This is Alyssa. My Aunt Charlotte babysits her, and to her Alyssa tell it, she is Jessica's babysitter. She asks Aunt Charlotte almost every day to call Uncle Carl to se eif Jessica can come over to play. She is too cute!!

First St. Patrick's Day

I still love to see Tallahassee in the Spring time! I have never seen another city or area that has so many blookimg Azaleas, Wisteria and other flowers. It is just absolutely beautiful! Of course, I didn't take any pictures of those, I was driving and didn't stop. Oh well, another time. Anyway, I made the comment to Momma as we entered the Governor's Square Mall, "I actually have some money to spend, so I won't find anything that I need or want today." And sure enough, I didn't. But today, I did find a few things at the Oaks Mall. Back to the Tallahassee trip. We had lunch with Mark, Claramae, Paige, Stryder, and Calli Campbell. I had not seen them since our wedding. We had a wonderful time visiting with them!! They have a beautiful family!!!

Jessica had her picture taken with the Easter Bunny at the Governor's Square Mall. She was great!! She petted him and was not scared at all!!!

Today I found her Easter outfit at The Children's Place. It is a pink and white dress with matching hat and socks. It is too cute!! I can't wait to dress her in it all! I got all of the outfit for $20! John is not crazy about it because it is pink. He is not a fan of pink. Oh, well! I told him he would have to get used to it!!

I bought myself a cute shirt for 97 cents at JC Penny's. Whoever was marking the clearance items made a mistake, and I found it!!!

Jessica went for her 6 month ckeck up today and shots. Thank goodness she is through with shots until her 12 month appointment. Anyway, she is 15 pounds and 4 ounces and 26 inches tall! Doc said she was just perfect!

I just love this yellow dress!!! It is a Wal-Mart special! She looked so cute!!

This is Jessica wearing her Papa John's cowboy hat! We have a picture of John about 6 months old wearing his daddy's hat, and now we have one of Jessica! There is also one of Eli wearing John's cowboy hat.

Well, Jessica is a regular 'rolley polley' now. "Da da da" is screeched hundreds of times throughout the day. I cannot believe that she is six months old already! She goes for her 6 month check up on Monday. I am curious to hear what the doc sayd about her eating. He didn't want me to start her on cereal until two weeks ago. She started cereal at one month. Now she eats, applesauce, peaches, pears, squash, carrots, and was not too fond of green beans when we tried them. Except for the beans, the rest I mix in her cereal. She tried watermelon last night. :o) Just a little taste. She seemed to like it! Of course, she loves sweet tea. She gets a little taste every now and again. I am home today, so I decided to write a few lines. I still need to upload some pictures. John "threw his back out", so I had to take him to the doctor this morning. He got up today and could not hardly move. When we left the doc's office, he said that he felt much relief! Thank the Lord! Well, we've gotten two pieces of good news inthe last two days. First, a credit counseling comp. that I have been paying the last five years, ends payments next month! And it is only partial payment that I owe. Second, today we received our renewal for our auto insurance and we received a safe drive discount, so we will be saving about $30~ Every little bit helps!!! Well, I guess that is enough for now. Later!

Well, I will eventually get better are 'blogging' more frequently. Just had to share Jessica's latest. She now says "da da da", of course John is thrilled! I am still practicing "ma ma ma" with her. She is rolling over, both ways now. She is so cute when she is sleeping on her side. Yesterday we went out to see Chester while at Momma's. Daddy has a little stroller that he rolls her around the yard in. Well, we went up to Chester's pen he stretched as far as he could to get some "toe sugar" from her. I tried to turn the stroller to get a picture and he stretched again and gave her a lick on the cheek. She thought that was funny! Well, she and John are home now, so I got to run.

I have to add the "castle" pictures!

Street Parade/Dance: We are dancing with Baloo!

Well, Jessica made her first trip to Disney this past Saturday, my birthday. I got in for free and had another free ticket, so my parents and I went. John decided he'd rather wait until she was older. The weather was absolutely beautiful!!

This is the first float in theMove it! Shake it! Celebrate It! Street Parade When I saw Mickey come around the corner, I grabbed Jessica out of her stroller and held her up to see. Of course she just saw movement, bright colors and heard music, and I cried. I never thought that I would be taking my little one to Disney. It truly is the "Happiest Place on Earth".

Just before we went into Mickey's house Jessica was wide awake. We got inside where is it was kind of dark and cool, she drank her bottle and went to sleep. So, as you can see, she was asleep when we got in to see Mickey and Minne. As soon as we walked out the exit, the train whistle blew and she was wide awake again. :o) Oh well!! It was getting close to 5:00 when we left Mickey's tent and I knew Momma and Daddy were pooped, so we did not try to get in to see any of the other characters. We headed out for the car. We went to Joe's Crab Shack for dinner. It was not as good as I had remembered the last time I was there. I was a little disappointed.

We had an absolute wonderful time!! I look forward to taking her back with John when she is older! It was definitely worth the free ticket!