Olympics

Now this story just upset me today. I cannot believe that the parents of these girls would allow this. How frustrating.

The voice behind the face.

Switcharoos Consignment

Okay. Yesterday was the first day of the sale and I found some great things. I got the shoes that I really wanted for Addy and some very sweet outfits. My sales are good too for it being the first day.






Last weekend Kali came over to visit Addison and when it was bath time we decided to have her join us.

Back To School

Okay as most of you know the kids will be going back to school in just a few weeks and I am excited to post about it. Mommies United is having a back to school event August 18-25 and you are invited to join in the fun and prizes. Please go to the site to learn more and get ready for school.

SCHOOL

Well guess what------------Addy has a spot at Covenant beginning early Sept. I am beside myself with excitement. I have been hoping and praying that she would get in there, but had been very disappointed. The only thing I am left with that is weighing heavy on my mind is how to pay for it. Tuition there is going to be an extra $92.00 a month. WOW---I believe in my heart that it is worth it, but still very scary to me to take her from her friends and have to pay extra that we really don't have. I need your comments on what to do. Help me here blog friends. I want the VERY best for her, but I want to be able to do extras too. What do I do?

My Sweet Angel

Addison is growing so much and so fast. I love spending time with her, but my heart broke when I didn't even realize that she could count. Saturday morning she was playing with Daddy's golf balls and she starting counting them all the way up to 6. I was floored. I had no idea she could count. I spent the rest of the weekend asking her to count everything from cookies to the bottles of items located in the bathtub.


Another milestone--she will now tell you she loves you when you ask her. ex... I told her last night to tell Daddy nite nite and to tell him she loved him and she said "Awe Daddy luv you" and gave him a hug. She also thinks she disappears when she closes her eyes. That is too cute.


As of yesterday she is now 22 months old. I WANT MY BABY BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know that I will be saying this for years to come, but I do miss her being such a sweet baby. (sometimes).

Prayers Needed for a Mom and her family

My friend Amanda, The Family News, shared a post about a mom who is fighting for her life as well as her babies life. She is pregnant and facing so many challenges right now. Her baby has heart failure and she is having difficulty herself. Please pray for this family. Mom, Dad, two brothers, and one sister. God is the only one who can take care of them right now.

http://www.mycharmingkids.net/

Date is Set

I have picked our place and reserved the date. After spending the last couple of weeks looking and worrying about a place that would be special enough to have our closest friends and family watch as we become one, I've finally made a choice.

On March 28, 2009, Mark and I will be married at the Davenport in Greer SC. I am so excited I can't spend a day without looking and speaking of the things that I would like done that day. We plan to have a wonderful celebration after we say our vows so we hope that you ALL will be there.

I have to say that my favorite part is when the Minister announces the new couple to everyone that has come. I don't really know why that is my favorite, but it is. I guess it is the thing of hearing for the first time that you have taken his name and now you are one. I get cold chills just thinking about it.

I'm It--Tagged by Family News

ME ME post:

A. Attached or Single? Attached
B. Best Friend? AmandaC. Cake or pie? cake
D. Day of choice? Saturday
E. Essential item? Flat Iron
F. Favorite color? Purple
G. Gummy bears or worms? Gummy Bears
H. Home town? Spartanburg, SC
I. Favorite indulgence? Hairbows and Shoes for Addy
J. January or July? Wow that one is hard—I love January b/c its winter but July is always fun between birthdays and bar-b-ques
K. Kids? 1 beautiful little girl
L. Life is not complete without? God
M. Marriage date? March 2009
N. Number of brothers and sisters? 2 WONDERFUL sisters
O. Oranges or Apples? Oranges
P. Phobias? Dark, Spiders, the unknown
Q. Quotes?
R. Reasons to smile? I met someone who loves me for me and we share a gift from God
S. Season of choice? Fall
T. Tag 5 people: Amanda C, Amanda F, I don’t know many more. UGH. I need some friends. LOL
U. Unknown fact about me? I really don’t like feet. LOL
V. Vegetable? Okra
W. Worst habit? Picking the skin at my fingernails
X. X-ray or Ultrasound? Ultrasounds…
Y. Your favorite food? Mexican or pizza. I don’t know I love all food
Z. Zodiac sign? Cancer

Fountain Jet--Visit "What's On Mommy's Mind"

Head over to the blog What's on Mommy's Mind and check out her new Soda Club Fountain Jet. It is the coolest thing. you can make your own soda. I love the idea. Not only does it save on money because Mark thinks that Pepsi runs out of the tap it gives you lots of options and you can make one cup at a time. Maybe we can bring it to the wedding reception and everyone can make their own drinks. LOL!!

WORDLESS WEDNESDAYS

Mark and Me Monday

Guys drum role please.......................................We have a date.............................March 28, 2009. You must know there are so many more details to come, including the location, but unless the place we decide is booked for that date that is when it will be. If anyone is willing to keep Addy just let me know. LOL....It will be a very small ceremony, but we plan to celebrate big time afterwards. Hope to see some of you there.

Monday....Monday

Well here we are again. I REALLY didn't want to come back, but.............. Addy started back daycare today. I tried to tell her last night, but I don't think she really cared, although she did tell A'ry nite-nite. Mark and I had a wonderful weekend just the three of us spending some much needed time together. We didn't do anything special and really didn't do anything at all, just hung out at the house playing Wii and laughing. Mark found it hysterically funny that I hula hoop on the Wii fit. It is pretty funny to put it nicely. LOL!! I went to take a shower and while I was in there he hula hooped, but he won't let me watch him. Tomorrow starts close so another couple of days of working really late. Addy will have her first experience with a babysitter tomorrow night. That makes me a little nervous that Hannah may never want to come back. I don't worry at all about Addy she will be fine with it because different people at church watch her every Sunday.

O yeah. We did take his dad out for a Father's day dinner because we were on vacation on Father's day. His dad wanted to go to the Olive Garden. It was very nice and Mark enjoyed it too.

FRIDAY

Thank goodness it is Friday. I am so ready too.

After much thought and consideration Addison will be going back to LBBCC on Monday. She misses her very good friend A'ry and she won't sleep at my sisters. I think maybe for her it will be the best thing. I hate moving her around so much and it got really confusing this morning. Mark ended up not getting home until I was leaving for work so he was ready to go to sleep. I called Mom who was still in bed and had to see if she would keep her so I could come to work. If she goes back to daycare I could just take her on to daycare when he doesn't get off until late. Double load on me, but there's nothing I can do about that right now, then maybe I won't have to hire a babysitter for close. Anyway, next weekend Mom is going to keep Addy on Friday so that Mark and I can have a night (if he is off of work). We are hoping to go out for some ADULT time. This has become even more important to me because right now we have a telephone relationship since he is working 2nd. I am in bed when he comes home and he is in bed when I leave and then at work when I come home. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

Take time to stop and smell the flowers..

Beach Slideshow

Return from the beach

We returned home Saturday after being away at the beach for a week. It was a lot of fun--Thanks to my mother who was able to get us all together to spend some time with each other there. There are WAY too many pictures to post all of them, but I will work on a slide show for at least several of them.

I was reading a friends post about her son and his "terrible twos". WOW. Addy has entered this stage too and it is driving me nuts. She is gaining so much of her independence, but still has NO clue what to do with it. She gets more and more of her mom's attitude and temper everyday. She has picked up rolling in the floor when she gets mad as her new thing. I can't tell you how much I love that. Everyone is staring at her and me and watching for my reaction. Every reaction is different I must say. It really depends on how many times she has decided to do this in a given moment. I know we are going to work through this, but I sure hope it is sooner rather than later.

Wize'n Up

We have the church Wize'n Up this week. I am excited to be a coach and have a little team. It is so funny how you change your outlook on things. I can't wait to see all of the kids have a great time and want to come back for more. My nephew Sam is going to be on my team--YEAH!!! I hope he still likes me afterwards. LOL. I can't wait to get started tonight and see all of the kids have a good time.

Pray that these kids will learn all they can during this week about Jesus and they will want to come back every week to learn more at SCC.

Also pray that they can invite friends and family in hopes to lead them to a better walk and life with Jesus Christ.

MEME Monday

MeMe Monday!!


--Just trying something new--


What time did you get up this morning? 5:15 AM...Drive to Greenville is better early
What was the last film you saw at the cinema? UM.....Tick tock--don't remember
What is your favorite TV show? I like 2.5 Men, House, and lots of others--too many to list
What do you usually have for breakfast? Right now a bagelful is at the top..If you haven't tried them they are GRRRRREEEEEEEEEAAAAAAT
What is your middle name? JoAnne
What food do you dislike? Mushrooms--texture items
What kind of car do you drive? 2004 Honda CR-V when I am with the family and 1990 Honda Accord through the week to work
What is your favorite sandwich? Hands Down--PB&J
Favorite item of clothing? Bluejeans
If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? Hawaii Favorite brand of clothing? New York & Company
Where would you retire to? Somewhere close to my Grandbabies
What was your most recent memorable birthday? 21st although I didn't do too much
Favorite sport to watch? Football
Are you a morning person or a night person? Night
What is your shoe size? 9.5
Pets? None right now. One ran away and the other died.
What did you want to be when you were little? Lawyer
How are you today? Tired and a little stressed, but ready for vacation
What is your favorite candy? I love candy period, but I like Snikers with almonds
What is your favorite flower? Hydrandga
What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? June 14
What are you listening to right now? other loud mouths on the phone
What was the last thing you ate? leftovers
Do you wish on stars? Yes
If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Purple
How is the weather right now? Hot and Humid
Last person you spoke to on the phone? Mark
Favorite soft drink? Pepsi
Favorite restaurant? Sad thing is there are too many to list
Hair color? Strawberry Blonde/Red
What was your favorite toy as a child? My Sheera doll
Summer or winter? Winter
Hugs or kisses? Hugs
Chocolate or Vanilla? chocolate
Coffee or tea? Tea--I don't drink coffee at all
When was the last time you cried? Saturday
What is under your bed? Some stuff I am not willing to throw away yet--it is organized
What did you do last night? Went to a meeting at church and then home to go to bed
What are you afraid of? Spiders, but on a more serious issue I am afraid of what this crazy world is going to be like while my daughter is growing up
How many keys on your key ring? 4
Favorite day of the week? Saturday
Do you make friends easily? I like to think so

HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY SARA

I LOVE YOU

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New Word

As most of you know at this age (almost 20mths) Addison is a sponge, soaking up all of the knowledge that she can. Her new word over the weekend was "toilet". She has so much fun when mommy isn't looking to throw things in and play like it is her personal kiddie pool. I need to go find a lock for it, but I just thought it would be a quick thing to teach her not to do that. Guess not. LOL. So she now can say three bathroom words. "poop" (which we say with the silliest grin on our face), "toilet", and "tee tee". It is so funny. My mom said yesterday that she told her to poop. Wish I could have been there for that.

Memorial Day weekend

Pictures from Memorial Day Weekend

Addison was a lot of fun this weekend. I wish we would have taken some pictures yesterday, but I forgot. We were having a blast with her. She is changing so much. Here are a few from Sunday on our way to church and then Tristen and Landon's Birthday party on Sunday afternoon.

Link

This was sent to me yesterday and I thought I would share.

http://g.dwgsee.com/wake/index.htm

HAVE A WONDERFUL MEMORIAL DAY

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Issues-As always with a 1 yr old

Well, I am so happy that we have a long weekend to spend sometime together. Addison has a crazy thing going on where she won't walk. I know that something happened at school yesterday, but so far I can't get any answers from anyone there. We did end up calling 911 just in case she had a spine injury or something. I know that sounds crazy, but you would have just had to see what she was doing. She wouldn't not even stand. If you stood her up her legs would just collapse under her and she would scream and cry. It scared me so bad. I called up Grammy and ask her to come and see what was going on. She couldn't figure it out either. She still won't walk this morning and she is at home with her daddy today. When I was there picking her up she has a big place under her eye and I asked them what happened and they told me that there was some hair pulling. Well I think it went beyond that. I am over being angry I just wanted to know what happened. The director told me that I might want to see if she has a virus, because viruses can set up in their hips and cause them not to walk. She said another little girl there had it a couple of weeks ago. Another interesting thing was that one of her socks were wet and I couldn't figure out why. After all was said and done my mom suggested that maybe they put ice on it after whatever happened. Anyway, I hope she decides to walk soon. I had lots of thoughts on things to do this weekend.

We are hoping to paint the hallway while we are at home tomorrow and get somethings done around the house. I would love to paint the whole living room, but that is a big project that is going to take some time.

I hope that everyone has a wonderful Memorial Day weekend and stay safe!!!!!!!!

God bless all of our soldiers and fallen soldiers..

ADDY'S FRIENDS

Baby Kaylee came to visit us last weekend. She thought she could ride in Addy's shopping cart. She did actually ride in it. She is getting so big.

Addison is having seperation issues, but not with me or her daddy. Everyday when we get home she tells me all about A'ry. Most of you know that A'ry is her friend at daycare who is actually Avery. You can see him on "Family News" blog. She loves her A'ry. Last night when I picked her up I asked her if she had a good day and she said over and over A'ry, A'ry. Well it turns out that Avery had fallen yesterday and was crying when she left, so I guess she was worried about him. HOW SWEET.

Just being Silly 5/14/08

If you haven't been by the new site for my bows, go and check it out. I have added some new bows and headbands. Here are a few to get you started:

Prayer for Mark

Please say a prayer for Mark. Amber told him on the phone tonight that she doesn't want anything else to do with him. She said she doesn't want to talk to him on the phone or see him because she is always in trouble when she is with him. Funny thing that she told him it was his fault that she is always getting in trouble and lying and that is what Lynn told Mark a couple of weeks ago. I know this too will pass, but he is hurt and needs some prayers.

Mother's Day

I have been thinking a lot about what it means to be a mother. WOW!! I never knew that God could give me such a gift. She is my gift. God has trusted me with a life. I think about that and sometimes get so scared. I want to make all of the right decisions and raise her to be the absolute best that she can be. I want her to see through all of the evil in the world and put her trust in God and hold her head high and not be a follower. I want her to be a leader and show people the right way.
I reflect back to the day that I found out I was pregnant with her. It wasn't what I was expecting and I wasn't ready, but isn't it funny how God knows that you are. I lost my way several years ago when I thought it wasn't "cool" to put God in your life and let people know that. I thought that I knew better. Tonight I sit and think had I not changed how in the world would I raise my daughter. I turn to God everyday to help me know what to do. I fight back tears to think where would I be without God and my family. I am still learning how to trust God fully. The preacher seems to know that I need to hear these things over and over.
It bothers me everyday to hear on the news and in the paper how people take lives for granted and hurt these gifts that have been trusted to us.
I also thank God that I have a mother who loves me and cares for me and my daughter. I LOVE YOU MOM!!!!!!
My last thanks on this topic is to my sister who has absolutely been my rock. She can never be thanked enough for never giving up on me and getting me back in church and helping me every step of the way. Sara, thank you so much for one of the best gifts someone could give me. Thank you for showing me all that you have and allowing me to be on your heels while I'm still learning.