Our Sweet Babe...

Our sweet basset hound, Babe, went to heaven last night. Our family has had Babe for 13 years. She was given to Sissy on our 16th birthday, from Drew (boyfriend at the time, husband now). Babe was the puppy of his basset hounds, Bo and Daisy. She was incredibly loved and will be missed so, so much. Last night was a sad night. I was already crying because Dru told me Grover and Becca were going to be putting their beloved lab Mac down yesterday (what are the odds), so I was hurting for them, because Mac is loved greatly too. And then we got the phone call about Babe. Babe was the sweetest, funniest most peculiar dog. She was always gentle and our children loved her. Sissy and I were talking about how neat it was that when we got her, we would have never believed she'd know both of our children. Babe will be missed by many and was loved by many too. She lived a very good, long life. I am so thankful she isn't suffering anymore.

Who's Out There???

I've done this once before, but after actually paying attention to our live-reader thingy, I started noticing that we have lots of interesting people from very interesting places viewing our little blog! And since we really aren't that interesting ourselves, it peaked my curiosity! Who's reading our blog? Of course I know the people that I send updates to are, and the people who already comment, but I want to know who the rest of you are! Don't be shy! Please leave a comment and link your blog too if you have one.
**coming soon: 9 month and 35 month post (wiping tears away)**
**AND..taking the almost 3 year old to the doctor today for croup and fever. Sad!**

Being An Auburn Family...

means....
another weekend in Auburn-of course!

Spend the night parties in the bus on campus with cousin Lilla, Gigi and Papa-how fun!



More football practice with Papa..


Getting your face painted like a Tiger..



Proudly wearing your hat and going to your first TIGER WALK..





Finally doing what Daddy has been teaching him to do when the "All I Do is Win" song is played {I'm not joking. Cope's hands go UP! Sweet boy. Daddy is so proud;-)}..




And I think the highlight of Simms' weekend was seeing her:

It had been almost 2 months since Simms had seen Lilla. She adores her. They had a wonderful weekend together!

We were so glad for that win. Friday night, as Simms had a blast at the bus, we enjoyed a delicious dinner at the Huddlestons. They were so sweet to let us stay with them again! It was another fun weekend in Auburn. The BEST place on Earth. Seriously.

Sweet Little Babies..

These sweet babies are destined to be great friends cause their mamas sure are. We get them to together a few mornings each month when Cope and Mae Mae's siblings are in school. I am so, so thankful for the sweet friend and neighbor that Mitchell's mommy is to me! And of course Mae Mae's mommy too! We all have a great time together. We truly are like 3 peas in a pod! And it makes it even better that these 3 will grow up together. They will all be in the same grade too. Cope was born on Dec. 30, Mae Mae on Feb. 2, and Mitchell on April 28. Mae Mae has plenty of boys looking out for her in the future!


Cope {almost 9 months}, Mae Mae {Mary Margaret, almost 8 months} and Mitchell {almost 5 months}

Cope and Mitchell will finally acknowledge each other

Here they were back in May, when Mitchell was only a few weeks old. Our precious boys are growing up so fast.

An AU Kinda Weekend...

The BEST Kind that there is! WAR EAGLE! We had a wonderful, wonderful time on the Plains this weekend. We headed over Friday, for a stay at the always wonderful Hotel Huddleston. {Seriously, Beth is 35 weeks PG and has a 15 month old..enough said. They are GREAT friends}. We tailgated ALL DAY Saturday {and can I say, the heat was brutal. Forget my last post about cool weather}. We love Auburn..absolutely everything about it. Simms and Cope had a wonderful time. We are so thankful that they do so well there. The RV helps alot..believe me! Enjoy the pictures!
Simms and Cope at Gameday:




We decided to cool off at the bus:

And Cope got some football pointers from Papa:


Simms was thrilled when Adeline arrived:


And I was thrilled when my sweet friends stopped by. Love these girls. Wonderful, fun memories with them from our days on the Plains:


Simms and Adeline with Aubie:


We took Simms, Adeline and Max to hear the band:



Simms drank lots of sweet tea:


But...it wasn't ALL rainbows and butterflies..Simms threw up for the first time ever Saturday night/Sunday a.m...all over her mama..which sent me to the toilet too (I know my mama is dying right now). Just keeping it real. I mean seriously, our little girl throws up for the FIRST time in someone else's house. What are the odds? It was a long night. It only happened once {for Simms} but STILL..it was sad. She was scared. Dru was mortified. I was stuck between a rock and a hard spot {my baby gets sick which causes me to as well}. Cope was sleeping. Oh the joys! Just another memory for the books!

It isn't slowing us down though! We will be back in Auburn! This Saturday {or maybe Friday if the Hudds allow us back~ha!} War Eagle!

Outside...

is finally an enjoyable place to be again-thanks to cooler weather and a nice breeze.

Outside is the perfect place...

For a little girl with a big imagination:

To explore in her "jungle" as baby brother naps:

To find treasures for her bag while she's on her adventure:

To be amazed by some pretty ugly milk weed:

To have her adventure cut short by a skinned knee {so sad}:


Outside is the perfect place...

For a baby boy to have wide open spaces:

With no boundaries set up by mommy:

To escape his "teacher":

To take it all in:

To lay in the grass and look at the clouds:


Outside is the perfect place...

To go on a wagon ride {the first one for baby}:

To love that wagon ride:

To finally have baby brother captured so that he MUST play school:


Outside is the perfect place...

To proudly fly our new flag {that I LOVE} in this sea of red and black that we live in:

A Great Time

We had the best weekend! How can you go wrong though when your weekend includes Auburn, Auburn football and Lake Martin. I love both of those places so much. We left early Saturday morning for Auburn, had a wonderful time tailgating, seeing old friends, walking around campus and of course watching the game (me and the kids from the bus and Dru from the stadium). After the game we left for the lake and had a blast with everyone up there. I cannot say enough how glorious the weather was. Dru and I had chill bumps getting out of the lake. Seriously! I can't remember the last time that happened! Enjoy the pictures!

AUBURN~WAR EAGLE!!









I am so glad we are starting this tradition for Simms and Cope. Auburn is such a big part of who we are. Simms already loves Auburn and looks forward to the weekends there so much! Please note the precious outfits that our sweet friend Jennifer Howell made for Simms and Cope. She is so good at what she does.

Lake Martin!!