Wednesday, March 19, 2014

3 Years Old!

I'm still not quite sure how we have progressed to having a 3 year old in this house....although seeing that it has taken me almost 6 weeks to even post about her birthday, tells me life is busy.  Good busy, exhausting busy, and I wouldn't trade it for anything!  Here are a few pics from the big birthday weekend.  I very highly recommend the donuts and pjs birthday party for little ones.  So simple and fun for everyone!
Kicking off birthday week with a crown from school!
Traditional co-celebration of Meme and Frances at La Paz.

Cupcakes at The Bell Center
Waking up to 3 years of wonderful!
Best birthday party ever!
Just delicious, and cute too.
Happy Birthday, Frances!
Friends 
Ethan, Eleanor, and Frances
Best friends!

Yummy!!!





Sunday, February 9, 2014

Snow, Sunshine, and School

How about some crazy Alabama weather lately?!  Snowed in for days then sunny and 60 degrees a few days later.  Frances LOVED the snow!  We made out pretty well, considering all the mayhem.  Will rescued Frances from school then they got me from Children's, and we were able to make it the 4 miles home in only about 2 hours.  Thank goodness we all are at work/school within a mile of each other and not too far from home! We had a great time at the zoo with friends when the weather got warmer.
Thank you Daddy for getting us home in the snow!
Poptarts and cookies for lunch then a nap as we sat in traffic.  Not too bad!
All you need is a storage bin, rope, and duct tape.


Weeeeeeeee!
Bella liked the snow too!



Frances loves the monkeys.


Mommy does not do well on the carousel.
The elephants seemed happy to have sunshine!



In other news, Frances has turned 3 (don't worry, there will be a birthday blog soon), and we had a meeting with the school system last week about preschool.  Frances has always amazed us, and continues to do so, as they told us at our meeting that she doesn't meet the eligibility requirements to receive special education services through the public school system at this time.  Crazy, right?!?!  Down syndrome automatically qualified her to receive Early Intervention services from birth-3 through the state, but at age 3 there has to be a certain percentage delay on standardized testing to qualify.  Well right now, Miss Priss isn't eligible due to her test scores- which is awesome and we are so proud of her abilities!  We will continue to have her tested every 6-9 months to see if she qualifies as time progresses.  Thank goodness for The Bell Center and her incredible preschool that she attends during the week, we feel like she is getting everything she needs for now!

One last note....we are in the final countdown for Mercedes Marathon and still need donations to meet our fundraising goal.  Please visit the link below and consider making a donation in honor of Frances as she celebrates her last year at The Bell Center!  No donation is too small, every single dollar counts!  Thank you for your continued love and support.
http://www.imathlete.com/donate/WillandAnnaRuthMcCalley

Saturday, January 25, 2014

Run Frances Run!

We are in countdown mode!  There are some big events coming up in the month of February.  Frances turns 3 on Feb 8th, Mercedes Marathon is the following weekend....and let's not forget Meme's birthday is Feb 4th!  Frances and Daddy have been training very hard lately. You can catch a glimpse of Frances in training mode in the video below.

If you take a look back at this time last year, Frances was just learning to use a walker...Fast forward to the present, and we can hardly keep up with her!
February 2013
Daddy is running the marathon (that's 26.2 miles) in honor of Frances. This year is extra special for us, as it will be Frances' last year as a Bell Center student.  Please consider making a donation in honor of Frances and all the children of The Bell Center by clicking the link below.  You can also mail a check (made out to The Bell Center) to us if you prefer.

http://www.imathlete.com/donate/WillandAnnaRuthMcCalley

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Christmas Catch-Up

One day I'll get back to blogging on a regular basis, but until then I will keep subjecting you to occasional photo explosions of what we've been up to.  We are slowly getting back into the swing of things following a fun-filled Christmas season.  Then I realized today that Frances turns 3 (ahhhhh) in exactly one month and I got sad and have been looking at her baby pictures all morning.  I guess this is what most Mommy's go through as babies grow up.  I absolutely love watching her grow into a young lady, but I soooooo miss her being a baby!

Big girl!
So, here is your promised monstrosity of photos from the past few weeks....
Christmas PJ party with friends.
First trip to the McWane Center.
The Bell Center party
McCalley family Christmas gathering
How a 2 year old does the Christmas Eve church service
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Christmas Eve
Story time with Lyndy and Kat on Christmas Eve
Santa's little helper 
So much excitement!
Christmas breakfast with Meme and Grump
An hour long bath to play with new toys
This is what is looks like to try and take a picture these days!
More Christmas with the cousins
Meme and Grump
Frances and Irene
Picnic at the park

Anna not wanting any help on the slide
Frances and Brooks
Frances suffering from a little post-Christmas hangover (i.e., trouble sharing toys)
New Year's Eve....Anna not a fan of the hats. 
New Year's Day trip to the mall.
Grump and Irene
Window shopping
New Year's lunch with our friends!


Happy 2014!