Bella getting ready to dig in.
GBK learning to share. Or maybe she is learning to say NO! I was here first!

Digging in her cake. YUM!
And she read each and every card.

these will be a little out of order, but you get the idea
Bella got a car for her birthday. She loved to drive in reverse. I think Sam taught her how to drive. haha GBK wore fairy wings and a fairy skirt at the party- she picked lellow (not yellow). We will let the auntie give the details of the party on her blog.

time

Where has the time gone?

It seems I have no time to read, journal, take photos, clean the house. People ask me when they haven't seen them in a while "What have you been doing? Haven't seen you in a while."

I am just not sure what to answer.

sinus... enough said

I am at home feeling icky- sinus crud has me down.

Vick's VapoRub is about the only thing that is helping at this point. So don't come over unless you want to leave smelling like Vick's because I am sure that the whole smells smells of it.

I have done something really crazy this week though. I did it later in the year this year than I did last year...

Wanna know what it is?
I hung my Christmas decorations.

I have counted 15 trees this year versus the 30 or so from last year. So I didn't get too too crazy.
(Some of them are very very small, mind you!)

This is the third year that I put up a little something with tiny frame ornaments with Christmas pictures of years past. It is so fun to see how GBK grows from year to year. This will be her 3rd Christmas but I will never forget last year when she would open each present with such enthusiasm and gratefulness. It was like giving fresh water to the man deserted on the island for 20 years. I have never seen anything like it. Thank you! WOW! Yeah! she would shout at the top of her lungs.

I can not wait until this Christmas... It is only 48 days away...

Happy Halloween

She had the best time trick-or-treating. I wish you could hear her say Happy Halloween. Clear as a bell.

She got lots and lots of candy- just in time too. I am using it as bribes for her to use the big girl potty.

Can you believe that she has never ever had a haircut? She has natural bangs.

More to come. Just not sure when.

25 things

Sunday school rebel's challenge:
"leave me a list of twenty five things that make you happy/joyous"

here we go

1. GBK- she is my heart, my life, my everything. She keeps me going. Details to follow.
2. Her Eskimo kisses
3. When she squawks like a parrot when Diego tells her to (Go Diego Go)
4. When she jazz steps
5. Parties at my house
6. Bonfire or any other type of fire (except the kind that destroys your house and belongings
7. Coincidences
8. Miracle stories
9. Movies based on a true story
10. A great book that you can not put down until you are done- even if it is 3am
11. The Office
12. Project Runway (although the ending of this season did not make me joyous... but I will stay on topic)
13. Photography
14. Chocolate cream pie shake at Sonic
15. Hiking in the woods
16. Camping
17. Roller coasters
18. Hearing GBK count to ten in Spanish for the first time (about 6 seconds ago)... How on earth did she know that!?
19. Drives in the country and trying to get lost
20. Listening to a really good live band
21. Creamy Chicken Ramen noodles
22. Selling something on eBay for a lot more $$ than I thought it would sell
23. Scrapbooking
24. Having a full tank of gas in the van
25. Holidays- Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Flag Day, etc

jealous?

My dear friend asked me the other day if it is hard for me to hear that someone is pregnant when she hadn't been trying.

I immediately answered no. And that is the truth.

I thought about it some more today because I do remember having those jealousy aches and painsin the past. But I couldn't put my finger on it- when do I get jealous? Because I am really really happy to hear when friends are pregnant or just had a child. My first response is one of most happiness and can't wait until I can hold that sweet little baby in my arms.

But it occurred to me just now- when I hear that someone is pregnant with her 10th child but is on welfare and abuses her other 9 children, yes, I get jealous. How is it that such an unfit mother can get pregnant so easily? It seems like she can look at a member of the opposite sex and instantly be impregnated with triplets. How is that?

So if you find out you are pregnant, do not keep it a secret from me. Let me be the first to hear! Just don't let me find out down the road that you are not taking care of her. If you are not willing/able/ready to be a good mother, use birth control!

I also have the opinion that if you are on welfare and mooching off of the government and want a vasectomy/hysterectomy the govt should pay for it. In fact, even if you don't want it and have a litter of children and have been mooching off the govt your entire life, maybe you should have surgery whether you like it or not.

addiction

*I dedicate this post to Paige. And I guess Keith too.*


I am addicted to many things.

My child

Barq's Root Beer

Traveling

My friends

church

Christmas

Project Runway

Halloween

not neccessarily in that order.

GBK has had 2 Halloween costumes both years and I am not one to break tradition...
Her first costume I found is a ladybug ballerina- tutu and all. Precious.

I struggled with the second one... since I could not find a green bean costume. If you find one, let me know, I may use it next year.


But yesterday I found two USM cheerleader outfits. And I thought- hmmm. this could be her second costume! Now I have to decide... which one? black? or gold? I am telling you- addiction. I can't help it.

I will try to post a photo soon. I am late to work.

101 birthday!

There is a lady down the road from me- turned 101. There is a big sign in her yard.

I am thinking about going down and taking her picture. If they are public enough to put a sign out I figure I can have the courage to ask her permission to take a picture.

But do I take her a birthday present? What do you get a 101 yr old?

Something that will live forever? Or something that she can enjoy today? Like an ice cream cone.
Or do I just forget about the present since I don't know her?

I got the wild hair yesterday and painted GBK's room. No more pink walls. The carpet is still pink but I am working on finding a cute rug. So I am off to do the second and final coat. I will try to post pictures when it is put back together.