NOVEMBER 2008

Wow time flys! I cna't believe it is 2008 and NOVEMBER - almost 2009 - EEEK! Where does the time go? My girls are growing like crazy- hope you have been able to keep up w/ us on Julies blog. Sorry for my absence! Been a busy lady and I LOVE FaceBook! You should try it fi you havent- I have reconnected with some great friends!

OK so Lanie is going to be 5 on Wednesday- the 19th - can you believe it??? My sweet baby is now a big girl AND is SO TALL! I know she will be taller than me- she is such a sweet heart! She is into all sorts of things- Loves to draw, color and on the verge of reading!!! She is a big help here at home, keep me on my feet w/ what time it is AND planning our day and week- She cracks me up. It will be 12 in the afternoon adn she wantst o know what we are doing tomorrow. I beg her to help me get through the day. She played soccer this fall and was a SUPERSTAR!! Can you believe it- she was AMAZING- she blew me and Chuck away- she loved it and we loved watching her and hearing what she thought about each game. It was really neat to see her out there- she was SO determined and AGGRESSIVE- where did she get that - ha ha? She loves to play w/ her cousins and she and Lucie are becoming the BEST of friends. OH and guess what she and Lucie got for their birthday present? A DOG--

That's right we have a DOG! Me the clean freak, not so crazy about animales girl- has a DOG and a cute dog she is. Her name is Sophie and she is a chocolate lab. Now I do not like her peeing and pooping in my kitchen- BUT I do love to watch my girls love on her and look forward to her keeping the bears away one day when we move to our property in Laurel Ridge- Sophie is an amazing little puppie and I dont have to get up w/ her during the night- CHuck does- he is amazing w/ her and I am learning. She has stolen all of our hearts!!!

So lets talk about Lucie- WOW she will be 3 on this Saturday- Yep that's right 2 birthdays in 3 days- CRAZY HUH! Good planning though ! Lucie is going to be 3 my baby is no longer a baby- she wears big girl panties, loves to play My Little Ponies w/ Lanie and loves to be read to- she also loves to clean up- yep she is a little cleaner- makes me laugh- she does not like a "mess" she will say mess momma, this is a mess. My mom came over to get some clippings from our Cypress tree and was making a pile- well we looked up adn the clippings were gone, Lucie had thrown them over the bank- she thought it was a mess. SO you have to stay on your toes with her. She has the cutest smile, we call her Lucie Goosie, Curly Locks and Luca, she is super sweet and makes a great friend/big sister to her cousin Annabelle. See Julies latest post- it is super sweet and so true. Lucie is busy busy too and keeps us on a routine- she likes a routine- dont make her miss her nap or you will pay for it for a day or two!!! She also loves to sing- today in church she was so cute singing the praise songs- of course I was tearing up!

I am still partying with Southern Living at Home!!!! I have a crazy week- 3 parties and then 2 next week and on the same date- Oh and one is at my house. CRAZY PLUS a Birthday Party on Saturday- a vendor show at the church on Saturday- ok I can't think about all of this- I better get up and get to work- Whew you better say a prayer for me!!! :) Dont worry I will get it all done-always do right!!!!

OK gotta get busy!! Hope you all have a great day!

Playing in the creek

We had an AMAZING day today! We walked to Cheshire park down below our house and HAD A WONDERFUL AFTERNOON! We started off w/ a hot dog picnic and then ended up playing in the creek the rest of the time! The girls were so good and had a blast- Chuck joined us after he finished some work and we just enjoyed watching our girls play and get "DIRTY"!! They were to funny! They were throwing rocks and falling in the water and squealing and laughing! They really enjoyed it!! Check out Lucies shades!! SHe was so funny w/ them!!! Notice they were upside down.

We have an amazing camera that we invested in when Lucie was born- today we tried out the other lens- we just kept forgetting! IT WAS AMAZING!!! WOW!! I want to take more photos!!

I am such a blessed girl!! God is so good to us! We are so blessed! Get outside and enjoy this wonderful weather!!! We sure did!!!

I AM ALIVE!

Ok so I have taken a LONG break from BLOGGING! SO SORRY!! My sister Julie get on to me daily about this! I am so sorry BUT i just didn't get it done! Pretty sorry- I could make a huge list of excuses BUT I won't -just don't have the time! Just know I HAVE NOT been LAYING AROUND EATING BON BONS!!! :) I look forward to catching you up on the PIttman crew SOON! For now, here is my sisters AWESOME BLOG- go check it out to see the PITTMAN Easter FUN! She is amazing at this- so creative and funny! I do supply most of the photos so I do get some credit for that!!!! Anyways- check it out! WE ARE SO BLESSED!!!

http://harrisonsathome.blogspot.com/

A few photos for you!

We also went to our friends from church house "The Greens" right after church, BEFORE Julies! So we had 2 egg hunts in one day! The girls were really good and we had a wonderufl time w/ our friends and family!!!

Check it out!!!

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=9621999896

My sister Julie and I are addicted to these- I bet she has created 20 or more! TOO FUNNY!!! Enjoy!

Thanksgiving at Aunt Gales and Uncle Mikes!

Aunt Gales NEW RIDE

The leaf fight!

Popsie, Uncle Larry, Lanie, Chuck, Me, Aunt Gale, Uncle Mike, Allen and Lucie and Mumsie in the front!

We had a fun filled day with lots of family time, food, and TONS of fun!! It was a wonderful day! Uncle Mike and Aunt Gale really know how to take care of every little detail. Their home is in Danville Va and was so nice and they made each of us feel right at home. The food was AMAZING AND LOTS OF IT and we just really had a great day! Lanie and Lucie were angels!

We celebrated this special holiday. Our first without our beloved and SO special Pa Pa- (Chucks grandfather) He was VERY missed and we did a special thing of going around and saying special things about him. He was a wonderful Godly man and always had kind words and a BEAUTIFUL smile and BIG hugs! We missed him saying the blessing and so Lanie and Lucie took the job- it was sweet! Pa Pa will always be missed- he makes me smile still thinking of him at the family gatherings. I loved him from the first time I met him!!! So thankful to know him and for my girls to have know him!!

Enjoy the photos of our family! We were missing a few- Aunt Judy, Uncle Billy and Aunt Dorothy and Uncle Ric and Aunt Eva were all missed! Check out me driving Aunt Gales new SPIDER convertible! I LOVED IT!!! Chuck and I took it for a spin and guess what- we got LOST- Uncle Mike saved us!!! We got a tour of Danville- such a cute town with great houses and yards!

We will celebrate Bartlett Thanksgiving this weekend- it is totally different mainly b/c the majority of the people are 6 and under! Ha ha! Stay tuned for PHOTOS!

Thanksgiving is a special time and each year I feel I grow MORE thankful for my family. I am so blessed with Chucks family, my family, our wonderful church family and all our friends! God is so good and it amazes me how he loves each of us and takes care of us! Thank you Lord for ALL you do! Your love amazes me each day!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

PS = special thanks to our friend Tom for the AWESOME photos!

THE BIRTHDAY PARTY--

WE HAD SO MUCH FUN WITH EVERYONE WHO CAME TO THE BDAY PARTY! Chuck had been to a birthday party for some friends of ours a while back at the High Flight Gymnastic Gym in Asheville- he was SOLD- and I am so glad he had the idea b/c it really was quite perfect! The kids had a blast AND SO DID THE ADULTS!!! We had big people in the foam pit and little people in the foam pit! Big people on the trampoline and little people! It was SO MUCH fun to watch the parents and friends interact with the little ones!!! Everyone was grinning from ear to ear!! You should have seen well - check out all the RED faces- Especially Lanies!!!

Lanie and Lucie were both in Heaven! They had both sets of their Grandparents there-which in case you don't know, THEY ARE CRAZY ABOUT! They also had all 4 of their cousins, Aunt Lorie and Justin, Aunt Julie, Uncle Jb and Beth and SO MANY WONDERFUL FRIENDS! It was QUITE the party!

We had Pizza for lunch and I have never seen kids eat pizza or leave a plate of pizza SO FAST! All they wanted to do was PLAY!!!! Then we ate cake- same thing - they just wanted to PLAY- do you blame them? Our Pink cakes turned out great- they were yummy as well! I was quite surprised!!!

We had the WHOLE Gym to play in- well except for the hanging rings and tall balance beams- and poor Uncle JB and Aunt Julie- that is all they wanted to do!! You should of seen them trying to sneak on these- too funny! The kids also LOVED the parachute-it was my favorite- we had all the kids sit in the middle- when the hostess was telling me what we were going to do I was like "WHAT" I didn't think it would work- BUT all the little ones sat in the middle in a circle and then the adults held onto the chute and ran in a big circle and pulled it with us- IT WAS SO FUN! Then we switched directions- and ran the other way! Too fun- we also did other tricks- too fun!!!

Another fun thing was the rope swing- this was fun for Chuck and so many other big people and the kids- I love the photo of our Pastor Jeff was rolling in the big wheel and his son Joseph was pushing him! The the fun photo of Mark Whipple and ALL the kids jumping on him in the foam pit! So much fun! He is a pastor at our church too- can you tell we have GREAT people at our church!!!

I cant write about all the fun ones!! But check out the photos!!

We are very blessed to have so many great friends that came out to celebrate our girls special day! Thank you to all that came and we missed those that couldn't come!! WE here at the Pittman house wish all of you a very special Thanksgiving Holiday- we are so thankful for you!! Hugs! Amie

Ok so I cant get any more photos loaded! I will try again later!!!

Check out http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?mode=fromshare&Uc=ikf91b3.39fo7apj&Uy=-l4ivh&Ux=0 for all the photos!

Making the Cake

I had so much fun this year making the girls "pink" cakes! Aunt Lorie and Kiah bought them each "My Little Ponies" to put on their cakes! They turned out very Pink and Pretty!!! "Blush and Bashful" would be pretty close! Lanie and Lucie helped me all the way! Check out the photos!