A Tooth

I finally can feel the top of Avery's first little tooth. She's been working on these things for months! Seriously! Bless her heart. Now maybe we can cut back on the drool. She can completely soak 5 or 6 bibs a day. And...she can get her hands on some real food. Everytime we eat in front of her she looks so sad. Won't be long now, baby! You're on your way into a whole new world! It's called food! You're gonna love it!

Let's hear it for teeth!

Trick or Treating with MDO

Just a sneak peak...

'Nastics

Monday evening was "Parent Night" at Jenae's gymnastics class. Jordan's class in Abilene was cancelled so he got to go along for the show...or maybe the show was just for him, I'm not sure. Needless to say, little miss really put on a show!
(Warning: If you are not family, or better yet, if you're not Jenae's grandparents, you probably will get nauseated after about the first bazillion pictures...but hang on 'cause I posted a gazillion of them. Sorry!)

These first ones were taken during the warm-up. They rotate continuously through different stations.
Tumbling....

Jumping...
Horse tumbling...


After about 10-15 minutes they stop and do some stretching and musical 'circle' games...
Back flips...

For the rest of the time they break into small groups and do different stations than before, rotating every 5-10 minutes.

Uneven bars...


Floor exercises...

Jumping and balance...

This is the one thing I didn't know they did. I was a little leery at first, but Jenae loved it. In fact, she giggled almost the entire time. Silly girl. Her coach told me he thought she was "fearless."


High in the sky...getting ready to swing....
Loving every minute...

Trampoline...

A few push-ups to end the session....
Whew! I was tired just watching her!!! I really was so proud of her. The class is for 3 to 5/6 year-olds. Jenae was technically still 2 years old when classes started, but her coach agreed to give it a try. The very first day we stayed for about 10 minutes before the coach "encouraged" us to leave. During those 10 minutes it was very clear that Jenae was the smallest, youngest thing out there. She hadn't started school yet either, so this was her first structured class and her first thing to do without Momma and Daddy being right there.
I'm not going to lie...Monday night you could still guess she was the youngest. She doesn't know her left from her right. She's not the first to follow instructions. She'll let others go before her in the line. She's in her own happy place. But what I loved was seeing her be proud of herself, doing things someone else had taught her, and knowing that she knew we were proud of her!! I can already tell you I'm the mom who's going to need tissues at the little PTA choir performances. (Whaaa!)

I love my little gymnast!!!

One

I was tagged by my friend Tonya for this little exercise. I really don't like doing these. I think I always try to over analyze my answers. I'm sure there's a label for this sickness. It probably should be one of my one-word answers somewhere down the list. See...there I go re-thinking my answers again. Sheesh!!

TYPE ONLY ONE WORD FOR EACH ANSWER. IT'S HARDER THAN YOU THINK!!!

1. Where is your cell phone? kitchen

2. Your significant other? Jordan

3. Your hair? brown

4. Your mother? giving

5. Your father? leader

6. Your favorite thing? pictures

7. Your dream last night? Zzzzz

8. Your favorite drink? Coke

9. Your dream/goal? health

10. The room you're in? messy

11. Your fear? loneliness

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? settled

13. Where were you last night? Comanche

14. What you're not? patient

15. Muffins/donuts? both :o)

16. One of your wish list items? grace

17. Where you grew up? Army

18. The last thing you did? blog

19. What are you wearing? pj's

20. Your TV? off

21. Your pet? none

22. Your computer? Mac

23. Your life? Full

24. Your mood? grateful

25. Missing someone? friends

26. Favorite pastime? reading

27. Something you're not wearing? make-up

28. Favorite Store? Target

29. Your summer? pool

30. Your favorite color? red

31. When is the last time you laughed? daily

32. Last time you cried? yesterday

33. Who will/would re-post this? Amanda

34. Four places I go over and over? Church, IGA, Wal-Mart, Sonic

35. Four people who e-mail me? Homie, Dad, Mimommie, FlyLady

36. Four of my favorite foods? chicken, pizza, coffee, sweets

37. Four places I would like to be right now? bed, hotel, home, DisneyWorld

38. Four people I tag? Homie, Amanda, Jennifer, Karen

The Pumpkin Patch

We finally made it to a Pumpkin Patch to get some pictures. I was afraid we were going to miss out this year. I couldn't find one around here (surprise!) or even in the Abilene area. We finally stopped in at a nursery in Brownwood, not really a "pumpkin patch;" more like a pile of pumpkins in the parking lot. But, hey, the week before Halloween, beggars can't be chosers! Anyhoo...back to the pictures, right?! Well, I must say I was thrilled with the shots we got. I didn't even have to curse. Although I did learn a very valuable lesson: bring the dad along. He's great at corralling, making the kiddos laugh, and I even got to be in one of the pictures. What a deal!!

Momma and the girls:I included this one just to say, "Look at that hair?!!" Seriously!!! That's why the bows are so big. They help hide all that choas going on back there! :o)

Sweet Sisters!

Jenae:


Avery Joy:

And, my FaVoRiTe shot of the day:

Pumpkin Carvin'

BEFORE:

Happy Girl, Boring Pumpkin

AFTER:

Happy Girl, Happy Pumpkin

Last night I made the plan for today: pumpkin carving, library, naps and then gymnastics. Well, I woke up grumpy, or maybe it was Jenae...or maybe both of us. Needless to say, we weren't really getting along. Scratch the pumpkin. Too messy. Too likely to fight. We're not going there today. Avery went down for her morning nap, things seemed to have settled a bit between Jenae and I, so...we went for it. I'm so glad we did. We had lots of fun planning our face, getting the slimy strings out of the pumpkin, and then admiring our hard work.

One of the fun things about this activity is that after all your hard work you get to eat a snack!! Add a little salt, a little butter....spread them on a cookie sheet...in the oven at 300 for 45 minutes...and Yummy! Roasted pumpkin seeds!!! A remember making this delicious snack in school when I was a little girl.
This was a fun morning! Good-bye, Momma and Daughter Grumpy!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Messin' Around at the Playground

In an attempt to pass the time waiting for Jordan/Daddy to get back from Nashville, the girls and I headed down to the playground this afternoon. Jenae loved running around and playing. Avery hated not being able to run around and play. Soon, baby, very soon.
I, on the other hand, divided my attention between consoling Avery and trying to figure out more about my camera and getting some fun shots of Jenae enjoying herself.













I LoVe this picture of Jenae. It also let me know it was time to end our little photo shoot :o)