11.23.2014

Finishing out Football Season...November Games!

Here are the highlights from the last month of Auburn football! Sure has been a fun ride, despite a tough month of losses for our favorite tigers! Win or lose, we will always love Auburn!  We believe in Auburn and love it...=) What an enjoyable year full of lots of friends, family, and fun with our little girls! Loved being Hotel Currie and having a place/home to gather everyone in for the weekend! Thankful our girls were old enough this year to know what was going on and take it all in! They even each got to enjoy their own date with daddy to the game! That's a win all on its own!
For the Texas A & M game, Mimi and Grandpa were gracious enough to come in town Friday and keep the girlies while we attended a wedding shower! Thankful for the best babysitters in town! =) I tagged along with them to Jim N Nicks with the girls before we headed out for the evening. They all did great and their bellies were full of cheese biscuits! The night will now be complete as long as a round of hide and seek is involved!
Well, we almost made it all through the season without sick babies. But sadly, last night Ashton Kate was up ALL NIGHT coughing and laboring in her breathing. We debated taking her to the ER but opted to stay up with her and watch her and just take her in to the pediatrician in the morning. We took her first thing Saturday morning and discovered she had croup. Poor baby sounded awful and would have trouble breathing every time she started coughing and crying. They put her on a steroid to open up her passageway and that helped tremendously. So anyways, that ruled her out for obvious reasons so daddy stayed home with her while mommy took the twins to tailgate. By lunchtime Ashton Kate was feeling a lot better and able to play and move about so Nana and G-Dad kept their original plan of keeping the kids so Kendall could make it to the game too. Everyone did well and although we didn't sit together, we both had fun!
I'll admit that it felt rather easy to have just TWO kids to look out for today! And two that can walk and semi-take care of themselves a smidge...=)
And they even allowed me to visit with an old college roomie while they were busy doing this...pure sweetness! Sure do love these two!
And for the last season of the game, we once again got decked out in our best orange and blue attire (thanks to Mimi & Grandpa outfitting our children!) for the Auburn/Samford game and snapped a few pics on the front lawn! I could kick myself for not snapping a picture with our dear friends James & Debi who joined us for this game! We loved spending time with them as always and the girls ate up every ounce of attention from their grandkids! What a fun-filled weekend it was! We kicked off the weekend with an awesome meal at Acre with the entire family to celebrate mine and Dad's birthday! Delicious food, more laughs than I can count, and a full heart from time with siblings and parents! And came home to three sleeping babes...thank you sweet babysitters!

Here's to the last game of the season!
A lil' Auntie love!
The girls will surely miss all the company we've had week in and week out! They've grown accustomed to waking up and asking where are we going today and who are we going to play with? =)
Come on tigers! Pull out a win for us today!
Sure are thankful for the sweet relationship the girls have with my sisters!
Getting a little "mommy love" as the girls say...=)
And today's daddy daughter football date goes to none other than...Maddie Grace Currie! And boy was she excited as she waved goodbye to the rest of us and headed off with daddy to the stadium!

She needed a little pick me up from the rain and the cold! Looks like popcorn did the trick!
Little Miss Independent! =)
Such sweetness to have ALL of daddy's attention...MG sure does love her daddy time and asking him questions left and right...=)
Let's give this girl a high-five! She made it through the entire game so she could go down on the field afterwards. The girl had her eye on the prize...and wouldn't stop short of it. =)
Goodness! I could melt over this again and again...thankful for the love she receives from her daddy!
I think it's bedtime...pushing 10 o'clock or later...we're gonna have one tired girl but so worth the memories!!
Perfect ending to a fun season! Posing for a few pictures...think this concludes the season and the night...she's reaching the delirious stage!
UNTIL NEXT SEASON...WAR EAGLE!

11.16.2014

Family Fun Day!

When we woke up for the second Sunday in a row with sick kiddos still, we decided we HAD to get out of the house and get some fresh air. After each taking a turn to go to church, we headed out right after lunch and headed to Montgomery for some family fun! Hard to say who was more excited...mommy or the twins!? Tough going so long without seeing any friends or leaving these four walls so this was just what we needed as a family! As we were loading the car, we decided this would be a good time to move Ashton Kate into her new big girl car seat! Milestones like this are a little bittersweet as they mean she is growing up! But also serve as a reminder of God's continued mercy and grace in her growth and development.
Not sure she's a fan just yet, but it'll do. Off we go to the Montgomery Zoo! You can't pass germs outside, right!?
This was our first trip to the Montgomery Zoo with our entire family. Mommy has taken the girls quite a few times and daddy even ventured there once by himself, but it sure was fun to all be together this trip! It was overcast, perfect temperature, and hardly a soul there. Perfect for this bunch!
This zoo is perfect for little ones as the exhibits are smaller and the animals are usually much closer up for viewing. They are always moving and active when we've been there which makes it a million times more exciting for the girls! This guy in particular was quite entertaining this trip around..
And this sweet girl enjoyed having an extra set of hands which allowed her to get out of the stroller or ergo and see the animals too! She LOVES animals so it was so fun seeing her squeal with delight and her legs start rapidly swinging with excitement!
And of course no zoo trip is complete without a ride on the train...never gets old and is a nice little break for mom and dad too!
And since we said this was family fun day, the fun didn't stop after we left the zoo. We re-introduced the girls to the sheer deliciousness of Krispy Kreme! And boy did they love it! Down to the last sprinkle..=)
Lastly, after spoiling their dinner with a donut, we headed to Applebee's to use a gift card we had held onto forever! Perfect time to use it! The girls all did great and we enjoyed one last "activity" as the girls say before we headed home!
What a wonderful afternoon we had as a family! A treat indeed and we know we surely will cherish these memories in the years to come!

11.01.2014

Celebrating AK's 1st Birthday-Pancakes & Pajamas Style!

Oh HAPPY Day! Today we get to celebrate the graciousness of God over the past year on our sweet, adorable Ashton Kate! We have a ONE year old and that calls for a big celebration. And celebrate we did! Her big sisters were especially excited to have a party for her. =) Oh the love they have for her. The love her mommy and daddy have for her. But OH the love Jesus has for her. That she would know that truth soon. We are so grateful for her life and anxiously pray that the Lord would use her for the advancement of His kingdom. That her heart would be drawn to Him early and that He would use her life to spread His name to the ends of the earth. Oh little one, we have so much hope for your life! Now time to celebrate YOU...pancakes and pajamas style!
Ashton Kate looks ready for her guests to arrive!
The food is on the table thanks to many helping hands!
We are officially ready to celebrate baby number THREE in our house!
Can my scrumptious little girl seriously be ONE!?
The helper bees...or taste testers! =)

Eternally grateful for the blessing of this child!
Four out of the five smiling...not bad! =)
Ashton Kate enjoying her party guests...and sweet friends!
Singing many praises of thanksgiving over this sweet life!
Mischievous, joyful, and keeps us on our toes at all times!
The Lord has blessed us abundantly more than we could have every fathomed with such thoughtful friends! Such a joy to share life with these dear people we are fortunate to call friends!
And this little pea pod sure does love her Nana and G-Dad big time!
It's birthday cake time!
Some rather excited sisters are ready too...they sure are smitten over her! =)
"Ok, where's that cake you mentioned..."
Happy Birthday to you Miss Ashton Kate! Will you please forgive us for letting you touch the flame!? Oops...parent fail!!
After many tears were shed, we are now back and ready to try this whole cake thing once more...=)
No doubt this girl is enjoying herself some birthday cake...maybe she too has inherited a sweet tooth!?

Humbled to be your parents precious one...praying for God's grace and mercy each step of the way!
Always a lady...even at her party! =)