Long time, no post. . .

Here is Jaycee Lynn passed out of the couch after a long day of fun. She's so peaceful when she sleeps.

This is the hand-picked outfit for making "mud pies" according to Jaycee. It was about 90 degrees outside when she wore this. Apparently weather does not matter, it's all about the fashion.

We took our annual trip to Tom's Farm to get our pumpkins. Here are some of the cute pictures from our day.

Jaycee was a bit timid with the feathered friends. I don't blame her.

Jaycee's day spa treatment was the face painting. She was VERY relaxed during the entire process.

And, we capped the day off with a fun ride on the carousel. She loves riding on it so much, she cried when we had to leave. Poor baby. . .

The Things Jaycee Lynn Says Nowadays. . .

Jaycee's vocabulary development has been fast and furious lately. The other day we went to pick up her painted kitty cat from Painted Earth and on the way home, this is what she said:

"Mama, thank you for being a good helper with my painting."

Then today, she says this:

"Can you close this?" (talking about her ziplock with apple slices in it)

"Can I have your phone?" (taking my iPhone)

"Oh Mama, you have some email messages."

I say, "I do?"

Jaycee says, "Yes. You have one email message on your phone."

What is going on?!?!? She makes us laugh daily with the things she comes up with. If you ever want to know what you really say on a regular basis, bring Jaycee. She'll repeat most of them to you. Too funny!

Here are some cute pictures from the girls daily hang out time. Jaycee now refuses to take her bath unless her sister goes in with her. And Jayden crawls over to the bathroom to join Jaycee as soon as she hears the water running. They enjoy their bath time for playing and splashing. The hardest thing is keeping Jaycee from "helping" to pour water over Jayden's hair.

This is what a day off is for. . .

Mama wasn't feeling so hot, so she skipped a day of work to get better. This is just what the doctor had in mind. A nice day at the park!

Jayden with her Dada.

(Babies are so much easier to photograph that big girls, as you will soon see proof of.)

Jaycee climbing the rock wall. It's just a matter of time until she does this trick solo.

Jaycee man-handling her Dada, as usual. She is a beast of a child!

Can't you just hear the noise coming out of her at this point?

And Dada's dream of getting a beautiful picture with his two girls smiling will continue. Jaycee could not contain herself, and so Jayden found herself trying to wriggle out of Dada's arms and into the playground. Maybe someday Dada, but not today!

Pool, Computer, & Carrots

Some adorable pictures from the pool on Labor Day. Little Jayden Rylee looks so cute in her two piece bikini!

How else would Jaycee work on the computer, but with two fingers up her nose?

And Jaycee's newest thing she's eating: raw carrots. She has been asking for them, then getting them herself out of the fridge. What a weirdo!

Little Jayden Rylee

Jayden Rylee was so tired last week, but of course like all babies, she refused to sleep. I left her on our big bed and this is how I found her a few minutes later. Poor baby, she was so tired.

Cute pics

The girls have been somewhere between best friends and jealous siblings on a daily basis. They play together, they lay together, and they steal each other's toys. Now that Jayden is close to moving as fast as Jaycee does, Jaycee needs to step it up a notch before she gets her butt handed to her. What goes around, comes around, and Jaycee is in for it soon!

What have we been up to?

Summer officially took an abrupt end! We renovated our rental home, moved into what used to be our rental home, school started up again, Josh's college is still in full force, Jayden has been getting teeth (and she is cranky!), and Jaycee talks a hundred miles an hour and has major ATTITUDE! We have been SO busy, hence not blogging about anything. Here are a few pics of the home updates we were doing last month. We love being in our new little home and having so much more space. Not to mention, my drive to work went form 55 minutes one way, to a 10 minute drive instead. I LOVE my drive to work now. We still have a few things that we will need to update here and there when we get some extra money, but for now it is our home and we are happy there. More pics to come soon!