Tiny Dancer

Today was the first day of Ballet Class for Tatum.  As promised, her pics are below.  It was hysterical to watch.  Tatum made the age cut-off date by one week...so she's obviously the youngest in the class.  All the kids lined up in a perfect row and Tatum was right there with them.  We had high hopes.  Then the kids all followed the teacher's lead and raised their arms and jumped up and down and Tatum sat there like a deer in the headlights.  Bless her little heart.  She'd run to the side of the room and watch and cry and go back out to see what all the fuss was but just couldn't get her little mind wrapped around it.  The instructor gave her a stuffed bunny and she held it the entire class and kind of followed the pack of girls around.  Towards the end the teacher made everyone lay down on the floor and Tatum followed suit.  We again had a flurry of hope.  All the girls then popped up and little Tatum seemed quite content laying down and saw no need in the foolishness of jumping up only to lay down again.  She was actually smarter than the rest if you ask me...she fiured out that just laying there started and ended in the same place with out all the effort in between.  That's Daddy's girl!  

After Dance, we had lunch at Hangtown with Shelly and her daughter Reese.  It was so fun to watch the two girls play and interact with each other.  They're exactly a month apart and seem to feed off each other on what they do and say.  I hope we get to spend more time with them and Shelly and I are making bets that these girls are going to be heartbreakers when they get to Westlake High.  

After lunch we took a long nap, enjoyed dinner that the Marquardt's brought over (thanks guys!), spent over an hour just sitting on the back porch talking, and finally ended the night by watching a movie.  It was a good day.  Anne's looking and feeling pretty normal if you ask me.  She seems super anxious to get this stoff over with and I think we're both itching to know "when it's going to happen" just so we can get back to a normal schedule.  I've got a really fun morning Friday that I've been waiting months for....so I'm hopeful Anne continues to safely hold the new baby in.  More on that later...

Here's Tatum's dance pictures.  In the picture with 2 girls, that's her cousin who is exactly 3 months older...but light years ahead.  They're cute together.