Oaks

John and I get the extreme pleasure of going to Oaks this year. We could not be more excited!!! To make it more exciting our seats are in Millionaire’s row. Which means we are on the 6th floor right on the finish line. If there are stars there, we will see them! The area we will be in has tables inside and bleacher like seats outside. So no matter the weather we will have fun. The area also has it’s own betting windows, bar, buffet and bathrooms. The Oaks is the second biggest day at Churchill downs and having our own bathrooms will be very nice. We are going with Mitch and Alison, Marci, Terry and Heather, and Matt is flying in for the occasion. So the 8 of us will all be seated at table #9 in Millionaire’s row. Hopefully it brings us some luck. Avery will be in school and Cami will be home with John’s brother Alex. G&PP will get into town about 3:00 and will pick Av up from school. I got a new dress and hat. The dress is strapless and a-line. It is cream, taupe and yellowish/goldish. I decided to buy a plain cream hat and dress it up myself. I glued a taupe ribbon around it and then glued a goldish color flower and feathers on it. On the tacky scale it is only about a 5. Tacky hats are huge at the Derby but I could only go so far. On Friday everyone is meeting at our house around 10:00am and we are going to kick off the party with bloody marys and mimosas. I am sooooooooooooooooo excited.

36 years

Yesterday was Grandma and Pap-pap’s 36th year wedding anniversary. I feel very fortunate that my girls have such a great legacy in their lives. 36th year wedding anniversaries are rare in this day and age. G&PP have a rare and amazing bond and I love that Av and Cami have such a strong example. I pray that my girls will have a 36th year wedding anniversary someday.

"otay mamma"

That is Av's new saying. It is pretty cute. She says it to everything. I guess it is better then "no mamma."

belly

About 7:15 this morning Camille started screaming. Usually when she wakes up she plays in her crib for a bit and you can hear her having her morning conversation with her giraffe. So when the screaming started I thought something was really wrong. I ran in there and found her on her belly. She was fine but mad to be on her belly. She can roll and does often, not sure why she screamed instead of rolling but I rescued her from that terrible situation she got herself in.

She also really started babbling this weekend. Dadadada and bababababa no mamamam yet. Hopefully soon. It is too cute. I tried to get a video of it with the camera but she is just like her sister. Shy’s up when the camera is around.

Band-Aids

Putting characters on band-aids was a million dollar idea as I am sure band-aids already know. Av has taken a liking to band-aids recently. She has some Hello Kitty ones that she loves. This morning while I was putting Camille back to bed Av came upstairs and headed into her room. She got a chair out so she could stand up and get something out of her dresser. I had no idea what she was doing until I went in there. She had a bunch of band-aids on her legs. I laughed. She said she needed one more and I asked her what for. She said her finger. So I told her this was the last one and got it out for her. When I asked her where I should put it she had to think about it for a minute and decide what finger. Guess it just hurt that bad.

nap-time

On Saturday while I was putting Camille down for a nap Av was putting her babies to bed as well. She gets a blanket out for them and spreads it on the floor. Then she places them all next to each other face down. Then she covers them with a blanket. This weekend she had put her monkey, hello kitty, ducky, care bear, cinderella, her baby camille and baby snow white to bed. It was about the cutest thing I had ever seen.

lovie

It is funny what a different mom I was to baby Avery compared to baby Camille. With Av I did everything by the book and obsessed and worried about everything. With Cami I am much more laid back and enjoying it a lot more. Wish I had relaxed with Av. Avery slept with nothing in her crib for the first year of her life. She didn’t even have a bumper on her crib because of the chance that could cause SIDS. Cami has about 4 toys in her crib. No bumper but she does have toys and a lovie (a very small blanket with a stuffed animal head, hers is a giraffe). The worst part about this is that she sleeps with the lovie over her face. She puts it over her head herself. The first time I saw it over her head I started to freak out (I thought she was sleeping) but then I saw her feet move. It scared me to death. Every time I catch her sleeping the lovie is over her head. For weeks I worried about it but now I know that is just how she likes it. She puts herself to sleep by turning her head as far to one side as possible and then putting the lovie over her face. So funny. At night after I put her in her crib I stand out of sight and watch her do it. One of these days I will get a pic of it and post.