I'm Baaaaaack! :)

Whew!!!


Dear Paisley,
I feel like it has been years since I put anything on your blog. I know it's been a while, but school and work have been brutal here lately! On a good note, I think I got all A's from this first summer session, so I think it was all worth it!


This past month, we've had the All Star baseball game that your daddy coached at Smith Wills Stadium in Jackson, Memorial Day weekend, and several fun weekends camping and hanging out at Nana and Pappy's. I guess our way of relaxing is staying busy! :)


Your favorite thing to do right now is have us read to you and point out animals! You love saying the names and making the sound the animal makes.....it has to be one of the cutest things ever when you tell me that the cow says "Moo" like this......


or when you say that the bird goes "Teet teet" like this....



The kitty cat says "Nowwwww"....the frog says "Brrrrrr" (in the cutest little growling voice I've ever heard!).....the pig says "Ain't ain't"....and the monkey says "Oh oh ahahah"! Hahaha. You also know what the sheep, fish, alligator, snake, dog, and bee say! :) You are one super smart cookie!

There's no way to write about everything we've done this past month and a half, but I wanted to make sure I put some pictures on here, especially since this IS your scrapbook! So here goes.....

Back in the Groove

Dear Paisley,
I have been a terrible blogger here lately, but I'm doing well to be sane at this point. Your daddy and I both deciding to go back to school at the same time was definitely something we should have thought more about. These last couple of weeks have been a whirlwind of computers, paper, essays, and teacher work samples. I know it will be all worth it in the end....if we can just make it to the end!

This past weekend I played tennis down on the coast and you got to stay with Nana and Pappy. You've started saying so many new things and your cute little personality is really starting to develop. However, you have started this little (more like HUGE) fit throwing thing when you get sleepy.....not some of you best moments. You started saying "I Love You" and "Laylee" (that's Paisley in your language), and when you want to draw you grab the paper and pencil and say "ABC". So cute! I'm hoping to get some pictures loaded up tonight when I get done with my homework...but I am trying to avoid another 1:30 am bedtime, so we'll see.

Hope you're having a great day at daycare! Later Tater!

Back to Being a Student

Dear Paisley,
The next two months' posts will probably be few and sparatic if today is any indication of the days the follow. Today was my first day as a Graduate Student at Delta State University. Today was a whirlwind in the least....early morning class until lunch time, straight to work from there, hoping I get to your daycare by the time they get ready to close, and off to fix dinner and do homework. It's been a while since I've done this whole student thing, and it's definitely going to be a challenge juggling grad school with a full time job, wifely and motherly duties. But like one of my professors says, "You can do anything that has been done before!" And MANY people do this everyday, so I sure can do it! :)

This weekend, we learned that you know "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands". You were making this big flying arm motion and then put your hands together and rocked them. Then you acted like you were rocking a baby. It was absolutely one of the cutest things I've ever seen! :) I guess Children's Church is working!

Well, I've got to get back to homework...man, that sounds weird.....Maybe I'll get to upload our Memorial Day pictures onto here sometime this week!

SheShe Bows

Dear Paisley,
One day you are going to look in your closet and see the exceptional style that I, your mommy, have when it comes to dressing you every day. :) One of my absolute favorites, SheShe Made and the maker of your very first birthday outfit, is doing a little giveaway on her blog. So, of course I had to jump in on this one!


Ashley, along with her adorable daughter and little model, Ava, have gone from spending a ton on boutique bows and outfits to quitting her job and making them herself! She does monogramming, applique, ruffle pants, pillowcase dresses.....pretty much anything you can think of. And if she hasn't thought of it already, let her know, and she'll make it!


This is your outfit for your 1st birthday. Cute, huh?!?


Except you weren't the best model for me that day! You would have rather thrown a fit than me take any more pictures!

Anywho, SheShe Made has some cute stuff, kid, and I've got a feeling your closet will be a little tighter since I've found her! :)

Wordless Wednesday

Happy 3rd Anniversary!

Dear Paisley,
Today is your dad's and my 3rd anniversary, and also your "Aunt" Jessie's birthday! Three years ago today, we had the best time with some of the best friends we could ever ask for! After months of planning, we got married at the First United Methodist Church in Batesville. It was one of about 3 weddings that day, so it was mainly our closest family and friends that got to come.


It was absolutely perfect all day! After pictures, your daddy got to see me for the first time in my dress, just me and him (and a few peeking over the balcony that had snuck out of the dressing room)! Then we finished up pictures, and I started the waterworks! I just knew your dad would be the one crying, but I ended up crying the entire time.


After the wedding, we ran off to the "Love Shack" for the after reception party(aka Ron and Suzanne's guest house and our living quarters for the first 6 months we were married....that's another post all-together! Who knew a 1 room place with a stove and shower would be some of the best times we'd ever have?!?). We didn't get to go on our honeymoon because the government lost my passport! So we went for our 1st anniversary! After all, it was already paid for.....

I don't have but a couple of pictures from the wedding because the professional ones are all in albums packed away, but we have one heck of a video that I pull out from time to time and watch! Can't wait for you to see it one day.

We've had a fun 3 years so far, and I can't wait for the next 33! It's been a fun ride, Boo, and I can't wait until you get to have the fun of planning a wedding to someone that you love as much as I love your daddy! :)

Hotter than Blazes

Dear Paisley,
Well, it's Monday, and once again we had a great weekend. I had tennis all weekend, so you and Daddy got to spend some extra bonding time together!


You played Simon Says....


Laid around....


and had some deep conversations.....haha


I love this picture of you asking Daddy for a high five!


You were soooo good at the Racquet Club all day Saturday. You barely fussed or anything, and I was so proud of you! It was so hot, and you were such a trooper just hanging out with your daddy all afternoon watching us play. I just knew as soon as we got home, you would pass out and sleep late in the morning, but boy was I wrong!!!! You fell asleep in the car on the way home, but once we got in.....the Energizer bunny was let loose! You stayed up until almost midnight and woke up talking by 8!!! Whew!

I had to get this picture of you eating. You are so funny sometimes, and you make the silliest faces!


Anywho, tennis pretty much consumed our life this weekend, other than the few minutes I actually cleaned around the house (oh, how I hate cleaning and pray every night I'll wake up and the cleaning fairy would have come and gone! Or at least dusted!)...


It's roughly 104 degrees around here....actually it's only 90-something, but that darn heat index mess is a booger. Summer has officially begun, and so have your days of necked-ness. Yes, I know "necked" should be "naked", but here in MS, we say necked so I spelled necked. (Yes, I actually put "spelt" and had to backspace to put "spelled")....I think one day I'll do an entire post on how we talk around here rather than what is correct. That should be fun!!! :)

Alright, as much as I hate to, I've got to get back to work. I'll see ya later, Tater!