forced to say goodbye

is anyone else saddened by the bankruptcy of Mother's Cookies? i was so shocked to hear that they have shut down and i instantly had the urge to run to the store and buy up all the Circus Animal cookies i could find. What a terrible loss.
or am i just a seriously pathetic person who likes her cookies a bit too much ...

9 months -- SERIOUSLY?

It's unbelievable how much these little ones grow in just NINE months. The past nine months have been the happiest - we love our Abbie

THEN...

NOW...

Nap Hair

When Abbie woke up from her nap this afternoon her hair was all over the place. Her hair is getting so long that it can get pretty crazy...


Abbie is also pulling herself up to EVERYTHING ... I love watching her learn new things - but this phase is insane! she is so busy and definitely keeps me on my toes. She usually leaves path of destruction behind her.

Dallas

We made a visit to Dallas this past weekend for Gracie's blessing and to see baby Carly. The trip was too quick, but so much fun. Abbie loved seeing her two cousins and wishes they lived closer!! (hint hint) Thanks for letting us come visit and we hope to see you soon...
here are a few pictures from the trip. when i have more time i'll have to share the extremely scary flight story - which consist of fire engines and ambulances chasing us down the runway as we made an "emergency" landing back in Dallas after we'd already flown an hour toward home ... anyway, we made it back safe, but wish we'd been able to stay and visit longer.precious Carly
Abbie loves her uncle Dustin
Grace in her gorgeous blessing dress

Quirky Cami

TAGGED - (by cute Lindsay)
Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours

okay so i found this kind of difficult - not because i fail to be quirky, but because i don't recognize my quirks as quirks, if that makes sense. so i invite you to please leave me your comments on what you believe my quirkies to be :) but i'll give it a shot as well.

Quirky 1: i am terrified of the dark. pathetic i know, but it's the truth. some may say this is more of an illness which needs to be addressed, but for my purposes here, i'll name it a quirk.

Quirky 2: when i'm falling asleep i have to be touching clark (don't be grossed out). i have to be touching his foot with mine or my arm to his arm. it drives him insane, but he deals.

Quirky 3: when ever i drink i soda i have to poor it into a glass before drinking. i hate the fizz, so i try and defizz by pouring it out of the can. i even love to drink a soda that has been sitting in a glass for several hours.

Quirky 4: i adore shopping online. there's something wonderful about getting packages in the mail - packages containing things you personally picked out (and paid for - lame). don't get me wrong, i love shopping in stores, but there's something fabulous about getting mail. i must add that this quirk also drives clark insane.

Quirky 5: i love going to bed early. if it were socially accepting to go to bed at 8pm i would. heck, abbie is in bed by 7. why can't i be?

Quirky 6: i think i'm superstitious (clark calls it OCD). i have routines for most everything i do. for instance, i have a certain routine for when i clean my kitchen, park my car, go on our morning walk, dress abbie, bathe abbie, brush my teeth, hang my clothes in my closet, shower, get ready for bed ... i always feel like if i don't do things a ceratin way then it'll throw my day off. yes, the list goes on but i won't freak you out anymore.

well, it's been proven, cami is quirky - do you have any to add?

Booya

Clark got his BIG BULL!!!
We spent the last (almost) week at the cabin and Clark hunted pretty much the entire time... Wednesday night he shot his elk - and it was so exciting! His dad, brothers and uncle came up and helped him haul it out (thank you). Abbie is so proud of her dad. We enjoyed the relaxing time at the cabin and are kinda sad that hunting is over for the year, but it's good to be home and back into "real life" ... Congrats Clark!!!

I love this hat ... i didn't like it in the store, but when i put it
on her i had to have it :)
I love this picture of Abbie and her Dad

Crazy Crawler

sorry - the quality of the video isn't super (it's from my cell phone) ... but you can get the idea