August- wrapped up!

The month of August started the best way possible- with a wedding! Nick (Derek's youngest brother) and his fiancee, Rachel got married in Buffalo on August 9th. Dispite a glum forecast, the day was beautiful, bright, and warm. Olivia and her cousin, Madison, were the flower girls and they looked so beautiful! The rest of the month was filled with hot days and playing outside...and of course, being silly!

Flower Girls, Olivia and Madison

Olivia doing "The Crab Dance"

(thank you, Dora!)

The Wedding Party

Sweet Nora

Daddy and daughter in the limo

Nick and Rachel

Olivia and Madison in the limo-

they were so thrilled!

Aunt Rachel and the flower girls share a sweet moment-

these are totally candid...

Grammy, Madison, Olivia, and Nana doing a conga line...

The Reeds

Sisters


my parents dog, Bo, was never far from Nora-

Nora was a little unsure at first, but soon warmed up him!

Bath time! The girls were bathing in our jacuzzi tub and I put in too many bubbles

so when I started the jets, there was a bubble explosion!

Olivia and her buddy, Landry

Olivia as the Swedish Chef...

Olivia and Nora riding their bikes

gotta love hose water!

Nora loved playing in the dirt-

I was planting some flowers for the front porch.

Spaghetti face!

Nora had already eaten 2 pieces of pizza by this point-

she grabbed this one from the try and started chewing away!

Olivia and Nora at Chuck E. Cheese

Olivia playing air hockey

July- wrapped up!

So June passed way too quickly and soon we were on our way to our new life in NC. My mom rode down with us on June 28th and the plan was to stay with our good friends, Nate and Kate, for about a week before we moved into our temporary housing- an apartment about 5 minutes from our house. Nate and Kate live in Huntersville, which is about 35 minutes from our new house. After being at their house for s few days, Derek called the moving company to find out when we should be receiving our belongings and after a short pause and some sputtering, the woman on the other end informed Derek that our stuff was still in Erie. They had loaded our stuff onto a small truck and were going to take it to the warehouse to load it onto a bigger truck to bring to NC...it never got loaded onto the bigger truck. SO, here we were, with only about a weeks worth of clothes, a week had already passed and we were still about 2 weeks from our stuff arriving. By the time it would have gotten here, it would have been about 13 days until we moved into our house and a week of that time we were going to be in Hilton Head with Nate and Kate so they graciously invited us to stay for the month. It was SO much fun living with them and even though we're in our house and it's so beautiful, I still miss seeing them every day, playing Mario Kart Wii every night, and watching the series of Arrested Development (we gained 2 new fans there!) We still see each other about twice a week so that's good! Anyway- enjoy the highlights of our July!

Livs going underwater in Nate and Kate's neighborhood pool.

Super Girl!

Nora taking some of her first steps.

Silly girls!

Our house...coming along nicely!

June- wrapped up

On to June! This too was a busy month- we had to go back to NC in the beginning of the month to do our pre-drywall walk-through, it was Derek's graduation, we were planning a garage sale, a going away/graduation party, plus trying to squeeze in as much time with my friends as possible before we left! Whew!

Olivia watching a DVD on the plane.

Our house is looking great!

Olivia plaing with her friend, Landry

Aren't they precious??

Sisters

Olivia making Derek his Father's Day mug

Belen, Olivia, and Julia at one of the last Kids Craft Club...sniff!

Maddie and Olivia playing in the sprinkler

Mmmmmm...hose water!

The HOPE Group girls (well- they're daughters, anyway!)

L-R: Abby, Belen, Olivia, Maisy, Maia, and Alyssa

True Reed girls- Madison and Olivia- with their lacrosse sticks

Nora climbing the slide...silly!

One of Olivia's new favorite foods...sushi!

Olivia playing Wii Fit

May- wrapped up

May was the beginning of the whirl-wind that became the last months in Erie. We had Nora's birthday, Olivia's friends, Maddie and Aubrey, celebrated their 3rd birthday's Princess style, we went to Peak and Peek for a swim and play day, and my dear friends had a going away party for our family. A lot was crammed into May because my good friend, Beth, was leaving with her family for the month of June- returning to Erie the day we left for Charlotte!

Olivia and her cousin, Will give their Nana a smooch

My sweet girls and I at our Mommy group Mother's Day brunch

The birthday Princesses, Maddie and Aubrey

Princess Olivia

Princess Olivia and Pirate Jeffrey dance

Water bug, Nora, enjoying the pool at The Peak

Livs enjoying the pool with good friend, Lisa

The kids and Nora playing (Nora LOVED the water!)

Olivia and Nora have a conversation

Silly Nora...I think she's saying "cheeeeeeeeeeese"

We're Back!!

We have the computers set up and I'm ready to update these last 3 months (has it really been that long?!) We're in our new house (yea!) after spending the month of July with our good friends, Nate and Kate. Our belongings were "forgotten about" in Erie so that left us with just the stuff we had packed for an expected week stay with our friends. Thank goodness for good friends with plenty of room! We were blessed to have my mom drive down with us and stay for about a week then she came back down mid-July for 21 days. It was great to have her here to keep the girls busy while we sorted through all the "new house" stuff. While we're still without much furniture but all the rooms are painted and waiting for the additions that will make this house a home. The girls love it, though- so much open space to run! Stay tuned over the next few days as I get everything updated!