September 9, 2011

Summer Top 10!

Arnold Summer 2011 Top 10 Favorites!!!

Best Memory for Mattie Sue- 'Going to Texas'! Hanging out with Nama all to herself for an entire weekend, swimming in 3 different pools, playing with cousins, Nama .T,  Nama, Poppy, Auntie Jenny and the Tootles.  Her favorite of the 3 pools was....Cindy's pool!

Best Memory for Malyn- 'Camping'! Malyn has been wanted to go camping since she saw that Olivia from Nickelodeon went camping. She loved getting her stick on fire with Melody, walking in the woods, water park and sleeping in the tent.


Best Memory for me- Camping and the Lazy River. I parked myself on the lazy river at the water park on the campground. Loved it. Highly recommend it!
How fun, who wants to camp with us next summer?
Funniest Moment Caught on Camera- Solace Opening Party. Erik is telling us how Sawyer was spilling his juice box on his head during one of the games (top right). Funnier in person but these two great photos show this funny moment!!
I really thought this was funny, I'm even doing the lean back and clap laugh.
Best Weekend- Jessica and Ryan flew out for the last weekend of July. It was just another reminder that I love my family. We were Tootlin' around town together hitting all the fun spots with the kiddos! Best nights sleep- Boo was out of town so Jess and I slept in our bed with the sliding door open with the cool summer breeze and the fan on high. It was Best sleep worthy!!!

Best Rescue- Nama to the rescue with the emergency appendix extraction! We had 8 days of unexpected fun together!!
Not so fun for this guy!

Eli's Best Trick- Food!! He is now 10 1/2 months and all 23lbs of him is now loving food. Still no teeth.


Best Item of the Summer- Ergo Baby Carrier. Lifesaver at the beach, grocery store, camping, park play, etc. LOVE IT! This actually might make Product of the Year in my book. Item of the Summer #2 would have been this jacket Boo was wearing but it didn't fit around his gut so he didn't keep it.
This picture is from the actual photo shoot (hence the makeup) for the Ergo, people never really take pictures of me so I have none but I wear Eli all the time.
Biggest Oops-  Malyn's independence has a downside too. After our HOA meeting I was waiting for the folks to mention this, no one did and all is well. Aren't the footprints so cute? Hoping the winter rains will wash this manmade rainbow pond away, till then, I like the color choice.

Sweetest Sister Moment- Malyn and I walked Mattie Sue to her class on Thursday morning. When we said good bye she turned to Malyn and put her fist up. Malyn then put her fist up and the two of them did their secret handshake.....I didn't even know they had one!!! It was the sweetest thing ever and I left thinking....I'm so glad I have those two, and I'm so glad I get to drop them both off at school all day!!!!
And the Number 1 Best Sound of the summer..........'Mama' -Eli 10 1/2 months.

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Lisa Johnson said...

Stacy! What a fun summer! And how in the world is Eli 23 lbs at 10.5 months? Amazing! Your fam is precious. :)

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Tootle Family said...

Best post of the year! Stacy, I can't believe Eli weighs tht much. That's how much Samuel weighs. Love love this post.

Pam said...

The lean back and clap laugh is the best. Captured the true happiness of your life.

The sister secret hand shake choked me up. Nothing better then picturing that, knowing they will be a reassuring comfort to each other if they see one another in the hall ways of school.

Diving boards are a beginning swimmers best friend. We loved having Mattie Sue.

Love the biggest oops! Malyn has an eye for color.

J.J. Killins said...

Love your top 10! I just realized I have tons of summer pics I haven't shared! That Eli is a heartbreaker my friend, and I can't believe BOTH girls at school all day! What! Have you a mommy group with Eli-age babies to sit and have brunches with? :)

Nicole Svendsen said...

gosh, there are some great ones in there--camping, the ergo, the lazy river. Good summer, all in all:) We should start our planning for next summer.

The Kellys said...

Hands down...my favorite post ever! I want to come out and visit the Arnold Family! XOXO to all of you!

Susie said...

Oh Stace- your kids are just so very sweet. I love your moments and can even hear your laugh (I think I remember what it sounds like!) in the laugh out loud picture... and your girls are just so sweet. I teared up at your girls, too- that first year or two must have been so crazy with them so close in age, but the benefits- THE BENEFIts far outweigh that season.

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