Punkydoop's World

Princess Tea Party & Weekend

2010-06-28T10:23:00.000-07:00

We had a great weekend!! Saturday we spent time getting things done around the house and Grampy helped Mommy and Alyssa plant flowers in the yard while Daddy and AJ watched soccer.

Sunday Alyssa and I went to a Princess Tea Party at the Botanical Gardens with our friends, Aimee, Maddie (Pink and Gold Jasmine dress) and Gabbie (Pink Sleeping Beauty dress). My caemera lived through about half the event so those pics are posted here, but we have to wait on Aimee's pics for the rest :) We had a great time and we laughed and laughed with the girls. We had a nice lunch/tea with the girls, then got pictures with the Pricesses on Cinderella's stagecoach and got to meet her horse :) The Princesses then put on a show for everyone complete with singing and dancing. The girls had a great time dancing! You may see Alyssa's eyes closed in many dancing pics - and no it;s not her blinking - she dances complete with arms, twirling and her eyes closed when she is dancing "softly". It is so cute! We then got to take more pics and meet all the Princesses outside to say goodbye, get hugs and more pics. We all really enjoyed it!

After the tea party we went home and enjoyed dinner at the house with Grampy and Uncle AJ and Daddy. We had a great weekend!

We are going to the beach with the Tucker side of our family next weekend and are looking forward to fun and relaxing for a few days!!

I will post beach pics when we get back and more house pics as promised.

Love to all!

Alyssa Pictures

2010-05-26T12:44:00.000-07:00

I have been getting so many requests for new Alyssa pictures. I have been terrible taking pics with everything going on lately and lost my camera for a little bit. I promise I will start taking more now - but I am lucky Alyssa's teacher this year is a photographer so I have some cute candid's from her at school. They are random but will suffice for now until Mommy can get on the ball and take some!
Alyssa is doing great these days! She is getting so big and has become a beautiful young lady :) PS - she hates it when I call her that.........but anyway - she has been in the kindergarten class at Sunflower Station this year. We have been there since she was 10 months - but we are making a change! Alyssa's last day will be this Friday. This summer she is going to have a really sweet girl watch her at the house. Her name is Miss Kristen and she use to work at Sunflower Station (SS) and kept Alyssa's class in the afternoons so Alyssa knows her well and loves her!
Then in August Alyssa will be starting Pre-k at Madison Academy. For those of you that don't live here or know what that is.........it's a private christian school that Anthony and his family went to. It is a beautiful school and I know Alyssa will love it there. She is so happy to go to "big school" this fall! She also has some friends that use to go to SS with her, Maddie and Gabbie, that will be going to MA with her. We have kept in touch with them since they left SS and it has been awesome! Maddie is 5 and Gabbie just turned 4 and Alyssa adores them! Me and their Mommy get along great too - so they have been a really nice introcution in our lives! :)
Enough rambling - here are the pics and I'll update again soon!
Love to all!

New House!

2010-05-26T12:18:00.000-07:00

Hello All!

So............ Anthony, Alyssa and I bought a new house! We have not been in the house long but we have been working hard to unpack, paint, etc. I have some pictures of the house - some before, some mid move, some unpacking and some rooms completely done. I forgot to take some of the outside so I will do that and post those and post the other rooms as I get to them but I wanted to share what I have so far that my Mom has taken for me :) Lost the camera during the move! But I found it so I can start taking pics.
We love the house - bigger than our previous house and a huge yard! Almost an acre of land. We are putting a pool in this summer and are super excited about that!
Alyssa's room and playroom were the first rooms finished in the house so the most pics are of those but the other's are coming slowly but surely.

Dining Room
Living Room (Window in front of the house)

Living Room 2 (and new furniture!)

Loft area upstairs visible from Living Room

Part of Kitchen done (need to take pics of the rest of the kitchen).....

sink area of Kitchen - during unpacking

Another unpacking Kitchen

Soon to be Guest Room - walls were blue and orange. I am an AU fan - but this has gotta go!

Another view of guest room before.........after pics to come - we are mid primer then paint right now :)

TV portion of Alyssa's playroom. This room is huge and she loves it!

Other half of the playroom - sorry came out dark - will retake.

Alyssa's room color before..........

Applying lots of primer!! This was the UA room - YUCK! I'll have you know this was painted the 2nd day I had keys to the house!

More priming!

Part 1 of the finished product - Alyssa's new bookshelf from Grammy and Papa Sean :)

Part 2 Alyssa's Room after

Part 3 Alyssa's Room after

Part 4 Alyssa's Room after - We are adding many stuffies to the shelf

Alyssa's new ceiling fan - Daddy picked it out!

Ta-Da! Main part of Alyssa's Finished Room

More to come - promise! :)

Happy Birthday Anthony!

2010-04-19T11:37:00.000-07:00

Today is Anthony's birthday and I want to wish him a Happy Birthday and know Alyssa does too :) I have attached some cute pics of Daddy and Alyssa. He is the most wonderful father to Alyssa and I appreciate him so very much!! Love you Anthony

Bad with Camera

2010-03-29T12:34:00.000-07:00

So I have to appologize to everyone! I have been horrible about remembering my camera anywhere we go lately. But we have been busy and having fun. I just need to start taking some pictures!! This past weekend Tracy, Jeremy and family were here. Alyssa was able to spend some time playing with Addy and we were even able to take her with us to a birthday party Alyssa was invited to for twin boys she goes to school with. They had a great time at Pump it Up! We also got to meet sweet Kensley. She is so precious and looks just like her big sister :)
We are looking forward to the spring weather as it is starting to get warmer and we can play outside more! Yesterday we got to play outside and blow bubbles at Grammy's.
We got to spend time with my family this weekend too which was very nice and watched the Blind Side yesterday at Mom's. I loved the movie and of course cried :)
I will start taking more pics so I have some to post. Hope everyone has a great week and is ready for Easter next weekend!

Love to all!

Happy Birthday Dad!

2010-03-19T14:23:00.001-07:00

Just wanted to post a far away birthday hug to my Dad! Happy Birthday Dad!!! I hope you have a wonderful day! Alyssa still keeps asking for Grampy to come visit.....hint hint :) We love you!!

Congratulations!!

2010-02-04T11:39:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to wish Tracy, Jeremy and Addy a heartfelt congratulations! Kensley was born today and from what I hear her and Tracy are doing well. Addy is a big sister today and I bet she is so excited!! We love you all :)

Merry Christmas!

2009-12-30T14:10:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! We had a great Christmas with everyone and were very blessed this year! I of course missed all of my family in NH but maybe next year we'll be there!! This is a picture from Alyssa's visit to Santa. She did really good this year. She was a little shy but it was the first year she didn't cry and a huge improvement from last year since she wouldn't take one with Santa at the mall last year :) I will post more pics from Christmas but I need to get them from my mom first. I of course let my camera die and forgot to charge it every day we had a Christmas!!! But I'll get mom's and post them for everyone.

We wish everyone a Happy New Year's!!!!
Love to all

Alyssa's Birthday

2009-12-30T13:55:00.000-08:00

Yes I am a little late but still in the birthday month!!! We had Alyssa's 4th Birthday Party at Pump It Up - one of those inflatable jump places per the princess's request! We had a great time and she got so many wonderful gifts. She had kids from her class there and of course family and friends. Thanks everyone for a great time!!

Alyssa dressed like a princess :)
Papa Sean being silly ;)

Opening gifts......

Princess cake for the princess :)

Grammy and Alyssa

Only one I got of Mommy and Alyssa and her eyes are closed.......

Playing with Uncle Benny

all the men chit chatting while the kids played....

Papa Sean throwing her up the slide (I think.....) :)

And here she comes down the great big slide!

Happy Thanksgiving!

2009-11-25T09:15:00.000-08:00

I would like to wish everyone a wonderful and happy Thanksgiving! I have so much to be thankful for and really too much to list, but it is all in my heart!! I will miss my family up north this Thanksgiving, but wish them all a wonderful day and safe travels back home to Mom, Sean and Nana. I miss my Dad and Cathy but will hopefully be seeing them in Bama soon :)

As many of you know, Alyssa is also turning 4 very soon! I cannot believe she is so grown up now!! She is such a wonderful blessing and I am excited to celebrate her being here with us for 4 years on December 8. Happy Birthday "baby girl"!!

So, during this holiday season, remember and reflect on what you are thankful for, enjoy family and friends and most of all give love to all those you love - if you never love, you will never recieve love in return.

Love to all!
Kristine

Stolen Picture

2009-11-09T11:43:00.001-08:00

Yes - I am a photo thief! Our friend Sarah had this picture on her blog from a Halloween party Alyssa went to with Nan and Poppy and I had to have it! Thank you Sarah!! :)

Trick or Treat!

2009-11-02T05:56:00.000-08:00

Alyssa had a great Halloween weekend! We went to David and Lindsey's Halloween party in Nashville Friday night, stayed to watch part of the Auburn game with them and then headed back to Madison. Alyssa had a great time playing with Nico - and gosh - he is so adorable! Thanks for having us guys!!
After we got home Saturday, Uncle Benny came over and Alyssa had fun playing with him :) He stayed to hand out the candy while Anthony and I took Alyssa trick or treating. Alyssa did great and got loads fo candy!! We hope everyone had a great Halloween!!!

Ben getting Alyssa with the snake.........

Which lead to Alyssa saying she had to call the police on Uncle Benny (notice the phone in her hand)- we all died laughing!

Yep - and she's calling! :)

Finally time to get ready for Trick or Treating!

Our neighbor had a smoke machine in his yard so we had Alyssa go stand in it for a picture. She said, Dad what is that stuff? Anthony replied, smoke from a smoke machine.....she then put her hand out like to "feel" the smoke......and then she says, oh yep! Feels like smoke......we were yet again laughing :)

Last house...........

It's Uncle Benny!! She was so excited to Trick or Treat at our house where Uncle Benny was giving out candy :)

School Halloween Party

2009-10-28T11:14:00.000-07:00

Alyssa had her Halloween Party at school today and I got to go enjoy time with her there! She seemed to have alot of fun and they were all so cute! They sang a song and said a poem for the parents. Then we ate some lunch and goodies and they danced to music at the end :) Here are some pictures. I have a video also but am having trouble uploading it. Hopefully I will figure it out.......
Dancing

And more dancing :)

Eating a brownice after lunch

Waiting for lunch

Singing/Poem - I think she was eating her jackolantern!

Singing/poem

And yes - she was the loudest during the song - that's my girl! :)

Cinderella

2009-10-26T07:33:00.000-07:00

Let the Halloween festivities begin! Alyssa went to her first Halloween party last night with Nanny and Poppy and had a great time. She came home to tell us all about it!! I got a few pictures of her before she left and was soo happy with her. She actually cooperated and wanted to take pictures and was making up different poses :) Wednesday she has her Halloween party at school, Friday we are going to a Halloween party in Nashville that our friends David and Lindsey are having and of course, Saturday is trick or treating. We are excited for a fun filled week!!
Oh - an d the 1st 2 pictures are when she got home and had to scare Grammy with her purple vampire teeth!

Allie & Gabe

2009-10-26T07:26:00.000-07:00

Last weekend Bethany, Allie and Gabe came over to visit us! It was great to see them and Alyssa had fun playing with them and really, just getting to meet Gabe for the 1st time. I think the first time she met him he was very little. They are both so adorable and we hope to get to see them again soon and with Stephen! :) thanks for coming to visit guys.

And - although my camera says red eye reduction - you will notice that means "except for Alyssa" :)

Pictures!!

2009-10-16T11:25:00.000-07:00

So I have been saying I will update pics on here.......and here they are!! Just a bunch of different pictures from the Beach, 4th of July, Tate Farms and other places we have been over the past few months. Enjoy!

Daddy and Alyssa @ Tate Farms

Mommy and Alyssa @ Tate Farms

Getting taller!

Daddy and Alyssa swinging on the rope horse

Vroom Vroom!

Alyssa kissing a bunny rabbit

Petting the goats

She was talking to the goats in a sweet little voice :)

This was as close as we got in a picture together until the end, so Daddy just barely got her in the picture with me..... :)

Mrs. Linda burying Alyssa in the corn bed

Playing in a big bed of corn - she loved this part!!

Hay ride

The whole class on the hay ride

Alyssa and her wonderful teacher Miss Linda

Alyssa picking her pumpkin in the patch

Goin to school with her new bag and lunchbox from Nanny :)

Plying with Brittney on the beach

Swimming - Alyssa did so good at the beach this year swimming by herself!!

Daddy and Alyssa swimming

Riding the boat on the dolphin cruise

Playing with chalk with Addy Belle after family pics

Beach 2009

Alyssa and Grampy

Alyssa with her favorite fly swatter (which now is broken.......) :)

Spirit Week

2009-10-16T08:05:00.000-07:00

This week was Spirit Week at Alyssa's school. Monday was suppose to be hat day so Alyssa was going to wear her cowgirl hat. Sadly enough, she was sick Monday and couldn't wear her hat to school, but this picture was from Sunday night while her and Daddy both had on their cowboy hats. It is just too cute! :) She did get to participate in tye dye day with her tye dye shirt, school colors day with yellow and greeen and today - her favorite of all I think. Pajama Day! The Pajamas she has on in the hat picture are the ones she picked out to wear to school today. Nana made them for Alyssa and gave them to her last Christmas.
Bethany, Allie and Gabe are here this weekend and we are really excited about getting together with them tomorrow morning to play at Kid's Kingdom (praying it's not too cold or rainy). I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Happy Fall

2009-10-06T06:49:00.000-07:00

Yes I know it has been a while since my last post.......I plan on posting pics sometime soon. Yesterday Alyssa's class took a field trip to Tate Farms. It was soooo much fun and I am so thankful that Anthony and I got to go with her! We took a hay ride, picked "punkins" in the "punkin patch", went to a small petting zoo and the kids played on the playground. It was nice and muddy from all the rain but we had a great time! I took lots of pics and will post them as soon as I can download them.

We are loving this fall weather! Spent time this past weekend buying and planting some fall flowers - mums and pansy's. Alyssa loved going to buy them - picking them out - and the "idea" of planting. But as soon as the bag of dirt was opened and she put her hands in it to put in the pots, her response was, "Mommy, I'm done.....I know! (she says all excited) I will watch you because you do a good job!". I just had to laugh. She was doing a great job trying to sell me on the dirty job......so I did it and then she did the clean part of watering them all in the end. It was fun :)

I hope everyone is enjoying fall and I will post pics soon - promise! :)

Love to all!!

Long time.......

2009-07-20T13:27:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone!
Sorry it has been so long since I last posted. I have a lot of catching up to do but have been extremely busy and traveling quite a bit for work. I have some pictures from Nanny from over the weekend that I wanted to share until I get time to offload pics from the camera and post all my cath up stuff :) Alyssa spent the night Saturday with Nanny and Poppy while we went to my Mom's induction to the State of Alabama Hall of Fame for bowling in Birmingham. Congrats Mom!!! and Thank you Nanny and Poppy :) Enjoy and I will post more soon!!
Love everyone!

Playin in the creek

Gardening at Nanny and Poppy's

Silly Face :)

Alyssa and a new friend at Old McDonalds :)

Congratulations

2009-05-03T15:00:00.001-07:00

My Mom and Sean got married April 17th during our family "bowling" annual vacation :) We all had a wonderful time and are very happy for Mom and Sean.

Big Bugs & Easter

2009-05-03T14:29:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone!

I am quite a bit behind in pictures I know, but I am catching up now......last month Anthony and I took Alyssa to the Botanical Garden to their Big Bugs display. Alyssa had a great time and loved looking at everything. She didn't want anything to do with pictures that day so I got what I could and we had to trick her alot :) But here are some pictures from that day.
We also had my family over to color Easter eggs and there are some pictures of that as well as Easter. Easter Sunday was very nice.....we went to church and then went to Nana's for a wonderful dinner!! Thank you Nana :)
Lolve to all!!
Mommy & Alyssa counting eggs from the Easter Egg hunt

Great "cheese" face is all we get these days

Easter morning

Opening Easter Gifts

More gifts...

All the eggs everyone colored

Grammy, Alyssa and Daddy coloring eggs

Grammy & Alyssa Coloring Eggs

Alyssa and the lady bug

Smelling the flowers

Just love this face :)

Beautiful tulip

Praying Mantis

Daddy And Alyssa

Pickin the flowers from the beautiful dogwood tree

Huge spider!

Alyssa got tired of walking after like 3rd bug :) Poor Anthony.........

My fav part! all of the sunflowers!!

Alyssa trying to play with the mean goose

Special Day

2009-04-13T06:29:00.001-07:00

As many of you may know this is a special, although hard day for us. Today is the anniversary day that we briefly met our son Tony. Although he wasn't able to stay with us, I know, personally, I am very thankful I was able to hold him on this very special day. I hate that we had to say goodbye but he was my first blessing and I am now blessed with another beautiful child that I cherish every day.
I just wanted to put a post up saying I miss Tony terribly, but I am thankful for him every day. Someone I know, wrote this to me in honor of Tony and I wanted to share:

Ever felt an angel's breath in the gentle breeze?
A teardrop in the falling rain?
Hear a whisper amongst the rustle of leaves?
Or been kissed by a lone snow flake?
Nature is an angel's favorite hiding place.
by: Carrie Latet

I think that is a beautiful poem.

Love everyone

Easter Weekend

2009-04-13T06:09:00.000-07:00

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter! I know we did. Anthony and Alyssa went to GA Thursday - Saturday to visit Tracy, Jeremy and Addy Belle. Nanny and Poppy went too. Anthony and Larry were lucky and got to go to the Masters on Friday. Alyssa had a ball staying with Nanny, Tracy and Addy Belle playing!!
They came home Saturday afternoon and we colored Easter Eggs - Grammy and Uncle Sean had to come help too :)
Sunday was a nice day......we went to church, out to lunch and then over to Nana's where we just relaxed out in the sun, ate a wonderful dinner (thanks Nana for preparing that for us!!), had an Easter Egg hunt for Alyssa and ate dessert. All in all, everyone had a great weekend. I have posted some pics I stole from Tracy of Alyssa's trip to GA (because I don't think Anthony took the camera). I have pics from yesterday on my camera that I will hopefully download today or tomorrow.
Love to all!

Alyssa and Addy coloring eggs

Hunting eggs - love Addy's face :)

Anthony directing Alyssa and Addy (Tracy's blog has a great description for this)

Alyssa :)

My baby girl!!

New Pics

2009-04-03T12:33:00.001-07:00

Just came on to post a couple pictures of Alyssa.....there are 2 from Tumblebeez Tuesday that Nanny took and 2 Nanny took of Alyssa Wednesday playing with her paddle and ball she got in her Easter Goody Bag from Colsa. Thanks Nanny! :) Hope everyone has a good weekend!!

Alyssa after Tumblebeez eating her "Mystery" Lolliop she gets every week.

Alyssa before Tumblebeez

3 Year Check Up

2009-04-01T08:21:00.002-07:00

Alyssa went for her 3 year check up yesterday (just a little late) :) She is a very happy healthy little girl!! She is 38 1/2 in tall and 35 lbs. She is in the 75th percentile for height and weight. She got to show off for the Dr. and count, draw a circle and do colors with him. She did great! :)
Tumblebeez was very good last night......Nanny, Poppy, Grammy and Nana came to watch. Alyssa was very happy to have so many people there. Thanks for coming!

Happy Birthday!

2009-04-01T08:21:00.001-07:00

I would like to wish AJ a Happy 25th Birthday!!!! :)

Happy Tuesday

2009-03-31T11:57:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone :)
I have some pics to update.......last Friday Alyssa and I had a great time with Nana at Playhouse Disney Live!!! Alyssa was so cute and stood up and danced most of the time. The Little Einsteins were by far her favorite.......but she really enjoyed the entire show.
Saturday was Karella's senior prom so Alyssa and I went over to my Mom's to see them all dressed up and Karella in her "princess dress" as Alyssa called it. Alyssa also played baseball and did the hula hoop with Grammy.
Tonight we are off to Tumblebeez :) I can't wait......and I think Nanny, Grammy and Nana are coming to watch tonight too. That will make Alyssa very happy!!
Hope everyone is doing well.........
Love you!

Alyssa, me, Karella and Riley

Riley giong to pick up Karella.....Mom trusted him with her Z :)

Riley, me and Alyssa

Riley and Nana

Mom, Riley and Sean

Alyssa and I at Disney Playhouse

Grammy and Alyssa doing the hula hoop together

Alyssa hula hooping

Alyssa - baseball

Alyssa did great at hitting the ball!

Grammy and Alyssa

Alyssa - just love this pic

Tigger - my fav at the show

Mickey and Friends.....Nana's fav was Donald Duck

Alyssa's fav - Little Einsteins and Rocket!

Alyssa letting her tiger watch the show

Alyssa singing along at the show :)

The wonderful $12 snowcone!!! That after 1 bite Alyssa said, "I don't like it mommy" ......she just wanted the rocket cup :)

Alyssa watching some cartoons on the big screen before the show started

Quick Hello

2009-03-27T11:59:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone :)
I didn't post much last week with the trip to NH. AJ and I had a good time and it was great to see everyone up there - just a realy short trip.....so it felt like we left as soon as we got there. But hopefully Dad and Cathy will be down to visit soon enough :)
I had a couple pics from my phone and 1 from Tracy I stole of Alyssa and Addy :) that I thought I could post. I have some pics from Tumblebeez this past Tuesday night and I will post those this weekend (don't have my camera with me right now).
Alyssa, Nana and I are going to see Playhouse Disney Live tonight! I am looking forward to it - Alyssa will have such a blast I just know! Hopefully we can take pics in there so I can share.
Hope everyone has a good weekend!

Alyssa just before Tumblebeez started Tuesday

Alyssa and Addy Belle

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD & CATHY!

2009-03-18T06:14:00.001-07:00

I just wanted to post a special Happy Birthday message to Cathy (Dad's girlfriend). Today is her day!! :)
Tomorrow is Dad's birthday!! Happy Birthday Dad!! I would have posted separate messages to each of you on your day - but tomorrow I won't be able to because I will be on a plane!! :)
Tomorrow morning, AJ and I are going to visit Dad and Cathy for their birthday's and we will be staying until Sunday. Short visit, but just enough to spend some quality time with Dad and Cathy. Hopefully we'll get them to Bama this summer sometime so they can see all of us, but it will be nice to go to NH so I can see my Uncles, Cousins and Friends up there since I haven't been there since winter of 07'.
We are looking forward to coming to visit!! Cathy - we hope you have a wonderful day today!!

We love you - see you tomorrow!!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

2009-03-17T06:26:00.001-07:00

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY everyone! :) I took a couple pics of Alyssa before school this morning :) I also have a cute story......I made cookies last night with GREEN sprinkles for her party at school today. Well I let Alyssa have one for breakfast this morning (I know - great mom - but a handy bribe to get dressed) :) Anyway - Alyssa loves Spongebob and some of you may know the character "Patrick".......well he is pink. So, Alyssa says, "Mom, why don't we have pink cookies and wear pink today for Patrick?" I said, huh? she said, "Patrick is PINK!"......it dawned on me she thought today was about Patrick from Spongebob!! :) So I said no honey, today is about St. Patrick.......haven't you been coloring leprechauns at school? You could instantly see the light bulb come on......she started laughing. She thought it was all about the Spongebob character and thought Patrick was going to be at school today. I was cracking up laughing with her this morning. Too cute!
Hope everyone has a great day!!

Tumblebeez Take One!

2009-03-04T07:08:00.000-08:00

So last night we went to our first Tumblebeez class :) Alyssa had a great time!!! I have to appologize ahead of time....I have to be about the worst picture taker. I couldn't get the settings right or my arm still to take non blurry pics :) I will practice before next week.

This is Alyssa at the end of the class......she was wore out :)
Alyssa giving the teacher high five....she loved this part - do cartwheel, give teacher 5! It made her smile everytime

Alyssa making her way through the obstacle course....the cutest thing was at the end of the course there was a wedge where they had to do a somersault down it......Alyssa, every single time, managed to roll right off the side of it as she continually did sideways somersaults. It cracked us up each time!

Beginning cartwheel

This was when they first went in.....the little girl sitting next to Alyssa took her under her wing right at the beginning and helped Alyssa through the whole class. Too cute!

More obstacle course

Mid cartwheel

She's ready to go back next week! She is signed up for at least 3 months......should be fun!

Catch Up

2009-03-04T06:12:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone!
After taking pictures last night I was looking on the camera and realized there were a bunch of pics I never posted......so here ya go!

Alyssa at the "Indoor Playground"

Sean's daughter and her family came to visit us :) We had a great time with them and were so happy to meet them. This is Sean's granddaughter and Alyssa at Grammy and Uncle Sean's (Papa) house watching Dora over and over again!!

This is Sean's grandson......he is so adorable!

This is Sean's daughter and son in law

Notice the new way Alyssa shows her love to Biloxi........she has to hold her like this at least once a night.......Poor Biloxi, but she takes it well :)

Oh - and PS - these are some jammies that Nana made for Alyssa......thanks Nana!

Mommy, Alyssa and Biloxi

Addy Belle is 3!! We took a trip to ATL in January for Addy's 3rd birthday......I know - way late on posting :)

Jeremy and Anthony

Mommy and Alyssa just before cake and presents

Happy Birthday Addy Belle.....I just love this pic......and yes, Tracy and Theresa made this wonderful SpongeBob cake!!

Tumblebeez

2009-03-03T05:56:00.000-08:00

I forgot to post yesterday that Alyssa starts Tumblebeez tonight! She will be in the "beez" class, which is the 4 year old class with 4 other little girls. She will go every Tuesday at 6:30. Anyone that would like to come is more than welcome!! Tumblebeez is located on Wal Triana toward Harvest. I will post some pics tomorrow from tonight's first lesson. She is very excited and Mommy absolutely can't wait!!
Wish us luck :)
Love to everyone!

Happy March!

2009-03-02T13:03:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone :) I have some pics from my phone that I have taken of Alyssa recently (sorry their blury - I lost my small camera for about a week so I had to rely on my phone)......hope everyone has a great March and a Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Syndey in Sunday Morning Snow :)

Alyssa taking a break at the Indoor Mall Playground

Alyssa riding in the car with Sydney - huge smile :)

Alyssa helping make cupcakes

Alyssa and Sydney in the car. Alyssa thought it was the neatest thing that Sydney can ride in the car :)

Alyssa and Uncle Riley Hunting Deer

Alyssa and Riley still hunting. Alyssa had alot of fun at the bowling center yesterday playing video games with Uncle Riley, Karella, Grammy, Sean, AJ, and Tyler while Mommy and Daddy had to bowl. She told Uncle AJ she needed more "coiny's" when she ran out of money. Another funny note was when we left.....I told her to give Tyler (AJ's friend) a hug and she looked at him and said, "Bye thanks for giving me money!!" :) It was too cute.

Alyssa and Frosty - her and Daddy made Sunday morning when we woke up to some snow!!

Happy Valentine's Day

2009-02-13T06:37:00.001-08:00

We hope everyone has a wonderful Valentine's day!!! I have added a couple pics of Alyssa that I took with my cell phone and one from Mom's cell phone.

Alyssa loves going to the playground so there is one from last Sunday when Mommy and Alyssa went to play while Daddy was out golfing :) The pic of her sitting on the frog is the "Indoor Playground" as Alyssa calls it. It's the little play area in the food court at the mall that we took Alyssa to Tuesday for being such a good girl :)

And the pic on the couch is at Grammy's last Saturday while Anthony and I went out to dinner and a movie. Thanks Grammy! :) She sent it to me to let me know Alyssa was having fun since she had a fit when we left (that's the new thing) - and new is relative. Alyssa has been quite clingy for the last couple months and hates us to leave. Just a phase and we're getting better with it.

Love everyone!

Sunny Day!

2009-01-07T09:00:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone!

I hadn't posted in a bit so I figured I'd get on and give everyone an update. I am at work so don't have any pictures with me to post. Things are going good. First sunny day here in weeks so it is great!! We have a busy month this month but looking forward to it. This weekend we are going to GA to visit Tracy, Jeremy and Addy Belle for Addy's birthday. We are all very excited to finally get to visit them in GA and see their new house.
Later this month we are going to Charleston, SC with Mom and Sean. We will be meeting and spending the weekend with Sean's daughter, Casey and her family. She has a little girl Alyssa's age, so Alyssa will have a play partner :) We are looking forward to meeting her and her family for the first time!!
My job has been a little up and down since I started. Things began with a bang and it was going great - work was steady, I figured out everything I needed to be doing and then a slight (ok huge) problem came to light. The contract I am here working on was put on a 90 day stop work because another company sued NASA basically saying they should have won the contract. So a review board is being put together by NASA and they are reevaluating who will win the contract. So, at the end of this 90 days we could lose the contract. It is very unknown right now. There were multiple layoffs, I made it through. So - it is kinda scary since we only have this one contract and not very stable at this time. I am currently looking at other options with my Gov't contacts I had from Brown - so a career change may be in the works for me this month. Although stressful, it is ok - just a small stepping stone in my career.
Anthony is doing good - same old Anthony :) Work is going great for him.
Alyssa is growing by the day!! It is so amazing to me how grown up she is!! Her school moved her to the 4 year old room this week. They said she was no longer learning or gaining anything from the class she was in and felt she needed to move with the older group of kids. We agreed and she was moved Monday. She is very happy in her new class and I feel she will continue to learn very well with this change.
Hope everyone is doing good!! For those in NH - we miss you!!!!!

Love you all!
Kristine

Alyssa and Mommy :)

2008-12-29T12:56:00.000-08:00

Random Pics

2008-12-29T12:53:00.000-08:00

Hello all!
I will uploading some Christmas pics.....but I wanted to add some random pics I had taken from my phone over the past couple months. Enjoy! :) Alyssa and her new vanity from Santa

Alyssa helping Mommy do laundry

Alyssa by the fire Daddy made

Alyssa and Mommy making cookies for Riley's bowling team

Alyssa after a bath :)

Colsa Xmas Party

2008-12-15T05:41:00.000-08:00

Saturday we took Alyssa to Nanny's work to their Kids Christmas event. They had all kinds of neat stuff there for the kids to do and Santa Clause was there :) Alyssa was very shy and grumpy at first but quickly came out of her shell and had a great time! Alyssa and I made a gingerbread man necklace, Ornaments for the Christmas tree and we went and talked to Santa. Alyssa refused to sit in his lap or to take a picture with him, but did go to talk to him with Mommy's help to tell him what she wanted for Christmas. Alyssa wants a "girl doggy" for Christmas??? We told her Syndey is her girl doggy but she insists that Syndey is a boy :) Daddy says we will not be getting another doggy. After all the fun, we ate lunch (pizza) - but Alyssa's lunch consisted of peanuts that Nanny had and lots of cookies. We had a great time - thanks Nanny!! Alyssa peeking around the corner - I love this pic :)

Alyssa getting her candy from Santa

This was as close as we got to Santa :)

Alyssa making an ornament

Mommy and Alyssa making an ornament

Mommy and Alyssa making a necklace

Alyssa :)

Happy Birthday!

2008-12-09T05:34:00.000-08:00

**Upate - until I post pics, you can go to the Nanny & Poppy link and see some from Saturday that Anthony's Mom (Nanny) has posted. Thanks Nanny!**

Alyssa turned 3 yesterday!!! Happy Birthday Alyssa :) She has had a few days of birthday celebrating and has had a wonderful time. Saturday we had her birthday party at Jump Zone with some friends from her class, our neighbors and family. After the kids jumped, we had pizza and cake (Dora of course) and then she opened gifts. Thank you everyone for coming and the wonderful gifts Alyssa got. She is very blessed!!
Sunday we played with new toys and Mommy and Alyssa made cupcakes together for her school birthday party. Later that night we decorated the Christmas tree and Alyssa loved putting on the ornaments.
Monday Alyssa had a birthday party at school and then came home to open more presents from Mommy and Daddy :) I had to let her open gifts on her actual birthday :) After she finished opening gifts, her and Daddy went to the movies and saw Bolt. She had a wonderful day and that made me so happy.
I cannot believe Alyssa is 3 already - my baby girl is growing up.........but it was so fun this year with her birthday because she understood everything going on and was genuinely excited and happy! It was a small peek at what Christmas and Santa Clause presents will be like and I cannot wait!!
I have lots of pics from this weekend - I just need to offload them and then I will add them here. Just wanted to give everyone an update.
Love all of you!

Thanksgiving

2008-11-28T06:15:00.001-08:00

We had a great Thanksgiving!! We spent the earlier part of the day at Maw Maw and Paw Paw Isbell's with everyone. Alyssa had a great time playing with Addy and it was nice to see everyone. While we were eating.........you will see in the pics below Alyssa and Addy went on an adventure in Maw Maw's room and found her lipstick! They both came out and had bright red lipstick on their faces. It was actually close to their mouths so they did try to get it on right :) It was so cute when they reappreared with their pretty faces......Addy tried to wipe it off real quick when Tracy flew out of her chair to see what they had gotten into. It was too cute. Alyssa just stood there and smiled :)
After the Isbell's we went to my Nana's house to eat some more and spend time with my family. We only had a little time with Riley because he had to leave for a bowling tournament with the college in Indiana but it was great to spend time with the fam for the afternoon :)
Thanks to everyone who provided meals and great company for us. We had a great day. We love you!! AJ, Mom, Me and Riley

The 3 of us :) I love this pic......AJ, me and Riley.......how do I become the shortest?? And with heels on!

Karella and Riley

Alyssa and Addy Belle chasing the dogs.......

Alyssa, Nanny and Addy Belle on Maw Maw's swing

Pretty Girls!!! Lipstick fun

Maw Maw laughing after they found her lipstick :)

Too cute - hugs :)

Alyssa and Addy Belle

Girls Weekend

2008-11-18T08:34:00.000-08:00

I had an awesome weekend with the girls this weekend! It was the first time I can remember all of us went away for the weekend, just for the mommy's :) We had such a good time in Atlanta and all the kids stayed with the Dads from Friday night to Sunday afternoon. Thank you Dads :) We laughed just about the entire weekend non stop and had an awesome time catching up and just being girls.
While I missed my little girl.......I had an awesome time and couldn't have pictured a better weekend with all the girls. Thank you ladies for such a wonderful time and I can't wait to do it again!!
Love all of you :)

Trick or Treat!

2008-10-31T18:13:00.000-07:00

Grammy, Mommy and Alyssa went Trick or Treating tonight. We had a good time and Alyssa was so cute!!! She did great saying Trick or Treat and Thank You!! Guess she had lots of good practice this past week. Here are some pics of tonight.......... Uncle AJ, Mommy and Alyssa (trying to get down to eat candy and drink milk)

Uncle AJ, Mommy and Alyssa - getting all 3 to look at once.......impossible! :)

Alyssa's last stop trick or treating.....Daddy :)

Alyssa in punkin land trick or treating

Grammy and Alyssa - ready to get some candy!

Daddy, Alyssa and Uncle Sean

Alyssa, Mommy, Nana and Grammy (the 4 generations)

Daddy, Alyssa and Mommy

Alyssa getting her hair fixed - getting ready to go out trick or treating.

Mommy attempting to put Alyssa's witch hat on......would not stay on.

Happy Halloween!!

2008-10-30T17:01:00.000-07:00

Happy Halloween everyone!! We took Alyssa tonight to pick out a pumpkin.........she picked out a small pumpkin that had a painted face on it for hers. Daddy picked out the bigger pumpkin to carve.
We let Alyssa draw the face on it......then we all shared in cleaning (Daddy did most of it because Alyssa thought it was yucky - and so does Mommy) :) and Mommy made pumpkin seeds while Daddy carved the face out. We hope everyone has a great Halloween!! And I'll post pics tomorrow from trick or treating!! Mommy, Alyssa (scary face) and Pumpkin

Daddy, Alyssa (scary face) and Pumpkin

Alyssa helping make a mess! :)

The "yucky" comment came out here.....

Alyssa helping Mommy clean the pumpkin

Cleaning still.......

Alyssa getting the pumpkin seeds and coloring the newspaper

Daddy & Alyssa cleaning out the pumpkin

Update - Doctor

2008-10-27T10:51:00.000-07:00

I went and saw the Gastro Doc today. I have an appt for a lovely "procedure" on Dec 3 at 7am. I will be put to sleep thank God!! So I get to be a little loopy that day and hopefully won't remember anything :)
He has a feeling I have some form of colitis and is sure this will show him I either do or do not have it. If I don't we'll talk about it after the procedure, and if I do he will let me know what type and how to care for it. There are so many forms of colitis and he doesn't want to go through all types and treatment now until we know what type I have.
He was quite concerned mainly with my weight loss and all of my symptoms including that point to colitis. He was a little upset with my regular Doc that he waited so long to send me with the constant weight loss and that he made me go dairy free for 5 weeks, when he really knew sooner that wasn't the issue - but what's done is done and I think I am in great care now. He was very nice, quick to the point (which I like) and feels he can help me solve my problem. Woohoo!!
So until my procedure I'll try and manage the issues with diet all while trying not to lose much more weight.
Just wanted to let everyone know. Things will be quiet with this until December.
Love everyone!!

Trunk or Treat

2008-10-26T19:42:00.001-07:00

Tonight we took Alyssa to Trunk or Treat at Nanny and Poppy's Church. Alyssa had a really good time and got lots of candy.....she wouldn't say Trick or Treat or Thank You but she was sooooo cute. Alyssa is a witch this year but won't wear the hat......she actually calls herself a witch princess when we put her costume on :)
Thank you Nanny and Poppy for inviting us, we all had a great time :)

Trunk or Treat

2008-10-26T19:38:00.000-07:00

Random Pics

2008-10-26T19:35:00.000-07:00

Tony

2008-10-26T19:30:00.000-07:00

Tony is Anthony and my Son. He was born stillborn on April 13, 2004. The pic above is a tattoo I got last Friday on my upper back. Anthony has an awesome tattoo with Tony's hands and foot prints on his chest and has had it a long time now. For about 2 years I have wanted Tony's footprints as my tattoo......so last Friday it struck me that was "the day". AJ went down with me while Anthony kept Alyssa and I got my tattoo. I love it and am so happy!! Didn't even hurt......which was awesome :)
We Love and Miss Tony everyday......and this only made me feel a sense of peace and closure that has been a long time coming.

News News and more News

2008-10-26T19:12:00.000-07:00

So alot of you know some of these things but the past couple weeks have been kinda busy and crazy. A little over 2 weeks ago I was in an accident in Lexi. I am ok - got a little banged up and bruised but I am ok and all healed now. I was driving on Slaughter one night and a car was coming at me head one just before our subdivision. To avoid hitting him/her head on I went off the road. If any of you know Slaughter Rd. it is mainly ditches on the sides, so I went into a ditch (someone's front yard). Hit a mailbox and some other things ending in a cement wall. The airbag deployed, lots of damage to the under carriage of the car, the front end had a lot of damage and my windshield was broken. Needless to say Lexi was totalled :( The other person never stopped so that wasn't too good. We filed everything under our insurance and are pretty much done with the settlement for the total loss.
So......last week Anthony and I drove to Birmingham and we bought a new and improved Lexi :) We bought an 06' GS 430. Just what old Lexi was but newer body style, lots of awesome features and she is black. I will take some pics and add them for everyone to see. Anthony cleaned her up today so she'll be nice and shiny tomorrow for pics :)
Another exciting yet stressful event this week was a new job offer for me. Most of you know I have been with Brown International just over 2 years and have loved it! I love what I do, love the people and I have been extremely dedicated to my position with the company. Well, out of the blue a friend of mine referred me to Sage Systems for their Procurement and Logistics Manager position. I agreed to go in and talk with the Director and interview for the position. The next day, I was offered the job. They are a sub contractor for a very large Nasa Protective Services Contract. I am very excited to take the position, although it will be tough to leave Brown and everything I have there. I turned in my resignation Thursday and will end there on 11/7. I start with Sage on 11/10.
Everyone at Brown and other friends I have made through Brown are very happy for me and have been extremely supportive in my decision. I will miss everyone (on a daily basis) there but am very happy to say I have made some awesome friendships there that will last forever, so I'll still be seeing them alot.
Medical Note: Dr. took me off dairy free diet - yay! Going to see a Gastro Dr. Monday at 9. He will then set up any testing I need to have done. I'll keep you all upated. Thanks for all of your support and prayers throught this already!!
Wish me luck and keep me in your prayers!

Fun at the Park

2008-10-26T18:48:00.000-07:00

Last weekend Daddy and Alyssa went to the playground. Alyssa had a great time and as you can see loved playing on the slide.
Cracks me up how her little tongue is out in this first pic :)

Kristine Update

2008-09-29T08:27:00.000-07:00

Some of you may know but I have been having some medical issues......my Doctor put me on a dairy free diet a little over 2 weeks ago and it is going good - although hard!! You all know how much I love milk and cheese so it has been tough but I have done really well. It has not helped the problem yet, but a good healthy diet if nothing else. I have pretty much stopped drinking Pepsi as well and mainly drink water. They did blood tests to check for Chrone's Disease and some other testing for parasites and things. All tests have come back normal so far. Although that is good - it just means we haven't found the problem yet and I will have to undergo more testing. I am going to see my Dr. Thursday for a checkup and will find out more then, but I believe the next step is to have a colonoscopy done. Yay! Hopefully they'll find something. I will keep everyone updated, but wanted to let you know what was going on thus far.
I have had a few great supporters through this whole thing and I totally appreciate it more than you'll ever know! You know who you are :)
Thank you!!

Potty Training

2008-09-29T08:24:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to update everyone on potty training. Alyssa is doing awesome!!! She is completely off pull ups and wears big girl panties all day (even through naps). She still wears a diaper at night but I am hoping to get her off those this week. She is only having 1 accident a day if any, and none during naps. I am so proud of her and this has been much easier than I pictured. Her school was a huge help in this and we are so lucky to have such caring people to take care of Alyssa every day. Great peace of mind for Mommy :)

Big Punkin!

2008-09-28T17:40:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone!
We had a good weekend......had some friends over from my work Saturday to watch the Auburn game and then the Alabama game. Had a great time and Alyssa enjoyed everyone! She had a great time having a water/ice fight with some of the guys from work. Too cute!
The pics of the big punkin (so Alyssa calls it) are neat. This is in our neighbors yard - a huge bail of hay that they have decorated and made into a pumpkin. Alyssa wanted to take a stroll on her bike to see it.....so we did and I thought it was a great opportunity for some cute pics.
Alyssa also played with the little boy next door, Luke and his sister Lani. She had a good time :)

Fall Festival

2008-09-22T05:46:00.000-07:00

We went to Twickenham Church last night with Nanny & Poppy for their Fall Festival. Alyssa had a great time and got lots of "prizes" aka Candy :) T-ball was her favorite with the horse race as a close second. We went to dinner with Nanny & Poppy before the festival. Alyssa was great! I have added some pics...........
Alyssa riding the horse

Daddy & Alyssa playing T-ball
T-Ball #2

Alyssa doing it "all by herself"
Can't tell she's part of my fam?? Bowling....

Family basketball

Daddy & Alyssa in the horse race

Big Girl Panties!

2008-09-18T10:03:00.000-07:00

Quick update during my 10 minute lunch :)

Tuesday Alyssa started wearing big girl panties at school. No prep, no talking - just did it! Jumping right in I think was a great idea from her teacher. She had a few accidents Tuesday but we supplied school with lots of clothes :) Yesterday was day #2 and she had NO accidents! I was so proud when I went to pick her up and she was in the same clothes as when I dropped her off. Her school really felt she was ready and it was time, so they gave Mommy the push she needed :) I am so happy and Alyssa loves it! Still in a diaper at night for now......but everywhere she goes, she is in panties. No accidents in the car yet either which is a plus!
Just wanted to let everyone know. As soon as we are pretty much potty trained, the passie goes! Hopefully in a couple weeks we'll be potty trained (yay - no more diapers!) and passie free. Wish us luck!!

Alyssa's ISR Swimming Class

2008-08-29T12:05:00.000-07:00

Alyssa was able to pass her ISR Swim class this week with her winter clothes on. We hope that she will never have to use these skills but it gives us a little peace of mind knowing that she has them.

She loves the water and her instructor, Caroline, said that she is very comfortable in the water and relaxed. You can see this is the videos below how she just floats even when she is face down in the water. The first week she was upset and cried during the class but after about 4 days, she was laughing and playing around and enjoying them. It took her about 6 weeks (not counting the week she had the bad infection or the week of vacation) to complete the course.

I would recommend ISR (Infant Swimming Resources) to everyone. You can go to their web site http://www.infantswim.com/ to get more information. Alyssa and Daddy liked to get to class early to see the infants going through the course. There were two 8 month old twins that were ahead of us every morning. In fact, our first week there was a 6 month old that was testing out with all her winter clothes on.

In the video above she does not want to do the back flip into the water but in the next video below she will.

Congratulations Alyssa! We are very proud of you!

Fun Filled Week!

2008-07-22T05:43:00.000-07:00

Well, we got home Sunday from our trip to Evansville, Indiana. We had so much fun!! I was in a womens bowling tourament with my Mom and some friends and I am just so happy they invited Anthony and I. We had a great time and we got to spend alot of quality time together as well as with my Mom and Sean. Alyssa stayed with Nanny and Poppy (Anthony's parents) and she had a great time! She told me all about it yesterday after school and it was too cute! Thank you so much Nanny and Poppy for keeping Alyssa for us!!

This week is a busy one! We got our prints for the house yesterday! YAY!! So I need to get a set out to Dad to start putting things in motion. We have alot to do yet before we start building but hopefully we are moving in the right direction a little faster now with the prints in hand.

Sunday was Riley's birthday so we are going to dinner tonight for his birthday since we were out of town, but HAPPY BIRTHDAY RILEY!!! Riley also has orientation at Martin Methodist today! Can't believe it is almost time for Riley to go to college! About a month and then he'll be a bowling machine - we can't wait to go watch his collegiate tournaments!

AJ is closing on his house Thursday and I am so excited and happy for him!!! We will probably be over there a bunch after Thursday helping him move in and get everything set up. I am going with AJ to closing and am so happy!!

My 10 year reunion is this Saturday and I am really excited about that! I am looking forward to it and think it will be a blast!

Nana closes on her house next Monday and then she will be coming down the weekend of Aug. 8. Mom is going to NH to drive her back down. We can't wait for Nana to be back!

We hope everyone is doing well and we miss everyone!!

Late

2008-07-14T05:39:00.000-07:00

I know I am late - but better late than never!! I have added beach pics from our annual 4th of July trip to Ft. Morgan beach. We had such a great time spending time with the family!! I can't wait until next year - wish we were still at the beach. Alyssa earned a new nickname from Addy Belle - it is YaYa and it is too cute. We were all calling Alyssa YaYa and she loved it. She would just walk around saying YaYa. Alyssa and Addy were too cute playing together and they really enjoyed spending time with everyone! Alyssa has been asking about everyone since we left. She asks to go to the beach and when I am about to say we can't, she says, "Beach is too far away??". She is growing up so fast and is just so smart!
We have a lot planned in the next few weeks. We are going to Evansville, Indiana this weekend with my Mom and Sean for a bowling tournament I am in. The weekend after that is my 10 year high school reunion. Then the 2nd weekend in August we are making a trip to Conyers to visit Tracy, Jeremy and Addy! I am so excited and can't wait!!

In other news, AJ is buying a house! He is closing July 25th and we are all just so happy and proud of him! He has really come a long way in a year and it brings tears to my eyes and just fills my heart with such happiness!
Nana is moving back to AL in August. She bought a house here and is closing July 17th!! We are all so happy that we will have Nana back! We have missed her so much since she took a "trip" to NH for a while :)

We are still slowly moving along with the house. We are waiting for the prints to be finished so we can start clearing and everything......slow process but still moving along.

I hope everyone is doing good!! To all those in NH and other places away from here - we miss all of you!

Love you!!

Beach 2008 Pics

2008-07-14T05:25:00.001-07:00

Tracy and Kristine

Anthony and Kristine
4th of July Parade
Parade #2The girls at the parade
Happy Birthday Lucas and Logan

Tracy and Angel - Angel was holding umbrella since Tracy had too much sun :)
Addy and Alyssa in the outfits Nanny made them - thank you Nanny!!
Addy and Alyssa singing
Alyssa Ann
Alyssa Ann #2

Alyssa, Addy and Aunt Angel making sand castles
Alyssa and Aunt Angel making sand castles
Alyssa drinking her juice at the beach - too cute!
Close up of this stylin babe!
Poppy and Alyssa - Poppy trying to get Alyssa into the ocean - she's not budging!

Happy Monday!

2008-05-19T08:22:00.000-07:00

We had an awesome weekend!!! Nana got here Friday and we cooked dinner for her and the rest of my family. Saturday Alyssa and I went to Plamor to watch Daddy, Uncle AJ and Uncle Riley bowl in a tournament. Anthony missed making the top 5 cut by 2 points (pins)! He did really good though. I was proud!
Later Saturday afternoon our neighborhood had a cook out with a moonbounce and face painting for the kids. We had a great time and Alyssa was pooped after playing in the moonbounce for 2 hours! :)
Sunday I had some mommy time and went shopping at Bridge Street. It was a great peaceful time and I bought some cute things too :) We went to Mom's later in the afternoon for dinner with Nana and the fam. We are so happy to have Nana here......hoping she'll stay! :)
Tonight is Bob Jones Award Ceremony where Riley will get presented in front of everyone with his scholarships. I am so proud of him!! So we will be going to that and then tomorrow night is Graduation! Congrats Riley! We are so proud!!
I spent some time last night adding pics here so I am quite proud of myself. Hope you enjoy!
I hope everyone is doing great and hope you have a great week!

Neighbors Graduation Party

2008-05-18T19:25:00.001-07:00

Not sure why she's making this face.....but this is Alyssa's new baby from Nanny! Alyssa with her baby and someone else's baby she found
Alyssa & Isabella pushing their baby's down the slide

More pics

2008-05-18T19:16:00.001-07:00

Daddy and Alyssa at the land The road to our future new home!
Grampy & Alyssa in the hot tub
Grampy & Alyssa fixing Monkey in the hot tub - his arm fell off! :)
Anthony & I at the wedding in Oklahoma

Drumroll.........Pictures!

2008-05-18T18:56:00.000-07:00

This is Alyssa getting her finger stuck in the little egg dipper coloring eggs :) Daddy and Alyssa coloring eggs....
Biloxi looks so happy doesn't she?
This was Easter morning opening her basket from the Easter Bunny!
Easter dress.....

Hot Wheels

2008-05-09T05:58:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to let everyone know Anthony bought a new ( to us) truck last Friday! He bought a beautiful 2004 Nissan Titan. He wanted to have a truck throughout the building process because we just figured it would be handy. So after 3 weeks of debating (with himself) he finally bought a truck :)
It is really nice and spacious! I will post some pics this weekend along with other overdue pics I should have posted by now. Things are still busy for us but really that is just our way of life I am beginning to think :) Saturday is a full day for us as usual and then Sunday is Mother's Day - probably go to lunch with Anthony's Mom and Dad and then have dinner with my Mom. Hopefully a nice relaxing day with the family(s). I already got my first Mother's Day card and gift - early! Thanks Dad and Cathy!! I wish you were here.
Nana is coming next Friday! I am so excited and Riley's graduating is coming up really fast! It's May 20th. Everything is coming together for Riley to go to Martin Methodist.....scholarships are getting finalized and it is looking Riley will have almost 1/2 of his tuition paid in scholarships from the school. We are so proud of him!!!
We are house hunting for AJ......looked at a cute house last night in Harvest and we are going to look inside Saturday. Everyone keep your fingers crossed that AJ gets approved for a loan to buy a house.
Other than that, things are great and we are looking forward to a fun filled summer!
Love everyone!

New House

2008-05-01T07:28:00.000-07:00

So I am not sure if all of you know, but Anthony and I will be building a new house this year on Hwy 53 in Toney. We are very excited but know there will be alot of work to do! We finalized our house plan last night and I am now starting to imagine! I would put a pic on here but I can't yet. We actually took 2 houses and smooshed them together or we are hoping to anyway :) We are taking it to someone to draw up the plans and if all works out ok and I get a pic I will post it. We are looking to build a 2 story home with a basement - approx 2800 sq ft on the 2 main floors and then finish out the basement as needed.
We will have a pool which I am so happy about! It will be dug when the foundation is dug so there is no waiting :)
My Dad is coming down from NH to build for us too so that makes it even more special.
I will post more as more happens.......but we should start clearing the land in May (hopefully)!! :)

So Sorry!!

2008-04-23T10:20:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone!

I am so sorry I haven't posted in so long! I have been checking others posts to see how everyone is but I just haven't had time to post anything!
Things have been awesome - busy as ususal. I have lots of pics I will post......can't promise it will be tonight because my To Do List for tonight is longer than I will be awake :) But I will try in the next few days. I am thinking of taking a 1/2 day at work Friday to just catch up on life :)

Anthony and I went to Oklahoma for a wedding this past weekend (Thurs to Sun) and we had so much fun! I want to give a special thank you from the bottom of our hearts to Grammy and Sean and Nanny and Poppy for keeping Alyssa while we were gone! It was a long trip and Anthony was in the wedding so we had many things to do there and Alyssa would have been bored to tears so we thought she would have more fun being spoiled by the grandparents :) And she did! Thank you so much guys!!! We love you!

We have lots of great stuff coming up! Should start building the house in May hopefully - but that is appraoching fast so I am not sure if that is realistic :) My brother Riley is graduating from high school in May and going away to college. He got an awesome scholarship to a great private college for bowling. He is so excited and my family couldn't be more proud! Riley has been determined to go to college and bowl since I can ever remember. He wants to go Pro and I just know he can do it!
My Nana is coming to visit in May from NH and I just can't wait! I miss her so much and we all are excited she is coming!!!
My Dad and Cathy should be coming down (they was just here for a short visit) to start the house and possible move here for good! So that is so exciting.
My Mary Kay business is going great - I am trying to take it a little slower because I am so overwhelmed with everything I have going on right now and my normal job as a buyer but I have been very blessed with it!

All in all - things are great! We miss everyone so much that we just don't get to see very often at all - we were so happy to see Tracy and Addy Belle Sunday...we missed Jeremy. We are trying to make it to Nashville to meet Nico, take a trip to Auburn to visit Tracy, Jeremy and Addy and a trip visit Bethany, Stephen and Allie. All in time we will make it, we promise!

We love everyone and I will post pics by this weekend.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

2008-03-20T19:41:00.000-07:00

We just wanted to wish Grandma and Grampy Happy Birthday! Grandma (Cathy - Kristine's Stepmother) turned 50 on March 18 and Grampy (Alan - Kristine's Dad) turned 50 on March 19!! Their birthday's are 1 day apart and they both hit the big 50!
We wish we could have been in New Hampshire celebrating with them but we just couldn't make it. Alyssa called both on their birthday's and sang Happy Birthday to them. We hope they can come down and visit us sometime in April!!
We miss you and love you both!!!!!!! xoxoxoxo

2008-03-20T19:29:00.000-07:00

Sitting with the Easter Bunny!
Sharing candy with the Easter Bunny
The Easter Bunny kept asking for more hugs from Alyssa!!
Getting a drink after the egg hunt
Look at me on my NEW BIG GIRL BED!!!!!!

2008-03-20T19:20:00.000-07:00

Here we are......she was looking at the Bunny
This was the shy part......
So we went to hunt for eggs....
This was after she found a bunch of eggs......just can't see in her basket in this one
Yay!! We finally got her to hug the bunny!!

2008-03-20T19:13:00.000-07:00

Alyssa getting ready! You can see the "popsicle".....
Look at me! My hair is all wet
Ta Da! Getting a trim! Still got that Popsile!! She was so good!

Hello Spring!

2008-03-20T19:03:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone!

Sorry it has been so long but I just haven't had a chance to get on to my blog to update!! We have been super busy and having a lot of fun!!

Alyssa got a haircut in February for the first time! We just had it trimmed to kind of clean it up a bit so you really can't tell but it does look so cute all cleaned up. She was so good too......just sat in the chair and ate her lollipop or as Alyssa says - popsicle! I was so proud of my big girl!!

Alyssa went and met the Easter Bunny last Saturday and had a blast! Nanny's work had an Easter Egg Hunt that we took Alyssa to and she loved it! She was a little shy with the Bunny at first but by the end she was giving him hus and candy and even sat on his lap for a great picture! We have another Easter Egg hunt this weekend with Anthony's family and we can't wait because Alyssa loved hunting for eggs at Nanny's work. She did great! She found like 14 eggs even though the limit was 10 :) So, after Saturday I will update with some new pics from this weekend's hunt.

Another huge milestone is Alyssa's big girl bed!!! She loves it so much and is so excited to sleep in it every night which makes Mommy & Daddy soooooo happy! She started sleeping in it last Saturday at nap time. Saturday and Sunday she cried for about 5 minutes each time she got in it - but Monday it was perfect. She got in, let Daddy read her a story and then went to sleep with no crying. By Tuesday she was asking to go to bed in her "big girl bed". It is so nice! So ever since we read 2 books and then she goes to sleep like nothing. I truly believe she is so much more comfortable too. For some reason Alyssa had started waking up crying a couple weeks ago a few times a night.....but ever since the bed she has been sleeping all night not waking up at all. I think she had just outgrown her crib and needed a little more space and a more comfy mattress :)

So I will post pictures now of all the recent events and I hope you enjoy!!

Love everyone!

Friday Night Fun!

2008-02-25T05:34:00.000-08:00

Alot of you may know but Anthony and I bowl in a league on Friday night's and Nanny and Poppy watch Alyssa for us while we are gone. Nanny took some pictures Friday while they were playing with her new camera. The pictures are too cute! You will notice a pink cowgirl hat in some of the pictures - that is from Nanny. Thank you Nanny!!

We appreciate all Larry and Theresa do for us and that they watch Alyssa every Friday for us to give us some Mommy and Daddy time. We love you!!!!

Alyssa and Donkey from ShrekI just love this one of Alyssa!Alyssa and Nanny with her new pink cowgirl hat!Poppy's turn to try the hat on :)

More Aquarium Pictures

2008-02-21T06:26:00.000-08:00

Mom and Kirby
Anthony, Kirby, Sean and Mom
Me and Anthony
Alyssa loved riding the escalator!!
Alyssa playing with the penguins! So cute!

Fishies!

2008-02-21T06:17:00.000-08:00

We took Alyssa to the aquarium Sunday and all of us had such a great time! We went with Grammy, Sean and Kirby. Kirby is Sean's niece visiting from Connecticut. She is so sweet and we are so happy to have her here!! She will be leaving Saturday - but Alyssa adores her! All Alyssa did Sunday was stare at her and smile.......enjoy the pics!

Cheese! She was so excited to go in!

Alyssa in the fish tank!Mommy and AlyssaFamily photo - but Alyssa won't look at the camera :)Daddy and Alyssa

February Pics

2008-02-21T06:06:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone!

Just posting some pics from February!

Dadd and Alyssa coloring...

Couldn't get her to look at the camera....but Happy Valentine's Day!!Grammy and Alyssa playingSweet Uncle AJ looking at pictures with Alyssa :) You can also see the 2 stuffed animals - those were from Nanny and Poppy on Valentine's Day - thank you!!!

Just playing......

Want a ride?

2008-02-04T12:49:00.000-08:00

I just had to post this pic because the little yellow taxi was too cute! Sorry it is blurry but it was taken from my mom's cell phone. Grammy and I took Alyssa shopping Saturday night and had a girls night out. Alyssa was directing us from her taxi!

Everyone meet Pinky!

2008-01-31T05:48:00.000-08:00

Hello all!

We took Alyssa to Build-A-Bear last night and she picked out and built her very own teddy bear! She named her Pinky and had a blast! Her favorite parts were to give Pinky a bath and on the computer making Pinky's birth certificate. It was so cute to watch Alyssa. When we first got there she was very shy, but by the end she was running around the store having a great time! Alyssa also discovered the Baby Shrek's they were selling too, so we couldn't leave the store without on of those - so she got 2 new babies last night! Here are some pics of Pinky being made. Enjoy!

Alyssa was putting a heart in Pinky!Alyssa was giving Pinky a bath and drying her hair.Finishing the drying!

This is where Baby Shrek took over!Finally making a Birth Certificate on the computer.
This is Pinky! She was helping Alyssa on the computer :)

We're back!

2008-01-29T06:23:00.000-08:00

Alyssa and Daddy after bathtime!
Alyssa and Grammy at Grammy's Birthday!!
I just liked this one :)
Daddy and Alyssa on our land where we are building.
Having a snack after hiking to our new land.

Hello everyone!

I am so sorry that it has been so long since I have posted. I have been extrememly busy and kept forgetting my camera at work to upload pics at home to post.

Things are going great for us! This New Year is already flying by and we have had a fun filled January! We had my Mom's birthday on Jan. 2, Allie's Birthday Party, Lindsey's baby shower, and lots of other great things! My Mary Kay business is doing wonderful! It keeps me even busier but I am really enjoying it and love helping other women and not to mention the extra money I am earning!

I am posting pics from a bunch of stuff in January for all of you to enjoy! Alyssa is getting so big. She talks to much now - saying sentences and stories instead of single words. Anthony and I think it is so cute and fun to just sit and listen to her stories :) She is also very loving with all of her stuffed animals and toys - everyone is, "Oh Baby" and then she hugs them over and over. Her teacher at school said Alyssa is the most compassionate child she has ever seen! Makes me so happy and proud of my little girl!

Love you all!

Christmas Cheer - Better Late than never :)

2008-01-09T18:58:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful Christmas or should I say we had wonderful Christmas's!! It was so fun this year with Alyssa this year becasue she loved opening presents and she was so excited when she opened fun toys!! Alyssa asked about Santa Clause every day and would look up in the air and say "Come on Santa Clause".....too cute! She wanted him to come visit everyday! She still, even though Christmas is over, asks about Santa at least once a day. Now she says, "Santa Clause bring me toys". I tell her he is at the North Pole making her some more.

More than the gifts Alyssa really enjoyed spending so much time with both our families. She still asks to see Addy every day and always asks about Logan and Logan (that's what she calls Lucas too) and Brittney. It is just so precious. It is like she does a rundown every night of people in the family usually starting with Addy and ending with AJ and Ri Ri.......once I tell her what each and every one of them are doing that day or where they are, she says ok. So, everyone can know she is checking on you :)

I will be adding some pics of Alyssa's Birthday as well, but wanted to get the Christmas pics on here for everyone to enjoy!!

We hope all of your holidays were as blessed as ours!

We've Been Tagged!!

2008-01-08T13:49:00.000-08:00

8 things you may not have known about Alyssa:

1. Alyssa loves her sweetly (little dog) and has 1 little pink blankie she always sleeps with.
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2. Alyssa only really likes to drink milk -I thinks she literally drinks 10+ cups a day!!

3. Alyssa loves to talk! Imagine that :) She repeats everything, loves to talk on the phone and talks all the time to Biloxi and Syndey - so cute!

4.Alyssa goes to Sunflower Station (kind of like preschool) every day and she loves it!! Her best friends are Kyleigh and Noah.

5. Alyssa spends time with her Nanny and Poppy every Friday and asks about them as soon as we leave school Friday's....somehow she knows what day it is - still amazes me!

6. Alyssa LOVES watching movies! Right now her fav is Shrek.

7. Alyssa is a Daddy's girl 100%!!! Makes Mommy jealous :)

8. Alyssa loves to dance and sing all kinds of songs (even seasonal like Xmas) and even tells people to shake their booty!! Grammy and me thought it was hillarious when she told Frosty (a snowman my Mom had) to shake his booty :)

Ok - T-Dog you are tagged!!!

Sorry for the delay!!

2008-01-07T09:02:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone!

I would like to appologize for the delay in updated info to Punkydoops World :) My internet at home has been down for over a week now. Comcast (who I am not happy with) is suppose to have it fixed tomorrow, if not today. So, hopefully by Wednesday night I can update the site with new pics.

Thanks!

Finally!

2008-01-03T11:16:00.000-08:00

Well I have finally joined thanks to my best friend's Bethany and Tracy forming a great New Year's resoltion for me :)

I need to download pics to put on my blog, but for now I love this pic of Alyssa....I will get the site up and running soon and promise to keep it updated in my spare time!!

Thanks girls!

Love everyone and thanks for visiting :)

**Punkydoop's World**

Princess Tea Party & Weekend

Alyssa Pictures

New House!

Happy Birthday Anthony!

Bad with Camera

Happy Birthday Dad!

Congratulations!!

Merry Christmas!

Alyssa's Birthday

Happy Thanksgiving!

Stolen Picture

Trick or Treat!

School Halloween Party

Cinderella

Allie & Gabe

Pictures!!

Spirit Week

Happy Fall

Long time.......

Congratulations

Big Bugs & Easter

Special Day

Easter Weekend

New Pics

3 Year Check Up

Happy Birthday!

Happy Tuesday

Quick Hello

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD & CATHY!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

Tumblebeez Take One!

Catch Up

Tumblebeez

Happy March!

Happy Valentine's Day

Sunny Day!

Alyssa and Mommy :)

Random Pics

Colsa Xmas Party

Happy Birthday!

Thanksgiving

Girls Weekend

Trick or Treat!

Happy Halloween!!

Update - Doctor

Trunk or Treat

Trunk or Treat

Random Pics

Tony

News News and more News

Fun at the Park

Kristine Update

Potty Training

Big Punkin!

Fall Festival

Big Girl Panties!

Alyssa's ISR Swimming Class

Fun Filled Week!

Late

Beach 2008 Pics

Happy Monday!

Neighbors Graduation Party

More pics

Drumroll.........Pictures!

Hot Wheels

New House

So Sorry!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Hello Spring!

Friday Night Fun!

More Aquarium Pictures

Fishies!

February Pics

Want a ride?

Everyone meet Pinky!

We're back!

Christmas Cheer - Better Late than never :)

We've Been Tagged!!

Sorry for the delay!!

Punkydoop's World