Meeting Reese!

 I have been dying to get my hands on Caroline Reese Nabors since July 14, 2020...the day she was born!

She was a 7 lbs 9oz beautiful ball of love that all of us were soooo excited to meet!

Well...ya know...the COVID thing that is going on?!!?....well, due to that, we have stayed away from sweet Reese until today!

I just couldnt take it anymore!

I didnt want her to be 5 before I had a chance to meet her!

So today we headed to Birmingham and my day was made to see her!

Now, I was sad because I didnt get to hold her...and we didnt even go in...and it was sooo hot outside...but...I got to see her and watch her cute little self {that looks just like her Daddy!} :) sleep!

So sweet!

One day....hopefully sooner rather than later, I will get to hold her but for today, we got to meet her and that is okay!

Sweet Reese! I cant wait to watch her grow...to have her spend the night with us...to spoil her...to make fun memories with her!..........alllll of it!

Look!!! Ahh!!

Sweet and adorable little family! So happy for them!

Oh so sweet!

BAD picture! Im sad it is because I thought it would be as we took it! ha! The sun was bright....and so ya know...

BUT...it doesnt matter! What is in the picture is what counts and it is proof we finally got to meet sweet Reese! LOVE! The BEST afternoon!

Our last weekend!

 Sooo..though they were supposed to actually start school last week, due to COVID, they are starting Tuesday. Also due to COVID, they are only going one day next week {which is just soooo odd} but....nonetheless, this is our 'last weekend!' 

The groove {though it is a crazy groove} is starting and though we are just going to grin and bear it..and suck it up buttercup and make it through these crazy times and make the best out of it all!

So, since it was our 'last weekend'.....

we made the most of it!

Full of friends, spend the nights fun, our favorite trip over to Birmingham....and tomorrow fun in the sun with friends. 

Soaking up the last days before school starts is on the agenda!

Thursday night {after cheer practice} Savannah spent the night with Alexis. They had been begging for weeks to spend the night and since technically Friday was my last 'work from home' day, I agreed..and they were pumped! 

So, Friday we loaded up and did some last minute school shopping and a 'fun' lunch at Moe's to celebrate it being Friday! :)

Alexis has her 'BIG' revel on Thursday so she is sooo excited to see what Varsity cheerleader is her 'big sister!' They had to complete a form and list some of their favorites...along with their favorite color. So the 'little' {Alexis} has to get allll things the 'bigs' favorite along with it all has to be pink {her favorite color} So, Thursday at practice, they will match up and see who is who!

Alexis picked out some really cute and fun things for her big sister! She cant wait for Thursday to find out who and to get her goodies too!

So after we got done shopping, we headed home and spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out there. WK and Sydney came over to hang out with Savannah and Alexis which led to WK asking all of them to spend the night with her. So, they all ended up heading over to WK's house for another spend the night party!

So, Pearson came over to hang out with Lily....and ended up spending the night with her!

Pearson has never spent the night with anyone {other than her grandparents} before! It seems my house is the house that everyone decides they want to spend the night for the 1st time at! So, we were curious if she would stay the whole night...but she did! They had so much fun together! They stayed up late {9:30! :)} and just played and played!

They played dolls a lot!

This cracked me up! They said they were sisters. P had twins...and twin dogs, in a bag hanging from the stroller, while Lily had twin 'older' girls! They took them on a walk and to the park {they took the dolls and jumped on the trampoline with them} :)

Once Alexis got home from WK's and P left, we got cleaned up and headed to Birmingham for some fun shopping, meeting Reese and eating a 'fun' dinner too! We had the best Saturday!

Edgar's for the win! A 'fun' snack! OH YUM! I miss there from when we lived in Bham!

The other side of the table! Tyler was having his own fun....at the Golf store while we had our 'fun' snack! ha!

We saw Mal and Reese and then did some shopping before heading to eat dinner and then back to Jville!

She is ready!

 This girl...

has gone to the mailbox {what seems like} 10 billion times....since Saturday! 

FINALLY today it came!

What she has been waiting on since Summer...

her teacher information for 3rd grade!

She is super pumped to have Mrs. Real!

And...she has several friends in her class, too, so she says she is soooooo ready for school to start!

I pray that we only have to do 2 weeks of the blended learning and they go back the full week in September.

My girls love school...so for them...and me..I pray that they get to have a normal school year despite how the world is right now.

We shall see!

Alexis got her school schedule today...full of high school Math, advisement, Literature...ya know..'big' classes! She is pumped about starting 7th...just not pumped enough to let me take her picture of her holding her schedule! :)

She says..bring on 3rd grade! She is READY!

Wordless Wednesday!

 

Soo....yeah...

 NO stress here...

 nope...none...notta....zero!

I mean...school starting....I mean ...but only a couple of days a week....then WHAT?!?! JSU students coming back with classes/clinicals starting....MOVING to a new office in the middle of trying to prep for evvvverrything coming up, including alllll the meetings I have, etc! Not to mention..I am starting 2 classes next week. Tyler is starting 2 classes next week. Trying to navigate Alexis and her crazy cheer schedule..and if the fact to them having or not having a season. 

 Yeah....no stress here! :)

This is currently what my view is. I still dont have anything from my office other than a new desk and items that I have brought over, myself, to Brookstone. I am excited about the move as I like the building and the people that are already there....but sad, too, because I loved being on campus and the people that I worked with in Kennamer.

Ya know, change. I love change. I dont have a problem with change...but today was sad to leave Kennamer.

 All the uncertainty in the world right now...it is just alot. People living in fear. People going to extremes....which with the way all the information that has been brought to us....can be understandable..well, it is just sad. 

Never would have thought we would be going into mid August...into the Fall...like this.

Football season...

that is the next question that everyone is dying to have answered.

I just dont know what the state of Alabama is going to do if Auburn and Alabama doesnt play this Fall.

We shall see how all these 'ways' to do school goes as it all kicks off next week...

and...

how football goes..

all to be continued! 

All I have to say is....'Next week has been exhausting!' ha! :)

Wordless!

My view right now. It will get better. I will be set up and ready to roll in NO time! {fingers crossed!} :)

Her 7th tooth and a much needed night!

 Remember.........

the Tooth Fairy didnt make it past Alexis' 7th tooth.

 Her 7th tooth was a disaster! I wont go into the story {again} but go back to the year and post and you can catch up if you dont know. It's too hard to talk about again! ha! :)

 So, Friday night Lily told Tyler that he realllly needed to pull her 7th tooth! I immediately got a lump in my throat!

 Trust...I was bound and determined not to 'mess up' this time!

 So...I put my brain into action :)

Sooo...while she was getting ready to go to sleep. I went ahead and took the tooth out of the 'tooth bag' and kept it in my hand {in case she came running to me that it wasnt in there. I could get the bag and say...yes it is...you must have not looked well enough! {SMART..very SMART!} :)}

Then...I went ahead and put her money under her pillow...{last tooth, I put it under the pillow she doesnt sleep on. When she questioned why the Tooth Fairy put her money under that pillow then} but I put it in her pillowcase, under her pillow {thinking that she wouldnt feel it or see if if she looked 'early'}

So...I was feeling good about myself!

She said goodnight...

and ...

 about 15 minutes later...

she comes RUNNING in our room...

That lump came back...

She goes...

'HOW did the Tooth Fairy COME ALREADY!?!?!'

'I closed my eyes for 5 minutes and she came ALREADY!'

{I about died!} bahahaha!

She goes....'its really weird, she put my money in my pillowcase. Thats odd, right!?!' ha! and then she said... 'I wasnt even really asleep, either. She must have thought I was because I did close my eyes! She must have been in a hurry to go to someone else's house because she came sooo quick when I JUST closed my eyes!' 

{I about died again!} :) OH...I cant make this stuff up! So funny!

SO....I have made it past her 7th tooth. Let's see how the rest goes! ha!

Look at that smile! She has her 4 front teeth...and then nothing around them {except one that is sticking out and needs to be pulled. She just wont let anyone pull that one....yet..} :)

  Then...last night...we had a much needed night that we havent had in awhile! We had an outdoor Taco Fiesta! 

We grilled out fish and shrimp tacos and had allll the fixings! We enjoyed being outside with the Messer's and the Ray's and just caught up on life. We havent had all of them over since March so it was good for the soul!

I cant believe I didnt take any pictures! My time management skills were a little off and toooo busy having fun. I havent hosted in awhile so I struggled to get everything out and ready than normal! Now..dont underestimate me!...ha!...it was set and ready when they arrived but I was sweating! ha! The food was oohhh sooo delicious and we had a TON! {Hence alll the leftovers in the fridge!} ha! So, I didnt get a picture of it all out and decorated but I took a shot of my fridge! ha!

Accessorizing!

 Accessorizing....yep....that is what it has come down to these days with our masks!

 Everywhere we go.....you will see masks hanging from people's rear view mirror! They will have it hanging on one ear. They will have it pushed under their chin as they are driving. Since we have to wear it in any public entity....you will see the people who hate wearing masks. They are the ones that have it on but are constantly pulling at it or pulling it down from their nose. Then you will also see 'those people' :) that are OVER the top! For example, they are not only wearing their mask, they are also wearing their gloves...and some...even with their safety glasses on! YEP, we have it all happening around here! It is truly a sight!

It actually is a 'thing' now.....that it has just become the 'norm' that if someone doesnt have a mask on...or have one attached to them in some shape or form....they are looked at as 'weird' and with the look of  'GET it on!'

Never would have thought....the world would be like it is...

yet here we are!

Lily made a point to tell me...

Momma, dont put make-up on anymore from under your nose....down.

Good point.....good point! Why...is it necessary to wear make-up when it is covered up by the mask. When it is rubbed off by the mask...and smeared. And...lipstick. Yeah...that is a thing of the past! No one cares about what lip color to have on anymore!

 AND 'maskacne!'

Yep..that is a thing now too! Go to the dermo for the acne that is caused by wearing your mask! I have it...everyone does. It is a thing now!

Earrings! Yep...forget about it! As soon as I pull my mask off...there goes my earrings flying too. Sooo...yeah...forget about wearing them now!

Soooo....

 ya know...

Again...it is the world we are in!

 I do wonder about the day that we wont wear mask anymore. I truly think it will be reallllly odd to not have it on anymore!

I know my friends and I have talked about having a burning party to burn alll the masks once it is ever over with. BUT...the question is....when will that be though?!?! Whoooo knows! Never would have thought it would be August...going into Fall...and still having to deal with a stupid virus that started in MARCH!

CRAZY!

Just CRAZY!

So, for school...it is allll about...what color your masks are. What style. How comfortable are they...so on and so on...

it is tiring....

but.....

ya know...

the world we are in...that is our focus right now!

So...what kind of mask do you have?!!

Do you have a fun and comfortable one {like Lily} 

Forget your 'favorite' one, your  'go to' 'must have one' and have to wear a cheap one...that sometimes breaks as soon as you slightly pull on it {like Alexis} 

or a comfortable one that 'goes with everything' {like ME}:) :)

Wordless Wednesday!

I LOVE this! In my job....and as my girl's friends look to me, etc, I try!

Soaking up Summer

We are soaking up the last days of  'Summer' before the hustle and bustle starts up with all the Fall activities.

I am ready for Fall {as you know, I love all things Fall!} but also do love Summer too!

I am so ready for Fall that I want to start putting pumpkins....and all things Fall out! Tyler thinks I am crazy and has said I am crazy for wanting to....but...I do! ha!

But...this weekend was full of a mixture of Summer and Fall...so since they are both my favorite, I'll take it!

Alexis had stunt camp all Saturday. She spent the night with Savannah the night before so we didnt see her until late afternoon. We made it feel even more like 'Fall' by making sausage cheese dip for dinner Saturday night! OH YUM! Give me allllll the foooottballl foods! :)

Then...nothing like a Summer afternoon...of friends, jumping on the trampoline and popsicles! That is exactly what these three have been doing all afternoon!

JV Cheer pics!

Pictures were done soooo early this season!

Super crazy as I am not use to it since in youth sports, it was a ways away! And...it was quick! Crazy! ha!

We found out today that their school will be blended for the first two weeks. BOO!

So..the girls will be going only Monday and Tuesday....

yeah...

it stinks!

I HATE this!

The other 3 days...they will be virtual. At home.

Yeah.

I honestly dont know how we are going to do it! The girls will be responsible for {the word used...rigorous} school work/tests on the 3 days they are at home. They will have to log in and listen to their teachers, etc.

So....not only that...JSU students will be back on campus that week and I am SLAMMED!

And...I am taking 2 classes myself! Ahhh!!

But...I got this! Im fine. It's fine. Everything is fine! :) :)

So....on the topic that I intended this post for...

Alexis' cheer pictures!

I SO hope they have their season!

I have sooooo many questions since the announcement about school only being 2 days a week for the first two weeks.

So half the kids go Monday and Tuesday. The other half go Thursday and Friday.

So...

how is everything going to work?

The Monday and Tuesday kids {my kids} will not be at school for the pep rallies. So are they even going to have football?...pep rallies?....anything AT ALL 'normal?' There will be two football games that are supposed to happen during this 2 week blended schooling. So...not sure if they will be played..or delayed...or what!....

Who knows....

we are just going to have to GO with it and pray that these crazy times settle down!

It was storming so I didnt take but a couple of pictures. Hoping for a pretty afternoon closer to the season to take some more!

I just cant believe she is just growing as fast as she is! WOW!

Ahh! LOVE!

Just grown I tell ya!

My cheerleader!

Love it in black and white!

So grown!

 2020 JHS Junior Varsity Cheer Squad! So excited to watch them shine!

Taylor and Lex!

Some of the 7th graders!

Lauren, Taylor, Lex and Savannah!

Alexis was excited to spend the night with Savannah and go to stunt camp tomorrow! Sweet friends!

Doing Graduation....during a pandemic!

So...

we made it through Graduation!

Still one tomorrow...

but one down!

Luckily...I dont have to work the one tomorrow!

I feel like it all went well. There for sure wasnt as big of a crowd as I feel there normally would have been but there was still a lot of people!

Everyone kept their distance and wore masks!

Luckily...too..it was overcast...so that was a huge blessing!

Love my work crew! We make whatever we have to do....fun!

Mask gang! ha!

Ra..ra..ra...week cap!

This week has been filled with gearing up for fall stuff!

What I mean by that....

all things JV Cheer....School Orientations....and school supply drop-offs!

It is getting that time!...and I am ready!

I LOVE Fall!

Alllll things Fall are my favorite!

The excitement of school starting back.....the crispness in the air....that just comfort feeling that Fall brings...pumpkins....orange.....FOOTBALL...Halloween......

I could just go on and on!

So.....we are hopeful Fall will bring new light to the world!

Hopeful that school will kick off and they will not have to move to virtual. Hopeful that Alexis will have her cheer season. Hopeful Lily will get to play Fall Soccer.

We are just hopeful.

So we shall see!

But...we are for SURE gearing up for it all! :)

These two have had fun making a fort! They laid like this for half a day just watching movies! Soccer literally loved being under there with her ....like that with his toys too! 

 She kicked off the first day....week...of CHEER!
She has been doing virtual cheer throughout the quarantine and then also through Summer but she has been sooooo READY to be with her squad face to face!
She has had long afternoons of practice and has come home tired and ready for a shower and bed but with a full smile on her face!
She is not use to having work-outs so she is seeing what that world is all about! Her muscles are warming up to the fact that they have to be worked out...so...ya know...she is getting there with that! :)

 Alll the girls! JV cheer squad ready to have a great first week!

 We had her Orientation where she got to find out the flow if the high school. Where all her classes will be...and alllll the fun other details like getting her chromebook. She is bummed she couldnt get a locker....by all of friends...and have a chance to 'make it cute' by decorating it but maybe the Spring they will let them have them! Fingers crossed!
I just cant believe that she is in HIGH SCHOOL! :) :)

 One cheer day was 'color' day! Team GREEN! :)

  One of the days this week...was crazy sock day! They have had so much fun!
I cant wait to watch their season.........if it happens that is!

Disney Circa!

I LOVE doing posts like this!

To look back in time to see the changes!

It makes me happy!

Look at the difference 7 years makes! :)

Circa 2014! I love this of Lex!

And...just for kicks..because I love this of Lily!

And...now look at them! Circa 2020! Where has the time gone!?!?!

We loved this ride then...Circa 2014!....

And in 2020 also! And this time...we got to ride it as many times as we wanted!

Mind blowing! Circa 2014! No pandemic...just a TON of people! It was like this everywhere we were allowed to park the stroller. It was hard to find ours every time!

Different picture angle but the same place. COVID-19 pandemic, Circa 2020. Craziness!

Winnie the Pooh in 2014! {NOTICE the wait time clock on the top left! Wait time...55 minutes!}

Winne the Pooh in 2020! {NOTICE on this one...wait time...5!!! MINUTES! ha!} WOW!

My FAVORITE picture! LOOK at little Lily and Alexis!! Ahhh!! Circa 2014!

And...my new favorite picture of Circa 2020! Love her joy...and her smile!..and just her!

Circa 2014 on the Little Mermaid!

On the Little Mermaid!

Two girls that I have NO idea how they have grown up so fast...Circa 2020!
Love...for a look back in time! :)