Pretty Girl

Allie is a week shy of being 6 MONTHS OLD! Can you believe it? I surely can't! The other day, I was holding her hands while she stood up on my legs. Zachary stopped, looked at her, and said, "Mommy, Baby Allie is much bigger!" He is so astute! She IS much bigger!

Look at her darling eyelashes!:

Semper Fidelis

In honor of "Unkie" Eric (he's actually my first cousin), who is being commissioned as an officer in the United States Marines this weekend, Zachary is now sporting a military "buzz" haircut. We are so proud of Eric's successful completion of OCS!!
Congratulations!

Apple Pickin'

We took Mimi to this gorgeous farm to pick apples. It was so beautiful and the apple-picking was fun for Zachary. And of course, a gallon of green apples makes for some good educational kitchen time as well as a bunch of yummy pies & cobblers!
The farm also had rows of grape vines, pecan trees, melons, berries & veggies. We traipsed all the way to the back of the property to get to the apple trees.

Mimi was a pro with the top-of-the-tree apple-picker-thing!

It's Official

I do not like potty-training. Seriously. When will this be over?!

Eaker Weekend

We had another fun family weekend at our house! Uncle Jas, Aunt Meredith, Mimi & Grandad came for a visit. The guys played some intense golf, we played in the pool & visited an apple orchard (pictures later this week), the ladies dominated a game of Cranium (of course!), and we had some good laughs...mostly at Grandad's expense (ha!).

'Newly-hitched-and-still-smiling' Uncle Jas & Aunt Meredith:

Fun at the pool:

Zachary splashing Mimi:

Allie & Mimi:

Aunt Meredith (in Zacharese, "Mer-dif") & Zachary:

Allie spoiling the grandparents(!!):