Sweet Caroline

7 months. September 17.  Collins, You are officially crawling EVERYWHERE! You started crawling on August 27 (10 days past your 6 month mark) and haven’t stopped since. You are getting pretty fast too, it’s so cute! Otherwise, I don’t feel like a lot has changed over the last month. You do love to play a lot more now. You are content on the rug just playing with your blocks and musical toys for a while. You LOVE your jumper bumper too. For some reason, it cracks you up. Especially when daddy helps with the jumping and you go sky high! You are still fighting a cold…it went away for a while…but has creeped back. It really doesn’t seem to bother you, but it makes me sad when I wake you up in the morning and your little nose is covered in dried boogers:-( You still HATE the snot sucker/bulb syringe…but good lord is that thing getting some use!  Diapers: still size 2  Clothes: I finally put away all of your 3 month clothes and you are strictly wearing 6 mon...

Saturday, August 18 began our week long summer vacation. We had gone to the beach and/or Beaufort several times this summer but hadn't had the opportunity to go for a whole week until then. IT. WAS. GLORIOUS. We began the "week" at home. We didn't actually leave for vacation until Sunday...but we made that Saturday vacation as well...by taking advantage of my mom offering to babysit, we enjoyed a lake day with some friends and then came back and took Collins to the pool and cooked out with friends. We've been so busy with house stuff or other obligations it's hard to remember to take some time and just enjoy our new surroundings. So, that's what we did that day. Enjoyed the heck out of the lake and pool ALL DAY LONG.  Then, Sunday came and it was time to head to Beaufort. I could not have been more excited to have the week to spend with JUST MY GIRL AND HER DADDY. It was heaven. Was the weather great? NOPE. Did I care? NOPE. A year ago, it ...

It's that time...TIME FOR SOME GAMECOCKS FOOTBALL!!! Our first home game was actually two weekends ago, but we had a wedding to go to in Charleston so we missed out! Saturday, September 15 we played UAB at home and took Little C to experience her first GAMECOCK tailgate! We sold our tickets, with it being a night game we knew we would need to leave early. But, that didn't stop us from having lots of FUN before the game started. Collins did GREAT...it was hot but we managed. She had lots of friends/babysitters to take care of her. And the GAMECOCKS got a HUGE W, so that's always a plus!! GO COCKS! Sweet little babysitters. Gamecock family. Gamecock girls. Love:) Miss Caroline loved playing with Collins. Play time. Girl loves her thumb:) C and Mary Brooks got to play for a little bit!!  I think Mary Brooks is saying "get that camera outta my face!!!"  Too cute! My girl. xoxo.  go gamecocks!

I think John McCain's thoughts on today sum mine up perfectly. "Our shock over the enormity of the attack has long passed, as has the nation’s trauma, at least for those of us who did not lose loved ones on that terrible day.   But, we have not lost, and we never will, our outrage at the inconceivable cruelty, the depravity, it took to plan, organize and execute the atrocities.   And let us act on our outrage, and teach our children to do the same, by not only remaining resolute in our efforts to defeat our enemies, but even more so in our efforts to remain the moral opposite of our enemies.   Let us be, forever, a people whose respect for the dignity of ALL human life is our highest and defining value."   Above all, I am FOREVER grateful today, and EVERY day for the amazing men and women who selflessly serve our country and defend our freedoms.  Who knows where we would be in a post 9/11 world without these incredibly brave people to depend on....

The Rat Race. I’ve been doing this whole “full time working mom thing” for a grand total of about 4.5 months now, and I’m already WORN out.   OVER it.   *This is going to be a rant post* Yes, I am extremely grateful for all the blessings in my life…but I’m also human, and sometimes I just need to vent. I just don’t understand how I can do it all ?!?   And I SO want to be able to do it ALL.   I’m already stressing about how I will get my children to dance/soccer/whatever practices in the future if I have to work until 5/6 every day.   Not only getting them there…but I want to BE there with them.   Ridiculous, right?   But, that’s just where my mind is right now.   How can I make this happen? For starters, I want to work.   I like my job.   I like the challenge I get at work.   I need that stimulation and I really enjoy going to court and interacting with other attorneys and Judges on a weekly basis.   I know that...

And her mama finally figured out how to put video on the blog, no clue you could just upload it from you tube. Duh! The first time we got Collins crawling on camera was at her 6 month check up on August 27 (so she was actually 6 months and 10 days). And she still mostly low crawls/army crawl whatever you want to call it but she is definitely crawling around. The best time she did it was this past weekend...I put her bottle on the floor and she went the fastest and most "form correct" crawling I have ever seen! We all got a kick out of it...but of course I didn't get it on video. I'm going to try and pull out our real video camera tonight and see if I can really get her crawling good on there because in these videos she is still just kinda moving/crawling but she has done some REAL crawling a few times. I can't believe it....our baby girl is growing TOO FAST!!!

Of course my pictures are COMPLETELY OUT OF ORDER. Ah...such is life.  We went to Beaufort for the long Labor Day weekend to soak up EVERY possible bit of summer left.  IT. WAS. GLORIOUS.  Not a lot of time to recap, so pictures will have to do...i-phone pics at that, as I forgot my camera.  Sunday night grand finale...beaufort stew!  YUMMMO. Kisses from daddy on the boat. Gearing up for a day of FUN in the SUN on the intracoastal. Richardson grand-babies snuggle time. Pool time. Our view on Sunday/boat day. Play time at the park. A visit to the sandbar isn't complete without some pluff mud fun.  Richardson/Glenn girls. Love this munchkin to pieces.  Her strap broke on her bathing suit...so her daddy dubbed her a "fashionista" with a one shoulder strap! ha! twinsies. the life...i wish someone would feed me like that. cousin love. Richardson siblings conked out.