We all scream for Ice Cream

Who doesn't like Ice Cream? I haven't met anyone yet that doesn't and we all have our favorite, mine is Vanilla with Chocolate Syrup. I figure it's pretty nutritious because it has milk in it. : ) : ) The girls were over last weekend and I try to have this (healthy) treat for them when I know they're coming. There was one snag... I bought the kind that comes in the little cups. I thought by getting it in these little cups I wouldn't have to muscle it out of the carton with the scoop, I wouldn't have to wash the bowls, and there would not be any of this "she has more than me". However, Haylee and Madyson baulked because they wanted theirs on a cone. So...to make them happy I scooped it out of the cup and maneuvered it onto a cone, ~And poof, now I have two or rather three happy campers~. Little Bit (Jamison) didn't complain, she just wanted Ice Cream.

Madyson's Culinary Skills

Daisha seems to think Madyson is around Mimi too much. She loves to help me cook, bake, vacuum, sweep, fold clothes, dust etc... This day she wanted to bake cookies so I pulled out the sugar cookie recipe, the little table, the rolling pin and tupperware mat, the cookie cutters and the sprinkles. We had a lot of fun and made a great mess... a mess that Madyson cleaned up! Please remember, I did not force her into this "child labor", she just loves cleaning. I guess she may be a little like her Mimi, but that's not a bad thing, is it?

Sadie's not cooperating!!!

Sadie wasn't very cooperative today for her 4D Ultrasound pictures. Daisha and the nurse poked, pushed and jiggled her around trying to get her to turn and "Face the Camera" but she wasn't budging. Finally the nurse told Daisha to get up, move around and walk around the office a few minutes to see if she would turn her little face so they could get a full view. I think that just made her mad so she decided to show them. There's a slight possibility she may have her Mommy's personality. You know the Daisha attitude at times! Something like ~I'll show them, I'll just cover my face with my hand so they can't get any pictures of me~ Just teasing Daisha! The pictures they did get look a whole lot like the one's of Madyson while Daisha was carrying her. We'll see her in person soon, 91 more days!

Haylee & Mimi Time

Funny, my little Haylee is growing up so fast. Time seems to have slipped by more quickly than I thought possible. I remember the day she was born, the day she came home from the hospital, the weekends Daisha and I drove to Enid to see her and the kids... The pictures I take with my camera are the memories we have created together and I have so many of both with Haylee. Since she started school I feel we haven't had as much time together and I miss her smile, her singing, her crawling up in my lap to get hugs and kisses, and I could go on. This last weekend I picked her up early on Saturday to spend the weekend with me. I took her to the mall so she could show Mimi how to do the "Build a Bear" thing and the Disney Store. We had a blast.

First you Pick out your Animal.

Then you choose a little red heart to insert in the animal for sound effects. Haylee chose a doggy barking.

Some kind of "Insert the heart with Love" ceremony . So cute!

Stuff!

Fluff!

Bathe!

Dress!

Accessorize!

Register!

Whew!!! That was no easy task, but it was a lot of fun! Haylee taught me a lot last weekend and I look forward to many more of these. I Love you my Little Princess!!!

This One's For Lita

I have several "projects" I want to finish before Richie gets back from his deployment to Iraq. One of them was to get all my photo's together and in some type of order. You know, all Daisha's together and by age, all Richie Von's together and by age, and so on... Anyway, I was reading Lita's blog tonight, which by the way I enjoy reading, and she said, and I quote, "I challenge all my blogger friends, who will admit to sinking to this level, to post their Glamour Shots." Now, I know Daisha's gonna wring my neck when she see's the picture posted here of us from Glamour Shots but she's just gonna have to get over it... Anyway, this ones for you Lita. And Lita, just for the record, I have never thought about what picture they will post of me at my funeral. You crack me up! My thoughts are more like, "who's gonna do my hair and my make-up so that I look like me and not like a wax figure".

Update on "Little Bit"

Jamison got her "Hot Pink" cast on this past Monday and on Wednesday...SHE took it off. I believe she will be, well let me rephrase, she IS a very determined little girl. We all signed her cast and maybe she thought it wasn't pretty anymore and she no longer wanted to wear it. Not really but sounds good. Richie and Amy sure have their hands full with this little angel. : ) : ) Anyway, back to the Dr. on Monday for a new cast.

I Call her "Little Bit" Granddaughter #3

Our number 3 Granddaughter is Jamison. I call her "Little Bit" because she's so tiny. She is one year old and is a little pistol. She has no fear, already shows signs of being a little tomboy and has two of the cutest dimples when she smiles. She stays busy and I'm not sure if it's to stay awake or to keep her Daddy and Momma on their toes. Maybe both!

First look and you think, aah... she is a little angel, that smile, cute little facial expressions, wet kisses, sweet hugs around your neck, etc... and then you turn around and she's grabbed the germ-X and runs from you so you can't take it from her. Yeah, she's still a little angel, a "quick" little angel.

This past week she had a little accident! : ( Fell of the couch and broke her left arm down by her wrist. Right now they have her arm in a split and she's suppose to get the cast put on Monday. This hasn't slowed her down a bit. I have a feeling this will probably be one of many accidents for "Little Bit".

Our 27th Wedding Anniversary

I think I am married to the most wonderful man in the world. I met Richie in 1975, he was sitting on the ground, leaning against the wheel of a car in his baseball uniform at Douglas Park. He said hello to me, I said hello back and that was about it. He was this skinny guy but soooo cute.

Our next encounter was a few weeks later. He gave me a prank phone call at a friend's grandmothers house I was staying over night with. He started calling me, and the next time we saw each other was at Bruce Eubanks house, shortly after that (June 20, 1975) we were a couple. He can't believe I remember that date!!!

Long story Short: We dated each other a couple of years, broke up a couple of years and started dating again in the early summer of 1981. He proposed in July of 81 and we set the date of our wedding, January 2, 1982. (We had to work around his college baseball schedule of course)

Our wedding day was memorable, our honeymoon is still our secret and our life since has been blessed. What more could a girl ask for! He's perfection in my eye's and in my heart.

These last 27 years I have lived with, laughed with, cried with and loved this man. He's my best friend, the father of our kids, a Papa to our grandchildren and I thank God every day we have each other. He is MESM. (You'll have to ask us what that means and where we got it). I Love You MESM.

A New Year

Here we are, starting another New Year, January 1, 2009. It amazes me how quickly the years pass the older I get. I've often wondered why, not that it really matters. Maybe as we get older we appreciate our lives more and want to slow it down to saver everything we do and every moment we have with those we love. Richie and I have never really done anything special to bring in the new year. No traditions, no parties, none of those grand "get togethers", but we've never been bored per say on the New Years Eve's we've spent together. This year Richie wasn't home to spend my December 31st with. I did talk to him via our laptops thanks to "Skype.com" and even though he's a million miles away from home I feel him here with me. I ate my black eyed peas and some greens, I asked him if he had his and he said he didn't have any there to eat, (kinda made me sad, why, I don't know) and to tell you the truth I've really never understood why we do that. My kids never would eat the "regular" black eyed peas so a few years ago I came across a recipe called "Texas Caviar" and everyone loves it, especially my nephew Brandon. Daisha ate her one bite on a corn chip and Richie Von and Amy called me last night while they were at the grocery store so I could tell them the ingredients they needed to make it. I sent some home with Michael and my brother Robert just sent R.J. to my door to get some of the delectable dish for their household. I guess there is one tradition we have for this Holiday, eating black eyed peas. Did you have yours?