Sunday, September 27, 2009

THATS THE WAY IT GOES

I'm sitting here wondering what i need to write about tonight and there are a million things going through my head but nothing will come to me in words. this weekend was less busy than most of our other ones lately. we had yet another birthday party to attend. we cant hardly get through one party before we have another one come up. that's just the way it will always be now that we have kids and that's okay! we want people to come to our stuff so we are going to make every way possible to attend every invite we get! so thank you Caroline for inviting us to your 3rd birthday party! we had a great time!


this is a picture of carter when he was about 6 months old. now do my kids look alike or what? its a lil scary! lol. i see sibling that look totally opposite so i just thought my kids would. i just knew since carter got blessed with gorgeous long eye lashes that my next child would not...WRONG! jaycie has just as long and gorgeous ones as carter! amazing! carter and jaycie look so much alike but I'm so thinking Jae is going to have curly hair! that's going to be the only major difference in them! oh i cant hardly wait to see them together once Jae starts sitting up and walking. they are already two peas in a pod. jaycie can be so tired and whinny and carter can just come over to her and she starts cracking up laughing. its the darnest thing i have ever seen. i love that they thrive off each others energy already. now that might not be a too good of a thing a lil bit later but we will see.

we also attended the heritage festival in covington on Saturday. that was okay. not so big or much to look at but i did get jaycie a cute lil pillow case dress...i think that's what they are called. i got it for $10. i was so amazed. all the ones i have looked at online have been over $30. now that's crazy! i can afford to get her some cute dresses like that for $10 but for someone to charge over $30 for those things is crazy! people are a lil crazy these days charging so much for clothes. i mean hello people...if you are going to charge me $70 to make my daughter a dress when i can go right up the road and pay that or less and get it that day and not have all the hassling and shipping fees and all that...what you think I'm going to do? charge a lil less and you might have people buying from you a lil more. just my opinion though. wish i could sew. i would be making dresses and selling them almost as cheap as it Took me to make them just to help those people out that know they cant afford that high dollar dress that their child will only wear twice! CRAZY!!!
I'm so looking forward to going to the reelfoot craft fair! they always have so much for the kids and me! i cant wait to buy jaycie some bows and dresses! its going to be so much fun!!!! anyone want to go?

so this week gene has to go to Jackson Mississippi for his yearly fire training for work. for the past 2 years i have gone with him just so i could catch up on some sleep and relax a lil without anyone or anything to do! so the first year i went i was 8 months pregnant with carter. i had really low iron with him so i was always very weak and tired so it was very nice to get away and just sleep and sleep and sleep some more. and that's ALL i did those 3 days! so relaxing! so last year i was 3 months pregnant with Jae and carter was 10 months old. we decided we would leave carter with my mom for the first time for 3 days. well...um... i so missed him SO MUCH that i almost came home and left gene down there that first day but i didn't. i decided to stay but when we got home that Thursday, our son was walking! yea...we left him on a Tuesday morning not walking and when we can home Thursday afternoon he was walking. i missed it! so this year has been a very hard decision for me. first i said i wasn't going (with gene begging me to go) . gene would just have to go by himself since we now had two kids and there was no way i would be able to leave them with someone for three days. but then i thought i have been wanting to get away for a few days and my husband has been working 7 straight nights in a row so maybe i would go and just bring both kids with me so at least we wouldn't be without our daddy for yet another 3 nights! but now i think my mom almost has me convinced to leave jaycie and take carter. I'm not so sure though. i sooo miss my kids even when i leave them for an hour much less 3 days. i already know this year will consist of NO resting, so i have been researching the things to do in Jackson and i think ill be doing a lil shopping at their mega mall and we will be exploring the natural science children's museum! sounds fun already !
oh, as some of you already know, i lost my wedding band in my truck between the seats the other day. well i searched my truck, my mom did, and so did gene and none of us could find the thing. between us three we probably spent over an hour or two looking for it. i was sooo very upset over it. gene is always giving me a hard time about taking it off anyway but now i lost it so you can just imagine what he said. but anyways...i promised to him that if we found it, i would never take it off again not even to take a shower or anything. so we came to the conclusion that we would just have to get someone to take the seats out to find it. well Adam drove my truck the other day and he decided to give it a look, just to see if maybe just maybe he could find it. well , thank you SO much Adam! he FOUND my wedding band for me!!! i was soooo happy! so its been about 24 hours now that Ive had it back and it has not even came close to coming off my finger and it will continue to stay that way!
i don't think Ive told y'all lately so i think ill do it tonight...
I LOVE MY HUSBAND!!! he is one amazing man! he trIEs to please my every need in every way! he is the best father ever! he helps me out with the kids and the house work more than i could ever ask for! i cant get enough of him! if we aren't together we are texting or talking on the phone. i love the way he loves me! i love the way he kisses me every morning when he comes home from work or when going to work. i love the way he never forgets to kiss me good night! i love the way he hugs me and holds my hand and lets our children know that he loves their mommy and always will! i am truly blessed to have a man that is 100% madly in love with me BECAUSE I AM 100% MADLY IN LOVE WITH HIM !
ALLIGATOR FOOD MORE, GENE!!!

THANK YOU LORD FOR MY WONDERFUL, FAITHFUL, 100% COMMITED HUSBAND !

Friday, September 25, 2009

ITS BEEN AWHILE

THIS IS WHAT BEING AT THE DOCTOR FOR TWO HOURS AND GETTING FLU SHOTS AND 6 MONTH SHOTS WILL DO TO YOU! THEY WERE BOTH PASSED SMOOTH OUT. THEY EVEN SLEPT THROUGH US GETTING THEM OUT OF THEIR CAR SEATS AND PUTTING THEM IN THE STROLLER! WOW!NEEDLESS TO SAY, MOM AND I HAD A NICE QUIET LUNCH AT THE MALL TOGETHER! LOL


THIS IS JUST A COUPLE PICTURES OF THE KIDS TOGETHER AT THE DOCTOR ( BEFORE THE SHOTS)







OKAY SO, LIL MISS JAYCIE TURNED SIX MONTHS OLD TODAY! WOW, WHERE DID ALL THAT TIME GO? DIDN'T I JUST COME HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL WITH THIS TEENY TINY BABY IN MY ARMS? AMAZING! SO SHE NOW WEIGHS 14 LBS 10 OZ AND IS 25 INCHES LONG! SHE CAN SIT UP ON HER OWN FOR A MINUTE OR SO AND THEN FALLS OVER BUT SHES GETTING THE HANG OF IT. ROLLS OVER EVERY TIME WE PUT HER DOWN NOW AND CAN JUST ABOUT JUMP OUT OF HER SEAT. WE REALLY HAVE TO STRAP HER DOWN WHEN WE PUT HER IN ANYTHING CUZ SHE WILL BE OUT IN A HURRY. SHES ALREADY TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH HER BROTHER! JAYCIE IS SO HAPPY ALL THE TIME! PEOPLE STOP ME ALL THE TIME AND SAY THAT SHE HAS TO BE HE HAPPIEST BABY EVER. THE ONLY REASON SHE GETS UPSET IS IF SHES TIRED OR IS READY TO GET OUT OF HER CAR SEAT! THAT'S IT! I'M SO BLESSED TO HAVE TWO OF THE HAPPIEST KIDS! MAYBE THAT SHOWS HOW MUCH THEY ARE LOVED AND HOW MUCH ATTENTION THEY GET FROM US, HOW MUCH THEY ARE STIMULATED AND PLAYED WITH AND TAUGHT! YEA THERE ARE THOSE TIMES WHERE I KNOW IT WOULD BE EASIER TO JUST PUT MY KIDS IN FRONT OF A TV AND SAY SIT THERE AND WATCH THAT SO I COULD GET A BREAK MYSELF BUT WE DON'T. WE INSTEAD CHOOSE TO PLAY WITH OUR KIDS AND TAKE THEM PLACES AND JUST GIVE THEM OUR 100% UNDIVIDED ATTENTION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. AND NO I'M NOT SAYING MY KIDS NEVER GET PUT DOWN OR NEVER GET TO SIT AND WATCH TV, CUZ YES THEY DO BUT VERY LITTLE. I KNOW KIDS THAT CAN SIT IN FRONT OF A TV ALL DAY LONG AND NOT TAKE THEIR EYES OFF OF IT AND THAT'S HOW THE PARENTS WANT IT TO BE SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THEM BUT HOW GOOD COULD THAT BE FOR THE KIDS? THAT'S WHEN I'M GLAD MY KIDS CANT SIT STILL FOR MORE THAN 5 MINUTES AT A TIME TO WATCH TV.
YEA ELMO IS ON OUR TV ALL DAY PRETTY MUCH BUT THAT'S NOT SAYING CARTER SITS THERE AND WATCHES IT ALL DAY. HE CANT SIT LONG ENOUGH TO WATCH 5 TO 10 MINUTES OF IT BUT HE DOES STOP TO LOOK AT IT SOME AND LOVES TO LISTEN TO IT WHEN WE ARE PLAYING!
OH AND WHILE WE ARE ON THE SUBJECT OF ELMO, I NOW HAVE ELMO SONGS ON MY I-PHONE. I DOWNLOADED AN ELMO SONG ON MY PHONE THE OTHER DAY WHEN WE WERE AT THE MALL TO CALM CARTER DOWN CUZ HE WAS SO TIRED AND NOW I PUT IT ON IN MY TRUCK AND PLAY IT FOR HIM WHEN WE ARE OUT SOMEWHERE AND I NEED TO GET HIS ATTENTION FOR A FEW MINUTES! IT WORKS!!! IT PUTS A SMILE RIGHT ON HIS FACE AND THAT'S WHAT THIS MOMMA LOVES TO SEE!!!
OH AND ANOTHER ELMO STORY I HAVE TO TELL YOU. THE OTHER NIGHT WE WERE AT MY MOMS EATING DINNER. SHE HAD COOKED SOME HOMEMADE CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP. SO I STRAINED A COUPLE OF SPOON FULLS FOR CARTER AND PUT IT IN A PLATE (LORD KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I GAVE IT TO HIM IN A BOWL WITH THE LIQUID AND ALL...LOL) . WELL WHAT DOES HE DO, EATS ALL THE CHICKEN AND CARROTS OUT OF IT FIRST. ( HE IS THE MOST CHICKEN EATINEST KID I HAVE EVER SEEN...) GENE SAID BUG LIKES CHICKEN EVEN MORE THAN HIS MOMMA AND THAT'S BAD! LOL. ANYWAY, WHEN ALL THE NOODLES WERE LEFT ON HIS PLATE AND HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THEM SO HE DECIDED HE WOULD ACT LIKE COOKIE MONSTER WHEN EATING THEM ( NOT REALLY EATING THEM) YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE WHAT THE HIGH CHAIR AND FLOOR LOOKED LIKE WHEN HE WAS DONE AND HOW MUCH MY FAMILY WAS LAUGHING AT THAT ONE. SEE I CANT GET ON TO HIM WHEN HE DOES SOMETHING FUNNY LIKE THAT AND THE WHOLE FAMILY IS THERE LAUGHING AT HIM EVEN THOUGH HE PROBABLY SHOULDN'T DO IT. HES A MESS, TO SAY THE LEAST!
BOTH KIDS NOW HAVE CAMO OVERALLS AND JACKETS FOR THE WINTER. I BOUGHT JAE SOME WITH PINK ON IT. SO ADORABLE. THINK ILL JUST GO AHEAD AND SEND THEM HUNTING WITH THEIR DADDY ONE DAY AND ILL SLEEP IN THAT DAY! SOUNDS GOOD TO ME!!! LOL !
MAN THIS MONTH IS FULL OF SHOPPING WEEKENDS! WE HAVE THE HERITAGE FESTIVAL TOMORROW IN COVINGTON ON THE SQUARE, NEXT WEEKEND IS MY FAVORITE, THE CRAFT FAIR IN REELFOOT. ME AND MY MOM GO EVERY YEAR TOGETHER. ITS SO FUN AND SO BIG. THE NEXT WEEKEND AFTER THAT IS OPEN BUT THE 17TH IS THE MUNFORD CELEBRATE AND THEN THE NEXT WEEKEND IS THE FALL FRENZY AT THE TRUST BANK IN BRIGHTON AND THEN SOMETHING ELSE THE NEXT WEEKEND! CRAZY!!! I SURE HOPE MY HUSBAND WILL WORK A FEW OVERTIMES FOR ME THIS MONTH SO I CAN DO A LIL CHRISTMAS SHOPPING...LOL! I LOVE YOU BABY! I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR SO MUCH! ITS SO CHEERFUL AND FUN! I LOVE TO SMELL FALL IN THE AIR! I ALREADY DECORATED MY HOUSE FOR FALL, JUST WAITING TO GET A FEW PUMPKINS NEXT WEEKEND AT THE PUMPKIN PATCH IN REELFOOT. I ALREADY HAVE THE KIDS COSTUMES FOR HALLOWEEN. CARTER IS GOING TO BE A MONKEY AND JAYCIE A BUBBLE BEE! THEY ARE TOO CUTE! WE HAVE TRUNK OR TREAT AT OUR CHURCH FOR HALLOWEEN AND I LOVE IT! ITS SO SAFE AND SO FUN FOR THE KIDS AS WELL AS THE ADULTS. WE DECORATE OUR TRUNKS AND LET ALL THE KIDS GO AROUND A GATHER CANDY. WE ALSO HAVE A PUMPKIN DECORATING CONTEST AND POPCORN AND DRINKS. ITS LIKE A BIG FALL PARTY! I LOVE MY CHURCH! I'M ABOUT TO GET A SIGN TO PUT IN MY YARD THAT SAYS THAT ALONG WITH A BIG 6 FOOT CROSS THAT I'M GOING TO USE WITH EVERY SEASON.

OK SO THIS WAS A BIG DAY FOR US...JAYCIE 6 MONTH BIRTHDAY BUT MORE IMPORTANT, TODAY HAS BEEN TWO YEARS SINCE MY MOM QUIT SMOKING ! I AM SOOOO VERY PROUD OF HER ! IT WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS SHE HAS EVER DONE IN HER LIFE BUT SHE MADE THE RIGHT DECISION AND I AM SO THANKFUL SHE DID! SHES SAVING HER LIFE AND SAVING OTHERS ALSO! I THINK TWO YEARS AGO SHE KNEW SHE WAS ABOUT TO HAVE A GRAND-BABY AND THAT REALLY HELPED HER GET MOTIVATED TO DO IT AND SHE JUST PUT HER MIND TO IT ( WITH THE HELP OF THAT MEDICINE) AND SHE JUST QUIT! THANK YOU MOM !

THANK YOU LORD FOR ALL THE BLESSING YOU HAVE GIVEN TO ME!

GIVE THANKS WITH A GRATEFUL HEART, GIVE THANKS TO THE HOLY ONE
GIVE THANKS BECAUSE HE'S GIVEN JESUS CHRIST HIS SON
AND NOW, LET THE WEAK SAY I AM STRONG, LET THE POOR SAY I AM RICH
BECAUSE OF WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE FOR US
GIVE THANKS !!!!

Monday, September 14, 2009

LEARNING TO BE STRONG!

TONIGHT, ITS JUST ME AND YOU! NO PICTURES, JUST ME AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE OUT AND THERE IS NOTHING ELSE TO BE! I WOULDN'T CONSIDER MYSELF AS A VERY STRONG PERSON. IM VERY EMOTIONAL, I CRY AT THE DROP OF A HAT...HAPPY, SAD, JUST BECAUSE! I THOUGHT THAT BECOMING STRONG WOULD BE A HARD THING TO DO BUT I'M NOW SEEING THAT WHEN IT COMES TO MY CHILDREN, NOTHING WILL GET IN THE WAY OF ME BEING THERE AND GIVING THEM EVERYTHING THEY DESERVE. WHEN I SEE MY CHILDREN IN PAIN I WANT TO CRY TOO BUT I KNOW THAT CANT HAPPEN. THAT LIL INNOCENT CHILD NEEDS ME. THEY NEED TO SEE THEIR MOTHER BEING STRONG SO THEY KNOW WE CAN GET THROUGH ANYTHING. YOU LEARN A LOT YOU NEVER THOUGHT YOU WOULD BEING A MOTHER.You have to reach for a higher strength, you have to reach deep inside yourself, spend time with yourself to make some corrections that go beyond your own understanding and lean on a higher understanding! I JUST LOOK TO GOD AND THROUGH HIM I CAN BE STRONG!
LAST NIGHT JAYCIE WOKE UP AT MIDNIGHT SCREAMING. WHEN I WENT TO PICK HER UP SHE WAS ON FIRE! I ALMOST WENT INTO PANIC MODE BUT I TOLD MYSELF, GET IT TOGETHER BONNIE, YOU GOT TO HELP HER! I KNEW EVEN BEFORE I TOOK HER TEMPERATURE TO GET SOME TYLENOL IN HER. SO THAT'S WHAT I DID BUT IN THE MEAN TIME I HAD WOKE GENE UP TO GO GET THE TWO THERMOMETER'S OUT OF MY TRUCK. YEA, DON'T ASK ME WHY BOTH WHERE THERE BUT THEY WERE. WE TOOK HER TEMP AND OF COURSE THEY BOTH READ 104.0 ! NEEDLESS TO SAY I WAS FREAKING OUT. GENE'S FIRST REACTION WAS GO GET SOME WET COLD WASH CLOTHS AND PUT ON HER, MINE WAS CALL MY MOM! SO, I CALLED MY MOM AND HE GOT WASH CLOTHS! I KNEW MY MOM WOULD BE THINKING RATIONALLY WHILE I WAS NOT SO MUCH. SHE TOLD ME TO CALL THE DOCTOR BUT IN THE MEAN TIME GET HER IN A ROOM TEMPERATURE BATH! SO WHILE I CALLED THE AFTER HOUR LINE AT THE CLINIC GENE PUT JAE IN A BATH AND ENTERTAINED HER. YES, SOME HOW SOME WAY HE GOT HER TO SMILE! SHE LOVES HER DADDY! THE NURSE ON CALL TOLD ME TO GIVE HER A LIL MORE TYLENOL AND IF HE FEVER WASN'T GOING DOWN IN 20-30 MINUTES TO GET HER TO BAPTIST EAST ER IMMEDIATELY! THAT WAS TOO HIGH OF A FEVER FOR A 5 MONTH OLD! AFTER 30 MINUTES WE CHECKED IT AND IT WAS DOWN TO 103 AND IN 45 MINUTES SHE WAS ASLEEP AND IT WAS DOWN TO 100 ! SHE SLEPT TIL AROUND 5:00 THIS MORNING AND WHEN SHE WOKE UP SHE WAS ON FIRE AGAIN. SURE ENOUGH, 104 AGAIN. WHAT SHOULD I DO? TAKE HER TO THE ER AND WAIT WITH ALL THOSE FLU PATIENTS AND MIGHT GET SEEN IN 4 TO 5 HOURS OR WAIT TILL MEMPHIS PEDIATRICS OPENS AT 7:30 AND TAKE HER THERE? I THEN CALLED MY MOM AGAIN OF COURSE AND SHE SAID GIVE HER TYLENOL AND JUST CALL THE CLINIC! SO I CALLED AT 7:30, OF COURSE IT WAS BUSY FOR 30 MINUTES BUT WHEN I FINALLY GOT THROUGH I GOT AN APPOINTMENT AT 10! THANK GOODNESS! THAT DOCTOR'S OFFICE IS SO WONDERFUL. I CALL THE DAY OF TO GET AN APPOINTMENT AND I CAN GET IN TO BE SEEN 30 MINUTES AFTER I CALL! THEY ARE AWESOME! BUT ANYWAY...SO ME AND MY MOM GO RUSHING TO MEMPHIS WITH MY BABY GIRL IN THE POURING DOWN RAIN AND GET THERE AND BEFORE WE EVEN WALK IN THERE IS THIS HUGE SIGN ON THE DOOR. IT READS "IF YOUR CHILD IS EXPERIENCING FEVER PLEASE ASK FOR A MASK AT THE FRONT DESK" SO I GO IN AND LOOK TO THE RIGHT TO THE SICK WAITING ROOM ( AT THAT CLINIC THERE IS A WELL WAITING ROOM AND A SICK WAITING ROOM WHICH IS AWESOME) AND 4 OUT OF 5 OF THE KIDS IN THERE HAVE ON MASK! A LIL SCARY IF I DO SAY THE LEAST! SO WE FINALLY GET BACK TO SEE THE DOCTOR (WHICH I LOVE DR. DELLENGAR) AND SHE CHECKS HER EARS AND LISTENS TO HER BREATHING AND CHECKS HER THROAT. NOTHING! CANT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH MY CHILD! AND THEN SHE SAYS ITS PROBABLY A URINARY TRACT INFECTION. SHE THEN ASK MY MOM IF I HAD A HISTORY OF THEM AND OF COURSE I DID! I USE TO HAVE THEM ALL THE TIME AS A CHILD, EVEN TO THE POINT OF ME BEING IN THE HOSPITAL 3 OR 4 TIMES AND HAVING TEST RUN! GUESS WHAT? ITS GOING TO RUN IN THE FAMILY. MORE THAN LIKELY SINCE I HAD THEM BAD, SHE WILL TOO! GREAT! SORRY JAYCIE! SO THEN THAT STARTS THE TORTURE FOR MY LIL GIRL! I ALMOST THINK IT WAS MORE TORTURE FOR ME THOUGH! TO HAVE TO WATCH THEM HOLD HER DOWN AND DO THAT CATHETER TEST TWICE ON HER JUST KILLED ME. I WANTED TO START CRYING BUT AT THAT VERY MOMENT I HAD TO PULL IT TOGETHER AND BE STRONG FOR THAT LIL GIRL. SHE NEEDED ME. I DON'T EVER REMEMBER MY MOM CRYING WHEN SHE WAS HOLDING MY HAND ALL THOSE TIMES ( EVEN THOUGH I'M SURE SHE WANTED TO). THE NURSE AT ONE POINT HAD TO ASK ME IF I WAS OK. THEN THEY HAD TO POKE HER FINGER FOR BLOOD, AND WHAT HAPPENS? JAYCIE WONT BLEED FOR THEM! THEY HAD TO WORK AND WORK TO GET ENOUGH BLOOD TO RUN A TEST. POOR BABY. AT THAT VERY MOMENT I KNEW THIS HAD TO HAVE BEEN THE WORSE DAY OF MY LIFE AS A MOTHER AND WATCHING MY CHILD IN PAIN AND THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO. THE DOCTOR COMES BACK IN AND SAYS HER WHITE BLOOD COUNT IS REALLY HIGH AND THE URINARY TEST LOOKS SUSPICIOUS BUT THEY HAVE TO SEND IT OFF. SHE TOLD ME THEY WERE TRYING TO KEEP HER OUT OF THE HOSPITAL. FOR ONE WE MIGHT NOT EVEN GET A BED THEY ARE SO FULL RIGHT NOW AND TWO SHE DIDN'T NEED TO BE IN THE HOSPITAL WITH ALL THOSE FLU PATIENTS! HOPEFULLY WE CAUGHT IT IN TIME AND SHE WILL GET OVER THIS QUICKLY! IN THE MEANTIME THEY HAD TO ONCE AGAIN HOLD HER DOWN TO GIVE HER A SHOT OF ANTIBIOTICS! NEEDLESS TO SAY SHE DIDN'T EVEN WANT THOSE NURSES EVEN OPENING THE DOOR TO THE ROOM AND SHE STARTED SCREAMING! IN THE END THE DOCTOR TOLD ME THAT MY LIL GIRL WOULD BE OKAY AND SHE WANTED TO SEE US FIRST THING IN THE MORNING TO CHECK ON HER AND GET THE TEST RESULTS! THANK YOU ALL THE STAFF AT MEMPHIS PEDIATRICS! THEY ARE ALL SO PROFESSIONAL, SO QUICK, AND SO LOVING! THEY UNDERSTAND AND HELP THE NOT SO GOOD EXPERIENCE IN TO A GOOD AS IT COULD BE IN THAT SITUATION! THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRAYERS! GOD IS AMAZING! I LOOK TO HIM FOR EVERYTHING. HE GETS ME THROUGH ONE STEP AT A TIME! HE'S HELPING ME THROUGH THIS WHOLE BEING THE BEST MOTHER I CAN BE AND GIVING MY EVERYTHING THAT MY CHILDREN DESERVE! I'M GOING TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, ITS NOT THE EASIEST THING IVE EVER DONE! SOME DAYS I'M ASKING MYSELF WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS I THINKING HAVING TWO KIDS SO CLOSE TOGETHER! BUT THEN I LOOK AT THOSE PRECIOUS FACES AND I REMEMBER THAT LIFE IS SO MUCH SWEETER AND BRIGHTER WITH THOSE TWO! MY CHILDREN BRING ME SO MUCH MORE HAPPINESS THAN I EVER THOUGHT I COULD EXPERIENCE IN ONE LIFE TIME! SO MY PRAYER IS TONIGHT..."THANK YOU LORD FOR HEALING MY CHILD AND FOR ALL THE COMFORT AND STRENGTH YOU GIVE ME AT THE TIMES I NEED IT MOST!"

Friday, September 11, 2009

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAW-PAW


SEPTEMBER FOR MY FAMILY IS FULL OF BIRTHDAY'S! TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 8TH WAS MY DAD'S BIRTHDAY! NOT GOING TO TELL YOU HOW OLD HE TURNED..LOL ! BUT ANYWAY...WE HAD A WONDERFUL DINNER AND CAKE OVER HERE THAT NIGHT! HE GOT LOTS OF GOOD PRESENTS FROM EVERYONE!
THANK YOU JIMMY FOR TAKING CARE OF US AND STEPPING IN AND BEING THE BEST DAD TO US! YOU NEVER HAD TO TAKE US ALL IN BUT YOU DID AND I THANK
YOU FOR THAT FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART! ALSO THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH A WONDERFUL GRAND-DAD TO MY KIDS! CARTER AND JAYCIE LOVE THEM SOME PAW-PAW ! WE LOVE YOU!!! XOXO


















HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUNT E !



CARTER NOW CALLS EMILY AUNT E . ITS SO CUTE! ANYWAY...SEPTEMBER 4TH WAS MY SISTERS 22ND BIRTHDAY! EMILY AND I ARE 19 MONTHS APART SO WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY CLOSE!
IN OUR FAMILY, BIRTHDAY'S ARE VERY SPECIAL! ITS YOUR OWN SPECIAL DAY! MY MOM COOKS YOU AND THE FAMILY A DINNER AND CAKE OF YOUR CHOICE. BUT MISS PRISSY DECIDED SHE WANTED
ALL OF US TO GO OUT TO LONG HORN TO EAT WHICH WAS OKAY WITH US! SHE ALSO ORDERED HERSELF A BIRTHDAY CAKE FROM SWEET SENSATIONS AFTER I TOLD HER HOW GOOD THEY WERE! AND OH MY GOSH, WAS IT DELICIOUS!!!
EARLIER THAT DAY ME, EM, MY MOM, AND THE KIDS WENT TO THE MALL SHOPPING! WE ALWAYS H
AVE A BLAST SHOPPING TOGETHER! THERE ARE NO TWO OTHER PEOPLE I WOULD RATHER SHOP WITH THAN THEM! THE KIDS WERE GOOD AND IT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL DAY TOGETHER!

EMILY, I LOVE YOU AND I AM SO PROUD OF YOU! YOU HAVE COME ALONG WAY! I KNOW THE PAST 5 YEARS HAVE BEEN HARD ON YOU, GOING TO SCHOOL AND ALL BUT IT WILL BE SO WORTH IT IN THE END! YOU ARE SUCH A STRONG PERSON AND I ADMIRE YOU FOR THAT! YOU ARE SO GOOD TO MY KIDS! YOU TREAT THEM AS IF THEY WERE YOUR OWN! YOU LOVE THEM SO DEEPLY AND I LOVE YOU FOR THAT! I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IF ANYTHING EVER HAPPENED TO GENE AND I, YOU WOULD DEFINITELY BE THE PERSON WE WOULD WANT TO RAISE OUR KIDS! YOU WOULD GIVE THEM THE BEST THAT THEY DESERVED AND RAISE THEM IN A WAY WE WOULD AND A WAY THAT IS PLEASING TO THE LORD! THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE AND MOST OF ALL FOR BEING MY BEST FRIEND THROUGH ALL THE YEARS! I HOPE WE WILL ALWAYS REMAIN VERY CLOSE! I AM SO PROUD OF YOU AND I WISH ALL THE BEST TO YOU IN THE NEXT PHASE OF YOUR LIFE! I'M HERE FOR YOU ANYTIME! I LOVE YOU SIS!



ELMO

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 3RD, WE GOT TO GO SEE ELMO LIVE THANKS TO GENE! HE WON US TICKETS ON THE RADIO! CARTER AND I DECIDED TO ASK MRS. TERI AND SAM TO GO WITH US! THE KIDS HAD A BLAST AND SO DID WE! IT WAS SO FUN! CARTER DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT SO THE FIRST 10 MINUTES HE WAS PRETTY SCARED, EVEN TO THE POINT OF SHAKING REALLY BAD! I THINK IT WAS JUST SO OVERWHELMING AND HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES THOUGH, HE JUST STARTED DANCING AND CLAPPING HIS HANDS! HE LOVED IT! I BOUGHT HIM A SHIRT, $8 BALLOON, AND BINOCULARS. GOOD THING THE TICKETS WERE FREE CUZ I SPENT $40 JUST ON SUVENIOURS! LOL ! IT WAS SOOO WORTH IT THOUGH! THE LOOK ON HIS FACE WAS PRICELESS! I WOULD DEFINITLY PAY TO GO BACK AND SEE SOME MORE SHOWS! MY KID IS AN ELMO FREAK!

















Monday, September 7, 2009

HOW THE LOST GET FOUND!





DOES LIFE EVER SLOW DOWN? I HAVE NOW LEARNED THAT, NO IT DOES NOT ( NOT IN THIS FAMILY ANYWAY) I'M ALWAYS THINKING THAT THE NEXT WEEKEND WILL BE NICE AND RELAXING, WE WONT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO, BUT BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK THE NEXT WEEKEND IS ALREADY FULL. HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? SERIOUSLY, THE NEXT 3 WEEKENDS ARE ALREADY FULL FOR ME! SEPTEMBER IS ALWAYS CRAZY BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY BIRTHDAYS' IN OUR FAMILY IN THIS MONTH. ITS BIRTHDAY PARTY AFTER BIRTHDAY PARTY. THERE ARE 6 OR 7 PEOPLE IN MY FAMILY WITH BIRTHDAYS IN SEPTEMBER! CRAZY!!!
ANYWAY, THE KIDS DEDICATION WENT REALLY WELL. I HAVE TO FIND MY CAMERA WITH THE PICTURES ON IT TO GET ON HERE. YEA I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT IS RIGHT NOW BUT ILL GET THEM ON HERE SHORTLY!
CARTER AND JAYCIE ARE GROWING UP SO FAST. ITS CRAZY HOW I'M WITH THEM EVERY DAY AND I STILL SEE HOW MUCH THEY GROW EVERYDAY! THEY ARE BOTH GETTING SO TALL. WHERE DO THEY GET BEING TALL FROM? I'M NOT TALL, GENE'S NOT TALL...DON'T KNOW. I'M HAVING TO BUY 24 MONTH JEANS FOR CARTER AND OF COURSE THEY ARE FALLING OFF HIM BECAUSE THEY ARE SOOO BIG IN THE WASTE BUT FOR THE LENGTH, HE HAS TO HAVE THEM. JAYCIE'S THE SAME THING, SHE'S IN 0-3 MONTH STUFF RIGHT NOW BUT I'M SEEING THAT IS GETTING A LIL SHORT ON HER NOW. MAYBE THEY WILL BOTH BECOME GREAT BASKETBALL PLAYERS OR SOMETHING. WHO KNOWS!
CARTER IS INTO ELMO NOW! WE DID ONLY OWN 1 ELMO VIDEO UP IN TILL YESTERDAY BUT HE WORE THAT ONE OUT. GENE AND I DECIDED TO GO BUY HIM 5 MORE SO MAYBE JUST MAYBE WE WONT GET SO TIRED OF THE SAME ONE. OH AND WE NOW HAVE A DVD PLAYER IN OUR TRUCK SO GUESS WHAT PLAYS WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD NOW, YEP...ELMO! I'M NOT SURE WHATS WORSE NOW, BABY EINSTEIN OR ELMO. I'M SO MISSING THE DAYS HE DIDN'T WATCH TV BUT YET IT IS A LIL MORE PEACEFUL IN THE TRUCK AND I DO GET A FEW SECONDS TO MYSELF TO STRAIGHTEN UP THE HOUSE NOW. YOU CANT HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO!
JAYCIE IS SITTING UP SOME BY HERSELF. SHES DEFINITELY CUTTING TEETH. I'M HAVING TO GIVE HER TYLENOL AND TEETHING TABLETS EVERY NIGHT JUST SO SHE CAN GET SOME REST AND SLEEP A LIL. POOR THING!


MY LIL BROTHER HAS BEEN SICK WITH THE FLU THE PAST WEEK. NEEDLESS TO SAY I HAVE BEEN PRAYING AND PRAYING THAT ME AND THE KIDS DON'T GET IT. WOULDN'T THAT BE HORRIBLE! I CANT IMAGINE. THEN HEARING ABOUT ALL THESE KIDS DYING FROM THE FLU HAS REALLY GOTTEN TO ME! I'M SO SCARED FOR MY KIDS LIVES! I'M SUCH A WORRIER! WHY IS THAT! I HATE HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT EVERY LIL THING! I GUESS THAT'S MY JOB, THAT'S HOW GOD MADE ME!
CARTER HAS BEEN DOING GOOD ON POTTY TRAINING. WE STILL DON'T HAVE IT DOWN PAT YET BUT WE ARE WORKING STILL.
I THINK I'M GOING TO GET ALL OF MY FALL STUFF OUT THIS WEEK AND DECORATE! I DON'T THINK I CAN WAIT ANOTHER WEEK, FALL IS JUST IN THE AIR AND I'M LOVING IT!!!
THE OTHER DAY DRIVING TO DYERSBURG, I SAW THIS HUGE BILLBOARD THAT SAID IN BIG LETTERS " GOD IS IN CONTROL"
WOW, JUST WHAT I NEEDED TO SEE AT THAT VERY MOMENT AND I'M SURE IT HAS HELPED OTHER PEOPLE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ALSO. SEE, NOW WHY CANT WE HAVE MORE SIGNS LIKE THAT AROUND THIS WORLD. WHY CANT WE HAVE MORE POSITIVE THAN NEGATIVE. DO YOU THINK THAT IF WE ALL HAD POSITIVE ATTITUDES AND LOOKED TO THE LORD IN EVERYTHING WE DID, THAT THERE WOULD STILL BE SO MUCH VIOLENCE AND NEGATIVE IN OUR WORLD? WHAT IF EVERY PERSON SAID ONE KIND WORD TO A STRANGER EVERYDAY, OR ONE BIG SMILE? WHAT IF WE ALL TRIED A LIL HARDER TO BE LIKE JESUS? WHAT IF WE ALL DID ONE THING TO HELP SOME ONE IN NEED? THERE ARE SO MANY SMALL THINGS THAT COULD BE DONE TO HELP AND MAYBE IT WOULD BE CONTAGIOUS TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO DONT KNOW JESUS!! I'M GUILTY ON NOT DOING ENOUGH! I ASK MYSELF EVERYDAY WHAT I COULD DO TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE. DID I SMILE ENOUGH TODAY, DID I SAY ENOUGH KIND WORDS AND I LOVE YOU'S TODAY? DID I HUG AND KISS MY OWN CHILDREN ENOUGH? DID I LOOK TO GOD IN EVERYTHING AND GLORIFY HIM ENOUGH? I KNOW MOST PEOPLE SAY , YOU ALWAYS HAVE TOMORROW TO CHANGE WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE DONE WRONG TODAY...BUT I DON'T LIVE BY THAT. I SAY THAT WHAT IF I DON'T GET TOMORROW OR WHAT IF I NEVER SEE THAT PERSON AGAIN? DID I DO ENOUGH OR MAKE SURE THAT PERSON KNEW HOW I FELT. PROBABLY NOT CUZ I HAVE A HARD TIME WITH WORDS IN FRONT OF PEOPLE BUT FOR THE MOST PART I WANT TO MAKE THE BEST OF EVERY DAY. MAYBE THAT'S WHY I CANT SAY NO AND I STAY BUSY ALL THE TIME.
GOD IS STILL WORKING ON ME. HE HAS SOMETHING PLANNED FOR ME AND I'M JUST PATIENTLY WAITING.
THERE IS THIS NEW SONG IVE BEEN LISTENING TO A LOT BY BRITT NICOLE...ITS CALLED "HOW THE LOST GET FOUND"..IT SAYS.. DON'T LET YOUR LIGHTS GO DOWN, DON'T LET YOUR FIRE BURN OUT,CUZ SOMEWHERE SOMEONE NEEDS A REASON TO BELIEVE, WHY DON'T YOU RISE UP NOW, DON'T BE AFRAID TO STAND OUT, THAT'S HOW THE LOST GET FOUND, SO WHEN YOU GET YOUR CHANCE ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE IT, THERE IS A REALLY BIG WORLD AT YOUR FINGER TIPS, ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE THE CHANGE?
WOW THOSE ARE SOME POWERFUL WORDS! IT HAS REALLY GOTTEN ME MOTIVATED TO MAKE THAT CHANGE. TO HELP THAT PERSON IN NEED, TO BE THAT CHANGE IN THE WORLD THAT OTHER PEOPLE NEED TO SEE. SO I ENCOURAGE US ALL TO TAKE THAT EXTRA STEP TO HELP SOMEONE, TO DO SOMETHING FOR SOMEONE IN NEED, AND HELP THE LOST GET FOUND!