A Trip to the River

This past weekend, I headed to Hamilton to pick-up Miss EK from Gram and Pop's house. She had been staying with them since Tuesday night since Jonathan and I were out of town (I had a conference in New Orleans for work). I ended up staying the weekend (Jonathan had to work) and on Saturday, Carrie Beth and the boys made there way to Hamilton as well. 

So of course we had to go play at the river!!

Best Cousins For Life:

Elly K loved being in the float. However, if you put her down to walk she would freeze up. It was quite hilarious! She has walked on those rocks several times, so I don't know what her deal was on this occasion.

Gram and Pop enjoyed the river the most (please notice that Gracie, a Shih Tzu, is sitting on my dad's lap....in the river....HA):

Gram, Pop, and the grand-kids:

So happy that Elly K (and her future sibling) will get to enjoy the river as much as I did when I was a child!

Father's Day

Father's Day was a fun day around our house! Jonathan was on night shift so before he got home that morning, EK and I went and got him some biscuits from Bojangles. Of course he went right to bed and when he finally woke up we headed straight to the Cheesecake Factory (YUMMY)!

When we got back EK thought it would be fun to soak herself and play in the water table.

 Then finally, right before bedtime, I was able to get a picture of these two cuties:

Overall we had a great Father's Day!

Latch Board

Elly K needed something new to play with while commuting on Monday and Tuesday mornings (she rides with me to work on these days and stays with her Mimi who lives right down the road). So last night, I ran into Wal-Mart and grabbed some locks and latches. We already had a board cut to the right size from another project. So when I got home, I painted the board, assembled the locks and latches, and added some words. Now Elly K has a "Momma-made" latch board for the car!

She really doesn't it get the idea of it yet but it keeps her attention for a good bit of time!

And it was a perfect fit for the car seat:

Elly K and Bourbon

I only told one of these to sit....but both listened!

Big Eater

Someone is really enjoying food these days! Although she is still the SLOWEST.EATER.EVER! Friday night when I got to Hamilton, she had been eating for almost an hour and was still going...one morsel at a time. 

Dancing Queen (Literally)

This weekend, we attended a wedding. This weekend, we learned quite a bit about our daughter. This weekend, our daughter was a dancing queen! 

After an hour drive and an hour wedding, EK was acting a little whiny. However, once she hit the dance floor, she was good to go! 

She had crazy arms! 

Then the dress went up...

She would sit down to only keep on dancing while seated! 

She got down low:

And the dress went up again! 

Yep...that's Elly K, our daughter: 

She even danced with complete strangers!! 

We were shocked at how crazy and happy she was dancing! There were very few people that didn't see Elly K dancing since the band's lead singer mentioned EK's dancing abilities at least three times...over the microphone! 

First Ponytail!

Elly K is sporting her first ponytail.....although it might be a while before we debut this look out in public! ;)