The Nursery B-day Party

Peter and I have been attending Northridge Church in White House. I have met a lot of people in the nursery because of Isabella, of course. Shannon is the nursery director and she is fantastic! Isabella had such a hard time with me leaving her so I decided to help out every other Wednesday night and Shannon would make every effort to help her. Usually when I came to pick her up I could guarantee Shannon would be holding her. I was usually right. So, anyway, Shannon always gets invited to the children's b-day parties and she just can't possibly go to all of them. Instead of her trying to make it to all of theirs she decided to throw all of the kids one big b-day party at the church. What a creative idea. It was like a carnival: duck pond, sucker game, throw the ball in the net, blow-up bouncy, popcorn, cotton candy, crafts, face painting, etc. Isabella had the time of her life! She had so much fun that I don't know if I've ever seen her that excited! She squealed, laughed, ran all over the place. I wish Peter could have come with us, but he had to work. Isabella found her friend Mikayla and the had fun at the duck pond together. I was sweating by the time we left. Isabella wanted absolutely nothing to do with mommy. She just wanted to go everywhere she could as fast as she could. What a fun party. Thanks Shannon for all you do!

This first picture is probably one of my favorites: sucker in mouth, craft bag that she got to decorate herself and her popcorn bag in tow. She's watching all the balloons waving around in the room.

Some pics of Harrison

Here are some of the pics I took yesterday at the hospital. Tessa looks so cute in her "big sister" shirt. She was so excited about her little brother being here. The one with mom and Tessa at the window was a priceless picture! Harrison had just peed all over the window and the nurse washing him. Tessa's face was so funny as she watched pee shoot right on the window. She didn't know what to think about it. Mom and I cracked up laughing. Luckily I had my camera out right at that moment. He's so precious. We're going to visit him again a little later today. I'll be sure to get lots more pictures. I can't wait!

Baby Harrison is finally here!

Amanda had Harrison today at 12:11pm. He weighed 8 pounds 1 ounce, 19 1/2 inches long and has light brown hair. He looks just about exactly as Tessa did when she was born. His upper lip is a little bigger and he has a slight difference in the nose than Tessa. He is so adorable! I am so excited to be an aunt again. Amanda did awesome! She had a spinal instead of an epidural this time and she liked it much better. Shorter recovery was the biggest plus. After the medicine wore off she became nauseated though, but other than that she looked fantastic and felt great. Thanks for the prayers for this safe delivery. I'll post pictures soon.
P.S. Allison, I'll try to get to that tag challenge as soon as I can. :) I'm sorry you've not been feeling well. All kinds of crazy stuff going around right now. Let's take a zoo trip soon.

Long time...

It's been forever since I posted anything. So much has happened this month. I had my computer worked on since it was infected with viruses and I couldn't check any email or anything for about a week. That week sure seemed like forever! So, I'm finally catching back up with my posts.
I'll start with Isabella and what a big girl she is becoming. She's trying so hard to use a spoon and fork at meals. Of course it's the messiest meals when we let her try, but she really tries so hard to get the food on the spoon. She's also talking a lot! She's saying "oh boy", "bailey" (the neighbor's dog), "out", and mocking me when I make silly sounds. She is so much fun and she is such a good little girl.

Well, Amanda and I wanted so much for Mom to have a special, wonderful 50th Birthday party. We planned a surprise party at StoneyRiver in Nashville the week before her birthday. Some friends of her asked her to dinner and we were all there waiting for her arrival. I had butterflies in my stomach waiting for her to get there. I'd never planned a party quite that exciting and it was so much fun to do for her. She so deserves to be celebrated and loved on. I sure hope you had a wonderful birthday Mom. I love you.

These are some of the pictures we put on her slideshow of her life. So sweet! I just loved that part of her party. It was fun to look at all those pictures. Here's two of her as a baby and another one as a teenager with her and her best friend Lana. She and Lana are still the best of friends today. The last picture is a pretty recent one of her and Lana.

Labor Day Weekend

This weekend has been pretty busy. Stephanie and the girls came in town this weekend so we spent most of it with them. We don't see them often so when they're here I try to let the girls spend as much time with Isabella as they can. We went to The Streets of Indian Hills and did some shopping and playing at the water fountain. Isabella still doesn't care to get in it. She just stands back and watches as the other kids play. You can hear a giggle or two as she watches. We went to the Children's Place and they had a ton of sales going on for fall clothes. Then we went to eat at Mimi's cafe. It was really great food! It's a very loud restaurant so it worked out for my little squealer and all the kids.

Saturday was another baby shower for Amanda and Harrison at my dad's house. We had a great time. The kids had fun together. Tessa was at home with daddy so she didn't come to this one. Isabella was mostly concerned with how much tissue paper she could pull out of every present. So silly.

Sunday we went swimming at Aunt Kim's and grilled hot dogs. Then this morning I couldn't help take pictures of Isabella in her pajamas sitting in her doll cradle. She sits down in there with all her stuffed animals and plays and laughs. She's laughing at Peter being silly.


Later today we plan to visit Mikayla. Leshia and I have been wanting to get the girls together for a while now. Since Mikayla and Isabella are in the same class at church we wanted them to get to know each other better and play together. I'll post some pictures of that play time too.

On another note, all I'm hearing about on the news is Hurricane Gustav. Let's pray for these families. You know they are reliving Katrina in their minds as they evacuate. Shawn (my brother-in-law) is also in Texas workingclose to L.A. so this is a family concern of mine as well. Hope everyone has had a wonderful Labor Day weekend.