Ayla's First day of pre- school.. sigh.....

At this point, my eyes started to fill up with tears. She is such a big girl and was being so grown up!

The Teacher's Aide putting on her name tag for her.

Getting ready to walk into the school !

Unsure.... Still very tired. It was hard to wake her up the first couple mornings. She cried and said she did not want to go the first morning, but after a lot of talking and excitement on my part, she got excited and was ready to go!! :-)

Gosh, I cannot believe that my baby is already in Pre-school. She is doing great IN school, but has been having some behavioral issues at home since starting school a week ago. We are working on it and hope it gets better soon.

These are pictures from her very first day! She loves school and is such a smart girl! Makes me sad handing her off to others to take care of her all day, but I know she is doing well.

I am a little annoyed with the school though. I enjoy walking my daugher in her class and they sent home a note stating where we needed to drop them off...

I think tomorrow I am going to drop her off in her class.. ha ha... I am the mother- I should be able to walk my 4 year old into her school if I want to. :-)

Ayla Turns 4!!!

Scott, Justina and baby Ainslee made the trip to share Ayla's special day with us :-)

Ayla super excited!!

Ariel cake #2 and Cupcakes

Ayla's second Ariel cake :-)

Daddy, Ayla and Hailyn on her birthday after putting together her "really HUGE" Princess puzzle!!

My big girl blowing out her candles on her birthday!

MMMM... Cheeseburgers on the grill. Her birthday dinner choice :-)

My First attempt a the Ariel cake. I think I like this one better, minus the cleavage .. :-)

Ayla Bayla first thing in the AM on her birthday! Hard to stomach that she is already 4!

The Beautiful birthday girl!

My goodness... My BABY is 4 years old! I am still choking on those words!!! It is unbelievable to me that 4 years ago I first laid eyes on the most beautiful and amazing little girl I had ever seen.

We did not have a big party for her this year, as we had plans to take a beach trip to celebrate both hers and Hailyn's birthdays. Turns out, we have to cancel the beach trip :-( Thomas has to go to Arizona on Sunday, Sept. 5th and will not be returning until 45 days after that. He is going to miss Hailyn's birthday, unless I choose to drive all 3 kids to Arizona by MYSELF! Not sure how that would even be possible with a little one who still demands so much of my time. She is not too fond of the carseat- which I do not blame her. So we will see how Brave I am feeling when the time comes.

We had a small party here at home on her actual birthday with just us five. Then on the following SUnday, we had a small party for her with just close family and friends. We are so thankful for everyone who made the drive all the way to Cotulla. Ayla had a great time with cousin Joaquin and uncle Jordan. :-)

Here are some pictures from my big girls BIG day(S)!!!

My pretty girl with some terrible morning hair

Rolled over :-)

My beautiful almost 4 year old!

Eating her toy

My sweet Paisley enjoying her nightly bath

Hailyn LOVES loving on her sister- and Ayla only likes it when it is HER idea...

My older girls are at Grandma's and have been since Friday evening. I am missing them terribly right now. It is now Sunday and will not be picking them up until Grandma is able to meet me at 3-4pm.

Yesterday was a miserable day for me. I was sick from either something I ate or a minor stomach bug. It was no fun!! Now that I have gotten over that, My left breast hurts SO badly! I swear, if it turns into mastitis again, I am going to cry! This would be the third time in a little over 3 months of nursing... no fun! I think maybe it is due to Paisley changing her sleep schedule on me the past couple nights, and then last night, changing back to what we were used to. She had been sleeping from 10-about 6:30/7am. The two nights before last night, She went down at 10 and was up at 3 and again at . Then last night, she went back to sleeping all night. So, I Don't know. The pain is in the same breast and same spot that I had the mastitis in the previous two times. What is going on?!

We enrolled Ayla for preschool :-( She is growing up way too fast!!! She will go to the school tomorrow and get "tested" just to give her teacher an idea of how much she knows. DId I mention she can write her name all on her own? I am so proud of her!!!

I am getting sad for Hailyn. She so badly wants to go to school like her big sister. They are so attached to one another. I think Hailyn is going to take it hard the first day we have to drop sissy off at school. Thankfully Thomas put in to have that day off so we can take our baby to her first day together. Hopefully he gets the days granted to him.

Hailyn, Mommy and Paisley will have to do many activities to stay busy while Ayla is at school. I am kind of excited to get some alone time with Hailyn- she has been needing more attention lately since Paisley has come into the world. She will benefit from a little more one on one time with mommy. :-)

Miss Paisley has decided to wake up from her Morning snooze. I am in so much pain- I dread calling the Dr. once again regarding the same issue... ughhh! Speaking of Miss Paisley- she is a rolling maching these days :-) She is growing so fast! She rolls over, and is loving her toys :0)

Nothing else too exciting to post about... Just getting ready for birthdays and school!!! Ayla will be 4 and Hailyn, 3 in just a month! Scary!!!