Out of Sorts

I cannot believe it has been OVER a month since my last post and that it is already Sept!! Where does the time go? That is so sad! We have been super busy at the McNulty house! The last time I posted Max was still in Florida with my mom and family. I drove to Memphis to pick them up on July 29th. My aunt Carolyn joined me. Their plane was over 2 hours late!! I COULDN'T stand it. I felt really bad for my mom but the boys (Zach and Max) were so good for her. When Max saw me at the airport, he did not react as I had imagined - little stinker. He did give me a smile but totally looked at me like, "o, it's you again." ha! I chalked it up to his LONG trip. It was so wonderful that Max was able to spend 4 days in Florida and then a whole week with my mom and brother in Little Rock. Terri Lynn came from Hamburg for 2 different visits. Max LOVES her - seriously.




While they were here we went to the sprinkler park on the river. It is a complete understatement to say Max LOVED it!! Max also got to meet his newest cousin, Colin Carter the week my mom was here too. It was so much fun having a whole group of family over for lunch - especially when the lunch was made by everyone else while all I had to do was be at my house!! Bobbie's artichoke dips is to DIE for and I'm pretty sure I ate my body weight in Hannah's mom's chicken salad and cake - YUM YUM!! (I told them they could come for lunch any time - ha!!).

Max and AG together when Colin came for lunch - they look like they were in trouble don't they??

We were really sad for my mom and Zach to leave us. While we were in WM, Max got to show my dad his drumming skills. It was really cute watching those two play on my dad's drums. Last week my dad was here in LR, playing at Cajun's. We met him there early for dinner and Max helped him set up his drum set. I guess to reward him for a job well-done my dad sent him home with his VERY OWN drum sticks!! I was a little afraid they would become weapons, but so far so good - he only uses them to make "music."



Max is a WILD man these days. He is so active and completely babbles all time. His vocabulary is just growing so fast - it's like a ball rolling down a hill. Lately he runs around the house saying, "go, go." There are lots of times that I have no clue what he is saying but I can already tell that he has such a great imagination. He and his dad LOVE building forts and playing in them. I thought he would be too young for that but I was obviously wrong. He LOVES LOVES LOVES LOVES music and loves dancing. Lots of time his dancing consists of running in place or just shaking his head from side to side. SO cute!! He is really into airplanes right now and gets SO excited to hear and see one fly overhead. He's going to give himself whip-lash looking for airplanes.





Clara Grace and Christina also came to visit us one weekend. Christina was going to help me learn to sew but we ended up playing all weekend - I only made one pair of pants. We went to the sprinkler park again and both kiddos really loved it. I took a page from Ted's book that weekend and found three GREAT deals at a yard sale around the corner from my house. For $20 I purchased a little tykes picnic table, slide and BIG outdoor playhouse. If Max never played with any of the three again, I can promise you that we got our money's worth the weekend Clara was here. Max and Clara loved opening and closing the door and shutters on the playhouse. Max LOVES his new toys. Max also got a cozy coupe convertible car that gets LOTS of use. He LOVES everything about it!





Max and I joined Aunt Bobbie on a trip to NWA to visit his cousin, Colin, again. We were so glad to be apart of Colin's christening weekend.

Here is Max laying on Colin's playmate - he had to be stripped b/c he spilled lasagna on his outfit!! (Spray and Wash is definitely our best friend)

The McNultys welcomed ANOTHER girl in August!! YAY!! Amy and Ted had a little girl, Annika Greer McNulty. She is absolutely precious. We really hope to meet her soon. Can you believe the Ted McNulty family has more granddaughters (3) than grandsons (2)??

Here she is - isn't she breathtaking??

Then we had the BIG birthday/party weekend. On the morning of August 22nd it was Augusta Grace's FIRST birthday!! WOW!! She is the BEST little hostess yet! Her pink party was FANTASTIC!!

Isn't she just the prettiest little redhead you've EVER seen???

Since probably November, Molly, Linda and I have been planning a surprise party for Kelly and Shawn's 30th birthday. I think it was a total success. We had LOTS of fun and Kelly was surprised (Shawn says he figured it out). The highlight of the night was DEFINITELY when Ted took us for a spin in the RV - now if we can get him to drive us up to the GA game in Fayetteville, my life will be complete!!

Lauren Chambliss Meredith did a GREAT job on their banners!!

On Sunday, after the big birthday parties, we had a sip and see for sweet little Colin. It was a fantastic way to end a wonderful weekend!!

I wish I had more pictures but my camera is missing AGAIN - I last remember having it at the Sip and See and was certain I packed it to come home but can't find it - UGH!! Hopefully it will turn up soon and it won't be so long until our next post.

We hope you all have a great week. Max and I are a little under the weather (no swine flu though) so say a prayer for us!!

Hugs!