Pictures March/April 2011

                                                           Dottie getting ready for Easter!!!

      Lovey, Melonee, and Dottie enjoying each other in their Easter outfit that Kayla and Lovey made the girls.

                                                         Melonee picking up Lovey's eggs.

                     Nana helping Melonee hunt Easter eggs in Brentwood.  It was a very cold day!!!

                     Another Easter outfit that Aunt Kayla made the girls!!!  Dottie is such a happy baby.

                                Melonee is ready for church!!!  She really loves purses and going places.

                                                 Dottie in her church clothes.  Pretty in purple.

                          Melonee wiping Dottie's mouth.  Melonee tries to help take care of Dottie.

                       Lovey got our old rocking horse down and refinished it and put a new mane on it.

                                     Ryan's birthday!  We were at Nana's house opening his gifts.

  Easter morning!!!!  Dottie getting her basket.  Her first Easter!!!  Lovey and Aunt Kayla monogrammed their baskets.

 

Melonee got up late!  She had been sick.  (Dottie had already gone back to sleep!)  Melonee is eating a chocolate bunny.

 

Melonee on Easter morning at the churches Easter egg hunt.

 Attempt to get a picture with Melonee and Dottie on Easter.

 Four generations.  Jennifer, Melonee, Dottie Florida, Papa Payne, and Grannie Payne.

 Melonee in Lovey's flowers.

 Dottie being cute!

 Family picture at Lovey's

 Papa, Lovey, and Dottie swinging.

 Melonee enjoying a fresh picked strawberry!!

  Dottie getting a taste of a strawberry.

Tired little Melonee

  We had a full and eventful week and weekend.  I had to work on April 29th, so Anita kept the girls for me.  Melonee was still feeling run down.  Anita could not get her to eat very much.  The girl has been sick for a month.  However, they had a wonderful time with Nana.  Renae was helping Nana when I arrived.  We waited on Ryan to get off and we all went to eat supper at the Olive Garden.  Melonee still would not eat.  Nana and I took the girls home.  Ryan, Renae, and Matthew went to see Tata in the hospital.  Tot had breast cancer and had it removed. 

   Saturday, we drove to Decherd to help Lovey with yard work.  Well, Ryan helped.  I have had sinus issues...so Dottie and I took a nap.  Melonee helped Lovey while Papa directed Ryan on what needed to be done.  Lovey found a swing set for the girls so we went a picked it up.  Ryan and Papa hauled it to the house.

   Sunday...church day.  We finally made it all the way through Sunday school and services!!!!  What a great accomplishment.  After church, we came home and ate lunch and got the girls a nap.  Then we went to see Aunt Kayla, Papa and Lovey.  Ryan and I went on to Franklin for a couple of hours.  When Ryan and I got back Melonee was wearing a dress.  Kayla had monogrammed a dress for her while we were gone.  Dottie had just gone to sleep.  We ate supper at Aunt Kayla's and then we went home.

   Monday....I was worn completely out.  My house was a disaster zone and my sinuses were completely messed up.  Lovey decided to come and get the girls so I could get some sleep.  Well, Melonee had not had her nap yet and it was lunch time...so I made her lunch before she took a nap.  Not such a good idea.  I have never seen such.  She fell asleep while she was eating.  Too funny.  I had a video clip, however I cannot get it to download!

Easter

  Easter morning is here!!  The baskets are ready.  Dottie and Ryan are the first to arise.  I got up and went to the living room and the baskets were gone.  Ryan had put them on the front porch.  I guess the Easter bunny doesn't come inside?  Anyway, we got pictures of Dottie with her basket.  As Dottie fell back to sleep, Melonee got up.  Melonee found her basket and immediately wanted a chocolate marshmallows bunny.  We got pictures of her with her basket.  Then the race to church.  We dressed both girls up with all the accessories.  Proud parents.  Off to the Easter egg hunt at church.  Dottie was tired so Ryan stayed in the gym with her.  I took Melonee outside for the hunt.  She passed 10 eggs before she picked one up.  Melonee was just so happy to be outside with all the other children.  She ran around and looked everywhere.  We ended up with five eggs in her basket, but she enjoyed every minute.  As we walked back inside, Melonee was grinning from ear to ear.  I see Ryan in the back with Dottie.  Dottie is looking hungry and Melonee is looking sleepy.  Therefore, I can see we are not going to be able to stay for church.  Ryan and I look at each other and head to the car.  Ryan volunteered to ride in the back with the girls as I drive to Lovey and Papa's for Easter dinner. 

   Lovey has got a wonderful dinner going.  Everything looks perfect.  We try to slip the girls in without waking them up...so much for that.  Melonee wakes up and starts running around.  She sees her other Easter basket from Lovey and Papa.  Oh Wow!  Another basket from Aunt Kayla and Aunt Alice.  However, we try to take the girls pictures while they are still in their Easter dresses.  Well, that is a mission impossible due to the short nap.  All we can do is our best with what we have to work with.  I think we got some pretty good shots. 

   All the family started piling in one by one.  Ryan got Dottie to sleep.  I made Melonee a plate to eat.  Are we going to actually get to sit down and eat with everyone?  YES!  The table was full of people and food.  What a wonderful meal with dessert too!  Dottie woke up as we were finishing dessert.  Now it was time to open baskets.  First Melonee and Dottie....(Mom still gets Kayla, Alice and myself a basket along with Ryan and Ryan.)  More pictures....

    We walked over to Aunt Alices house....it is coming right along.  Melonee enjoyed throwing coke bottles out of the windows.  It will be nice to have Alice so close especially when the girls and I come home during the week.

   We had a wonderful visit with the family.  Fun, fun, fun.

Last couple weeks of April

  On April 20, 2011, Dottie rolled over on her own for the first time!  This was very exciting!  Dottie is getting bigger every day.  She is such a happy baby....laughing and giggling more.  She is just so sweet!!

  Melonee is getting into everything these days, but sweet as ever.  Ryan and I have found that giving Melonee and Dottie a bath is quicker and easierr if I get in with them and hand them off  to Ryan to dry off.  Well, last week the  three of us hopped in the bath.  I started with Melonee and she was having so much fun that we left her in while we gave Dottie a bath.  We finished Dottie's bath.  As Ryan left with Dottie, the bubbles in the tub started dissolving...Melonee looks at me with a mischievous smile.  I then start to get Mel out and I see something floating....low and behold Melonee had pooped in the tub.  The chaos begins!!!  I start yelling for Ryan...sling Mel out of the tub and the poo disintegrated all over the place.  I started sanitizing and had to redo Mel's bath.  We now know not to let Mel get too relaxed while taking a bath.  Of coarse, she didn't know any better.

  Melonee has been sick for about a month now.  On Friday the 22nd, Melonee developed a fever.  So I didn't take her to story time.  Very disappointing.  We missed the egg hunt.  (Oh!  On April 16th, Nana and I took Mel to an egg hunt in Brentwood.  It was cold and damp, but Melonee had a great time.)  Also, on Friday, we dropped the girls off at Nana and Pops so we could go celebrate Ryan's birthday.  The girls are always excited to see the grandparents.  Ryan and I went to watch the Source Code and had dinner at PF Changs with a small stop at Toys R Us.  Back to Nana's we go...Mel's temp had come back...Dottie was relaxing  with Pops.  By the time we made it back, the medicine had kicked in and Mel was ready to go.  Matthew and Renae were playing with her.  She was back on the move.  Somehow Mel got half of a plastic egg behind her back and slid down the couch...she had a scratch all the way down her back.  That went great with the scratches on her face from a fall going to look at Alice's house earlier that week.  Needless to say this made for a long night.  After Melonee calmed down, we got the cake and gifts out.  Ryan enjoyed his birthday celebration.  Time to head home and straight to bed! 
  Saturday, Melonee still had a fever and felt bad.  The girls and I stayed inside all day.  I wanted Melonee to be ready for Easter.  Dottie is still so little that there aren't any issues other than eating, sleeping, laughing, rolling, and using the bathroom.  I really enjoy my girls!!!