The Beach!

We just returned from a wonderful vacation. Now back to the real world of packing up the house! Here are some pictures:

Daisy getting ready to board her first plane! She did so good on all the flights. She is definitely better on a plane than in the car! Look at all her luggage!

Daisy getting ready to hit the beach day 1. She LOVED her sunglasses for 5 minutes and then wouldn't keep them on!

Playing on the beach.

Our first time in the ocean. Daisy loved it as much as mommy loves it. Look closely at the last picture--her face is hilarious!

At dinner one night.

Another day getting ready for the beach.

Another swimsuit and pair of sunglasses. She may not love the beach but she has more swimsuits than I do, so at least she looked good!

Playing with mommy.

Shopping!!!!

Chris and I went on a date! It was so fun. We watched our first movie in the theater since Daisy was born! We had a great time. Here we are in our new sunglasses.

The beach in the evening.

Another day, another hat.

Playing on the beach with Mommy.

Playing on the beach with Daddy.

This is a borrowed outfit from cousin Lilly! Isn't it adorable! Perfect for Florida.

There were lots of family picture opportunities!

Daisy and I didn't really take a formal picture on Mothers day so I guess this can be it. I have to say spending my first mothers day on the beach was PERFECT!

Playing with Grammy and Grandpa at dinner.

Leslie and Mark drove down from Nashville for two nights. It was so good to spend time with them!

Last day on the beach! How sad!

We had such a great time and wish we could go back soon!

Time to baby proof the house!

We have been very busy the past few days. But here are a few pictures. These pictures are from Sunday before Church. Daddy and Daisy match in their pink! Daisy is loving church. She has a great time in her class. We are so happy. In other news, Daisy has been accepted to Day Care. We met her teacher the other day and Chris and I feel really good about it. It will be a really difficult change. We are just very fortunate that we have not had to put her in day care until now!


Daisy is not crawling yet, almost. But she is definitely mobile. She rolls around the entire living room. Which is so fun to watch, but our house is not baby proof yet, thus Daisy has her first ouchy! I was on the floor with Daisy Saturday and she rolled over to the space heater (which was not on) and she pulled it down onto her head, before I could even react. Things happen so fast, which is so scary, I was right there with her. Instantly this bright blue bump appeared on her head and I was really upset. We put ice on it and gave her Tylenol and within 5 minutes she was fine. Here is the picture right after it happened.

These are some cute pictures of her playing on the floor while I was getting ready the other day. Isn't she adorable?

We are still having trouble with Daisy falling asleep at night. She is still crying so hard she is throwing up. Everything I read says it should only take 4 nights and we are working on a week and a half. Any pointers would be appreciated! Hope everyone is doing well. Hope to talk to you all soon!

Long time no blog.

I am so glad my days of single parenthood have ended. HOW do you single parents make it? Last month was so difficult without Chris here--we are so happy to have him back home! He is now on vacation until graduation May 31st! I cannot believe he is going to graduate next month! We are so proud of him. In other news, Daisy is finally feeling better. Thank goodness! I hope she never gets that sick again! She is now 7 months old and her bottom two teeth have come in! She is such a big girl! Last night was our first night of letting her cry it out to go to sleep, and it went well! She only cried for 30 minutes, then woke up and hour later and then cried 30 more minutes, then fell asleep until 4:30, then cried 15 minutes and slept until 8:20! She did so good, and I even survived! Supposedly it only takes 3 nights and then they wont cry, I will keep you posted.

We haven't taken a lot of pictures lately but here is what we have:

This is Daisy with her top knot again! I think she looks so cute like this.

Hello everyone. I am sitting here playing while daddy folds the laundry!

OOOO.....maybe I will help him out a little, I do love socks.

This is us before Daddy's awards banquet. We couldn't find anyone to babysit, so we took her with us. She was so bad--she is never bad, but she SCREAMED for 45 minutes straight!!!! We couldn't get her to quite down. I think she was tired and overstimulated.

You may have to enlarge this picture, but you can see her bottom two teeth peeking out!

Playing before bedtime with our Easter basket from Auntie Pauline.

Oh yeah, and we are MOVING! We are set to close on this adorable house the first of June! We are very excited about being closer to the hospital! We went yesterday to try and pick out some paint colors! Here are some photo's I didn't get good pictures of everything so this will just let you get the idea:

The master bedroomThe front living room.

The family room

The Kitchen---we will keep it this color because I LOVE it!

The purple dining room that yes we will paint.

The backyard

That wraps it up from here. It will be a busy few weeks. We are heading to Florida for vacation soon. We are so excited! Hope everyone is doing well.

It's a UTI....

Well, I started to freak out a little. Daisy started getting another fever on Thursday night. We had 4 wonderful fever free days and then it all started back again. The crying, the fever, no sleeping. Luckily Chris drove home last night and was able to take Daisy back to the doctor today. Luckily again when they went Daisy's fever was 103.8 and she was screaming uncontrollably, so they got to see first hand how miserable she has been. One chest x-ray and urinalysis later we find out Daisy has a UTI (urinary tract infection). This is actually not common in little babies, so after this course of antibiotics (which she has thrown up twice now---considering the bottle was over $100 that is probably $10 worth of medicine she threw up!) anyway after the antibiotics Daisy will have to go through some more testing to make sure her anatomy is all normal and her kidneys are fine! I am just so thankful to finally have an answer. Please pray for her as she is recovering, and pray that we all get some sleep! Needless to say.....no recent pictures sorry!

Best week ever...

Anybody ever see this show? I would like to nominate ourselves for the best week ever. First Chris started his rural rotation, so he has not been home. Then Daisy cut two teeth. Then Daisy came down with a terrible virus that we have been fighting since Tuesday. She is running a really high fever and when it spikes (usually at night) she starts to throw up. Anytime she is awake she is crying, we cannot get her to calm down until she falls asleep. My mom came to help out and then yesterday Chris came home! Thank goodness. I don't think I could have done it alone. Daisy is still fighting it. Please pray for her to feel better and that it is nothing serious. Also pray that we are able to start getting some sleep. Hope everyone is doing well. Here are some pictures I took before the illness started. This T-shirt has our high school mascot on it and says lady eagle in training. It is so cute! Don't mind the hair, she just had a bath and we didn't brush it.

Big News....

Daisy has her first tooth!!!! Last week when we were at the pediatrician's office she told us that Daisy was working on her bottom two teeth. Chris and I could not tell, but we did have a terrible week last week (daisy sick and fussy) and guess what? Today Daddy found a tooth!!! Thanks to the dental hygienist living with us it is tooth #p (that is bottom right for those of us who don't know teeth). It has just broke the surface. I cant believe she is getting teeth! If only she would learn to eat solids! Just wanted to let everyone know!