Trip to Memphis

Kathryn and I drove to Memphis Thursday morning and she was great in the car. She kept saying "I see Ma". When she got up from her nap Ma was home from work to see her and Ash and "Tonnis" came to join us for dinner. The two of them get so hyped up together! They were playing "ready, set, go" and racing across the living room.

Friday morning we headed out in record setting temperatures for portraits. Kathryn insisted on "Blay" (Chick-fil-A) afterwards and of course Ma does whatever Kathryn says ; ) After dinner that evening we headed over to the horse stables near Papa's house. It's amazing to have that in the middle of the busy city. Kathryn kept saying "more horsies, more horsies".



"Paddington" didn't want Kathryn to leave.



Such a pretty horse. I have hope that someday I'll ride again......



Look how close she got!





After leaving the stables we headed over to see Papa, Rock, and Molly (and to get cleaned up since my mom's hot water heater was out!). This is a pic of my exhausted baby on the way home.



Yesterday I found out I have myself a little water baby. Last year she got in a swimming pool ONCE! Yesterday morning we went over to visit Rob's dad and step-mom. Kathryn splashed around on the steps for awhile and then put her hands on the first step (while facing the step) and realized that her body could float. She thought it was hilarious! After an hour or so she held on to Big Dad's hand and started jumping down the steps. She even jumped off the last step and went under water and came up giggling!

We rode on an airplane with them to Disney in March and I guess that caused some confusion for Kathryn. On the way to their house Kathryn kept saying "I go Big Dad's. I ride airplane. I ride choo-choo" (he does have a train that goes around his yard that you can ride on).

Kathryn watering Ma's yard : )



Kathryn thought this was so funny (which is quite surprising!)!





This is my fav!



Kathryn getting Thomas back!



My attempt at getting pics of the babies in their matching shirts. Kathryn insisted Thomas get in there with her. They kept ducking down and jumping up saying "ta-da".





More pics and stories to tell from our trip but that will happen another night.

Here are the outfits I made for Thomas for this summer. I made them several months ago but snapped these this weekend so I can have pics of all the clothes I make.











Love this polo! Saw this done in Kelly's Kids where they lined the part beneath the buttons with the shorts fabric.





This was T's Valentine tee but it's not overly Valentiny so he is still able to wear it.



Robert forwarded this to me (yes, we email each other ; ) ). Birmingham is ranked #5 in the country for pedestrian deaths and it isn't just in downtown like you'd think.

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2011/05/alabama_birmingham_rank_as_dan.html

At least we didn't get the "award" for the #5 most dangerous city in the country. No, that award went to my hometown of Memphis! Violent crimes are 15.4 out of every 1000. That means 1 1/2 people out of 100!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43158398/ns/business-us_business/

This is an outfit I made for a friend recently. Kathryn keeps claiming "mine, mine".



Sweet ribbon on the sleeves.



Finally finished! This is what Kathryn wore in her portrait last Friday.



Detailed view. I'm going through a ric rac stage. It isn't as hard as I imagined it would be (I thought it would be like making piped peter pan collars....ugh!).



I found this awesome embroidery site and they have the best deal for anyone who monograms. I got a 3 month subscription and can download any font I want during that time for only $39.95. I'm downloading everything! So far, I've downloaded over 400! Love, love, love!