First Day of Kindergarten 2009

Isabella started Kindergarten this week. Getting her ready for school has been an emotional journey for me. I see how ready she is to let go, but letting her go is so HARD!!! We have had a great 5 1/2 years at home together and now it is time for her to spread her wings a little. I hope and pray that I have given her the strength and self confidence to continue to succeed, even without me holding her hand every step of the way. I hope this first year of school builds a solid foundation and love for school. I hope she meets some friends that will last a lifetime. I don't have any friends from childhood, (one great one from high school), but my husband does. It is amazing to me that he has friends that he has known since he was 5 and I can barely remember being 5. Isabella will remember everything , just like her dad!!

Her teacher is Ms. Fischer and so far seems really good. We all had a good impression of her on meet the teacher night. We surprised Bella with a ice cream cake the night before school that said "We love you" on it. Dave, Vincent and myself dropped her off and picked her up on the first day. We treated ourselves to Frozen yogurt after school, since we (I) had survived. I was the only on who had any trouble that day. Enjoy the slide show of a few pictures of her on her BIG day!!

Isabella's Swim Lessons

Isabella has done swim lessons at UMHB every year and loves it. She has gotten stronger each year, it is fun to watch her improve. Here are a few shots, enjoy!!

Random Summer Shots 09

Bathroom Remodel

Let the bathroom renovations begin!!! Dave and I have been needing and wanting to remodel both of the bathrooms in our house for quite some time. We finally started, choosing to do the master bath first. Demolition was great fun for Bella, she was a natural with the hammer. She spent a lot of time with her dad asking all kinds of questions, it was fun to watch them interact. On the first day of demo I had a water burn( long story) and Dave got a pretty good gash on his hand, since then we have been doing much better. Demo is done, framing work is dong, shower drain is in, concrete should be done this week with the shower guys coming to measure and then install sometime next week. So far we have done all the work ourselves and hope to do all that we can. Dave is an AWESOME handyman!!! Hopefully we will still have the energy to do the kids bathroom once we finish ours!!!