First Day of First Grade!

Yes I know I am LATE - I am playing catch up because I've missed a lot and am having blogger's remorse!! So Annie started FIRST GRADE - where did all the baby time go (and with it went most of the smocked dresses)She had the same teacher for 2 years so moving on was a big deal!!





What does a sweet little girl have on her first day of school? Chocolate chip cookies - the breakfast of champions!



Waiting for the bus....she has NEVER been on a bus so this is new stuff - she's kind of excited.



It's here! It's here! As most of you know Annie is visually impaired so she is riding on a handicap bus...there are just a few kids on it - I must say it made me a little sad for her to not be riding with all the other kids and worried that people would make fun of her...but so far so good - Ms. Jessica and Ms. Buckey are wonderful!




One final glance back at mommy to make sure it's what she's supposed to be doing..I tell her to have a great first day!




And off she goes....she now wakes up excited to go catch the bus because it's "her bus" no anyone elses...I don't even have to shove her up the stairs!!
hahahhaha

Gavin DeGraw ~ Train ~ Maroon 5

Made my way to Charlotte to see Adam Levine with "the girls"
Jen, Me, Jamie and Berta....LOVE THEM

Clearly we were more concerned with the music, beer and shade - you don't have to see them to DaNcE!!!

Jen and our $11 beers (we may have had a FEW)

looks like a FEW other people thought it would be a good show too

That's my girl!!!!

I had an absolute blast at the concert - of course the music was FABULOUS but girls' night was awesome....we laughed, dance and of course drank!!! I can't wait to hang out with them again - they kept me LAUGHING!!!


PS - and i KNOW i always say this BUT i am feeling the need to start blogging again - there is LOTS going on and i need to keep everyone up to date and really truth be told I always have so much going on - i need a scrapbook reminder!!!




i've been missing everyone - blogging is still better than facebook!!!

MRI

I think she thought we were there to play....

photo session

they gave her this sweet little bear to play with while she was being poked and prodded

I hate gettting blood taken - needles make me ill!

LOOK at this on my sweet baby's arm - wow - it was a lot of tubes

she was a brave little girl - she didn't like it on her arm but she didn't complain.....

TOO MUCH!

but then they gave her the sedative and she was OUT!

trying to wake up but not quite strong enough to lift her head!

Juice to make sure she was feeling alright

She walked out to the car all on her own (she looked a little tipsy and was VERY happy)

Most of you know that Annabelle has been diagnosed with epilepsy - her seizures are very minor in comparison - mostly they are slumps and baby tremors - usually triggered by being picked up (i have NO idea how that triggers them) we have been consulting with neurologists to get them under control and either have horrible side effects to the meds (she was in a fog and VERY whiney on keppra) or no great result getting them to stop - we are afraid they are going to cause memory loss and/or her ability to learn will be affected - after getting off of keppra she learned where the "A" on the braille writer is and moving on to the "N"!!!

soooooo we had an MRI done to try and figure out what is going on....I was very nervous considering they had to sedate her to get this done but the wonderful nurse on the phone reassured me that she would be ok and i could trust them so off we went - WOW were they right - the nurses were AMAZING - they were very patient with ME (annie was very good and calm) obviously i took lots of pictures. They knew what they were doing and how to do it with the least amount of trauma to Annie and me.....we were in and out in less than 2 hours! she was up and walking within 20 minutes of being out of sedation....we won't get the results of the MRI until we meet with the neurologist in May and can discuss what the next best route is but we have the MRI out of the way and I can't say enough about MUSC!!! it was wonderful (IF you can get past the fact that your sweet 7 yo with epilepsy has to have an mri - which i'm still a little miffed about)

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Annie watching Dora Egg Hunt while laughing outloud...

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Don't you wish your teacher was cool like...MINE!!!

Annabelle's sweet teacher said she needed to talk to me this morning - immediately i thought "Oh great - what did she do now?" and THIS is what she gave me - she is making picture quilts for all of the parents! CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS?!?!?!?!?!

Look at my cutie pie....she is so sweet!

Her kindergarten graduation picture....ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? how caYute is this picture?

Her first day of school...ahhhh

When she gave this to me i CRIED....it could be one of the most thoughtful gifts I've ever gotten - she put a lot of work into this and loves these kiddos like they are her babies!

How amazing to have a wonderful teacher who loves me and my baby so much!!!

Thank you Ms. Caille - you ROCK!!!

What you say?

So its a normal Monday night here at the Bailey house...a little Two and a Half Men on the tv - jenny mccarthy and charlie sheen come rolling down the stairs fighting next I hear "dat girl said beetch" - I didn't really pay attention and again "dat girl said beetch"
FINALLY it registers.... I said "um did you say BITCH?"
Annie says "yea...dats what da girl on the tv said"
OOOOMYLAWDY!!!!hahahaha
I had to explain that's what big girls say and its not appropriate for a little girl (sadly Annie knows what that means her mommy is sort of a potty mouth)

Just another day at the Baileys - HA!!!!

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LOST TOOTH (literally)

Annie was eating a Reese's Cup and Mom thought she had some chocolate on her tooth and went to clean it and found

the tooth was GONE.....

apparently we had lost her lost tooth....

I won't begin to tell you what the Grannie Nannie did to look for it

Alas, it's never been recovered!

And of course - a lost tooth calls for a celebration!!!

(we have since lost a second tooth that, you guessed it has never been seen)

I AM SEVEN !?!?!?!?!

Um...the icing is THE best part and not one lick is to be missed!!!



Mmmmm....Pizza is GOOD (i think Rebekah is thinking - you gonna eat all of that?)
hahahahaha




I DO love a partay!!!




Please don't make me stop eating for a photo op!!!




Christian thinks pepperoni is best!



That girl DO love her grannie!!!



You want me to wipe ALL of that goodness OFF?!?!?!?!?!


HOLY MOLY - where has the time gone??? I turned around and my baby turned SEVEN!!!
Although there are days when I feel time drags on the next thing I know it's ANOTHER birthday - As most of you know it's been a CRAZY year with LOTS of changes so I decided not to have a big to-doo....We had a PIZZA PARTY at school on Valentine's Day to celebrate Annie's big birthday...(her birthday is Feb 13th)

WOW! the kids went crazy - they were soooo very excited for pizza and cupcakes! Annie had a great time and was thrilled that her Grannie and Mommy came to celebrate with her at school...5 kids went through 2 large pizzas (no i didn't have ONE bite)

Her teachers were fabulous to let us come celebrate at school!!!


HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIG GIRL!!!!

Thanksgiving

There is going to be a whole blog just about this cutie! One of the newest additions to our family! Mary Nicole Buckley "Mary Cole"
OMG - We LOVE HER!!!


I think she likes mash potatoes...YUM (I may have snuck her some)



This is our other newest addition - Kelsey Gail Bailey (I will fill the pages with these precious ones)
Annie just LOVES her cousins! She likes to sit criss cross apple sauce and hold her babies!!

Our Thanksgiving was filled with lots of food, fun and laughter - it is a great day to remember our many blessings of the year!

Kelsy and Mary Cole are by far our best and favorite blessings of the year!!!!

Ethnicity....Race???

This morning mom handed me a piece of paper to fill out before I took Annie to school. It was a "race/ethnicity" census...

Did you know that there are now only 5 RACES - White/Black/Asian/Native American/Pacific Islander

An ethnic group (or ethnicity) is a group of people whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage, consisting of a common language, a common culture (often including a shared religion) and a tradition of common ancestry (corresponding to a history of endogamy).

Apparently Hispanic/Latino is now an ethnic group, a culture so to speak....

So I checked white because I didn't know what else to do - none of the others seemed appropriate... And does that now mean she doesn't qualify for affirmative action? or did she ever?

I have not forgotten about my new promise of blogging...I have hit a small speed bump is all. Apparently in the moves I have lost the cords to BOTH my blackberry and camera uploaders. CURSES!!! There is much to catch up on and lots of great moments to review - I hesitate to upload partial pictures because i am afraid i will get lazy and not come back to make the extra effort...

here's a sneak peek :)

Thanksgiving Feast at Annie's School

Princess Eternal Sunshine
(hahaha - clearly she has her teachers fooled)
this is the turkey that her class made all the feathers for!





This her super cutie class - they did a "Tom the Turkey Rap Song"
Annie didn't sing...she was a little shy


I have NO idea what she was doing (my guess bossing me around)

We are very blessed to have such an amazing school filled with wonderful teachers and students...LOTS of her classmates wanted to talk to us and they are all very inclusive, kind and loving!!!

Wordless Wednesday

Chocolate Ice Cream 'Stache!

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