Happy Birthday Abby!

We went to Abby's Tinkerbell birthday party on Sunday. Finley had a blast!!! They had a treasure hunt, face painting and fairy wings. Happy Birthday Abby! We love you!

Sam at 5 months

Sam, you are such a big boy! You can sit up unassisted for about 5 minutes, but usually you have your trusty Boppy behind you. You can scoot and roll wherever you please. You reach for EVERYTHING and when you get it, it goes straight into your mouth. Your sleep has been a little off lately. I blame teething. You go down about 9:30 and are up for the day around 6:30. You were going strong through the night there for a while, but now you get up around 1 or 3 or both :(  We started rice cereal. You're getting the hang of it although you may be like your sister and just never have a taste for it. You still despise the car seat. You recently screamed all the way from Huntsville to Cullman without stopping. That was a fun day. You love to talk and sing in your own baby language and you love for me to hold you so you can touch my face and let me nibble your fingers. It makes you laugh out loud! You adore your sister and you light up when she comes into view. Sometimes she gets a little rough with you, but you always take it like a man. I think you're going to be tough like your sister. You love to kick and rock your bouncy seat really hard. You like to swing and take strolls outside. You have started napping in your crib and as soon as you start sleeping through the night consistently I'll move you in there at night. For now, you're still mommy's bed buddy ;) When you smile at me it makes me so happy I think I'll burst! We love you buddy man!!!

Height: will update later
Weight: will update later
Diapers: size 3
Clothing: 6 month is snug, 9 month is big

Sambo aka Bitty-man

My little man is almost 5 months old! I'll have a 5 month post later, but I had to share what might be the cutest picture of Sam ever taken :)

Weekend in Birmingham

We had a great weekend in Birmingham! We helped a friend celebrate her birthday with a surprise party. We went to the zoo with the grandmothers. We visited Brandon at the fire station. My dad came to see the kids and we ate at all our fave places we don't have in Huntsville.

1st day of school

Finley had her first day of school today! She was really excited to go and I had no problem dropping her off. Her teacher seems really sweet and the kids are closer to her age. Last year, she was the youngest and even though I think it was to her benefit, she was a little intimidated because the teacher said she was always VERY quiet and that was hard to believe. Bitty man and I went on a leisurely stroll through Target, then came home and he took a nap while I got a few things done. I'm so glad I decided to send her 3 days a week instead of just 2. I love her, but she wears me out :) She is averaging about 400 questions a day and every morning she wants to know what we are doing that day. Heaven forbid we just hang out at home!

Sewing school

Here is what we learned last night...

-French seams
-Sewing and clipping a curved seam
-The quarter inch quilting seam
-Creating your own cording (this takes too long, I don't think I'll be creating my own cording)
-Corded seam

Fun stuff! Next week is our last class :(

One other thing we learned...sewing machines are expensive. They taught us on a $1600 machine so of course now everyone in the class wants one. Very sneaky...

Point and flex

Here is a picture of Finley right before her first dance class. I missed it because of sewing class, but I am anxious to take her as soon as the class is over. Joey was Mr. Mom :) The parents are not allowed inside the studio so I really don't know how she did, but she said she liked it. All I know is she sure does look cute in her leotard ;)

I told her to strike a ballet pose and this is what she did. Haha! Finley also had gymnastics last week. This is her 2nd season and I hadn't planned on doing gymnastics and dance, but she really enjoyed it and once I saw the Fab 5 at the Olympics I just couldn't resist. Who knows? She could be the next Gabby Douglas!