day 137

week 3 of 10 in our little summer movie clubhouse, today we saw "igor." it was a cute little movie not as good as the first two we saw but it had a good little message in it. the moral of the movie can be sumed up in one of the lines from the movie...."everone has as evil bone, it's just up to us if we use it or not."

up next week................jimmy neutron, the boy genius! i personally have high hopes for this movie, mainly because it just looks like it will be a fun movie. not necessarily great, but just fun. so let's keep our fingers crossed!!!

love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

days 134 & 135

it has offically become the dog days of summer, at least for this weekend. we tried to get out and do some stuff but we ended up going swimming pretty much the whole weekend. we took your new float that uncle jody gave you and you had a blast playing with it. the more we were out there the braver you got, by sunday afternoon you wanted to jump off the steps and go under the water before we caught you. then we would bring you back up out of the water and you would just laugh like you were being tickled. it was definitely a water filled weekend, and i'm sure there will be plenty more as the summer rolls on.

love you.......

day 133

this evening we went to a baby shower for uncle jody and tracy's new baby they are expecting in august. so i guess you could say they were the guest of honor, stars of the show, the main attraction........you get the idea. but i think half way through the party you stole the show, when it was time to open the gifts you were right there ready to lend a hand. everyone there was talking about how cute you were in the middle of all the action helping out, even uncle jody and tracy say you were a BIG little helper. i am hoping to get some pictures from mrs. terry this week so that i can put a couple on here for you to see one day when you read this blog. you and me also made (if i say so myself) a pretty mean pot of BBQ meatballs, they were the talk of the food table so i had to make sure they knew you helped make it with me.

love you......

day 131

it is time for storytime!! but today was sort of a lackluster storytime, i'm not sure if it's the fact that mr. roberts didn't do it today or what. but i guess it was still good, you seemed to have a good time with savannaha sitting on mr. reid's lap in the floor. then we went to smart start where after about an hour mrs. claire showed up her 2 granddaughters and you played with them for over 2 hrs. susie and myself thought we would never get you to leave. but with a little help from some fine people we were able to go get some lunch.............................finally!!!!! :0)
it is such a joy watching you have fun like that!!!!!!!!!!!

love you....................

day 130

week 2 of 10 of our summer movie clubhouse!! today we saw "the tale of despereaux." while it wasn't near as funny as "barnyard from last week it was still a pretty good movie with a good little story to it. after the movie we went to have coffee with eddie, his wife amanda and her sister audra, they really love you and think you are just the most beautiful little girl they have ever seen. i enjoyed a mocha extra hot and you have yourself a strawberry lemonade shakened not stired. we hung out and talked and laughed and watched you run around for close to 2 hours, it was quite nice just to chill with good friends. here is the movie poster of the movie we saw today, i hope are enjoying going as much as i am taking you.

love you.............

day 128

as usual i left early for church to go to band practice and the early service, but i was told to come home after the band got done playing. so as i always do i listened (lol) and came home, when i walked through the door you came running into the dining room screaming "happy father's day, love you." those were the best 5 words i could have heard, then you handed me a card that had a $25.00 starbucks gift card in it. which will get used in no time flat because we do love us some starbucks. we were also a part of a slide presentation at church honoring all the father's at church. aunt nina put a picture of my tattoos of you in it which i think drew a little attention after church from a few folks. it is my honor to be your substitute daddy!!!!

love you baby girl...............

day 127

today you got to meet my uncle don and aunt sharon from Pennsylvania. one of their sons lives in samford which is about 2 1/2 hours from where we live. their son and his wife went to see a friend get married at mathra's vineyard in Massachusetts, where the rich people live like the kennedy's who you will learn about when you start school. so uncle don and aunt sharon came down to take care of their 8 year old grandson, so you and me, aunt sharon and her grandson went swimming for a good 3 hours. all in all it was a good day where you finally got to meet some of my family that you have never met.

love you..........

day 126

i think that i am beginning to run you a little too hard, for the last couple of days you have been a little grouchy. so today i decided to stay at home and take it easy, and boy did we ever. we didn't get up till close to 10:00am this morning and then we took us a little nap this afternoon. but as always we still had fun being at home, we played and danced and just acted silly!!

love you........

day 125

today was sort of a back to normal day, we went to smart start where you played for close to 2 hours. then we left to meet uncle jody at starbucks for our weekly coffee and to give him a cd. i had the pressure :0) of having to come up with awesome baby shower cd with a jungle music theme. but i think i did it uncle jody called me later and said that him and tracy loved it, i personally think he was just being kind but it's ok.......i'll take LOL

love you.........

day 124

after about a month off the library started storytime up again today. i'll tell what we had a fun time, mr. roberts acted out the classic book "where the wild things are" while telling the story...he did a really good job and he was quite funny. they are making a movie of that book, scheduled to come out later this year, it looks like aunt nina, you and me will have a movie date later this year when that movie comes out. afterwards we rode to uncle dub's house to hang out for while and catch up on all the drama in his little world, as well as ours. he gave me a really nice copper grilling pan for my birthday, looks like it will be perfect for our grilled cheese sandwiches with fried bolonga plus i'm sure we will find other tasty uses for it too!!

here is the movie poster for the "where the wild things are" i can't wait till it comes out, nothing better than a family date night...yaaaaayyyyyy

love you.........

day 123

what a day!!!!!!!! today i turned 41 and i can't think of a better way to start off day than to go on our first movie date, we went to see barnyard. it was the first time you had ever gone to the movies, so i was really looking forward to seeing how you would do..............and you loved it!!!!! which is good since i bought the movie pass for all 10 movies that is a part of the summer movie clubhouse. then when aunt nina got home we went to sticky fingers to eat ribs. aunt nina decided to get you your own plate and you loved those ribs, the more you ate them the louder you got "ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm love it!!!!"

having you and aunt nina is the best thing i could have asked for!! i love you two more than life itself and i love the 3 of us being a family. so now is time for a funny picture that you will probably hate when you get older, but will i hope make you laugh...along with the movie poster of your first movie.

love you................

day 121

at church today you were in your class during the service, and i'm not if the service went long or if you had just had enough. but you starting crying towards the end of the service, so susie went and got you and brought you in to us. when we asked you what was wrong you said that you missed us....just even at 2 you know how to melt our hearts. later this afternoon we went SWIMMING!!!!!! which i think is becoming one of your favorite things to do.

love you...........

day 120

WAKE UP!!!!!!!!! it's time to go yard saleing to see if we can find you a tricycle, i hope we find one cause i think you will love it.
well baby girl we just got home and guess what............we found you a bicycle!!!!!!!! yaaaaaaay!!!! and i must say you love it. when we got home you played and rode on it for a good 45 minutes, you don't have the pedaling down yet but i'm betting it won't take long. then your grandma maggie came to pick you up and you were gone the rest of the day. aunt nina and i were like two lost little puppies, sitting around the house wondering what you were doing or if you were having fun. we even went to big lots and bought a soccer ball for you so when you got back home you would a surprise waiting on you. you were suppose to spend the night but at around 9pm grandma maggie called and said you wanted to come home and that they were on the way. aunt nina and i were so excited that you were coming home that we went outside to wait on you. we want you to always know that you can come HOME to YOUR HOUSE anytime you want to!!!

love you........

day 118

it was made official today.....we now have full legal custody of you baby girl. we went to court today for the last time for our last review with DSS, the judge released them and the all the lawyers invovled. we are so glad that all of that is behind us, we love having you with us and look forward to many many more years of our home being filled with your laughter. so to celebrate we went swimming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you had a ball, i'll bet we stayed at that pool for close to, if not more than 3 hrs. the 3 of us were almost sunburnt by the time we left to go home.......to your house :0)

love you.........

day 117

this morning we went to smart start for a bike rodeo, its where you go and ride your bike through an obstacle course and learn about bike safety. you loved riding on the tricycle they had there, you didn't want anyone to help you. i think aunt nina and i are going to have to look for a tricycle for you. i think we will go to some yard sales this weekend and see what we can find. they also had games inside where you won a book, a lollipop and a toothbrush, you really seemed to have a great time. candacs went with us and sissy amber and kevin came after his field day at school. then we all when to mcdonald's to eat lunch, then it was home for a well deserved nap.

love you.........

day 115

in most weeks monday is lazy day, the day are we just hang out at the house and take it easy. but today we went to starbucks to meet eddie, no sooner than we had ordered coffee for me and cream for you my phone rang. it was sissy amber calling to see if we could meet her at the goodwill and pick up a dresser she had just bought for candace's room. so after we had our coffee and cream and visited with eddie for a little while, we went to meet sissy and lloyd at goodwill. after we got the dresser to their house you didn't want to leave, so you ended up staying there still aunt nina and i came to get you at 7:00pm. you, candace and kevin were out in the back yard playing up a storm while sissy and lloyd were painting the dresser they had bought today. but when you saw us you came running to give us hugs and kisses. which i hope you never forget how special those hugs and kisses are to us, they are the sweetest kisses ever in the world!!!!!!!!!!!! as i am typing this you are asleep on the couch, you look like you are so peaceful and content.....my beautiful baby girl.

love you......

day 114

after church today sissy amber, kevin, candace, and sissy briana came over and we all went to sloan park. it was certainly a fun filled family afternoon, you and the other kids ran and played for a good 2 hours. then after ya'll were hot and sweaty we left the park we went to sonic's for ice cream. after we got our ice cream you quit eating your's and stole aunt nina's strawberry milkshake, which i thought was kind of funny... aunt nina not so much. so here's a picture that would put a smile on any parent that loves to see their child and laughing and having fun...which aunt nina and i love to see more than anything.

love you.....

day 113

it has been a loooooong day today!!! i left the house at 10:00am so that i could get to the wedding site and get all the sound equipment set up and ready to go. you and aunt nina sawed up looking as beautiful as you always do, and after the wedding and reception we finally got home around 6:00pm and we were all tired. you fell asleep on the way home, and as soon as we got home i took a shower and took a nap too. then we ended up staying up till 1:00am watching "land of the lost" which by the way you LOVE!!!! you woke up at 9:00pm from your nap and saw it was on and you shot up and looked at me and said "saur." i looked at you and said dinosaur? you said yes "big en" and you sat between my legs as we watched land of the lost for about 3 hours. i think maybe we might have to get us a copy of the complete series on dvd so we can watch it anytime we want to.

love you......

day 112

today we had a meet mr. joe at the church to pick up some sound equipment for the big wedding event this weekend. so we left and got there a little early just to get out of the house since it has been raining for the better part of 2 days now. while we were waiting mrs. terry showed up and started making cole slaw for the wedding reception saturday. has she started making the cole slaw you decided you wanted to help, so you my baby girl helped make cole slaw for 300 people you were a big little helper for mrs. terry.
later this afternoon was time for the rehearsal for the big wedding and you decided to take up with kristen the bride's sister. when it was time to eat you just walked up and sat down beside her so you could eat with her. kristen enjoyed having you as her little friend that night, we noticed that she loved playing with the curls in your hair. you are really starting to come out of your shell, and believe me people are taking notice.

love you......

day 110

this morning we were awakened by susie to see if we wanted to go out and eat breastfast with her, so we did. after that i decided to take you to the church to play for a little while. then while you were playing some people from the church showed up with their little girl and you and her played for a good 2 hours. you had a really good time running around swinging and sliding. there is no better sound in this world than the sound of your laughter.

love you....

day 109

well baby today is the day we have been waiting for, for several months...ok ok it's the day i've been waiting on. the new dave matthews band cd came out today it's called "big whiskey and the groo grux king." we also went to see little kevin play baseball, we had fun watching him. he is a good little hitter he got 2 hits tonight and scored once. i'm not sure you really watching much of the game with you and candace playing the whole time, so you guessed it here's a picture of little kevin hitting the ball.

love you.......

day 108

last night after we went swimming, we went back to susie's to change out of our wet clothes. but when we started to leave you said you were going to stay with susie, which was ok with us. so aunt nina and myself went home and started watching TV when my cell phone rang, and it was susie on the other end saying you were asking for me. so i got ready and came to get you, so remember i will always come and get you...i will never leave you anywhere i will always come back to pick you up. and that my baby girl is a PROMISE!!!!!

love you.......

day 107

after weeks of asking and waiting patiently today was the day..........your 1st swim of the summer!!! you had just woke up from a nap and aunt nina asked if you wanting to swimming and you started running around the house hollering about going swimming. you kept looking at nina and me telling us to "um on." so for around 2 hrs. you swam and playing and splashed, it was just the best way to end the weekend. i think by the end of the summer you will probably be swimming for real, because i have a feeling we will be at the pool a lot this summer. i know what you are thinking now, and i will go ahead and tell you yes there are pictures. you will learn that we are a picture take couple of people, we want to remember all the good times we have with you. so by the time you grow up there will probably be many more pictures than you care to see of you and something we did as a family.

love you.......

day 106

this evening starts a 2 night youth revival that we have been asked to play at, so after aunt nina, you and me had a cup of coffee at starbucks i was off to the church and you two were off to the park. while i was getting all our stuff set up aunt nina kept texting me telling me how much fun you were having. she told me that they stated playing baseball down at the baseball fields and as you stated watching the little boys play, that you would cheer and clap everytime one of them would hit the ball. i wish i could have seen you having all that fun, but believe me if i have anything to do with it that won't happen very often.

love you........