Little Big Girl

Ok, so our little pumpkin head has totally takin off. I hope you like my grammar :-) Anyway, she is everywhere. Not only that, but when she gets where she wants ...she pulls up! No our house is not baby proof yet...it needs to be. We had a great weekend at Rosemary beach with family, including Ashley and Levi. It was beautiful...weather and water. We laid out, swam, walked, kayaked...and so much more! This weekend coming up we are headed to Wetumpka, AL for the Coosa River Challenge. Andy and Levi will be adventuring racing as Mabes, Ash and I watch.
So you might be wondering why it has taking me so long to blog. Maybe you haven't but I'll tell anyway :-) It is all Stuart's fault!!! She signed me up for Facebook and I have been spending my time looking for "friends". If you are a "facebooker" you will know what I mean. It's not just me...Andy is a "facebooker" as well!
Life is good. School is busy, but great. Mabry is loving the nursery....my little busy body. Oh yeah, she also has 2 teeth coming in (on the bottom) and is trying new veggies all the time. I will attach pictures soon! It amazes me how much and how fast she is changing!!!

Until next time...

:-) L.A.

Mabry on the path to Mobility

This is my first attempt at video so hopefully it works. Here is some footage of Mabry from about a month ago just beginning to figure out the crawling thing. Needless to say in a month she has progressed mightily. She now makes her way around our living room with relative ease. Can't hardly believe it. So hope you enjoy my first blog posting and the first of hopefully many video clips to follow.

God Bless,

Andy, Andrew, or Rew... However you may know me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0oMov751Lk

Happy 6th month Birthday Mabry!!!

Mabry in her H.C.E.S. uniform!
Good Morning! Happy 6th month birthday!!!
Fun standing with my buddy Kent!
Thanks for my present Aunt Jilly!
Mabry loves her daddy!

Today our little pumpkin' is 1/2 a year old! It is so hard to believe how fast the time has gone by. She is such a sweet baby. She is such a busy body and loves to practice her crawling and pulling up. She has crawled just a couple times but she still can get all the way across our living room...she army crawls, scoots and rolls! She loves to pull up on mommy and daddy and act like a big girl. Tomorrow we go to the doctor for her 6 month check up and shots :-( sad for my little baby.

School is going well. I really am thankful for a full week to adjust before the kids came. Now that school has officially started, I've been able to go down to the nursery a few times to visit...but that will be impossible with my Thurs. and Fri. schedule :-( I know she is in good hands and she has so much fun, so that helps mommy feel better. I still miss her.

Andy and I have yet to exercise since our race :-) Maybe we will do something tomorrow. Probably not. I am sitting here with my pint of ice cream, eating and typing, when I should be asleep resting up for my big day tomorrow!

Love you all my family and friends!

Bye for Now,

:-) L.A.

More Pictures

Pictures

To Finish is to Win!

We did it! Andy, Ashley and I finished our first ever sprint triathlon! We drove up to Huntsville Friday afternoon to visit our good friends Levi and Ashley Perigo... Uncle Levi and Aunt Ashley. After a long drive with Miss Mabes we arrived just in time to hang out a bit, read through our race packets and get pumped up about getting up at 5:00 am. Let me remind you my friends that we did not really train. We were on a roll for a little while but then got busy....needless to say when we arrived to the starting line we became a bit nervous. Ashley took off in the third heat while Andy and I followed in the fourth heat. Mabry and Uncle Levi hung out and took pictures. We all had our strengths and all felt like we had jello arms for the swim. This tri was backwards run, bike, swim rather than swim, bike, run. I had so much fun and definitely ready to sign up for another one! The rest of the day has been so much fun...it always is with the Perigos. After the race we went to Fleet Feet (with our coupon from the race) and I got some nice sunglasses for work. Then we cane back to the house and showered and chilled! Mabry has been a sport all day. She has been a little busy body... CRAWLING! It is a scoot with a couple of crawls...so cute! We are so proud of our little athlete. We just got back from a trip to Dicks Sporting goods and a Starbucks treat from Target. Tonight we look forward to pizza and hours of Wii. Hope everyone is having an incredible weekend. Please pray for me as my kids come on Monday. I am a bit nervous and sad to leave my little Mabes. She did have a great first week in the nursery, she loves all the action from the "big kids."

Adios for now!

:-) L.A.

HCES Babies

Having fun with Peyton!!!
Coach Paske...Sorry about the pink whistle David :-)
Mabes and Palmer

Mommy's Back!!!

Today was a big day for me and my little Mabes! Teachers "reported" back to school today and Mabry had her first day with the HCES Babies! I did have a hard time leaving her this morning....it made me sad. I love the nursery workers, I was just sad to leave my little pumpkin! Mabry did great! She had so much fun with all the other kids and she was even trying to show off her crawling skills. Well...almost crawling skills. I am thankful to have a week to get adjusted. I can't complain a bit since she is there on campus with me. Thank you Holy Comforter!!! Just wanted to send a short update, now it's time for bed. I'm pretty tired...not used to having a schedule. Oh yeah remember that triathlon I mentioned??? I don't think we have trained a bit for it since then! It should be fun for us this weekend! :-)

Adios...

:-) L.A.