Happy 60th Birthday!!!!!

This week we had a very special celebration...Papa's 60th birthday!!!!  We surprised him at dinner, then had cupcakes and wine to celebrate!!!!

Happy 60th birthday to the best papa 3 little girls could ever ask for...as well as a pretty amazing dad and father-in-law!  We hope it was a perfect day!!!!

Look Mom

No hands!!!!

Libby @ 9 1/2 months!

Wedding Bells Will Be Ringing!!!!

Congratulations to my little sister Katie and my soon-to-be brother in law, Vern, on their recent engagement!  Thanks Vern for involving us in the day!!!

After the engagement and dinner, they went out for drinks at the Charleston and we were all there!  It was so much fun...especially the photo booth!  

We can't wait for the wedding next year in South Carolina!!!!  It will be a great celebration!!!!!!

We love you both.  Congratulations!!!!!

Caitlin's 1st Day of Preschool

Caitlin started 3 year old preschool this year!!!!  And she has the best teacher....me! We aren't exactly sure how Caitlin having her mommy as a teacher is going to go, but we are giving it a try!

Her teacher says that she is a very sweet, caring, and smart student! 

She goes 3 full days a week which is a little bit of an adjustment because she doesn't usually fall asleep during nap time at school, but the 2 days she goes to the sitter, she takes LONG naps without even being told to!

Caitlin had made a lot of great friends already who she will be in school with for the next 11 years...pretty cool!!!

Caitlin is the most excited for her 1st field trip on a real school bus and to go to after-school care when mommy has a meeting!

It's pretty neat to watch C interact with friends, eat lunch at school, make projects, and all the other things that moms usually don't see at school!!!!

We are all looking forward to a great school year...and can't wait for parent/teacher conferences! :)

Twinkle Twinkle

Libby loves the song Twinkle Twinkle.  I know most kids love it, but she LOOOVES it!  Tonight after bath and bottle, I was singing it to her.  Every time I said "Twinkle Twinkle" she would make this sound "twinkle twinkle" (with less w and l of course).  It was crazy...she must have done it 20 times.  Of course I called rob up and as soon as he was listening, she stopped.  But I'm calling it...her 1st word is twinkle!  She's definitely a little star in our family and lights up our lives do it's appropriate and perfect!

In other news, she's 9 months today!  3/4th of a year gone!  Crazy!  Tonight the whole family was having so much fun playing with her.  She's crawl so fast away and then we would catch her and tickle her and she was cracking up...full belly laughs!  

Here is my little star in her new apple pjs in honor of her teacher mommy!

In other exciting news, Abigail had her 1st soccer game.  She's not loving soccer but is trying it one more time.  So of course this weekend she was in goal...and a kid FIRED a shot and it hit her right in her face!  The whole crowd was silent and then was like "owwww".  I am shocked, but she didn't cry!  Rob was helping coach and was right there to keep her calm!  I'm telling you...any boy on her team would have been on the ground crying cause it was a hard shot!  Maybe she's tougher than we think...and her team won 1-0 because of her face block!  Still doesn't like soccer (sad sad face) but is proud of herself!!!  So are we!!!  And thanks Auntie Stina for coming to her game! 

Big week for Caitlin.  She has "meet the teacher" at her new school!  I'm pretty sure she's going to LOVE her teacher...I hear she's beautiful, amazing, and the best teacher in the school!!!!  She will also meet the kids she will most likely go to school with for the next 11 years!  Big day!

Kindergarten

I feel like every cliche that exists could go here...time goes so fast...the days are long but the years are short...

Our 1st baby is officially a kindergarten!  I feel like I should be a little sad, but I feel like we've been talking about this for years.  And Abigail is SO excited!!!!!  So it's hard to be sad!

So far, we are absolutely in love with our new school.  It has such a family feel and is so much fun!  I can't even begin to explain how many of my coworkers stopped in my room on their 1st day when they are so busy to see Abigail!  So thoughtful!!!

And we LOVE Abigail's teacher!  We sort of hit the teacher jackpot!  The girls preschool teacher got a job at our school and is the K teacher!!!  So Abigail gets Mrs. K another year!

Her class seems very sweet.  She has 18 kids in her class.  I was helping in her class today and got to scope it out!  

She has a locker and gets to eat in the cafeteria!  Such a big girl!!!

Daddy took the morning off and took Abigail to her 1st day...that was very special!!!

We are so excited for Abigail and all her 1sts this year (field trips, concerts, etc).

So, even though I should be sad...I am just so excited for her!!!!  And for all interested...our 1st fundraiser has begun...raffle tickets!  I love this school...gambling and/or alcohol are involved in all the fund raisers!  It's gonna be a fun year for the parents!

(and I can't get pictures off my computer onto the blog, only from my phone, so I can't download all my pictures from today with my good camera...or Libbys baptism for that matter...I gave to figure it out...but here are pictures on my phone!

Outside her classroom

Meet the teacher 

Barbie bookbag

Moving Out

Abigail has packed her bags because she's moving out when kindergarten starts...but she promises to come back and visit.

Caitlin won't stop crying about Abigail leaving.

Libby can't sleep with all the crying.

That's what is happening at my house at this exact moment!