Tiny Tot Soccer

Go Blue Lions!

Following all of her coach's instructions

Soccer Star

"I really love doing soccer!" Tonight was Evy's first soccer lesson/game and she LOVED it! I wasn't going to sign her up, but a friend suggested it and Evy was on a team with two of her friends. She listened carefully and followed all of the instructions from her coach. She ran with the ball, kicked the ball, and even scored a goal! At the end of the lesson she asked the coach if she got to keep her shirt and then said "Yes! We get to wear our soccer shirt every minute!" Her team name happens to be the Lions which is pretty lucky since that's her all time favorite animal. She said she would have prefered an orange or pink shirt but she was ok with blue. She keeps asking if she can do more soccer--I think she liked it!

Evy Says

While driving past a large jail Evy asked if that is where Grandma and Grandpa went for vacation. No clue where that came from, but I thought I should correct her before she makes a similar statement in public. I explained that it's a jail and people go there for making bad decisions. Bad decisions like stealing things or hurting other people. She got really quite and said "Mommy, will I have to go to jail for stealing Charlie's toys?"

This weekend Evy awoke ridiculously early both mornings. She wouldn't go back to sleep and proceeded to throw a fit when we told her it was not time to wake up--she is supposed to stay in bed until her nightlight turns into a sun. On Sunday morning I told her that she could not watch TV since she didn't stay in bed. She replied, "I not want to watch TV. It rots my brain."

Boating

Saturday we tried a second attempt at boating with these two wild kids! It went a little bit better, but Charlie still likes to cry and "wrestle" me anytime the boat is moving which doesn't make the experience much fun for me. Oh well, mom's aren't supposed to have fun, right :-)!

Country Music Festival

Howdy y'all! We just returned from the Country Music Festival in Nashville. In four nights we saw Kellie Pickler, Jason Aldean, Lady Antebellum, Zac Brown Band, Brad Paisley, Brantley Gilbert, Jake Owen, The Band Perry, Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Kenny Rogers, Little Big Town, Eric Church, Faith Hill, Kip Moore, Luke Bryan, Dierks Bentley, Rascal Flatts, Alan Jackson, and Martina McBride. Whew--yes we are exhausted! We drove down with two other couples and had a blast. It was my first time in Music City and won't be my last. If you are a fan of country music you must put the Country Music Festival on your to-do list.

 The evening shows were held at LP Field--home of the Tennessee Titans.

 Group shot, with downtown Nashville in the background.

 Jack Daniels Distillery in Lynchburg, TN

 The boys at LP Field

 Waiting for the gates to open at LP Field

Broadway, home of Honky Tonk Row

Gone Fishin'

Great Grandma Elouise's and Great Grandpa Rex's 80 acre farm translates into a lot of fun!

One Sponge Bob pole, one Barbie pole, two real poles and only one fish.

This might have been the highlight of their trip--you don't get to ride like this in the city!

Planting pumpkins and making mud pies.

9 Months

This month has been a productive one for Miss Charlotte. Her first tooth popped through and she started crawling on May 25. It was a big day! We've started giving her finger foods and she does a great job guiding the food to her mouth. Although, above, you can see she also gets food stuck to her cheek. Close enough! She has found her voice and loves to "yell" at us--we laugh because she is so loud! She continues to be a sweet, healthy baby and for that we are grateful. She is very strong and likes to wiggle which makes holding or diapering her a challenge. We think she is going to be in to everything!! Watch out, Charlotte Marie is on the move!

So Sick

This is what Evy has been doing for the last 6 days. The poor thing started with a fever Tuesday night, by Wednesday morning she was at 103.5 so I took her to the doctor. Her strep test was negative so they sent us on our way thinking it was a viral infection. We were dosing her every three hours, rotating betwen Tylenol and Motrin but her fever was still around 101. If we missed a dose it would be back up to 103 within thirty minutes. I took her back to the doctor on Saturday morning and they diagnosed her with tonsillitis and noticed she was starting to get an ear infection. Her second strep test was negative, we got antibiotics for the ear infection. On Saturday afternoon we let her sleep and miss a dose of Tylenol--her fever was 105 when she woke up. Finally today, day 6 of this damn thing, she seems to have more energy. It has been a horrible six days--poor Evy has felt like crap, has a terrible cough, has struggled to sleep, has eaten nothing, and has scared the heck out of us. We've been trying to keep Charlotte away from her and pray that Charlotte does not come down with this next. Scott and I have taken turns sleeping with Evy every night and holding her in a chair during the day so she can sleep. We are probably doomed to catch it. This also explains why there are no photos of fun Memorial Day Weekend activities on this blog!