Mama needs a new pair of shoes!

Not quite the right outfit for these boots, so good thing we didn't go anywhere!

Nothing was on the agenda tonight, except for the season premiere of Grey's Anatomy, The Office and ER!!! What a night..I have been looking forward to this for quite some time! I know, it is sad, but I really couldn't wait! And yes Derrick, I had it on the two month calendar! :-) Other than that, nothing much happened except Olivia wanted to walk around in the new boots we got from Kathy! They look pretty ridiculous with this outfit of course, but she was having a ball and didn't want to take them off!!

Funny Faces

Silly girl!

Olivia was in another silly mood tonight. As she was eating her dinner, she was making the funniest faces. So, of course, we encouraged her and she did it even more. It was hilarious! I will spare you the ones of her with chocolate pudding in her mouth, although you can see a little in these! She has been so silly lately and has been coming up with the greatest faces!!! After dinner, we got a call from Nana informing us that Gma St. Clair was in the hospital today. She was having chest pains and actually asked Shirley to take her in, which never happens cause she hates to go. So, you knew it was hurting pretty bad for her to ask. They ran a few tests, but then sent her home after she started feeling better. They said there really wasn't much they could do for her, and Mom said we should probably start to prepare ourselves cause she isn't doing too good. As much as we can prepare, it is not going to be easy!

Dinner/Kaleigh's birthday

A perfect shot of Olivia eating her dinner...mouth wide open! Although, I will never complain, I would much rather have her do this than not open her mouth to eat and struggle with that!

Olivia and her Uncle Tim!

Kaleigh was tickling Olivia and got a good laugh out of everyone!

Oh my, what was that sound??

We went to Gma and Gpa Davis's for dinner again tonight, and this time, we celebrated Kaleigh's birthday again. They weren't able to see her on her actual birthday, so we celebrated tonight. They even surprised her with a birthday cake too! It was a lot of fun as usual! To see more picture of Kaleigh opening her gifts, take a look at the Erxleben Family blog site!

Dinner with Nana!

Daddy had class again tonight, so to try to keep ourselves busy, we went to dinner with Nana. Paw Paw had a board meeting, so Nana was home by herself too, so I called her up and we met at Avanti's. I didn't have my camera, so no pictures this time. Thanks Nana for keeping us busy and giving us something to do on a Monday night!!

Swap N' Shop

We had another successful Swap N' Shop today at Crystal's! We had the perfect set up in their basement and there was so much stuff to swap! We all walked away with several goodies and we always wait with such anticipation for the next time! After we got home, Olivia was playing out in the yard, and her new favorite thing is to play in the rocks, which is exactly what she did!!

Grandparents Visits!

Trying to share the chair, but neither one looks to happy about it!

What an ornery look Olivia!

You can only imagine what it took for both of them to look up at the same time. Just picture Aunt Shell and Nana behind me!!!

After having lunch at Gandpa's, we went to Gma and Gpa Davis's for a short visit! They always know straight where to go when they get here...to the toy room, or the tupperware cabinet!! It is hilarious that they play exactly where we used to play when we were their ages! After that visit, we went to Nana and Paw Paw's for a visit and Gma St. Clair came over for dinner too! She had such a great time watching the kids play! So, after a long day of visiting the Grandparents, we headed home!!

MOM Sale!

Playin' in grandpa's backyard!

Climbing up the ramp to his shed...nice shot from behind!

Sweet Kaleigh posing for a great shot!

Shell and I met today for the annual Mothers of Multiple Sale in Bloomington today. We went bright and early to get a good place in line. We did manage to make it towards the front of the line, but as usual, there were Moms there even earlier...not sure what time these people get there, or if they actually camp out all night! Either way, we did great and got a lot of great stuff for the kids. Once of Olivia's favorites was a little Barbie laptop! It is so cute, so now every time Mommy has to work at home, she can set up camp right next to me on her own laptop! Too cute! Afterwards, we met up with the boys who dropped off the kids and went golfing. So, we went to Grandpa's for a while and to have lunch!

Dinner with friends!

We always try to get the kids to sit still long enough for a picture, and this was the best shot of the night! All the kids in their jammies!!

This was another good one!

Poor Parker...he is outnumbered and you can tell he is saying, "Get me out of here!" It does look as if the girls are making a plan!

The Girls...

...and the Boys!

We went to Tara and Jeff's tonight for dinner. It had been a while since we all got together for our monthly gathering, so decided to get it back on the calendar. Tara volunteered to have it there, so she made us all dinner! The kids always have a great time playing together, usually so much that they don't want to go to bed. Although, tonight Olivia and Emma went right down and Parker was shortly thereafter. Crystal and Patrick had to leave early for a softball game, but the rest of us played cards for a while before heading home! Thanks Tara and Jeff for a wonderful evening!

More kids pix!

Rather than take turns, they thought it would be best if they all tried to stand on the step stool at one time. It didn't quite work though, although no one fell off and got hurt..lucky enough!

Clapping to the music!

Kaleigh and Uncle Tim started playing music and the other ones joined in and started dancing!

Kaleigh found a friend in the backyard...one of the neighbor's cats!

Silly Olivia!

Have you noticed in the more recent pictures, she has started to make her "cheese" face again?? Every time I get the camera out, this is the face she makes! :-)

What a big girl on the computer!

Hard at work!

Olivia was having such a great time tonight..not that she usually doesn't, but she was acting more crazy than usual! She played on her airplane and actually rode it like you are supposed to. Then, she wanted to get on the computer again. I think it's time to get her some of her own games...she seems to know what she is doing (okay, not really, but it's still cute)! She then decided to stand up on the chair (even though she's not supposed to) and say hi to everyone!!

Playin' with Elmo!

Tickle Elmo!

Not sure about this one..maybe he scared her! :-)

Yeah Elmo!!!

Daddy went to poker tonight, which has been a while since he started his classes on Mondays and Tuesdays. However, he did end up going tonight so Mommy took advantage of the girl time! We played all night long! She finally discovered her Elmo again and was playing with it on the couch. Then, we read a bed time story before we headed to bed. Mommy loves it...typically she reads the story to me rather than the other way around! You still cannot quite make out what she is saying, but she knows exactly what she is trying to say!!

Pumpkin Patch

I'm surprised with everything around her, Kathy was able to get her to pose for a second to take this shot! I would have probably got the back of her head! Great job Kathy!

Kathy sent these pictures to me at work again today. They went to Ackerman's pumpkin farm in Morton today and they picked out some pumpkins, which Olivia got to bring home. As you can see, she enjoyed the outdoors and had so much fun. Brian had gone to Michaela's school today and was dressed in his uniform, so they each got to wear a badge sticker! Kathy said Olivia thought she was pretty special with it on!

Fun at Kathy's!

Kathy sent me these at work today! She definitely knows how to make my day while I am working. She let me know Olivia was having a great day today...so great that she got a sucker!

This was Olivia sitting on the sink while Kathy was getting ready! Too cute! Keep them coming!!

Happy Birthday Kaleigh!

Happy 5th birthday Kaleigh!!

Mommy, I want to go in there!

Today is Kaleigh's birthday party day! She is so excited to have all of her friends over to the Riverplex to play at the water park. Olivia was looking forward to it too! Since she wasn't quite old enough to go in the water by herself, Mommy had to go with her! The kids had a ball. They went swimming for a few hours, and then headed back to the room for cake and ice cream! So much fun! To see more pictures of Kaleigh and her friends, go to Aunt Shell's website!!

Fun in the pool!

Hi Daddy...look at us!!

She was all smiles in the pool!

Splash, splash, splash!

This was right after she took a nose dive into the water...she didn't like that too much, but actually stayed in for a while afterwards!

She didn't play too much on the equipment, but had fun just the same!