Who let the Dawgs Out??

austin's team...Diamond Dawgs

austin with rob after the game

after the game..

right before leaving for our first game in canton....our spirits dwindled a bit after this game!

Austin's baseball team had a slow start with a tournament in Canton ending in a 3 game loss. That was 2 weekends ago, when the temperature was hovering around a low 40 degrees. It was our first games with the team, and we were all a little discouraged..but really who could perform well, when it was that cold??? This past weekend the Diamond Dawgs played again in a tournament here in Brandon. There were only 3 teams in their age group, but after 4 games, (2 losses, 2 wins) the Diamond Dawgs ended up winning the Championship game! The parents were excited, the kids were excited..it was a great day. Esp. coming off of the losing streak of 5 losses, before our first two very important WINS. We were at the ball field that day from 8 am until the last game ended at 5 pm. It was a long day, but well worth the money! I am including a few pictures from our day!

Pictures from Rob's Big Birthday Celebration..ha!

"extra extra read all about it, we've got the best dad, no doubt about it...."

Rob celebrated his birthday in style with a homecooked meal of roast beef sandwiches(made from a real roast) and cesear salad(straight from the bag) , complete with a chocolate chip cake, cool whip, and strawberries. (the cake I made)!! We sang happy birthday to him, he opened his gifts, ate a piece of cake, and it was out the door for baseball practice. Whew! Okay..so the presents were wrapped in newspaper, which Austin and Ella, were like , "what??", but they were wrapped and that is better than being left in a walmart sack...right Rob???

Ella Lost a Tooth! (well, it was pulled!)

I am a little late in posting this..but a week ago today Ella lost her first tooth. It had been dangling for over a week, and eventually it was either be pulled by me or by the dentist. After a traumatic few minutes the tooth was out, and Ella was all smiles.....She realized it didn't hurt NEAR AS BAD as she had anticipated. The tooth fairy came that night. What a proud day! I am only hoping and praying that the one that is loose next to it, is not near as a traumatic event.

Happy Birthday Rob!

Today is Rob's Birthday. Ella, Austin, and I just want to wish him a very Happy Birthday.
CAKE MADE (check)
SUPPER PREPARED (check)
PRESENTS BOUGHT (check)
PRESENTS WRAPPED (not quite)
Better get going...

Cracking Me Up!

Ella enjoying her pecans!!!

Cracking away!

My view from the window! (Ella obviously in her own little world)

I know I haven't posted in forever, but I have just been busy, what can I say? But, I had to share this.. I thought it was funny!

Ella has gained a new found love of our backyard. For a while, it seemed she had no interest in being outside esp. by herself, but lately has been playing around out back quite a bit.

Tuesday, I was sitting at my computer, and noticed the stillness of the house...which typically is unusual. I got up and walked to the den. I could hear Austin upstairs playing his playstation. So check, one down, one to go. Remembered that Ella had decided to go out back, so I walked back to my bedroom and looked out the window to check on her. I found her sitting in the middle of the dirt, in her OWN LITTLE WORLD, with a bag of pecans (some that Rob's mom and dad had brought to us a while back), with a pecan cracker, eating pecans! I snapped a picture of her from the bedroom window, and just watched her for a few minutes.. She seemed to be enjoying this moment so well, that I hated to disturb her. I let her crack away at the pecans for a few minutes more and then, I had to go out back and get a picture of her. She was enjoying herself immensely! And, it really was "cracking" me up! Best part.. she had her afternoon snack, and I didn't even have to fix it!

What's Up?

Ella..right after she realized she was now 5 1/2....

Ella and Madison.. after getting into the makeup

Dance party at Amber's...in pic: Amber, Audrey, Ella, Madison, and Christi..let it be known that was not me!

It has been forever it seems since I have posted on my blog. I look at it and others often, but just haven't had the chance to sit down and do anything..so today I am. Not much has been going on at the Bourne house. We are back into full swing with school. Ella is trying to learn her numbers and write them up to 100, which has seemed to be a challenge for her. (No surprise, though, she doesn't have genetics on her side--at least, not from her parents--when it comes to Math). Not a subject Rob or I enjoy. Austin is doing well. Baseball will start soon...so our weekends will soon be filled with tournaments and practices. But, it gives us all something to do, so we seem to enjoy it. The past two weekends, we have had the opportunity to visit with Amber, Grant, Madison and Audrey. Ella has been in hog heaven playing with girls.. Most days, you can find her out back with Austin playing Army. Monday, on their day off, she came in crying, because Austin was going to make her carry a gun, or she couldn't play with him. She said that would be too heavy to carry...so they compromised, and he allowed her to carry a stick gun. Which believe me he didn't like, but tolerated! Anyways...Ella and I went to Mandeville one weekend, with my dear friend, Christi. Then, last weekend The Pittman family came here so Amber and I could go out and celebrate Christi's b/d. And, this weekend, we are going back to Mandeville for Madison's b/d. One other exciting thing that has happened..is on Jan 19, ELLA TURNED 5 1/2. She is so anxious to "catch up" with Madison, which she never will..Madison will always be older..But, she asked me Monday night, when she would be 5 1/2..something she has asked alot lately..and I realized that indeed, she was on that day 5 1/2. She was so excited. Pumping her fists..like "WOO_HOO" she had finally made it. This week she seems taller..she can now wear different things, that on Sunday were too big, but now she fits in, etc. So all in all it has been a good week.

One side note... I got a call from school yesterday about Austin. His teacher said he felt his heart racing and dizzy, nervous, etc. and he had a low grade temp. This has occured a couple of other times over the last couple of weeks..so I took him to see the pediatrician. His heart rate had slowed down, of course, by the time he saw him, but he ran a few other tests.. one of which is a tsh (thyroid blood test), because some of his symptoms were consistent with a thyroid problem. We are waiting on those results..hopefully today. So, if you have a chance to say a prayer for him, please do. I am hopeful that everything will be okay. But, it does cause some concern.

Happy New Year...!!! (a little late)

abbey,emily, amber....

abbey and rob

reagan, austin, barry...playing playstation!!

austin and ella about to see what santa brought!

leaving cookies for santa...almost bedtime..they look tired, don't they?


Hope everyone is having a great start to the new year.. can't believe it is 2009. My how time flies...I remember all the hype before the year 2000. We are all doing fine.. just trying to get back into the swing of things..school started back Monday. We are all trying to remember how to wake up at 5:30 in the morning, and still be nice people. Luckily, when 8 pm rolls around, though, there aren't too many complaints about getting to bed. I have many many more pictures to post.. but just not the time for it right now. Will post again soon. Happy New Year!!!