What Have We Been Up To?

We have been busy. We went on vacation with my family for a week, had a 4th of July party and everyday life. I attempted to attend a consignment sale with the girls...bad idea. That place was full of crazy moms with huge baskets full of clothes. I made to the costumes and let Mary Paul pick out a few for dress up. She chose piglet, a frilly yellow dress and her favorite, a cheerleading outfit. She is into twirling and the cheerleading skirt does not disappoint. Ellie Jane now loves her activity center. She also is downing baby oatmeal and pears. She has quite the appetite!!! Ellie Jane also has abs of steel and loves to hold her legs up and chew on her feet. Life is good. Despite her tears, Ellie Jane did like her oatmeal and did a great job eating .

Ellie Jane loves her activity center. She can turn around and manipulate the toys.

This is Ellie Jane's superman pose. Note the abs of steel...perhaps she's doing pilates.

No, that is not a third hand...just Ellie Jane chewing on her toes.

Mary Paul's new favorite game is hide and seek. The only problem is she yells, "I'm under the bed." or "I'm behind the chair." We're working on the concept. She loves to play this game with Daddy.

Here is Mary Paul in her cheerleading outfit. She had been twirling for quite sometime and was feeling tired.

The yellow dress. Byan's word for it was "garish". Oh, well, she likes it.

Seagrove Beach with the Thorntons

We went to Seagrove Beach a couple weeks ago with Bryan's family and had a blast!!! The girls loved the beach and both did very well on the road trip. We had such a nice time and loved being with our family!!! Thanks Mr. Mike and Ms. Cari for planning such a great week!!!!

Vicks Vapor Rub

Can you blieve how big the girls are getting? Apparently Ellie Jane is very heavy and uncertain about whether or not Mary Paul can hold her..she can probably see the strain on Mary Paul's face. We went to the beach last week (pictures to come) but while I was getting ready Mary Paul decided to rub an entire tub of Baby Vick's Vapor Rub all over herself during naptime. She was the greasiest thing I've ever seen. It took almost an entire week to get her hair back to normal.

Happenings...

All is well in the Thornton household. I've been enjoying my two daughters so much!!! Ellie Jane spends most of the day awake. She loves to lie down and play on her activity mat. She is also very smiley!!! The only things Ellie Jane does not currently enjoy are dirty diapers and being hungry. Mary Paul continues to amaze me with how much she knows and can do. She currently loves to play Memory, High-Ho-Cheery-O and Candy Land. The other night at dinner, it started pouring down rain, but the sun was still shining. So, I jumped up, grabbed Mary Paul from the dinner table and ran outside to play in the rain on the deck. We had a blast and hopefully, made a memory. It was one of those moments when I felt like a great mom!!! Enjoy the pictures of the girls!!!

The Smiles of Ellie Jane

Ellie Jane smiles often these days. She has many different smiles and I was able to capture some of them!!! You'll be able to see why she brings us so much joy!!!

A Smile, A Redneck Bathroom and Two Birthdays

We have been so busy!!! Things in our home have been breaking, Ellie Jane is starting to smile and we went to two birthday parties. Below you can see the first picture we have of Ellie Jane smiling. Her smiles are getting much bigger and are occurring much more often. Our air conditioner was out of coolant so we had no air for several days (while it was in the high 80s) and then our toilet broke in the guest bathroom. Who knew a toilet tank could get a crack in it. How does that happen. I came home to find my bathroom looking like this. How redneck can you get? Needless to say, we have a new toilet and the bathtub is empty.

Landon turns, count the candles, five!!! We had a great party with lots of fun. I just focused on pictures of Landon since he was the birthday boy!!!

Claire, my sister-in-law's daughter, turned 1 year old. Crazy. We had a great birthday in Atlanta and loved seeing family. Bryan's Aunt Debby drove up from Valdosta to meet all the Thornton grandgirls. This was their first time to meet Aunt Debby, and they loved her!!!