Thursday's 13!!!

1. Brookelyn-Grace is 11 months as of yesterday!!!! I can't believe that she will be one next month!!!

2. I am leaving for the beach tomorrow. It's just me and mom. This will officially be my first time away from Brookelyn-Grace. I am staying 3 nights & I know I am going to cry!!! Thanks MOM! Your the best!

3. My sister Brooke graduates tonight from Curry! I am so proud of her! Wow! Where has time gone? It was just yesterday that she would follow me around begging to come in my room. Ha ha

4. I hope that this beach trip helps clear my head and gives me a better look on life and everything that I want for it!

5. I am FINALLY closing on my house next week! Can you believe it? I cant!

6. I can't wait to decorate my house! :)

7. I can't wait to start planning Brookelyn-Grace's 1st birthday party! I am just so glad that we will be in the house for her party!

8. I am going to enjoy my beach trip, but be so miserable missing my loves!

9. I am so random today!

10. I've got to go pay my power bill, car payment and maybe run to the mall after work...ugh!

11. I have nothing to wear to Brooke's graduation tonight!

12. I'm so buying me some cute t-shirts at the beach! :)

13. I LOVE BROOKELYN-GRACE!!!!

Thursday's 13

1. Today was sister's (Brooke) last day of high school!

2. She graduates the 28th! I can't believe it! I'm going to cry my eyes out!

3. I have one more class at Athen's that starts next week and I will be done!!!!!!!

4. I start student teaching in the Fall.

5. Then I will graduate in December with a Bachelors degree in Secondary Education, a Bachelors degree in English Language Arts & a Master's degree in English!!! I'll graduate with 2 degrees and one Master's!

6. Yes I am bad!!! hahaha

7. I love Brookelyn-Grace so much!

8. She will be 11 months the 27th :)

9. I can't believe that she will be one year old June 27th!

10. I really love my job! I'm kinda sad that I want be working here in the Fall.

11. I have had so much on me here lately that is ridiculous!

12. Dad said another two weeks and I could move in my house...He keeps changing the deadline...I'm so ready to move in!

13. Learning new things is hard!!!!!

It's Been A While! UPDATES...

I have been so busy! I am finally done with my may mester classes so I can now blog! There is so much to say. Well here goes! Brookelyn-Grace is everywhere and into everything! She is almost eleven months now and weighs 23 lbs! She is such a big little girl! We went to the Dr Monday and Dr. Goldsmith told me that she ranges in the 90th percentile for her height and 95 percentile for her weight! Wow..That means that she would be bigger than 90 & 95 babies out of 100! ha ha. She most definitely does not get that from me! She's going to be way taller than me, but who isn't? ha ha She is trying to smell things! I can say mmm smell this, and she will stick it to her nose and make noises with her mouth...(trying to make the sniffing sound) ha ha..She also sticks the phone to her ear and acts like she's talking. It's so funny! Also I read her probally 5-6 books a day and while I am reading to her I will skim the words as I say them. So now after I read to her she will take the book and put her middle finger on each word and babble..It is so funny! She is so smart! Another thing..one day she was playing with a ball and it rolled under the dresser. She looked up and me and then bent down and looked under it. I guess she got this from always watching me haft to dig her toys out from under things haha. It amazed me that she did this. Then she tried to stick her hand under it and get it, but it was too far back..I thought WOW! She can also say Mama, Dada, dog, bird, duck, no, no, yeah, and yahh. She is also pulling up on everything! She took her first step yesterday, but then quite. I think it scared her a little! But she has to always be sitting on her knees or pulling up! You can also say, "Where's Brookelyn-Grace"? & she will put her hands over her eyes and wait like 10 seconds and then throw them up in the air and get so tickled! ha ha Then of course she claps for herself! ha ha

A little FYI...when we were at the Dr yesterday I asked Dr. Goldsmith when she should be saying more? She then started to ask me what all she is doing and saying. So I told her and then she asked me to get Brookelyn-Grace to show her how she skims her finger through the words, how she smells stuff, get her to say her words, and how she plays pick-a-boo. So Brookelyn-Grace does everything like I had told her and even says all the words. This only took a total of about 5 minutes. Then Dr. Goldsmith turns to me and says WOW! She is way more advanced then most children her age! I said REALLY? I was in shock! I mean of course I think she is the smartest baby in the world duh! But I was not expecting that! I thought that all babies at her age did that stuff. She told me that most babies don't say as many clear words as she does until they are 1 1/2, and that she uses her hands in very manipulating ways. I thought OMG WOW!!! So I am so proud! She is such an amazing baby!

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! :)