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Trey and I took the girls one Saturday(or Sunday) to play at Uncle Justin and Aunt Sara's house.  The girls couldn't get enough cousin time in, especially Riley and Addie.  It was a nice afternoon without any hustle and bustle of an agenda.  The adults got some Mexican take out for lunch and Sara made the girls lunch at home.  The girls played together nicely and Uncle Justin even took Addie & Riley to the playground for a bit while Bella & Hadley took a nap.  Well, Hadley didn't actually take a nap, but Bella did!!  Hadley was having too much fun playing with Lucy I think.  She was absolutely petrified of little Lucy at first.  After a little while she warmed up to Lucy and started throwing her the ball.  It was rather amusing to watch!  I think everyone enjoy themselves.  It was so great to spend time with my family!

 My mom, the girls & I drove to Tysons Corner and met up with Sara, Addie and Bella at the American Girl Store.  The girls are still a little young for the American Girl, but they also have Bitty Babies for the younger crowd.  All of the girls loved shopping around the Bitty Baby area.  I'm pretty sure they all wanted one of everything!  We all had lunch at the bistro that was in the store.  It's a cute little place where the girls were able to have their baby dolls sit next to them in a highchair.  The babies even got little tea cups so that the girls could feed their baby.  It was really cute, but definitely overpriced.  Not to mention it felt like Antarctica in the Bistro.  Hadley's lips were definitely purple!  Of course that didn't stop any of the girls from eating their ice cream for dessert!  It was a really fun time and exciting that the cousins got to experience it together! Definitely trying for a Kiki and grandda...

We stayed with my mom & Mr. Kevin(aka Kiki and Po) while we were visiting.  It was so nice to have two extra people helping out with our three girls.  I guess I never realized how much work goes into taking care of three little ones.  Especially when you aren't in your own home, you really have to be on your toes making sure that the kiddos aren't getting into things they shouldn't be!  I have to give it up to my mom though.  After being at work all day she would come home and play with the girls as if she had all the energy in the world.  I wish I could be more like that.  I'm exhausted by dinner time most days.  I don't know how she was playing so much with the girls, but they were definitely loving every minute.  And I must say that I was loving every minute too because I was just sitting back and relaxing, watching everyone have fun! While Kiki entertained Riley & Hadley, I was trying to capture some moments with my camera.  ...

 Next stop on our trip to MD was to visit with Poppy & Grandma Kathy.  They hadn't met Hadley or Emrey in person yet, only through skype.  I knew Riley wouldn't be shy because she recognizes most everyone from talking to them on skype.  And I figured Hadley would quickly warm up, especially because they have dogs!  Riley was totally outgoing and not a bit shy.  Hadley was extremely shy and totally freaked out by the dogs which really surprised me.  It was funny to see Hadley freak out over the dogs.  So Riley stayed downstairs with Poppy and the dogs, while Hadley stayed upstairs with me, Emrey & Grandma Kathy.  It was nice to have the girls spend time with their grandparents.  Of course, they tend to get a little too spoiled!

 Trey, the girls, and I made a trip to Maryland last month.  The main reason for our visit there was to see my brother, Justin, sister-in-law, Sara, and our nieces, Addie and Bella.  They have been living in the Philippines for the last three years and are moving to Ethiopia soon for the next two years.  This was our chance to have our nieces meet our daughters!  It didn't take long for Riley and Addie to start playing together.  They had to feel each other out, but became friendly rather quickly.  Bella and Hadley were both all over the place!  That's what you get with two year olds!  Both Addie and Bella were amused with Emrey.  It was so nice to see how loving they were with her, especially since they have a new sister on the way!   I was super excited to introduce Emrey to her Uncle Justin and Aunt Sara.  Emrey was all smiles with both of them!  It made me so happy to see her in both of their arms.  It's hard some...

I celebrated the big 3---0 on August 28th.  I can seriously not believe that my twenties are now behind me.  I'm not depressed about entering my thirties at all.  I'm excited for my thirties because I don't plan on being pregnant and/or breastfeeding like I was for the last half of my twenties!!  It's funny, I said I wanted to have all my kids by the time I was 30 and poof, I've got three beautiful and healthy girls.  I guess my wish was granted!   On my birthday we went out to lunch and enjoyed a delicious meal at Gordon Biersch.  All of the girls were in a good mood so it was a successful outing with all five of us!  Later that afternoon we went to a bbq at our neighbors house.  So it was a pretty perfect birthday because I didn't have to cook at all!  Score!   This past weekend we traveled up to the North Shore to spend a couple of nights at Turtle Bay.  This was my big birthday present from Trey and the girls.  I was t...

Today was a very big day in the Prewitt house.  It was Riley's first day of pre-school.  We put Riley on the waiting list last year at Tiny Tots Christian Pre-School and I received a phone call back in early May saying that there was a spot open for Riley!  Yay, I was so excited!  Riley has been anticipating this day since I told her that there was a spot open for her and she'd be going to school this year.  We went back to school shopping this weekend and got Riley all the supplies from her list.  She picked out her backpack and was thrilled with her choice, none other than Dora the Explorer!!   When Riley woke up this morning she came walking down the stairs with a huge smile on her face and said, "It's my school day!!!!"  I almost shed a tear looking at the excitement on her face and hearing the excitement in her voice.  But I kept it together!  She ate a bowl of cereal and talked about going to school the entire time.  I, of cou...