TWO?

I COULD NOT EVEN BEGIN TO IMAGINE TWO OF JAYCIE! LORD HELP US ALL! HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING WHEN HE GAVE US CARTER FIRST BECAUSE IF WE WOULD HAVE HAD HER FIRST, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO MORE KIDS FOR US!

 BUT THEN AGAIN, HERE IS THE SWEET AND INNOCENT JAYCIE THAT IS JUST PRECIOUS AT MOMENTS! DEFINITELY THE MOMENTS I LOVE AND LOOK FORWARD TO WHEN I DON'T THINK I CAN TAKE MUCH MORE!

JUST HAD TO SHARE HER CLASSIC LOOK WITH YOU!

LEAP OF FAITH

 TODAY, OUR FAMILY TOOK A BIG LEAP OF FAITH AND OFFICIALLY JOINED OUR CHURCH! WE HAVE BEEN GOING THERE FOR ALMOST 4 YEARS NOW AND WE JUST FELT GOD TELLING US IT WAS THE RIGHT TIME. WE KNOW HE HAS BIG PLANS FOR US IN THIS CHURCH AND I KNOW HE WILL PUT US TO GOOD USE! WE FEEL VERY BLESSED TO BE A PART OF CROSSROADS COMMUNITY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE AND WE HAVE A WONDERFUL CHURCH FAMILY!

SMILING FACES!

 JUST A COUPLE OF REALLY GREAT PICTURES I GOT THIS MORNING BEFORE WE HEADED TO THE BRIDAL LUNCHEON!

BRIDAL LUNCHEON

 TODAY WAS EMILY'S BRIDAL LUNCHEON AT CHARLENE'S TEA ROOM IN HALLS. WE ALL HAD A GREAT TIME AND HAD SOME DELICIOUS FOOD! ENJOY OUR PICTURES.

 MOM, JAYCIE, ANGIE, AND MRS PAM

 ASHLEY AND MEGAN

 MEME AND SUZY

 THE GRANDMOTHERS

 THE BEAUTIFUL BRIDE

 OPENING OUR GIFTS EM GOT FOR US.

 EMILY AND THE GRANDMOTHER'S

 MOM, EMILY, AND MRS. PAM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KRYSTLE!!!

 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY LOVELY SISTER-IN-LAW KRYSTLE!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!

SISTERS

"SURROUND YOURSELF ONLY WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO LIFT YOU HIGHER!"

TLC

 I JUST HAD TO POST THIS PICTURE OF GENE! I THINK ITS SO CUTE! TODAY GENE AND I WENT TO THE EYE DOCTOR FOR OUR YEARLY EXAM. WE ALWAYS GO TOGETHER AND WE ALWAYS ROTATE YEARS TO GET OUR EYES DILATED AND THIS YEAR WAS HIS TURN. THANKS GOODNESS FOR THAT TOO BECAUSE I GOT A REALLY BAD INFECTION IN MY EYE OVER THE WEEKEND AND IVE BEEN IN MY GLASSES FOR THE PAST 4 DAYS TRYING TO GET RID OF IT BUT ITS STILL NOT GONE. THE DOCTOR GAVE ME SOME ANTIBIOTIC DROPS THAT I HAVE TO PUT IN MY EYE EVERY HOUR FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS AND THEN GO BACK WEDNESDAY TO SEE IF ITS BETTER. SO I WILL HAVE TO GO BACK NEXT WEEK FOR MY YEARLY EXAM BECAUSE OF THE INFECTION.  ALSO I HAVE A SCAR ON MY EYE AND HAVE BLURRED VISION IN THE EYE! I JUST PRAY THESE DROPS CLEAR IT ALL UP QUICK BECAUSE I HONESTLY HATE WEARING MY GLASSES. IM A CONTACT GIRL ALL THE WAY AND EVEN SLEEP IN MY CONTACTS A LOT MORE THAN I SHOULD,  TO SAY THE LEAST!!!

THIS MORNING BEFORE ME AND GENE'S APPOINTMENT, I HAD TO TAKE CARTER BUG TO THE DOCTOR. HE GOT SICK OVER THE WEEKEND WITH A REALLY YUCKY RUNNING NOSE AND COMPLAINING OF HIS THROAT. I JUST KNEW HE PROBABLY HAD STREP OR ANOTHER EAR INFECTION BUT LUCKILY IT WAS ONLY A SINUS INFECTION. I SHOULDN'T SAY ONLY BECAUSE IVE HAD A SERVE SINUS INFECTION BEFORE AND IT WAS SOME OF THE WORST PAIN I HAD EXPERIENCE BEFORE AND I KNOW HE HASN'T BEEN FEELING GOOD AT ALL. SO HE'S ON ANTIBIOTICS FOR THE NEXT TEN DAYS AND HOPEFULLY HIS SISTER WONT GET IT IN THE MEAN TIME. THANKS FOR ALL THE THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS FOR CARTER !!!  MOMMY, DADDY AND BABY GIRL HAVE BEEN GIVING HIM SOME EXTRA TLC AND SOMETIMES THAT'S THE BEST MEDICINE YOU COULD GET!

BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY!

 THIS MORNING JAYCIE AND I WENT TO CHURCH BY OURSELVES. CARTER IS SICK AND I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE HIM TO CHURCH SO GENE AND HIM STAYED HOME AND WATCHED CARTOONS. THEY HAD LUNCH READY FOR US WHEN WE GOT HOME AND THEN IT WAS NAP TIME FOR THE BABIES! GENE'S LAWN MOWER HAS BEEN MESSING UP ON HIM AND DID ALL LAST YEAR TOO AND HE DIDN'T WANT TO MESS WITH IT AGAIN THIS YEAR SO HE WENT TO GET A NEW ONE TODAY.  SO AFTER THE KIDS NAPS WE WENT OUTSIDE FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND DID YARD WORK AND PLAYED ON THE SWING SET. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL EXCEPT FOR THE CRAZY WIND BLOWING. I JUST THANK GOD FOR BEAUTIFUL DAYS SPENT WITH MY FAMILY DOING NOTHING SPECIAL, JUST BEING HERE WITH EACH OTHER! GOD IS GOOD!  

 DADDY RIDING HIS NEW MOWER.

THE KIDS DRINKING THEIR BUG JUICE AND WATCHING DADDY MOW THE GRASS! THEY LOVE BEING OUTSIDE!

HAPPY 16TH BIRTHDAY, CASEY!!!

 TODAY MY BABY BROTHER TURNED 16!!! I CANNOT BELIEVE HE'S 16 ALREADY! I REMEMBER (ONLY BEING 10 MYSELF), ROCKING HIS TINY SELF WHEN HE WAS A BABY AND PUSHING HIM IN MY BABY DOLL STROLLER AROUND THE BLOCK. IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY WHEN WE WERE EATING DINNER AT CATFISH GALLEY IN DYERSBURG WITH THE FAMILY AND THEN GOING TO WAL-MART AND THATS WHEN MY MOM KNEW IT WAS TIME FOR HIM TO BE BORN. WE WAITED AND SLEPT IN THE WAITING ROOM AND HE WAS BORN AROUND 12:50 SOMETHING THAT NIGHT, OR MORNING I SHOULD SAY.  CASEY AND I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY CLOSE! HE STARTED CALLING ME BUBBA WHEN HE WAS LITTLE AND IT STUCK SO IF YOU EVER HEAR ANYONE IN MY FAMILY CALLING ME BUBBA, THATS WHERE IT CAME FROM. CASEY IS A SWEET, CARING YOUNG MAN AND HE HAS A GOOD HEAD ON HIS SHOULDERS! I PRAY EVERY NIGHT FOR GOD TO LEAD HIM DOWN THE RIGHT PATHS THESE NEXT FEW YEARS. CASEY IS A WONDERFUL UNCLE TO CARTER AND JAYCIE AND THEY LOVE HIM DEARLY!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CASEY!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!

BUNNY SHIRTS!

 JUST SHOWING OFF THEIR BUNNY SHIRTS! WE WENT TO TRY TO SEE THE EASTER BUNNY AGAIN YESTERDAY BUT HE STILL WASN'T THERE. LOOKS LIKE WE WILL BE MAKING ANOTHER TRIP NEXT WEEK TO SEE HIM!

 TOOK GRANDMA TO OLIVE GARDEN FOR HER BIRTHDAY LUNCH AND THEN HIT THE MALL FOR A LIL SHOPPING AND OF COURSE RIDING THE CAROUSAL.WE HAD A GOOD TIME!

PEACEFUL MOMENTS!

OUR DVD PLAYER FOR THE TRUCK BROKE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO SO THE OTHER DAY WE GOT A NEW ONE. A BIGGER AND BETTER ONE AND GOT EAR PHONES TO GO WITH IT! AHHHH....CAN YOU SEE THE PEACEFULNESS AND QUIETNESS/??? ITS HEAVEN IN THE TRUCK NOW!!! I WAS DREADING OUR 12 HOUR DRIVE TO NORTH CAROLINA AND 12 MORE HOURS TO NEW JERSEY AND THEN 17 HOUR DRIVE HOME THIS SUMMER BUT NOW I THINK IT WILL BE JUST FINE! THIS MOMMY THANKS GOD FOR THE LITTLE THINGS IN LIFE!!!

PERFECT EXAMPLE!

THIS IS EXACTLY HOW I FEEL RIGHT NOW!

2 YEAR CHECK UP

 TODAY I TOOK JAYCIE TO GET HER TWO YEAR CHECK UP AT THE DOCTOR. SHE NOW WEIGHS 27 POUNDS AND IS 34 INCHES TALL! SHES IN THE 50 PERCENTILE FOR BOTH! SHES A HEALTHY, GROWING BABY GIRL! THE DOCTOR WAS VERY PLEASED!!! SHE HAD TO GET ONE SHOT TODAY AND SHE DIDN'T EVEN CRY! SHE WAS SO GOOD!  

CARTER AND BOOBOO ALSO WENT WITH US TO MEMPHIS TODAY. WE TOOK CARTER TO GET MEASURED FOR HIS TUX FOR THE WEDDING. HE DID SO GOOD BEING SO STILL FOR THE LADY! MY LIL MAN IS GOING TO BE SO HANDSOME! IF YOU ASK HIM WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO IN BOO BOO'S WEDDING HE WILL SAY " HOLD A PILLOW AND STAND BY DA" ITS GOING TO BE SO CUTE WATCHING THEM IN THE WEDDING! I JUST HOPE MISS SASSY DOES HER PART AND ISN'T A DRAMA QUEEN AND IS THE CENTER OF ATTENTION! YOU NEVER KNOW WITH HER. SHE DOES HER OWN THING AT HER OWN TIME. I WILL JUST PRAY HARD THAT DAY THAT SHE GETS A GOOD NAP AND IS IN A GOOD MOOD! FINGERS CROSSED!!!!

AFTER ALL THAT, WE WENT TO THE MALL TO EAT AND WE WERE HOPING TO SEE THE EASTER BUNNY BUT HE WAS STILL NOT THERE. WE DON'T KNOW WHERE HE IS BUT HE BETTER HURRY UP BECAUSE CARTER IS VERY ANXIOUS TO TELL HIM HE WANTS ALL THE EASTER STUFF AT WAL-MART HE KEEPS SEEING! LOL. I THINK JAYCIE MIGHT JUST MIGHT SIT IN HIS LAP TOO. WE WILL SEE. SO SINCE THE EASTER BUNNY WASN'T THERE AND THE KIDS HAD BEEN SO GOOD ALL MORNING, WE TOOK THEM TO THE DISNEY STORE AND THEY GOT SIMBA AND NALA STUFF ANIMALS AND THE TANGLED MOVIE. I REALLY GOT THE MOVIE FOR ME BECAUSE IVE BEEN WANTING TO SEE IT SO BAD! HA! AND OF COURSE ON THE WAY OUT WE HAD TO RIDE THE CAROUSAL. OVER ALL A GREAT DAY WITH THE BABIES AND BOO BOO. TOMORROW WE ARE HEADING BACK TO MEMPHIS FOR A LIL MORE SHOPPIING, TO TRY TO SEE THE EASTER BUNNY AGAIN AND TO TAKE GRANDMA TO OLIVE GARDEN FOR HER BIRTHDAY LUNCH! CANT WAIT!!!

HERE ARE JUST A FEW PICTURES I GOT TODAY OF JAYCIE AT THE DOCTOR AND OF THE KIDS PLAYING OUTSIDE THE OTHER DAY! I'M READY FOR THE SPRING WEATHER TO COME BACK.