Bella's first gymnastics Skills Meet!!!

Yesterday was my little girls first Gymnastics Skills Meet! She did such an awesome job and I couldnt be more proud of her! When I was a kid I always wanted to do gymnastics but unfortunately I was always overweight as a child. Bella did Ballet when she was 3 yrs old close to 4 yrs old. She decided after the summer break she didnt want to do it any longer! I couldnt honestly blame her since she was still at the age of only being able to do ballet and tap. She couldnt do any of the fun dancing like Jazz and such. She decided then she would do cheerleading so we tried that for awhile and again, she wasnt too interested! I kept insisting she try gymnastics and she didnt want to so finally one day I picked her up from school and told her we were going to gymnastics and she would try one class! If she still hated it she never had to come back! Needless to say that was back in Oct/Nov (cant remember exactly) and she still absolutely loves it! It amazes me what she can already do in such a short period of time and even though another mom and I discussed in a few more mths our girls would be giving us heart failure on some of the things they teach, right now we are having a blast! The pics below are from the skills meet and she ended with 4 ribbons and a medal!

Favorite Foto Friday - THEN AND NOW!!!

Ok, I did this once already and ended up deleting it! Obviously, I need a little more practice!lol

This is my first post for favorite Foto Friday and its a great theme.

Because I didnt have a computer when Bella was a baby, I only have a select few pics I can chose from. Maybe later today I will scan some others in cause I can post pics of my girl all day long!lol

Anyway, this is Bella playing! Ahhhh! The days before mobilization!lol



This is how Bella slept as a baby! Can we say SPOILED!!!


And here is my beautiful 5 1/2 yr old today! Its amazing how quickly they grow yet I find myself feeling more love for her every single day and I honestly didnt think that would be possible! The second I found out I was pregnant with her I had a pain in my stomach from how much I loved her and that has grown! God is good!!!

Ok, so a little late!

Obviously this posting thing is still new to me! I am going to attemp in between all the other things I have going on to continue blogging! Nothing exciting has happened in the last few weeks except I was laid off of my job (not a good thing but welcomed for a SHORT PERIOD of time - lol). My company let me know in December that they were relocating my position to Dallas. Now, I love my job and I love Texas but I also love where I live! As a single parent I feel it is important to keep my daughter around those that love her! Her dad is not involved in her life and she needs my dad and my brothers as male figures! One day I hope to meet someone but in the meantime even I NEED my family! I attended Bella's Valentine's party at school the other day! I can not for the life of me believe that in only 3 1/2 mths I will have a first grader! My baby has grown into such a beautiful little girl and she is growing faster and faster every day! I just think God that I was chosen to be her mommy and pray that Im doing right by her!