yard sale find of the day

Clemson football helmet- $1
He LOVED it!

New Friends

This summer we met some new friends from Cairo, Egypt. The husband is getting his doctorate at Clemson, so they have been in the states for the past two years. We usually meet up for play dates at the various parks once a week or so. This one is our favorite. It's about 7-8 min from our house.

Youseff is 4, but his English is a little hard to understand, so it's funny to watch he and Krieg trying to communicate with each other. Sara and I have to do a lot of interpreting!

I am so thankful Karis can hang out in the swing some now. It is saving my back!

Loving Life

In an attempt to practice thankfulness for where God has me in life, here are a few things that I am loving and enjoying about my life right now...

I love...

• how ridiculously wide Karis opens her mouth when she's happy
• the few moments of brotherly love Krieg shows Karis every day
• that Krieg and I were the only native English speakers in a play date with 2 other families
• the "ugly produce section" at our produce store/stand. You would never believe how cheaply I have been able to make Karis' baby food!
• that on nights where Kevin has to go out with students, Krieg and I can just eat raw veggies, hummus and pita bread for dinner
• speaking of hummus and pita- I LOVE the addition of Greek night to our menu. Homemade pita bread, peanut butter hummus and Greek salads are my new favorite meal
• Clemson staff dinners every Monday night at our house.
  
• how Karis flails her arms and legs in excitement and joy when I come in the room to get her up from her nap
• that we now live only 30 min away from decent shopping-including a Target!
• that Krieg knows all the letters in "Clemson Tigers" just not always in the right order. And that he does the tigers cheer ALL day long, until the minute he falls asleep in bed (even as I'm typing)

Labor Day

I know I'm a little late on this one, but I just can seem to stay on top of my life! Between everyone getting sick and some ridiculously terrible two year old tantrums, we're a little behind on everything. But my parents came up for the weekend and here are a few pictures...

The men kept busy building this rock wall along the driveway

Obviously, Krieg was a great helper!

The girls watched from the shade!

Putting on the Pounds

Karis turned 6 months old on Thursday. At the doctor yesterday we had a good report that she has put on a ton of weight. She is still 95% in height, and jumped from 15% to 60% in weight. Apparently the combination of supplementing with formula and starting solids has worked.

This month Karis...

-learned to sit up unassisted (minus the occasional tipping over)


-moved to the big bathtub with Krieg- we are all loving baths together!


-started swinging next to her brother at the park, thus saving my back a good 20-30 min from the Bjorn. Thank you sweet girl!


-decided she much prefers formula in a bottle over milk from mommy-but has to endure the other stuff anyways


-has occasionally started taking longer naps-still without any consistency, but I'll take what I can get


-is still so hard to get a laugh out of. She has to be super tired for you to have any shot of getting giggles from her.


We love you sweet Karis!