Starting September

Starting September has been busy, fun & even better weather!

I've taken several pics of Meritt sleeping lately because it's so adorable & she's always doing something different. Sometimes she loves having all of her stuffed animals right by her. :)

Last weekend our friends, Jeff & Amy, came by to visit while they were in town & we got to see their baby boy for the first time. Beckett is 2 months old and he is so adorable. Even being 2 months old....he is still so little & I know it will be a shock to have a newborn again.
Meritt was really good with him & was easy.

Then we had Jared & Jordy's birthday party/cookout on Sunday, since it was Labor Day weekend & most people were off on Monday. The weather cooled off quite a bit, which was really nice....but made the pool a little chilly for swimming.

Meritt dragged Papa Don around everywhere for a little while.....she sure loves him!

Meritt having her a strawberry.

Birthday boys....Jordan-17 and Jared-7

She loved the cupcake....but refused to use a fork. :)

And proceeded to get it all over her face!

So with the weather being cooler & a little cloudy for a few days....we finally got to spend time outside! Meritt has missed playing outside SO MUCH....and so have we.

She kept walking towards me as I was taking pictures of her.

Talking to Nana on Daddy's phone. :)

She has recently learned "OH NO!" and she puts her hands on her face to make it more dramatic. It's so cute....she learned it from her speech therapist. :) I caught this picture and the wind was blowing her hair every where, too.

Then she took a picture of herself because she has become interested in my camera...so I will let her push the button sometimes.

She thinks it's so fun to run around chasing Daddy or to be chased. :)

I love her face in these action pictures.

Sleeping on top of her book this time!

Met the Austins at the park one evening....and this is Meritt's favorite one to go to.

I like it because she can actually climb up by herself and play on part of it without us having to stand by her the whole time.

Cutie cousins!

Quick kiss for Daddy before heading down the slide. :) She is such a sweet girl!

Going to feed the ducks....

Mommy gets a kiss, too!

Aunt Julee, Owen & Ella

Loves her Pooh bear

And then last night we found this stinker asleep on her floor...with all of her animals & book. This girl cracks us up. She DOES have a thing about playing in her room after we put her to bed/nap, but this time she just fell asleep I guess. :) At least she stays in her room!

We've been SO bored this weekend & haven't had any plans or anything to do. We don't have too many friends that have kids around Meritt's age to play with....so we feel bad that she doesn't have more kids to be around....and we want her to have fun.

So finally we decided to go to the park again for a little bit.....and we couldn't believe there was no one @ either one we went to.

This girl is a dare-devil and isn't afraid to climb high or try big slides, etc. We're going to have to watch her! :)

Meritt likes to wear her Daddy's hat....pretty cute!

Just a couple belly pics of me lately. I'm 20.5 weeks here....halfway!

Meritt wanted to be in the picture too.

And this is from yesterday.....23 weeks!

I feel like I'm growing way faster than last time.....and I'm already feeling pretty uncomfortable for some reason. This baby boy has been a lot harder on my body than Meritt was. :( I don't feel as good & have aches, pains & pregnancy complaints a lot sooner this time. I'm a little worried that it's going to get worse by the end of this. I just hope I'm able to walk....haha :)

No matter what.....this sweet boy is definitely worth it! He's kicking & squirming quite a bit now and Chris has felt him, too. One night Meritt was in his lap cuddling and the baby was kicking....so it was neat because he was holding one of his babies in one hand & was feeling the other baby in my belly at the same time! I love it! :)