kindergarten bound...sniffle, sniffle, little smile...

First of all I would like to apologize for not keeping my blog current these last couple weeks...our computer has been very naughty and I've only been able to get on the Internet maybe a total of 15 minutes during that time!!!!!!!!!! Nice, huh!!



Hayden's first day of kindergarten was on Monday...
He was ready, I was ready, Jim was ready, Case was ready...Hayden's been somewhat bored and picking on and sassing everyone in sight for the last few weeks...maybe God was getting us ready to him being gone most of the day at school!?!?!

6:15 am came too early for this little guy snuggled up in his blankets...


My Aunt Marsha gave me this idea of writing a little heart on his hand for the first few days so if he got a little home-sick or scared, he could look at his hand and know that our hearts are with him and we love him...he loved this and Case had one as well...

big boy... (is Case almost falling off the rock wall in the background??)

We have to take Hayden down the road about a mile to get on the bus...these are the kids that live at that house...Hayden has already made friends with the two boys...so far every afternoon when picking him up has been a fight...he wants to stay at their house and play!!!!!!!!!!!! Great, and it's only day 3...

Yikes...is it just me or does that school bus look gigantic??

This was my little boy on the big bus driving away on his first day...as I was crying...was he sitting down, was he scared, was he sitting toward the front so the bus driver could keep an eye on him, would he know to get off at the school and wonder which door he needs to go in...will there be teachers and helpers to make sure he even got in to the building and just didn't wander off down the road?!?!?!?!!??!?!?!?!?!?

Calm down momma, kids do this everyday and they made it through!!!!

Getting of the bus...he gets on the bus at 7:20am and doesn't get home until 4:15pm...that's a long day for a little boy...

This was taken on Tuesday morning....which was the first morning both the boys would be at school and I would be by myself for the first time...
and I have to say, it was nice...

and when asking Hayden so far what has been his most favorite thing...the bus....!!!

traci~momma

wordless wednesday...

traci~momma

my baby went to preschool today...

It was a bittersweet day today...Case started preschool and he's so ready for it, but on the other hand, my baby is not a baby anymore...
I know if you're a mother and you've sent one of your children in to his/her classroom for the first time, you know the heart break I'm feeling right now.
I was tickled there were no tears...from him anyway...this morning as he stood just inside the door of Mrs. Kutz's room...


6:30am this morning...tired, still sleeping in momma and daddy's room...it was thundering and lightening during the night...
Big brother giving him a "pep" talk before the big day started...

FYI: notice the "boat" shoes Case is wearing?! Aunt GG got these for the boys at Easter...I totally forgot about Case needing tennis shoes for school...after all, we all wear flip flops ALL summer...well, after trying on three other pair of shoes, these were the biggest smallest pair that he could maybe tough out the day in until we could find some at the shoe store...I should have tried to get a video of him walking in the boat shoes...poor guy...way to go momma...

"Hurry up guys"...

Oh, he looks so little next to the door way...
my baby, my baby...

Don't pay any attention to the watery, red momma eyes...

Daddy and our baby...

This is the look he gave Jim and I as we were leaving...we both agreed that this scared, "don't know what to do" look broke our hearts...but still, no tears from Case...

Let's go home...

He said he had a really good day, made new friends, and couldn't play outside today...wood chips were wet from the rain...overall...it was a fantastic day for Case's first day of school...

traci~momma

cowboy's in shorts...

Yesterday, out of the blue, the coons decided it was "cowboy" day. They both had their boots and hats on and were toolin' around outside on the gator...shirtless and had very serious looks on their faces!! I took quite a few shots, but here are my three favorites!!

traci~momma

just back from Vegas baby....

Just got back from Vegas Sunday evening...it was my sister's bachelorette party....it was fantastic...here are a ton of pictures from our adventure...


Mom sleeping on the plane on the way out...

breakfast our first morning...

Jennifer is always so great about giving me highlights and a cut no matter where I see her at...

My new friend Jamie...this was the first time I had met her and we totally hit it off...

mom, watch out where you sit after haircuts...yikes...

this was at the club we went to...those younger girls where scaring me... :)

Taking the limo to dinner...

ready to hit the town...

to the pool

me and the "bride to be"...my little sister jenni

we also had a mini bridal shower for her too...

this was on the way home...mom resting at our layover in Denver...she has no idea I took this...any photo I took of her she warned me NOT to put on my blog...sorry, no can do...

traci~momma