Soccer Mom!

I always heard people talk about soccer moms and I guess I should have known someday I would be one, but really.....I figured I'd be a football mom!

Well, Isaiah is too young to play football so here we are playing a sport Billy nor I know anything about! We learned a lot season one though. Billy even helped coach.

Isaiah is a great defense player and did the very best as a goalie. He was much more aggressive on the field than he is at home; or school for that matter.

Here are some pics from his last game.

This is our neighbor, Todd, who is the head coach. His daughter is the little blond on the right.

This is Isaiah and Todd's daughter, Gweneth. They were definitely the hustlers on the team!

Driving to the goal. I don't think that goalie is ready for him do you?

The Hair!

Last Sunday was beautiful!!! We rose early. We had some new Fall clothes for the kids to wear so they wouldn't be going out in July attire. My kids posed beautifully on my front porch after lunch and gave me big smiles. We cleaned and sorted and I had a great sense of accomplishment. So what's the story? Alyssa's hair!

As you can see below in her "after lunch" picture it was laying beautifully. Her natural curl just right, with very little effort on my part. I thought she looked so pretty and grown up.

After our photo shoot Isaiah and I went to sort his summer clothes and too small clothes in his room. Billy was cleaning the kitchen and Alyssa was at the kitchen table doing some crafts. Billy came to ask us a question, which took all of two minutes, and when he came out he found little pieces of blond curly hair all around Alyssa. She had decided after 2 1/2 years it was time to give herself her very first haircut. Although she did a fairly good job of giving herself some long layered bangs they curled up like crazy and I had no idea how to fix them! You can see what she looked like for several days this week below...

Exactly one week later with a little more effort than usual and several swipes with a flat iron and curling iron here she is looking just as lovely as before! Toting her brother's puppy, which she has stolen from him and started calling her baby. Oh...and the story of the boots. Clearance for $5 last spring and in a month I'm sure they won't fit her anymore! : )

And here is Isaiah and one of his "after lunch" pictures too! He actually needs a hair cut! He and his daddy carved this pumpkin while I was traveling last week! It is rather huge amongst all my porch decor!

The second trip to the ER

Amy mentioned that Alyssa stayed the night at her house after her cousin Kacey's birthday party. Alyssa had a blast, but there was a small accident. Kacey was helping Alyssa up by holding her hands and pulling up on her arms when Alyssa cried and said her wrist hurt. Aunt Amy took great care of her and propped her arm on a pillow to rest, then she made a sling with a dish towel so that Alyssa could get up and walk around. She gave her Motrin. Nothing worked.

So, we went to the emergency room for the second time in Alyssa's short 2 1/2 years and after examining her and x-raying her wrist and elbow they sent her home assuming a sprang. Here is what she looked like that night (on Motrin)!



She got the stickers on her skirt from the hospital staff. When her Motrin wore off or when the sling wasn't just right, or when we tried to get her dressed or undressed...she was not happy like the pictures appear.

The next morning she was extra miserable after sleeping on her arm all night and while daddy was getting her ready for church she yanked her arm out of the shirt sleeve and "POP" her wrist went right back into place. Funny how we spent over two hours at the ER and then she got "fixed" at home.

Isaiah Loses His First Tooth

I needed to capture that smile with all his baby teeth one last time!
Before school it was all smiles.

Daddy did good!

I don't think I need many words to explain the fear and joy that took place in a few short minutes! : )

Funny How Things Work

Finally.....a night out with my hubby so we can have some adult conversation uninterrupted. We had a gift card so we could go to our favorite restaurant and not even have to pay for it! Isaiah had an overnight birthday party and my sister was kind enough to watch Alyssa overnight. We were set......

We arrive and although we should have gotten reservations we had not because we couldn't get in when we wanted to. So we grabbed a table in the open seating section, ordered our drinks and some wonderful crab cakes and things were looking good. We were having some good conversation, getting ready to order our entree and then....the two blond girls (ages 5 and 2) came to sit next to us. They were up and down and up and down. Their grandparents were sharing a table with friends four tables over so they came in and out and in and out to visit with the girl's parents. CRASH....all the dishes on their table went flying to the floor when one of the girls pushed the table almost over. Then the waiters and others came in and out and in and out. Once we thought they were leaving and we could finally have some sort of peace and quiet again we became the key objective of a 25 year old blond that wanted our table. She tells us that she'll just stand over us because she wants to have our table when we are done. Then, literally, her and her posse stood over us guarding us as if we were someone famous eating a piece of flourless chocolate cake. Our server came to us and said that the dessert was paid for "just because". I'm thinking that was a smart move on their part so we didn't walk out with a very bad taste in our mouth. (no pun intended!)

When we left, Billy said he wouldn't forget to make reservation less than five days prior to our date again. We laughed though thinking about how things work. Here we are without our kids, but we sit next to kids that are way more exhausting and obnoxious than ours ever would have been. All in all, we had a great night though. We just moved to a different restaurant to finish our conversation!

Thanks to those that kept our kids so we could have a night, and even better.....a morning off!

Happy Birthday to My Silly, but Beautiful Niece!

Happy Birthday Kacey!!!!!

I hope you do a birthday "jig" today!



Look who's got her eye on her older cousin.

This birthday girl is very brave too! Remember the slides?
Your boy cousins love you too!

Let me tell you a story... One night when Uncle Billy and Aunt Kristi lived in our little duplex on Lake Francis we had been invited to come for dinner at your Mom and Dad's house because Grammy was here for a visit. She was here in hopes to meet you when you came in to the world. At this time you were still living safely in your mommy's tummy. That night we had a great dinner and then we opened a gift from Grandma Bessie. It was to Aunt Kristi, who had just started working at Simmons. Because Simmons is about chickens Grandma Bessie sent me a gift that was full of Chicken bowls, figurines, candles, etc. We laughed and laughed thinking of all the chickens I would have to decorate with now. That night we all went home. I was sound asleep and suddenly my phone rang. I think it was Grammy that called me. She called to say that your mommy was going to go to the hospital because you were ready to come into this world and meet us! I hopped on Uncle Billy and said, "I'm getting a new niece!!!!". I got up and went to the hospital right away to see your mom and dad. We waited and waited for you. I went to work for a while, though I couldn't focus on anything but getting to meet you! I went back to the hospital over and over to meet you and finally you came. Your mommy was so tired from getting you here for us. I loved you the second I saw you and knew you would be a special little lady. I cannot believe that was 8 years ago now. It seems like yesterday. I'm so proud of you and I've loved every minute I've gotten to spend with you. We are so glad to have you!

Have a happy birthday sweet girl.