6 Months!

Ella Kate turned 6 months old on Saturday the 20th. I can't believe she is already 1/2 year old! It won't be long until I'll be stressing over planning a 1st birthday party. She started First Baptist Daycare on Aug. 4th and she loves her teachers. She is usually in bed by 7:30 and I have to wake her up every morning at 6:30 to get her ready for the day. She rarely cries, but she does not like to be wet or hot! She scoots forwards and backwards and has just started getting up on her knees and rocking back and forth. So you know what's coming! CRAWLING! I am not ready for
that. The picture above is from last week. She is such a ham, but usually stops smiling as soon as I pull out the camera.




She went to the Dr. today at Vanderbilt and weighed 17 lbs. 6 oz. She sees a Dr. in Vanderbilt because she was diagnosed with Hydroneuphrosis before she was even born. She actually weighed 8 oz. and I was only 18 weeks pregnant when they found it. Hydronephrosis is distention and dilation of the renal pelvis and calyces, usually caused by obstruction of the free flow of urine from the kidney, leading to progressive atrophy of the kidney. After she was born we found out that she actually has duplicated ureters (the tube from the bladder to the kidney) coming from both kidneys. On June 6th she was put to sleep to attempt to perform a scope on her. She had what they call "bronchial spasms" and actually stopped breathing so they did not get to do the scope. On our last visit in July he told us that he would probably have to remove the top lobe of each kidney because one lobe was not working at all and one was working at about 45%. She's been on an antibiotic since the day she was born and he changed it to a different one today. At our visit today he told us that things have not gotten any worse, but haven't gotten any better either and that it was time to get things done. We have an appointment for October 30th for another scope. Hopefully things will go better and the Dr. said he was not worried at all this time. He told me not to worry, but you know I will! After the scope then he will schedule the surgery.
Honestly you would never know anything was wrong with her. She is such a happy baby, but we do know that if she wasn't on the medicine she would have infection after infection. I'll keep you posted on her health. She goes tomorrow for her 6 month checkup. These pictures are from today on the way there and at the Dr.'s office.

Thanks Melanie for signing the guestbook. I hope you are feeling better.

Good Night for now! Amy

Homecoming & Work Picnic

Hopkinsville High School had it's fall sports homecoming Friday night. When I was in high school it was referred to as Football Homecoming, but I guess now with golf, soccer, volleyball, etc. being played school officials decided to call it fall sports homecoming. Whatever! Hoptown got beat by Madisonville 21-20. There was a tie for homecoming queen which I have never heard of! Kyle went with his girlfriend, Leslie Ann. Don't they look good? Shanan, sorry I didn't get a video of the cheerleaders doing the Tiger Rag. They didn't do it. Hopefully, I'll get it next week when they play Christian Co.!

I had to include this sweet picture from the football game of Ella Kate and her friend, Mia Emerson. They are the tiniest Tiger fans and dressed in their Tiger best! Ella Kate had tigers smocked in the neckline of her dress. They were both very good and enjoyed the game and all the activity. Thanks Brook for holding the girls while Anita and I took their pictures!

Saturday night my boss, Gary and his wife Carolyn hosted the annual work picnic/cookout/potluck! We love going to this every year. It's a great time to visit with everyone outside of work. We always have the "golden girls" there. These are the women who have retired. This year Gary had the "golden girls" introduce themselves and then had all of us still working introduce ourselves and our job titles. I have been there (Christian Co. Circuit Court Clerk's office) for 13 years. For 12 of those years I worked in Circuit Criminal (felonies, murder trials, etc.), but last November I moved to Family Court. I love it! I loved Criminal Court, but it was time for a change. The judge is Jason Fleming (HHS Class of '90). I deal with divorces, child custody, child support, dependency and neglect cases, and paternity. It's interesting. I do come home at night and thank Scott for loving me so much and giving me this wonderful life. Divorces and child custody are not fun and some are just downright UGLY!!! Thanks Gary for cooking all day with the help of Trent and Kyle. I know they played many a game of cornhole and hillbilly golf! I'm already looking forward to next year! The picture of Kyle, Ella Kate, and Leslie Ann is from the cookout!

I want to say a BIG THANK YOU to Traci and Susan for signing my guestbook. I love to see who's reading my blog so be sure to sign the guestbook.

Well, that's it for now. I hope you're looking forward to a wonderful (and in our case busy) week!

Go Colonels (I don't think so!)

Hopkinsville Middle School played Christian Co. Middle School (our cross-town rivals) last night! The score? A not so pretty 30-0 won by the Colonels. I put Go Colonels as the title of my blog only because at one time I was a huge Colonel fan. Years ago I lived in the Christian Co. school district. When I finished 4th grade I was to go to one of the "fine" 5th/6th grade schools, but these schools were not up to my parent's standards so we moved to the country to a little town called Pembroke. Now, when my parent's told me we were moving to the country for my education I just cried and cried and said, "I don't want to be a country girl!". Then when they told me I would be going to Hopkinsville Middle & High schools I SCREAMED, "Well, I'm not ever going to be an ole' TIGER!". Well, guess what? I bleed orange and black now! We are such huge Tiger fans! My son graduated from Hoptown in May and was a star on the football and baseball teams. My daughter is now cheering for Hopkinsville Middle School and Ella Kate is already a huge fan! Ok, I know I have gone on enough about the Tigers so I will stop until this weeekend when I will have pictures of Kyle and his girlfriend going to homecoming!

Garrett you played great last night (for the Colonels) and I hope your hand is better soon!

Until later!

Thanks & Go Tigers!

I want to thank my friends Jerri & Shanan for getting me introduced to the blogging world. I have been apprehensive about the whole thing and I'm still trying to figure it out! Thanks girls! I hope my blogs are as great as yours!

Ok, now on to some football! My son, Kyle, graduated from Hopkinsville High in May where he played football and baseball. He broke the "most passing yards in a game" record last year in a district game vs. crosstown rival, Christian Co. This is the first time since he was 4 years old that he hasn't played some sort of sport. I am completely lost! If it weren't for the baby I don't know what I would do with my time. Allison is cheering at Hopkinsville Middle this year, but has decided that she would like to go back to competitive cheerleading (which she did for 4 1/2 years) next year so it doesn't look like she'll be cheering for Hoptown High. We are still huge Hoptown fans! My husband Scott is actually the announcer and national anthem singer for Hoptown football, along with Hoptown basketball and baseball. Here are just a few pictures from Hoptown games! Even Ella Kate gets in on the Tiger Spirit!! Tigers play tonight, so LET'S GO TIGERS!!!