Happy Birthday, Josie Reese!

It is so hard to believe this little sweetie is already 1 year old!  She is FULL of sass and personality.  She's walking so well and crowning her fourth tooth.  She says "ca-ca" for cracker, no, hi, da-da, and Eh! for Ellie.  She can climb any obstacle, play patty-cake, sing, dance, and give kisses.  It's her way or the high way and she doesn't have a prissy bone (unlike big sis who is all priss).  It's all I can do to keep a bow in her hair.   

 

Ellie helped me bake the cake the night before.  She is at such a fun age and is truly helpful.  I prepared all of the ingredients and she added them to the mixer and ran it herself.  She sprayed the pans and helped me place them in the oven, then "cleaned" the spatula and bowl - the best part.  I iced the cakes and she added lots of sprinkles.  She also helped wrap the present, manning the tape dispenser. 

Their new favorite past time.

Daddy, Mommy, and Josie had a lunch time play date and picnic for Josie's birthday.  Elle Belle was in school.

Enough kisses!

Paparazzi: Daddy, Abby, Little Torr, Big Torr, Heather - we got lots of good pictures

Birth minute kiss: 2:34

USC Ophthalmology Kiddos

We headed to Lake Tillery, NC to visit with our pals from residency this weekend.  We had some boat issues (one wouldn't start, the other broke down in the middle of the lake!) but we couldn't beat the company.  

Ellie and Jake

 Lucy

 Jason, Brian, and Seth being goofballs

 Seth and Lucy

 Brian and Eli

 Ellie and Noah

 Jake, Noah, Molly, Eli, Lucy, Lilly, and Ellie - Josie was napping :(

 Josie and Lucy

Ellie, Lilly, Josie, Lucy, Molly, Eli, Noah, and Jake

 Trying to jump start the boat...no luck.

 Mama, Ellie, and Lilly

 

Seth, Sarah, Brian, Lauren, Betsy, and Jason

Silly Girls

Josie has THREE teeth!  Both lower center teeth and her top left front tooth!  They came through about three weeks ago.  We're pretty excited to start eating some real food!

 Excited about peaches and avocado

Abby's Birthday Tea Party - All the little girls wore garden hats; well, not ALL of the little girls.

 The flower pot Ellie decorated at the tea party

Last Days of Summer

Preoccupied while mama cooks

Trying daddy's hat trick

This girl loves the rain

First day of PDO!  Ms. Melissa's 3 year old class :)

Knoxville Zoo