"What did you do to get those beads?!?!?!?!"

Last weekend, the Bridges' and McNinch's came over to eat with us!  The guys fried fish and fries and we had a yummy King cake to celebrate Mardi Gras!  I had bought some beads earlier that week and you wore them all weekend!  I kept asking you "what did you do to get all those beads?" and you would just smile!  So I kept reminding you all weekend to just smile and you would get beads!  That is ALL you have to do and don't you forget it!!!!

I just love that OSO and Dotty are enjoying our King cake too!!!

You LOVE playing with Blaine!!!

Happy Birthday Porter!!!

We went to celebrate Porter's birthday at the MS Children's Museum last week!  We had such a great time at the museum playing with friends!!!  You weren't all about the dancing this time!  You just wanted to play in the water!  Thank you Porter for inviting us to your party!  We had a wonderful time!!!

After Porter's party,we went to see Gran, Gramp, Eli, Elle, and Winston at Aunt Julie's!  You had a great time playing outside with them!!!

I LOVE this picture of you and Winston!!!

Such sweet cousins!!!
When we left Aunt Julie's, we went to Burger's and Blues to meet Daddy and the Segrest's!  You had a great time dancing with the band and Camp and Nash!!!

First T-Ball Practice

Well I talked Daddy into letting you play t-ball this year.  His last words were "this is going to be a train wreck."  Well that about described your first practice! ;)  You had fun though!  When we got there, Chad Edwards, the coach, tried to get y'all to stretch!  You didn't want to have any part of this.  You just wanted the ball!!!  Hopefully, next practice will be a little bit more productive!!!

The team!!!  Love all the attire!

You did not want to sit on this white line with Caroline, Hank and Ava!  You just wanted to run and pick up all the balls!!!

Hitting the ball with a little help from Daddy...
I posted one of these pictures on Facebook and I have to put the comment in here that Chad put under the picture, because I want you to read it too!!!
"It's always a train wreck.  We basically give 3 and 4 year olds weapons.  Besides, I think her sport is going to be football.  Pretty much if you hand her a football, the other team won't be getting it back, and they won't be able to catch her to take it from her.  Does she still have my tennis ball!  If she does, I'll come get it when she's asleep, that's the only way I can catch her."
Too funny!!!  You are so quick and I think Chad describes you to a "tee."

Julz was here keeping you while Mommy worked so she got to go to your first practice.  You left early with Julz because it was so cold! 

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine!!!

Everyday when you come home from Mother's Day Out, Mrs. Risha, Mrs. Ashley, Mrs. Lauren or Mrs. Melissa have a note stuck to your back to let me know one thing GREAT that you did that day!  These are two notes that were on your back last week! 

You are beginning to say so many more words.  Just the other day, we were looking at pictures and you saw my picture and said "Mama," which you have been doing since you were two, but you also said "Raylin" and pointed to your picture when I asked you "Who is this?"  I was so excited!  You are saying "La La" for Mrs. Lauren, "A A" for Mrs. Ashley and we are working on "Ree Ree" for Mrs. Risha!  You still say "yuck" all the time!  You also say "ah wa" for water!  We are working on colors at home and you are slowly learning your colors! Mama and Daddy recently started you on a medicine that is helping your concentration and even obeying! :)  You are also potty training!  You are doing great with this and this makes Mommy so happy!  You still carry Oso, Dotty or Wolfy around with you everywhere and of course, still sleep with your pink blanky every night!!! 
We are so proud of you and all of your accomplishments!  With God, all things are possible!
We love you, Ray Ray!

I Love You, You Love Me!!!

The day after Valentine's Day we went to meet Barney with Gran!  I didn't tell you where we were going until after lunch because I wanted you to nap on the way and then I wanted you to eat lunch before we got to the arena!  Well, you did neither!  I think you could probably tell how excited Gran and I were that you knew something was going on!  This was one of my favorite pictures from the day that just showed the excitement in your eyes!  I probably took 200 pictures during that two hours.  It was so much fun to see you so excited and soooo happy to meet the big purple dinosaur!!!

Before we went to the Barney concert, we met Mrs. Julia, Mr. Layne and Mattie at The Grill for lunch!  I know it looks like you and Mattie were great friends in this picture, but Mattie was so upset with you when we got there because you threw a fit for her toys and her Mama made her share.  You stayed in trouble while we were at the restaurant for disobeying and throwing fits!  Finally, after lunch Gran and I told you where we were going!  You got so excited and you and Mattie both were running out of the restaurant!!!

Once we got in the car, I gave you a "Barney" shirt and you were thrilled!  I think you would have been happy to go home at that point!  You were so happy with your Barney shirt!!!

We then went to the arena and were about an hour early!  Needless to say, we were the first ones there and the first ones in line!  Notice the pictures below.  You were trying to open all the doors and you, Gran and I are first in line to get in the arena!!!

Once we got inside, we got in line for the Dino Seats!  We got to go backstage and meet Barney!  This was so much fun and definitely a highlight of your life thus far! :)  You gave Gran a big kiss for our special Barney tickets!!!  Thanks so much Gran!!!

I love this picture of you after you met Barney!  Your feet barely touched the ground before or during the show because you were so excited!!!

MEETING BARNEY, finally!!!  We were first in line to meet Barney too!  There were maybe about twenty kids that had Dino Seats and got to meet Barney, so thank goodness we were first in line.  I don't think you would have waited your turn very well!  Once the doors opened and Barney walked in, you ran and jumped into his arms!!!  Love the big hugs and even kisses you gave him!
After meeting Barney, you got to get a souvenir.  You picked out a Barney wand that lights up!  And of course we had to get popcorn and lemonade!!!  Then we went to find our seats on the FIRST row to get ready for Barney's Birthday Bash!!!

Before the show started, there were plenty of opportunities for photos!!!  You did keep getting told by the security guard not to go past a certain line on the floor!  You would do so well staying behind the line and then you would get so excited and forget about that line and run right up to the stage!

After the show started, you were the star of the big screen for a few seconds!  That is you in that big circle!!!  I took lots of pictures of you enjoying the show!  You danced and danced and danced!!!

I think your favorite thing about the show were the dressed up monkeys!!!  You kept asking Gran and I for more when they went off the stage!  You would say "OOH, OOH, AAH, AAH" and then sign more!!!  Here is a picture of you with the monkeys and then one of you saying "OOH, OOH!"

I LOVE that happy smile!  Thank you Gran for such a FUN day!  We love you!!!