UPDATE

HEY EVERYONE! SORRY I HAVEN'T BEEN BLOGGING IN A WHILE! MY COMPUTER HAS BEEN SOOO MESSED UP! I ACTUALLY DID ANOTHER BLOG LAST WEEK BUT FOR SOME REASON WHEN I PUSHED POST, IT DELETED INSTEAD! I WAS SOOO UPSET BECAUSE IT WAS ON WHAT I LOVE ABOUT SUNDAYS AND IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST EVER BUT OH WELL THINGS HAPPEN! THE COLTRANE'S HAVE BEEN AS BUSY AS EVER! GENE STARTED PLAYING WITH THIS SOFTBALL TEAM AND HE'S BEEN HAVING A BLAST. THEY HAVE A GAME EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT AND I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM LOOK FORWARD TO SOMETHING SO MUCH BEFORE! HE'S REALLY ENJOYING HIMSELF. I THINK HE THINKS HE STILL YOUNG SOMETIMES WHEN HE GETS OUT THERE TRYING TO HIT A HOME RUN AND RUNNING THOSE BASES. HES PRETTY SORE ON SUNDAY MORNINGS! HAHA! ITS ALL WORTH IT THOUGH!

HERE'S ANOTHER PICTURE OF CARTER WITH SOMEONE ELSE'S SHOES ON. HE IS SO FUNNY!
CARTER HAS BEEN SWIMMING A LOT ! ITS BEEN SO HOT HERE LATELY THAT'S ALL I FEEL LIKE LETTING HIM DO OUTSIDE. I'M AFRAID HE WILL HAVE A HEAT STROKE RUNNING AROUND SO MUCH WHEN ITS 100 DEGREES OUTSIDE! HAVING ONE KID THAT WANTS TO BE OUTSIDE ALL THE TIME AND ONE KID THAT'S TOO YOUNG TO BE OUTSIDE IN THE HEAT IS A LIL DIFFICULT AT TIMES WHEN I'M HERE BY MYSELF! BUT WE MAKE IT ALL WORK! TODAY WHILE DADDY WAS HERE WE HEARD THE ICE CREAM MAN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND SO WE RAN OUT TO CATCH HIM WITH OUR DOLLAR BILLS. CARTER WAS IN HEAVEN WITH HIS TWO POPSICLES HE GOT! HE WAS A HOT MESS BY THE TIME HE GOT DONE SO I TOOK HIM TO THE BACK YARD AND THREW HIM BACK IN THE POOL TO WASH OFF! EASIEST THING TO DO WITH A LIL MESSY BOY IN THE SUMMER!CARTER AS STARTED LEARNING HIS MANNER'S! THANK YOU AND PLEASE ARE OUR FIRST STOP AND HE'S DOING REALLY WELL! MOST OF THE TIME HE SAYS IT! I TOLD HIS DADDY THAT BUG IS WATCHING HIM A LOT BECAUSE CARTER TAKES ME BY THE NECK AND KISSES ME LIKE HIS DADDY DOES. LOL...I TOLD GENE HE BETTER WATCH HIS EVERY MOVE RIGHT NOW! BUT THAT'S ALSO A VERY GOOD THING TOO BECAUSE CARTER WILL KNOW HOW TO OPEN DOORS FOR WOMAN AND BE RESPECTFUL TO PEOPLE! CARTER IS A VERY SMART KID AND PICKS UP ON SOO MUCH SOO QUICKLY! THAT'S GOING TO COME BACK AND BIT US IN THE BUTT SOMETIMES AND BE VERY GOOD MOST OF THE TIME!
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

MY LITTLE JAYCIE...SHES JUST AS PRECIOUS AS
THEY COME! SHE TURNED 3 MONTHS OLD THURSDAY~ SHES HER MOMMY'S GIRL FOR SURE (RIGHT NOW ANYWAY). SHE WILL NOT DRINK HER BOTTLE FOR ANYONE EXCEPT FOR ME! SHES JUST SPOILED ROTTEN AND LOVES HER MOMMY RIGHT NOW! THAT'S OKAY I'M TAKING IT ALL IN BECAUSE I KNOW SHE WILL BE HER DADDY'S LIL GIRL SOON ENOUGH!!! LOL ! BABY JAE IS SMILING SOOO
MUCH NOW! SHE WILL JUST LAUGH AND COO AT US! ITS JUST PRICELESS! SHES STILL LITTLE RIGHT NOW BUT I CAN TELL SHES GROWING! SHE ONLY DRINKS ABOUT 3 TO 4 OUNCES EVERY 3 HOURS BUT I GUESS IF SHES GROWING THAT'S OK! SHE HAS FINALLY UPGRADED FROM NEWBORN CLOTHES TO 0-3 MONTHS THIS WEEK! GETTING ON UP THERE...
I LOVE TO JUST SIT AND WATCH AND PLAY WITH MY CHILDREN! I JUST TAKE IN EVERY SECOND I CAN BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN CARTER GO FROM JAYCIE'S SIZE TO ALMOST GROWN SOOOO QUICKLY! IT GOES BY WAY TOO QUICK! SO IF YOU COME TO MY HOUSE AND THE FLOORS HAVEN'T BEEN SWEPT IN A WEEK AND THERE ARE FOLDED CLOTHES EVERYWHERE AND THE DISHES AREN'T DONE, YOU WILL KNOW WHY. I'M JUST TRYING TO ENJOY MY KIDS AS MUCH AS I CAN AND IF THAT MEANS NOT GETTING AROUND TO CLEANING MY HOUSE EVERYDAY THEN SO WHAT! WHO CARES BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY I'M GOING TO WANT TO REMEMBER THE LIL MOMENTS I HAD WITH MY KIDS AND NOT HOW CLEAN I GOT MY HOUSE THAT DAY !

DISHES AND CLOTHES WILL ALWAYS BE THERE, MY KIDS WONT! THEY WILL BE GROWN AND GONE BEFORE I CAN BLINK AN EYE! GENE SAID IT BEST...WHEN WE ARE LAYING IN BED AT NIGHT AND OUR KIDS ARE IN THE BED WITH US GENE TELLS ME "I WANT OUR KIDS TO SLEEP WITH US UNTIL THEY WANT TO BECAUSE IN 12 YEARS WE WILL BE WISHING THEY WERE SMALL AND SLEEPING WITH US AGAIN". THAT'S WHEN I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH SLEEP I DO OR DON'T GET AND JUST TAKE IT ALL IN!!


I LOVE MY HUSBAND! WE SEE MOST THINGS, ESPECIALLY ABOUT OUR KIDS, EYE TO EYE! WE AGREE ON THE MOST PART! WE CAN GET SO MAD AND AGGRAVATED AT EACH OTHER SOMETIMES BUT WITHIN AN HOUR WE ARE BACK TO HUGGIN AND LOVIN ON EACH OTHER! WE DON'T STAY MAD AT EACH OTHER FOR VERY LONG. I USE MY SILENT ACT ON HIM AND HE SOLS UP AND HAS HIS LIL HISSY FIT AND THEN WE ARE ALL BETTER! I HAVE LEARNED TO MAKE SURE GENE IS FED AND HAS HAD SOME SLEEP AND THEN HE WILL BE THE NICEST PERSON YOU HAVE EVER MET BUT IF HE'S LACKING ONE OF THOSE YOU SHOULD JUST GO AHEAD AND HANG IT UP. YOUR IN FOR A RIDE THAT DAY! HAHA...I LOVE YOU BABY!!!

GENE IS HOPEFULLY OFF THIS WEEK SO WE SHOULD BE GOING TO THE ZOO AND MAYBE SWIMMING SOMEWHERE! I LOVE WHEN GENE GETS TO SPEND THE WEEK WITH US! HE FEELS LIKE HE MISSES OUT ON SO MUCH AND I HATE THAT BUT THAT MAKES US SO THANKFUL FOR THE DAYS HE DOES GET WITH US ESPECIALLY THE LONG 7 DAY BREAKS!

WELL I GUESS THAT'S ABOUT A WRAP ON OUR FAMILY THIS WEEK! WE ARE STILL HERE GOING STRONG AND AS BUSY AS EVER! THANK YOU GOD FOR ALL THE BLESSING IN MY LIFE AND THE MOST WONDERFUL FAMILY I COULD ASK FOR! I STAND IN AWE OF YOUR CREATIONS! YOUR AN AWESOME GOD~