Weekend in Bridgeport

Nana, Halle, Madison, and Pepaw Benny





Me and Rusty before his 10 yr reunion





Mamaw, Halle, and Madison






Madison and Halle





Madison and Halle

This past weekend me and Rusty loaded up the kids and headed off to the lovely town of Bridgeport, Al. We visited with my mom and stepdad and my mamaw and aunt from Louisville, KY were in too. It was good to see everyone and everyone was especially excited to see buggie. She just smiled and played the whole time we were there. Everyone adored her, of course :) They all thought she had gotten so much bigger and smarter, which she has. The main reason we went to Bridgeport was for Rusty's 10 year high school reunion. I know, I know, he's so old right?! We went to Chattanooga Saturday night for that and we had a good time. There were only like 10 people who showed up though. I think everyone who was there had fun regardless. I tried not to call a million times to check up on Halle, but I couldn't help it. I just missed her so much! I felt like a bad mother b/c I was out on the riverboat and my baby was at home. It just made me feel really guilty like I should be at home taking care of my child. My mom said that she was so good for them. She said she didn't cry unless she was hungry or when she got sleepy. She's such a good baby :) Well, Sunday rolled around and it was a sad day. I hated leaving my family, but my life is in Enterprise now. There were many tears shed when we pulled out of the drive way. It's always hard to leave after only having a couple days to visit with your family, especially those who you never get to see but maybe once a year. I will miss everyone so much, but I will see them again soon I hope! Anyway, this morning it was back to the original routine for me and buggie. We have just been lounging today and finishing up unpacking all of our stuff. I finally got all of my ultrasound pictures together and sorted and put in a photo album. I have been meaning to do that for a long time now. I still need to print so many pictures off my camera, but that's another task for another day.... as for the rest of this day it's gonna rest and relaxation!

the best is yet to come

I am sitting here this morning thinking how lucky I am to have such a wonderful life. I thank God for everything he has given me. I was looking back on my life last night and I realized that I truly am blessed. I looked over at Rusty sleeping and I can't believe what a great person I am with. He is such a good daddy to Halle and he is such a good boyfriend to me. I couldn't ask for anyone better. He has such a good heart and I know he deeply cares for us and he would do anything for me and Halle. He is the love of my life and I wouldn't change anything about him. After I reflected on Rusty for a while, I decided to walk into Halle's room. I watched her as she was sleeping and just thought to myself, "gosh I can't believe how much I love her", and my love for her grows with each breath she takes. It's amazing how much she's grown just in 4 months time. She learns something new every day. I am so thankful for being able to stay home with her. I know there are people out there who can't have children and it's so sad to know that they will never experience the feeling of having a baby move around in your tummy as it grows and developing a strong love and bond for that baby who you haven't even met or don't even know. I was looking at pictures when Halle was first born and I seriously cried b/c it was such a wonderful day with wonderful people surrounding me laughing, smiling, talking, hoping, wishing, waiting for a miracle. Halle truly is a miracle. I have a healthy, strong, beautiful baby girl. Thank you God for my life, and the best is yet to come...

BamaJam

I will take you through each day's events....



Friday: Rusty got home really early from class b/c it was raining and so they couldn't fly. He cooked everyone sausage, eggs, and biscuits for breakfast... it was yummy :) After breakfast we all got ready went to the museum on the army base where they have the different kinds of helicopters so Don, Amber, and Brayden could see what Rusty flies. We tried to make the best of it (by we I actually just mean I). I have already been once and Rusty told me all about everything so this time I just sat back and took some pictures of what was going on. I posted them on my myspace if you wana check it out. Anyway, I think everyone pretty much had a good time there. After the museum we went to BeefO'Brady's and ate some lunch. Later that day Don, Amber, and Brayden went to BamaJam and Rusty, me, and bunny boo stayed at home and relaxed. We decided that we were going to try to feed Halle cereal with a spoon but that turned out to be a huge mess. We are going to try a little each day so hopefully she will master it here pretty soon... eveyone who has seen her knows she can't turn down the chance to eat, haha! Did I mention that she weighs 15 pounds and 14oz. and is 25 inches long now? It's hard to believe! My chunky monkey! Anywho, we got in bed pretty early, which was nice, and had a good nights rest!




Saturday: We all woke up and Rusty and Don went out and got breakfast for everyone. Rusty and Halle went for a little dip in her pool out back and we grilled out hamburgers and hotdogs. After that we all got ready and went to BamaJam. It was scorching hot and poor Halle sweated to death (she probably lost a pound or so... but don't worry I'm sure she will gain it back ha). She made friends with the people sitting next to us, who were from Florida. They absolutely loved her. She would just smile at them, and they were nice enough to let us use their umbrella to shade the sun for bunny. They even bragged about how well behaved she was, which was seriously true this time! She was so good the entire time we were there. She never once pitched a fit or anything. I was so proud of her! We all had fun listening to Jason Aldean, Gary Allan, Brooks and Dunn, and Kid Rock. I liked Jason Aldean the best out of everyone, he did a fantastic job! Halle liked him the best too, considering that was one of the two acts she was awake for. I danced her around on my lap and she just laughed and smiled, it was so cute! Oh and I have to mention the man that we saw walking around.... I think it was actually worth sitting out in the scorching sun for. I wish I would of had my camera! Anyway, he was really old and really really really tan and he had on the shortest leather shorts I have ever seen with holes down each side and they were quite baggy to be leather. His butt cheeks were hanging out along with another area towards the front side! Yes it's true, me and Amber caught a glimpse, not intending to at all! We were all cracking up, and everyone who walked by was taking pictures or pointing and laughing. Me and Don actually saw him bend over to look at a motorcycle that was for sale and he had 2 white tans lines on each thigh where his butt cheeks sagged and that part couldn't get sun. Oh gosh it was nasty! I'm so mad I didn't have my camera, ugh! By the end of the last show we were all so tired and could barely walk. I had to carry bunny boo out and shes no sack of paper towels and bathroom tissue you carry in from the store. We luckily caught the tram that took us to our lot we were parked in. Me and Amber almost got in a fight. There was a drunk girl and her group of friends and their boyfriends and the girls were sitting on the guys laps and the one beside me was falling all over me (don't forget I had Halle in my arms and she was peacefully sleeping). I look at her and said excuse you I have a baby here and she was apologizing and her boyfriend was too. He was having to hold her so she wouldn't fall over on me and Halle. I was about to come unglued and give her a piece of my mind (once you have a kid, you look at life so much different than you used to). During all of that, the same girl was about to spill her drink all over Amber who was sitting across from me. Amber was about to have a heart attack, and she was about to give that girl a piece of her mind too. We were tired and ill enough as it was. While me and Amber were giving each other "looks that could kill" if that girl didn't settle down and during that time a drunk man was falling over asleep on Rusty who was on the end of the bench across from me. What a mess! After all the fun at BamaJam we were all exhausted and ready for bed! It was probably around 1:30 by the time we got home. The kids were ready to play b/c they slept through the singing most of the night so it was a bit crazy. But, we all had a really good time and it was a great weekend of fun! Don and Amber are on their way home today and me and Halle are hanging out while Rusty is at the library studying. This coming week is my last week of freedom, I start my job next Monday :( I am going to miss my bunny boo so much! I am going to get off here now so I can play with her and soak up every minute!

Update on life in Enterprise

Time to do a blog update! I figured that I needed to update my blog since I haven't in SOOO long, but things are as usual at the Palmore/Rogers/Robinson household. Halle is sick with a cold and she's teething so she has been double trouble for me, especially at night. She can hardly breathe through her little nose at night so therefore she wakes up constantly. I took her to the dr yesterday and they just gave me some saline drops to put in her nose so I can suction the snot out. Needless to say, she HATES when I do it. I try to only do it 4 times a day, even though she needs it more than that. I feel so bad for my little booger. I also got her a humidifier to help with the dried snot, not sure how well it's working for her yet. I can't believe the month of May has come and gone already and Halle is almost 4 months old! Oh I should mention that my little peanut rolled over last night and this morning! She is learning and growing so fast! I am so proud of her! She is so ambitious, just like her daddy and mommy :) Me and Rusty decided that we really need to start putting her in her own bed or atleast on her mattress in the floor beside our bed, it's extremely crowded in our bed. I woke up about 4 extra times last night b/c I was so cramped and uncomfortable. We said we were going to start when we got back from the beach, but that never happened. It's hard for me to put her across the house, I dream up silly things that could happen during the night and get paranoid. I really need to stop and just do it already before it gets to the point where it's to late. Anyway, Father's Day is coming up and I am really excited about it. Rusty said not to spend any money on him but I have something in mind that I want to get him. I already went and got cards from Wal-Mart, one for Halle to give to him and one for Abby to give to him. I just want him to feel appreciated ;) He said that we might be heading towards Ocean Springs that weekend if he doesn't have to fly, guess we will see when the time gets closer (watch out Sara and Jason you may have some guests ha!) Of course I told Rusty he would need to call and ask before we go..... we probably all know the real reason he wants to go..... to make the one and only Hudson's trip. He will probably go to Hudson's about 5 or 6 times. He's a junkie when it comes to that place, although I do like to go myself but just 1 or 2 times ;) Todays events for me and Halle are just to lounge around and wait for Rusty to get home. I may get her in her bikini and let her splash around in her pool. We have a potential nanny coming to interview with us today so I'm nervous about it. I don't know how I feel about having a nanny. I mean I would rather have someone come to the house and take care of Halle and not have to worry about dragging her out to daycare to pick up germs, but also you always see on the news about these nanny people running off with peoples kids and stuff. I get really scared thinking what if that happens if we hire this lady. I don't know what I want to do! Oh yes I do know what I want to do... not work and stay at home with Halle myself! Or work from home which I am looking into right now, and Rusty says he would be supportive of it but only if I did it as a second job and still worked at the hospital... boo! We will see if I can change his mind :) Well, I hear my princess crying out for me so I better see what's going on!