Please Pray!!

Ok, I know that I am crazy blog girl tonight.....but I thought maybe I should catch up on all the post I have been meaning to do....just in case I should perish on our vacation. ;)

Seriously though, if you guys wouldn't mind- I would love your prayers. We are headed out on our vacation Sunday. We are doing a Disney cruise Sunday- Wed and then will be at the Parks Thursday- Sunday. Has anyone heard of Tropical Storm Hanna??? Yep she is the one who threatens to follow me my whole vacation. Seems she wants to be in the Bahamas when I am supposed to be and then in Florida when we get there. I know that worrying doesn't help/or change anything....but I believe that Prayer DOES. So PLEASE pray that the hurricane changes course so that we don't have a crazy vacation. I really want this to be a very special time for our family and we are all SO looking forward to it. Thank you guys!!!

DISNEY HERE WE COME !!!! ( hopefully)

Houston......we have found her sport!!!

Well, we tried soccer- way too much running involved in that. We tried gymnastics-she wasn't impressed. We did dance - after 5 years.....I have worn her out.

But Cheerleading......She LOVES!!!!! She gets to yell, jump, wear a cute outfit and OMG....she gets pom poms!! She went to a Cheerleading camp for 3 hours last Saturday and had a lot of fun. I am just glad we have found something she likes....for now anyway.

Pictures of her first day

So, here are the pictures from her first day that I said I would post. She loves her new teacher and teaching assistant. You can see from the pictures how VERY sad she was to leave me!!!

Wow!! My baby is in Kindergarten!!!

Last year when I dropped Emma off at school for the first time I cried...a lot. This year, my heart ached slightly at the thought of her growing up so fast ...but I was not as sad as last year. We both know what to expect this year and she has lots of friends who were waiting there to hug her and welcome her back. Last year we only knew one girl so Emma was a little shy, at first anyway. So, we took the traditional first day pictures, one in front of the school and one with the teachers. ( I will post them later) and then off she went. She didn't look back...I grabbed her to hug and kiss her as she speed away but she just said "Bye MOM". I am glad she isn't one of those kids who holds on to the Mom's leg and cries and has to be peeled off...but a little " I'll miss you" would have been nice.
After she went in her class a friend and I walked down to the cafeteria for the Yahoo/Boohoo breakfast with the other parents. I thought I would be fine this year. I was actually thinking this morning "Yahoo" she is going back to school. I will be able to get so much more done at work now, but then as I sat there sipping my coffee and eating my danish...something changed. I started thinking about her growing up and how soon she was going to be gone and my yahoo....turned into a boohoo. I was overwhelmed with emotion and had to leave. I threw my food away and walked out. I barely made it to the car before I started bawling. What is my problem???? I am a little pre-menstrual, but I was NOT expecting that. I thought I was going to be fine this year, guess I was wrong. I have been teasing my sister-in-law about this same thing for YEARS. She used to cry every year and I didn't get it....now I do. Sorry Stace....you were right. Why is it that everything I teased her about is now coming true in my life with my child?? I think God must have a great sense of humor!!!
So...what about you? Did you/will you cry on the first day of school?

How cool is that???

OK, so my friend Dana lives next door to Chris who is on So you think you can Dance. Apparently, tonight he and his friends are in town visiting. So, Dana and I are on the phone and she tells me and I say " you should so go over and have your picture taken with them" ....and she did!

I am so jealous!!!! Why don't these things ever happen to me????