H2 {oh!}

September Showers bring Aunt Sara Flowers...

...and highchairs, and swaddle blankets, and books and BEARS -- oh my!

A little late in posting but here are pics from Aunt Sara's baby shower two weeks ago! BG, Gram, and I had such a great time eating cake and helping Aunt Sara open presents to welcome Baby B. Baby Girl's gift to Cousin B was a big brown Build-a-Bear made by BG with two special surprises inside. Press his left paw to hear Brahms Lullaby, press his right paw to hear Baby Girl saying "I wuv you Baby B!" in the sweetest voice ever. Makes me melt just thinking about it.

Delivering the gift

Playing the paws for everyone to hear

Reading with Aunt Sara

Learning the Crow song with Gma Donna

I love my Gram

 

I wuv you Baby B!

 

We just can't wait to meet you Baby B!  Come SOON!

Santa's Shopping on Etsy

Don't tell BG but Santa's elves are busy scouring Etsy for the greatest in Christmas presents ever unwrapped... and wait till you see what will be under our tree this year!  I can hardly stand it it's so cute!

And guess what the fabric is called -- Heather Bailey.  How could I NOT love it?  When I pulled it out of the FedEx box I screeched it's so perfect!  Even more cuddly and adorable than the picture! Is that possible?  I might have to break it in between now and December.  Thanks Jamie!

Check out jamie's cozy cottage for more great finds!

Four Wheels

Last weekend Baby Girl scored a new ride at the neighborhood garage sales -- we'll call it "All Terrain."

Workin' at the Car Wash

At the Drive-in

Why did Grammie cross the rope bridge?

... to get to Baby Girl of course!

Grammie's adventures at Botanical Gardens

My Bag and Me

The greatest give ever!! Grammie gave BG this book and I just had to share! I have an addiction to my reusable grocery bags and now BG does too. My Bag and Me tells the story of plastic and paper grocery sacks and even comes with a reusable Bag inside! Thanks to this awesome book BG and I are saving the planet one shopping trip at a time.

Buy it for the three foot tree hugger in YOUR life :)

Chugga Chugga, Chugga Chugga... Choo Choo

Time to play catch up... after finishing 7 DVR'd episodes of Oprah and a few old Grey's Anatomy's just for old time sake, I'm back and ready to blog! Thought I'd start by sharing a few favorite photos commemorating our new found infatuation with the choo-choo.

You see -- Grammie comes on the train, Grammie leaves on the train, we live by the train, we stop for the train, we took the train, and ooooh yeah... the train is gonna to get BG's blankie.  You read it correctly. About a month ago BG  started having anxiety over the choo-choo getting her blankie.  Every time we hear the horn [a LOT] we yell "no choo-choo, don't get BG's blankie!"  Don't purchase the straight jackets quite yet, it's kind of an inside joke and every time we say it we just crack up! You probably just have to be here.

Here's sweet BG saying goodbye to Grammie three weeks ago

And a couple from our trip to visit Grammie over Labor Day -- Baby Girl got her own seat, watched "Finding Nemo," ate Yogos and made friends with the four-year-old in front of us... not so close friends with the busy business guy and his wife next to us after a brief tantrum over spilled Yogos.

 

Love this one proving her fine motor skills... I don't wanna know what she found in the choo-choo seat!

 

And this one.. proving the choo-choo DID get BG's blankie!

 

PS. if you get this far... let me know what you think of Grammie's neck in that second picture! I think it looks pretty tight! Just be sure not to ask her about the explanation she gave to BG.