Lake Trip

We had a first lake trip this past Sunday. You never know what your gonna get when the Nicholson Family takes a trip. Whether it small and large, the trips always have some kind of entertaining story. This was also Eli's first lake trip. Just going by all the other trips Eli has been on since he has been in this world, I knew he wouldnt be a problem at all. Once he got used to his life jacket, he was just fine. He loved the water and even slept for about 45 minutes.. with the life jacket on! Henley was really good too. She walked from one end of the boat to the other and sometimes tried doing it while the boat was moving which made her look like a drunk 2 year old! We had a good time and thought the day was complete without any kind of crazy story.. Well when we were leaving, Natalie was driving my car and we were following Adam with the rest of the family pulling the boat. Before we knew it we had a tube flying towards us. Natalie did real good and didnt panic. They didnt even know they had lost the tube. We pulled over as we watched the cars behind us try and miss the flying tube. Luckily, the tube wasnt injured and I safely retrieved it. Oh yea, you just have to giggle at my dad on the tube. He is a hoot! We will be returning to the lake this weekend, stay tuned for another outing with the Nicholson Family.

ELI'S 6 MONTH PHOTO SHOOT WITH AUNT CRYSTAL

Aunt Crystal took these pics Memorial Day at my mom and dad's. No, Eli doesn't have a little sister I am not telling anyone about, that is Roo (Henley Nicholson), my brother and sister-in-law's (Crystal) little one. She is absolutely the cutest thing too and has such a cute personality. I just love her to death and she so loves her Aunt Lana!

Eli is such a joy! We think he is the cutest thing ever and I could just sit and look at him all day. Its hard to believe he is 6 months. He has cut his bottom two teeth and I believe he is starting on his top ones. His hair is really starting to come in now and will be red! None of us really know who he looks like, some say Bradley, some say me and some say Nat... who knows. He is a great baby and a joy to be around. He has finally started rolling over.. didn't think that would ever happen. I think he will be sitting on his on in the next month. Boy time sure does fly. Oh yea, due to Eli's life at the ball park, one of the dad's at the park has nicknamed him "Softball Bob"!

A Much Needed Update!

Well I last left off with Natalie's school team heading to Montgomery for the Alabama High School 4A State Playoffs. What a weekend. The girls played really well and despite falling to the loser's bracket in the second round on Thursday, May 14th, they battled their way back to make it to the championship game on Friday against ACA (we beat them twice in Regional play). If any of you read the local paper, I am sure you read all about Corner's road through the tournament. Despite the hard fight, they fell in the championship to an undefeated ACA. The girls fought hard but just ran out of gas. You would have thought we would have had some sort of break but no way, the state tourney ended for us on Friday and Natalie had practice with her travel team on Sunday. Even though we would have enjoyed a break, she was ready for travel ball to start. We played a game and a half memorial day weekend (ended due to rain), played last weekend in Trussville (winning the tourney - going 6 and 0). This weekend we head to Columbus, Mississippi to play a best out of 3 against the Birmingham Vipers in hopes of winning a bid to the ASA "A" Nationals. Natalie is playing with the 14U Birmingham Mustangs-Caswell.

The Monday we returned from Montgomery, Eli had his 6 month check. We went preparing for rounds of shots but come to find out, no shots due to a double ear infection.... What???? Okay, he was a little cranky while in Montgomery and didnt sleep very good one night but we were blaming it on his teeth. He know has his two bottom teeth. He was by no means acting like he had a double ear infection. Well after 10 days of antibiotics, we returned to the doctor this past Monday for a re-check. What do you know... his left ear had cleared up but his right ear was still sickly, so another round of antibiotics. Dr. Farr went ahead and give him his 6 month shots that he missed the first time we took him. He is such a cutie pie and I could absolutely squeeze him to death. He is the best thing ever, you can take him anywhere!

On a sadder note, my Granddaddy (my mom's dad) passed away on the 26th. He was diagnosed with lung cancer just about a month ago and God decided he didnt want him to suffer too long and brought him home where there is no suffering! Words cant describe how much Granddaddy will be missed, and I am thankful Granddaddy had a chance to meet Eli and although Eli will not remember him, I will make sure he knows who Granddaddy was and what kind of husband, father and grandfather he was! Okay, cant talk too much about it, it will make me start crying. Just remember to keep our family in your prayers. My Granny and Granddaddy were married 63 years so please remember Granny as well. WE WILL MISS YOU GRANDDADDY!

Softball Update

Corner's varsity softball team has made it to the State Finals to be played this weekend in Montgomery. They are 1 of 8 teams from all over the state in 4A. Last weekend they won their Regional Tournament going 4 & 0 to advance as a #1 seed to state. Natalie pitched the championship game and we won 12-6. We are very excited about this weekend. This will be Natalie's 1st trip to State. Some of the girls on the team have been to State 4 times but have yet to win the title. Everyone is hoping this year is the year. Good Luck Jackets!

Little E Is Getting So BIG!

Just before leaving for church a couple of weeks ago. You really cant see in this picture but Eli is wearing a pair of white sandals. They are very simple sandals, but my dad absolutely hates them. He says their girly and that boys aren't supposed to wear white sandals. Needless to say, I don't listen to what my dad or Bradley has to say about how I dress Eli. I have decided I will dress him how I want! He is not doubt the best dressed baby boy around!


Once again, showing off Eli's style. This is before going to school. Ms. Kay always greets us at the door. She says she always has to see what Eli is wearing! She says he wears the cutest things and wonders where I get it all. Well, the answer is CONSIGNMENT! Me and my mom have spent lots of money at consignment sales and shops over the past few months. I just love going to them. However, this outfit and the one above were not consignment. The top came from Trisha's Baby Station (1/2 off) and the bottom from Macy's (Polo=1/2 off)! If its not consignment then its on sale!

Big sister Nat and Elie relaxing at home.

BAMA Baby!
Snoozing before bedtime!

Our weekend once again consisted of ball. If you havent figured it out yet, that will be what most of my post are about. We left the high school at 12:00 Friday to head towards Opelika for a softball tournament. Of course, Eli was as good as can be! Due to someone making the decision in our caravan to go to Opelika via 280, we were still in the car when it was time for Eli's next feeding. He usually has cereal and fruit for breakfast and a veggie and fruit for dinner with bottles in between... well since we couldnt give him a bottle going down the road, he had squash and bananas instead. He had squash everywhere. Bless his heart, he is so easy going and never fusses about anything. He is always on the go and never seems to mind! Corner finished 3rd out of 16 teams. We got beat in the international tiebreaker 3-2 in the semi-final game! Natalie got a double that scored 1 or our 2 runs. She was the in the batting line up all weekend and pitched the first game on Saturday which we won 1-0 (also going to the international tiebreaker). Well the regular season is winding down with a game this Thursday, with a tournament in Cullman with weekend and the final game of the season next Tuesday. Then it is the area tourney, regional tourney, and state. Well that sounds like we are almost at the end of ball, but that is just school ball and we have the rest of the summer ahead of us with a trip to Tallahassee, Florida, Colorado, Dothan and of course all the local tourneys!!! Looks like we have a lot of traveling ahead of us.

What can I say, Eli is not only the cutest baby at school, but he is the best dressed too! Me and my mom have been hitting all the consignment sales at some of the local churches and a big one called the Kidz Clozet at the old Food World on Valleydale Road. Wow.... I spent over $100 myself. I met mom there at 11:30 (they close at 6:00) on my lunch hour and stayed for about 2 hours.... they had to run mom out of the store!!! Needless to say Eli will never wear the same outfit twice this summer. I like the consignment sales because I can find all kinds of name brand clothes that still looks really good for a really good deal! Note below, Polo t-shirt $4, Target shorts (not named brand) $2. Precious outfit for only $6... cant beat that!