Happy number 6, Zoey!

Zoey,

Today you turn 6.  How exciting and sad.  You are quickly growing up and staring to spread your wings.  It makes me so proud to see the little girl you are and the woman that I can see you becoming.  Each little step you take is another day that I get to see you grow, learn, love, dream and live.  I hope you have had a wonderful and that your coming year is all you want it to be.  I love you!

Love,

Momma

Happy Number 7, Jon Kent

Jon Kent,

Happy 7th Birthday to my amazing, wonderful, smart, loving, caring, cautious, DS playing, Auburn loving, silly, playful, tenderhearted, basketball playing, little boy!  I hope your birthday was everything you dreamed and w hoped it would be!  I love you!!

Love,

Momma

Disney!

Jon Kent, Zoey and Nathan

Our first family trip to Disney!  What a time it was!  We had so much fun at all the parks.  I was so happy to see how happy each of you were.  Granted, there were times of whining and tiredness and down right bratty behavior, but mostly it was a great family time.  I'm hoping each of you will remember this trip for the rest of your lives and that it won't be the last time we go.  I am so thankful to have been able to see your faces when we first saw the "Walt Disney World" sign.  Oh how excited y'all were.  I hope I never forget how when you go off a ride that was really fun or even scary how each of you would talk 90 to nothing about the ride over and over.  It really was a great week and I am so very glad I got to spend it with you!  I love you all so much!!

Love,

Momma

Just you & me

Nathan,

We are into our second week of spending the day together while you older siblings are off at school.  Can I just say how awesome it's been?  I was a little nervous about it at first because I thought you would be bored and lonely.  But you have really surprised me.  You have become my little helper.  You follow me around and we just have a really good time together.  The past couple of days I have been pushing you in the stroller while I do my daily jog.  Then when we get back we grab something to drink and take the golf cart to the park.  We play there for about 30 minutes or so (mostly me pushing you in the swing).  Afterwards, we will drive through the neighborhood for a bit and come home to rest for a few minutes.  I try to get a few things done (fold clothes, straighten up, unload the dishwasher, etc) while you play with Nova or your toys.  Then we will do school (read, color, draw, learn letters, shapes, colors, etc).  After that we go outside to play or play inside.  Then it's lunch and nap time.  You nap and I try to clean the house or do whatever I can before you wake up.  Once you wake up we go pick up Jon Kent and Zoey from school.  Our days vary some here and there.  We may go to the library one day or run some errands another.  But whatever we are doing I enjoy doing it with you.  You have really surprised me with how agreeable you have been and how well you listen when it's just you and me.  I am cherishing these days, because next year you may be in preschool half a day.  I am soaking up every second I can!  I love you my Nator Tator.  And I am really glad to have this period of time with you!

Love,

Momma

First Day of School 2011

Jon Kent and Zoey,

Happy First Day of School!  Today, y'all both started back to school.  Jon Kent you are in the 1st grade and your teacher is Ms. La Manna.  You've had a hard time remembering her name and kept asking us to tell you your teacher's name was "just one more time".  I think you were pretty excited about your first day back at school.  You were a  little worried though because you only knew of one other person in your class that you knew from last year.  But that's OK, I know you will make new friends and have a great year.  As for you Zoey, you started kindergarten today!  Yay!  Your teachers are Mrs. Holliday and Mrs. Arrington.  You were hoping to have them since Jon Kent had them last year.  They were both excited to see you this year.  Which made my heart very happy.  You were so excited about school that you had a hard time going to sleep last night.  I was excited for you, too.

I hope that both of you have a great year in school.  That you learn a lot and make lifelong friends.  I love you both and I am looking forward to sharing this journey with you.  I love you!!!

Love,

Momma

Surgery Duo

Zoey and Nathan,

Monday you each had umbilical hernia surgery.  It went well and you both have been recovering since.  It was a pretty basic, simple surgery.  A small "smile like" cut was done right inside you belly button to push the hernia back in and then a few stitches were placed to close it back up.  Besides being sore and sleepy y'all both came home just fine.  I have always heard kids bounce back quickly and I believe it.  Both of you are already wanting to run, play, jump, wrestle ride bikes, play soccer, etc.  Most of which you can't do until we get the stitches out. So I guess the hardest part has been keeping y'all still and calm.

I am very proud of how both of you have handled it.  You have really surprised me with how you have taken this whole thing in stride.  I love you and I am glad we have this behind us.

Love,

Momma

Zoey you lost your 1st tooth!

Zoey,

It finally happened.  The day you have been waiting for since Jon Kent lost his first tooth.  Your first baby tooth has finally come out!  And of all places, your tooth fell out while we were in Alabama.  AND you lost it at Granny's house.  You were very excited!  This just shows me that you are steadily growing up.  While I will miss you being little I wouldn't want to stop you from growing.  You are doing such a great job and becoming a wonderful, loving little girl.

You have waited a long time for this, baby girl, so enjoy it!  And enjoy the $5 that the tooth fairy left for you!!

I love you my toothless little girl!!

Love,

Momma