vacation

St. Simons Island, GA here we come!!!!!! We leave tomorrow for the beach for a week. I can’t wait. We are driving straight through (hopefully) so wish us luck. It’s about an 11-hour drive. The girls are usually pretty good in the car. We will be bringing Elmo along with us for Camille. The plan is to leave at naptime so we get naps in the car and then they will sleep a little at bedtime too. Saturday morning we will be on the beach. We are going with our old neighbors. As long as Camille does not terrorize Stella all week it will be a good week.

av at cornerstone update

Av did great at Cornerstone. I am so so so proud of her. She is just such a strong, brave little girl. They said she was shy and quiet but participated and fit right in. No tears! She even took a little nap which John and I was thrilled about (not!). When I got there to pick her up she was standing at a table with 2 other kids. She had her back to me. I knelt down and when she saw me she said, “hi mamma!” but didn’t stop playing. She was happy. She talked about it happily and was excited to go today. She is very excited for it until we step inside her classroom. Today when I dropped her off a sub was in there who she spent a lot of time with last summer. The teacher always says hi to Av when she sees us dropping off or picking up Camille. The teacher said, “Avery, it’s been so long. I’ve missed you, come here and give me a hug.” She picked her up and held her for a minute. It was sweet. Camille’s teachers both checked in with Av and said hi to her during the day as well. She is a lucky girl to have some many caring people in her life.

Strawberry picking

Av's first day at Cornerstone

Ugh being a parent is sooooooooo hard. I know dropping her off there was harder on me than it was on her but it just sucked! There were no tears on her part and I was able to hold mine back until I was alone in the car. It just breaks my heart. She was okay though. Looked very unsure of things but did go off with a little girl to play before I left. One of her teachers was one of the teachers Camille had so Av kind of knew her so that helped and one of the little girls in the class was in class with Av last summer so she was going to show her around today. With this as hard as it was I just know I am going to be a mess her first day of kindergarten. How did that get to only be a year away???

long weekend

We had the very best weekend ever!!!! My parents and sister and brother in law came for the long weekend. My parents got in late Friday night and sis got in Saturday afternoon. Saturday morning the girls woke up to G&PP being there. They knew they would be but forgot and were very happy to see them. We played for a while and then my mom, Av and I went on a few errands. Got the girls a bigger pool for the backyard and G bought Av a new bag that she didn’t put down all weekend. I think PP pushed Camille on the swing the entire time we were gone. That afternoon/evening we played with the girls a lot, played corn hole and had a cook out. It was a great night. Sunday we got up and all left the house early for strawberry picking! It was a blast. Road a tractor to the strawberry fields and we all picked for a while. Camille mostly hoarded while the rest of us picked. When I say hoarded I mean she clutched them to her chest and squeezed the life out of them the entire time until G hander her an ice cream cone. She gave them up at that point. Poor G was covered in strawberry juice from holding Camille while Camille held those strawberries. After that we came home, napped, showered and got ready for a big cookout at a friend's house. The girls again had the best time playing and getting soaked with their friends. On Monday we played until everyone had to leave. So sad. We did head to a festival with friends for the evening to end the long weekend right.

week 21 and 22

I had an OB checkup this week. The baby weight is making up for lost time. I knew I had been getting bigger but I had not really thought too much of it until my OB said at the end of my check up, “and don’t worry about gaining 10 lbs this month. That’s about all you’ve gained so it’s okay but don’t do it again!” It stopped me right in my tracks. “Wait, did you say 10lbs?!?!?!?!” Crazy. He likes to do whole body flops in my belly. So funny. The other day I was sitting on the couch with my dad and we could see my belly moving. I know I saw that with both girls but it seems like it was way later in the pregnancy than now. He’s pretty active when I am still. Still no name yet. Still feeling great. I have started having some mild Braxton Hicks. Only weird craving is for pie. Not usually a pie fan but I finally broke down and made a pie. Heheheh Strawberry. It is very yummy.

last day of preschool blended 3/4s class

Friday was Av’s last day of her school for the summer. It was so bittersweet. She loves that school so much. I hate when it ends each year. She had such a good last day though. They had a little singing performance. It was so cute and I could actually hear her sing parts of it. Then they got to have a carnival outside. Lots of games and fun things to do. At they end they all got to take aim and squirt their teacher with a big squirt gun. They all thought that was so funny. Her teacher had made each parent a CD full of all the pictures of the fun things they did all year. It was so cute and so sweet. A tear jerker for sure. Av will for sure miss Miss Blaine and Miss Denise. This fall she will start the 4 day 4s.