Christmas 2010

Christmas Morning...

 The famous ballerina teddybear... Giulianna named her

Flower Butterfly

Mills thought the Weebles Treehouse was the funniest thing ever... couldn't catch her breath laughing so hard!

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Thanksgiving Feast

Giulianna's Thanksgiving Program and Feast... My cute little pilgram was very upset she did't have a speaking part.  I think she was still the STAR!

Posting Catch Up: Halloween

Halloween was so much fun this year.  Giuilanna was the old pro with 2 years experience under her belt and Mills was just old enough to understand that she gets to eat all the candy she could ever want... (Well all that I would let her eat anyway)!  This year Giulianna decided she wanted to be a blue butterfly and my Mom and I made her costume with the exception fo the tshirt!  I think it turned out super cute and Giulianna loved it!!  She says she wants to be the blue butterfly again next year!!   Mills got to be a pumpkin.  I love a baby in a pumpkin costume and I knew this would be my last chance to make that happen.  We got tons of compliments on Mills' costume.  It was really sweet ;)  We had a great night and scored lots of loot!! 

Roll Tide!  These two girls have the spirit!  Yesterday was the Friday before the season opener and Giulianna wore her cheerleading uniform to school. When I dropped her off I was very surprised to find that she had several classmates in Auburn cheerleading attire.  Like 3 little girls.  In Tuscaloosa, that is just unheard of!  So after school I ask her if there were some other girls who had on different uniforms and she replied yes, there were some girls with blue uniforms.  That part was completely acceptable, but what folllowed was absolute blasphemy!  Being that BLUE is her favorite color she started in on how much she liked these blue uniforms.  I then explained to her that those uniforms were Auburn uniforms and that like Alabama is a school for big girls, Auburn is also a school in our great state of Alabama.   I then told her that she had to repeat after me "Boo Blue! Boo Blue! Boo Blue!"  In my best cheer chant!  She thought that was hilarious and then said "Bluesy is Cutie! Bluesy is Cutie!"  To which I replied with the mature "Blue is Stinky!"  Which she thought was even funnier.  This was a fun exchange on our way home.  But I think I eventually wore her down, because as she was getting out of the car

she said "I like Red."

Soccer Super Star

I am so excited that Giulianna is playing her first season of soccer this year!  We started practices last week and she is already into it whole heartedly.  I knew that she would be full throttle into soccer she has been saying it was her favorite thing to do for about a year now, even though she had never graced a field.  I am starting to feel like a soccer mom with the twice a week practices and our zebra print bag for all her "gear".   It's going to be fun season even if they don't keep score and the players are probably all going in the wrong direction.  Let the Games Begin!

(Notice the Harbordocks Tee)

That first week is a DOOZY!

Giulianna's first week of preschool is behind us.  She had the best week ever and loves making new friends.  Unfortunately, with this new endeavor, we didn't escape unscathed.  Because Giulianna has never been in any type of organized childcare we have never been exposed to the germs that are creeping around inside the school and as it turns out, those little buggers are fierce and ready to pounce!  Giulianna hopped in the car last Wednesday and I noticed a scrape under her right arm.  I immediately held her arm up over her head and ask if she fell down today.  She said "Yeah"  like it was nothing.  And she was right, it usually is nothing, but not today.   No, Giulianna's little scrape from the playground was an entry way for a million little germs that she had never had before.  So fast forward to Saturday when Giulianna woke from her afternoon nap.  She comes in my bedroom and lays down beside me on the bed and immediately says "My arm hurts".  I was not prepared for what I saw when I raised her arm this time.  Giulianna was completely covered in a rash that started at the spot where the scrape was and spread down her torso along her right side.  The rash was really big where it started and speckled down to smaller spots.   Oh my Gosh.  What has happened?  I had no idea what it could be and this looked bad. After a trip to Urgent Care we found out she has a contact dermatitis which is a huge allergic reaction to something.  Poison Ivy is considered Contact Dermatitis.   So hopefully after a few days it will clear up and she will be good to go.  BUT Good Gracious!  I wasn't prepared for that!  I thought we would get sick our first year with fevers and viruses but I've never seen such!  This year is going to be interesting.