BIG time catch up

I very sadly just realized that the last time I "blogged" was Thanksgiving..that's TOO long. I mean, next week is Christmas!!! I have not finished shopping yet, but the good news is that at least I've started...

We've been pretty busy around here lately. Here's some proof:

We went to dinner at Josh & Mandy's a few weeks back..Tilly always loves being around Noah!

Look at him holding her up. Isn't that sweet!?! What a little gentleman!

Tilly's friend Isabel turned TWO two weeks ago. We went to her party and had a ball!

Aunt Amanda had fun too...maybe too much??

I didn't get any good pictures of the birthday girl, but that's her on the right.

TODAY Tilly and I went to where I used to work to visit with all the people who I miss SO much. We had a ball, and it was so great to see everyone.

Then, we had brunch (Okay, it was really lunch by the time I got there...I don't know why I can't be on time!!!!) at Mimi's with Noah and Mandy. SO GOOD! Then we went to play at an INDOOR playground and the kids and mom's loved it! Seriously, Mandy I and I were loving the "big slide!" We even made a new friend, huh Mandy?!

How fun that they match??!!

Sweet Noah (who likely had some help from his parents) got Tilly the cutest birthday present--an entire coloring set which she insisted on taking to her nap! Tilly says "Thank you so much, Mo-ah!"

We are in Louisiana for Thanksgiving again! Of course, I had to take pictures within the first 30 seconds of our arrival because of what we walked into:

What? You mean you didn't get EIGHT wrapped presents at THANKSGIVING as a kid? Or even this year? ME NEITHER!! :) My Nana and Paw Paw decided that Tilly needed a little practice opening gifts for her upcoming birthday and Christmas. She was thrilled, though, to say the least! And, apparently, Sesame Street wrapping paper is the appropriate choice for Thanksgiving presents...

Here are some pictures from Thanksgiving day:

Look carefully at what Tilly is doing on the computer...

...she's listening to Glee!!!

Doesn't she look like a big girl??? She loves to hold her fingers RIGHT UP to the keyboard and say "I not touch...I not touch."

That's a lot of food and a big table for one little girl...

I think this is where Tilly was getting tired of waiting for everyone to come to the table...

Here's the family (minus the photographer, Paw Paw). My parents and other two sisters and their respective boys are in Arkansas because of basketball. Next year, we should all be here!!!

Tilly really didn't eat that much for Thanksgiving lunch...

Let's be honest, you wouldn't either if you knew Dippin Dots were waiting for you!

Totally Tilly

(These next few are from Haloween...I've been SLACKING!)

Photo Shoot

Tilly and I got up early yesterday morning for her "two year" photo shoots. Of course, she is only 22 months, but close enough. Jill Brannon took Tilly's pictures, and sent us this picture as a preview. I LOVE it!!!!My mother-in-law made this dress just for the pictures. I love it, too! It was such the perfect day for pictures too. I cannot WAIT to see the rest of the pictures!

Big Kid Halloween Party

Eric and I were invited to Sarah & Jordan's for a Halloween Party tonight. We dressed up as two characters from "Glee." (Big surprise, I'm sure!) It was a fun night and fun to see friends!

Eric is dressed as Finn who is a football player, and I dressed as Rachel who always has the "school girl" look. These characters get slurpies thrown in their face for being on the Glee club, so Eric had the great idea of getting big slurpy cups to add to our costumes.
Jessica was Miss South Carolina (and yes, we watched the You Tube video at the party!), Sarah was a character from "Mad Men," Rebecca was a character from "Anchor Man," the other Sarah (hostess) was a tv reporter who fell on live TV while stomping grapes (it made for a hilarious You Tube video!)

So, my costume consisted of the shortest skirt I have EVER worn in my life. My sister picked it up for me at WalMart yesterday, and it was quite uncomfortable, but was right for the job. The brand was Miley Cirus if that tells you anything! Yikes!! It was a very fun night though!

Busy Little Bee

Because my mom thought that I would never get around to buying Tilly a halloween costume (I would have eventually bought one..probably today, but I would have bought it nevertheless!) she bought her the cutest little bumble bee costume. Tilly knows what bees are and does her best to make the buzzing sound (even though it moreso sounds like a snake hissing) so the costume works!

My mom, sister Amanda and I went to GSFest at church tonight. It was crazy! They really went all out. Tilly was pretty much too little for rides and such, but she liked watching the bigger kids ride them and, of course, loved the petting zoo. In fact, when we were pulling out of the parking lot, she said "Bye, Duck!" :)

Anyway, here are some pictures of the cutest little bee around!

Here are the wings of her costume. I was shocked that she left those plus her antennae on all night!

Here you can somewhat see the little wand that goes with her costume. I actually ended up carrying it around most of the night. One time I was away from her (don't worry Nana, she was with my mom!) and I was still carrying the wand--felt kinda silly! Oh well!


Here is Tilly on the way to GSFest. I guess you know you've taken way too many pictures of your child when she holds up the garage door opener and says "CCCCHHHHEEEEEEEEEESSSEEE!"

Because there was about an hour's wait for corn dogs, we decided to go eat at Chick-fil-A.
So, Chick-fil-A has started putting science-ish toys in the kids meals lately. I LOVE IT! Tilly and I both had kids meals, so she got not one, but TWO graduated cylinders. As a mom, I think, "wow, she's gonna love these toys and be so smart." Then, THIS happens:

Hey, even if she's not smart, she'll be really funny!! :)

I hope everyone has a fun and safe Halloween!

Pumpkin Patch

I've been in trouble lately by people who read by blog. Sorry it's been such a long time. We've been pretty busy lately!

On Friday afternoon (you may remember it as the first day you could see the sun in about five years...) my mom, nana and I took Tilly to a little pumpkin patch close to my mom's house. Tilly had the best time! She kept saying "Pu-kin....owange...pu-kin....owange." (Translation: Orange Pumpkin.) Please notice how her geeky mom dressed her--the very neccesary Halloween outfit!

I think the scarecrow was not her favorite part of the day!

If you look really hard in this picture, you can see the pumpkin Tilly picked out. She would try to pick up other ones but would say "OOOOh, too hebbee...too hebee" (Too heavy!)

Lately, our big task has included potty training. We have put away the diapers (except for at bedtime) and are wearing big girl undies! She's doing really well, and if she has an accident, it's only been the "number 2" giving us trouble! :( On the whole, she is doing great and gets really excited when she goes to the bathroom. She'll say "I tee-tee potty!! I flush! I eat MM!" It's been pretty fun actually.

More pictures soon!