Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Finally, A NEW post!!

Crazy few weeks! Which include some projects that I will post as soon as I get them finished!! I know, I am so full of suspense, right?!?

This past weekend included two tennis matches, one win one loss, not bad.........In the baseball world, that would be a 500 average.........Guess I'll take it...........

Anyway, while I played on Sunday, The hubby took the monkeys to the neighborhood Easter egg hunt..................
Here's Caroline...........She's the neighborhood greeter, new neighborhood resident and one of Emme's VERY close friends!! You can't get any more opposite on their personalities but they are the best little buddies.................................

Can you guess which one dives in head first and which one checks things out first????

Baby William joined in the hunt, as well!!

Since Mommy forgot to go to the cleaners, where the fancy new Easter outfits were, we had a dress from last year (which still fits my little princess) and a makeshift sweater vest for my big boy! Not the best, but still looked cute! Good thing I remembered to pick up the baskets from the monogrammer............................



Here's a great group shot! We are very blessed to be in a great neighborhood that is VERY social!
Look how sweet, the kids are actually getting close to the Easter Bunny...................


AAAhhhhhhhhhhh, even closer to the Easter Bunny...........................


NICE CAROLINE!! Of course she would be the one to goose his "tail"...................When I sit down one day and talk to my future 14 year old and ask her what was she thinking? When she says Caroline made her do it...............I guess I'll have to believe her!! Too funny!

Wonderful times, special memories!

Sunday, March 21, 2010

1 out of 2 aint bad..................

Gorgeous day on Saturday...............Outside was a must !! Here are a few pics from Grandaddy and Mimi's house (Tiffanys aunt and uncle)............



Grandaddy has a lake with TONS of gigantic catfish......I have a feeling they are a bit over served!!







Plum worn out....................

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Weekend Recap (LATE) and a special THANK YOU to Daddy!

You know those weekends that you have and then you need another weekend just to recover??
THAT was my weekend..........Now, it had its ups and its downs and I missed alot of time with my babies..........ALOT................So, first let me thank the hubby for stepping in and stepping up and loving ALMOST every second!!

Work was very busy last week and kept me late Thursday night, and started me early Friday morning...............

Friday evening ended at a wonderful funeral visitation.........I say wonderful only because I enjoyed seeing old friends. My friend Tina lost her father to cancer last week.........Gene Lynn Thompson left his family on Sunday, February 28th 2010. He fought a hard battle and although he lost the war, he is living so peaceful and healthy now.......and will no question be walking with God and keeping an eye on his family. My friend Tina is an amazing person.......Not only is she about to be a mother of 3, she has a smile on her face at all times. Probably one of the most positive and uplifting and ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS person I have ever met. Her and her family live in Florida now so visits are few and very far between, but it's a friendship that will never cease.........And for that, I am the blessed one!!

Do you ever wonder what will be said at your funeral? How you will be described by friends and family??? hmmmmm, guess that's a post for another day................

So, I missed tucking my babies in bed again..............

I did manage to sneak in some good snuggle time Saturday morning while the hubby went to play tennis...........brayden got his music on with his "girlfriend" madison and Emme and I did a little shopping at the Dollar Store..........I LOVE that place!!

Once home, we painted and played and napped.............Before I had to speed off to bartend (ok, pour wine into glasses) at my photographer's gallery!!! I love her gallery and she always has the coolest artists displaying their works........Fantastic, if you ever get the chance to go!!

Oh, and if you want to see some adorable pictures of my children??? Just check out her website and her blog!! What? too many plugs?? sorry, I am a sucker for putting my kids pictures up!!

Anyway, Sunday we took the kids to a little train show (instead of church) and then I played some tennis...........6-2 6-0...........That's right, a little butt kickin!

Now for some pics...............

LOOK! A very rare family shot!!

The coolest part of the train show was the display from Legos......SO COOL! The whole entire thing was made from legos, I can't imagine the hours it took to construct this!

GrandDaddy has always had a love of trains, I certainly remember many train boxes stacked around, although I can't actually remember seeing the whole thing put together!!

Too cute...........Thank you, honey, for all of your help this past weekend................

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!


Hope every lad and lassie have a great day!!
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Girls (and a boy) Night Out!!





Ain't nothing better than a girls night out.............be it Martini's and Booty shakin' or painting Snow White at our local "Glazy Dazy" pottery place!!


These girls were very intense...................


And the whole reason for coming?? To capture baby William's adorable little footprint!!

Here we've got Mama and Lori torturing, I mean, Painting his foot.............


Voila!!



What a sweet blessing! And since his mommy and daddy live in Alabama, we take every opportunity we can to get us some snuggles............It won't be long before he'll be begging for the Boys Night Outs!!




Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Dear Winter...............

I am breaking up with you. It's not me, it's you, you make me miserable. I think it's time I start seeing other seasons!!


Ok, I totally stole this from my friend Kaki and her facebook page.........LOVE IT!

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

The good, the bad & the ugly..................

A little weekend update, a few days late................. Here goes!!

THE GOOD..........
We had a very special little girl, Audrey, visit us this weekend while her Mom and Dad went to a wedding.......The kids play great and it's always fun....This weekend was no exception as we had 2 birthday parties to go to.............

Starting with Amelia's 4th Birthday..............Princess themed, of course!!

The Queen had everything looking so nice....................Right down to the INDIVIDUAL princess cakes that each little girl got to inhale!!


Here's the Birthday Girl, Princess Tiana, looking very princessy!!

And of course, no princess party is complete without Cinderella!!

There were lots of presents to open......................

Plenty of smiles........................

And curtsy's too!

Plenty of directing.............

And a little movie time, too...............


And as quick as we could, we changed out of our princess dresses and into our jumpy clothes, perfect for another party at Kangazoom!!

Where the boys got to join us and have some fun, too!

I would love to say that our crew of 4 girls and 2 boys went straight home and took wonderfully long naps.......but that would be a lie..............
More playing it was.....................

Now,

THE BAD................

My day actually started around 6am when the phone rang...........never a good sign..........It's my Mom on the other end telling me to come over right away.........So as quick as I could I ran out the door, leaving the hubby behind confused but awake...........I was pretty emotional by the time I made the 2 mile trek to my parents.........House was dark, so I let myself in, called out and walked to Mom's room.........

She uttered some noise so I am definitely in panic mode. Apparently, when she tried to get up she was so dizzy and nauseas that she couldn't get out of bed...........Honestly, I was relived. NOT what she wanted me to feel, obviously, but I had come up with some pretty bad possibilities on that two mile drive. None of which, I was going to handle very well. So, when I realize that everybody was ok (well, other than the fact that she couldn't get up) I felt like I could get in TAKE CHARGE mode alot better.

The first thing that came to mind was Vertigo.........Well, with Dad being out of the country and him having his lap top with him, I call the hubby to do a little internet diagnosis.........You know the Dr's love that!! Anyway, Mom wanted to call her sister who had had Vertigo before and Aunt Leola strongly suggested I take her to the hospital...............STRONGLY...............Now, just so you know, my Mom does NOT sleep in clothes. Yep, that's right. Naked. Dizzy. Nauseas. And it's just her and me..................

So, time to get dressed.........This took awhile but got done pretty efficiently. But once she was up, and her world kept spinning, out came the cookies............uggghhhh.............I hate vomit.......

And I realized I was NOT going to be able to get her down the steps, to my car, alone.......Fortunately, our friends had just moved into the neighborhood. So, WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, nothing like a phone call at 7:30 in the morning.....And even though Jason hung up on me the first time I called, I eventually got through, Laura went to my house so the hubby could come help me.........Bless this man..........Bless him!!

And bless the fine nurse who brought out the wheel chair and got us settled into the Emergency Room..............I'll spare you the details but after MANY hours, many viles of blood, some fluids, and a CAT scan.........We don't really know what it is. The nausea medicine seems to be helping but looks like it's going to take another visit to a Primary Health Physician before it's completely diagnosed.

I got her settled at home all the while the hubby is playing superDAD!! He has gotten a sitter for Big papa, two princesses dressed, taken to Ms. Laura for fancy hairdos, delivered to the birthday party only a few minutes behind schedule and is waiting on me with open arms when I fly into the party on two wheels after finally getting a shower and dressing myself!

SHEW.....................

Ready for THE UGLY??

here goes............

THE UGLY............

Welcome to Emergency Room visit number 2!!
That's right.............

While at the jumpy place, the boys decide that the party must continue, the hubby hasn't seen the friends new house since they moved in and why not tonight?? Just because it's been a long day, doesn't mean the fun should stop, right? RIGHT!!

Kids are in the play room, adults are in the kitchen.........Everyone is having a great time, kids are playing great............And then it happens...............A thud, a scream, and the tears.............Off we go to see what has happened.......Usually it's a push or a shove or someone has grabbed a toy, or won't share.......But this time, it involved a metal firetruck!! Right between her eyes............We think there was some climbing going on and Emme happened to fall off and land square on the edge.................

So, the hubby stayed behind to get baths, pjs and books read since my experience in the Emergency Rooms have been pretty lengthy............

However, we were in and out in an hour! Dr. Garrett was fantastic.......I mean fantastic!! I had decided that if they mentioned stitches, I would leave and go to Children's but if it was just gonna be glue, that we would be fine at the local hospital! And fine we were!

She didn't complain, she sat perfectly still and he couldn't have been more gentle. He did everything to him before he did it to her, INCLUDING the glue! He was great!

And man was I ready for Saturday to be done.......Girls slept great, and Sunday not only didn't bring any Emergency Room visits, it brought my Daddy home.................