Sunday, August 29, 2010

Meet The Teacher, First Day of School, Carrots!







We took Abby Grace to meet the teacher on Thursday, August 19th. She has a brand new teacher, Ms. Shuster. We were so glad to see a few kids in her class that we already knew. There are even a couple of kids that live on our street.

Abby Grace's first day of school was tough. We woke her up at 6:30am. Abby Grace had decided on her special breakfast- powdered donuts and biscuits. After I had it all on the table, she changed her mind and decided that she wanted an apple. We measured her height against a wall and she thought that it was so cool that mommy wrote on the wall! Ashlyn and I drove her to school for the first day. She was pretty scared walking in, but calmed down once she got in her room. I knew she was fine when she said, "Mom, you can go now!". After I told her that my name is "Mommy" not "Mom", I hugged her and left. I left the room, but not the school. The hardest part was walking out of those doors without her! :( Mimi flew in that day to come stay with mom to help her with her surgery recovery. She got to go with me to pick up Abby Grace. Abby Grace was so funny when she was telling us that another girl had a lunchable like her and the girl ate her oreo before her lunch. It was so funny!

Ashlyn had carrots for the first time that week. She is growing so fast!

Sunday, August 22, 2010

SEA WORLD






















Sunday, August 15th

We left that morning to go to San Antonio. We checked into our hotel that afternoon and headed to Sea World. We did lots of shows and saw some animals. It was so super hot! We grabbed a bite to eat and hit the sack.

Monday, August 16th
We were at Sea World for seven hours. We bought special quick passes that let us ride all the water rides without waiting in line. It was so much fun. We went to the riverwalk that night and had some really bad mexican food!!! Abby Grace woke up that night throwing up in the bed and me, Papa and Gigi were sick all day on Tuesday! NO MORE MEXICAN FOR US!!!!

Tuesday, August 17th

We had plans to go back to Sea World, but everyone was not feeling well. We spent most of the day watching movies and swimming in the indoor pool. That night we went to Outback to celebrate my b-day and then had a little party in the lobby of the hotel.
Wednesday, August 18th

We left Sea World and headed home. My b-day lunch was at my favorite restaurant, BJs. I had a pizza and a pizzookie (favorite dessert). We had IHOP for dinner and ran some errands. It was a great b-day week!!!

Friday, August 13, 2010

Happy 5 months Ashlyn Rose























Ashlyn Rose is five months old today. The time really does fly!!! Ashlyn weighs 14 lbs and wears size two diapers. She is finally getting in a routine of eating at 10am, 2pm, 6pm and 10pm. She takes a nap after her bottle at 10am and 2pm. She usually naps again between 9-10pm before her last bottle. She will sleep until about 7:30am in the morning unless daddy is up banging before 7am! :) Ashlyn still goes to school two days a week. There are three babies in the class so she gets lots of loving!!! Ashlyn can sit up for a little while and roll over both ways. She loves her play gym and to sit in her bumbo and see herself in a mirror. She still loves to play with Abby Grace the most. Ashlyn loves bathtime and to watch Abby Grace take a bath. I guess that she is slightly partial to her daddy...I love watching them and how much they look alike. Ashlyn is a very happy baby!!! We are so blessed!

Friday, August 6, 2010

Abby Grace in West Monroe

When I went to West Monroe a couple of weeks ago, I left Abby Grace there to spend some time with her grandparents. She staying with Mamaw & Tommy and then Mimi & Deda. She had a great time! Mimi and Deda drove her home last weekend. I couldn't wait for her to get home. I ran outside when they pulled up...she blew right by me and into her daddy's arms. :(

She told us all about her trip. She was so funny when she told us that "The West Monroe McDonalds so lame!" Abby Grace said that her favorite thing to do was swim with Uncle Brad. She got to play with Riley Grace, Kade, Brayden, Maddie & Jillian Kate. Abby Grace said that she had the most fun playing with Jillian Kate.

We are so thankful for those who took such good care of our big girl. She will definately return again!