Long Time No Blog

So sorry for my absent!  It’s been a little crazy here and I have just been so tired and trying to get back into the swing of things being a Meme!  So just a little (long) catching up……

I know I failed miserably at the 30 day photo challenge (note to self: never commit to a 30 day challenge).  I feel terrible about that but I just kept forgetting about.  Sorry, hope you don’t hate me!!

Anyway, this past week has been a bit crazy!! Ashley went back to work so Tuff and Gunner was back at Meme’s and Gunner has a virus the week before so he has a rash that is left over from that and poor Tuff has been trying to fight off a Sinus Infection that as of Thursday had obviously won the fight! Poor thing.  Ashley took him to the Dr. on Friday and of course he has a terrible Sinus Infection which comes with an antibiotic that causes diarrhea and a rash so it will be a battle for him the next 5 days.   Ada has a runny nose also but so far we think its’ just a cold but I’m sure she will end up in the DR’s office with a Sinus Infection!!! So I have wiping noses constantly all week.  And also, Victoria has been having some pretty bad headaches (in the back of her head) in the last month so we thought we would just go ahead and have her checked out!! I was thinking “Oh My Goodness!! My kid has a brain tumor!!”  Anyway, no brain tumor!! She has the beginning of a Sinus Infection (shown on X-Ray)!! Go figure!!!  So she is also on antibiotics, nasal spray and an over the counter sinus medication.   So all the grandbabies and the 13 year old are sick!! I ‘m sure this Meme will end up being sick when all the kiddos get better!!

So I have a new little man that comes to see me everyday!! Love him to pieces!!

We went to Grandparents Day celebration at Tuff’s Day School!!

These pictures are a little overdue.  That’s what happens when Meme goes on a blog Hiatus!!!! I have got to get it together!!

So last Friday was Homecoming at our local high school so me and Ashley too the babies to the Homecoming Parade!!

So I haven’t had Harrison in a few weeks and I have sure missed him!! He is growing and talking so much and such a busy little man!!  His mama has been keeping him busy and learning new things everyday!!

So into learning about Noah’s Ark!!

 

Love this picture of Harrison and Brandon at Sam’s waiting on Mama to finish her shopping!!

Having a little fun with Mama!!

We are also, so excited about April, Brandon and Harrison getting one step closer to bringing home Sophie and Greer!!! They finally got their EP submitted!! and we think that little miss Sophie had something to do with this……

Is she not the cutest thing you’ve ever seen????  Yeah I think so too!!!

On another happy note!!! My niece Christy had her new baby boy, Kirby Dewayne on Friday!!!  Sure wish I could have been there with her and my family to welcome him into the world!! He weighed 7 pounds 1 ounce and he is absolutely adorable!!!

This is my favorite picture!! Love his sweet little finger on his cheek!!  He’s thinking “hmmmm don’t know if I like this or not” haha

Mama and baby!! So sweet!!

Congratulations to you Christy!!!

Day 2 of 30 Day Photo Challenge

 

Day 2 – what I wore today!  Well as you can see day 2 picture isn’t much better than day 1…..Why? well I am in the process of painting my kitchen so I am wearing my trusty ole paint clothes…..

30 Day Photo Challenge

Ok so my cousin over at Blessings Amid Chaos has talked me into this challenge.  I’m not sure I will be able to keep up but I graciously agreed! 

So for day 1 you have to do a self-portrait of yourself and being that it now after 8pm at night I look horrible and have my pajamas on.  So please don’t pay attention to my ickyness!! Ha!

So there you have it!! Come on and join in on the fun!!

Little Visitor

Today we had our newest addition come for a little visit and of course his big brother too!!

so I did get big brother to love on little brother long enough for me to get a few pictures…..

and our Butter Bean was even willing to love on her little cousin….

such a sweet baby our little Gunner….

and after they left, Papa had to take our Butter Bean on her daily ride around the yard….and I think it wore her out!!…haha

Harrison, Tuff and Ada (Butter Bean) make sure they get their daily ride around the yard before Papa leaves for work……I love that they look forward to this special time with Papa and it’s such a little thing…Papa actually ran out of gas in the  truck the other day!! So funny!!  Even Aunt Tori get’s in on the action if she is at home!! Ha!

Fair Disaster of 2011

Ha! That is just what I think of our spontaneous trip to the fair that was a few counties over!!  My hubby gave in to our very persistent 13 year old and decided to her and 2 of her friends to the fair.  Well, I was not feeling it!! I told the hubby that I didn’t want to go to no fair and he said “it’s family time”!!  So I gave in and I will tell you I was grumpy about the whole thing!!  I am not a big fan of fairs to begin with! I think they cost way too much money and I haven’t been to a fair in several years and every single time we go with one of the kids it just cost so much and I am regretting it as soon as we walk in the gate.  Yeah, the $7 it cost just to walk through the gate and then the $20 for a wrist band (only for the 13 year old, $10 for 10 tickets for the hubby)to ride all the rides you want just doesn’t appeal to me.  Especially when it seems like these fair people think they are right up there along with Disney World or something and it’s so crowded that you wait NO LESS than an hour to ride one single ride!!!

So after sitting in traffic for an hour and 50 minutes (not counting the hour it took to get there) and 25 min to walk from the car to the gate, fighting the crowd, waiting in lines (which I refused to do), we finally left there at 11:45 pm and sat yet again in 50 minute traffic to get out of the place we finally made it home at 1:45 am.  Yeah, I ate some yummy food while my child and hubby waited in those ridiculous lines to get their thrill on, but seriously it wasn’t even worth it to me after all the stress of getting there!! Oh and did I mention it was H.O.T.!!!!! Yeah, I thought I was gonna pass out from a heat stroke!! 

So as we were sitting in the exit traffic my hubby decides to start complaining!! Seriously??  Don’t even go there!!  The whole time we were sitting in the traffic going in I was complaing, whining and I may or may not have showed a little James C.  (that’s my daddy’s temper)…….I told him to ZIP IT!!!!

We finally made it home and I woke up feeling like I had a hangover!!!!!  Hope you all had a better Saturday night than we did!!  All is well now! I am getting ready to have a Taco Dinner for my oldest baby girls 27th birthday.  Gosh I can’t even believe it!!

27 Years Ago!!

 

My baby girl, April,  came into this world full of curiosity!!  I will never forget that day! For some reason your first child’s birth is stuck in your memory where it doesn’t take much thinking to bring that moment back to the front of your mind! 

To say that she has made me and her daddy proud is an understatement and I just don’t have words adequate enough!  But she has been the very person I knew she would be!!  She was my “easy” child!   She has become a wife and mother and is doing amazing things!!  She has been given the gift of adoption and has made us proud grandparents to our first grandson, Harrison, and soon we will have 2 new additions when Sophie and Greer make it home!!  She has made us one proud Mama and Daddy!!  God has blessed her family beyond words!!

Happy Birthday Baby Girl and Thank  you for making me and your daddy proud!! We love you to the moon and back!!

Pure Sweetness!!

Gunner Blake is home!!