Georgia Turns 6 and We Party, Party, Party!

When May hit Georgia said to me, "Mom! It's May! It's my BIRTHDAY MONTH!!!" In our household that means it's time to CeLeBrAtE and Celebrate we did!

Where to begin? The first birthday celebration was at my Mom's house on Mother's day. Georgia's cousin is 2 weeks older so we had a joint family birthday celebration complete with a cake made by my mom that was 1/2 Sonic (Eli's favorite) and 1/2 My Little Pony (Georgia's favorite) all the way down to G's side being chocolate and E's side vanilla. Presents, cake, swimming! Fun!

Randomly enough a lot of our neighbors share the same May birthday, one of them shares it down the day, year, hospital and similar birth story. I had the girls over and we had cupcakes and ice cream and sang "Happy Birthday" to the Bday crew the day before G's big day.

That evening we went to a special Birthday Dinner with Memaw & Papa and did presents with them that night.

The BIG day arrived!!! Georgia woke up to "Get Your Sparkle On" (a Barbie movie song and also her jazz routine song from her dance recital) blaring from the hallway. When she opened her door she then had to bust out of her room due to the streamers I hung the night before blocking her in. She is not a morning person but she was pretty excited!

We went downstairs where I had her "Birthday Table" set and a pink iced do-nut with rainbow sprinkles ready to go and she was once again serenaded "Happy Birthday". I have to say one of the best things about being a Mom is being able to take a step back and look at the world through their eyes. Don't you remember the excitement of your own birthday growing up? I love to see that look on her face.

Then she was off for her BIG day- kinda. We were a little late to school so she had JUST missed her name being called out on the PA for her birthday. Oops. She was ready to go with her Birthday Princess pin and everyone was very excited! Memaw took her a special birthday lunch and ate with her in the cafeteria then I went up at the end of the day with ice cream cups per Miss G's request for the class.

Whew! Okay- we still aren't finished.....

Georgia picked The Aquarium for dinner that night and we took her friend Kendall with us for dinner and rides after. There were a lot of prom groups eating dinner before the dance and the girls went nuts running up to each and every girl letting them know how beautiful they looked and how pretty their dress was. It was completely endearing. Oh yeah, more cake, ice cream and singing here as well. ;)

Party Day! The Luau Party was a smashing success. (Was there any other option???) I think I had mentioned she wanted a party at Sky High Sports which would have been so much fun but in May all I can think about is how HOT it is. After a bit of discussion Georgia decided she wanted a pool party at Westside Tennis Club instead. Fine by me! We settled on a "Luau Flamingo" party.

We had a cap of 20 kids so of course I invited over 35 children and families then slowly freaked out prior to the big day when the RSVP's were rolling in. Whoops.

The big day arrived and it was pretty overcast. I was terrified it might rain at any moment but it ended up being perfect. My mom and Memaw helped me set up all the decor- a big "Thank you" to Busy Chick Planning for the invitations, water bottle labels, banners and toppers. They were adorable.

The cake was better than I could have imagined. Margeaux at Seaux Sweet did the cake off a picture I sent from Pinterest. The first time EVER I have sent a photo and the cake I received looked BETTER than the picture I sent! Not only that- it was absolutely delicious. She delivers as well which makes it so much easier!

The clouds provided great coverage from the sun and it was not too terribly hot for the adults if you weren't in the pool. The kids went swimming, then we had pizza, cake and ice cream. It was a really fun bday party and probably one of my favorites for Georgia yet!

We gave Hoola Hoops as Party Favors (Thanks again Busy Chick for the favor tags!). Then we called it a day and headed home.

If you think it ends there you are so very wrong....

The next day we met Grandaddy (my dad) & Emmy at church then another special birthday lunch at the Rainforest Cafe. Afterward Georgia and Emmy went to a little hair boutique where she picked out some beautiful hair clips as a gift. The big deal for the day was that Georgia was allowed to ride in Granddady's cool (mid-life crisis) convertible from church to the restaurant and then back to his house. Excitement overload! So cool! We ate, we shopped then back at Grandaddy's we had an amazing cake from 'Nothing Bundt Cakes' soooo delicious! I'm addicted. There Georgia opened another gift of (gasp!) Oxi Clean!!!! She was thrilled! I would explain but this post is long enough all ready so I will circle back later....

That evening we stopped by two Memorial Day Parties then finished out the weekend swimming at the club with friends on Monday. Big weekend, Bigger Month. Like mother like daughter- we both extract as much fun as possible during our "Month".

Hey there 28.... So far I don't think we are friends.

As I mentioned before I had an injury 9 weeks ago (I think...I'm loosing track of time now so it could have been 8 weeks ago). Regardless, it was a Wednesday and it happened to occur around the time of my 28th birthday. I think I gave a brief description HERE.

So it's kinda confusing and I have this natural reaction to suddenly have a massive head ache and want to fall asleep when I think about it or talk about it but I'll try to break it down the best I can.

- Spondylolisthesis
- Fracture in the Spine
- Degeneration of the Disc
- Nerve is pinched in the spine (in between the vertebras? the vertebrae and disc?) Just know it's pinched and there is pain.
- Someone else told me I have a pinched nerve in my flexor muscle?

Yuck.

So they gave me an oral steroid that did NOTHING. I'm back on an anti-anflamitory that makes it possible for me to walk. Which is nice. Come to find out you cannot do physical therapy for this pinched nerve business going on. You have one of two options:

1. Have a spinal injection of steroids into the spine. It's done in a surgery center, I'm sedated and they inject a steroid into my spine. Fun. Even better is I can only have this done three times in my life time into this one area. It wears off eventually- oh wait....that's IF it even works at all. The good news is it will get rid of the leg pain. Bad news is it won't get rid of the back pain. That is something I'm kinda stuck with....you know for life. So eventually option #2 happens. It's just a matter of when.

2. Spinal Surgery. The doctor goes in through my stomach, around my abdominal muscles and REMOVES my deformed vertebrae. He replaces it with a "cage". If that doesn't sound like enough fun he will then flip me over and puncture my back (his words, not mine) to place rods and screws into my body and screw/ bolt everything into place by using my existing bones...... Good news is I will never have back or leg pain again! Apparently. Where do I sign up???

So....I'm opting for the injection. Hopefully it will take. The good news is he said I can still run, even now, and I'm not doing any damage. So as long as I can work through the pain I'm fine. So I've been running this week and every time I do I want to die, but at least I'm out there I guess.

He probably doesn't realize I'm still pushing Georgia in the jogging stroller as I hack out 3 miles at Memorial (Did I mention she will be 6 next week?)...but hey those are just minor details. I have a marathon to prep for. So what if I can barely walk when I'm finished running- he said it's just my nerve.

Did I mention I don't like getting older so far?

Prima Ballerina

Exciting news for the day! Georgia is back in at the Houston Ballet Academy for Fall 2013!

Yay Georgia!!!!

Sooo if anyone is around downtown say 6pm Tuesday nights Georgia and I will be looking for some dining partners juuuuust about that time. Who wants to drive home in traffic when the Aquarium is RIGHT across the street???

Mother's Day 2013

My favorite Mother's Day Gift- "My Mom is Special" by Georgia Clare Bedre

"My Mom Is Special"

"I Love you Mommy"

"I like my Mommy because she love me"

I love my mommy because she is special"

"My mom is special because she can go to work"

"I like my mommy because she can dress"

"I love my mom because she takes me to the toy store"

"I love my mom because she goes to the Gap" <--apparently Georgia likes where I buy most of her clothing. Good to know.

"I love my mom because she takes me to Fudruckers"

 

A girl after my own heart- I can dress, I buy her clothes from Gap and she loves a good cheeseburger from Fudruckers.

Medical Alerts

Winston had his surgery and is at home recovering just fine. I have to say the day of I felt like the WORST dog mommy ever. He was absolutely pitiful. I worried he would never be the same animal again. He kept me up all night long whining. Well now I realize he's really just MAJORLY irritated over the cone he has to wear (I don't blame him) and when you take the cone off he's the same dog and happy as can be. Though...he doesn't jump when he has the cone on his head so I might just keep it around for awhile.... (kidding....kind of)

On the way to surgery. He was so excited to be able to ride with us that morning to drop Georgia off at school....Poor buddy had no idea what was coming....

This is what he looked like when I picked him up from the vet. SO mad at me. I felt horrible. Look at those eyes. Ugh- poor thing. :(

That afternoon at the house. He's depressed about the cone.

 He continually tries to lick but he can't so he is licking the inside of the plastic cone. Pretty comical when you have nothing better to do but sit around and laugh at your poor dog who just went through surgery I guess. At least it kept me entertained for good 5 minutes. Apparently I didn't feel like folding laundry....Gosh my life is super exciting.

Aww cutest puppy! He's feeling better!

  

And here they are- Georgia (in full protection gear she insists on wearing, helmet, knee pads, elbow pads, GLOVES....seriously she was just skating inside. All about self preservation that one is) and Sweet Winston- how cute is he in this pic?

Yes, after all the guilt I felt I know I made the right call now. We will all be much happier and I don't have to worry about him getting old and marking stuff around the house one day. Win/Win. Let's just say for the millionth time yet another reason why I'm glad I never had a son. If I had THIS much trouble debating on having my dog neutered (and it wasn't even an issue over me breeding him...I was never going to do that) can you imagine how crazy I would have made myself over whether or not to circumcise a live child? Ugh- Sometimes even thinking about it drives me crazy. Nope... baby factory closed. That is one decision I'm happy to NEVER have to make.

Picture Catch Up!

We have been running around like crazy lately....Here is a quick catch up (from my phone pics) on things that have been going on. It's getting hard to keep up with everything but here is the important (Georgia) stuff. I am happy to say I have officially nailed down her summer schedule. Registrations have been turned in, Nanny has been hired and everything should go off like clockwork. Along with summer registration I also finished up Fall registration for fall ancillary classes and ordered school supplies for FIRST GRADE this week. Ummm what? Honestly I'm just thrilled to be able to say I'm done with registrations!!!! I also booked and planned her birthday party this week- we had a change of venue and theme (naturally). Mailed invites went out yesterday and school invites are going out today. I only have a couple more finals to go and then I'm finished for the semester and I will finally be able to breathe. Whew! Oh yeah and the leg/ back issue. So over it. I'll go into detail later.... meanwhile, here we go:

Let's start two weekends ago.....Field Day! Whoops- no. Wrong day. We were ready. I didn't realize it wasn't field day until we were in the parent drop off line and there was not another blue shirt in sight. Sure hope she enjoyed her trial run through...

That Friday night we went to the Zoo for Zoobilee..

 The Fashionista sometimes accessorizes herself

Saturday soccer game and my Mom came to watch!

 I'm loving the "look" we have going on this year.

Sunday- Shriner's Circus! Pretty cool!

Ahhhh- the mystical wand that was taken away....

I had never seen this before...

 Eli and I at the Circus

Last weekend starting with Field Day (the real one) Yay! FIELD DAY is FINALLY HERE!

After field day a trip to the museum for "Destination Egypt" Georgia passed out on the way home but you can see the "Cleopatra Cat Eyes" she had done while at the exhibit. Fun fun!

The next day on our way to the dance recital!
(I'm missing some pics from a soccer game that was that morning before the dance recital)

 

 Post Dance Recital with Mommy

 

After the Dance Recital time to head over to a friend's birthday slumber party!!

See ya later! Sure hope we didn't pack too many activities into your weekend ;)

 
Rounding out last weekend with dinner at Ninfa's on Navigation to celebrate Cinco De Mayo.
(How is she still going?)

Oh Winston...

Oh Winston.... Once upon a time you were the sweetest dog ever. It was slightly cute that you jumped all over everyone and were SO excited to see us when we walked in the door. We loved to cuddle with you because you knew how to cuddle and respect personal space. I didn't mind you sleeping on the bed because you kept to the foot of the bed.

My oh my how things have changed. The jumping is OUT.OF.CONTROL. you have officially become annoying. I still love you but I cannot stand the way you aren't satisfied with cuddling up on my side in the evenings while I'm doing school work on the couch- you INSIST on curling up ON TOP of my laptop!!! My dear...it just isn't working. As much as I love you it completely creeps me out the way you somehow maneuver your body under the covers and I wake up with you laying next to me, head on the pillow, covered up to your neck...how do you do that?

We try to give you lots and lots of attention and I know it's my fault for taking too long in booking your neuter appointment but you convinced me at 2:30am last night that it's time. I do feel guilty about doing this to you but I think you and I are going to co-exists on a much happier level once this is over with. Of course, as long as you stop eating Georgia's Barbie's that is....

Once you have recovered from surgery tomorrow get ready- it's time for doggie boot camp. You are going to be the best trained beast in Memorial.

Don't you want to be on Santa's "Nice" list again???