Begginings of a Volleyball star

At 8:00 o'clock this morning, I reported to my first day of volleyball workouts with Charley in tow. I was a little weary of how things would go since she seems to be going through a growth spurt and ate every 2 hours last night. I didn't think I would make it and hoped she would be the little angel she usually is. I guess I am sliding into the mommy role okay because it only took me about 5 minutes to get my energy boost and get dressed, fix a quick breakfast for myself, then feed Charley. Josh put us in the car and off we went to Charley's first day of "Big Girl Workouts". I placed Charley in the stroller, gathered all my gear, rounded up all my girls, and to the track we went. It took me a little while to gather my thoughts and get things going but I was soon back in the groove. The only big difference was last year I never changed a baby's diaper on the high jump mat. I think Charley enjoyed herself. She caught up on all the sleep we missed last night.

Retiring one of my favorite nightgowns

So in my premommy days, I would always find myself chuckling at new moms when they would look at a new baby and say "I remember when (insert baby name here) was that small. They grow up so fast". I would look at their 6 month old baby and think to myself; how dramatic. Well, I now know what they were talking about. Last night after bathing Charley Frances, I went to put one of my favorite nightgowns on her only to find it was rather snug. Over the past 2 weeks or so, I've come to notice many of her onsies and night gowns were getting a little short waisted and snug, but I think I was in denial. While I am excited about all the fun things that are around the corner with my little monkey, I wished there was a way to keep her a little baby girl forever. After fighting off a tear or two, I put her little nightgown on for the last time, ( without snapping the back) took a few pictures of her in it, and imagined all the fun things in store in our future. Only more of a reason to soak up every second with my Charley girl!

Mommy's Little Monkey

Daddy's Little Girl

Nanny Gina (NeeNaa)

Charley goes to the Beach.

On Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, Josh and I took Charley on her first trip to Grand Isle. She was absolutely amazing on the way up, during our stay,and on our way back. So, when we were invited to go back to the beach the following weekend, I couldn't turn it down. On Friday, May 29th I packed up my car with several changes of clothes, the pack-n-play, a bouncey seat, a pack of diapers, medicine just in case, bath stuff, oh and a few things for me too. This time I was traveling by myself and was a little nervous since Charley wants to nurse every 2 hours. However, I think she knows when we're going to the beach because once again she was amazing. I was even able to make our usual pre-baby pit stop at the Galliano Wal-Mart. The weekend with Noelle (Nellie), Sham,Aunt Elodie (Ayie), and the rest of the crew was very fun and relaxing. I wish Josh could have made it. I believe Charley will love the beach as much as her mommy does. I look forward to many more trips to many more beaches with her.