Cherry Grove, SC/Labor Day weekend

Our next door neighbors and good friends, The Gunters invited us to their beach house for Labor Day weekend. We had a wonderful time away. We were able to get some beach time in as well as some shopping and overall just nice quality time together. A BIG thanks to them for having us! Pictured above... Merrin and Elliott Gunter and Maggie and Ellie.

The girls

We spend lots of time at our neighborhood playground. It's getting more and more fun now that both of the girls enjoy it! Ellie will be very excited when Maggie can chase her around the playground or go down the slides with her I'm sure! For now, Maggie just loves the swing and I certainly love watching her.

Toofers!

In this picture Maggie is exactly 8 months old. She is the dearest and sweetest baby. Honestly, as my sitter Kate says... 'could we bottle her so that every baby would be this good'! She never cries- and I mean never. She soothes herself to sleep by sucking her thumb and will often just lay her head down when she's ready for a nap. She doesn't even fuss if I lose track of time and feed her late! She's sitting very sturdily now and makes attempts to move while on her belly. Please Miss Maggie- just slow down and don't be in such a hurry! I thought this picture was adorable- just showing off my new teeth!

Ellie's 4th Birthday party!

We had a wonderful long week celebrating Ellie's 4th Birthday!! Can you believe she's 4?!
We went to Greensboro for the weekend and had a great time celebrating with Mimi, Ann, Jim, Holly, Emma and all of the JTV's. The week started off with celebrating on her actual birthday with cupcakes at Miss Katie's house. This is really Ellie's 2nd home since she's been going to Katie's daycare since she was 12 weeks old.
Ellie decided she wanted another pool party this year so the planning was fun. She saw a Sunflower cake in an Elmo book recently so that was the theme she decided on herself. Ellie had a blast with so many friends this year and really new it was her special day. Her big present from Mommy and Daddy was a new Huffy bike!
She continues to be a sweet sweet child. The other night I said...'Ellie, please stop growing-- you're getting too big'... she said..'I'm really sorry Mommy, but I don't know how?'!