Green Beans and Visiting Rere at work

Today was day 2 of Bella going to CASA. It was much worst today. I guess because she knew what was about to happen. Her teacher got her out of the car, and she got sick! YUCK!! Her teachers are aware that she makes herself sick when she gets really upset, so they just carried her in school. I was really sad to leave her again today, but hoping it will get better. She had a great day! They said she played really well, and even had music class. She loved music! Hoping next week is easier.

MA and I went strolling around brookwood mall. We had fun spending time together. I forgot how easy it is just to have one baby with me. She was so sweet and smiley today! Then, we went to visit my mom at work. Everyone thought that she was so cute and fat. My mom treated me to lunch at taco casa. It was yummy!

Tanner picked up Taylor after work, and they headed to soccer practice. Tanner is the head coach this year, AGAIN!! He loves doing it, and I am glad he likes being so involved with Taylor. He is such a good daddy!! Bella was sad that she was not getting to go to soccer practice, so I had to take her favorite restaurant.....TACO BELL! HA! The girl loves the little cups of nachos with cheese. I also gave her some turkey, and she made a HAPPY PLATE! This is very unusual for her to eat all of her food. MA ate green beans tonight!! She did not like these as much as she like the rice cereal. Everyone tells me it takes around 10+ times of trying something to know if she really likes it or not. It was really messy! She had green beans all over her face. Hope everyone had a great day today too!!

Today was the first day of fall small groups. I was so excited to go, and listen to Cindy Acton speak. If anyone of you know her...she is AMAZING! She is such a great role model as a wife and mother. Each week we will have different women come speak, and they talk about a topic that young wives and mothers should practice or try not to do! I took the girls with me because they have child care available. Bella and Marjorie Ann looked so cute. They had on the cutest smocked purple dresses. I dropped Bella off first, and she screamed! Then I took MA and she was letting the workers know she was in the room too! I am sure they were like....could you please get these screaming girls in the purple dresses out of here!! HA!! Just kidding, they were great with them. I did have to end up leaving because MA was acting like Bella Jr. She would not calm down. Hopefully next week will be better for the girls! Later, Kacie stopped by to hang out. She was so sweet to bring Bella and MA cute little matching shirts! Bella loved the shirt so much that she slept in it. Thanks Kacie for being such a great aunt. I am so blessed to have two amazing sisters that love my kids so much! They are always the ones to stop by and come help me. They are getting really good at playing blocks :) Thanks girls! Ya'll are the best!! We ended the day yesterday with a trip to Bruster's! All together a great day!

Bella starts CASA!!

I can't believe Bella made it through her first day of school! We have been talking about it for a long time, but today was the day. She has been so excited about starting school thinking that mommy was coming with her :) Poor baby!! Today she realized that mommy does not get to go to school with her. I woke her up at 8:30 this morning, which is early for Bella! She usually sleeps until at least 9:30. I guess she comes by that naturally :) I packed her lunch in her new princess lunch box. Bella picked out her own lunch box! I packed her a PB&J, cheese and pretzels. The girl eats like a bird. You can see from the picture above that Bella was standing at the door all morning waiting for the time to leave. Car pool took forever this morning!! As soon as we were waiting in line, her eyes filled up with huge tears and I held her hand through carpool telling her that she was going to love school. At this point I thought about driving off, and trying it again next year. They came to the car to get her out. She was crying, kicking and screaming. It broke my heart!! I cried too for my sweet Bella bug! Finally, at 1:30 it was time to go get her!! I was super excited to see what she had to tell me. Mrs. Dawn brought her to the car, and as soon as she opened the door Bella started crying so hard. Her crying woke MA up, and she started crying too!! Oh boy, the teacher told me that she had a great day and only cried for the first 10 minutes. YAY!! I'll take it! They said ever since lunch she has been really tired. She stopped crying and went straight for her lunch box, and ate the rest of her PB&J on the way home. As soon as we got home she took a long nap. After nap she told me about her day.

Here are some of the questions I asked her:

Did you have fun? yes

Did you love school? yes

Did you eat your lunch? yes

Did you cry? yes

Did you play with friends? yes

Were your teachers nice? yes

What are your teachers names? Mrs. oria and Mrs. awn (Gloria & Dawn)

Thank goodness they send home a information sheet or I wouldn't have a clue :)

This is what Bella's fun frog facts said:

Her mood was content

She ate some of her lunch

She played with cars, dolls, puzzles and blocks

She is a sweet girl:)

She only cried for 5-10 minutes

I am so proud of Bella for going to school all day!! Congrats Bella Bush on completing your first day at CASA!

Dustin's 30th Birthday Party!

I am really feeling old doing this post! I can't believe that my friends are starting to turn 30! It seems like just yesterday I was putting on my SVHS cheerleading uniform. HA! Luckily I still have two more years before the big 30! We headed down to Auburn on Saturday for Dustin's 30th birthday party. Gary and Susan stayed with the kids! Thanks so much for babysitting all three of them!! Melanie had so much great food prepared, and was a great hostess! We watched the game at Melanie and Dustin's house. I was talking more than watching the game. We had a great time having some much needed adult time, and catching up with some of my favorite girls, Melanie and Danna! I loved being in Auburn!! It is one of the greatest places!! Congrats Dustin on this milestone birthday!!

Meeting Bella's teahers!

Today was a very busy day! It was the first day that Taylor had to get on the bus in the rain. You can see how great it is that the bus stops right in front of our house. I can just open the door, and see him get on the bus. Taylor loves kindergarten!

We also went to CASA to meet Bella's teachers! Ms. Gloria and Ms. Dawn will have Bella in the young 2's class this year. Bella didn't want to have anything to do with her teachers, but loved all of the toys in the classroom. She will have 10 little 2 year olds in her class. I am praying that Bella loves school! Luckily, I knew Ms. Gloria from church of the highlands. I have worked with her in the nursery, and she is AWESOME!! Bella was excited to get her very own book bag!

After meeting Bella's teachers we went to have lunch with Krista, baby Michael and Madeline at Wing's. All of the kids were well behaved, and we had some yummy cheeseburgers for lunch! Then we walked down to Hobby Lobby to buy some fabric for the girls to have fall/winter pants! My talented friend Laura is making these for us! Thanks LAURA!! You are the best!! It was a great day!!

Stroller Rides and Pink Band-aids

Today was a very nice relaxing day!! It was so nice not to really have any plans today. I decided to take the girls on a stroller ride at Spain Park to get some exercise on this beautiful day. This can either go really well or be a total disaster. This is the first time I have taken both girls in the double jogging stroller because it has been so hot! I had to tell Bella we were going to look at the duckies and she was ready to go! Marjorie Ann cried for the first 15 minutes then fell right to sleep. Bella was so good too! I actually walked with them for a hour!! I was so excited! After the walk Bella played at the park. Her favorite thing today was the swing!

For the most part Bella is getting better with her temper tantrums, but today she did get very upset. She got a boo-boo at the park, so I told her that when we got home we would get a band-aid. I went to get her a band-aid and realized I only had normal ones or cars. I asked her which one she wanted, and she only wanted a pink band-aid. So, she cried for about 20 minutes because I didn't have her favorite pink barbie band-aids. This will be the last time I run out of those :) I had to get a picture of her acting so dramatic!

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS MY TWO FRONT TEETH!e

This is what Taylor will be singing at christmas this year! Yes, Taylor lost another tooth!! Now he is missing his two front teeth. I always thought this would be an akward stage, but little dude looks so cute with his missing teeth! I am a pro at pulling teeth now. I have pulled three of Taylor's teeth, and the other one fell out by itself. The tooth fairy will be coming tonight! How exciting!! It is always so fun once Taylor's tooth comes out. He lays on the couch, then I wiggle it around, and it seems to just come right out. We both get so tickled once it is out, and run to see what it looks like in the mirror. You can see the picture of Bella pointing to her mouth. She wants her tooth out like Bubby! We prentended to pull it out, and she was happy! Congrats Taylor on losing your two front teeth! You are such a special little guy!

I have the best friends ever!!

I feel so blessed to have such a wonderful group of friends from high school!! And the best part is most of them stay home!! Today we decided to have an outing to Overton Park. Kim, Krista, Laura, Meredith and I..oh, and our 9 kids..you can't forget them decided to have a last minute play date. Literally, Laura called me at 9:00 and at 10:30 all of us were at the park. It was such a nice day!! I was so excited because Krista brought sweet baby Michael today! He is so tiny and cute!! Marjorie Ann makes three of baby Michael!! I am sure he will catch up soon. The kids all played really well together. We all ended up leaving around 12:45 because our picnic table was being attacked by flys, and overton park has NO BATHROOMS!! I love overton park, but that is my only complaint. I am glad we got together today girls!! I love ya'll!

Rice Cereal is YUMMY!

Marjorie Ann had her first taste of rice cereal tonight. I have been trying to hold off as long as possible because it is just one more thing to add to the list of things to do on a daily basis! The girl is a hungry little thing, and always wanting to eat my food! She loved the rice cereal. She new exactly what to do. She opened up her little mouth and ate the food like a pro! Bella wanted to try a bite too! She thought it was gross, and spit it out!! We will be starting baby food next week. Congrats Marjorie Ann on eating like a good girl!!

The Seller's Visit Birmingham

Last night Marjorie Ann and I went to Johnny Ray's to have dinner with the Seller's family. They came in town from North Carolina for Kendall and Tim's wedding. Congratulations to Kendall and Tim! Kacie and Kyler were working at Johnny Ray's, so it is always fun to go and have Kacie wait on us! HA! Allison goes to school at Appalachian State. Hayley goes to school in North Carolina. I haven't seen these girls in over 10 years!! They have grown into beautiful young women. We enjoyed getting to visit with them! Marjorie Ann was so good at dinner. Everyone just passed her around the table, and listened to her giggle. Tonight Marjorie Ann had a taste of one of the delicious pleasures in life....CHOCOLATE PIE!! I just couldn't resist letting her try a bite! She was grabbing the pie, and looking so excited!! She loved it!! Hopefully we will get to visit with the Seller's again soon!