Posted in Alyssa on Jun 6th, 2010
So lately this blog has been all about Julie. Sorry for the lack of posts there, I promise to give an update this week before my next round of chemo, but for now, this is all about Alyssa.
Alyssa is our first born. She kept me waiting 10 days past my due date, but I fell [...]
It has only been 2 weeks since an update and to some people’s expectations, apparently that is way too long. So let me catch you up — if you are there, surely someone is: mom? ann? bev?
Two weeks ago Audrey was dedicated at Harpeth Community Church. The other little baby on stage with us, well, [...]
Growing up in Houston, I have never had this much fun in the snow. Ok, I think I went skiing as a kid once, and remember a photo of me riding in a gondola, and it snowed once in 1987 and I ate snow off our pool lounger — but beyond that don’t remember [...]
That’s right. We are all superheros. I had planned out a great idea for costumes. The two little ones were going to be home-made hand-me-down costumes that I was very proud of. So I just had to think of something for Alyssa. Well, as it turns out, she can think on her own now. Dang! [...]
I really don’t like to do this, but realized that I have not put photos up in awhile. If you didn’t notice, well, this blog isn’t for you. I know some people that check daily to see their beautiful granddaughters. Daily may be too much. Just kidding. It’s not. Just kidding. It is. Really.
Megan, is [...]
After school work with the girls. Megan has started tracing her letters. Alyssa watched her do it and was so excited that Megan can “write” now. Now we just need to teach her how to hold the marker.
(Yes we have a bird sanctuary in the backyard)
After many attempts using different strategies, Alyssa finally got the hang of riding a “two wheeler” as she calls it. She has been balancing on the bike by just coasting with no feet on the pedals for a few weeks. But once Oma got her in the street today, a little push, and she took [...]
Posted in Alyssa on Sep 13th, 2009
Soccer is going again. Alyssa is still enjoying to play and runs her heart out most of the time. Not many goals yet, not much contact, but she is in there. I think she is mentally picking up all aspects of the game and in a few years she will be awesome! She is visualizing. [...]
Posted in Alyssa on Aug 13th, 2009
And she’s off. I successfully took her to the 1st grade hall and we found her room. SO much different than Kindergarten where she had already met her teacher and had a few half days of practice. She was a bit hestitant before entering the room, but did just fine. We sorted her supplies, found [...]
The week has been busy already. We played with the cousins this weekend and the girls are in swim lessons 4x a week. Alyssa did great, and Megan…well, she acted just like Alyssa did at her age. Sometimes she needs a little convincing to try something and her teacher decided she didn’t want to “break [...]
the Whaleys
We live outside of Nashville, TN. We have 3 beautiful girls, a son in heaven, and are currently in a fight with breast cancer. This is for those who choose to walk life next to us.