In the BLINK of an Eye...

Our FAVORITE GIRL has turned SEVEN!!! HOW is that POSSIBLE?!?! I am the Mother of not only a 7 year old... but a soon to be 21 YEAR OLD TOO! I found today ironic in a weird way... it took SEVEN LONG YEARS to get pregnant with Lilley-Kate... and today we CELEBRATED her 7th BIRTHDAY...

She told me tonight before heading to bed... "Mommy, Today was the BEST DAY of my WHOLE LIFE!"...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our FAVORITE GIRL! Thank you Lilley-Kate for being everything that you are... our dream come true! WE LOVE YOU!

Counting the "Lasts"...

I have become keenly aware recently that I need to pay CLOSE ATTENTION... to the "Lasts"... because they are becoming more frequent now than the "Firsts"... My Favorite Girl is growing up... and will soon be celebrating a birthday... Lilley-Kate has become "Miss Independent" all of a sudden... wanting to do EVERYTHING herself... *sigh*...

I remember the last time Nick wanted me to sing "You are My Sunshine" to him before bed... the last time I insisted on "holding hands" while walking in a parking lot (it was the LAST time... and I knew it would be... so I felt justified in the insisting)... when I became "Mom" instead of "Mommy"... the last time kissing him "goodbye" in front of the school wasn't met with a roll of the eyes and a shushed "ugh"... the last time HE TOLD ME "Mommy... you are the prettiest girl in the world"... all tucked safely away in my "Last" Memories"...

We so anxiously await the "Firsts"... First smile... first "coo"... first steps...

I'm NOT anxiously awaiting the "Lasts"... but I am keeping my eyes WIDE open... because I know... they will arrive... I want to remember them... the "LASTS"... as fondly as I remember the "FIRSTS"...




Never underestimate the value of the little moment- Anonymous

Vincent Said It Best...

' I never get tired of the blue sky' - Vincent Van Gogh

Errands to be run... Sewing to be done... Cleaning too (before the Health Department cites my bathrooms!)... A "Go Fish" tournament planned for fun... but I have been distracted... hypnotized really... by the BLUE SKY beyond my window...

Hope Everyone has a nice weekend!!!

Forever...

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY HONEY!!!!

FOUND... not LOST... Yet...

Nick came home for the weekend... announcing yet again ANOTHER REMOTE had "disappeared" out of his school suite... that is TWO this year (he seems to think someone is playing a joke... a not so funny one in my opinion!)... Michael and I were able to do some errands and shopping ALONE (a real treat)... and found Nick a REMOTE that will be HARD to lose!

Michael found it... I thought it was HILARIOUS... it is HUGE measuring 5" across and 11" long... it looks like a prop from "Honey I Shrunk The Kids"... we laughed so hard when we saw it people were giving us concerned looks in the store!...


If THIS remote decides to "take a little walk"... Nick will just have to make due "the old fashion way"... GETTING UP to change the channel on his television!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!!!

WARM and STORMY...

66* today... SIXTY-SIX DEGREES... can you BELIEVE that... 2 days of mild temps have ALMOST completely erased any traces of the 16" of snow we still had on the ground! Seeing grass... sidewalks... and our paved driveway seemed almost surreal... but a much welcomed sight! We are WELL AWARE that this will not last forever... and that truly warmer temps are a ways off (for our area)... but what a nice (and much needed) treat!

Unfortunately though... along with the good... does come some bad... FLASH FLOODING (due to the rapid melting of the snow)... and a major icebreak in a neighboring town has resulted in evacuations of homes... we've also had POURING RAIN (in between much welcomed glimpses of the SUN!)... and just avoided some SEVERE thunderstorms this evening (which skirted to the South of us)...

I'm sure soon enough the temps will dip again... and the snow will fall... but these past couple of days (although VERY WET) have been WONDERFUL!

By the Light of the Silvery Moon...

We have beautifully clear skies tonight... Good thing... because...


We wouldn't want the TOOTH FAIRY to lose her way finding our house (although I DOUBT she would get lost... it's her 2nd visit this weekend ALONE!!!)

WHEW... ok... 2 more SLIGHTLY wigglie teeth... on each side of the front "gap"... We are thinking it'll be a while before THEY come out... although Lilley-Kate has become "obsessed" with "wiggling" now... LOL... so it MAY be sooner than we think!

One BUSY Fairy!!!...

For the THIRD TIME in the span of a WEEK The Tooth Fairy will be visiting our house tonight!!!

Guess WHO #2...

That TOOTH FAIRY is becoming a frequent visitor to our house!!! 2 teeth lost within a WEEK!!! AND... two more wigglie ones left to come out!!! Thankfully the Tooth Fairy "stocked up" on a few little gifties!!!

Mind Games...

Have NEVER been so much fun...

*sigh*... Simon Baker... *sigh* aka Patrick Jane... YOU make me LOVE Tuesday Night TV!!!!

Education First?...

Not only do we get off for the first day of HUNTING SEASON... city schools are on a 2 hour delay today since "we" won the SUPERBOWL... gotta love it...

Estrogen Issues... Got 'em???

10 WAYS TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE 'ESTROGEN ISSUES'
1. Everyone around you has an attitude problem.
2. You're adding chocolate chips to your cheese omelet.
3. The dryer has shrunk every last pair of your jeans.
4. Your husband is suddenly agreeing to everything you say.
5. You 're using your cellular phone to dial up every bumper sticker that says: 'How's my driving-call 1- 800-'.
6. Everyone's head looks like an invitation to batting practice.
7. Everyone seems to have just landed here from 'outer space.'
9. You're sure that everyone is scheming to drive you crazy.
10. The ibuprofen bottle is empty and you bought it yesterday.
*Your short term memory loss caused you to skip #8*

Blue and Gray...

FINALLY... FINE ALL LEE... we awoke to BLUE SKIES!!! Althtough the temps were still COLD... the sky was BLUE... we went outside for a bit... Michael knocked down all the icicles that had accumulated... scraped off the driveway (I had forgotten that it was PAVED it had been SO LONG!)... it was WONDERFUL to SEE the sun... to look up and see BLUE SKIES... it wasn't that WARMING type of sun though... but hey... BEGGARS can't be CHOOSERS right???


And being SO SICK of seeing GRAY (skies)... I HAD to cover THIS up today...

No big SUPER BOWL plans... We are considered "outcasts" (and we CHOOSE to be on SHEER PRINCIPLE)... GO CARDINALS!!!