Ok,  so its been a super long time but for some reason I have felt the need to come back to this blog thing ! Do I think anyone will be reading it ?? Quite frankly, hell no ! My life isn't interesting enough I don't think!! Thankfully in some respects and unfortunately in other respects !! 

The last time I blogged I was 35 and Harper wa s 2 1/2 !! I'm now 39 and she is 6 going on 25 !! Love this kid like crazy !! But boy oh boy we have had our share of adventures!!! Good and bad !! We have had the "worst days of my life, mom" to the "your the greatest mother in the whole wide world" to "your boring " !! Thankfully no matter how the words come out she always loves me and no matter how the words come out or cut to my heart I am unconditionally and totally always gonna love her !! 

I am starting this blog again just in time for our first ever major roadtrip/vacation !! It shall be an adventure !! 2 women and 2 kids !!! Pray for us !! Lol I will try to update often so everyone can feel my excitement as we go !!! Hopefully it will remain excitement for the duration of the trip !! So off I go to pack!! Wish me well and stay tuned !!

Bluebonnets

We finally went for Pics in the bluebonnets, before they all dried up! Harper was definitely not too much in the mood, she didnt want to look at the camera much and did not want to take one with Mommy! :( Oh well! I got this outfit from family of antique dealers (Richard and Patsy- HI! ) . I was telling them how I wanted to go to a certain booth in Warrenton because I heard they were having children's pettiskirts , and they told me their sister n law was coming and she sold em , but she only has a website . www.bodaciousblingboutique.com , So they called her and she brought some stuff to buy! We absolutley LOVE this outfit!! It' s REALLY pink and really frilly!!!! I didnt get the bow in time ( well didnt make it to the Post office before they closed!). We also went to Hallmark to take pics with Eatser Bunny, the pics shoudl turn out FUNNY because she did not want to sit at all!! So I am in the pic too , trying not to cry because I was laughing soo hard! That one will be posted as soon I pick it up from Hallmark! Hope ya'll enjoy these pics!!



Harper in her Easter Outift!

Harper and Hayden

Harper and Tavarus

STELLAN

OKAY, so tonight as I was checking email and stuff, I got an email from Jessica Janacek about her blog being updated so I went and checked it out, http://www.bragginaboutmybabies.blogspot.com/, and after looking at the insanely adorable pictures of her daughter, Ella, I noticed a button to a blog that I had seen on ther before so I clicked on it , and now for the last several hours I have been reading this blog. It is a blog from a Mother in Minneapolis whose son is sick with heart problems. I started reading the blog posts from about end of February thru April 1. She is an amazing woman . I feel like I could know her because of how she writes, or something I dont know what exactly. Anyway I just have felt compelled to share so that maybe more(already thousands know) will know Stellan's story and continue to pray for him and Jennifer. Reading this had definitely reminded me just how truly blessed I have been and it is only because of God grace that I continue to grow in him everydayand continue to be blessed! I thank God everyday for my BEAUTIFUL , HEALTHY , VIBRANT child ! And for family and friends that love me . I truly have a WONDERFUL LIFE!! Please check out this blog and continue to pray for Stellan and his family!

http://www.mycharmingkids.net/

Also, I do promise some updated pics of my baby girl , we are planning a bluebonnet photo shoot Saturday if this stupid weather holds out! In her new Easter ensmble that she LOVES and I am excited about!!! Til then ....

Teeth Update!

OK, I know I haven't posted in a long time, but Lord knows I dont think ANYONE ever reads this! But here is an update on the teeth. We went to the dentist yesterday again! She was fine until she saw him waiting for her at the end of the hall! I was trying to convince her he wasn't gonna hurt her and she needed to be a big girl, but she told me she wasn't a big girl. He checked em out and said one thing I knew to be true, that the placement of it looked better, somehow looks more inline with the others. I dont know how after hitting them soo much! This past Wednesday( a week ago) she fell and busted her bottom lip. so I am sure she hit those teeth too! BUT he said not only is that one loose but the two on either side are now LOOSE!!! ANd he doesn't expect em to stay in!!!!! Toothless for years is what I am thinking!! His wife said they could do a bridge with fake teeth! Yeah sure how much will that be???? NOT! When he was talking to me Harper was sitting beside me and she looked at me and said "I'm not happy!! " LOL... Anyway, that's it for now.. I will try to get a pic of her teeth to post. Let me know if there is ANYONE out there reading this! THANKS OH and HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY!!!!

Broken Teeth..not really

Well, this weekend gave us our first big accident!! Harper spent the night with her Aunt BB on Friday night, I actually got to go out and let my hair down , wish I hadn't the next day! LOL... different story... The next morning on the way to work I called to check on Harper and everything was great as I expected, she LOVES staying with Aunt BB. Went to work, and a short time later BreAnne (Aunt BB) came in with Harper and said "Gail I need to talk to you." WHAT ? WHY ? WHAT's WRONG? OMG WHAT?? And you know since I had a bit of a hangover I freaked out immediately and I didn't even know what was going on yet! She told me to look at her mouth. And of course I freaked out more! BreAnne had told me that Kendall (her daughter) and Harper were monkeying around on the couch, she told them to stop before someone got hurt. She went into the other room and Harper came in a few minutes later saying she broke her teeth! BreAnne just thought maybe she busted her lip because it was bleeding, she said Harper didn't cry til Corey showed her the blood. But when she was cleaning her lip she noticed that one of her teeth was out of place!! That's when she brought her to me. We frantically started calling dentists. Thank goodness I was doing Glenda Johnson's hair , having worked for Hatfield forever she was calm and calling around for us, we finally got in touch with Dr. Zatopek who met us at his office. He tried to move it back into position but not with much luck. We just now have to watch it for color change , more movement , tenderness(after the initial pain goes away) and go from there! She had the BIGGEST lip ever after her nap on Saturday! BreAnne had asked Kendall what happened when she got back home, and Kendall said Harper was crawling from her couch to the coffee table when her hands slipped and her face hit the table! And left teeth marks in the table! It could have been so much worse. We are very thankful it wasn't her eye or something worse! BreAnne was soo stinkning fabulous with her and ME(LOL). If it had to happen I am glad it happemed with her! She handle it great! Guess that's why she's a nurse! And Dr. Zatopek is wonderful too! He explained everything several times and on a level a freaked out mother could handle! He even called this mornig to check on her! How many doctors do that? HE is truly awesome!!! We go back friday for a check up on it...will keep ya posted! Sorry I didnt take any pictures becasue I thought it looked too horrible! Probably would be funny now but ..oh well

BEDTIME

(note: started this on last Thursday , finishing onThursday the 26th!) Ok so I know I am not the only mother that has bedtime issues but some nights I handle it better than others. Tonight actually was ok . She just says some funny stuff sometimes.... tonight she had to go to bed without a book being read to her because she didnt get out of the bathtub in a timely fashion, you know, according to my time! She was done it was getting late, almost 9:30!, and I was ready to be done with it! LOL ! SO I told her if she didn't get out by the time I counted to three she wouldn't have any books read to her. She acted like she didn't here me and so we didnt get a book read. When I finally got her to bed, after threatening her with a spanking with a wooden spoon... that story in a minute, I did the ritual, cover her up and her babies , just zoe tonight, patted her back then said "Good Night baby", she said "don't tell me that", so I said "sleep tight", again don't tell me that! What am I supposed to say then??? "Sweet Dreams!" was the reply!! Awwww!! LOL It was very sweet but now I guess our night night sentiments are her idea! It's funny listening to the new phrases she comes up with or hears .. in the bath tub she was cleaning the shampoo bottle(one of the many I have for her!) and she would get done wiping it off and exclaim "much better, much much better!



Now the wooden spoon story... Harper got sent home from Mt. Calvary with a note on Monday saying she was hitting a lot, and if I could please have a talk with her! Our hands are for loving gentle touches and helping one another and not hitting. Well, I have also read that if you spank it should be with something other than your hand for those same reasons, so last night when she would not go to bed she was told she would get a spanking if she didnt, she popped off with some backtalk so I spanked her , with my hand, and her response was "dont HIT ME!" Oh brother I thought... is this where she's getting the hitting from? That night was awful trying to get her to bed. Wednesday she came home with a note saying she was SPITTING!! Is she turning into a MONSTER?? What's next biting?? I'll tell you what's next in a sec! So again we had a talk about it and I asked her where she learned that? School was the answer of course! So the next morning just like Tuesday morning we marched in and apologized to Miss Linda for being ugly and spitting we would work on trying not to do it again! This past Tuesday night(23rd) on our way home from Nanny's house we were having a converstaion when I asked how was school, fine. DId you get in trouble. YES, for what? PINCHING!!!! WHAT ? WHO? John Thomas, the boy she was hitting and spitting at!!! Did he cry, Yes. DId you get in trouble , YES, sat in time out, and missed snack and lunch! Yeah right like they would not let you eat! Told her that we were going to apologize the next day and if she wanted to keep friends she NEEDED to be nice! When she went to bed that night she was hollering at me to come back to her room , she told me she was sorry for pinching John Thomas! The next morning we apologized to Miss Linda, but she knew nothing about it, either it happened in the afternoon when Linda is gone or it didn't really happen!!! Either way we apologized! Is she turning into a MONSTER??? I pray not! Bedtime really hasnt gotten easier, she now tells me she needs to poop, we get the diaper off and sit, then she tells me "it not working!" It takes forever to get her to bed! UGH!!

Lastly.... LaGrange Leps Basketball going to Playoffs! GO LEPS GO!!!! GO KOBE TIME!!!!!

ELMO ROX!!

WOW! My first Sesame Street LIVE!!! And I survived!! LOL ! We got tickets from a certain local radio station! Thanks LouAnn! :) We had really good seats! Second level second row! Perfect ... far enough away so they weren't scary and close enough to see! Right in the middle! Aunt Dawn made Camryn and Harper's outfits! Tshirts that said Elmo ROX! and the tutus! The girls had a GREAT time dancing, clapping and eating popcorn! It was fun! Can't wait for our next show like this one! Have a GREAT DAY!!

Getting ready to see ELMO!!

Camryn and Harper doing a preshow photo shoot! LOL

The show is about to begin!