1st Dance Recital

She is 3rd from the right

She got flowers and candy from everyone. It made her so happy!

CC's first dance recital was Saturday. After a very long rehearsal, she was so excited to get on stage and show the audience her dance! WE spent all morning getting dressed, curling our hair, and putting on make-up. It made her even more excited that people she knew would be in the audience to watch her. Gran, Papaw, Mimi, Grandaddy, Daddy, Emory, and I all went to see her do her dance to "Ballin' the Jack".

CC and I had to sit in the balcony to wait for our turn to go backstage. While up there, I thought I was going to break down and start crying. I just can't believe that I am a mom of an (almost) 4 year old who was about to get on stage to show us her dance. I was a back stage mom, so I was able to be with all the little girls as they were getting ready. They were all so excited and ready to dance. CC did AWESOME on stage and was so proud of herself. She was even more excited that everyone who came to see her gave her flowers and candy! Thanks so much! It really meant a lot to her and us.

Here is her group on stage. She is 3rd from the right....

growing up

Do you remember when Emory wouldn't go down the stair in our house?

Well, look at her now!!!

Coming to an end

CC and her great friend, Lydia

Christian's 3K class (minus a few). what a fantastic year it's been. She has had the best teacher ever.

after spending all morning at the park and taking a short nap at home, we headed to dance recital rehearsal.

Christian's group was number 21 out of 22 dances!!! So there was a LOT of waiting around, which is not easy for 3 year olds.

3 hours later we finally made it on stage!

Christian's school is gearing up for the end of the year. The 3K group had their end of the year party at the park down the street. It was a really fun time watching CC play with her friends, and I got to visit with all the moms.

Then we had dance rehearsal for her FIRST ever dance recital. The costumes are absolutely adorable! I'm not sure how this happened, but CC's dance was second to last in the show! But for some reason we still had to be at rehearsal at the very beginning. We all had a hard time keeping the girls calm after 3 hours of waiting! It was so cute to watch the girls on stage showing off what they had learned in class.

When did Christian become such a big girl!?

12 months stats

This little girl melts my heart
a healthy 24 pounds!

so excited when Daddy showed up.

cute!

It's a little harder to keep her occupied while waiting....

Today we had Emory's 12 month well baby appointment. She weighs 24 pounds (90 %) and is 31 inches long (97%) AND.......PERFECT!!!! She is starting to walk more on her own, but still prefers to crawl. She loves to give open mouth kisses and has recently learned to blow kisses. She will put her hands over the eyes to play peek-a-boo, clap her hands for patty-cake, and throws her hands in the air and wait for you to do it too!

She mimics everything we do, especially Christian. For example, the other day CC and I were playing dentist and doctor (teeth cleaning and check my ears). CC had a play banana that was used for cleaning my teeth AND looking into my ears- I know- you are jealous aren't ya!!! Emory came over to play and grabbed the banana and did exactly like CC was doing.

She says mama, dada, ball, hey, hello when 'talking on the phone', says 'woof' when she hears the dogs next door barking, and just learned to say uh-oh when something falls. She is soaking everything in. She is trying to say everything we are. While in the doctor's office, she asked if Emory responded to the word 'No'. Right then, Emory turned around and said "No"!!!! The doctor said, "Well, I see she's talking!!"

She takes a 1 1/2 morning nap and 2 hour afternoon nap. She goes to bed at 7:00 and wakes up around 7:00. She is slowly starting to like whole milk and seems to be okay without having a bottle (only 2nd day without a bottle, so hopefully that will stay the same). She eats anything and EVERYTHING! She is so sweet and loves people. We love her and think she is absolutely, positively PERFECT!

32

My Hubby, Bryan, turned 32 on May 9th. Happy Birthday Bryan. I love you more every day. You are an incredible friend, amazing husband, and AWESOME Daddy! I'm lucky.
Bryan's birthday was also Mother's Day this year. My mom gave me this book, Bringing Up Girls. and I love it. Thank you mom. It's a great book and I recommend it to anyone who has a girl. I think this might become my standard baby gift to all moms having girls.

Disney World- Day Three

Today Christian dressed up as Jasmine. Christian's friend, Sophia, has this same outfit and she loves it. So her Gran and Papaw surprised her and bought it for her while we were in Epcot. So naturally, we had to wear it when we went back to Magic Kingdom for our 3rd and last day.
Right when we walked in we met Pinocchio.

This day the castle was open for us to walk through to see all the picture mosaics on the wall. We also walked by Bippity Boppity Boutique, where little girls get made up into princesses. In my opinion it was a little over the top and if you had dark hair you end up looking like Snookie! But when we walked by, we peeked and it did look pretty fun. I had to drag CC away.

We went to the Dance Party Parade again....just as much fun as the first time

Very excited but very shy when meeting the Princess and the Frog characters.

With all the posing for pictures with the princesses, CC wanted to pose with Daddy!

The Buzz light year right was a blast, especially if someone you know is in front of you. Your rocket ship could spin all around and shoot lasers at them. Great fun!

We stuck around late for the parade and fireworks (notice the costume change:):)- we are now Sleeping Beauty). Big mistake we made- showing up for the 9:00 parade at 8:50!!! The place was PACKED. Luckily an older couple saw us looking for a spot and let us squeeze in next to them. The spot was perfect- the parade went right in front of us. We got very lucky and well worth staying around. The fireworks were incredible. Tinker Bell flies out of the castle which amazed Christian. At the end of the fireworks they say to make a wish. CC told me her wish was that Tinker Bell would come down to see her!

We got very lucky getting a good spot. People started getting their spots around 6:30 for the 9:00 parade!!!!

This sleeping beauty was worn out and had the time of her life! She will randomly bring up stuff that happened in Disney World- she can't stop thinking about it!

Saturday was our last day there and we spent it in Magic Kingdom again. CC, of course, wanted to get back on the tea cups! We finished everything that we didn't do the time before. One thing that was super helpful was the 'DW waiting time' app on my phone. It showed us how the wait time was for each ride, which helped us not waste time if we didn't want to wait. It was correct everytime and worth the $1.99. Christian loved the PhilharMagic 3-D show! She kept reaching out to touch things- very cute!

Another tip- skip the Country Bear Jamboree unless you need a little rest-! We went back to the hotel for a little nap, since we were going to be there late. Good thing b/c we didn't get home until midnight. I can't wait to go back. It was the best vacation ever seeing Christian so excited and happy.

Disney World- Day Two

(forgot to add to last post).....After the ponchos and rain, we had dinner at the hotel at a VERY good Italian restaurant.
Next day, CC dressed as Snow White and we headed to Epcot

We had breakfast with the princesses. The food was great and well worth it. All the princesses stopped by to sign autographs, chat, and take pictures.

Ariel.

How cute is this!!

my little Snow White!

We all decided to get in a picture since we stood in line for over an hour to see the Disney characters....

CC thought this was hilarious. Pluto signed his name with her book on his nose. She's still talking about it!

All the Goofies

We bought the wedding ear in preparation for Shanna's upcoming wedding that CC is in :):)

This girl's got style!

My parents took CC back to the hotel to swim while Bryan and toured the countries. First stop- England for a beer!

We had a drink in every country....can you tell this was after visiting a few countries??!!

Day Two was Epcot! I wasn't sure how it would be with Christian, but we all loved it. The ride, Soarin' was awesome. You feel like you are flying over the country. CC kept lifting her feet, so she wouldn't hit the trees. It was so neat. The test track was fun and fast and CC loved it (so did her daddy!).

We then headed to breakfast with the princesses. When you first walked in, you were greeted by Belle. And you won't believe it.....Belle remembered Christian from the day before!!! We were all very impressed and it made CC's day. Then we stood in a long, stinky line to see all the Mickey Mouse Characters. It was so cute to watch Christian b/c she would become so shy and in shock that she was actually meeting them. One thing to remember for future visits- skip Honey I shrunk the audience....boring and very outdated. Other than that, we loved Epcot.

Bryan and I had a blast touring the countries, watching shows, shopping, eating, and trying different drinks.