alright, blogspot is being weird so I'm going to wrap this up! Here are some pictures from our week!

Lord, please, for my husband's sake let our next child be a boy. He is such a great daddy to his girls, but Lord, he has to do this at night. Soph was fixin' Daddy's hair. Notice the "ponytail" sticking up on top. God love 'em! The girls watching some movie on our computer. So sweet!

Bahaha! This one cracks me up! This is how Elle sits a lot! I love how nonchalant they are! As if it's normal to have your baby sister's foot in your face while you eat yogurt.

This isn't the best picture, but I had to snap it quick because I didn't want to leave them there too long. On Sunday morning I made banana bread and the girls helped me.

Elle discovered that the tin decor made a loud noise when she hit it. She got a kick out of that! I'm not so sure her Daddy did! Sundays are Joe's day to sleep in so he was woken up by this lovely sound. Oh well. It kept her entertained!

"Chin Up"

This past weekend my Dad and Teddie came up for a visit. It was great to see them! Sophie kept her granddaddy busy, bless his heart! Teddie's parents live just down the road in Corbin. Well, about an hour just down the road :). On Sunday we met them all at Cracker Barrel. Elle does not like her car seat. She was not happy on the ride over! The only way she would be quiet is if I sang "Chin up" from "Charlotte's Web". Joe was trying to decide what was worse. Her crying or my singing "Chin up"!

Ha! Bless her heart, she was MAD about being in that car seat! She is the sweetest little thing, but Lord help, can she get mad quick if "provoked"!

Sophie has been wanting to wear her princess shoes every where these days. And I let her. It's not a battle worth fighting :)! I love her face here!

At least she coordinates her shoes with her outfits. Seriously. She wouldn't leave until she had her matching blue shoes.

Last Friday my Momma took Sophie over to my Aunt's for a visit. It gave Elle and I some time together which is rare! This baby is just so full of life! She always squealing, smiling, and laughing! She loves to have a good time! More than she loves to have a good time, she loves to chew on things. Everything goes in this baby's mouth! Especially shiny things! She is always trying to get my wedding rings! When she realizes she can't bring them to her mouth she bring her mouth to the rings, haha!

I'm not sure how Elle keeps doing this, but she has been getting the bumper away!

Look at those cheeks! Best sugar in the world!

Sophie came up to me the other day with this crown on and said, "Look, Momma, I a princess!" She also asked to call my sister, Aunt Sissy, to which her first words were, "I pretty, Aunt Sissy. I a princess." Nothing like calling someone to make sure they know you're pretty AND royalty, ha!

Happy 7 months, Sweet Elle!!!

It's hard to believe that Elle is 7 months old today! It feels like just yesterday I was begging her to come out, haha! Now she is semi-crawling and "talking" to every one and the wall paper! This sweet child of mine has brought so much joy with her! She absolutely and totally adores her big sister! Anytime Sophie walks by she tries her best to touch her! Bless her heart, Sophie is the typical big sister and doesn't have time for baby stuff. She does play with her, but it's own her terms, that's for sure!

Elle has 4 teeth and is working on a few more! Sophie was a year old before she had any teeth! She was at least 15/16 months before she had as many as Elle has now!

My friend, Sarah, was here for a couple days visiting and snapped some pictures for me of Elle. She did a great job of capturing Elle's spunky personality!

Elle is always making this face and I love it! So glad Sarah caught it!
She puts everything in her mouth by the fists full, as you can see!

Another face she has been doing a lot! I think it's because she is teething!

I don't know why, but I love love love this picture! There is nothing overall special about it. Just something about their faces that I love! Like they have their own communication going on!

Tonight I was in my closet and I heard this sweet voice singing "Jesus loves me". When I came out into the room I saw Soph rocking her Buzz Lightyear (of all things) to sleep and she was singing to him. It was the most precious sound to this Momma's ears! Then in the song she started singing, "Jesus loves Momma, and Daddy, and Elle, and Buzz, and Jesse, and Gigi, and Pappy." It just made my night. She kept going on and on and on naming people that Jesus loved :). Thankfully I was able to video tape it all! This clip is from later on and not so long! Please excuse the spaghetti sauce on her face, ha! She hadn't stopped long enough for me to give her a good wiping down :)!

Beloved Southern Clothing - at a discount

I was recently introduced to some companies on Facebook that sell Southern style clothing at a discount. I think it's fair to say that my husband curses the day that I was told about them. I looovee anything smocked, boutique-looking, etc. but they can be expensive!!!! Which is why I was thrilled to find them at such a great deal! They have both boy and girl clothing, but not a whole lot of baby sizes. Sorry Elle.

All you have to do is "like" these companies on Facebook to see their sales every night. Each company has their own specifics on how to "bid" so make sure and look for their "how to bid" sections. Here is a list of the companies:

Lolly Wolly doodle
Smock it to me
Smockadot kids
Smockaholics
Smocked Auctions

Check them out! Be warned though...it requires a great deal of self-control to see their sales every night and not buy everything :)!

The "ickies"

Alright, y'all, I am getting serious about this blog! I have got to get on the ball with documenting our daily lives so that I can always remember each stage with the girls. There have been so many funny things that they have done and I've forgotten all of it. Already. It's terrible really! So every night I am going to sit down and write a little about our day. I'm sure most will find it boring. Some days I'll probably find it boring, too. But when I'm 80 I know that I'll cherish the memories. Here we go...

Today we've all felt a little "icky". I think it may be allergies. Unfortunately, both girls suffer with awful allergies! I never did until I came back to Florida from college in Tennessee. I sure hope whatever is causing these ickies doesn't come back tomorrow! It was a hard day! Both girls were extremely clingy. That's not very unusual for Sophie, but it is for Elle. Which is why I always hold her when she needs it! This sweet baby does not require much! She is honestly the best baby I've ever been around. It's rare for her to cry, but Lord have mercy, when she does it's pitiful! Just breaks your heart right on the spot.

With Elle wanting to be held I decided to break out the ol' wrap for her while I was preparing dinner. She's awfully wiggly so it didn't last long though... *these captions are a little confusing. I don't have the patience right now to fix it. I'll do better next time. :)*
So I busted out the teething biscuits! This was her first time having them and I think the were a hit judging by this....

She had it every where!! Which is why we did this next (in the middle of trying to prepare dinner)....

Bath time. In the kitchen sink. This is her new bathtub for the time being. It's much easier on my back!

Isn't there some crazy saying about washing the baby with the dishes. Or maybe that was a commercial. Either way it was hilarious. And obviously true in our house ;). Ok, not really, but I couldn't help but laugh at the picture! Look at how much hair Elle is getting. It's going to be dark - much darker than Sophie's!

Understandably, Sophie is having a hard time learning to share her toys with Elle. She loves her baby sister. As long as she doesn't get into her toys. Well, Elle is getting into her toys. So we have a new rule. If Sophie is playing with something she has to get Elle a toy too. Because "it's the nice thing to do". Well, tonight Momma (Nanny to the girls) gave Elle a toy. Sophie looked at her and said, "Nice, Nanny". We all cracked up! At least I know she is listening when I talk!

That's it for now. See y'all tomorrow night!

Big girl gymnastics

Tonight they started the Fall schedule at Soph's gymnastics. I wasn't paying attention to the calendar and showed up at the summer schedule time. They said that since we were there and needed to make up a class anyways that she could join the 3-5 year olds. I was a little nervous because mother's don't go with their children in this age group. Not wanting to embarrass her I reluctantly walked up to the observation deck area. She did awesome! I was so proud of her! In fact, I may ask if she can permanently move up because she enjoyed it so much!

What's new with the Q's...

Well, this blog has seriously been forsaken! Life stays pretty busy, but it's the boring busy that I don't think anyone would be interested in but me. Oh well!

There have been some big milestones in the Quesenberry household this week! One being that Elle is sitting up all on her own. And second being Soph is going to the potty! Yay! She has gone two days now with out any accidents! I knew that once she made he mind up that she wanted to do it she would! Of course, the candy and singing potty sure helped!

Nothing else really to "report" on! I'll be 27 next week. Wow! When did that happen??! My freshman roommate and now dearest friend and I were talking today. It seriously feels like yesterday we were heading off to college. I think every year just goes faster than the previous!


Speaking of time flying...doesn't Sophie look SOOO grown up here?? Here we are outside of the Disney store. Her Nanny had just bought her Jesse and Buzz lightyear from the movies "Toy Story". (We have Woody at home) BTW, she is obsessed with all things "Toy Story". I mean obsessed! I've decided that I have to do her birthday theme in Jesse and Woody. I'm really not a character themed birthday person, so I promise it'll be cute and original and not matchy, matchy. Not that there is anything wrong with that. It's just not me. This is random, but I've decided on a Circus theme for Elle's birthday. It totally fits her! Her personality is fun, fun, fun! The more stuff to get in to the happier she is!
I cut my hair! I should never admit this, but I wanted something easy and cute! Emphasis on the easy! I debated this for a bit because I wasn't sure if I was heading down that "mommy" road. You know the one where you end up wearing mom jeans (or sweats), tennis shoes, and tshirts all the time simply because it's, here's that word again, easier. At last, I decided that it is where I am right now! I have two small children, one of whom also needs her hair blow dried, and I need quick. I like it! And it fits my life right now!

This child of mine looooves to cook. Well, really she loves to help with anything I do! She is my little shadow!Elle is to the age where the girls are starting to play together! It is so much fun to watch them! Elle simply adores her big sister! As you can tell in this video!