Kids playing in the backyard

Oh, and here is a video of Savannah and Ian playing in the sand and telling knock knock jokes. I think they are missing the point of knock knock jokes just a little bit..but something gives me the idea that Ian wants to go fishing...




Here are some still pictures of them playing (some are in the baby pool)

We made the decision to cloth diaper

Caroline has been having a horrible time with diaper rashes. It seems like no matter what I did, or how much I changed her, she had one. I tried every kind of disposable diaper, even the generic ones. She still had a rash. She still was always picking at the diaper area and trying (sometimes successfully) to get the diaper off. I decided to try a cloth diaper. It worked! Her rash is going away and she does not pick at herself! I know she should potty train within the next year, but in the time being I think she will be happier this way.

So far I have tried different brands and like them all. When I first thought of cloth diapering, I thought of pins and prefolds. I thought of ugly plastic covers. However, I found that not to be true. Some of the cloth diapers act just like a disposable, with velcro or snaps. There is nothing else to do, just put the diaper on the kid. Others are similar, but have little pockets where you can add absorbent pads (such as a prefold diaper). Others have a liner and you can place either cloth or flushable pads in them. Often these last through several diaper changes (as long as you have extra pads/liners). All of them are cute patterns! You can find just about any print you would want.

I never thought I would cloth diaper, but it is a successful venture so far. Caroline seems to like it and Savannah even says she wishes I had cloth diapered her because the diapers are so cute!

Here are some of the diapers, if you are curious.

Savannah's 6th Birthday

We went low key this year and just had a family party. Here are some pictures.

Savannah in her dress..

Here Savannah is wearing the dress that Uncle Frank and Aunt Rachel sent her. My little girl looks so grown up! (I will post pictures of Ian as soon as I get him to be still..)

My girls love dollhouses!

Savannah has several of the Sweet Streets dollhouses. We keep them in Caroline's room because Savannah's bed takes up so much space in he room that it is hard to play on the floor due to lack of space (especially for a whole town of dollhouses!) Here the girls are playing with them..and I took a picture of how we have them organized. I love Closetmaid organizers!

How it is oragnized..well normally the ones on the floor are on a shelf when not in use.



Caroline pulling them all down. Why? Because that is what toddlers do..



Savannah playing with the houses in one of my old T shirts (her favorite thing to wear to bed)



Savannah and Caroline playing with them on the floor..all set up with the mats and everything





Cute pictures of Caroline with the dollhouses

9th Anniversary Night Out

On the 16th John and I will be celebrating 9 years of marriage. We are also celebrating ten years as a couple if you count the year we dated before we were married.

John's parents were in Knoxville visiting for a couple of days and kept the kids for us so we could go to dinner and a movie. Here are a few pictures of us.

Caroline's 1st Birthday

I am so behind I just realized I had neglected to put up pictures from Caroline's birthday! Well, here ya go...

Smash cake (did you know Wall-Mart gives these free with the purchase of the cake?





That is all I have available to post on here now..I have more but I will have to upload them into photobucket in order to post them on here..