Apple Picking at Eckerts

Going apple picking at Eckert's has been something we have been doing every year since I was pregnant with Kayleigh (the first time we went, I wasn't even 8 weeks pregnant with her yet!) I love having pictures to look back on and see how everyone changed. This year the day started out nice, but with no clouds in sight it got hot pretty quick!

 

 Hot weather didn't stop Kayleigh from loading her bag up with as many apples as she could (half of which had to be tossed because they were bad, though haha)

 Lexi, on the other hand, just wanted to run and eat as many apples as possible

The girls cooperated for a whole minute to allow for pictures with mom & dad before we headed back to see the goats

Lexi pretty much said 'Hi!' to the goats then ran off (seeing a theme? Girl loves to run!) but Kayleigh had a lot of fun petting and feeding the goats.

She has always loved the goats ever since her very first trip here at 4 months old

Leaving was much harder than arriving because neither girl wanted to leave but I was able to get our traditional family picture before we left! It was a fun (albeit hot!) day!

Things the kids say

Kayleigh age 3

-after she fell asleep on the couch and I accidently woke her up-
"We're you tired?"
"No, I was just closing my eyes. There were bugs trying to get in them so I just closed them."

-after loading up a toddler bed we just bought for her into the truck-

"This is going to be your bed, Kayleigh!"

"Oh, thank you! ...am I going to have to sleep in the truck?"

"No, mama! You can't watch this show! It's just for little girls."

-puts cloth diaper wet bag on her head-
"I'm pretending to be a diaper!!"

-comes up and snuggles with my baby bump- "Mama, I'm so glad we're having a baby."

Alexis (age 1)

Lexi: "Poo!"

Me: "Did you poop, Lexi?"

Lexi: "no."

Me: -checks her diaper- nope, no poo! Did you just toot?

Lexi: -giggles like crazy- "YES!!"

(Relayed to me by a church nursery worker)
At pickup Lexi was trying to get everyone who came to the door to pick her up and take her out.
 One dad said to her: "No, I can't bring you out. I'm a stranger!"
Lexi:  "oh, it's ok!!"

August Photos

Another month, another picture dump! Not much really went on this month (hence the lack of posts haha) but I did get some cute pictures!

First off, we had a medical scare with Kayleigh last weekend. Friday afternoon (Aug 26th), she had a series of seizures which caused her to spend three days in at St. Louis Children's Hospital - two days in the PICU and another day in the Neurology ward. They never were able to find any reason for her seizures beyond a Complex Febrile Seizure but we were sent home with emergency medication to have on hand and she has been back to her normal, crazy self since. It was a scary time but it showed me that God really puts the right people in place at the right time. (Maybe if I feel like it I'll make a separate post on everything.)

She was on isolation the whole time we were there because tests showed she had Rhinovirus (aka, a cold) so when she finally got to get out of her room, in a wheelchair no less, she was extremely excited! Unfortunately it was to get an EEG, which she wasn't too happy about.

The day after she was discharged, we decided to go to the St. Louis Science Center to celebrate, where both girls had a blast and enjoyed some rock candy. 

(also, their matching converse sneakers have me all heart eyed!)

But lets back up now to earlier in the month to more happier times!!

I asked Kayleigh to show me a cute pose, and this was what she did. I guess she was channeling her inner Zoolander haha!

We went to the 'beach' at St. Joe State Park and since I never bothered buying a maternity swim suit I had to deal with my 20-some-odd week belly sticking out the whole time haha

Homemade lemonade has become a way of life around here

  

My normal days: Tuckered out mama with girls who are brimming with energy.

 One day Charlie took Kay with him on a run in the jogging stroller and while they were sitting at the playground a bird came up and sat on Kay's lap! She wanted to bring him home, but Dada said no.

And that was pretty much our month in pictures!! Hopefully since the weather is cooling down we should be able to get out and do more things this month!