Chattanooga Classic

We just got back from another gymnastic meet.  Olivia is cool as a cucumber at these meets and has a blast.  I'm a nervous wreck and feel like I'm going to throw up the entire time!  She did so good.  Luckily, the girls are separated by age at competitions.  There were 11 girls in her age group.  She got 1st place on vault, 2nd on beam, 2nd on bars, 2nd on floor, and 2nd all around!  Talk about proud:

Standing at the top of the podium with her vault medal:

A few more from the meet:

You also got a trophy if you placed in the top 3 all around.  She was also very excited, because this meet was hosted by her old gym in Chattanooga.  So, she got to see Sadie!

Her team also got 2nd place (this is just part of the team)!

Paige was her usual outgoing, loud self.  Meets are pretty loud, so I don't think she bothered anyone (much):

Of course I have the video:

Her scores were better overall and would have been higher, except for her landing on bars and jumping off the beam.  The beam is a timed event and they've been working on staying on time.  However, she heard the timer go off right as she was getting ready to dismount (indicating that she went over) and immediately jumped off.  Which means she got a deduction for going over AND for "falling" off the beam.  And still managed to score an 8.225!  We were so stinking proud of her.

Trying hard to not turn this into a gymnastic blog, ha!  I had minor surgery last week and we've had 3 sets of grandparents come help out (thanks again!).  They got to experience the crazy toddler known as Paige:

She can be so much fun, but she is literally into everything and a huge handful.  Grocery shopping is a nightmare.  One minute she's stuffing samples in her mouth (she refuses to sit in the appropriate part of the cart):

The next she has a Spiderman balloon in a headlock:

Even the cat is relieved when it's naptime:

Thank goodness this kitten turned out to be pretty laid back: