MELTON MEMORIES

Happy Valentine's Day

2012-02-09T18:20:00.000-08:00

I was so excited to look in the mail today and see that our Valentine's photo session cd had arrived . A friend of mine at church named Julie Dawkins did these for us, Julie Dawkins Photography. I have known Julie since high school where we were in our church's youth group together. She has taken up photography as a hobby and I think that she is awesome. I thought that before but now I really know its true after having a session with her. Bailey had a basketball game in Bartlesville earlier in the day so at this point Campbell had not had a nap and was not a happy camper. She would not have her picture taken by herself and I honestly believed that I would have no shots of her. Bailey on the other hand was a picture taking princess. She wanted to do every pose that she could think of and then some.

It was worth everything just to have these two pictures taken. These are the best pictures that I have of the girls together, love them!
I got their outfits made from Bergaboo. These two ladies make them in jenks and I just loved them. I had Christmas shirts made with reindeers and then new ones for Valentines day. The skirts match both outfits so I can interchange them. I was so happy with them and think they are just to cute.

These two girls really do love each other so much and get along so well.

Can you believe this girl is 7 years old?

Bailey's basketball team is first in their league and so we will playing in a basketball tournament on Valentine's evening, but I wouldn't have it any other way. Tim and I will be helping out with Bailey's Valentine party at school as well, so that should be a fun time. We will be together as a family and that is the most important thing. Happy Valentine's day y'all, we love ya!

January 2012

2012-02-01T13:39:00.000-08:00

We have had quite the month in January. I have been out of it most of the month after my surgery, but I am happy to say that things are going great. I am using a cane to walk and have finally started driving here and there. I do spend most of my time at home but I am getting so much done that it will be hard to go back to work next week. Bailey has been playing basketball and her team is first in their league. She has also started learning to pitch for softball. Her coach decided that they would be moving up in the league and play 8 and under, which is kid pitch. It's hard to believe that she is at this level already, but were here and she is so excited to learn. I have started teaching her all that I know and she is doing great. I will also be helping to coach her team this year so I am very excited about that.

Campbell is growing and growing, she is amazing. She has such a sweet way about her. She has taken to scarves in the last few weeks and you can find her either dragging them around the house or wrapping herself in them in some way shape or form. She decided the other day that she would get some wrapping paper out and wrap herself as a present, it was so cute! She kept saying, "I ah present mama, I ah present." We are still obsessed with the movie Tangled in our house. Tim and I both have it memorized now. Campbell loves to sing the songs in the movies as well as dance to them.

The other night I had made Campbell dinner. I was still in the kitchen cooking, when I realized that she had gotten really quite all of a sudden. When I looked over there she was, asleep! She was sitting up at the bar on the bar stool and just feel asleep. It was the cutest thing EVER! I grabbed my camera real quick and got these pics, aren't they cute!

We will have a busy weekend with a basketball game in Bartlesville and then we'll hurry home to take some Valentine's Day pictures. My friend Julie at church is taking them, cant wait to post them!

Happy 7th Birthday Bailey

2012-01-18T13:47:00.000-08:00

On December 28th, 2011 Bailey turned 7 years old. I cannot believe how the years have flown by and my first baby is already 7. She is becoming such a wonderful, confident, beautiful young lady that I am so proud of. She is such a sweet and thoughtful girl who is always making gifts or drawings to give to others. She loves drawing and crafts and is quite impressive with her talents. She also loves to play softball and basketball and has recently decided that she wants to be a softball pitcher just like her mama, yeah! Bailey is also very active in her church where she is in the choir and a childrens group called Awanas. She is in the first grade this year and is doing great. She is quite the speller who gets 100's on all of her spelling tests, and she loves to read books. She is a great student and she loves to go to school to see her friends and her teacher Mrs. Caussy.

This year we changed things up for Bailey's birthday. With her birthday being on the 28th it is always very hard to find time to have a birthday party with the holidays. This year we had a whole birthday fun day. I gave Bailey $100 to spend in anyway that she wanted at the mall, and she thought this was crazy cool. After breakfast we headed to the mall and enjoyed hours of shopping. We headed to Build a Bear first where Bailey created a puppy named Sparkle. After our shopping we went to Bailey's favorite place to eat Pei Wei, yes she loves chinese food. Both Grandma B and Grandma and Grandpa Melton were able to join us for lunch as well.

After lunch we headed to the movies to watch Shipwrecked, aka the Chipmunks. After this long day we headed home to prepare for a new adventure the next day, mommy's hip replacement. We actually had our birthday day on the 27th since I was going into surgery on her birthday, but I still had a big day for her planned. We arrived at the hospital the next morning and surprised Bailey with a Nintendo DS that she has wanted for the longest time. Later in the evening I had balloons and cupcakes delivered to my room so we could have a little party for her on her actual birthday. She was extremely surprised and kept telling me that this was the best birthday ever, which made me feel better since I was lying in a hospital bed. I of course have no pictures since I was not in charge of the camera, but knowing my Bailey she will not forget this birthday anytime soon. Happy Birthday baby girl I love you so much, I am such a lucky mommy to have a daughter like you!

Perfect

2011-11-28T18:57:00.000-08:00

Yes, there is no doubt about it she is the perfect little girl. I know all mama's say that about there kids, and they should. Some say that toddlers are a handful, but I love this age. You really start to see their personality coming out and they are so sweet and polite. I just love my little Cami, she is just a doll. I have always said that I can never get a good picture of her, well finally here it is. This is the sweet face that I get to look at everyday.

She loves being a helper right now and she did a great job helping to decorate the tree.

I have realized that I have been MIA in the blog world for over 2 months so I am trying to get back on the bandwagon. It is always just crazy around here. I do have some news to share, and no I am not pregnant. On December 28th I will be having a hip replacement done on my right hip. This stems from my hip dislocating when I was 13. I have been living with ALOT of pain over the past few years due to severe arthritis, bone on bone, and bone spurs in my hip. I went in for another opinion and was told that my hip was starting to shift out of socket, again. So I decided that I needed to suck it up and have it done. It will be a rocky road for several weeks, but the alternative I am living is not any better. I cant even take walks right now without being in severe pain, so exercise has been out of the question for sometime and that is starting to show its affects as well. So right now I am focusing on my goal of being able to walk for exercise again and just being pain free on a daily basis. So keep Timmy in your prayers as we go on our "experience" at the end of the month, he will be taking on several different roles all at once. I wont even be able to bend over for a few weeks, darn I can't clean house, ha!

Thanksgiving 2011

2011-11-28T18:35:00.000-08:00

We'll another Thanksgiving has come and gone, and it was a great one in our neck of the woods. We had a long day, but a very fun day. We started by heading down to Okmulgee early Thanksgiving morning so we could help my wonderful grandma cook Thanksgiving lunch. I have to admit I am terrible at getting family pics, Tim and Bailey only wanted to do funny pictures so this is the best of what I got. Bailey has discovered her hidden talent of crossing her eyes, I'm so proad, ha!

Campbell had a good time checking out everything in the garage, her favorite item was the riding lawn mower.

Me and my girl.

My grandma Pat got Campbell these boots for her birthday and she is obsessed with them. They are a bit big and it is kind of hard for her to walk in them, but that does not stop her one bit. She calls the, "my boots."

Hard to believe she will be 7 years old in a very short month.

After an afternoon in Okmulgee we headed to Bristow for Thanksgiving dinner. Grandma Melton has ponies the kids can ride, ponies on a stick that is. Cami had a good time galloping around the house.

After dinner we sat around the table so the kids could tell us all the things they want for Christmas. You might as well put a circle around the Toys R Us catalogue because they want everything in it, ha!

Bailey and Preston, cousins.

Campbell and Grandma Melton.

Such a pretty girl, I am so thankful for her!

Happy Birthday Ramsey!

2011-09-25T21:05:00.000-07:00

We spent a gorgeous Sunday afternoon with our neighbors and good friends, the Hurt family. Their daughter Ramsey turned 2 years old. She and Campbell are only five short days apart and they are super BFF's. Over the past few months Campbell has really come to realize her friends across the street and is always asking to go play with "Amsey" and "Addison". So we had so much fun today at their Sesame Street party, it was a huge hit with the kiddos. Mama Megan is super crafty and they made so many cute things for the party, including the cupcakes and toppers.

Campbell was loving her cupcake.

Bailey enjoyed pulling the birthday girl around the yard in her chariot.

We are definitely going to have to get with it and invest in a swing set. Ramsey has a super awesome one and Campbell had such a blast playing on it, she especially loved to swing. So if anyone is wondering what to get Cami for her birthday a swing set would be the perfect gift. ;)

As I said Megan is super crafty. She and her husband cut out this super cute Elmo and painted it. I tried to get Campbell to stand next to it to take her picture, but all she did was stand and look at it. I don't think she knew what to make of it.

Well of course Miss Bailey had a blast at the party. She loves a good party or any excuse to eat cake, wonder where she gets that from?

And once again her is the famous Elmo. I am quite curious to know what Miss Megan will be doing with this Elmo now that the party is over?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAMSEY!

Labor Day & Princess

2011-09-05T20:05:00.000-07:00

Well we didn't do much on Labor Day this year. We went outside for awhile and then did somethings around the house, a pretty boring day basically. Campbell has discovered something new, princesses. She loves princesses of any kind. She has a Disney princesses doll that is the size of her that she carries around the house and dances with.

She loves to twirl around and around with it and it is so sweet. She loves to watch the movie Tangled and I think that is where it all began. We had planned on a Mickey Mouse party but we may have to re-think the whole thing.

Basically from now on when you see pictures of Campbell she will look like cousin It. She has started this other new thing where she wants nothing in her hair. She walks around with hair covering her face and it drives me crazy. I hope to somehow fix this soon.

Many of you may not know that we had a new addition to our family a few months ago, his name is Charlie. He is now 7 months old and driving me completely INSANE! He chews, digs, whines and jumps. I know that he is a puppy and I am hoping that I can make it thru this phase without killing him. Shelby on the other hand is madly in love with him and has a nervous break down if he leaves the yard for any reason. We got Charlie to help Shelby shed some pounds and regain her confidence, which she has done both. I snapped this picture of him today to remind myself that he is so cute and I just need to wait it out, so far its not working,ha!

Happy Birthday Tim

2011-09-05T19:49:00.000-07:00

Mr. Melton turned 38, yes you heard me right 38, on August 29, 2011. We had a little cookout/get-together in Timmy's honor.
Doesn't he look so cut blowing out his birthday candles. I thought only two were necessary so that we wouldn't melt the cake.

The Birthday Boy

Tim's sister came over with her 2 boys and we tried very hard to get a good shot of all of the kids. Which would have been perfect if my Campbell wasn't being her usual self and running from the camera. The picture below is a perfect example of how my pictures usually turn out.

This is Noah, he is Tim's sisters boy, he is just to cute for words. Tim couldn't help himself, he had to break out the hair gel and give him a Mohawk, can you see how desperate he is to have a son of his own!

We tried again to get Campbell in a shot somehow but once again she is trying very hard to get away from the camera, no modeling in our future here!

Bedtime

2011-09-05T19:36:00.000-07:00

Here are some pic's of the girls getting ready for bed the other night.

Campbell decided that she was going to put on as many clothes on that she could. At this point I think there were about 5 things around her neck.

I tried to get some shots of them together, but as usual that never happens, lol!!

Nighty night all!

Miss Campbell Avery

2011-09-01T21:30:00.000-07:00

I wanted to give a little update on Campbell. Since I have started working I have fallen off the blogger bandwagon. I do keep up with the girls thru scrapbooks and journals. I am one of those people who likes to have a tangible item in their hands and I want to have something that I know my girls will have 20 years from now. We have a great time pulling out our scrapbooks and looking at pictures and pages of all that we have done. So please know that I am documenting their lives in many ways.

We took these pictures of Cami on Baileys first day of first grade. This is in front of our sitters house, Miss Whitney, who Campbell loves. She will be 2 years old in only 28 short days and I plan to give a full update at that time. She is running, laughing, and talking up a storm these days. She has discovered how to dance and twirl and it is the cutest thing ever.

She loves giving hugs and kisses. She will come up to you out of nowhere and say, "I give you hug mama!" My heart just about melts. She wraps those little arms around my neck and it takes my breath away. She loves to watch the movie Tangled, that is her very latest thing. I don't know what it is about that movie but she will sit and watch the whole thing. She is just so fun to be around, Tim calls her his stress relief. She is such a laid back little girl who doesn't have a care in the world, she is truly amazing!

Our beautiful girl!

First Day of 1st Grade

2011-09-01T21:16:00.000-07:00

Yes, it finally happened, Bailey has started the first grade. I honestly just cannot wrap my brain around it, it doesn't seem real. Here she is in all her blondie beauty, that's what her daddy calls her. She was so excited for the first day of school. She has a new doggy backpack and lunchbox. Bailey has decided that she needs to take her lunch this year because the school food is just "slop."

We decided for a dress ensemble for the first day and I think it was a great choice, she looks so grown up.

Her teacher this year is Mrs. Caussey and she has been a teacher in Broken Arrow for 20 years and I think she is really great. She will teach the kids all the normal reading and math, but she is also very big on manners and compassion for others. I like that she focuses on who the child is as a person and not just what they learn academically.

On our way to school, even Campbell is excited!

Miss Caussey asked the kids to each bring a bear for the first few days of school, an idea that Bailey loved. I think it gave them some comfort in there new environment.

Family picture time!

I hope that you have an amazing year in first grade Bailey. You amaze me with all the things that you know and learn on a daily basis. I love that you are such a smart girl with an awesome heart, I love you!

Meet The Teacher-1st Grade

2011-08-27T14:10:00.000-07:00

On Tuesday August 23rd 2011 we went to Spring Creek for Baileys meet the teacher night. Her teacher for 1st grade is Mrs. Caussey and she has been teaching at Spring Creek for 19 years. She is a great lady and I am so excited that Bailey will be in her class this year. We did not get a picture with the teacher because she was a very busy lady but one will be coming soon, I hope. Above is Bailey at her very own desk that she will have this year, it even had her name on it which really impressed her.

A picture outside the school.

Bailey and her Grandma Melton.

Family picture time.

And here she is Princess Bailey, no really she got this at the dentist. Can you believe that they are giving things like this away at the dentist these days. On top of that she has a bag full of toothbrushes, toothpaste, and floss. Well, she did deserve it, no cavities!

Sunday School Swim Party

2011-08-27T13:59:00.000-07:00

We have a super awesome Sunday school class at church and we always get together at least once a month and do something. A few weeks ago just the adults went out to dinner while another Sunday school class at our church provided us with free childcare, awesome! Last weekend we had a swimming party with all the kiddos and we had a great time. The pool that we were at was something out of a magazine. It wasn't just a pool but an outdoor living space with a full kitchen, fireplace, and pool house. Above is Bailey with her friend Bella.

This is Shopia who will be two on September 16th. She and Campbell are very good friends.

Miss Campbell and Blair playin with the chaulk buckets.

Bailey and Avery BFF's.

Miss Campbell loves to go swimming and she has just started to float on her own, she's gettin so big.

Pics of Campbell

2011-08-27T13:48:00.000-07:00

Our Sunday school class had a swimming party last weekend and these are some cute random pics of Cami I took.

Little snooper!

Miss Flamingo!

Growing so fast!

Daddy's Hat

2011-08-27T13:44:00.000-07:00

Campbell Avery Melton
August 2011 23 Months Old

Yougurt Time

2011-08-27T13:41:00.000-07:00

Easy Bake Oven

2011-08-27T13:18:00.000-07:00

Since Bailey's brithday and Chrsitmas fall with in 3 days of one another I usually put half of the presents up in her closet and then we pull them out during the year when she needs something new to play with. So the other night we brought out the easy bake oven. It was pretty "EASY" and Bailey had a great time doing it.

It's all mixed up and ready to bake.

Pushing it into the oven to cook.

The final product was a yellow cake with fudge icing, good job little chef!

Off To Church

2011-08-27T13:11:00.000-07:00

It seems that I can never get pictures of the girls when they are freshly clean so I snapped these real quick in the church parking lot last Sunday.

Of course Miss Campbell is always on the go so this is the best shot I could get. She loves her strawberry wear!

USA Softball

2011-08-06T19:48:00.000-07:00

At the end of July we took a girls trip to OKC to watch the Softball World Cup. The teams playing were USA, Japan, Australia, United Kingdom, and Canada. We had a great time watching the games. Bailey is fascinated by the Japan team. She loves the way they look and talk. I can only dream that I will be able to sit like she is in the picture above. She started getting kind of antsy, so I told her she could go sit down close. When I looked up this is what I saw, holy moly I can only dream of that flexibility one day.

My mom went with us. The two of us could sit and watch games all day long, but Bailey has a time limit. She did very well thru all the games and the heat, we had a great time.

We stayed in Bricktown even though it was way to hot to spend the day strolling outside. I had found this place online before we left and knew that I would have to take Bailey. I told her I had a surprise for her and didn't tell her where we were going. We went to a cupcake/candy store called Pinkitsle, I think that's how its spelled. It is a super fancy, fun, very girly candy store. Baileys face lit up like a lightbulb when she first walked in, it was awesome.

They also made the most awesome cupcakes. It was so fun to sit and have a little treat.

Bailey had lots of team USA spirit. She made her own poster to hold up during the game.

I had to show this picture because it is very amazing to me. This pitcher for USA is on her tippy toes. Every pitch she extends up very high and is on her toes, she was amazing

We also got to see the wounded soilders softball team. These soilders had lost limbs fighting for our country in Iraq. It was so amazing and inspirational to see all that they had overcome.

Sadly all good things come to an end, but we had a great weekend, a tradition I hope will continue for years and years to come.

Summer Vacation 2011

2011-08-06T19:20:00.000-07:00

In mid July we took a very short 2 day vacation in Branson. We didn't do much, we tried to take it very easy, but with 2 kids that's always an illusion. We stayed at the Keeter Center at the College of the Ozarks, a working college. It was the best place we have ever stayed or eaten at in Branson, I highly recommend it. We went to the Branson Landing to see the water show but it was not working so Bailey got a tattoo instead.

It is very hard to pick just the right tattoo, I cant imagine the stress of choosing a real one, yikes!

Campbell had a great time walking around and checking everyone and everything out.

The final product.

A quick family photo after leaving the pool. Instead of paying $100 for all of us to get into White Water we decided that we would check out the Branson pool. We were very impressed, it was a great place to take the kids and it only cost us $14, yeah frugal!

Bailey loved wearing the hotel robes, she thought she was super stylish, as she calls it.

We really didn't do much other than the pool. We did go shopping at the outlet mall, can't go to Branson without going there. It was as if God was watching over me that day. Cami and I went to Tanger to shop, where she feel asleep and slept for 2 hours, that's a vacation in itself. Tim and Bailey had some bonding time at the go cart track, where they had a blast.

We had a huge balcony that we all loved to sit in and that Cami loved to look over at the ground below, so scary for momma.

Pure Sex

2011-07-30T13:10:00.000-07:00

I'm not sure if anyone has ever heard that term before, Pure Sex, but my Grandma Betty always used to say that when she saw something of this nature. She would say, "now thats pure sex." So when I saw these pictures of Tim that is exactly what came to mind.

We were at a family get together for the 4th of July and leave it up to my husband to find a way to refer to breasts in some way, shape , or form. What I love most about this picture is that Campbell is trying to catch daddy's boobies, awesome!

My Sweet Bailey

2011-07-30T13:04:00.000-07:00

I just love this picture of Bailey, she just looks like the sweetest little girl in the world. I see this sweet girl alot but I am also starting to see how they change and get older and learn how to have an attitude and talk back to you. Oh sorry I got off track , back to my sweet Bailey, I love her so very much and I am loving watching her grow into a beautiful, confident, and bright young lady.

We were at a birthday party for another Bailey from our church when I took these pictures of the super Bailey and her starfish swim floaties. We are learning to swim but were still a little unsure of ourselves at times and we begin to panic so we where these just in case.

And one must always hold there nose before they jump.

Hands Behind Her Back

2011-07-30T12:53:00.000-07:00

Campbell has this cute little way that she stands all the time, with her hands behind her back. She will just walk around, especially if she's not sure of something, or she is checking something out. It is the cutest thing ever to watch her when she is doing this.

Look at those sweet little hands!

And of course she is in love with this swing, yes Aunt Jenny this is yours. We borrowed it a few months ago for a friend of mine and when Campbell saw it in the garage she just about flipped out, she kept pointing at it saying "sit, sit." We brought it in the house and she loves to sit in it and swing herself. She will sit in it before she goes to bed and watches some cartoons, it gets her nice and sleepy.

Fathers Day 2011

2011-07-30T12:43:00.000-07:00

We had a quite little Father's Day celebration at my folks house this year. We had the usually cookout and swimming and just some good time catching up with family and friends. Miss Campbell loves to play the piano at my moms house. I tried to get a pic before she was done but she kept telling me no no!

Campbell and daddy trying to get a cute little photo, but no success.

The kids had a great time in the pool. At this point I was still recovering from my surgery and was not allowed to get into the water, its made for a very long, hot summer.

Its crazy how different kids are. Campbell wants to grab the camera every time you try to get a shot of her. That is why she is hardly ever smiling in any of her pictures. But Bailey is at this point where she loves to strike a pose whenever she can, even in the water.

Such a pretty girl!

Two peas in a pod, Bailey and daddy.

And Campbell ended our day on such a wonderful note. She decided that she wanted to take a pool towel into her pool with her, Happy Fathers Day 2011!

Softball Awards

2011-06-08T19:26:00.000-07:00

After a long season of softball what does a girl want? A trophy of course, and that is exactly what we got on awards night. At the 7 & under age group they do not have rankings but everyone does get recognized and receives a trophy for participation.

This is Bailey's team BA Xpress, these girls have played together for 2 years now and they have some great coaches who are really great with the girls and the parents.

Here is Miss Bailey with her big fancy trophy. She loved that it had a softball in the middle of it, awesome she says!

Bailey and some of her team mates Abbie and Chloe, doing what they do best, being silly :)

Softball 2011

2011-06-08T19:12:00.000-07:00

We just ended another exciting season of softball. It turns out that Bailey is quite the talent when it comes to softball. She has been nicknamed Slugger by some for her amazing ability to SMACK the crap out of the ball, no joke. Now once again I know that I am her mother but really she has a talent when it comes to hitting. Now fielding on the other hand could use some improvement but lets remember she is only 6. She has also informed me that she wants to be a pitcher which of course is music to my ears. So of course this momma will do whatever it takes to get this little girl where she wants to be.

And where exactly does she want to be you may ask, well Bailey has already informed us that she wants to play softball at either OU or OSU and quite honestly the fact the she already has this goal makes me ecstatic and I will not try to influence or persuade her in either direction, now her father on the hand is a different story. We had planned to go to the College World Series in OKC this past weekend but due to some unexpected surgery we were not able to go. Bailey has watched almost all the games on tv, she amazes me how she will sit and watch a whole softball game on tv and never get boared and she is excited to hear that another is coming on.

I just pray that my sweet little softball angel continues with this enthusiasm and attitude because if she does I know that she will be truly amazing with this gift that God has given her.

Last Day of Kindergarten

2011-06-08T18:49:00.000-07:00

I'm really not sure if I was more sad on the first or last day of kindergarten. It is so hard to believe that this year has already come to an end and that she will be in first grade in only a few short months. Bailey has been an excellent student, and I am not just saying that because I'm her mother. She is an amazing reader and she loves to write books. Yes she writes them, illustrates them, and then binds them in some way shape or form. Bailey also loves to draw and she took special art classes after school all year called Young Rembrandt's. A special art teacher comes in and teaches the children how to draw people and objects better and in a more 3D way.

The picture above is a gift that we made for Bailey's teacher Mrs. Black. We used some scrapbook paper and stickers and we took a picture of the two of them on the first day of school. We then wrote a little thank you note to her teacher and then put it all together in a frame. I was not there when she gave it to her but from what I hear it was a huge hit.

And here is my beautiful baby girl on her last day of kindergarten, she is such a beautiful young lady and I am so proud of all the things that she has accomplished thus far. I love you baby girl!

Sunday Night Choir

2011-05-18T21:02:00.000-07:00

Every Wednesday night Bailey goes to choir practice. This past Sunday they had a big performance that they put on. Bailey always talks about how she would like to be up on stage so tonight she got her big chance. She did such a great job.

Here she is before the show with some friends warming up, haha!!

I decided that if we sit in the front row that maybe we could keep Campbell's attention a little bit longer than 5 minutes. JACKPOT, we have a winner. She was great for the whole show. She loved all the singing and movements up on the stage. She decided that she would dance to all the songs so a shot from behind was the best picture I could get. She was dancin from side to side, throwin her hands up in the air and boppin up and down. It was the cutest thing ever.

I just had to show you a picture of Campbell's new smile. Whenever we tell her to smile or say cheese this is the precious face that we get.

Rooster Day Fun Run

2011-05-18T20:51:00.000-07:00

This past weekend was Rooster Days, so we celebrated by being in the first ever Rooster Day Fun Run. We'll actually I should say Tim and the girls ran, while mommy had mommy time at some neighborhood garage sales with my mommy. Tim works alot and misses out on alot of the fun stuff that we do, so we thought it would be a good idea for him to do things like this with the girls so that they would create some memories together.

We'll it turns out they had a blast, even Campbell had a great time. The 7:30am start time was not the best but Bailey was up at 6:30am ready to run.

After the run they stayed to watch the parade. And what would possibly be the best thing that we could hand out to small children at 9:30 in the morning, well a Blue Bell ice cream sandwich of course. They were out handing out free sandwiches to the kids and as you can see from the picture Miss Campbell loved every minute of it.

Later in the day Bailey got herself all dressed up and she looked so cute we had to have a photo session. I cant believe how big she is getting. In 7 days she will no longer be my little kindergartner, but a first grader, man this year has flown by. Isn't she beautiful!

Happy Mother's Day 2011

2011-05-09T21:30:00.000-07:00

We'll if this picture doesn't sum it all up for you I don't know what will. One kid throwing up gang signs, no sorry I think that means six, haha, and the other is picking her nose. Mother's Day just doesn't get any better than that. I decided to take these pictures at the end of a long day and as you can see it didn't really work to well. Bailey and I have the Oklahoma wind blown hairdo's going on and Campbell, well Campbell is just being herself. She has recently discovered her nose and she has also discovered that her finger will fit up there, and the best part is yet to come. You guessed it, she has learned that her finger will pull things out of her nose that she will then proceed to put in her mouth, isn't that awesome!!

We'll we did have a great mother's day at the Melton's. Saturday evening I received a card that plays music, which Campbell loves and some beautiful flowers. And then out of no where Bailey says that she wants to do the dishes, so I showed her right where to go and she and daddy cleaned the kitchen for me. I was in heaven.

We had a great day together as a family and we then went over t my moms for a family cookout. I decided that I wanted to get my mom something that we could do together that we have both never done before, so we will be going to get facials in the coming weeks so I will keep you posted on that. Thank you guys for everything I love you lots. I am so lucky to have such a great husband who is always looking out for me, I love you Tim. And thank you Bailey and Campbell, the best daughters any mommy could ever have, I love you!

Check out the stud above, how lucky am I? How does he get those muscles so big?

Garage Sale Saturday

2011-05-09T21:02:00.000-07:00

Not only does Bailey love softball, which makes me grin from ear to ear, but she also loves garage sales. Yes, you heard me right she loves to get up early and go bargain hunting with her mommy. She looks so cute with her little purse filled with all the money she has been saving in her penny bank. She never gets tired and is always eager to find another sale. She will always point out signs to, and it is amazing what people will give away for free to a cute little girl.

This past Saturday we spent sometime together going to a neighborhood sale and this was her favorite find. It did cost me $5 but that was after I got the lady down from $10. Bailey insisted that she needed this dance costume, it was a very nice costume that some girl had worn at a dance recital. Bailey recently has taken to lip singing and dancing, so she insisted that she needed a "special outfit" in order to do this.

I have to say she looked very cute in it and she wore it for the rest of the day. She had a great time posing for the camera as you can see.
The other great buy she got was for $1.00 and she is quite proud of this. It is the doll that you see below lying next to Bailey. No, that is not a person its actually a doll that is the size of Bailey and as long as Bailey. Last night she decided that she wanted to sleep on our floor so in she came with her doll, who she named Bailey, and they were asleep within 5minutes, awesome.

Yes, We're Still Alive

2011-05-04T20:47:00.000-07:00

I know that many of you are probably in shock right now, I know I haven't posted in quite a few months. We are still alive, and honestly it's amazing that I haven't lost my mind in the recent months and been committed. On second thought that might actually be like a vacation, and Lord knows I need one of those. Literally we have something going on almost every single day. Bailey went from basketball to softball and between practice and games we were spending 3-5 days a week practicing or playing games. I have loved every minute of it, but when your the only parent home in the evening and you take an 18 month old to a ballgame at 8:00 at night, I think you get the idea. Chasing Campbell around the softball field and trying to watch Baileys game at the same time is multi-tasking at the max. I do have to say a big thank you to my mom, there are times that I would not make it thru if it were not for her. And since she's the official softball scorekeeper she actually gets to watch the game. Even though Tim is working later hours we are thankful that for the time being the Honda business has been doing very well. We have also become very involved in our church over the last few months. We are there Sunday morning, Sunday evening, and Wednesday evening. Bailey has joined choir and we have a really great Sunday school class that we get together with allot. So with all that going on by 10:30pm, my average time that I usually sit down in the evenings, I am exhausted. I never watch tv anymore and I can hardly keep my eyes open long enough to watch the one soap opera that I do record, Days of Our Lives, which Tim likes and watches with me, hehe!!!
But I am loving my new job and things have been going great.

There was recently an art show at one of the Broken Arrow Community centers. It was a collection of art that was selected from students all over Broke Arrow grades K-12. It was then displayed for everyone to see, and one of Baileys many masterpieces was chosen for this show. In case any of you don't know Bailey loves art. She loves to draw, color, and paint. She takes special art classes after school and I am really impressed with some of the things she makes. This picture was called "Starry Night."

Miss Campbell is growing like a weed. She is gabbering away and is so much fun. Even though we haven't made any posts we have been journaling all the things she has been doing and will update you all soon. Her hair has gotten crazy long and has the cutest curls in the back. She loves raisins and devours them in seconds. She is just precious, with a few scary moments mixed in, haha!!

The girls still get along great. Cami lights up when she sees Bailey after school, it is so sweet to see them run to each other and hug.

Bailey is turning into a beautiful young lady. She has a great heart and is talented at so many things. It makes me so happy to see that she is becoming so well rounded. She loves art, and sports,she is doing awesome in school and is a great student, she loves playing cops and robbers with all her boy cousins, and then turns around at the end of the day and wants me to paint her toenails and buy her dresses, I love it, and I love her even more.

Little Valentine

2011-02-13T20:30:00.000-08:00

This will be Campbell's 2nd Valentine's Day. Here are some cute pic's that she took with daddy to celebrate.

Sweetheart is the perfect word to describe this precious little girl.

Happy Valentines Day 2011

Yum Yum

2011-02-13T20:20:00.000-08:00

Campbell has the best time eating so I figured I should capture it on camera. She is still a picky eater but she has made some major progress. She still eats allot of her fruits and veggies in baby food form. I figure if she will eat a whole jar of mixed veggies than I should thank my lucky stars and feed it to her. She does like bananas, but there is a catch to how she will eat one. She likes for you to leave the rind on and peel it back, the way most people eat them. Then when she has eaten far enough down she will hand it to me to peel back some more. She will end up eating the whole thing, but if you cut it up she wont touch it, crazy child!

This particular meal she was eating spaghetti with meat sauce, and her absolute favorite, toast. Yes you heard me right she goes crazy over toast. She sees me pull out the toaster and she starts jumping up and down pointing at the toaster, and starts yelling mama mama all at the same time. I have to work double time to get it made before she goes bananas, ha!

Along with toast she also enjoys allot of other foods, one that really caught me off guard was sasuage. She loves it and I have no idea why. She has also taken to yogurt, turkey hot dogs, raisins, and she loves ritz wheat crackers. I know these things don't sound very amazing but if you only knew where we started you would totally understand. The other crazy thing is that Campbell will not drink juice. I have tried every kind in every form but she will have nothing to do with it. So we will just stick to the water and milk.

One of Campbell's favorite things to do these days is to say hi and bye to total strangers. When we are at Reasors or Wal-mart she loves waving and saying hi to all the people that pass by. It is the cutest thing ever, especially when she has this giant grin across her face. She also loves saying bye as well. When I pick her up from the sitters the first thing she does after I pick her up is turn to Miss Whitney and say bye bye.

Walking Board

2011-02-13T19:57:00.000-08:00

Well the snow is finally melting away but up until this point we have been indoors about 90% of the time. Tim and I have been walking on the treadmill quite often and Bailey has really taken a liking to it as well. One evening she asked if she could walk on the "walking board," as she calls it, and I thought why not. She goes in and walks on the walking board every night for about 15 minutes, its so cute. She says she wants to stay in shape for softball so she can run the bases really fast, and of course you know that I am just grinning from ear to ear!

Piggy Tails

2011-02-03T13:42:00.000-08:00

The snow days are definitely getting to us and finding things to do inside is getting scares. We have had some fun playing beauty shop and Bailey decided that she wanted some piggy tails in her hair. They turned out really cute and it reminded me of a picture I took of her when she was 2. She didn't have much hair and I was trying everything to keep it out of her face. So the above picture is when Bailey was 2 and the bottom is now when she is a big 6 year old girl. Its so hard to believe how much time had flown by.

More Snow Days

2011-02-02T19:19:00.000-08:00

As I mentioned before it can get a bit crazy when the kids get cooped up for to long. Ms. Campbell has done quite well, she has been finding allot to do like riding her dinosaur or roaming around the house naked. Yes, I said naked and then stopping to watch TV for awhile. This was after the fact that she had decided to take her diaper off on her own. How lucky for me that she is so advanced and can already get undressed all by herself, yeah!

And then there is poor Shelby. When she stepped out on the back porch yesterday morning she didn't quite know what to do with herself. Her poor fat body was so cold and she had to pee so bad but there was no where to go, so finally she figured out that she was going to have to cope a squat right there next to the door and that she did. Once we got the driveway cleared off she has had a blast running in the snow, but then after that she is pooped and this is where she can be found in her own warm bed, life is tough let me tell you!

Snow Days

2011-02-02T19:08:00.000-08:00

We got out and enjoyed the Blizzard of 2011 today. I think we got about 14 inches or so. We spent allot of the day digging out of our driveway where we had 4 foot snow drifts right outside of our garage. I guess because of the way our house sets and all the blowing snow we had it was a really bad combination for our driveway. We did manage to make a big dent in it but there is still allot to go.

Below is a picture of our back porch, I'm really not sure how deep the snow is but if you look at the above picture you get a pretty good indication. Bailey is standing up in the snow and it is going past her knees, to her waist in some places.

Bailey had a great time playing outside with Shelby. I think they lasted about 20 minutes and then decided they were done. Campbell has watched things from the window which is the safest place for her in my opinion. Tomorrow we plan on making some snow ice cream and no sew blankets, yeah! Tim and I have been home the last two days since both of our places of employment have been closed. I got a call from my boss this evening saying that we would be closed tomorrow as well due to the fact that there is no way to get into our parking lot since the snow plows have piled snow in front of the parking lot entrances. Trust me I did have to hold back the tears, ha! But really two kids plus 3 days stuck in a house with no way out is not a good combination. The icing on the cake is the fact that Broken Arrow called this evening to say there would be no school for the rest of the week. Looks like Timmy will have another take your kid to work day on Friday, have fun!

100th Day of Kindergarten

2011-02-02T18:39:00.000-08:00

On Monday Bailey had her 100th day of kindergarten. Its hard to believe this year is more than half over and soon my little one will be a 1st grader, but lets not go there right now. So in honor of this special day the kids were asked to make a project using 100 of something. We decided to make this rainbow with 100 puffy balls in different colors. And to add a special touch we added allot of blue and green glitter. Bailey and I had allot of fun making this project together, rainbows are one of her favorite things.

Changing Times

2011-01-26T19:06:00.000-08:00

Well I know that many of you are wondering where we have been and let me tell you, we have been BUSY! We have encountered many changes in the Melton household. The first is that mommy got a new, job, YEAH! This is something that I have wanted to do for sometime now, but I wanted to find the right fit for me and the girls. I am a Lending Support Specialist with Farm Credit Service in Broken Arrow at 71st and Lynn Lane. It is a normal Mon-Fri 830-5 job and so far I am loving it. It is a whole new ballgame but I really like it so far. Basically I prepare all documents such as abstracts, mortgages, checks, etc for loans, and a whole other list of things as well.

Campbell has started at a new babysitter that is a in home daycare. She is doing very well and already made a new friend who is the same age as her. It has been a bit of an adjustment but we are managing. Tim takes care of the girls in the morning and I have them in the evening along with all their activities. We are finally getting settled after the 3rd week into our new routine and the girls are doing great.

Bailey started playing basketball and she is loving it. She is is such a girly girl but she loves her sports to. She is doing awesome and we are so looking forward to softball that will begin in March.

Campbell is quite the walker these days. She started walking about 3 weeks ago and she hasn't stopped since. She is growing so fast and she is such a fun girl.

Bailey is 6

2011-01-07T11:29:00.000-08:00

On December 28, 2010 Bailey turned 6 years old. I cannot believe that this day has come. It always feels like it is forever away but believe me it will sneek right up on you.

Baileys official birthday was the Tuesday after Christmas. She decided that she wanted to eat at the Macaroni Grill so we had a small party there with all the grandparents.

I got Bailey this Barbie case that has all different colors of make-up in it and she was in LOVE with it. I loved it because the colors in it were actually pretty and she didn't look like a clown after putting on the make-up by herself.

Here she is all done, she looks beautiful. She was so proud of herself.

I surprised her with this balloon at the restaurant. I loved the gasp and happy, lighted look on her face, it was priceless.

My 2 Front Teeth

2011-01-07T11:20:00.000-08:00

On Christmas night Bailey lost her bottom 2 front teeth. We were watching a movie and all of a sudden she yelled, "I got it." After that she decided that she would pull the other one as well. They had both been loose for awhile but I was really surprised that she pulled them out on her own with no whining, AMAZING!

Christmas Day #2

2011-01-01T21:51:00.000-08:00

Here are some pics from Christmas Day.

Who loves ya mama? I do. Thats what she said right before this picture.

Mister Noah, took cute for words.

Grandma and Grandpa Melton and all their grand kids: Bailey, Campbell, Noah, and Preston.

Double trouble - Preston and Bailey.

Christmas Day #1

2011-01-01T21:45:00.000-08:00

On Christmas day we had Tim's family over to celebrate with a big dinner and gifts for the kids.

Campbell and her Papa Melton, they are two peas in a pod. I lust love this picture. Papa got her a ball that lights up when it bounces and Campbell just thought it was the funniest thing.

Miss Bailey in her Christmas dress.

I tried getting a pic of all the grand kids together and this is the best I got. I love the way Noah is looking at Bailey like who the heck are you?

AAHHH, another beautiful family moment caught in a picture. We were lucky to get this because it was 8:30pm and we were all exhausted, but it turned out great.

Christmas Morning #2

2011-01-01T21:32:00.000-08:00

Here are some more pics from Christmas morning, enjoy!

Christmas Morning

2011-01-01T21:28:00.000-08:00

We had a great Christmas morning, Bailey wasn't up until 8:00am so I was able to cope. Campbell didn't wake until 9:00am so we enjoyed watching Bailey opening her presents and spending some special time with her. After presents we had a pancake breakfast and spent the morning lounging, watching tv, and playing with toys. It was a great Christmas.

Bailey digging in her stocking.

Ripping thru the paper. She was so excited to find Barbie rain boots.

Campbell was so much fun this Christmas. She loved opening gifts and she would rip the paper right off of things with no help needed. She also loved digging into her stocking to see all the fun things that Santa had left her.

Santa brought Bailey a new desk and some Carebears, which he has been searching for for months. The Carebears were a great success. Santa also brought Campbell a new car. I have talked about the red one we have that I use all the time. We'll we found this one that is bigger than the one we have so she can use it longer and it also has very quite wheels, its awesome. It also has a steering wheel that goes round and round and a horn that sounds like the real thing. Since Campbell loves her red car this one was a huge success. In the picture she is clapping out of pure joy.

Cookies For Santa

2011-01-01T21:12:00.000-08:00

One of our Christmas Eve traditions is to make cookies for Santa. We had a very relaxing day on Christmas Eve, we had nothing planned, it was great. So that night we baked away. It seems like the more pictures I take of this beautiful girl the older she looks. I cant believe how grown up she looks.

Bailey made the cookies all by herself. She really loves working in the kitchen. She calls me Big Chef and she's Little Chef.

Our creation is complete and ready to go on the plate for Santa.

And we cant forget the reindeer, they like cookies to, but no icing it weighs down the sleigh, haha!

Christmas Round 2

2010-12-28T22:39:00.000-08:00

Well our 2nd Christmas party was on Thursday night at my folks house. We had both my mom and dads folks over along with uncles, nieces, and my brother. So needless to say it was a full house. Campbell decided to get the party started off with a drink. What makes this even better is that there was actually some red punch in this cup and of course it went all over her pretty white shirt, Merry Christmas mama!

Now, this picture does not do justice to the actual magnitude of toys that was piled on this table and the surrounding floor. My brother has 3 boys and let me just say that if Santa never came to their house they would have been just fine. It was crazy the amount of toys these children got and it was no thanks to my mother of course. Poor lady had her hip replacement and discovered online shopping, need I say more!

Miss Bailey always striking a pose for the camera.

Miss Campbell lost in a sea of presents. By the way we got 3 different pillow pets for Christmas, we almost have the entire collection, yeah!

Christmas Round One

2010-12-28T22:26:00.000-08:00

We went to our first Christmas party the Saturday before Christmas. Tim's family has a big get together every year and we eat and play dirty Santa, its allot of fun. So here are some pics from that night. Above is Campbell in her favorite car. As I have said before this our new stroller and it is a life saver.

Bailey and her cousin Preston, they are 3 weeks apart in age, they are 2 peas in a pod, or better yet double trouble.

The girls and Timmy with his grandma, Grandma Cross.

Timmy's dad, Papa Melton, with our cousin Noah. He and Preston are brothers in case you couldn't see the resemblance. I love love his eyes and he is just a wonderful baby.

Christmas Decor

2010-12-17T18:14:00.000-08:00

We'll I promised pic's of our Christmas decor and here there are. I will admit I did not do as much as I usually do just because I had 2 extra sets of hands that were always trying to help and it just became a bit much so here's what we got. The picture above is our family tree it has all our sentimental ornaments and ones that Bailey has made thus far. Here are a few of my favorites.

This yellow snowflake was made by Bailey last year in preschool it is very sparkly, we also have it in blue.

Campbell has made her addition this year as well. My mom got her some Campbell soup ornaments, very cute.

Of course we have a softball player, I bought this in Branson a few years ago.

This is a reindeer Bailey made when she was 3 at preschool, love those eyelashes.

Our entry way with garland, there is no rhyme or reason to how I do this, I just put up the garland and start stuffing it with pix's, ribbon and ornaments.

Our big tree in our living room, I hope the wrapping elves are coming to our house soon :)

And finally we have the mantle with the kids stockings. Santa NEVER puts anything in mine anymore, so I figure whats the point of putting it out. Maybe I should move back home again?

Christmas Party

2010-12-17T17:48:00.000-08:00

Bailey had her school Christmas party today. As a homeroom mom it was my duty to help with the festivties, so Campbell and I handed out snacks and helped kids make snow globes, great fun. Campbell loved watching all the kids, but she stayed strapped down in her car, which we basically use instead of a stroller now. Now the real fun begins, 2 kids at home all to myself for the next to weeks, MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Going Bananas!

2010-12-16T13:31:00.000-08:00

Thank God above, Campbell has found another food that she likes, BANANAS. Now we have somewhat worked into this I will admit. I have tried feeding her bananas for sometime now. We have mashed, cut, given big chunks, but nothing has worked.

Then one day as I was eating a banana Campbell started to pointing at the banana, so I gave her a bite. So the trick i have found is to give her the whole banana in the peel and she will eat the whole thing, amazing!!

So her she is in all her banananis, taking big bites and watching cartoons. Too Cute!

Oh Raspberry!!!

2010-12-13T20:59:00.000-08:00

I must say that I am quite proud of Campbell she has really broken out of her shell lately and started to get allot more adventurous with her food. She loves popcorn chicken and tonight I actually got her to eat some noodles, I know, were making some major progress. So she got very crazy the other day and tried a raspberry. She played with it and looked at it and then she put it in her mouth and...

She made this face. Now, the reason that I am very proud of her is that she immediately spit it out, looked at it, and then put it in her mouth again and again. I know I know I am getting excited just thinking about it. If you all only knew my battle with this child and food you would feel my excitement to.

Our Weekend

2010-12-13T20:48:00.000-08:00

We've been very busy lately at the Melton household, here are some pics from the weekend. Campbell LOVES the pottery barn chair that Bailey got for Christmas last year. She sits in it, she bounces in it, she will even sit and watch cartoons in it. So it is one more thing that has been added to my living room along with all the other toys, furniture, and giant Christmas tree, yeah!

Knock on wood, but Campbell has honestly had nothing to do with our Christmas trees. She was however fascinated with the lights the other day. She would hold them in her hand and just look at them, very cute, but then she was on her way and has had nothing to do with them since.

She does however enjoy playing in drawers. She discovered some gift bags the other day and looked like she was ready to go shopping. She would take the bag and fling it over her should and scoot off with her pirate crawl. As you can see in the picture her right leg is extended out and her left leg is doing a regular crawl and there is a blue bag thrown over her shoulder, this girls a hoot.

On Sunday evening Bailey sang in a Christmas choir performance at church, along with her other activities she has now joined the kids choir at church, she loves to stay busy. This was the best shot I got of her all night. She was walking past us to go onto stage. She is wearing a white choir gown, my little angel.

O Christmas Tree

2010-12-07T20:30:00.000-08:00

Well we finally got all our Christmas decor up, it took about 4 days because I had 2 children that felt the need to go thru everything I had so I finally said enough is enough and if it ain't up it ain't going up this year. But everything turned out great and here is a look at our main tree, yes we have two. We have a tree in our front window which is the fun tree for the kids, its where I put all the sentimental ornaments and kids themed things. I will do another post soon with that tree on it. Our main tree is our fancy tree with all the fancy ornaments and such. Above is Mister Melton hanging some extra lights on our pre-lit tree, ha.

So here is the tree in its naked form, I then go in and add things such as ribbon, faux flowers, and the secret touch is floral pix's. You know at Hobby Lobby how they have that isle with all those different pix's, well these work great in your tree they will really help fill in gaps and make your tree look very full and lush. I have allot of large woody evergreen pixs that I put in along with frosted fruits and berries.

Here is a close up of all the stuff that I have filled in, after all of this I add any ornaments that I want.

And here is the final product. I have so much ribbon and pixs that my tree never looks the same but to me that's part of the fun. I have not put much at the bottom of the tree this year, but surprisingly Campbell has not touched any of the tress at all. She hasn't tried to pull ornaments off which really amazes me. Well I will show you the rest of the house soon, see ya all.

14 Months Old

2010-12-07T20:08:00.000-08:00

On November 28, 2010 Campbell turned 14 months old. She is growing into such a beautiful little lady. She has a very sweet demeanor about her and she is a very happy girl. She is very picky when it comes to food. She does not like the texture of fruits and veggies but she loves her carbs. She has taken a liking to sausage which is very surprising, but at this point whatever I can get her to eat will work.
She is saying many words such as mama, dada, sissy, and her latest are uh oh and ouch, its the cutest thing ever. She has quite the personality and she loves to laugh and clap. She loves to go into her sisters room and tear it apart. One of her favorite things is Bailey's pottery barn chair, she loves to sit in it and bounce around and play.

She has been a big help decorating the tree this year. She loves pulling out all the ornaments and putting them in her mouth. She has taken a few steps but 98% of her traveling is done with her pirate crawl, but this mommies not pushing anything, I'll keep her a baby as long as I can.

Sickness

2010-11-25T20:45:00.000-08:00

Since I am playing catch up with the last few weeks her are just a few more fun events we had, its called PINK EYE. Oh and it is so fun to put eye drops into a 5 year olds eyes 3 times a day. Last week Bailey was home with a terrible cough on Wednesday so we were put on breathing treatments, and then on Thursday evening she started an awful case of pink eye in both eyes. Thank goodness no one else has gotten it but everyone has had some kind of cough. I am hoping we clear up soon so we can enjoy all the fun activities the next month will bring.

Campbell's Favorite Thing's

2010-11-25T20:37:00.000-08:00

Just like Oprah, Campbell has a few of her favorite things that she would like to share. First of all she loves Q-Tips. Yes you heard me right Q-Tips. She loves to pull them out of our bathroom drawer, throw them on the floor, and then proceed to pull the cotton part of by chewing on them. This actually keeps her quite entertained when I am trying to get ready, ha.

She is starting to love the camera and always gives me some kind of facial expression when I say cheese, to cute.

Love this picture!

And finally mommies favorite thing of Campbell's favorite things, I think that makes sense. Anywho, Campbell enjoys not only brushing her teeth as in the picture, but she also likes to pull all the toilet paper off the roll as also seen in the picture. Mommy has gotten quite good at rolling them back up. I guess she'll be a pro at the toilet paper when we start potty training.

Happy Thanksgiving

2010-11-25T20:24:00.000-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving 2010 Y'all. We have been very busy eating our feasts, as Bailey calls them for the past 2 days. We started out having Tim's family over to our house Wednesday night. I spent the day cooking, cleaning, and trying not to go totally crazy. Unfortunately Tim did not get off of work until 8 but we had a warm plate waiting for him when he got home.

On Thanksgiving day we went down to Okmulgee to my grandma Pats house. Grandma is a big volunteer at the SPCA there and is always some kind of animal there. Lucky for us she had 3 boxer mix puppies. Bailey was glued to the garage where the puppies were kept, she did come into eat but was then right back out the door. And thank you Jesus we made it home with no new family members and no major meltdowns because of it which really surprised me.

And here is Miss Campbell in her Thanksgiving outfit, what a cute little pumpkin. Happy Thanksgiving Y'all.

Pumpkin Patch

2010-11-25T20:04:00.000-08:00

A few weeks ago we made a trip to the pumpkin patch. It would have been Campbell's first trip but we went right after church and she fell asleep before we could get there. Bailey on the other hand had a great time and loved looking at all the different pumpkins.

As usual when ever you ask Bailey to take a picture these days she is always ready to strike a pose. She is becoming such a beautiful young lady and I am so proud of her. She is doing very well in school and is still taking a special art class that she loves. She is going to start basketball in December and just like softball I think she is going to do very well. I think she gets all that athletic ability from her mama, haha.

Its hard to believe that my little princess will be 6 years old next month, time flies me trust me. But as much as I miss the baby she once was I am so excited to see the beautiful young lady she is blooming into, I love you Bailey Boo.

Happy Halloween

2010-10-31T21:04:00.000-07:00

Dishes, Cake, and Costumes

2010-10-27T20:31:00.000-07:00

We'll as usual it has been crazy around here lately, I don't think that a day goes by that I don't think that I will actually loose my mind. I have found a little relief in the house cleaning department. Bailey decided that she wanted to do the dishes and she was in love, amen thank you Jesus. She loved playing in the water, she says "its so much fun mommy!" I say knock yourself out kid, ha!

We had a Halloween bash at Joe Marina tonight, complete with costume contest, that we won last year as Cinderella. But no such luck this year. Its amazing to me how I can slave and slave making a tooth fairy costume and not win a thing, but a store bought Cinderella costume and your a sure win, who knew? Anyways, Bailey wanted to be the tooth fairy so I made a wand, sweatshirt with a giant tooth that says Tooth Fairy, a goody bag with a giant tooth that says Teeth, and one big fluffy multi-colored, and don't forget glitter filled tutu. But as you can see it was worth all the work and she looks adorable. Miss Campbell is a pumpkin fairy complete with orange wings and tutu. I will be sure to take extra good pics on Halloween to show all my intricate details, ha!

On Tuesday we took Campbell for her 1st birthday pictures so of course we had to have a cake. Since I decided to wait until the last minute I had to decorate the cake myself. So I headed to hobby Lobby and a few hours, some ribbon and scrapbook paper later we have a 1 year birthday cake, and yes I think I should go in the cake decorating business, not baking just decorating, they have a degree for that , right? Oh and by the way after we got to the picture place and were ready for the cake pictures, of course my sweet baby would have nothing to do with it and proceeded to start crying, go figure.

Going Shopping

2010-10-21T15:47:00.000-07:00

Campbell's 1st Birthday Party

2010-10-17T13:17:00.000-07:00

I know you have waited long enough so here they are the pictures from Campbell's 1st Birthday. I first have to give a great big THANK YOU to my friend and neighbor, Megan, who took all these great pictures for me. It made the party that much better since I wasn't running around with a camera in my hand, and she took awesome pictures, so thanks again Megan, I really appreciate it.

We'll lets begin with my favorite thing, decor. I made all the decor myself with a little extra help from Ms. Megan again, I'm so lucky to have such great neighbors. The pom poms above were made by Megan and I, they were so cute and cheap, always an added bonus.

I also made this tutu wreath. It turned out so cute. I added pictures and a big C on it. It got big raves and it now hangs on her bedroom door, to cute.

Of course I got the cake at Merritt's. They have never let me down on a cake and they always do such a great job. I took the invitation in and they were able to match the cake to it. I had secret personal issues about cutting it because it was so cut,e I wanted to freeze it and keep it forever, ha ha.

I also made sacks that had pictures of Campbell thru her first year on them, this way people had something to look at while they were eating. I then put tissue paper in them and balloons and used them as centerpieces. This again was really easy and very cheap.

I made this name banner along with the happy birthday one below. I had planned to hang things outside but the wind was not working with me so we made due and hung things inside. In the end it was a great party and I was so happy with how well it all came together. Campbell was in a great mood the whole time I could not have asked for anything better.

We also rented a Jupiter Jump that kept the kids entertained. Here is a view of the patio.

This is the super cute cookie bouquet my best friend Jennifer sent. It had a barn, cow, duck, pig, and horse on it, it was so cute. Only issue with this is Campbell doesn't eat sugar cookies yet, so guess who did?Thanks Jenn!

Its hard to believe its been a year and even crazier to think of where we were this time last year. Its amazing to think how much a child grows in a year, but thank God she grew and I shrank :)

Miss Campbell checking out pictures of herself.

This car was her absolute most favorite thing, she insists that we ride in it daily.

When it was cake time she wanted nothing to do with the cake, but loved to hear everybody singing to her.

The Melton Family

Happy Birthday Campbell

2010-10-12T20:09:00.000-07:00

On September 28, 2010 Campbell Avery Melton officially turned one year old. Unfortunately it was not exactly the best 1st birthday. The night before Campbell came down with a stomach bug and was throwing up all night, she was unable to hold anything down. This lasted into the next morning, her birthday. After we made it thru that hurdle the diarrhea began, and it is still going. We are getting closer to being normal again, but we are not there yet. After Campbell became sick I got my own dose 2 days later along with Bailey, so needless to say it has not been a fun couple of weeks around here. Although Campbell is better she still does not fully have her appetite back and she also has a skin rash derived from this so called virus that she has, I think that's what they call it when they don't know what you have.

Although she was sick we had a little get together to celebrate her 1st birthday. We had a spaghetti dinner followed by some cake from Merritt's, yum. She wasn't really interested in her cake, other than smooshing her hand into it, after that she wanted nothing to do with it.

Campbell's official 1st birthday party was this past Saturday and I will be posting those pictures tomorrow with all the details, so stay tuned ya'll.

Crazy Week

2010-09-17T12:11:00.000-07:00

We have had quite a week around here. I went back to work on Monday, I have started working an extra 2 days a week, Monday and Wednesday. But I also worked Tuesday as well this week, and I am worn out. I enjoyed working it is just going to take a little time to get used to the change. Getting up and getting two kids ready as well as yourself is a bit draining, I'm exhausted before I'm even out the door. Campbell is going to St.Stephens, the same preschool that Bailey went to. It is the only place I feel comfortable leaving her and she really did well the first week. I think she enjoyed being around other kids and having lots to keep her busy, and best of all she even found a snotty nose while she was there and mommy is loving it. Bailey is doing awesome in school. It is amazing how much she is learning, she is reading and sounding out words, and is very into reading books to me, which is great. She is always telling me the sounds that each letter makes and she is just constantly reading and sounding out any words that she sees from books to the cereal box.

I am still doing lawns as well so between work, lawns, kids, family, it gets a little crazy, but we are figuring it all out. The girls are doing great and they get along so well. Campbell is cruising around the furniture but no walking yet, which is perfectly fine with me. We have 11 more days and we will offically have a 1 year old in our house. I cant believe that its almost here, its amazing how much things change in a year.

Bathtime Fun

2010-09-17T11:53:00.000-07:00

Tim gave Campbell a bath in the sink the other night. We do this allot because she fits in perfectly and its just allot easier than kneeling over the tub, and she seems to like it to. We'll Tim was giving her a bath because I was deliriously tired, and my actions proved it even more. I was getting things ready and came back to check on the water and thought wow that's allot of bubbles, I then realized that I had put dawn soap in the water. I thought it wouldn't hurt to put her in and let me tell you she had the time of her life in bubble heaven.

It may be hard to see but if you look in the bottom back of Campbell's mouth you will see her new teeth. She has some of her big back chompers in and she is using them full force. She now has 8 total teeth and 2 half sized teeth, its amazing.

10 and 11 Months Old

2010-09-01T20:17:00.000-07:00

We'll what better way to start out this post than to do it with a naked baby picture. Miss Campbell Avery turned 10 months old on July 28, 2010. And a very special event happened on that very day, she started to crawl. It's not just any crawl, no it is a very special crawl that needs a post all to itself. I like to call it the pirate shuffle, you see, as in the picture above that is what she looks like when she is crawling. One knee is supporting her and the other is dragged to the side, like a pirate with a wooden leg. It is how she has done it from day one and it looks as if this is how it will remain. But it is adorable and hilarious to watch.

On August 28th, 2010 Campbell turned 11 months old. Its so hard to believe that the next post will be 12 months, craziness. In this last month Campbell has been very busy, she is crawling, pulling up, cruising, getting new teeth as we speak. She currently has 4 teeth across the top and 2 on the bottom and now 2 bottom back teeth have come in as well, for a grand total of 8, wow. She has handled it very well, the worse it waking up a few times a night but she always goes right back to sleep.

She is eating well, we are trying new things all the time, but we still pretty much stick with baby food. Some textures seem to throw her off, but she loves yogurt, bread, cheese, mashed potatoes, and many others. We have also started some milk as well. We usually have this with our meals in a sippy cup. We have gone organic in the Melton household, not everything, but allot of our dairy products and things like chicken nuggets and fish.

We tried taking our normal picture in the crib but that just wasn't happenin. Miss Campbell was up and about so we just had to go with it. She is a growing girl at 23 pounds and 31 inches long. She is wearing 12-18 month clothes right now and I'm not sure how much longer that will last.

Her she is doing what she does best, pulling up on anything that will stand still. Her vocabulary has become more pronounced. She says mama and dada, and we call Bailey sissy, but Campbell says it KiKi, its so cute. At 10 months she started the whole reaching up her arms when she wants to bed held and now at 11 months that has turned in to bird flappin. She puts her arms in the air and starts flapping them until you pick her up.

Now, I know that you all can tell from this picture that I desperately need to get my baby some toys to play with, ha, yeah right. Its pretty sad when your 11 months old already has her own dedicated section of the living room, which is larger than anyone else's might I add. But this is usually how you will see Miss Cami these days, the back of her. She always crawling somewhere or found something that she can go through. She also loves to pull on cords in the bathroom. Yes the cord of a curling iron that is, no it wasn't on, thank god, but mommies curling iron no longer has an end, seems they break when they hit tiled surfaces, fyi :)

A few days ago it was beautiful outside so we spent some time there. You may be wondering how I get anything done outside during the day, well thanks to these handy little inventions I can. The other morning I put her on the back porch in her bouncy saucer and entertained her with some yard mowing. I think she was quit impressed with her old lady's skills, maybe she'll take over the family business someday, haha!!

These two pictures were both taken at 10 months. It's amazing to see how they change in just a year. Campbell is just a wonderful little girl with an awesome demeanor about her. She is very laid back and very nosy. I say that in a good way, she is always checking things out to see whats going on. She likes to watch a situation before making a move to jump into it, its very neat to watch her. You can see that she is just taking in so much and just processing everything she can.

I love this picture. This has been something we have started in the last week. She likes for me to raise the blinds and she just looks out the window, more of her being nosy I guess. But she does it in the front yard and the back as well. It just makes you wonder what their little minds are thinking, I may regret saying that in a month or two when the words really start coming out of her mouth, ha!!

OMG

2010-08-30T19:34:00.000-07:00

Mommy just wanted me to let you know that she is so terribly sorry that she has never made a 10 month post for me, but she promises that she will make up for it it in a super double, picture packed, totally cute and funny, 10 and 11 month post. We thought we would keep you all in suspense as to what I have been up to these past few months, and let me tell you I am keepin that woman on the go. Love Y, all, Campbell Avery :)

Happy Birthday Tim

2010-08-30T19:23:00.000-07:00

Sunday, August 29th was Mr. Tims 37th birthday. We had a small little party with some friends and family. This was the only picture I managed to take the whole time, which really worries me for Campbell's first birthday party that will take place in a month, that just will not do. Anyway, we had a great time visiting with everyone, thank you all so much for coming, Timmy really enjoyed the day.

New Do

2010-08-30T19:17:00.000-07:00

First Day Gift

2010-08-24T16:25:00.000-07:00

Bailey is the type of kid that remembers everything, and I mean everything. I know kids have great memories, but she honestly amazes me sometimes. So with this in mind I wanted to do something very special for her first day of kindergarten in hopes that she would always remember that day. She has been talking about a new scooter for sometime now, so I went and got her a barbie one. Tim put it together and put it on the showroom floor at the dealership with some balloons on it. She about icame unglued when she saw it. She just thought that was the neatest thing ever. So I have either created a great memory or a yearly tradition that could get quite expensive about 10 years down the road.

Just Plain Busy

2010-08-23T20:18:00.000-07:00

Well, I know that many of you may be wondering where we have been lately but honestly we have just been busy. Tim is working late, most nights he's not home until 10pm, so that leaves me with 2 kids and all that goes with it. By the time I get them to bed around 8:30 I am ready to go there myself. So here is a little catch up to us.

This is Bailey on her second day of school. She loves school and just talks up a storm about her day when I pick her up.

Sometimes I like to get a little wild and crazy, hard to believe I know. So the other day I let Campbell feed herself. I gave her a plate of food and a spoon and let her go at it. She did pretty well and had a great time, I on the other hand had a not so great time cleaning up the mess.

This is my favorite thing in the world to watch, sleeping children, haha. This happens alot now, she just conks out when she gets home, poor baby.

This was our first homework project, a poster about herself. She did a great job. Bailey has discovered basketball at school and has now decided that she wants to be a professional basketball player when she grows up, works for me.

Kindergarten

2010-08-12T19:42:00.000-07:00

The day I thought seemed forever away finally arrived today. My baby went to kindergarten. It just made me even sadder to think that my baby baby would be here in the blink of an eye as well. But it was a wonderful day none the less. I told Bailey last night that she needed to get to early because she would have to get up early, well at 6:30am I was woken by a little voice saying, "mommy its early, time to get up!" And let me tell you she was as bright eyed and bushy tailed as they come. So we got up watched cartoons, got dressed, did pictures, and we were off.

Campbell was in an excellent mood on the way to school, it was as if she knew she would now have her mommy all to herself for many days to come.

Family pic.

Bailey and daddy.

Bailey and mommy.

My little kindergartner, note the shirt that says it all - fabulous!!

I ordered her backpack and lunchbox from Pottery Barn and had her name put on each, super cute, and the lunch box will attach to the backpack so we'll never lose it, right? ahaha

When we got to school Bailey put a halt to all pictures. She was ready for us to leave and let her start her day, so I got a shot of her coloring, but it was all she would let me take, Miss Independent is a major understatement.

This is Bailey and her teacher Mrs. Black, yes we have a totally new teacher as well as a totally new school from yesterday. When I enrolled Bailey back in June I also put in a transfer request to Spring Creek, they told me that it could be after school starts until the transfer is approved, if at all. Well we went to meet the teacher at Oakcrest Tuesday night and Wednesday morning got a phone call letting us know our transfer was approved. Holy Cow, I was happy,excited, frazzled, and confused all at the same time. I called my mom, my mother in law and frantically got opinions on what to do. I was really scared of confusing Bailey by taking her to another school, but at the same time I knew she could handle it. So I took my mother in laws advice, thank you so much Cathy, and I explained things to Bailey and we went up to check out Spring Creek. Bailey was IN LOVE, she was so excited, she loved how much bigger and nicer this school was and she said this is where she wanted to go to school, thank goodness I was safe. So today was wonderful, everyone at the school was awesome and I definitely feel we made the right choice. Tomorrow I have been instructed by Miss Independent that I can drop her off at the front door and she will go to her classroom by herself, see what I'm dealing with, 5 going on 25.

This Day Has Come

2010-08-12T07:13:00.000-07:00

Kindergarten Bound

2010-08-10T21:59:00.000-07:00

Well its official, Bailey will be starting kindergarten in 1 day. We had meet the teacher night tonight, but we didn't exactly get to meet her teacher. Turns out that Baileys teacher, Mrs. Armstrong, was actually the Broken Arrow teacher of the year lst year, but unfortunately she is in the hospital having brain surgery right now. We don't know the details but it was over heard that she may be returning in November, so please keep her in your prayers. So in the meantime we have Mrs. Paige who called in out of retirement to sub until then. But she seemed very nice and has been teaching for over 30 years.

Bailey is so excited to start school, she will be attending Oak Crest. I was intending on taking her and picking her up from school, but she is insisting that she ride the bus and that if I do take her to school that I just need to drop her off at the front door and she can find her way to her class. She is very independent and I know that eventually I will let her do some of theses things on her own, but for now I am having a hard time believing this day is actually here, its crazy. But I am glad that she is so confident in herself, I must be doing something right, I think :)

They had some really neat murals painted in the school so we took a picture in front of her favorite. I cant believe she is about to begin this new journey in her life, I cant wait to see where she goes.

Redneck Vacation

2010-08-02T12:13:00.000-07:00

This person may look very familiar to you, but you may not be able to put your finger on it. Here's a hint - think fried chicken- has it come to you yet, thats right its Mister Kentucky Fried Chicken. The softball world cup was sponsored by KFC and he was there to visit. It was crazy how many people wanted to say hello and have their picture taken with him, Bailey of course had no idea who he was. The other pic is of Bailey, she is in love with hotels, she just thinks they are the neatest thing. I could save alot of time and money and go to the Doubletree downtown for our next vacation and she would never know the difference. She wants to eat at the hotel, swim at the hotel, and just walk around the hotel to check everything out, she was really fun on this trip.

Well its that time of the year again, time for the annual Melton Family Redneck Vacation. We didn't travel to our usual redneck location, of Branson, no, we decided to dig a little deeper and find an even better spot, and oh my I must say we found a great spot, wait for it, wait for it, drum roll please. OKC-yes thats right Oklahoma City.

In downtown OKC there are all these buffalo everywhere, so Bailey had to have her picture taken with everyone she saw. Above is the American Flag Buffalo.

Bailey at the game with her fan posing for a picture. The USA team wore pink uniforms in support of breast cancer.

Bailey was obsessed with the Japan team. She kept saying, "look at those chinese girls." They are so funny at this age.

We'll our redneck vacation wasn't that bad since we went to see the USA Olympic Softball team play in the world cup, so I didn't suffer to much. Bailey and I enjoyed the games, we had great seats, and we had some really good girl time. Campbell stayed with her grandma and grandpa Melton, and we owe them a big THANK YOU. On Sunday we went to Frontier City, sorry no pics of that, I took nothing in the park. We had the BEESSTT time I was so shocked. Bailey rode everything they would let her, and I mean every roller coaster and ferris wheel, she was afraid of nothing. We had a blast with her and she keeps telling me that was the best day she ever had, aaaahhh.

Bailey is obsessed with tattoos and she got this one at frontier city.

This was a view from our room downtown, we were right next to Bricktown so we were able to just walk. The OKC downtown was very nice, I was impressed, it pretty much puts downtown Tulsa to shame in my opinion. I actually felt safe walking down the street. We had a great time and look forward to next year when we can all enjoy our vacation together, hopefully in a non-redneck location.

Tattoo's

2010-07-15T12:34:00.000-07:00

I let my children out of the house with my husband last night and they returned with tattoo's on their arms. Fake of course but I haven't seen many 9 month olds sportin a pink heart on their arm. Timmy took them out to play across the street and they got a thank you for playing with me gift from Addyson.

Bailey is at school so I didn't get a pic of hers put its a really pretty butterfly. They are really cute, I'm not upset, I was just really surprised. So were sportin our tank top to show off our heart.

Campbell loves playing with the phone. I love this picture because I had just given her the phone and she looked at me as if she was in disbelief that I actually gave it to her, funny!!

9 Months Old

2010-07-06T21:00:00.000-07:00

On June 28, 2010 Campbell turned 9 months old. Her personality is definitely starting to shine thru as you can see from these pictures. We did our usual photo session, which lately when I pull out the camera she starts hamming it up, but not on this day. First of all she was not going to wear the bow and headband that I had put on her. From the moment it was on she was pulling and tugging to get it off as you can see in the picture below.

We were wearing our festive 4th of July shirt because it was only a few short days away. She has somewhat of a split personality, she will be happy one minute and then crying the next, that's why you can see tears in her eyes even though she is smiling. But she is a great girl, don't get me wrong, I don't think there is anything wrong with her, its just hilarious to me actually.

We went for our 9 month check-up and her are her stats.

Weight 21 lbs 10.5 oz's (90th percentile)

Length 30 inches (97th percentile)

Head 47.4 cm (97th percentile)

As you can see she is a big girl and growing just like her sister. I remember at Bailey's one year appointment they told me if she continues to grow at this rate she would probably be around 5 ft 10 inches one day, and I still believe it.

Surprisingly Campbell is not much of an eater. She is eating well but she is very picky and doesn't like to take the time to sit and eat. She is not crawling yet but is getting very close. She has started going from laying down to a seated position. She is also working on perfecting her scream, it is the most awful high pitch scream you have ever heard, and it is even more delightful when we are out in public and she shares it with strangers. But honestly I am thanking the heavens that that is the only thing that I have to complain about. She is sleeping great waking up once a night and going right back to sleep after a feeding. She usually takes 3 naps a day which usually last 1-2 hours. She loves playing with toys and looking at books, her favorite video is Baby Einstein A Day At The Farm. She loves to laugh and has a super contagious giggle. The most amazing thing that has happened in this past month is that she said her first words, yes I said words. The first was mama, and she looks at me when she says this and it just melts my heart. Bailey's first word was dada, so I'm so thankful the good Lord cute me a break this time. But the cutest is bye bye, it sounds like bah bah when she says it, but she has said it to Tim's mom and my folks as well when they were leaving and said it to her. She puts her hand up and says bah bah, precious.

More 4th of July

2010-07-05T09:39:00.000-07:00

4th of July

2010-07-05T09:34:00.000-07:00

We had a great 4th of July, even though momma did have to work. We headed over to my folks for some Rib Crib, swimming, and fireworks. I never made it to the pool because Miss Campbell needed her evening nap, but she was a very happy camper when she woke up. We had a great time with my brother and his crew, Bailey looooves the boys, and that's what she calls them "The Boys."

All the little firecrackers had a great time with sparklers and those snappy things, you know you throw them at the ground and they go SNAP! Brian and Tim handled all the explosive activities, and I'm happy to report that they both have all of their body parts still in tact at this time :)

These two just take the cutest pictures together, Campbell is a daddy's girl. She got a little scared so she stayed inside with grandma most of the evening.

Bailey had a blast. There are two little girls that live next door to my folks that she plays with all the time, so she went over to do sparklers for a bit. She loves all fireworks and they do not scare her at all. She had a great time with her girlfriend's and her boys.

Busy Bee's

2010-06-23T13:32:00.000-07:00

Things have been very busy at the Melton household these past few weeks. Here are a few cute pic's of the girls.

Someone loves the camera, who could it be?

I know I have said it a million times, but Campbell and Bailey love each other so much, Campbell just loves her big sister. I am so blessed to have had such a smooth transition from one child to two, Bailey has never had any issues and has always been a great big sister, I just pray they stay that way as they get older.

Happy Father's Day

2010-06-21T21:05:00.000-07:00

We had a great Father's Day at the Melton's. Mommy did have to work but Bailey spent the night with mamaw B (Becky), so daddy and Campbell had a great bonding day that Tim really enjoyed since she slept all night and then took a 3 hour nap, awesome.

We went over to my folks for a cook out and swimming. We had a little scare at my parents. My mom went to open the grill and was engulfed in heat and smoke. It burnt some of her hair and her eyebrows are gone as well, no joke. She also lost about half of her eyelashes. She is ok, but it was pretty scary at first. We still don't know what caused it, but thankful it wasn't worse. I told her I would buy her an eyebrow pencil and she could get a prescription for Latiese to make her eyelashes grow thicker and fuller, she just laughed.

I love, love, love this picture. This was taken before we went to my folks house, Campbell LOVES her daddy so much, a big daddy's girl.

Softball World Series

2010-06-08T11:48:00.000-07:00

Last Thursday we headed to OKC to the 2010 Softball College World Series. There is an amazing softball complex there as well as the softball Hall of Fame Museum, the stadium is called The Hall of Fame Stadium. Just Bailey, my mom, and I went, we had a great girls trip. My mom and I love to go and watch the games and we are looking forward to going back at the end of July to watch the USA Olympic Team play Canada and Japan, yes I said Japan, I know that sounds weird but they are actually very good. I have actually played at this stadium, when I was a senior in high school we won the 6A High School State Softball Championship here. The state championships are still held here every year. When I was in college we stopped to practice here on our way to a tournament in Texas, it is a very nice stadium.

The series is on ESPN2 right now as well, the final 3 games are going on right now between Arizona and UCLA. We were their for opening day and watched Hawaii and Missouri play. I was excited to watch Hawaii because they have some girls on their team that can hit the ball like no bodies business, and by that I mean out of the park. They have broken several records this year and they were very impressive to watch, since they hit 2 out during this game, Missouri also had 1 hit out. Bailey enjoyed it for the most part. She was amazed to see the girls hit the ball the way they did and to watch the pitcher. She wants to follow in her mommies foot steps and be a pitcher, and that is all her, I promise, I did not influence that decision. I also think she would make a great catcher or first baseman because of her size.

It had rained early that morning but it was hot when we got there for the noon game, so first order of business was a snowcone. She then wanted a $5.00 cup of lemonade but I had to regulate a big no on that call. We had some whinning episodes which drove me crazy since I probably watched half the game while dealing with her, but it was still a fun time. We sat in the outfield bleachers, which were still great seats and Bailey enjoyed going down to the warm up area during the game to watch pitchers warm up. She was amazed to see how fast they threw since all she has seen is 10 year olds at our ball fields, so it was a major difference.

We had a photo opp on our way out of the stadium. Bailey thought this big ball was really neat.

Another view of the field.

Bailey is so excited to play ball now, I think we will make this a yearly trip. I think its awesome motivation to see that if you work hard she could be here one day to, it's all up to her.

They had a tee and if you hit balls you got a head band and she did great, people were surprised how well she hit, I just told them, she takes after her mother, lol!!

Cheerios

2010-06-04T08:06:00.000-07:00

Campbell has started to snack on some Cheerios. Only a few are actually making it to her mouth right now, but she loves to play with them. As you can see from the picture above Shelby also loves that Campbell is eating Cheerios, because this means more snacks for her. She just sits and waits for them to hit the floor and she then turns into our vacuum cleaner.

Miss Campbell is also starting to love the camera. Everytime she sees me get it out lately she gets so excited and just starts smiling. It is the funniest thing how she knows what she's suppossed to do, perhaps we have a model in our future.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this picture. Those two little teeth just pop out right at you with that big huge smile, soooo cute!!!

I love to watch her try and pick up these small little objects, it's so precious to see how she is concentrating and focusing on picking them up. Her little fingers will move them around and try to grasp them, its so neat to see how they learn and grow.

8 MONTHS OLD

2010-06-03T20:08:00.000-07:00

ON MAY 28, 2010 CAMPBELL TURNED 8 MONTHS OLD. SHE IS GROWING AND DISCOVERING SO MANY NEW THINGS. SHE HAS MADE MANY NEW DISCOVERIES THIS PAST MONTH BUT I THINK HER FAVORITE IS, YOUR MOUTH, SHE IS OBSESSED WITH THEM. AS WE SIT ON THE BED TO HAVE SOME QUITE TIME I WILL SING AND TALK TO HER AND SHE WILL LOOK AT MY MOUTH WITH SUCH INTEREST. THEN SHE WILL BEGIN TO TAKE HER HANDS AND FEEL ON MY LIPS. ALSO WHEN I HUM SHE JUST LOOKS AT ME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT SOUND IS COMING FROM, IT IS THE CUTEST THING. SHE IS SO SO HAPPY, ALWAYS SMILING AND LAUGHING. SHE LOVES HER DADDY SO MUCH AND NO MATTER HOW TIRED SHE IS SHE GETS SO EXCITED WHEN HE COMES HOME FROM WORK AND WALK IN THE DOOR.

MISS CAMPBELL NOW HAS TWO FULL TEETH, AND TRUST ME SHE KNOWS HOW TO USE THEM. SHE WILL TRY TO SNEAK YOUR FINGER INTO HER MOUTH, SHE IS SO CLEVER. SHE IS LOVING TO EAT, SHE GETS EXCITED WHEN SHE SEES FOOD COMING AND JUST SITS WITH HER MOUTH WIDE OPEN. SHE IS ABOUT 20 POUNDS AND 34 INCHES LONG. SHE IS WEARING 12-18 MONTH CLOTHES, YES I KNOW ITS ALL IN HER HEIGHT, CRAZINESS.

I SAVED THE VERY BEST FOR LAST. I THINK CAMPBELL'S FAVORITE DISCOVERY THIS MONTH IS THE SOUND OF HER VOICE, WELL HER SCREECHING SCREAM THAT IS. SHE WILL TALK AND TALK AND THEN LET OUT A FEW VERY LOUD YELLS, SHE THINKS IT'S FUNNY AND JUST SMILES. SHE HAS ALSO DISCOVERED THAT THIS WORKS WELL WHEN SHE WANTS ATTENTION AS WELL, SO SHE'S USING IT TO HER FULL ADVANTAGE.

Sister's and Band-Aid's

2010-05-25T11:27:00.000-07:00

I had to share these cute picture's of the girls. They have started playing with each other and it is so sweet. Bailey really likes showing her how all her toys work and Campbell absolutely loves Bailey, she loves to watch her talk, sing, dance, or just be her everyday self, which is always a show in itself.

On Monday we went to Sam's. One of the things that I love about Bailey is her attention to detail, and realizing how much she really takes in and remembers in a day, she has an amazing memory. Bailey loves toys just like any other kid but their is something that she loves even more, doctor stuff. When we go to Wallie World she doesn't ask for a toy, no, she would rather have a box of doctor's gloves. She always asks for them at the doctors office and they are so reluctant to give them to her for the fear that she would choke on them, and I always have to explain, really its ok, she really wants to put them on and pretend she's a doctor. So back to my story, when we were at Sam's she saw these huge first aid kits, I remember that she had pointed them out to me but I didn't think much of it. When we got home she brought this box to me and said she had made her own first aid kit, I was IMPRESSED!!

I of course had her pose with her kit and we put her name on the picture as well. I know these pictures will come in handy one day when she graduates from medical school. :)

SOMEONE PLEASE HELP US

2010-05-23T18:18:00.000-07:00

DON'T WORRY WE ARE OK, KIND OF. YOU SEE I NEED TO FIND SOMEONE WHO CAN HELP US GET THIS BUG OUT OF OUR HOUSE, THE STOMACH BUG THAT IS. IT HAS BEEN IN OUR HOUSE FOR JUST OVER 2 WEEKS AND IT IS STARTING TO DRIVE ME CRAZY. FOR SOME STRANGE REASON BAILEY AND I ARE THE ONLY ONE'S WHO SEEM TO FIND IT, THANK GOD CAMPBELL HAS NOT GOTTEN IT. BAILEY JUST GOT OVER IT FOR THE SECOND TIME IN 2 WEEKS AND I CURRENTLY HAVE IT FOR THE SECOND TIME. IT INCLUDES ALL THOSE THINGS YOU ASSOCIATE WITH A STOMACH BUG AND I FINALLY BROKE DOWN AND WENT TO THE DOCTOR SUNDAY. I TOOK BAILEY TO THE ER ON MONDAY BECAUSE SHE WAS SCREAMING FOR 2 HOURS THAT HER STOMACH HURT AND IT WAS ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY SOME NOT SO PLEASANT BODILY FLUIDS FROM THE SOUTH SIDE, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. SO I AM ALSO A BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY KIND OF MOMMY SO I TOOK HER IN AND WOULDN'T YOU KNOW ONCE WE GOT THERE SHE WAS A DIFFERENT CHILD AND WAS TOTALLY FINE. I ENDED UP LOOKING LIKE THE CRAZY LADY WHO BROUGHT IN A PERFECTLY FINE CHILD, THAT'S JUST HOW IT USUALLY Y WORKS FOR ME.
SO, UNFORTUNATELY THIS MORNING RIGHT AFTER HER BREAKFAST CAMPBELL THREW UP ALL OVER HER MOMMY. I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS BECAUSE SHE WAS BOUNCING RIGHT AFTER SHE ATE OR HER TUMMY IS UPSET, BUT I AM PRAYING THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. AFTER CLEANING UP ALL THESE BODILY VACATIONS FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS I REALLY NEED A VACATION.

I DID HAVE A GREAT MOTHER'S DAY EVEN THOUGH I DID HAVE TO WORK. TIM AND THE GIRLS CAM UP TO SEE ME AND BROUGHT ME THESE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS ALONG WITH SOME CARDS AND CANDY. BAILEY MADE THE LITTLE FLOWER POT AT SCHOOL AND PLANTED THE FLOWER HERSELF, SO CUTE, THOSE ARE THE VERY BEST GIFTS.

MISS CAMPBELL DID HAVE HER VERY FIRST COLD. I AM NOT GOING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I AM SO THANKFUL WE MADE IT THRU FLU SEASON WITHOUT A RUNNY NOSE OR EVEN A COUGH. BAILEY HAS NOT BEEN SICK UNTIL THIS POINT EITHER SO I HAVE BEEN VERY LUCKY. SOME OF YOU MAY BE ASKING WHAT MY SECRET IS AND REALLY I DON'T HAVE ONE. I GUESS IT COULD BE THAT I AM NOT THE TYPE TO TRY AND SHIELD THEM FROM EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING. I BELIEVE IN THE 5 SECOND RULE IF SOMETHING FALLS ON THE FLOOR, WITHIN REASON, DEPENDS ON THE FLOOR AND THE LOCATION. BUT I JUST DON'T FREAK OUT ABOUT PEOPLE HOLDING THEM AND I REALIZE THAT THINGS WILL HAPPEN

THIS IS MISS CAMPBELL DURING HER COLD. HER EYES WERE SO RED AND WATERY AND HER NOSE WOULD JUST RUN. WE DID GO TO THE DOCTOR AND ALL LOOKED WELL, SO THINGS CLEARED UP IN ABOUT 4 DAYS.

WE ALSO HAD A GARAGE SALE IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS, IT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS. CAMPBELL DECIDED THAT SHE WANTED TO TRY OUT SOME OF HER SISTERS TOYS. SHE REALLY LOVED SITTING IN THE BARBIE JEEP. IT'S AMAZING HOW MUCH BAILEY IS GROWING, SHE CAN HARDLY SIT IN THIS THING ANYMORE BECAUSE SHE IS GETTING SO TALL. CAMPBELL IS ALSO GETTING VERY TALL, I AM AMAZED WHEN I LOOK AT HER IN HER CAR SEAT, HER LITTLE LEGS JUST HANG OUT AND DANGLE, TIME FOR AN UPGRADE.

A Week At The Park

2010-04-29T20:17:00.000-07:00

Miss Bailey, always ready to pose for pictures, even in the middle of a game.

Daddy was trying to shield poor Cami from the wind.

I hope she's ready for a life at the softball fields.

The catcher, Miss Bailey Ashton Melton.

Yes, we have spent a week at the softball fields. We had games Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. In addition we got to sit out in all this crazy wind we've had all week, especially tonight, it was awful. But Bailey has a great time so it is well worth it. Wednesday night Bailey got to play catcher, which she loved. She is one of those kids that you just have to give her something to do or she gets really bored, or maybe that's all 5 year olds. So she is not a happy camper in the outfield, usually she ends up throwing dirt and rocks, or picking grass and flowers, its very entertaining. But, its t-ball so not much, if anything, makes it to the outfield. All the girls have improved so much since they first started in March and they really have a great team. All the girls get along and have a great time together. Next week is our final week of games, I can't believe it's already over, boo hoo.

A Week of Crazy

2010-04-29T20:13:00.000-07:00

Well it has been another week of crazy at the Melton household. Jenny, Tim's sister had an emergency inducement, I think that's a word. Tuesday she went in for her weekly check-up and her blood pressure had sky rocketed. This in combination with the gestational diabetes she has due to pregnancy made for a bad formula, so she was induced and Mr. Noah was born Tuesday evening around 8:30pm. He weighed 5lbs 5oz's and is 18 inches long. He has some major jet black hair and mother and baby are doing great. So Preston stayed the night with us on Tuesday while mommy and daddy were busy at the hospital. He and Bailey played prince and princess. I believe this was Baileys choice of festivities for the evening. Bailey would fall on the floor and play dead and tell Preston she was waiting for her prince to wake her, how, I dare not ask. They were singing and dancing having a grand ol time. I know this picture is going to come in very handy one day, perhaps graduations or weddings?

I have been trying to convert Miss Campbell to her crib for one very good reason, SHE IS HUGE and the pack-n-play just isin't cutting it anymore. She is growing like a weed, she is into some 12 months clothes and I think were gonna have to go to size 4 diapers. I went to check on her today while she was napping and she was in the cutest position. She had her butt flying high in the air fast asleep.

7 MONTHS OLD

2010-04-28T19:49:00.000-07:00

ON APRIL 28, 2010 CAMPBELL TURNED 7 MONTHS OLD. IT IS SO AMAZING TO WATCH A CHILD GROW AND TO SEE HOW THEY LEARN AND DEVELOP EVERY MONTH. IT IS AMAZING TO SEE THAT 7 SHORT MONTHS AGO SHE HAD JUST ENTERED THE WORLD AND NOW SHE IS LAUGHING, SMILING, AND MELTING ALL OF OUR HEARTS.

I AM SO BLESSED TO HAVE TWO BEAUTIFUL, HAPPY, AND HEALTHY CHILDREN. I THANK GOD EVERYDAY FOR THEM AND I AM SO HAPPY THAT GOD PLACED THEM IN MY LIFE. LIFE IS FILLED WITH UPS AND DOWNS OF EVERY SIZE BUT I AM SO THANKFUL THAT I HAVE MY FAMILY TO SHARE IT ALL WITH, LOVE YOU GUYS.

MISS CAMPBELL IS GROWING AND GROWING. SHE IS 20 LBS AND WEARING 9-12 MONTH CLOTHES. SHE IS WEARING A SIZE 4 DIAPER. SHE HAS TOTALLY TAKEN TO EATING AND THERE REALLY ISN'T ANYTHING THAT SHE DOESN'T LIKE. SHE STILL EATS ABOUT 6 OZ'S PER FEEDING AND IS VERY INTERESTED IN US WHILE WERE EATING. SHE IS STILL SLEEPING GREAT AT NIGHT AS WELL. I AM STILL FINDING IT VERY HARD TO MOVE HER TO HER BEDROOM ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE SO FOR NOW SHE WILL STAY IN THE PACK-N-PLAY NEXT TO MOMMY AND DADDY.

SPEAKING OF DADDY, CAMPBELL IS SUCH A DADDY'S GIRL. THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY IN LOVE WITH EACH OTHER. I LOVE TO SEE THE SMILE ON HER FACE WHEN SHE SEE'S HIM WALK IN THE ROOM. TIM IS SUCH A GREAT DAD AND THAT IS REFLECTED IN THE RELATIONSHIP HE HAS WITH HIS GIRLS. SINCE HE WORKS SUCH LONG HOURS HE REALLY ENJOYS GETTING CAMPBELL READY FOR BED EACH NIGHT. HE BATHES HER, FEEDS HER, AND SINGS SONGS TO HER TO PUT HER TO SLEEP (ITSY BITSY SPIDER IS THEIR FAVORITE), ITS SO PRECIOUS, AND CAMPBELL LOVES EVERY MINUTE OF IT. HER FAVORITE PLACE TO SLEEP IS ON DADDY'S CHEST AND BAILEY'S IS RIGHT NEXT TO HIM SNUGGLING AS CLOSE AS SHE CAN. TIM IS ALWAYS THERE TO HELP; CHANGING DIAPERS, FEEDING, DRESSING, SHOWING UP AT DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS WITHOUT BEING ASKED. HE DOES SO MUCH TO HELP ME SO I DON'T FEEL STRESSED BY IT ALL AND I CAN TRULY SAY I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO WITHOUT HIM. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

SHE LOVES TO BE IN HER BABY EINSTEIN JUMPEROO. SHE WILL GET IN THAT THING AND JUST BOUNCE, BOUNCE, BOUNCE. SHE IS NOT ONE TO SIT AND PLAY SHE REALLY ENJOYS BEING UP AND ON HER FEET, BUT I'M NOT PUSHING THE WALKING THING YET. SHE IS SO HAPPY AND JUST HAS THE BEST PERSONALITY. SHE'S ALWAYS OPEN TO MEETING SOMEONE NEW AND IS EASILY MAKING FRIENDS. SHE LOVES HER BIG SISTER. BAILEY LIKES TO DANCE AND SING FOR HER AND CAMPBELL WILL WATCH HER AND BREAK OUT IN A LAUGH. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS ABOUT BAILEY BUT SHE CAN MAKE CAMPBELL LAUGH JUST BY LOOKING AT HER.

I ALWAYS TRY TO TAKE PICTURES OF CAMPBELL SMILING, BUT I HAVE COME TO LEARN, THAT IS GOING TO BE IMPOSSIBLE. CAMPBELL'S SMILE IS HER MOUTH WIDE OPEN. SO IF YOU SEE HER AND SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE IS SAYING AAAHHH-SHE'S REALLY GIVING YOU A SMILE :)

No Boys Allowed!

2010-04-20T09:29:00.000-07:00

This is the sign that Bailey currently has hanging on her door. It is a boy with an X through it, it means, as I am told, NO BOYS ALLOWED IN MY BEDROOM!! Lets just see if its still hanging there when she's 16, ha!

Noah's Baby Shower

2010-04-20T09:23:00.000-07:00

We had a baby shower for Tim's sister, Jennifer, on Sunday. She is expecting a boy, Noah, he will be arriving the first of May. We are super excited to meet Mr. Noah, and we are so excited that he and Campbell will be able to be so close just like Bailey and Preston, who are 3 weeks apart in age. Preston and Bailey love each other so much and I know that Noah and Campbell will be the same way.

This was Jenny's 3rd shower so we just had a simple get together with family, and of course we had food and cake.

The cake was made at my favorite place, Merritt's. They make the neatest cakes and they always taste so good.

This is Jenny, by the way we call her Jenny and me Jennifer so that way we know who we are talking about so we don't have to clarify all the time. So this is Jenny and her mom, Cathy, a.k.a. Mam Maw. Congratulations Jenny we are so excited for you.

Stylish

2010-04-20T09:11:00.000-07:00

Bailey has a new saying, "mommy this is stylish." When we go shopping she shows me things and with the most serious look on her face she says, "mommy, this is very stylish, lets get it." I have to keep myself from cracking up because she is just being herself and I don't want her to think that I am making fun of her. So I just nod and say yes, your right, I like that to. She just gets this big grin on her face, she is just growing up so fast. So the other morning we were getting ready to leave for school, which we don't dress up for because they play outside allot and she is usually covered in dirt and paint when I pick her up. But she comes in the room and asked if she looked stylish, and of course I said yes, she said that she was going to wear this to school, so I said well we must get a picture first. She was ready to strike a pose, and we headed off to school, stylish.

Miss Campbell was also very stylish that day, she sported her first ponytail. And the amazing thing is that it stayed in all day long. We are finally able to wear our bows again.

She just looked to cute in her puppy towel after bath the other night so we had to grab a picture, so cute.

A Week of First's

2010-04-13T12:08:00.000-07:00

Well it has been a very busy week. We have been a couple of busy bee's lately, just going and going. Bailey has games on Monday's and Thursdays, and we have started going to church on Wednesday nights, which Bailey loves. Business is picking up for Tim, slightly, keep prayin for us on that subject, and my work has gone into complete insanity. We had our biggest sales day ever this past Saturday, so I have been very busy counting all that money. I have been working overtime lately just to keep up. And on top of that I have returned to the lawn mowing field. So in my spare time, ha, I have been scalping yards and cleaning flower beds. Which reminds me, I was at one of my customers homes the other day, he lives at 30th and Woodward. I LOVE this area of Tulsa, it is one street over from 30th and Peoria, and the houses in that area are BEAUTIFUL. I love the older homes with all their character and charm. I really love all the huge trees and beautiful lawns, its like a mexican fiesta over their with all the lawn crews, haha. Anyways, I thought I had seen it all but I was wrong. Their was a lady walking her little poodle like dog, but she wasn't walking it with a leash, but a doggy bjorn. Yes you heard me right, it looked like a baby bjorn, but for a dog. It was like a red front pack and this little dog just sat in the front pouch. Now when I saw this I thought, "you have got to be kidding me, really?" Only on that side of town would you see something like that.

Moving on, Bailey had three awesome hits in her game last night. We have been practicing everyday, she always asks to go out and practice, which makes me so happy that she really wants to do this and I'm not just dragging her out to do it. But I was trying to get her to hit the ball hard, and she finally caught on yesterday, yeah!

Miss Campbell has been a very busy bee this last week. She is now rolling over from stomach to back, not just back to stomach. She also slept in her crib for the first time Sunday night. She slept the whole night and did great. I however was a nervous wreck, I slept in Bailey's room so that I could hear her, since I don't have a monitor. I have decided that I need to have another shower, an infant shower, there are alot of things I really need like a monitor, car seat and so on and so on, so whoever wants to throw that for me that would be great, ha ha ha!

We also had a tooth appear this week. If you look on the right side you can see a faint white tooth. She has been doing very well with it, and hasn't been cranky or anything like that, thank goodness.

Miss Campbell has also started sitting up and can do so for a few minutes at a time, she really likes being upright. And please notice the oh so cute blanket that Mam maw Melton made. It's so fuzzy and soft, thanks Mam maw she loves it.

I took these pictures this morning while she and Bailey were watching cartoons, just to cute.

Gosh, I wish I could do that, I'm so jealous of baby flexibility, ha!

6 Months Old

2010-04-04T21:12:00.000-07:00

On March 28th Campbell turned 6 months old. I guess I should start out by filling you in on the biggest change this little girl has encountered this month. Campbell has found her voice, and its not just any voice, but its her screaming voice. Oh my, it is the most awful high pitched noise you have ever heard. She has realized that crying will leave you waiting for awhile, but if you scream right off the bat then mommy gets their a whole lot faster.

She is starting to enjoy eating, I guess that an understatement, she loves it. She's gone from gagging to inhaling it within the last month. We are still doing cereal but we have also has bananas, sweet potato, and her favorite applesauce.

We did have our shots last Friday, along with our flu shot, just in case. She was a bit fussy for a few days but all is back to normal now. She is a perfectly healthy girl with a large head, yes that means she is very smart, I know you were wondering that. Here are her measurements.

Weight 18 5.5 lbs (75%)
Length 27 inches (90%)
Head 46 inches (100%) super smartness

She is rolling over from back to stomach , but she gets stumped after that and starts screaming for help. She sits up with support, but is getting stronger everyday. I am in no hurry for her to reach all these milestones. She loves to laugh and does so all the time. She is in love with her big sister, and just watches her whenever she is around. I have learned after having one child already that your so anxious to see them reach their milestones and then one day you realize they aren't a baby anymore and you wish that you could go back, so she can take her sweet time growing up as far as mommy is concerned. But I have to say the lord has blessed me with a great sleeper, she goes down at 9pm and wakes around 8:30am, thank you Jesus.

Easter Afternoon

2010-04-04T20:34:00.000-07:00

We headed over to my folks Easter afternoon for dinner. We had all the family together for some Easter fun. I didn't get any pictures of the boys or much of anything for that matter, I was to busy chit chatting today, so sorry for more pics of my kids. Anyways Bailey asked my mom for a basket and the next thing I know she walks in the room with this giant one, she thought she had hit the jackpot.
It was so nice out this afternoon, we hung outside for awhile and Tim and Bailey practiced softball. Miss Campbell loves playing horsey with her daddy, it just cracks her up.

Precious, she loves her daddy so much.

There's nothing sexier than a man with a pink bat, baby #3 may be on the way soon, just kidding.

And of course at the end of a long day we always let the children drive home.

More Easter

2010-04-04T20:30:00.001-07:00

Easter Morning

2010-04-04T20:28:00.000-07:00

We had a great Easter, Bailey woke me at 7 am to let me know the Easter bunny had come, yeah!!
She got tons of stuff including her favorite, the Chipmunks Squekal, which we have watched all day long. We headed off to church, somewhere we plan on going to alot more often, I might add Bailey loves church. I got to see alot of old friends I haven't seen in years.

The girls in their Easter dresses, ready for church.

Almost a great picture, except for Miss Crabbie Apple.

Bailey's First Softball Game

2010-04-02T19:06:00.001-07:00

Bailey had her first softball game Monday night and she loved every minute of it. She played first base and got 2 outs and scored 3 runs. Mommy is so proud of her and so glad that she loves softball.

A quick pose before the game.

Bailey and her Grandma Melton. (Tim's mom)

Campbell and daddy hanging out at the fields.

Campbell, daddy, and Grandma B.

Gettin ready to bat.

Great hit.

Bailey on second base.

Coach giving her some pointers on first base.

Stopping for a pose while playing first base, I really shouldn't distract her, oops.

Lining up for their good game, hand slap.

One happy little girl.