charlotte {12 months}

She's one!  I can't believe it.  

She's almost walking.  

Her first words were "num num" and "mama".  In that order. 

She loves snacks.  And lunch.  And dinner.  

Just the sweetest little soul.  And also a bit of a stinker.  
Loves her sister who can make her laugh so hard.  

Oh Charlotte, you're the cutest birthday girl around! 

And all her monthly pictures all together:

(if you click it you can see it bigger)

And some of my favorite outtakes:

Elise starts Pre-K

Now that school has started and summer is technically over, I'm going to try and start posting regularly again.  And instead of trying to catch up with everything that's happened over the summer I'm just starting with today - the first day of school for Elise.  She is in pre-K this year and is so excited.

School starts at 7:50 this year - and this one is hard to wake up. 

It might get difficult.  Also it takes her 20 minutes to eat a bowl of cereal.

Didn't she look so cute?  

She looks so much older already!

She had such a fun first day.

"we got to go outside for recess!!"

Here's Elise and her little friend (and friends sister). 

 These two are such cute little buddies. 

mcclure girls were here again!

We LOVE when our cousins come to visit!

[two posts in two days what is happening??!?]

Auntie Gracie, Stacy, and her girls Maddie, Elle, and Lola came to visit last week.  Grandpa took the day off to play.  And drive the boat.  Because I do not do that.  I would for sure crash it into the dock.  And my mom confuses RPMs with MPHs...well that happened once and it probably shouldn't happen again.  

Living the good life. 

This child scarfed lasagna.  Like she ate more than Elise. 

Actually that's not that hard to do.  Except for the night when Elise ate THREE hot dogs.  

It does not get better than this. 

charlotte {11 months}

Awww this little honey is 11 months old. 
Almost 1.  I'm gonna go cry now.  

Seriously the sweetest.  
Still sporting some pretty serious thigh rolls.  

Also the fangs are getting bigger.  
Our two front teeth are coming though.  

She loves giving hugs and snuggles. 

She can say mama, loves scarfing all the food, and can walk behind her walking toys.  She bolts towards the stairs whenever she sees the gate is down. 

She's on to me with the whole sticker thing. 

Oh Charlotte we LOVE you!

Awww cute little pony tail!

Happy Birthday Elise!

Elise is FIVE! I can't believe it. 
This post is basically a ton of pictures of our birthday weekend at the lake. 
We pretty much have moved in Friday and gone home Sunday every weekend this summer.  Living the good life. 

Love these girls. 

Almost dark out.  There were a million fireflies. 

My mom was worried she wouldn't have enough presents.

Auntie Aubrey is so pretty. 

And Elise has got a really good fake smile. 

Gourmet cupcakes.  SO SO good. 

Sidenote:  my diet is not going so great. 

The Gootes got them each a nerf gun.  YAY. 

I gotta throw in a bunch of this cute baby too. 

Because holy cuteness.  

The next door neighbors set up their giant slip and slide.  

We pretty much didn't see Elise for an hour. 

Love these girls.  

Vivian, Elise, Ava.  

Elise is actually older than Vivian however much less tall....

Timehop you kill me. 

Awww Baby Elise!!!