"OUR WEEK OFF"

OK SO EVERY YEAR MY OFFICE CLOSES FOR A WEEK DURING THE SUMMER SO WE ALL GET TO BE OFF, WE WERE CLOSED FROM JULY 6TH THRU 10TH SO WE ACTUALLY GOT TO BE OFF FOR 10 DAYS WITH THE 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY. UNFORTUNATELY DADDY DIDN'T GET TO BE OFF WITH US, BUT WE STILL HAD FUN. THE FIRST 2 DAYS WE JUST LOUNGED AROUND AND ENJOYED BEING OFF AND NOT HAVING TO GET UP EARLY. WE WATCHED CARTOONS AND PLAYED OUTSIDE AND HAD FUN AT HOME. THEN WEDNESDAY WE WENT TO ALABAMA ADVENTURE WITH NANNY, AUNT SANDY, HALEY, ERICA AND ERICA'S FRIEND. WE HAD A BLAST! THURSDAY WE STAYED HOME AND LET THE SUNBURN FADE BEFORE ANOTHER FUN DAY IN THE SUN AT THE ZOO. WE WENT WITH NANNY, AUNT SANDY, HALEY AND YAYA TO THE BIRMINGHAM AND HAD A LOT OF FUN. I FINALLY HAD A MINUTE TO POST ALL THE PICS, ENJOY!!!!

"A DAY AT THE ZOO"

THIS WAS TATUM'S FIRST TRIP TO THE BIRMINGHAM ZOO, LAST SUMMER WE WENT TO THE MONTGOMERY ZOO. WE HAD SO MUCH FUN, TATUM JUST COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHY I WOULDN'T LET HER PET THE ANIMALS. BUT WHEN WE TOOK THEM TO THE PETTING ZOO SHE SCREAMED AND CLIMBED UP ME, SHE WANTED NO PART OF TOUCHING THE ANIMALS THEN. IT WAS SO FUNNY! WE RODE THE CAROUSEL A FEW TIMES, PLAYED IN THE WATER PARK, RODE THE TRAIN AND HAD A PICNIC. IT WAS SUCH A GREAT DAY!!!


SHE LOVES LOVES LOVES ROCKING CHAIRS.

TATUM, HALEY, AND AUNT SANDY BEING RHINOS.

THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN SO CUTE,

BUT OF COURSE SHE TURNED AWAY!

THIS CAMEL WAS ALL SET UP FOR THE

KIDS TO RIDE AND I JUST COULDN'T DO IT,

IT WAS SO GROSS AND DIRTY, YUCK!

HALEY AND TATUM

CAN YOU TELL IT WAS WAY PAST NAP TIME!!!

YES SHE FOUND ANOTHER "HORSEY" AT THE ZOO

THAT WE HAD TO RIDE A MILLION TIMES, BUT YOU

HAD TO PAY TO RIDE THIS ONE EVERY TIME.

TATUM AND AUNT SANDY BRUSHING

THE RHINO!

SHE LOVED THE TRAIN!

NOTICE THE MESSY HAIR, SHE HAD A

TANTRUM THAT MORNING AND WOULD

NOT LET ME FIX IT!

TATUM AND THE GIRAFFE

TATUM AND MOMMY FEEDING THE TURTLES,

I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE FISH WERE?

TATUM AND THE ZEBRA

SHE LOOKS AWAY EVERY TIME!

SHE WAS POUTING BECAUSE SHE HAD TO

RETURN THE HARD HAT!

"WATER DAY"

WEDNESDAY WE WENT TO ALABAMA ADVENTURE, WHEN WE FIRST GOT THERE TATUM WAS SO NOT INTO THE WATER. I WAS THINKING "GREAT THIS IS GOING TO BE AWFUL, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE COME." SHE STARTED WARMING UP ONCE MOMMY GOT IN WITH HER, THEN SHE GOT REALLY BRAVE AND STARTED JUMPING IN. LATER ON WE FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A BABY/TODDLER WATER PARK ON THE OTHER SIDE BUT ALL OF THE CHAIRS WERE TAKEN SO WE WALKED BACK AND FORTH ALL DAY. SHE RODE THE CAROUSEL AND LOVED IT! WE RODE IT 20 TIMES AT LEAST, THEN SHE FOUND JEEPS LIKE DADDY'S AND SHE DROVE THOSE OVER AND OVER. THEN SHE RODE THE BABY FERRIS WHEEL WITH ME AND THE BIG FERRIS WHEEL WITH AUNT SANDY (MOMMY DOESN'T DO HEIGHTS). WE GOT THERE AT 10:00AM AND STAYED UNTIL 6:30PM, WE WERE TIRED AND SUNBURNED BUT IT WAS WORTH IT. WE WILL DEFINITELY BE GOING BACK NEXT SUMMER (AND GETTING A SEAT NEXT TO THE TODDLER POOL)!


IT WAS GETTING CLOSE TO NAP TIME

I LOVE HER FACE IN THIS ONE

SHE DROVE THE JEEP AT LEAST 5 TIMES

TATUM GETTING READY TO JUMP IN

HALEY TRYING TO COAX TATUM DOWN THE SLIDE

SHE DRANK ALL OF MY $10 COKE

SHE RODE THE "HORSEY" 20 TIMES

WAITING PATIENTLY FOR THE PARK TO OPEN.

"ATTACHED AT MY HIP"

OK SO I HAVE SO MANY CUTE PICTURES FROM OUR WEEK OFF, BUT TATUM BELLE IS GOING THROUGH THIS "ATTACHED AT MOMMY'S HIP" PHASE, WHEN I GET ON THE COMPUTER SHE CRIES FOR ME TO COME SIT BY HER. IT IS GOOD AND BAD IN SO MANY WAYS. I LOVE BEING THE ONE THAT SHE WANTS AT ALL TIMES, BUT IT IS SO HARD TO DO ANYTHING. SHE ABSOLUTELY REFUSES TO LET ANYONE TOUCH HER BESIDES "MOMMY". IF ANYONE TRIES SHE SAYS "NO, MOMMY DO IT." SHE USED TO BE SO ATTACHED TO HER GRANDMOTHERS AND NOW THEY AREN'T ALLOWED TO BATH, PLAY, SWING OR EVEN FIX HER A CUP OF JUICE. SHE WILL NOT LET EVEN HER DADDY DO ANYTHING AND I THINK IT IS STARTING TO HURT HIS FEELINGS A LITTLE. I HAVE EXPLAINED TO EVERYONE THAT IT IS JUST A PHASE, BUT IT DOESN'T HELP HURT FEELINGS WHEN SHE YELLS "NO, MOMMY DO IT." DROPPING HER OFF AT DAYCARE IS THE WORST, SHE SCREAMS AND CRIES, IT IS SO BAD THAT THE TEACHER HAS TO LITERALLY PULL HER OFF OF ME. IT IS SO SAD AND I HAVE BEEN DOING OK UNTIL THIS MORNING, I CRIED ALL THE WAY TO WORK AND HAD TO PULL MYSELF TOGETHER JUST TO GET OUT OF THE CAR. I LOVE THAT SHE IS ATTACHED TO ME, BUT IT JUST MAKES IT HARDER ON HER. I HOPE THIS IS JUST A PHASE AND IT WILL PASS SOON. OH 2 YEAR OLDS ARE SO UNPREDICTABLE!!!

*FIREWORKS*

AFTER BEING AT THE POOL WE WENT HOME AND TOOK A MUCH NEEDED NAP. THEN AT 9 WE WENT TO WATCH FIREWORKS IN HELENA. I THOUGHT TATUM WOULD LOVE THEM BECAUSE SHE HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT THEM ALL DAY. SHE KEPT TELLING AUNT SANDY "FIREWORKS GO WEEEEEEEEEE". WELL THEY SCARED HER TO DEATH AS SOON AS THEY STARTED, UNDERSTANDABLY SO, THEY DID RUMBLE THE GROUND. FINALLY AUNT SANDY SHOWED HER HOW TO PLUG HER EARS AND THEN SHE LOVED THEM.

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY

WE HAD A GREAT 4TH OF JULY HANGING OUT BY THE POOL AND GRILLING WITH THE FAMILY. TATUM DIDN'T LIKE THE POOL, IT WAS TOO COLD FOR HER. SHE SAT ON THE FLOAT OR PUT HER FEET IN AND THAT WAS IT. SHE MOSTLY LIKED WATCHING HALEY JUMP IN. TATUM WOULD START WAY BACK AND RUN TO THE EDGE LIKE SHE WAS GONNA JUMP AND JUST STOP. IT WAS A FUN, BUT HOT HOT DAY! ROBBY AND TATUM GOT CUTE LITTLE TANS AND I LOOKED LIKE A LOBSTER.