Busy Day!

We've had gorgeous weather and a busy day today! 

Ms. Zoey posted these pictures of Charlotte at school today. I love that she has so much fun at school. She is going to be SO sad when Ms. Zoey moves this summer.

After I got both the girls this afternoon we went to the gym. The girls insisted on wearing their workout clothes too!

After the gym we ate dinner and walked over to the ball fields. Julia has been asking to go watch Tucker. Of course he was playing at the field furthest from us! The upside was that we got to watch some more of Julia's friends that we happened upon!

It was a gorgeous afternoon that made me SO ready for summer! Only a few more weeks of school left!

Baseball & Growing Babies!

After a long day at school today I picked the girls up and headed home. I put Charlotte on the floor in the living room with a few toys while I did a little straightening up. She was doing her usual hollering because she isn't mobile enough yet to get to what she wants. When I looked over there this is what I found! I am SO not ready for this! I really hope this doesn't mean she's going to skip crawling and go straight to walking! 

 Tonight we went to dinner at Cutts and to watch Brayden and Bryant's T-ball game.  We had planned to walk up there but the weather looked a little iffy so we decided to drive. Julia enjoyed the game, but when we got there she said "Mama, this is different. Those people are little." The only other baseball game she's ever been to was the Braves game last Memorial Day so I guess she was expecting that! She had fun running the bases with the boys after the game though!

 

 

Baseball!

We headed out to Brody's last baseball game tonight. It was a perfect evening for baseball and Julia loves yelling for Brody. Even when he's not on the field!

 

 Charlotte had fun at the ball game too. She enjoyed being passed around and getting attention from everyone. As you can tell from the pictures below, she also enjoyed our Jeep ride there and back!

 

 The girls are both asleep in their own beds now. Julia actually went down fairly easy in her room by herself. Now it's my turn to get to sleep! 

Smell my feet!

For the past few months whenever Julia wakes up and Michael is not here she askes "Where's Daddy?". My reply is usually "I don't know. Where is he?" and she will say "He's at work". Since football season has started her answer has changed. Her reply now is "He's in his chair watching football"! This morning after we had our discussion about where Daddy was we sent him good morning pictures.

 Sweet Charlotte

 Sweet Julia

Tonight we went over to Aunt Robin and Uncle Tom's to watch the Braves game at the barn while Uncle Tom cooked a pig for the game tomorrow. Charlotte was asleep when we got there and slept the entire time we were there. She didn't even know she went over there!

sleeping so good in her car seat

 

When we got home and I took the blanket off Charlotte Julia insisted on putting it back. She did not like her baby sister to be uncovered!

Tonight when we were getting ready to go to bed Julia kept sticking her feet in  Michael's face and trying to get him to smell them. She would say "Look at my feet. Smell them Daddy, you'll like it!" After trying to avoid it a few times Michael finally sniffed her feet and said "PU! Stinky feet!" which led to hysterical laughter from Julia and her feet back in Michael's face. She is such a mess!

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

We got up this morning and decided to head to Atlanta for the Braves V Nationals game. The game was an 8:05 PM Eastern game. A night game meant it wouldn't be too hot (hopefully), but it also meant it would be a late night for Julia. After Sunday games the kids are allowed to run the bases so I was really hoping Julia would last through the whole game.

outside the stadium before the game

Mom had some buy one get one coupons that we were able to use. You had to buy the tickets at the gate, but fortunately we got some pretty good seats. 

Julia was so excited!

What's a baseball game without a hot dog?

Michael Bourn hit a triple in the 3rd inning and the crowd went crazy. Julia's reaction was so funny. When everyone started cheering she wasn't real sure what to think, then she balled her hands in fists and shook them up by her head like she was cheering, then she teared up and started saying "I didn't do it! I didn't do it!" HA!

The view from our seats

Cheering for the Braves

Intently watching the game

Doing the wave! She got so excited every time it came back around to us.

Julia did so good through the game, but we had to break out the iPhone for a little Mickey Mouse during the 5th inning.

These are my 2 favorite pictures of the night! The Braves didn't do so hot and the crowd was letting them know what they thought and this was Julia's reaction. Pricless!

Jason Heyward missed a ball to right field and the crowd stared booing him. I looked over and saw Julia joining in!

A little tomahawk action

After the 7th inning Julia was restless so we decided to head out. We (I) really wanted Julia to be able to run the bases after the game. Since they only do it after Sunday games and day games are just too hot during the summer and we can't normally go to Sunday night games since Michael has to be home for work on Monday's I knew this was probably our only shot this summer. We decided we would walk towards our car inside the stadium and see if Julia would hold out. Thankfully, once we got her out of the stands where she could run around a little bit she was fine.

Nonny & Julia

Watching the JumboTron

After the game they announced that children 4-14 were to meet at the Hank Aaron ramp to run the bases. What?! 4-14! All night we had heard children UP TO 14, not 4-14! So we headed to the Hank Aaron ramp anyway and I asked if Julia would be able to run the bases. They said that as long as she could run by herself it wasn't a problem, so we headed to the end of the line - all the way up the ramp! When we got to the end there was a sign that said the wait was approximately 70 minutes from the last out! Thank goodness it didn't take near that long, probably only about 45 minutes after the last out before we were on the field.

Once we got to home plate Michael and I had to go in the stands while Julia ran by herself. Michael wasn't so sure that she would stay out there by herself, but we decided that we would point her towards the line and if she went she went and if she didn't then at least we got her picture on the field. She surprised us both when she took off toward home plate like she knew exactly what she was doing!

Waiting for her turn to run

Heading to first!

Almost to second base!

Rounding third with a little help!

Heading home!

She stood in line all by herself and ran when it was her turn. She fell about halfway to first base, but got up and kept going. When she got almost to second base she turned around and started coming back, Michael said it was because she rarely saw the Braves get past second so she wasn't sure what to do! I thought they would bring her back to us in the stands then, but they took her by the hand and led her all the way around the bases. She was so proud of herself! All the kids got a t-shirt and a certificate that said they ran the bases at Turner Field and was proud of her "paper"!

Here's a video of her running the bases!

Showing off her new t-shirt

Sweet girl was passed out before we even made it out of the parking lot. I think she's going to sleep good tonight, I know we are!