Earrings!

I have waited 5years for today. I felt that Isabella should have had her ears pierced right after her 2mo. shots. Her father had quite a different opinion.... he said she had to be old enough to make the decision herself. We have talked a few times about it, but every time she said NO. Earlier this year we talked about it and she was interested and asked lots of questions, but would not commit on her birthday. (I thought is would be a great 5th Bday, but she wasn't ready and I did not want to push. ) A few weeks ago I asked her if she would like a charm bracelet, necklace or ring for her Pre-K graduation, MUCH to my surprise she said she wanted EARRINGS!!! She has been wearing clip on earrings my aunt gave her for her birthday. After much conversation, prompted by her interest, her father gave in and today we got EARRINGS!!! She walked right in, told the lady she was here "to get her ears pierced" and picked out the ones she wanted, she sat in the chair held her bunny and did GREAT!!! She picked out pink flower earrings. I am so proud of her!

All smiles....

Getting ready...

OUCH!!!! one down one to go....


Nervous face, almost done...

All smiles when it is over, nothing better than a HUG from dad...

We have been having fun and enjoying the nice weather.

Toothless Wonder...

A few weeks ago I noticed that Isabella's tooth was bleeding while I was helping her brush her teeth. This is when I first noticed that it was loose. We had a regular check up with the dentist the next week who confirmed the tooth and 3 others were loose. I was in SHOCK!!! I thought is was a little to soon, but was told 51/2-61/2 is the average age kids start loosing teeth. I have had a very hard time accepting that. I can remember the day he first tooth poked through. We were concerned her dad wouldn't make it home before the tooth fell out, but it was a slow process and he made it home. Unfortunately he was only home for 7 days so then the fear became that he would leave again before it fell out. Much to our surprise and amazement, it fell out the night before he left and he was sitting right next to her when it happened!!! This just feels like such a big deal to me, then again maybe all of her moments will be big to me. We celebrated wit and ice cream sundae and of course the tooth fairy came. I love getting to relive childhood through my child's eye!!

Putting her tooth in the pocket of her fairy and under her pillow for the tooth fairy

Sleep tight!!

T-Ball

Well it's officially our T-Ball season is underway. We were rained on what should have been our first game, but the weather has cleared up and we played our first game Saturday. We had a lot of fun. The kids did great and I survived. So far, so good!! Wish us luck.!!

Go Killer Whales!!

Just a quick video of us practicing in the back yard, all of our official equipment was in the back of my van so we played with the T-ball set she has had for a few years. Keeping her eye on the ball and hitting it hard is something we have been working on. Vincent loves to be a helper, he could do this all day. He loves to play!!

GG's Birthday

We recently celebrated my grandmothers birthday. We celebrated the weekend before with our family with lunch in Austin. On her actual birthday, mom,myself and the kids took her to lunch. It's not a birthday unless you sing, according to Isabella. GG wouldn't normally like the attention of being sung to in a restaurant, but Isabella is her only great granddaughter and can get away with just about anything!!! Besides Isabella knew that GG would share the dessert with her!! I love gifts that you can make. I love getting the kids involved in the giving process and not just going out and buying something. So we painted a pot white and then put the kids hand prints on it in many colors. Isabella is becoming more creative and she decided it needed the "polka dots" around the edge and did them with a q-tip. I love creativity.