We Have Lift Off!!!!

Our cute little tiny baby has taken her first steps! I can't believe that she is going to actually be walking soon. I feel like she should still be 3 months old, but then realize that she will be 1 in 1 month. So on her 11 month birthday, she took 3 steps to daddy.

She was very proud of herself and sometimes she would get just too excited and kinda leap to him, but she took 2 or 3 steps about 4 different times. We were all very proud:)

At the same time, R1 needed a little attention herself, so she decided she would take off running with R2's stroller walker. Unfortunately the stroller had a different plan and it didn't move. R1 pushed it right over and she went over the top! Of course she now has a huge bruise on her shin to go along with the 3 other scrapes and about 10 other bruises. Poor thing has been so clumsy lately.

Off To The Beach!

We made out first trip to Edisto for the season. R1 has been asking for months now to go the beach. She absolutely loves playing in her sand box and loves playing in the beach sand even more. We had a great time digging in the sand, playing with the water in the bucket, feeding the birds, chasing dad, and eating the sand (R2's favorite thing to do).

Riley spent the whole first day digging. She was so good and so quiet - you almost didn't even know she was there. She only talked when she needed more water in her bucket. She is a little scared of the water, but hopefully it won't take long to get her loving that too.

Somehow R2 lived up to her dad's nickname for her "Mohawk"!! She was too funny. She wanted to play in the sand and walk around just as much as R1 did. The sand never bothered her and she loved trying to walk around in the hard sand. She even stood in the water and once she figured out the waves, she thought that was pretty funny too!

Fire Museum

We went to the Fire Museum yesterday with our playgroup. I wasn't too sure how good it would be or really how interesting it would be for R1. I definitely thought R2 would just sit in the stroller and not care one bit. BUT, I was wrong! They both loved it.

There was a simulator truck and R1 LOVED driving it. R1 was so good. If she wasn't driving she was in the passenger seat telling everyone to hold on and buckle up tight. She would even get on the radio and say "Report to headquarters" "We have an emergency" (thanks to our police rocker). It was cute.

While the kids were driving, R2 danced and made sure that everyone knew that she was cute:) She thought she was something else and right after this picture was taken, she crawled to the front and got up in the dashboard and then tried to jump through the windshield:) I was so tired by the time we left because I had to chase R2 around the whole place. I felt pretty safe in letting her crawl around since we were the only people in there, but she took off and got into everything - she is my wild child. The ladies we were with kept commenting on how she wasn't afraid of anything and she really isn't.

We will definitely be going back to this museum to drive the truck soon!

Starting Off...

Since my sister started a blog, I figured I needed to copy her and start one too! No really, I have been thinking about doing this to help keep in touch with those we don't see or talk to as often as we would like. It is amazing how fast these girls are growing up, and the things that they do and say amaze me everyday. Now when R1 blows our minds saying something very off the wall, you will know about it right away. And when R2 takes off walking or tears the whole house down (more likely to happen first) you will know about it right away. So now I just have to figure out how to do all this and make it pretty:)