Thursday's 13....Finished on Sunday!

1. I love my job! I'm sad that I'm going to be off work for 15 days! Starting Athens Monday-Friday from May 4- May 22. It's called "May-Mesters"...Then I will be done with school!



2. Then I haft to take a class at Athens starting May 28th every Thursday nights.



3. Then I will be totally and completely done with school!!! I can't wait to be a Secondary/English Language Arts Teacher!



4. This month is going to be crazy!!! Got school, mom's big birthday bash, Bennett's wedding, Anniversary and sister's graduation!!!



5. I can't believe that Brookelyn-Grace is already 10 months!!! Only two more months and she will be 1!!!!



6. I also can't believe that my little, baby sister will be graduating May 28th! I will cry so hard!!! :) I love my sister! She is my best friend!!!



7. I am 2 pants sizes away from being where I was before I got pregnant!!! Yah me!!! I think I might be there by the end of June! I hope so! But I'm not stopping there! I'm gonna get back to my 2's!!!! :)



8. It's weird how things happen in your life! You think...."not me"...but then things happen....and it happens....so what do you do.....???? I guess live everyday as it was your last....and make yourself happy!!!

9. I started this on Thursday and I'm just now finishing it on Sunday...A little FYI.

10. I have become so obsessed with music hear lately! I find myself downloading stuff to my I-phone daily!

11. It's amazing how some songs seem like they were written just for you!

12. I love my family!!!!

13. .....I wish I could stop time......Take everything in......Time goes by way to fast!!!.....I wish I could just SLOW DOWN and breath!

A Couple of First's

Brookelyn-Grace & Grandpaw!

Brookelyn-Grace got her first bathing suite! It is adorable! The pics speak for itself! This of course is only one out of many more she will get this summer! ha ha It's a size 18-24 months. Lord she is a chunky butt!!!

Brookelyn-Grace getting so tickled!

Friday (April 24) she started officially crawling on all 4's! She has been army crawling since 6 1/2 months but she finally just took off Friday!!! We are so proud of her! We never thought it would ever happen! Now on to walking! She is pulling up on everything!!! I can't wait to see her walk! Saturday we stayed home all day and did nothing! Taylor came by to watch Brookelyn-Grace but she was not having it! She knew as soon as Taylor came in that we were leaving and she got so clingy!!! She wouldn't let go of me and especially wouldn't let me out of her sight! Sunday Keith took Brookelyn-Grace to the mall all by himself! This was their first father/daughter day together! I stayed home and finished my paper that I had due Monday and studied for my test! Oh and by the way I aced that test! Well out of 80 questions I missed one! I am so proud of myself! :)

I am dreading May 4-23 which starts my may semester at Athens. I haft to drive there everyday Monday-thru-Friday from 10:30-4:30 ugh! It's going to be so expensive with gas! But you cant beat 15 days for two classes and your done! Then I have a class that starts the 25th and it's every Thursday in Athens until August! Then I will be completely done with school!!! Yah!!! Then starts student teaching! Yah!!!!

I Can Play Peek-A-Boo and High Five!

Okay so Brookelyn-Grace can now completely play peek-a-boo by herself! It is so adorable! You can say, "Where's Brookelyn-Grace" and she will cover her eyes with her hands and wait for you to ask again "where's Brookelyn-Grace" and she will pull them off so hard and get so tickled! I love it! I have caught it on tape so far but I'm going to try and get a pic tonight for this blog! :) Also I can say, "high-five" and she will put her hand in the hair palm facing me and let me hit her hand with mine. She laughs so hard at this! She is getting so smart! It's amazing at how fast she is growing and learning! I am so memorized with how smart she is! I can't believe that she will be 10 months in 4 days!!! That means only 2 more months until her 1st birthday! I swear I am going to CRY so hard! I love her more than life itself, and I can not even remember my life before her! I don't want to. I couldn't imagine going to bed without having to cuddle up to that sweet baby or wake up without seeing her beautiful face! Oh I have also decided to do a Princess birthday party instead of the Minnie Mouse. The reason being is because she really doesn't like Minnie, but she loves Mickey and I just can't bring myself to do a Mickey Mouse party! ha ha I know that sounds horrible, but that's for boys. So I am leaning more towards the Princess party. Of course it will be a costume party meaning that all the kids come dressed as either a Prince or Princess! It's going to be over the top! I've looked at entrances for her party; like ones that look like a castle entrance with the columns and the let down gate. I don't know how to explain it in words but it's going to be so cute! Also all the girls will have tiaras and boys will have the boy crowns. Of course I am having Brookelyn-Grace a custom "real" crown made for her birthday hat!!! ;) I have already designed it! :) I can't wait! Her cake, party, outfit..ect..you name it is going to be OVER THE TOP!

It's Been A While!!!

I haven't been blogging here lately but I'm gonna try being more consistent! I know I've said this before, but I am really going to try this time! I have been so busy with school, work and being a mommy! Last Friday I had my test in Athens for Adolescent Psychology. I think I did okay. I did great on my case study though! I made 25/25 which is hard to do! I have never made over a 96 on a case study in all my four years of college so I am pretty proud!!! The teacher made so many comments on my paper! He said one of the best he has ever read, excellent and great analytical statements! I am so happy!!! Saturday night we went to the Cancer Benefit at the Elks. It was fun, and a great cause!!! Taylor ended up watching Brookelyn-Grace! I was hesitant at first just because she had never stayed with Taylor but I would most definitely consider Taylor over anyone else! They both love each other!!! & I can tell that Brookelyn-Grace has a good time when she's with her!!! :) Love Taylor! & plus she came to my rescue and the last minute when Nannie was too late. Sunday I did NOTHING! I sat around the house just as lazy as could be! I love me some lazy Sunday's! I don't get them often but when I do I milk them for all their worth! :) Well this week has been crazy......A lot has gone on.......too much for blogger!!! Work is ridiculously busy and mix that with finals and you have craziness! I have a paper due next Monday and I haven't even started, which not really worried though because I AM BAD when it comes to papers! lol I could knock that out in a minimum of hours!!! (Bragging) ha ha Well Brookelyn-Grace is everywhere! Pulling up on anything and everything she can get her hands on! Her separation anxiety is getting better too :) but she is super attached to her Meme!!! Mom can't walk by her without having to hold her or play! It is so sweet and I can really tell mom enjoys it! :) She is so spoiled!!! But I wouldn't want it any other way! :) I can't believe that in 5 days she will be 10 months!!! Lord she is growing up so fast!!! :( 2 more months and she will be a year old!! I so hope she is walking by 12 months!!!! :)

I was off work yesterday and here is a pic of Brookelyn & I playing dress up! :)

READY TO PAINT!!! :)

Tonight is our painting class at McKenzie Bee's! All the girls are going and I am super pumped!!! I hope KAYSE gets to go!!! We are painting a big cross with earth tones and turquoise. I can't wait! What's so weird is that while we are painting we get to drink. There has to be some kind of irony in there with painting a cross and drinking! (haha) Anyway I will post and blog tomorrow about the whole deal :) I hope I don't buy anything in there tonight! They have the cutest stuff! I have actually been doing better on the whole buying "me" stuff here lately. I usually never by myself anything, but I've gone to the mall twice this week and got some super cute stuff from Maurice's! I am such a tight wod, but I have spent a lot on myself! I think I'm starting to feel just a "bit" guilty! I bet tonight is going to be so much fun! The past couple of months I have really been feeling that I need more mommy and friend time. It's nice to have great friends that you can talk to! (especially Kayse!) I can tell her anything and everything and know I wont be judged! Because trust me...my head, world, and a little bit of everything is crazy right now! So it's nice to have good friends you can lean on!!! :)

4 Teeth!

Well I'm not sure whether or not I have blogged about Brookelyn-Grace's new tooth coming in. She now has 4!!! Can you believe that? 4 teeth at 9 months!!! They are so adorable!!! :) I love making her smile just to see them! She is just too cute!!! (I'm trying to stay consistent with my blogging here lately, but life is so hectic that its hard to find time...too much stress!) So bare with me!!!

EASTER 2009

Saturday night we colored eggs with Brookelyn-Grace. She really didn't care much about it. As long as she had her a plastic egg to eat on she was good. Well since we waited until like 9 o'clock she was getting kind of ill. So I went and put her to bed while Keith finished coloring the eggs. Sunday we stayed in and laid around. Brookelyn-Grace loved all her Easter presents from the Easter Bunny! It was adorable watching her play with her stuff! :) Then we headed to my aunt Angela's house with the family. We had a great time hunting for eggs. We tried to let Brookelyn-Grace hunt as much as possible but the wind was awful and I was so worried that she was going to get ear infections from the wind. Oh and the whole day Brookelyn-Grace would do this thing where she fake coughs! It is so funny. If she wants something and cant have it or wants her Meme she will do it! She is such a D-R-A-M-A QUEEN! lol (I wonder where she gets that from! lol)

(THE FAKE COUGH!)Then we packed up and headed to my aunt Deb's house. Almost everyone had already left, but it was still fun. Tiff made Brookelyn-Grace some bows that are just adorable! :) Then we headed back to the house and waited on the bad weather. It was horrible last night! I was devastated! I hate bad weather!!! We ended up in the basement because of course I heard the sirens going off and I was so scared! lol Well then our power went so that mean....curly hair day...All I haft to say is thank goodness for natural curly hair! lol