All The Firsts

Sutherlan had her first dance class Monday night. She absolutely loved it! She was so excited to start and was showing me all the dance moves she was going to be doing. She is taking Ballet/Tap and was very excited to try out her new tap shoes. After class, she told me all about it (parents aren't allowed to watch - we have to wait outside in the waiting room :0) She said everyone was tapping their feet when they weren't supposed to and she was listening to the teacher and got a "star" sticker on her hand for listening!! I was very proud of her. She will be going to dance class every Monday from 4:00 - 5:00. I think she is going to love it!



Sutherlan with some of her friends at the dance studio -- three beautiful ballerinas!

Sutherlan also started 4K this week! She has been anxiously awaiting school starting ever since Dylan started school. She was so excited Tuesday morning that she woke up at 7:15 and sat up in bed and said, "Is it morning yet?..Is it time to go to school?" She asked me every 5 minutes if it was time yet and begging me to take her to school. We ended up having to leave the house early and go sit in the parking lot and wait for 10:00. When I picked her up, she was very excited to tell everyone about her day. We called Kiki and Pops and Nana and Papa to tell them all about it.

Of course, I had to continue tradition with Sutherlan and have her pose in the driveway with her backpack. Here it is....



This morning was her second day and she slept in this morning....until 8:45. I woke up her to get ready, but she did ask if we could do like yesterday and go sit in the lot and wait. So, we ended up leaving around 9:40 (her school is RIGHT across the street) and sitting in the parking lot until 10:00. Today, she came home singing songs from school and showing Dylan the moves to the songs they learned. She said she LOVES school and can't wait to go back tomorrow :)!!

Dylan meets Yunel Escobar!

Last Saturday was baseball try-outs for Dylan. He will be moving up to the Minor League this year and we are so excited!! He has been fired up about baseball catching every Braves game on TV that he can. Brandon found out that Yunel Escobar was going to be signing autographs at a card show in Atlanta, so after try-outs they headed that way. Yunel is one of Dylan's favorite players and he couldn't wait to meet him!



Hopefully, we will hear from Dylan's coach in the next week, so there will be more to come with Fall Ball!! Until then....

First Day of School

Summer's over and it's back to the routine! We have been busy as usual, but enjoying getting back to some sort of routine again. Right before school started, we decided to take one last trip to Lane Packing with some friends and enjoy those last few days of freedom. It was a lot of fun and the kids really enjoyed playing on the playground and eating some ice cream.





Dylan decided he wanted to get his hair "Buzzed" before school. Brandon and I said it was his hair and if he really wanted to....Why Not? So, a few days before school started we took him to Great Clips and he definitely got his "BUZZ" cut.



Here is the result:



And for those who know me...I make Dylan stand out in the driveway EVERY year with his backpack and pose for the First Day of School! He looked so cute and so grown up all at the same time. My baby is no longer a baby anymore! He is turning into quite the handsome young man, if I do say so myself.

Here is the Webb tradition continuing.....



Kindergarten



First Grade



Second Grade



Third Grade

Dylan's First Day of Third Grade went great!! He loved his teacher, Mrs. Dant, and he thinks she is really nice. The only complaint he had was that he is going to have LOTS of homework for Third Grade! He's in the big leagues now!!! I think we are going to have a GREAT year!

Going Home

The kids and I went home this past week to visit family and friends before school starts back on August 6! We had a wonderful time seeing everyone. It always goes by so fast while we are there. It seems like we don't have time to do all the things we want to do. It certainly didn't feel like we were there for a week!! We tried to squeeze as much into the week as we could including a little shopping, a small party with family and friends, going to the zoo and then heading over to Tim and Kathy's for Will's Baptism. Brandon drove over on Friday to meet us for the weekend. Every time I see Will I am amazed at how big he has gotten and it reminds me how fast time flies by.....he is already six months old!!! He absolutely melts my heart every time I see him! It was so much fun to see my niece and both of my nephews!! They are all getting so big! Thank you to everyone for such a wonderful week! We love you and miss you all!!!



Dylan and Jason Boyd (Jodi's grandson)



I was brave enough to let Dylan try out Jason's dirt bike around Nana and Papa's front yard. Needless to say, he loved it and is now asking for a dirt bike. What was I thinking???



Back Row: Me, Aunt Sandra, Charlotte, Jodi, Mom and Maw Maw
Bottom Row: Lexy, Amber, Aunt Andi, Sutherlan and Chappel













Fun at the zoo! It's one of our favorite things to do when we go home.

July 4th

I'm a little late posting about the 4th, but I just haven't had time to sit down and do it! We had a wonderful 4th of July. We went to the lake with some friends of ours and then went to a block party around the corner from where we live. It was a lot of fun. The host for the party, Kevin, is a DJ here in town and so he brought out the karaoke machine! The kids had a blast singing songs. I wish I had video of Sutherlan singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" for everyone. Of course, Dylan had to get up there and sing "I like Big Butts and I Cannot Lie"...this is Brandon's child, right??? At least that's what I told the man standing next to me who said, "Who's child is that?" Of course he was laughing hysterically and said he loved it and hoped one day when he had kids that they would do something like that. Here are a few pictures.....



Sutherlan, Hudson and Bailey at the lake.



Brandon and Dylan singing karaoke.



Sutherlan with her sparkler. She loves those things!

Even though we missed seeing our families on the Fourth, it was nice to hang out with good friends!

Dylan Finally Loses His FIRST Tooth!

We are so excited!! Dylan finally lost his first tooth. All of his friends have already lost most of their baby teeth and have the permanent ones in place. I was getting concerned and when we went for our six-month check-up to have our teeth cleaned about a month ago I asked about his teeth. I was assured that if he got his teeth late (which he did..he was 13-months-old before he got his first tooth) that he would be late loosing them. In fact, she said that his two bottom teeth were already starting to get loose. She said they weren't quite ready, but it wouldn't be long. Sure enough, one of them had gotten really loose and Dylan was constantly playing with it and wiggling it. Lately, it had gotten painful to eat and last night he went into the bathroom and when he came out he was holding his tooth. At first, I think he was a little shocked because he started tasting blood and then started crying. I told him it was fine and that it might be a little sore. I had him rinse with a little salt water and after a few minutes, he said it didn't hurt anymore.

The tooth fairy came and left him $5 dollars. Lucky for him, Daddy and I let him keep his tooth fairy money and not put it toward the money he owes us for the window!! :)

Life Lessons

How many times have we heard the saying, "Don't play ball in the house?" Well, I always thought growing up that my parents were saying "No" to be mean or just to say no, but now that I am grown with kids of my own I know that parents really do say no for a reason! Because they know what the possible outcomes might be!!!

We had just gotten home from the pool and I was getting out of the shower when I heard a loud crashing sound. I thought..."What was that????" I yelled downstairs and when I came down the hallway saw that the den window had been broken! Dylan had been swinging one of his miniature bats in the den and his hands were sweaty and the bat slipped out of his hands and through the window...a double paned window at that!!! I know if we told him once, we told him 1,000 times NOT to play baseball in the house.



Needless to say, this WON'T be something Dylan forgets anytime soon, but I bet he won't be swinging a baseball bat in the house again....do you?