Happy Mother’s Day

It has been a crazy busy May..  With the Well’s Fargo Golf tournament in town there are always fun festivities going on.  This year my son Justin played in the Pro-Am on Monday and he was so excited.  I was so happy for him. Sunday night they had the Pro-Am draft party to find out who he would be playing with and I was honored that he asked me to go.  We had a great time although I didn’t know very many golfers I was proud to be there with Justin.

Monday Justin played in the Pro-Am with William McGirt and me, Cindy and Savannah went out to cheer him on!  He had a great time.  And William was kind enough to give him pointers along the way.  They didn’t win but it is definitely a memorable day.  Oh yea and Jeff was the caddy for Justin.  Daddy was right there with him.  Great Times!!

 

 

 

 

Monday night was the Players Party at Andrew Blairs.  Jeff, myself, Jack & Lisa attended the shindig.  It was fun party.  Obviously we retired early because we just can’t hang like we use to.  haha

Tuesday night was the block party at upstream so we headed out with Savannah in tow to take in the sites and some music.  We had dinner at upstream then walked thru Phillips place and listened to the band for a while.  Savannah had the best time.. She loves going to listen to music.. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.  After some dancing it was bed time so we headed out.

The rest of the week was pretty mellow until Friday.  Savannah had dance class/school and swim class.  I dont’ like having so much to do in one week I feel like she get’s left out.  So I have to plan better or just learn to say no.

Sunday I drove up to Landis to see my mom and pick up some Dave Matthews Tickets from an old friend.  Mom, Myself and my aunt Diane all went to lunch at this local diner and luckily my old friend Paula was working.  We have known each other since we were 6 and although we don’t see each other often we always just pick up where we left off.  It’s always good to see her.  Oh and we got to see her mom and son as well.  bonus.  After lunch I took everyone home and headed to Renee’s to get the tickets.  I haven’t seen her since high school.  She has a beautiful home out in the country with donkey’s, chicken’s goats, cows & dogs.  I LOVED.  I wish I would have brought Savannah she would have had a blast.  But she was at a birthday party that daddy agreed to take her too.  Thank you daddy.

Mothers day was exciting this year.  I don’t know why but this year seemed a little more special.  On the thursday before Mothers day they had a tea at school and we were asked to come to the class early so the kids could sing us some songs and have cake.  Who doesn’t love cake and songs??  So all of us mothers huddled into a room to watch all of our beloved children sing us mothers day songs.  Swoon….  It was great!  After the party we headed to the playground but not before a quick stop in the potty.  As I was trying to keep Savannah from touching everything in the bathroom by stressing “NO DON’T TOUCH ANYTHING” she politely looks at me holds her hands up and says “It’s ok mommy… Take a deep breath” hahahaha.. I just about lost it.

Busy weekend ahead..  Friday night Savannah and I headed to Fort Mill to what Ella & Jackson’s big debut in their recital!!  They did awesome!  Jackson looked so handsome and played the perfect prince.  Ella was a beautiful bumble bee.  I can’t believe they remembered all those moves.  So glad we could be there.

Saturday it was up and out early headed to Emma’s birthday party at the sport’s connection.  Fun Fun Fun.  Savannah met Emma in her swim class and her mom and I have kinda kept contact since those days.  They go to the same pre-school but unfortunately they are not in the same class.  We had a great time.. It was so good to see Paula & Emma again.  Hard to believe they are 3.

Saturday night Jeff and I headed to a birthday party for a friend who was turning the big 40.  It was great to see all of our friends in one place.  So lucky to be blessed with wonderful friends.

Sunday “Mother’s Day” We got up early and went to church then headed over to Mimi & Pop’s for a bit.  Savannah and I drove separate because mommy wanted to do a yoga class before the crew came over that afternoon.  So I visited for a bit then headed home to prepare myself for a little Mother’s Day Torture. Haha..

Heading to yoga I tried to prep myself for this class.  It is so intense (for me).. It’s extremely hot and packed and hard.  I LOVED it even though today there is not one muscle on my body that doesn’t hurt.  A good hurt.  The class was great and at the end they gave all the mommies a rose.. Sweet! After my hot sweaty yoga class I headed home and everyone was there!  So jumped into a quick shower and joined everyone else.  Jeff gave me a beautiful mothers day card and an awesome ring from Savannah.  I will cherish it forever.  Mother’s day has a whole new meaning when you’re a mom.  For some reason now I think about all mommies on mother’s day not just mine.  It is truly the greatest job in the world.  It’s very time consuming, exhausting and emotionally draining but it is the most rewarding job I have ever had. Being a mother has also helped me to be a better step-mother too.  I know how to love the boys now where as before I never wanted to cross any lines.   I love Savannah, Justin and Jordan so much and I am so proud that they are mine.

 

 

Times like these

Happy Saturday..

Typical week at the Parker house..  Monday dance class, Tuesday pre-school, Wednesday swim class.  Thursday pre-school, Friday free-day!!  Dance class went well.. she is flit and fluttering all over the place..  No time-outs at pre-school this week that’s always a plus.  Miss Mary Ann informed me that Savannah and Makenna love to play together but always seem to disagree at some point.  So I told Savannah if she can’t play with Makenna without arguing with her maybe she should find another friend to play with.

I got to go pick out the pictures I wanted for Savannah’s 3-year-old pictures.. It’s so hard to choose so of course I got them all.  Ugh gonna be in the dog house for that one.

Friday night Jeff, Myself and Savannah went to Del Frisco’s for dinner.  Piedmont row (where they are located) was have a block party and after going last week I knew Savannah would love it.  We grabbed a table outside had dinner and waited for the band to come on.  When they finally hit the stage Savannah had to be down front.  Even though we had perfectly comfortable seats with a great view.  So I head down to the front of the stage to take in the Executive’s.  She LOVED it.  She was dancing up a storm running around and then they pulled this little boy up on stage and Savannah was dying to get up there.  Looks like the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Might be a few concerts in our future. 

So we hung out until around 8 then headed home.  As we were leaving we ran into this Gentleman that Jeff play’s golf with.  Long story short he was diagnosed with cancer last year and is a survived.  I don’t know much about it other than he wasn’t given very long to live but has survived.  I don’t think he has ever been married and I know he doesn’t have any children.  Just want to give a little back ground so the story will make a little more sense.  So we run into him as we are leaving Jeff is holding Savannah and we are chit chatting he”s is talking to Savannah telling her how pretty she is and she just reaches out and put’s her arms around his neck and give’s him a hug.  I was surprised.  Although she is very friendly she doesn’t typically hug a stranger unless I encourage her.  What happen’s next surprises me even more.  At that point this Gentleman breaks down in tears.  He was so touched by her that he was overwhelmed with emotion.  He looks at me and say’s I’ve never had children and I just love little girls.  Of course at this point I’m in tears too.

God always knows what we need.  I’m not sure what he was going thru on this particular day but obviously it was ment for us to cross his path.  It’s time’s like these that make me forget about all the time out’s.  So glad God has blessed me with her and I got to see him work thru her last night.

Sometime he whispers

Awesome weekend!  After a very heart breaking thursday the rest of the weekend was great!  After our night of no TV and no popsicle Friday was great..Although I knew it would be short-lived Savannah was great all weekend!   Daddy and I had a date night Friday night and as we were leaving Savannah said “I wanna give you a hug mommy” so I of coursed opened the car door reached down she wrapped her arms around my neck and gently patted my should and said ” I love you so much”.. that’s my sweet baby.

Then we were off to dinner.  We decided to go to Del Frisco’s because they were having an alive after 5 and thought it would be fun!  We ended up seeing a few friends and it ended up being a fun night.  There was a great band there, Jeff and I both regretted not bringing Savannah she would have LOVED it.  So next Friday she will be with us.  She Loves music and can’t wait for her to go.

Saturday we went to lunch with nini and saw her new studio.  We are so excited for her.. Nothing like watching your friends dreams come true..  She deserves it.  I know she will have much success.  Saturday night we decided to hang out at the house and have a low-key cook out with the neighbors and friends.  It it so nice to have great neighbors.

Sunday morning we got up and headed to church.  I LOVE going to church as a family..  The message was very interesting after the week I had experienced.  It really broke my heart to have to discipline Savannah and I kept questioning myself as to what the correct discipline should have been.  When our pastor David Chadwick spoke on Sunday one of his last points he made referenced discipline.  He said that even though we have t0

discipline our children it doesn’t mean that we love them any less or that they aren’t going to be our children anymore.God always has a way of getting his message to you” sometime’s he whisper’s and Sometime’s he Roar’s.”  It’s just a matter of us listening with our hearts.  I felt much better about the decision I had made and feel very blessed to have faith.

 

Savannah's 3 year old pictures.

 

Discipline. We hate to do it but it has to be done

Well after the great day we had yesterday I was riding on cloud nine for today. Daddy had a work thing to go to so it was going to be a girls night. Woke up made breakfast got ready and we were off to school. We have been getting there a little early so that we can walk Amelia to class her mommy just had a baby and can’t lift anything. And let me tell you it is so cute walking them in while they hold hands. Love it!

After drop off it’s off to yoga. I am trying my best to get back on my yoga track that I have fell off of and one great incentive is Marilyn my teacher and friend. Just love her. Don’t get me wrong I love all the women that teach at the studio but she’s my buddy. .

After class I’m feeling great. I made it thru. Head back home to change then it’s back to pick priss up from pre-school. It’s a little over cast today so not sure if we will be heading to the park after school or not. I walk in an wait for savannah in the hallway as we all do. And I see her teacher motion for me to come over and I’m thinking oh no how many times was she put in time out today. So I go over and she says ” we didn’t have a very good day today” at this point I want to say damit but don’t think it will go over to well in the Christian hallways or in front of the teacher. Did I mention savannah will be 3 in June. So back to we didn’t have a good day she then proceeds to tell me that Savannah bit someone on the finger but it didn’t leave a mark and it didn’t break the skin. I AM MORTIFIED. And she also wouldn’t listen so she had to “go in the yellow chair”. ” she has been doing so good I don’t know what happened today ” at this point I want to cry because I feel like I am failing as a parent. Savannah has never done anything like this and knows better hell she walks around saying “we don’t bit our friends”. What happened?? Well her teacher wasn’t sure what happened because they didn’t see it but the one good thing out of this story is savannah didn’t lie about. ” yes I bit her” why? “I don’t know”? Lord help me.

Well needless to say no park, no tv and no Popsicles for the rest of the day. And definitely no girls night. I was so disappointed with her. She also got a spanking. I know some people will have a problem with this and others won’t but in my opinion when all other methods are exhausted its time to get her attention. So 2 pops on the bottom and she was off to nap.

Discipline is not something we as parents enjoy its one of those necessary evils. In my opinion I feel like you have set your boundaries early and stick to them or they will run all over you. Savannah has a great life. I just want to say to her come on girl all you have to do is listen and you can have everything you want. Lol. Get a clue. Don’t get me wrong she is spoiled rotten. But she will be respectful, have good manners and be kind to others or she will spend alot of time in her room. Hope she catches on early.

So it was a tv, popsicle-less night and to be honest we had an awesome time and she was in bed by 8:30. Say a little prayer tomorrow goes better.

Baby Birds

Happy Wednesday!!

Great day today Up early and out. I had Savannah’s 3-year-old pictures taken on Friday and today was the day I was going to get to view them.  I was so excited as Kym had sent me a sneak peek and they were super cute.  So I was out at 8:15 and Mercy was here at 8:30..

The pictures were Amazing.. She looked so grown. There was one that actually brought tears to my eyes.  I couldn’t believe it.  I was sitting there looking at these pictures thinking I can’t believe this is my baby.  I have a child.  It still amazes me today!  I am so blessed and thankful to God for giving me such a precious gift.

After picture viewing it was off to swim class.  Savannah is doing so well and on her 3rd birthday she get’s to move up to the Shiny Star Fish class yay.. I know this means nothing to most but to me it means I become a spectator and not a swimmer.  I think this will be a bitter-sweet change in our life.. One I’m happy that I won’t have to get in that freezing cold pee water anymore But I sure will miss that 30min bonding time.  In the end I think it will be great for Savannah because I think she will focus more on her swimming than splashing mommy.

So today we had a special treat at swim class.. they were filming some documentary on children and swimming…  Wish they would have sent a memo so mommy could have looked a little more presentable ugh..  I could have worn my good suit instead of my “I’m in a hurry suit” that you wear cause you are trying to get out the door and who care’s your going to see the same ole people anyway..  Just a little reminder to self you never know who you will run into or what will happen..So we may or may not be on TV I will let you know..

After swim it was back home and off to run errands.. We have a busy couple of months ahead and I have got to get it together.

We have a few birds that love to build nest right over top of our outdoor speaker.  Every year they build it the same place.  Well in the last couple of day’s the baby birds have hatched and every time we go outside we can hear them chirping away.  Well tonight must have been “it’s time to get outta this nest” night because we had 5 baby birds trying to fly on our patio.  Now why momma picked tonight, in the rain, to shew her youngins is beyond me but it sure was fun to sit with Savannah at the back door and watch that momma bird fly back and forth to those babies trying to teach them to fly.  Hopefully they all got off the ground and are safe tonight.

Time for bath.. Daddy gave Savannah a bath tonight and as they headed out of the room she ran back in and rapped her arms around my neck and said ” I love you to the moon and back”..  That is why everyone should be a mom..

I stink at blogging

I stink at blogging.. My intentions are good and I want to do it everyday but sometimes I don’t feel I have a lot to say and other times I just want to go to bed. 

Easter has just come and gone and it was the best.  So grateful for the sacrifice that Jesus made for me.  It was a long road to get here well worth it.

Took Savannah to see the Easter Bunny this year on Thursday with Aunt Jen & Tyler and she LOVED him.. Really??  Would have nothing to do with Santa but loves an oversized rabbit.. Ok.   So we spent the day with Tyler and Jen at Concord Mills.  We played in the play area and then headed to bass pro shop, Road the little train that goes around inside the mall then had lunch.. Love to have people to share our days with..  Jen & Tyler are the best!!

 

 

 

Saturday we went to Lazy 5 ranch for the Easter Egg Hunt and again we met Jen, Freddie & Tyler we also met Shelley, Rocky, Dara, Hunter, Landon & his grandpa..  It was an awesome day!!  They had this big field roped off and had this helicopter fly in and drop eggs over the field.. Once all the eggs were dropped the kids ran in and tried to get an egg of every color then trade them in for prizes.. Lots of fun for the kids.

Landon & Savannah ready for the egg hunt

 

 

After the egg hunt we went on a wagon ride to feed the animals on the ranch..  Always a good time..

 

 

 

After a long day at the ranch it was back to the house for a VERY long nap.. Yay for mommy

The boys were in town so we got to go to church on Easter sunday!  It was a good end to an awesome weekend!

This week has started out great!!  We are back to pre-school and back on a schedule!  We have misssed Mercy for the last 2 weeks and mommy looks forward to seeing her on Friday!

Updates:

We are potty trained yay!!  Today when I sat Savannah on her princess potty seat she asked who got it for her and I said mommy .  At that point I asked her Are you a princess to which she replied with squinted eyes “mommy I think I am Savannah”..lol

Good Night

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mommy are you happy??

This was the question I was asked by my 2 1/2-year-old yesterday thru her historical tears.  And the answer was NO I was not happy.  Tuesday started out to be a good day.  Got up early got ready for bible study and to take Savannah to pre-school.  We had a good morning she was happy to go to school it was going to be a great day!  After dropping her off at school I headed to bible study. Today was my day to lead.  Now why I volunteered for this I do not know.  Well I do know.  I am trying to step out of my comfort zone and do something I am not comfortable doing.  Speaking in front of people is NOT something I do well or really enjoy.  Unless of course we are talking about kids then I’m right in there.  But leading the conversation ugh not my strong point.  So off to bible study I went and it went ok.  I think I should have prepared better but that’s the thing I really didn’t know how to prepare for this.  So I just kinda winged it.  Maybe I will get better with time.  So after that was done I headed to pick up priss.  She had a great day at pre-school so I thought it would be a good idea to stop at the park on the way out and let her play for a little while before nap.  What better way to kill and hour.  So I called my friend Heather, whose son Adam goes to pre-school with Savannah and they also share a swim class together, and told her we would be hanging out if they wanted to stop by and they did.  It started out great and it seemed that everyone else had the same idea we did because the playground became full quickly .  Savannah was playing having a good time then someone brings candy and that is what the whole focus becomes and if it wasn’t that it was wanting to do something someone else was doing.  Typical 2-year-old.  So needless to say we left.  Kicking and screaming.  UGH.  Yes I had THAT child.  Lord help me.  I got her in the car and tried to explain to her that when she acts this way she will have to leave. Mommy doesn’t play that. lol.  She cried all the way home.  At one point she screamed so loud I was in shock.. She had NEVER done this before.  So I turned up the radio and practiced my yoga breathing.  I knew that yoga would come in handy.  So we got home and she went straight to bed.  And she was out like a light.  So the lesson learned here was no more play ground after pre-school.  So after nap she wanted to go to the play ground again and being the good mommy that I am we headed out.  She was a little better this time and on the way home I called daddy to see what time he would be home because mommy definitely needed a break.  He met me at the house and he and Savannah took off to have dinner and see his parents.  I sat at home and stalked my local obsession Matilda Jane website to see if they would be releasing anything new and made Valentine cards for Savannah’s Class.

Happy Valentine's Day

This is our first Valentine’s project and I was so excited to find such a cute idea.  Hope the class likes them.  Savannah and daddy arrived shortly after I finished and then it was a cry fest again. Didn’t want to take a shower, didn’t want to brush her teeth, didn’t want to potty, didn’t want to do anything..ARGGGGGGG and thru her tears I hear ” mommy are you happy”?  No Savannah mommy is NOT happy we try to do everything for you to make you happy and typically you make me happy but today is not one of them.  So off to bed she went.  Night Night.

Needless to say she didn’t sleep very well and of course as mad as she get’s at me I’m always the go to in the middle of the night.  MOMMY…  and of course I go to.  Between the dogs and her it was a long night.

Morning came and I received a text from Miss Mercy NOT going to be here today.. NOOOOOOOO..  So I’m thinking no yoga today but daddy was sweet and stayed with priss for me to go. YAY daddy.  After yoga we headed to swim class.  So far the morning is going GREAT!!  Swim class with Mr. Stewart only last 30min so we get there with 10min to spare get ready and head to the pool.  We are doing our little stations and Savannah say’s something about Poop.  OH LAWD nooooo not in the pool they will have to shut the whole thing down.  So we jump out run to the bathroom and thank goodness no  poop in swim diaper. Sit her up on the potty and she poops. YAYAYAY..  After she finishes I look at her with a big huge smile on my face and say ” This makes mommy VERY happy”  praise praise praise.  You can have whatever you want!!!  We head back to the pool and finished out our class.  After swim we went to lunch at Chic-Fil-A with Miss Heather & Adam it was great!  After lunch we headed to their house for a little play time.  I have really enjoyed getting to know Heather and Adam.  They are such sweet people and I really love when Adam calls me Miss Brandi.  lol

After our visit we head home for nap she slept for 2 1/2 hour’s (thanks swim class & Adam) then we hung out till daddy got home then bed time.  Can’t wait to see wheat tomorrow holds.  Night

P.S.  Check out Lesley Carter’s Blog http://lesleycarter.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/its-a-snug-world-with-snug-science-includes-a-change-to-win/#more-4765 she has had some amazing travels and she is having a give away tomorrow..  I think you will love her stories..

Super Bowl Weekend!

Wow.. Great weekend with great friends..  Friday night Savannah and I had dinner with daddy at Upstream.. One of our favorite restaurants in town.  She did awesome!!  Even though it took a little longer for our food to which at one point she replied “where are my chicken fingers” it turned out to be a great dinner.

Saturday morning was the start of Habit 21.  It is a program that my yoga studio does every so often.  You buy a package of 6 weeks unlimited yoga and try to go 21 times within that period and you next package is 50% off.  The thought behind it is it takes 21days to start a habit. So by the end you will form the habit of Yoga.  I have 2 days in so far! Nini came and hung out with Savannah and they had a great time!!  The first class also has live drumming and it was awesome!!  After yoga I headed to Tiffany’s to watch her mom practice on some up do’s for her wedding.  It was great to spend some time with Tiff.. Love her.  After our visit it was off to date night with daddy.  Miss Lindsay came over and hung out with Savannah and we went to Del Frisco’ s for appetizers and drinks.  Being the big party animals that we are we didn’t get home till 9:30..lol

Sunday was a LAZY day.  Hung around the house made some food for the Super Bowl and all the neighbors walked over and it was a great night.  Congrats to the Giants!!

 

 

 

 

Today was Great!  Yoga in the am Mercy came we took Savannah to Dance class and she did awesome!!  Miss Lacey came out and told us that she is really catching on and doing a great job Yay Savannah!!  Then we were headed back to the house and Savannah said Mommy may I please have Chick-Fil-A? now how could I say no to that.. So we headed to Chick-Fil-A for lunch..  After lunch I spent WAY too much time trying to get my computer connected to our wireless printer.  It was connected then something happened and now it is not connected.  I have many choice words I would like to use but I digress.

Let’s see what tomorrow holds.

Big Night

wow.. What a busy week.. I am feeling a little over whelmed.. Thank goodness for task manager or I wouldn’t get anything done.  I can’t remember it all then I get side tracked.. ugh..

Beautiful day today..  Savannah was off to pre-school mommy off to yoga.. Baby Macon had his surgery today and it went great!!  Everyone at the Franck house is still sick (hope we didn’t give it to them) Savannah still has a cough she can’t shake but all in all we are great!!

No accidents at school today and tonight when I was rocking her before bed (yes I still rock her one day I won’t be able to) she said “Mommy I need to go pee pee) so at first I am thinking stall tactic. So she doesn’t have to go to bed.  But I got up to her to the potty and she went and promptly said “mommy I want some candy” that’s my bribe to get her to go potty.  But it didn’t work this time.  So after I told her no candy she said ” Mommy I want to get my big girl panties” ut oh.. Ok… So we went and put them on.  This will be our first night sleeping in our big girl undies say a prayer.  She always makes it thru the night hopefully tonight she will do the same.. YAY.. I think we are turning a corner. Go Savannah!!

Mommy is extremely tired so this post is short.  night.

Forget you..hoo hoo hoo

It has been a GREAT week!!  It is so nice to be back on schedule.. Savannah still has a little cough but no fever or runny nose yay…  She went back to school on Tuesday and she was SUPER excited to see her friends and teachers.  When we were walking into the building she said “mommy i’m so happy”.  How awesome that!!  I think back to the first month of pre-school when she cried going in and cried coming out. Boy we have come a long way.

It was back to bible study for me.  We have 2 new ladies that have joined our group and I am so excited to have them.  Miss Trisha led our group this week and she did an awesome job.  It’s my turn next week .. say a prayer.. I don’t do to well at things like this so I’m going to need it.  Very nervous.

After I picked Savannah up from pre-school we headed home.  Did I mention that she has worn her big girl undies to school the last 3 weeks with no accidents.. I probably just jinxed myself but I’m so proud of her.  She did have a little accident last night and pee pee”d on daddy while they were watching tv..hahhaa sorry it was funny..  Hey she was comfortable and watching Dora I understand.lol

Wednesday was awesome!!  Got up went to yoga and Miss Brooke had an amazing class.  Really got my day started off right.   Then it was back to the house and off to swim class.  Savannah is coming right along in her class she did great today.  She’s so funny all the little songs they sing she has to sing too.. At the top of her lungs.. haha.  ONE LITTLE SPECKELED FROG SITTIN ON A HOLLOW LOG EATING SOME MOST DELICIOUS BUGS YUM YUM SAVANNAH JUMPS INTO THE POOL WHERE IT IS NICE AND COOL..Then they leave the side of the pool and swim to mommy with help from Mr. Stewart.  It’s great!!

Savannah LOVES to sing and her all time favorite song is Forget You by CeLo Green (the glee version).  I have heard this song 15,0000 times.  I am not kidding and every time we get in the car she say’s “Can I hear why babe mom”?  She calls the song Why Babe because Gwyneth Paltrow sings WHY WHY WHY baby baby in the middle of the song so she thinks that is the name of it.  So not only does she want to hear it every time we get in the car she wants to hear it loud.. “can you turn the volume up”? 2 1/2 and she likes it loud.  Just like mommy…lol I will add a clip later of her singing.

Here’s the clip:

Forget you by Savannah Parker..

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All in all it’s been a great week so far.  She did awesome in Dance, Pre-school & swim class.  Hope the week continues on this path!