~Queen of the Throne~

It’s Potty Time ;-) Big Girl in the house ~WOOHOO~ I am not really sure why but I kept putting this off.  So now the time has come and we have no choice.  Mommy advice to other Mommies that will have to do this in the future…Pull-Ups = Over Priced Diaper….if I had to do it over again I would not have started pull-ups but I would have went straight to “big girl” Minnie mouse panties ;-)  I did not use pull-ups with Baylee and she did great! Mattison is doing great too ;-) I just think that the pull-ups are confusing to little ones….its just a fancier diaper!  Just my opinion…here is a lil picture of the “Queen on the Throne” herself ;-)  (FYI: she is not using the potty in this picture…this is a staged picture…notice she has her panties on…I wouldn’t do that to her ;-)

NOW Everybody let’s do the POTTY DANCE ;-)

 (it's funny what we do for the kiddos ;-)

Make a Wish

This past weekend Baylee’s softball team participated in a tournament near Nashville in Hendersonville, Tenn to support Make A Wish Foundation. Thank you Heather for coaching these girls to help each other while doing what they love on the diamond!!! Our girls and families helped send a 4-year old little boy with a brain tumor to Disney World ;-) Now doesnt that make your heart smile! So proud of our little ladies! They worked hard and came in 3^rd place! Go Krush! And on top of that…..we got to bring someone special with us….Miss Teesha! Love her and miss her tons!! She got to stay 3 days with us! Can’t wait until she comes back! Well when we picked Teesha up.... Mattison had to take her to Menchies! YUMMY!!!!

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ong day at the field ;-)

4th of July

Let Freedom ring….it’s Independence Day ;-) Generally we are surrounded by family and friends for the 4^th of July…not so much this year.  Finally at about 2:30…Matt looks at me and says you know I think this is the most uneventful 4^th of july we have ever had….diddo that ;-)  I have to admit a little person inside of me LOVED the relaxation all day long!  I did not leave the house until 7:30 that night! Amazing!

 

my lil firecrackers

*Baylee and Joe*

Meltons Take LA ;-)

Saturday morning at 8:00 we took off from ATL airport and arrived at LAX at 10:30 ;-) YIPPEE!!! Mattison did awesome! She had flown before but only an hour flight to florida….this was much longer and I was a little worried! I was super impressed with her….and of course Baylee loves flying! We went to LA to visit Matt’s FAVORITE brother and Sister-in-law (and of course“baby Melton”) We had tons of fun and the girls LOVED it! I wont give every little detail because i know you want to enjoy LA for yourself one day. BUT the highlights…..we went to long beach on day one. The water was chilly but it was still fun ;-) Weather there is perfect year around! 75 – 80 degrees ;-) We went to the aquarium after church on Sunday and of course ate dinner at CPK (California Pizza Kitchen) love their pizza! Went to HOLLYWOOD, San Diego Zoo (Rated 2^nd best Zoo in the USA…..Columbus, OH is rated 1^st….so guess what??? we planning a trip to Columbus Zoo) as I have stated before we are Zoo Lovers, Huntington Beach, Santa Monica Beach, Sea World San Diego, swimming with the "California Madison"….Busy Busy! We love California and we would love to come back…maybe go to the golden gate bridge next time. The last time matt and I went to Cali…I was ready to move out there…this time not so much but it is an awesome place to be and I can not wait to return soon;-) Thanks a TON uncle Chris and aunt Grace to lovin’ and spoilin’ us! We miss you already ;-( I will load some of my favorite pictures…..warning there may be lots and i will try to go in order but i can't really promise anything.ENJOY!

 

 

 i told Matt we will proabably see this in the future...except we won't be getting on the plane with her

 

 

 

Miss Hollywood herself 

 

 

 

 

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Aunt Grace made someone Minnie Mouse pancakes!

 

 

California Madison and Tennessee Mattison ;-) 

Mattison meets Elmo....wasn't quite what she thought...

she still loves him on t.v. and as stuffed animals ;-)

 

 

love this boy

 

 

i told you i would TRY to stay in order...well i tried and it didn;t work ;-)

 Last day before flight.....2 important stops

1. toes in the sand one more time

2. CUPCAKE..Yummy ;-)

 One of my favorite pictures

YUMMY

 Mattison APPROVED cupcake!

We love you all!!!

hubby did a little surfin'

That's all for now folks....

now we are off to the airport to wait and wait and wait...yep flight delay...oh so much fun ;-)