Chuck, Leslie and Annalee

Annalee the Flower Girl

2010-07-01T15:27:00.001-07:00

On June 5 my cousin Holly got married and Annalee was the Flower Girl! She was adorable and did great! Holly was gorgeous and the wedding was really sweet!

Here she is with Holly and all the bridesmaids before the wedding! She thought she was SUCH a big girl! : )

During the wedding she was SOOOO good! She sat on the floor and played with the flower petals she didn't throw. She separated them into white and red/orange then during the prayer brought them over to me and Chuck! Adorable!!!

After the wedding she had fun dancing with her Daddy! Precious!!! She felt like a princess! Congrats Holly and Travis! Thanks for letting us be a part of your BIG day!

A Day at the Zoo

2010-03-27T21:23:00.000-07:00

Well, Wednesday of this past week was BEAUTIFUL!!! So, Annalee and I headed to the ZOO!!! One of mine and her favorite places! We have a pass to the zoo and love to go whenever we can, but this was our first trip since November of last year! Due to the holidays, cold weather and snow the past 3 months!!! We really enjoyed our trip! It was unusually crowded- for a Wednesday- but FUN nonetheless!!! Here are a few pics from our day together!!!

Here she is making a "Scary" face in the "Scary" cave!!!

Playing in the tunnels on the playground!

Brushing the goats- one of her favorite things to do!

And last, with the giraffes!!! He was so close eating off this tree! So, needless to say- we had so much FUN!!! Days like this, make me realize how truly blessed I am to get to spend this time with her each day!!!

I Can Do It!!!

2010-03-25T21:34:00.000-07:00

Well, I haven't blogged in a LONG time!!! Why? Partly from being so busy and mostly from being really lazy! It's hard sometimes with the busyness of everyday to just sit down and reflect! Well, I'm going to try to do a little better at it! I think I've said all this before, but really, this time is it! So, here's to me knowing "I Can Do It!!!"

Spring Has Sprung

2009-04-25T12:59:00.001-07:00

Spring is officially here and the weather has been great the past few days!!! Annalee is so glad that we can go out and play pretty much everyday!! She loves being outside! Too bad she is so fair skinned though- we keep the sunscreen right by the door!! Here are some pictures from Easter! This is her after our church's Egg Hunt at the park. She was a "Master Egg Hunter!" She would find and egg, pick it up, throw it in her basket, and SPRINT until she found another. Easter was so much fun this year! And not only that but she knew that this day was about Jesus. She would say, " Jesus he was on that cross." It was precious!!!

Here she is coloring eggs! She had a great time and of course had colored hands by the time it was over!!

Here we are all ready for church on Easter morning!! My grandmother made her dress! So, cute!! We thought it was going to be too short, but it turned out as Annalee would say, "Perfect!" Chuck says he looks like a GIANT in this picture, but he is 6'2"!! And even though we didn't plan it, we all kinda matched that morning!

This is the Crabbie sandbox the Easter Bunny left her! She loves it!! And the Easter Bunny happened to magically leave some sand bags in Daddy's wheelbarrow in the garage! She said, "Wow! That bunny did leave that here for you Daddy!" "It's to fill up that sandbox!" We went to eat lunch with Chuck's family after church and then to Egg hunt at my Mom and Dad's house later on that night. It was a busy day!!! This last picture is the "Sprinting" I was talking about! It was hard to get pictures of her hunting eggs! She's fast for a 2 year old! It is one of my favorites- Smile on the face, Sprinting, and you can really see how long her hair is getting! She is growing up too fast! I hope all of you had a great Easter too!!!

It's Been A Long Time

2009-03-15T16:26:00.000-07:00

Well, I realized the other day that I haven't blogged in about 2 months. That is due to my new addiction of Facebook!! I am officially addicted to it! I have found so many old friends on there and even my Mom is on there too! I love it! But I am going to try and catch up from the last 2 months now! Above you see Annalee with our 2 labs Jackson (the black dog) and Belle Belle (the yellow one). These are her 2 new playmates. Whenever she plays inside or out she wants to play with them. And I think they LOVE the attention!

Here is Annalee at school ready for her Birthday party! This was back in January, but like I said- I'm trying to catch up!!

Annalee at her family Birthday party! She had a great time! We had it at our church in the gym- a great place so the kids could run and play and plenty of room for everyone to watch her open all the great presents she got! It's hard to believe she is 2 now!

And Dress Up time is her favorite!!! In these pics she is dressed up like what else? but a Princess!! Then we have to have a Tea Party!! Oh- And I have to dress up too, but I don't have any pictures of that!

More Princess Dress Up and Annalee all dressed up for "Winter!" We are very excited that Spring is here though! We can't wait to play outside every day! This was the quick version of catching up, but I am all done! I will try to do a better job of keeping up with this and managing my time on Facebook from now on! Like I said- I will TRY!!!

Merry Christmas!!!!

2008-12-23T22:09:00.000-08:00

Well, as you can tell, I haven't posted in a while and that's because our holiday season has been crazy busy this year!!! We have been busy busy busy around here! So, I don't have much time or energy to type right now but I wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! This pic was the one on our Christmas card this year- I just love it! Annalee looks so sweet! I'll leave you with a few more pics from the past few weeks and hopefully after Christmas I will have some time and energy to write more!!

Here is Annalee with Santa! She loved him!!! And when he asked- she told him exactly what she wanted - " a teapot and dollhouse!"

Here is the whole fam with Santa! By this time- Annalee was tired of the camera!! But how cute is her face???
This is Annalee with her tree in her room! She loved decorating it! and so did I!! So as Annalee has been saying lately- "Merry Christmas through all the year!" I have no idea where she got that!!!

Happy Halloween!

2008-11-02T20:17:00.001-08:00

Annalee chose to be Cinderella for Halloween!! And she was so precious! Here in the picture she is holding her Prince Charming doll. We had to get this doll when we got the outfit because-to her- Cinderella doesn't come without her Prince Charming too! Here she is at the Harvest Party at church. She has been talking about this everyday since we went.

Here she is riding the ponies at the Harvest Party. Her horse's name was "Billy Jack." She kept saying "Go Billy Jack Go!!" while she was riding him.

Here is the whole family at the Harvest Party!
Chuck & Annalee after carving our Jack-O-Lanterns! She loved lighting these every night and blowing them out before bed. Here is Cinderella before we went Trick-or-Treating! She had the best time! At every house she said "Trick-or-Treat" and "Thank You!" What a polite princess! We had a great Halloween weekend! I love my family so much!

"Look at That!"

2008-10-01T18:23:00.000-07:00

One of Annalee's new sayings- "Look at that!" Well, there has been a lot to look at lately! Annalee is growing every day and becoming a little girl right before our eyes! We watched a show the other day where the little boy wondered why his grandma wore glasses. Annalee kept saying that she wanted to wear glasses too. So, the next day when we were at Target guess what was in the $1 aisle??? Glasses!!! We had to get a pair. We popped the lenses out and "Look at that!" Annalee has her own pair of glasses! She loves them!

Look at who's in the box? Annalee was watching Cinderella the other day and I was putting the dishes away. She got really quiet- which is not like her at all! So, I look over the counter and she is like this, in the box watching the movie! How cute!!! I love her so much! She makes me laugh every day!!! What a big girl!

Day Out with Thomas

2008-09-08T20:35:00.001-07:00

Last Saturday we went to ride Thomas the Tank Engine! Chuck, Annalee and I headed out that morning for a day of fun with Thomas. Annalee has started loving Thomas and all his train friends lately! She chuga chugs around the house and knows all their names. She dances when the song comes on and just loves it all! Here we are at our Day Out with Thomas!

Annalee waving to Thomas! She said "Hi Thomas" over and over again while she was waving!

Here we are on the train! All ready to go!

Here is Annalee standing next to a picture of her favorite engine- Emily. She is one of the only girl engines on the show! We had such a fun time and can't wait to have our next "fun" day out together!

Playing in the Kitchen

2008-08-20T19:10:00.000-07:00

Annalee loves playing in the kitchen! (especially when I'm cooking!) Here are a few pictures of her playing with the oven mitts. They are in the bottom drawer and I let her play with them whenever she wants. She really thinks she is a BIG girl playing with them!

What a BIG smile! And look at all those teeth!!! Here she is trying to push her stroller with the oven mitts on! It was so cute to watch her try to do this!! She is great!

Things are Busy Around Here

2008-08-13T12:07:00.000-07:00

Well, things have been really busy here around our house lately. Annalee is growing everyday. She's finding new things to climb on, new things to play with and just growing up too fast! Here she is riding her Rocking Elephant that Nannie and PawPaw gave her for Christmas. She can get on and off all by herself now and loves it! She thinks she is such a Big Girl! (and she is!) Not only do we have all these new things going on with Annalee, but I'm also getting ready to start Kingdom Kids at Church. (it's like Mother's Day Out) We go on Tuesdays and Thursdays and I teach a 4 year old class while Annalee is going to be in the Toddler class this year. So, we are having meetings and getting things all set up for that! Plus football season has begun and around our house that is a BIG deal!

Here is Annalee climbing on the coffee table. I don't just let her do this, but if I turn my back for long enough she climbs up there and just laughs! We're starting to learn what No means!

And here she is eating a powdered doughnut! See all the powder on her face! Too cute! More to come soon!!

Are You Ready For Some Football?

2008-08-01T13:58:00.000-07:00

Annalee and Uncle Luke are ready! Yes, this is my little brother- Luke. But he's not so little anymore! This post is for him. As he is well into 2-a-day practices I want him to know that we love him! He is the BEST brother and Uncle that we could ever ask for! I know sometimes his practices can get rough and tough but he has a HUGE fan club in us no matter what! We love you Uncle Luke! Keep working hard and it will all pay off!

I never thought my little girl would love football as much as she does! Go Uncle Luke Go!

Encores and More North

2008-07-24T20:18:00.000-07:00

I'm going to consign some of Annalee's clothes, toys, etc... in the Encores and More North Consignment Sale here in a couple of weeks. I'm very excited because I went to their Spring/Summer sale and they had TONS of great stuff! Not only do they have consignment clothes, but they also have Gymboree/Boutique clothes 60%-80% off! The sale is here in the Rivergate area from August 9-16. I'll leave a link to their website here for anyone who's interested!

http://encoresandmorenorth.com

Summer Fun

2008-07-21T20:28:00.000-07:00

Annalee and I are having a blast this summer. We have gotten to do so much more than she could do last summer. There's a big difference between 6 months old and 18 months old. Here she is enjoying her 1st ice cream sandwich. She (of course) loved it!

Doesn't this picture just make you want to go have one right now?

We've also gotten to spend lots of time in the pool at Mama and Pops/Cat and T's house. She loves her water wings and will just take off in them all by herself. She kicks her legs and just floats away. She gets so excited when I tell her we are going swimming! Her favorite thing, though, is getting in and out of the pool. She's in for 10 minutes and out for 5, in for 5 and out for 10. I call her my little "busy bee!"

18 Months Old

2008-07-14T19:01:00.001-07:00

Annalee turned 18 months old last week! She has grown up so fast! She's running, jumping, talking and learning everyday. Sometimes the things she says and does just crack me up. She is so smart-it just amazes me! She is so special and we love her so so so much! Here are a few pictures from the last couple of weeks of my little angel!

Happy Fourth of July!

Making her "face!"

A day at the park

Playing at Home

Corn on the Cob and Coloring

2008-07-07T18:51:00.000-07:00

It wouldn't be summertime without some corn on the cob! This has become one of Annalee's favorite things to eat lately. I used to just let her have some bites off mine, but one night she said "whole thing" and pointed to my corn on the cob. So, I got brave and let her have the "whole thing" and she loved it! Since then, whenever we have it, Annalee gets her own corn on the cob!

Along with corn on the cob, Annalee's new favorite thing to do is to color! Which is great because I love to color too! We have this great big coloring book her Uncle Jeff and Aunt Amanda got her for her birthday and we lay it out on the floor with all the crayons and color together. Sometimes Chuck gets into it too! We colored him a picture today while he was at work. I can't believe my little girl is coloring already! It is really amazing how much she is growing each day!

All Dressed Up

2008-06-29T19:04:00.001-07:00

Annalee has really enjoyed dressing up lately. Here she is all dressed up in her daddy's shorts. She did this all by herself. One night we were cleaning up after dinner and she went into our bedroom and brought Chuck's shorts back out. Next thing we knew she was all dressed up like this! If you look closely she put the drawstring around her neck to keep them from falling off. She was twirling around and around like it was a dress! And she was giggling too- she knew she had done something funny!

Here Annalee is all dressed up for Hawaiian Day! At Davidson-where I work in the summer- we have our annual camp luau. It's on a Friday and we always go over there on Fridays. So, I got her all ready for it. This is here standing by the car all ready for the luau! She loved dressing up- I know the look on her face doesn't show it-but she really did like it! She's holding her princesses-Snow White and Sleeping Beauty. There aren't many places that the princesses don't go with us lately. Well, here is my little girl all dressed up! I wonder what she'll do next!

"I Did It!"

2008-06-24T20:59:00.000-07:00

"I did it!" That's what Annalee said on Monday after she pee peed in the potty for the first time! Here is her first picture after she did it! How cute is she? She was and still is so proud of herself! I'm so proud of her too! She really has shown no interest in the potty at all. But on Sunday night she wanted to sit on the big toilet. Well, silly me totally forgot that the potty chair we got came with an attachment to fit on the toilet seat! : ) So, there I was Sunday night holding her up on the potty. Later on that night (the light bulb went off ) and I remembered that we had this attachment and I put it on. Well, on Monday Annalee was very interested in what it was. So, before her nap she wanted to sit on it. I let her and the next thing I knew she was doing it!!! I cheered and cheered for her! Since then, she hasn't done again- but that's okay! She has sat there a few times, but nothing happened. Her favorite thing to do, though, is to wipe! I don't know why, but she loves to tear the paper off and wipe. (which she is doing in the picture!) I am just so proud of her. She is growing up so fast. I cried a little on Monday just thinking about it all. She'll be 18 months old on July 4- what a big girl!

New York City

2008-06-16T19:25:00.000-07:00

Last weekend Chuck and I went to New York City! We went with a group from church to go see the Yankees play in Yankee Stadium. For those of you that don't know, the Yankees are building a new stadium and this is their last year to play in the old stadium. Chuck really wanted to go and I (of course) was a little hesitant because we would be leaving Annalee for 3 nights. But we did it anyways. Annalee was fine. And we had a great time! (Thanks to all who watched her over the weekend. We really appreciated it!)

Friday morning we got to take a tour of Yankee Stadium. We got to go in the press box, dugout and got to go to Monument Park. This was Chuck's favorite part of the whole trip. That afternoon we took a bus tour of the city. It was a beautiful day (at times a little chilly) but it was a great day for this.

We stopped at Ground Zero. Talk about moving. This place was incredible. To actually be standing where all of that happened was- well, there are no words to describe it, but it really makes you think. That night we went to see the Yankees play the Royals. Fun!!!

Well, I want to put up so many more pictures, but I have little one wanting to go to bed. So, to end quickly- Saturday was filled with lots of walking (and it was much hotter than Friday!). We got out at all the places we wanted to see and all the shops we wanted to go into. We also walked through Central Park. We were so tired after the long day! All in all, New York is very different from here in Tennessee. Everyone seems to be in a hurry and everything is really BIG! It was so fun to go visit there though. I'm glad we went. So, to end here is an ode to some people we met on the streets of New York!

Time to Swim

2008-06-10T14:42:00.000-07:00

Due to some minor problems we are all still awaiting the opening of Mama and Pop's pool- especially Annalee.So to fill the time and to cool her off from the hot weather until it's ready, they got her a Kiddie Pool to play in at their house. She loves it! (As you can see!)

She didn't know what to think of it at first, but as soon as I got in with her, she went to town! Sorry, there are no pics of me in the Kiddie Pool. : ) But it was fun! At one time we were both on our bellies kicking our feet as fast as we could. We were laughing so hard! It was a fun afternoon. The big pool is supposed to be ready by the weekend. I have a feeling she's going to have no problem jumping right in!

Ist Trip to the ZOO

2008-06-03T19:10:00.000-07:00

Annalee had her 1st trip to the Nashville Zoo a couple of weekends ago. She had so much fun! Days before our trip you would ask her where she was going on Saturday and she would say, "ZOO!" She was so excited about this place and really had no idea what was there! It was really cute! Here she is looking at the giraffes and elephants with Chuck. But her favorite animals were the meerkats. She was so excited to see them. I think because they came right up to the glass and she was face to face with them. Plus they are so little and fast! Of course we didn't get any pictures of that because Chuck and I were having so much fun watching her!As you can see, she wasn't really into the petting part of it all. She had more fun running around in the open area with the goats than she did petting them. We had a great day with her and can't wait to go back! Oh- and here is the sweetest picture of all on the ride home! She was pooped! (So were we!)

New Rides

2008-05-25T19:47:00.000-07:00

Annalee had her first ride on the "tractor" (as she calls it) with Daddy the other day. She loved it!!! It's not really a tractor though it's just the lawnmower, but no matter how many times we tell her that, she still calls it a tractor!

Mother's Day out is over at church and we are looking forward to our summer- and our summer job! We will be running things again at Davidson's Bear Camp this summer. Although, we won't be able to be there everyday, due to Annalee being 16 months old and EVERYWHERE! Last year, she stayed in her stroller, on her blanket, or in her pack-n-play while I was at work. But that is definitely not going to happen this year. So, we will go when we can and run things from home.

Her other new ride is one my Mama (pronounced Maw Maw/her great grandmother) bought her at a yard sale for $5! Yes $5! Check this out!

A mini-police car! She loves this new ride too! And has to get in it every time we go to their house. I just realize everyday that she is growing up so fast. I am so thankful and blessed that I am able to watch her grow everyday! She's so precious to me and Chuck!

New Faces and Moves

2008-05-12T18:56:00.000-07:00

Well, Annalee has been very full of herself lately. She is quite the trooper overcoming 2 ear infections with 3 shots in 3 days. (yes, she had to go to the doctor 3 days in a row and get a shot each day!!!) It was awful! But she managed to fight through and is now back to being healthy and being herself. This is her new face she makes. It is the cutest!!! If you tell her to "Make the face" this is what you get! And her new move is "Hands on your hips." If you say it, you get it! This is the best picture I could get of that. And if your wondering, that is my red sports bra hanging from her neck. She ran into my bathroom and came back out with it on like this! She really pays attention when I'm getting dressed! : ) I'm so glad she's feeling better!

A "New" Toy

2008-04-29T16:25:00.000-07:00

Well, since the weather finally warmed up I was able to do something I've been trying to do for weeks-clean Annalee's "New" toy!! We got this kitchen months ago from some friends at church and it's been sitting in our garage. Everytime Annalee saw it she would run to it with a huge smile and want to play, but I just had not found the time to clean it- until last weekend. I went outside while Annalee and Chuck took a walk and cleaned it all up for her. When she saw what I was doing from her stroller she got so excited! We all helped move the kitchen inside and upstairs. Well, Chuck did most of the work! : ) And we spent the rest of the night playing! She loves it!!! She even makes a "beep beep" sound when she presses the buttons on the microwave! How cute! And check out my little girl's hair and how it's growing! She is becoming such a "BIG" girl! But we do have to give some props to Tasha and Bella- we aren't on the potty yet! : ) Love you girls! And thanks Steve, Amy, Olivia, and Eli for the "New" toy! Annalee loves it!

Cookies and a BaBa

2008-04-22T18:48:00.001-07:00

Annalee loves her cookies and yes- her BaBa (that's short for bottle)! We are still hooked on our bottle and if anyone has any suggestions as to how to get her off of it- I will try it!!! But I do have to blame myself a little- I haven't tried too hard either. After a hard day of playing outside we had a fun snack time together. Cookies and a BaBa- well, I had milk in a cup! What messy hair she has! Later that night we found Annalee under her highchair after supper. She's great!

Here they are!

2008-04-11T12:23:00.000-07:00

Well, I finally have found the time to get these new pics up and a lot has happened since Easter!

Annalee had her first BIG fall of her life! She took a head dive on the sidewalk outside our front porch! She was so excited to see our neighbors across the street and so eager to say hi to them that she just tripped over her own two feet! Lots of blood and tears, but she survived! (such a trooper!) We also had our first stomach virus! YUCK! No pictures of that!! ha ha!! These are two times that I wish I could have taken her place. Yes- I would have gladly gone through these two things for her. I guess that's what being a mom is sometimes about- wanting to take the pain away from your child. But we made it through these rough times and have been playing outside every chance that we could!

She loves being outside and she also loves her blanket! But sleeping is not really her thing! I look forward to when the weather is a little more cooperative and we can play outside more!

Sorry!!

2008-04-08T14:04:00.000-07:00

Well, I know I said it would be hard to do this blogging thing and it is! But new pics are coming soon! I promise!!! I saved them to my computer yesterday, but can't find them today. Yes, I am not the best at dealing with computers. It always seem to work fine when Chuck is on it, but as soon as I get on it- everything seems to go wrong or just so slow I can't take it!!! Anyone else ever had that problem??? I'll have pics up soon!

Our Easter

2008-03-29T14:54:00.001-07:00

The Easter Bunny came to our house! Annalee got a wagon and many outside toys. (since that is her favorite place to be!) We went to church, had lunch, then we all took a nap! And to end our day we went on an egg hunt at my parents house! How Fun!!

This is all NEW!!

2008-03-29T14:15:00.000-07:00

Well, this blogging stuff is all new to me! I don't have much time for the computer due to my little 15 month old running around all the time! : ) But Tasha sent me the link to hers and its just too cute-so, i had to start one up! Pics of Annalee at Easter will be up soon! And there's also one of me with bunny ears on!!