School's Back Forever!

Fall is finally here and I don't think we could be more excited. We are done with our big travels. I thought football season would slow us down, but silly me.... it just added to everything else. The next weekend following the beach, Dutch and I went to Atlanta to the Poultry Association's Night of Knights and got to listen to Clint Black, with this south Georgia girl was very excited about. Sarah Beth came back from the beach walking so she kept Aunt Lala very busy babysitting. We had a great night!

Sarah Beth started school the very next week. The picture above is of her first day redo day. By school I mean Mother's Morning Out at Faith Presbyterian in Watkinsville, but I tell her it is school. She went to open house and cried when we left she had so much fun playing. I enjoyed watching her interact! We discovered a rash Wednesday night that covered her body so she was unable to go to the first actual day. Luckily after panicked phone calls to the dr, we found out it was rosacia and once the rash was visible she was no longer contagious. You would have never even known she was sick if it wasn't for the rash and it was gone within 2 days. The following week, we had a "first day redo" as I called it.

The first week, she LOVED MMO and thought it was a party. Unfortunately, by week 2 the gig was up. She really is very smart. She had 2 weeks of crying when I dropped her off and some fussiness while she was there. But now she is getting adjusted and acting like she was the first week. She no longer cries and I get great reports when I pick her up. She is always playing when I get there so she seems to really enjoy it!

Our last fall kickoff event was the UGA - Boise St. game! Grandy came to stay with SB Saturday morning of labor day weekend and Dutch and I left for Atlanta to go to the game with Adam Graham and his wife Becca and spend the night in Atlanta at the Omni. This was only the second time we have left her overnight, but she was great! Adam and Dutch were in each other's wedding. We had a blast tailgating next to the dome. Dutch's truck got "Biebered." Definition: Someone put a sticker of Justin Bieber's face on the back of Dutch's truck. We don't have a clue who did it. The sticker came off and everyone in the Omni parking lot had a huge laugh! But the dawgs lost. Great afternoon, terrible night. However, Sunday I introduced Dutch to Nona, a semi new cajun restaurant in Athens, for brunch and it is now on his list of favorites. I always have a sweet spot for beignets! We had not gone out for brunch in a while so that was nice too!

All in all, fall started with a bang!

Much Love, MB


Dutch and I enjoying Clint Black


Guest family at the tailgate

Beach Baby Part Deux

A month after Ponte Vedra, we packed up again with Grandy in tow for Mexico Beach. Mimi, Papa George and Aunt Teensy met us down there half way through the week. So we had lots of help the entire trip which was wonderful!!!

We stopped in Bainbridge to visit Joycie which was as always a hoot! She took us out to eat at one of the many buffets in Bainbridge. Alec and Doreen met us which was really nice since we don't see them that often and SB loved eating whatever Joycie fed her.

Dutch took his tailgating tent so had plenty of room for SB to play!! She got use to the sand after a couple of face plants from trying to walk and eventually got to enjoy the beach. Grandy kept her one night for Dutch and I to have a date to Panama City where we ate at my favorite restaurant (which Dutch has come to LOVE as well)... Capt. Anderson's. We love that restaurant so much we actually ended up eating there twice! Our date also included putt putt! Dutch of course won, but I gave him a run for his money (with a couple of retries of course). We were eventually able to get SB in the water and after 20 minutes of crying she enjoyed it. She fed the birds with Grandy and with Papa George and even came home with a new word...bird! She also came home walking! All in all, it was a great trip. Enjoy the pictures. Whew, we are now caught up with the summer and on to the fall. Next blog.... Boise St Game and Sarah Beth's mothers morning out experiences and hopefully a new recipe!! Enjoy the pics!

Much Love, Mary Beth


The minivan at 9:00 pm the night before. Once again we packed up at night and left at 6:00am. We were in Bainbridge by 10:30!! So glad we got a minivan now!\


Lunch with Joycie. She scooted to the chair in her room and insisted she hold SB AS SOON as we got there so SB is still in her pjs from being put in the car at 6:00.


Mandatory beach picture!


Date night at Emerald Falls Putt Putt!


SB and Grandy at Capt Anderson's!


SB with Mimi and Papa George at Capt. Anderson's


Last but certainly not least... SB with Aunt Teensy!

Beach Baby

This a a blog dedicated to reminiscing on the first beach trip of the summer, since I am behind. But, I feel like I am catching up - maybe so!!! We took a trip to Ponte Vedra Beach, FL shortly following SB's birthday. Dutch's dad, stepmom and sisters went as well. We piled up the minivan and left at 6:00 am to head down. (Keep in mind this means we woke up at 5 to get dressed and ready). All of our stuff was packed the night before. After some confusions as to which Golden Pantry we were meeting the rest of the family, the convoy was off!

We got to the beach just in time for lunch, ate and hit the pool. The pool was PACKED!!! It has a slide which I know SB will love in the future, but she did not care to much for the splashing. We went to the rooms afterwards and got ready to eat at Barbara Jean's. I have never been there (and neither had SB). The pumpkin bread MIGHT have been the best part of Sarah Beth's trip.

Once we were settled, we spent the rest of the week on the beach, eating seafood and playing golf / working (Dutch played golf and worked as it was a business trip). Sarah Beth LOVED being outside but HATED the sand. I have mentioned before that she is a girly girl and this was no exception. She did better with the hard sand since it was not as gritty but hated the water. The only picture we got of her in the sand was the above picture. Taken after Dutch got her to allow us to bury her legs.

The last night we ate at a dinner for the convention. This might have been SB's second favorite part of the trip. Awards were given during dinner and we clapped for each individual. SB who LOVES to clap had the best time cheering on the awardees and even started screaming for them. It didn't help that her grandaddy was on the stage giving out awards. She had a BALL!

After 5 days we packed up and headed back...AFTER a stop in Savannah to visit our friend Abbey. We had a great lunch with her and made it home. It took a week to "detox" SB from all of the attention she got from her aunts and grandparents!

Hope you enjoyed the post and get ready for the next blog coming soon: Beach Baby part Deux!

Much Love, MB

Grocery Shopping the first night with Aunt Lala and Aunt Manda


First time in the water...fail


Aunt Manda and Aunt Lala


Daddy and SB making sad faces for being dirty!!


Family picture after our awards dinner.