What I'm Loving Wednesday!

I'm LOVING this new rug I got for Katie's room! She is obsessed with it and loves crawling all over it and pointing to the letters she knows. I think it will really help her recognize the rest of the letters! She loves laying on it and sitting on it to read books. And Sadie likes laying on it too!
I'm LOVING how coordinated and cute Katie looks today! A friend made that sweet pillowcase dress and then I happened to find a bow that matched too! I love it- and I think Katie feels pretty cute in it too!

I'm LOVING how Katie is showing be her favorite letter here. Such a silly girl. And she sure loves her some W! She also thinks W and X are the same letter - she always points to W and says both letters!

I'm LOVING the fun we are having with friends this summer. We ate at Cracker Barrel last week with my friend Kara and her two little ones - so fun! When we were leaving, Carter gave Katie a BIG hug from behind and they both fell on the ground. Katie got a skinned elbow and still points to it an says "Carter!". The cutest thing - when they were saying prayers that night, he said he wanted to pray for Katie's boo boo! So sweet :)

I'm LOVING this Four Generation picture! This was when we got together to celebrate my mom's birthday. I am hoping to use a Groupon I got for professional pics to get actual Four Generation pics done sometime in the next couple of months!

I'm LOVING this purse! I think I may order it soon :) I ordered Katie an outfit in this fabric, so we could match!

I'm LOVING this quote :)

What are YOU loving today?? Stay cool!

Food & Friends

Tonight I cooked for us and our neighbors - we had grilled zucchini and pasta with roasted red pepper sauce and lemon meringue pie. I don't think I will make that pasta sauce again - bland and not the greatest. But the company was good! Katie absolutely loves hanging out with Stella - they crammed both their bodies in her chair! So sweet :)

Baseball & Fish

Whew! What a fun weekend we just had! I know I was slightly MIA, but that was because we took a roadtrip! With Grandma! :) It was a blast...we left Friday for Atlanta for a weekend of fun. We went to two Atlanta Braves game and also were able to head to the Georgia Aquarium as well. On our way home, we stopped at the Chattanooga Choo Choo (which was also super fun)! I think we all had a great time - and we were able to be there for the 10,000th franchise win for the Braves! And a free fireworks show! So fun. Here are pictures of our fun weekend together!

DAY ONE:

{outside Turner Field before the game Friday night}
{let's go Braves!}

{Katie really enjoyed watching everything - the game, the "big TV" (score board), the people...and she learned how to do the Tomahawk Chop!}

{good seats on the first baseline!}

{i love this girl}

{a cutie self portrait}

{snuggling with Grandma}

{later in the game she had to do some Elmo reading}

{priceless expression - and it is so Katie...so goofy!}

{nothing like a baseball game with your daddy}

{cute!}

{and they won! 10,00th franchise win!}

{Brad and the birthday girl!}

{Katie was getting a little restless...sunglasses to the rescue!}

{free fireworks show after the game!}

{one tired girly...she fell asleep on me in the taxi}

DAY TWO:

{after breakfast we headed to the Georgia Aquarium! our hotel was only about a block away - perfect!}

{looking at the fish - Katie was actually pretty scared of everything. her favorites were the penguins and the otters.}

{momma and katie in front of the HUGE glass wall with lots of fish in the tank!}

{Grandma with the fish!}

{seahorse and coral}

{i think jellyfish are so neat to look at}

{and they are pretty fun to take pictures of as well}

{so neat - looks fake!}

{family photo - too bad Katie isn't looking at the camera!}

{Grandma and Katie!}

{LoVe}

{had to stop for a coloring break}

{whale shark}

{not sure, but I love it!} {Brad petting a stingray!}

{I touched one too!}

{Katie loved looking in the water and watching the stingrays}

{love this pic.}

{and of course they have you exit through the gift shop. and of course we bought katie some stuffed animals - 2 to be exact. one like this one (a penguin), and an otter!}{snuggling with her new pals - Penny the Penguin & Otis the Otter....the adults named them}

{so coordinated. and so sassy.}

{that night we headed to another Braves game!}

{HA! she loved wearing Brad's hat!}

{after the game, the B-52s performed! we didn't stay til the end, which is likely when they performed "Love Shack"}

DAY THREE:

{on the way home, we stopped at the Chattanooga Choo Choo - love this picture!}

{Katie always remembers to stop and smell the roses (or petunias)}

{sweet girl}

{she had fun playing on the little choo choo!}

{riding on Daddy's shoulders is fun!}

{so tired after such a fun weekend!}