Have a Happy Easter weekend!

We haven't made it to see the Easter Bunny yet, but we did get outside at Nana's today to take some pictures in Callie's pretty Easter dress. I can't believe she is almost 11 months old! We are busy planning her first birthday party already! She has quite the personality these days and I love it! She is sassy and sweet! She loooooves puppy dogs and watching birds. She babbles all the time. Her first words (in order) were Da Da, Momma, Dog, Jack, Nana, and ball. She is a super fast crawler and pulls up on everything! She walks with us while holding onto our hands and she can also walk with her play stroller that she pushes around. We have to be right there for that because she gets going so fast and doesn't know how to stop. She is finally sleeping through the night consistantly. She is trying new foods and figuring out the sippy cup. She loves yogurt melts and little crunchies to snack on. Callie loves to play with cousin Will. They follow each other everywhere when they are together. It's the cutest thing ever! Enjoy the pictures! I can't believe March is over and Easter is almost here! Have a great Easter weekend!

So big! I love it when she does this!

Our little daredevil crawling across a moving swing. Of course Nana and I were right there!

She's not sure about all this grass stuff.

She doesn't want to touch it.

She didn't even want to sit on a blanket... don't worry, we picked her up but I had to capture this on the camera!

Nana is trying to make her smile for the picture. Callie does not find her silly singing and dancing amusing at all.
I looooooove her sweet profile!

Here she is bird watching

Silly girl

Sweet innocent face

Spring is Here!!!

I am so excited spring is finally here. We've been anxious to get Callie outside to enjoy some warmer weather. I can't wait to take her swimming this summer! Here are a few pictures from the past weekends. The first few are from the other weekend at cousins Jack and Abigail's soccer games. It was still cold. The last pictures are from our day at the park yesterday. We took Callie and Jack to Crockett Park near Nana and Paw Paw's house. Its also near Grandma and Grandpa's house too. She is still too small for the baby swings there so we just took turns swinging with her. Happy Spring!!!

Turning Cartwheels!

Well not yet but my child might be turning cartwheels by the time she's 1! I am pretty sure she will be a gymnast. She is not scared of anything and is on the go constantly! How fun would it be if she went to the same gym I did growing up. If anyone for any reason goes into Let It Shine Gymnastics, please take a look at the team picture from 1994 hanging on the wall. Yep that's me standing up on the left. If I would have known the picture would be hanging up there for like 16 years, I might have fixed my hair a little cuter or smiled a little bigger! Maybe one day I can point that out to Callie if SHE decides to take gymnastics. I won't be surprised if Miss Priss is an early walker. Here are a few pictures of her silly self. I get tired just looking at them! She is 10 months old today and I almost just started crying typing that. It's been an emotional kinda day so after the pics scroll down to catch up.


She loves her blender! Maybe she will make me up some make believe margaritas one day ;)
Here she is in her toy bin

Down the hall...

And back.

She looooooves the door stoppers.

"No picture please... I am trying to read."

Aunt Hillary gave her this sweet chair. She loves it.

"Mom, open the yogurt melts!"

Trying to watch Grey's Anatomy and lil bit keeps changing the channel.

She is really strong for being so petite.

Her favorite toy... a water bottle.

Cheeeeeeese! My Uncle Dale (Mema's brother) passed away this week. Mema is 1 of 8 children and Uncle Dale was the first sybling to pass away. I hated to miss his funeral today but needed to go to my doctor's appointment today since I have been a little worried lately about a lump I found on my breast. About a week and a half ago, Callie and I were playing and she kicked me and so I started feeling around which turned into a self breast exam (which all you women out there need to be doing!!!) and I found a lump. I immediately called my doctor the next day and went to let her check it out. She felt something so we had an ultrasound done the same day. I got results back that still left me questioning what was going on. She basically said that it APPEARED to be benign and didn't see any need in a mammogram since the ultrasound shows just as much if not more than a mammogram would. They also found a cyst in a different spot than what we had originally felt. But APPEARED benign was not good enough for me. So given the history of breast cancer in my family and me having a lump removed in that same breast 10 years ago when I was only 18, we made an appointment with a surgeon. That appointment was today. Thank you Lord that the cyst is fluid filled instead of hard which is a really good thing. So we just have to watch it and recheck it in 6 months. So moral of the story is be your own advocate when it comes to your health. You know your body better than anyone else does and if something isn't right, don't just stop at a doctor telling you are ok... keep going and get your questions answered. My surgeon ( who is the same one I had with my previous lump removal ) said it is a great thing that I came to see him because with my history, we really need to watch it. DO YOUR SELF BREAST EXAMS LADIES and men too I guess?? There might be few guys who read this blog but probably just Paw Paw, Grandpa, and Mike.