Thursday, August 18, 2011

Recapping the Summer and ready for Fall and Football

So many things have been going on with us this summer! I will sum most of them up so anyone who still might be following our blog can keep up with us. Monkey (Khloe) celebrate her 2nd birthday on April 4th. It was a miserably rainy day and so our outdoor party quickly moved indoors into our little house....may be rethinking bigger parties in the future...hehe. Around that same time Nate finished his Master's degree in Administration. We are so proud of him for working so hard for his family and such an achievement at such a young age. In June we made our annual trip to Panama City Beach for vacation. Nate and I (and the whole family for that matter) were super excited to see her at the beach. She has gone for 3 years in a row (yes she was 3 months old her first time down...Mommy and Daddy love our beach time!) and last year she wasn't even walking on her own. Well let me tell you all....she LOVED IT! She even took her naps under a tent on some blankets. She wasn't too fond of the hot sand, but once the sun set a little we couldn't keep her out of it. She loved the little kiddie land and she shook her bootie up on the pool deck to the music and even managed to score us a CD for being such a good dancer! On to July....Nana treated us to a night in St. Louis during the air show and fireworks. We had never been and obviously neither had Khloe. Once again, our fearless daughter loved it all. She sat with us and drank her lemon shake-up and clapped each time a firework went off. Our room was amazing and we could have totally stayed in it for the show, but with Khloe she isn't satisfied watching and not being right in the mix of it all. She took her first carriage ride as well and she is now telling anyone who will listen that she is asking Santa for a horse this year (Good luck pulling that one off Santa!) Shortly after, near the end of July we had Nate's sister and her family come home. They had not seen Khloe in about a year! My were they in for a treat considering Khloe talked their legs off. She finally got to have some girl time with her cousins Addie and Ashlyn who she immediately took up with. We should see them again around Christmas time. After that there was a bunch of swimming and playing and swinging and bubbles for the rest of the summer. This summer marked a big milestone in the fact that Khloe decided she only needs swimmies to swim. She is getting to be such a big girl and growing up waaaaay too fast for mine and Nate's liking! That brings us up to right now and football season is upon us. Daddy headed back to school this week and Khloe and I both miss him terribly. Our summers are jammed packed to do as much as we possibly can (and afford :-)) Here is a picture of our little diva. We took her shopping to get some new fall clothes and this is one of her favorite outfits. I swear as soon as she spotted the boots she wanted them. So I, of course, found some bling skinny jeans for her to wear. Such a big girl in these!

This summer we also found a great photographer to capture how our little girl is growing up so fast. She has monthly specials that are themed around something pertaining to the time of year and a mini session is $25! With a price like that who could pass up memories like this one. August was themed around football....HELLO...perfect!!! Here we are and Kristin came to us since Nate is a coach for Marion. She did an amazing job and these are just a few with more to come in a few weeks. She titled it Wildcat Family and I totally love it! This was supposed to be Daddy/Daughter Coach/Cheerleader pics, but she threw me in for one or two. Thanks girl!

And here is Kristin's work again. For May she offered Mommy and Me pictures and Nate wanted me to have them. After trying so hard and for 2 years I have to say I finally got back down to pre-pregnancy weight with a total weight loss of 100 lbs!!!!! Yep I had a lot of baby left to lose! hehe Anywho, I rarely took pictures with Khloe during her first year because I just wasn't happy with how I looked...so silly I know, but I had post partum and that was one of the things that set me off....lol So Daddy treated me to this and this is still one of many that turned out amazing! Mommy and her little angel!!!



So that pretty much sums up the last couple of months. I am going to try and make this a priority and keep up with what is going on for family and friends to follow. We are very excited to see what the year has in store for us and trust that God will do great things in our lives. We can't wait to make more memories with our beautiful daughter that will last a lifetime!











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