Please Pray

I am asking that all my bloggy friends be in prayer tonight for the little girl I mentioned in my previous post. Ashley Kate is having her infected bowel removed tonight and this could end up being very fatal for her. If you want to read about her story go to http://ashleyadamsjournal.blogspot.com/. My heart is breaking for this family tonight and they could use all the prayer warriors they can get. Thank you so much.

Comment Contest and A Prayer Request

Well, I will have to say that I am really enjoying the Comment Contest that Jenna, from http://jennasjourneyblog.blogspot.com/ has going on this week. It not only gave me the opportunity to meet some awesome new bloggy friends, but it has encouraged me to comment on some of my favorite blogs that I visit often!! Several of the comments that I got were that people couldn't believe that we have 3 grand babies!! What a compliment!!!



Anyway, there is a blog that I have followed since I started blogging that is about this sweet little girl that had a bowel transplant when she was born. Her name is Ashley Kate and she has had to fight almost her whole 5 years of life for her little body not to reject her transplanted bowel. She has spent alot of her years in and out of the hospital to fight for her bowel. She is an amazing young girl with alot of fight in her!! and although I don't know her personally I can tell from her "journal" that she has so much love for life and her family!!! Well now she is in the biggest fight of her short life!!! She is now in the hospital with her bowel in rejection and her transplant team are now just waiting to see if her bowel will heal after the horrible, painful treatment she has recieved. I am asking that you would join me and many others in prayer for this sweet girl and her family.



If you would like to read her story and join me in prayer, you can go here, http://ashleyadamsjournal.blogspot.com/.


I hope everyone has a blessed day:)

Spreading The Love

Hey everybody!!! Jenna, over at http://jennasjourneyblog.blogspot.com/, is hosting a commenting contest starting tomorrow!! So tomorrow anyone who is excited and up for a challenge, we bloggers are going to comment on 10 blogs each day for a week!! I think this is a great idea since I am kinda a blog lurker without leaving a comment. I don't know why I don't comment often but I think this just may give me an incentive to leave some love on some great blogs!! If you wanna join then just click on Jenna's link above and hope on comment train!! LOL.

Hope everyone has a great and blessed day!!!

The Birthday Boy

Happy Happy 1 Year Birthday Tuff

Harrison enjoying his cupcake!


Before opening gifts

A little bit of cousin love!!

He loves his new jammies....I think!


Playing with all his new toys

We celebrated Tuff's birthday on July 17th since his actual birthday was during the week.

It was so crazy that we didn't even get pics with MeMe and Papa or his mom and dad. It was so hot out that we all stayed inside so there was alot going on and it just slipped our minds to get those pictures. So by the time singing happy birthday and cake time came around Tuff was done. He didn't want any part of his cake! But that was ok since he was the Birthday Boy after all.

Family

FAMILY

Almost all of my family from Florida arrived for the 4th of July weekend!!!

My mom (GiGi to the great grand babies) meeting Harrison for the first time. She has met Tuff when he was just 4 weeks old last summer.

We celebrated my MIL's birthday on Friday the 2nd at Logan's Steakhouse.

Me and my Mom

Me and Tori

My niece Carrie

My daughter Ashley and Jordan

GiGi reading to Harrison

I love this picture!!! I call it 2 Gentlemen and A Lady!! LOL

Cousins getting acquainted!! Harrison, Austin and Tuff

My sister Lisa with her daughter's, L: Carrie R: Christy

We took a trip to Fall Creek Falls for the day.

My sister Lisa with her husband Bobby. This was his first trip to Tennessee and he loved it!

My niece Christy with her boyfriend Jason and their son Austin

Some enjoying the cold water!!! It was sooo hot!

GiGi with Harrison

Tuff chillin on the picnic table

GiGi having a conversation with Austin

My daughter April with husband Brandon and Harrison

My daughter BreeAnn with her boyfriend Will and Ada

Ada


On July 4th we went to a cookout at Aunt Bonnie and Uncle David's. My mom and sister hasn't seen them in a long time so they enjoyed catching up.
Aunt Bonnie and Uncle David in the top left corner.

Tuff and Harrison wanting what the other has! Ha!

This is my all time favorite picture of Harrison!!! I love how you can see all the splashes of water.

On Monday the 5th, all my family headed back home to Florida except my mom. She stayed with me for 2 weeks and I have to say I really enjoyed having her here. At first I thought she may get overwhelmed since I have all 3 grand babies during the week now. But I think she really enjoyed herself. I will tell you, she can work circles around me!!! She will be 70 years old this year and she cracked the whip on me and helped me do alot of work around the house that needed to be done. We bleached and sprayed down the siding on my whole house. Cleaned windows, bleached my deck, trimmed trees and she hauled all the limbs to the burn pile!! I am so glad my mom can still do these things. I miss her and my family so much already!

We had Tuff's Birthday Party on the 17th and I will post pics on that soon.

Hope everyone has a blessed day!!

2 DAYS LATE!!!

I cannot believe I did not post about Tuff's 1st birthday on his actual birthday!!! This is my very first MeMe blooper!

Tuff, on July 14, 2009, you came into the world and our lives have not been the same since!! You have brought so much JOY and LOVE and HAPPINESS into our hearts. I count my blessings everyday for you. You have the funniest little personality, with the prettiest, biggest brown eyes that will melt any one's heart! You are a big boy, weighing in at 24 lbs 7 oz and you get to turn your car seat around!!! I know this will make you happy. You are the light of your PaPa's life and your Papa is (one) of the lights of your life. You are walking and even almost running. You have 2 teeth and you are really starting to give out those sweet kisses more often. You love playing with you cousin's Harrison and Ada at MeMe and PaPa's everyday!

I hope you have a great time at your birthday party tomorrow (July 17th). I know you probably won't remember the party itself but don't worry, there will be plenty of pictures so you will have these memories when you are older.

I love you so much sweet boy. Happy 1st Birthday!!

My Cup Runneth Over

I have been extra busy these past few weeks with kids, grand babies, doctor appts. etc and now it's time for an update. I thought I would update what each of my sweet grand babies have been up to.

Harrison is just really starting to show his personality so much more (if that's possible). He is now walking walking and walking up a storm. He is just so adorable since he is so small still. He is saying awe eee.. (if that's a word, but I guess it is to him) Mama, Dada, bye bye, Hey. He is also learning lots of new "signs" such as, more and all done. He is such a sweet little guy with his own agenda and he has no problem letting us all know who is boss. He is definitely a mama's boy and a MeMe's boy. He loves for me to sit and cuddle with him and I love it!!!

Harrison was watching the Victoria get off the big yellow school bus!

Memorial day Harrison wanted to push the pink stroller.

Tuff has now started walking and is still wobbly but he is determined in with his mission. He is saying Mama, Dada, Papa (just this morning). He loves to throw a ball and he knows he is very good at it. I am still working on him saying MeMe which hasn't happened yet but I am very positive it is soon coming. Unfortunately he is a full blown Papa's boy and when Papa is around he doesn't really come to me that often. He is giving out kisses and the other day decided he wanted to to give his cousin Ada some kisses. He wouldn't even give his mama kisses because he was giving them all to Ada. He tried to share his paci with Ada too and I had to explain to him that his paci was to big for her. LOL

Tuff driving the cozy car on Memorial Day

Ada is growing so fast!!! She is now 9 pds 6 oz. as of last Thursday (at 3 weeks). She is eating 5 oz. and is just a sweet content little girl. We love to dress her and put bows on her. She is having an issue with her bone that meets her hip socket and we have had to double diaper her for a few weeks. She will be going to see and Orthopedic tomorrow to make sure it is connecting? the way they want it to. She is now staying awake for several hours at a time and just sits and looks around. She loves to be outside in her swing or bouncy. We think her eyes are going to be blue since they are getting a lighter blue each day.

I think Ms. Ada is so sweet in purple

Tuff giving away his kisses to Ada

Victoria has been going back and forth between home and a friends house so I guess she is out of that stage where she doesn't want to be away from home. I guess that comes with age. She is still 12 goin on 30 but she is growing into a beautiful young lady and also is getting fonder of the boys! EEECH!!!

My family will be coming up on July 1st to spend a long weekend with us. And by family, I mean ALL my family including sisters, brother in law, nieces, nephews and great nephews. So we will have a packed house for a few days. I am so looking forward to our visit since it has been a while since they have been up to see us.

I have several projects that my moms friend, Rick, is going to help us with so I am excited about that. Including hanging my new Chandy that I got for Mother's Day. We are going to put up a mail box since we have a PO box and it's been about 11 years since we have had one.

Well that's about all that's been going on for the past few weeks.