Area Champs...

The Lady Hornets won Area on Friday, Feb. 20th by beating Blum 41 to 43. This advanced the girls to the Regional Quarterfinals where they faced Aquilla down at Millsap. With a slow start the girls kept the game close and even pulled ahead to get a 10 point lead at the beginning of the 4th quarter however the wheels began to fall off. The final score was Aquilla 45 - Byers 43.

It was a tough loss for both the girls and Tony. He was up until almost 3am that night rehashing the game to see where he could have done something different. He is still bummed about it right now but give him a few weeks and things will get better.

Dotty is just glad that her DVD player will no longer be taken over to watch game films and she can watch Barney to her little heart's content. She was a real trooper through this ball season. It is hard at her age to sit still and watch a game but with lots of help from Nana, PaPaw, Payton, Julie, Jarrod, Patti, and many others she survived the season (and so did my sanity).

Thanks to all those who came out to support the Lady Hornets and Tony. We truly appreciate all the efforts everyone made. We enjoyed the season and we are looking forward to next year.

Playoffs Time...

Hello everyone and welcome to the crazy world of high school girls basketball. Tony's team won last night to finish up district 9-3. This win pushed us in a 3-way tie for first place with Midway and Saint Joe. Lucky us. Tony had to go today to meet with the other coaches to decide how to figure out the tie...flip or play the games off. We will start the actual playoffs next week.

In addition to the drama that always seems to follow girls basketball, Tony's point guard and leading scorer got hurt in last Friday's game and is out for the rest of the season. Let me just tell you it was not fun at my house this past weekend.

Keep us and the girls in your thoughts and prayers. You don't have to pray that we win just that the girls stay safe and healthy and that Tony does not lose his mind (or any more hair) before all this is done.

Potty Time...

Dotty has pottied on a potty chair twice! She has followed me to the bathroom ever since she became mobile and we always have a "Potty 101" class while we are in there. (Moms really lose all sense of privacy once there kiddo is born...I am not sure how I will be if we ever have a little boy...I guess we will just have to wait and see on that one.) Thus now she has begun to ask to go to the potty.

Friday night my mom sat her on a potty chair and she went...a little. Then Saturday Dotty was with Ruth Ann and she asked to go potty so RA put her on a potty chair and (after a second attempt) she went...a lot! I was there to see the evidence and to congratulate the little sweetie.

I am going today to buy my own potty chair for the house...how exciting! My little girl is getting so big. I just can't believe it. Of course we are not currently pushing the potty program on her to hard but it is nice that she is at least interested. Now if she will just give up the bottle maybe we will be on a roll. Who knows...next we may even sleep all the way through the night!!!

Wish us luck!