He's a baller

The title of this blog is "He's a baller", but I'm thinking I might be since this is my third blog today.  You'd think I have been drinking coffee or something (I'm NOT a coffee drinker).  Annie is sleeping (praises) and Bitty is helping Uncle TA on the farm.  

Yes, Bitty is a baller....a t-baller.  I'd have to say that I was super excited about his first game, because you never know what you're going to get with John Brantley.  However, I think he was more excited than I was.  He got dressed two hours early.  

He demanded that we leave well before we actually needed to because the excitement was hard to contain.  He's #2 for the Red Team!!!!

 He got to play first base and was super aggressive.

 He runs better with that tongue out!

 Y'all, it was precious, cute, adorable, and all other words to describe how wonderful Bitty's first game was!!!!!!

Link to Ford's first game....

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A queen for the diva

  You know some people become parents to these little angel children who sleep perfectly, eat great, are laid back and just go with the flow.  Well, I've got news for you.... I've given birth to three children, and NONE of mine fit that description in any way fashion or form.  Thinking over  life thus far, I'd say it goes in birth order from easiest to hardest.  Well, Annie and Bitty run neck and neck for hardest.  Currently she is rocking my world.  Sleeping is NOT on her agenda one bit.  I've heard the beautiful advice of letting her cry it out.  We do that.  Tried it.  She keeps crying.  Like doesn't go to sleep.  I mean 4 hours sitting in her bed because she is stubborn.  Stubborn as the day is LONG!!!!

So last night, May 2, was her last night in the baby bed that all of my monkeys have slept in.

At 12:55 AM she started yelling, "Momma...I need you."  I turned the volume down on the monitor, but I could still see her.  She persisted to act up until 1:48 when I caved and brought her into my room.  She slept great, but Fancy and I didn't.  Therefore, I was at the store to purchase a mattress, box springs, and a bed frame at 8:00 AM sharp.

Goodbye baby bed!

Angels.... These angels were bringing her bed!

The headboard I want is on back order until June, and we have no dust ruffle or bed spread, but we have sheets!

She loves her queen sized bed!!!!!!!

Bitty wanted to nap with her too.  It lasted 3 minutes.

I laid with her while she drank her bottle and she dozed right off.  PLEASE pray she sleeps at night!!!!!!!!

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Ocho

  Where.  Does.  The.  Time.  Go????????  He's 8.  It happened so quickly that I didn't even see it coming.  And birthdays make him happy!!!  The night before his birthday I took the annual last picture for being that age!

And he asked me to rock him.

I asked Ford a series of questions:

What is your favorite food?  Bacon, egg, and cheese

What is your least favorite food?  fruit

What are your favorite things to learn about?  history

What’s your favorite color?  Red, blue, and green

What’s your favorite number?  44 and 89 (Taz’s number)

What are your favorite games to play?  Stack the States

When you have free time what do you like to do?  Play on the Ipad

What is your favorite book?  Junie B. Jones Dumb Bunny

What is your favorite TV show?  Wild Kratts

What is your favorite holiday?   When Jesus was born

What are some things you do well?  Sports

Where are your favorite places to go?   Titans ballgames

What do you like to do with your family?   Spend time

What’s your favorite thing about home?   Watch TV

What’s your favorite thing to do outside?   Riding on the swing

What’s your favorite chore?   Cleaning my room

What’s your least favorite chore?   Taking the garbage out

What is your favorite song?   Welcome to my house

What do you want to be when you grow up?   Big League Baseball player

Where is somewhere you’d like to visit?   The VA

What was your favorite thing about being six?   Going to Disney World

What was something sad that happened when you were six?   You bossing me!!!!!

What do you like to do when you get up in the morning?   Not get ready for school

What is your favorite part of each day?   Lunch

What’s your favorite drink?    Sodas

Where do you want to go to college?   Ole Miss

Who do you want to marry when you grow up?   His repsonse: “Whhhhatttt????”

Where do you want to live when you grow up?   This house

What is something new you want to learn this year?   Multiplication

Clothes size: shirts 6/8, long pants 7 (for length), short 5-6

Height: 49 in.

Weight: 50 lbs.

Ford his birthday he got a new fishing pole, a baseball pitching machine, a thumbprint necklace, and a new Titans colored arm sleeve.

Officially 8

The child LOVES, basically lives and breathes, sports.  Right now we are focused on baseball.

He's managed to make All A's in first grade and never get his color moved!

Happy Happy Birthday to the one who made me a mom!!!!!!  I love you MORE than words can express!

Click here to access his 7 year old blog and links to all other blogs are at the bottom of it!

I just want friends to play in the yard

  My sports loving 8 year old wanted a birthday party, and not just any party, but a sports party.  He could care less about decor and such, he just wanted some friends out in the yard, sweating and playing ball.

He chose the food items: 2 flavors of Gatorade, chocolate chip cookies, cheese puffs, Doritos, pizza, and ice cream.  I asked about cake and he said he didn't like cake.

 From 3:00-5:30 ten little boys made some memories, some cried and some fought!

 Trey was the pitcher/referee/coach.

 Fights

Trey got 3 dump trucks full of sand delivered to my side yard to smooth out the bumps.  Well you can't exactly play ball on a beach, so we had the party at Puddin and Pops's house.

 Looking for a giant lizard that Bitty thought was a snake.

 Annie played with Jack.

 Top row: Ford, Maddux, Leland, Langston, Bitty, Veazey, Jay Jay (we picked Jay Jay up three houses down...he's in Bitty's class.)
Bottom row: Hayes, Caden, Ty, Ty, Annie, Cooper, and Jack

They played baseball, ate snack, played football, soccer, baseball, ate pizza and ice cream, and played hide-n-seek.  Ford said it was exactly what he wanted!!!!!!!!