The best present after a bad day!

I had a bad week a couple of weeks ago, when I started having some stomach pains. I wasn't really sure what was causing it so I went to see a gastro doctor. He scheduled me for some tests, only to find out through a cat scan of my abdomen that my appendix was about to rupture!!! I guess I have a little higher pain tolerance that I though I did, according to the doctor that is. Anyways, a day later I was in surgery so it was a pretty scary thing for me. I had never been put to sleep and it really freaked me out!! I didn't really know what to expect, but when I woke up they were ready to get rid of me at the hospital. It was kind of surreal that just a couple of hours after surgery I was driving home!! I have three different incision places and they were very sore, but we made it home safely and with lots of help to the car! Janice had stayed with Addie Blaire the day of surgery and when I pulled into the drive that afternoon this is what I found.....

my beautiful baby girl had worked so hard to make this, with a little help and even cooked me some great food too!

These are a few pictures from a trip to the country club. We were enjoying the last few days of summer and the last days of living so close to the club. We will be moving across town and have sold our house so we will miss all of our trips to the club to ride around and even going to see the alligator everyday! (There are several alligators in the pond there and we go to see them almost everyday. The baby one is so cute and it will swim right up to you if you let it, which by the way we don't .) We have loved these lazy days of summer and Mitch always loves to get some practice in with Addie Blaire at the course. He is convinced that she is going to be a golfer, simply because he says she doesn't even have to be that great to get a scholarship for college in golf. We shall see about that, but for now he is on the right track because she loves it and even has her own clubs!

This is serious stuff, perfecting her swing!

but what she really likes is running through the greens and playing in the sprinklers.

oh and the "sprites" she gets with cherry arent' too bad either!

First Dentist Appointment!

Addie Blaire had her first dentist appointment this week. I wasn't really sure how this was going to go, but was up for the challenge because poor thing she needed some help with those teeth because I can't get near them without gettting my finger bit off (bad idea to let her think it was funny to bite me when I stick my finger in there.) anyways, I needed to know how we were doing with our brushing since she insists on doing it herself these days. Our friend, Erin, was the hygentist thank goodness, so she knew her and I guess that helped. Erin did a great job with her letting her wear some really cool shades to block her from the light, and showing her how all the tools worked so she wouldn't be scared of them. Well, she loved every second of it, which was a nice surprise. I think she woud have sat there forever, especially with the disney channel playing overhead!!! Here are a few pictures taken with my phone so the quaility isn't so good.

Getting ready, she looks like such a big girl in this one and it makes me so sad!

Erin showing her all the tools that she was going to be using.

Addie Blaire for some reason really liked the part where they suck the water out of your mouth. She didn't want to take it out of her mouth!

My Tiny Dancer!

Addie Blaire had her first dance class last night. I had called several weeks ago about trying it but didn't really think she would do well since we couldn't really be in the room. The teacher allowed me to wait to pay because we thought that we would see how last night went. She actually loved it. I had dressed her in a tutu because that was the only thing dance like we had. I didn't want to invest in something she might never wear again. From the second she walked into the room with all the mirrors, she started dancing and twirling around checking herself out and never stopped!! It was so precious. She definitely has a long way to go at listening to the teachers but hopefully it will be good for her to learn how to listen to a teacher and follow instructions!! Plus she now has her very own tap and ballet shoes, they are too cute!!! Here are a couple of pics her cousin Jodie took with her camera phone. Another indication that I didn't think we would be there long, I didn't even bring a camera with me!! Here are a few pictures from the first class...


She worked so hard trying to stay on her blue dot!!

A Long Walk

Addie Blaire and I decided to take a walk today with Zoe. She loves Zoe and so she begged for her to go, which I knew was not the best idea but I did it anyway. Well, for those that haven't seen Zoe she is our 3 legged mutt buddy from the animal shelter. I rescued her the day before she was going to be put down. (Which is a great idea for anyone looking for a new pup!! They will thank you for the rest of there days, I truly believe they know you saved them) Now off my soap box, so anyways, I posted the pictures of exactly how the walk started and ended....

We started out with Addie Blaire in stroller, me jogging and Zoe doing the best to keep up..
It soon changed to me walking, Zoe in the stroller and Addie Blaire doing the best to keep up...

It ended with these two little stinkers in the stroller and one very tired and hot mom trying to keep up!!!

Addie Blaire and I spent the weekend in Little Rock since Mitch was in a golf tournament. We had a great time. I got to babysit my nephew Mason, Friday night so his mom and dad could go out. On Saturday, Addie and I went to visit my friend Grace and her precious little girl, Ellen Claire. Then we went with Brandee and Mason to the zoo and afterwards to Purple Cow. That night we even went to Bonefish, my first time and for those that have raved about it to me, I now know why. It was really good or at least what I remember of it. Addie Blaire and Mason had other plans than to sit there for a nice dinner!! We came back and spent the night with Nana and Pop because Janice was out of town. We took a few trips to the farm which Addie Blaire loves because she gets to sit up front in my dad's farm truck and she thinks that is pretty cool!

Checking out the snakes!!! so scary.

Addie's first time on the carousel at the zoo.

Digging in to some purple ice cream from the Purple Cow.She loves this hat of my mom's. She puts it on every time we are at the house. It did make for some cute pictures though.

Hanging out with G (taken a few weeks ago)
This was from a couple of weekends ago also, we took the kids for a spin on the wheeler.

Abc song and Jesus Loves Me

Warning: Please excuse the crazy mom at the end of the video, I sound like I should be on that show about the stage moms!

Addie Blaire sings so many different things so the other night my mom and I tried to pin her down and get her to sing some of her songs so that I could get it on video. We were not so lucky. This child has a mind of her own and she was not in the mood to perform. At one point she even said to me"mommy put down that phone" so I guess she has figured me out! I was able to get her abc's and part of Jesus loves me. I am working on trying to get a few more. I am so excited now to know how to post these because it will be a very easy way for her to look back on these first years without going through the piles of videos I have already taken!

Watermelon Festival - "Hey wait on me guys!"

I had decided to run in the Watermelon 5k several months ago, but with the week I had leading up to the race I wasn't sure if I was going to run or not. The morning of the race I woke up and decided to do it anyway. I hadn't had the chance to run that week or even the week before so I was a little nervous I wouldn't be able to run the whole race. I have been trying to run when I get the chance the only problem is that it is only normally once or twice a week at the most that I am able to do so. I actually really enjoyed running in the race it had been awhile since I had done one and was relieved to realize that I was able to finish. (not without a little encouragement, thanks Robyn carter for pushing me through the finish line.) AND BEST of ALL, I actually won a medal in my age division. I know, I was completely shocked myself, there must have only been three of us in my division but still none the less it is on display at my house, proudly the only medal I will probably ever win!! I finished in 30 minutes and something. A decent showing considering my lack of training. After the race, everyone said their kids were doing the mile run (actually it is just over 1/2 a mile) so I went and picked up Addie Blaire and she came ready to run! "G" met us there and walked it along side her, she did a really good job of trying to keep up even though she was a little young for the concept. She even said at one point "hey, wait on my guys!" It was too funny because her little legs just couldn't keep up. She did win her own little medal though, amazing they even get one when they finish LAST!! Don't worry baby, we will train and get them next year. For those that have witnessed Addie Blaire's run it is very unique, she sort of twists as she runs, it is too cute but doesn't make her the fastest in the bunch. Here are some pics from her big race and the watermelon afterwards.

Addie Blaire, like her mother started off strong, it was the finish that was tough for us both.
She was so proud of her medal.

The big runners, ready to celebrate with watermelon!

Addie Blaire loves some watermelon so it is a good thing she lives in the watermelon capitol of the world.

Enjoying her snack with her cousin Lilly.

Getting ready for the watermelon golf tournament party. She stole the show with her dance moves on the dance floor. It was just too bad that she was the only one dancing, although she never cared she just kept right on going.

She got her 2nd haircut a week or so before the picture. She actually has a few little swoop bangs now and it is getting pretty long, so we are trying some new hairstyles these days.

My Grandpa Bass

My grandpa Bass passed away on August the 4th. He was an wonderful grandpa and great-grandpa. He had been pretty sick for years and he had just recently developed double pneumonia, which is unfortunately why he was in the hospital when he passed away. He was 88 years old. It was a very hard week for my whole family, but most of all my grandmother whom he had been married to for over 59 years. I know she will be lost without him. The funeral was definitely a sad time, but I was so proud of my grandpa because he was a World War II veteran and the military helped to give him a fitting service. He was one of the guys that we read about in history books. He stormed the beaches of Normandy, was in Patton's army and even won a Purple Heart and Bronze Star for his efforts. I will forever be grateful to him for his service to our country. I had never been apart of a military service and it proved to me what great respect even the soldiers today have for those who served before them.

My grandpa loved little Addie Blaire and he wanted to see her every chance I could get her his way. He was pretty confined the past few years so he wasn't able to travel to see her, but he was so determined to see her right after she was born that he made the trip to our house. I took some pictures that day and pretty much every time since when we have been together because I realized that our time is precious with our grandparents and we can't take those times we get together for granted. The pictures I attached below are from that very visit after she was born, out of all the pictures I have taken this one is the sweetest because it isn't hard to see the love he has for this little one just by the smile on his face. We love you and will miss you dearly papaw.