Going to school??

Caroline received a backpack with her name on it when she was born and she has really taken a liking to it lately along with the hat she received at Grant' Farm. She likes to wear them both at once along with my socks and shoes. It is amazing that last month what a word explosion that she has had. She is like a little parrot so we really have to be careful what we say. Today her new word is cinnamon (I think because she really likes the smell of it and she likes to get in my spice cabinet). She knows so many names of people and the words to songs. Her favorite right now is Happy Birthday followed closely by Itsy Bitsy Spider. It is something new everyday. It is truly amazing how much they learn. I am working on putting some videos below so keep watching as they are taking a while to upload. Enjoy the pictures!

Grant's Farm in St. Louis

We did a trip to Grant's Farm in St. Louis which is essentially a large farm owned by the Anheuser-Busch family. So we decided to go on this visit not knowing what was going to happen with the Busch family!! Caroline had a great time riding the tram, pointing out the animals, petting the goats and seeing the Clyesdales. Also in St. Louis, Caroline had her first experience running through a sprinkler which was a big hit (once Grandma did it with her!).

The Big St. Louis wedding

Trying on goggles (backwards!)

Wearing Grandma's bracelets

Well my youngest sister Katie is now married. We spent a week in St. Louis and had Katie's bachelorette party, helped with last minute details, went to the rehearsal dinner and the big wedding!! Katie looked amazing of course and Caroline, well Caroline actually made it down the aisle. Though it took her and Luke (my cousin Erin's little 3 year old) almost 5 minutes (literally) to walk down the long aisle, she made it! They both received a standing ovation at the end of the aisle. Whew, Momma was relieved that was a big stress on my night and then so was the maid of honor speech for which I happened to be called up to do while I was changing a poopy diaper in the back of the reception hall. You can only imagine the shock at hearing my name being called and I came running forward holding Caroline with a diaper bag slung around my shoulder. Talk about embarrassing. Well I made it through it and we all had a great time!! Katie and Kevin make a wonderful couple and we had a great time. Unfortunately, I do not have any pictures of the wedding since both Trent and I had our hands full but hopefully I will get some very soon. I will try and post pictures tomorrow of our trip.