A SHOUT to T-Y-E

If I were to list off Katie's favorite things....Uncle Tye would be in the top 3 for sure. She LOVES him! He has been able to spend a lot of time with her since he goes to school fairly close and spends time with us in the summers.

The song featured on our blog at the moment (for those of you with your speakers on) is our tribute to Tye. This summer there was a new Nike commercial featuring it and apparently it is a great get-pumped-up song and we are so PUMPED to have Tye in our family!

GRUMPYGOOFY
SILLY

HAPPY

A Great weekend

What a great weekend! Tye, Kara and their friend Pres all came down from Virginia to spend some time with us. Besides the Franklin Fall Festival, Chuck E Cheese and the gym, we took them to one of our local favorites....McDougal's. They have the BEST chicken and homemade sauces known to man!
Pres, Kara & Katie. Katie had Pres wrapped around her finger 10 minutes after he got there. (I think she knows she is cute!)
Tye is trying to teach the babies to say "favorite." So far they just say mama and dada.

A great way to travel!

Growin like weeds! 9 MONTHS OLD

Have you seen anything cuter? All you moms out there will secretly think ("of course I have! My kids!) But honestly these babies are just so stinkin sweet I could just eat'em up! And of course my Mom and Grandma Jones will completely agree with me. :)Brooklyn is 17 pounds, 9 ounces and 27 inches long. She finally outweighs her sissy. Both girls are only in the 25% which appears crazy if you have seen their cheeks. She LOVES to eat! She yells in between each bite of food she gets and granted there is a longer pause in between each bite because Lauren gets every other one and I switch spoons each time too. Very tricky!

She ALWAYS wakes up first in the morning and at each nap. She just requires a little less sleep than Lu. She is very independent and will play and explore in the play room for long periods of time. From 3-6 months she was the "high maintenance" baby. From 6-9 months she was SOOOOO easy going. But this past week she is proving that she wants to be "the one" again and Lauren has just mellowed out. It is so funny how that works.


Lauren is 17 pounds, 27 inches long. She may not eat as much as Brookie but she sleeps like a teenager! The girls always wakes up last, always sleeps longer, and will sleep anywhere (for the most part.) She has just stolen the "high maintenance" baby title from her sister but is SOOOO cuddly that sometimes I don't mind that she wants to be held more.
Lauren is just so happy! She smiles all the time and babbles non-stop. She is so sweet and not as bossy/dominant (for as dominant as 9 month olds get) as Brooklyn.
Oh and she HAS TO HAVE her binky! This girl cannot live without her binky. In fact most the time she has hers in her mouth and her sisters binky in her hand......so Brooklyn now sucks her thumb.


This past week the girls have discovered this drawer. I remember when Katie did and I thought it was so cute. It still is cute but all of the sudden they are like tornadoes. In to EVERYTHING!

"Raggery Ann"

This past weekend we went to Ghouls at Grassmere which is a fun Halloween event where our zoo transforms into a fun Halloween extravaganza. Katie is Raggedy Ann this year but if you ask her, she will tell you she is "Raggery Ann"

Our friends Steve and Kelsi invitied us to this wonderful event and their twin girls, Adyson and Savannah went as "Pink Lady's." They were so cute!

There was a big jumpy toy as Katie calls it and you came out by going down the slide. Her Dad has her loving these kind of toys!

The girls had so much fun and were so happy to be filling thier buckets with candy!

I think we wore her out! Raggery Ann slept great that night. :)

Little Dare Devils

Our little babies are getting so big and their little personalities are so fun. Here is Lauren climbing in to one of our toy boxes. She quickly gets in to things and can't figure out how to get out. So she will cry until she is rescued.

Literally as I was getting Lauren out of the toy box I turn around and Brooklyn was on the dishwasher. Now she is a Dare Devil!!!! She climbs up on everything and just lets go. She thinks she is bigger than she is, and definitely braver than I want her to be!