Texas Cowgirlz Blog

Life is not measured by the breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away!

2010-08-01T12:22:00.000-07:00

(Hello Love~ Hello Canvas) Life is not measured by the breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away! Family to me is a blessing from above! People you cherish and respect with every breath. Having a near death experience and almost losing my husband in a rollover accident really shows truth behind these words!! We are a Family who loves God and all He has blessed us with, and without HIM there would be no Family!

I AM BACK........

2009-01-12T20:25:00.000-08:00

I have not blogged in well an eternity so I took Melody’s advice; sometimes we just need a little prompting to blog!

I am.......but not limited to the following:

A child of God, who is thankful to God for all of my many blessings

(A day does not go by that I do not have reason to be thankful!)

A mother of two of the prettiest little girls I have ever seen

(I just melt and tear up when I look at them and see how fast they are growing, I wish I could bottle them up forever and ever.)

ALWAYS TIRED

(Even if I have 8 hours or 4 hours, it is never enough)

An emotional daydreamer

(I cry at commercials and somehow put my life in all situations even when not
necessary)

A sister

(To a wonderful sister, mother and friend)

A new business owner

(Of a drycleaners & laundry business my husband’s parents opened over 25 years ago!)

A wanna be country singer, aka rhinestone cowgirl

(I would be awesome, at least I believe I would ROCK, and you would all want my CD)

Wishing I could take Adelyn's earaches away for her!

(I am sick that my happy little baby is suffering, I would do anything to take it away from her)

A picture taking machine

(I always have a camera, the girls have their picture taken daily. Tiffany said I am
a mommy to a camera as a drunk is to his whisky!!! I love it! Kind of an inside story!)

Too critical of myself

(UGH!!! Needs no explanation!)

A Believer

(I believe in God, Santa Clause, Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny and all my friends!!!!)

Addicted to all things made by hand.......... not my hands but any talented person's hands!

(Something just has to be said for handmade items, clothes, toys, pictures, art. Priceless)

A great friend

(I am so privileged to have more than a handful of the very best friends, all of whom I miss so much!)

An out of towner’s wife

(My husband travels about 25 days a month on average!)

Missing San Antonio, more than I imagined!

(Moving from a city after being born in, gone all through school and college in, meeting my husband in, having two children, my parent are in, my friends are in just plain SUCKS!)

A drycleaner, yes there is such a title

(I have a degree in Textile something something from Texas Tech University where I studied how clothes are made and how to get dirty people’s stains out! Very interesting)

Now maybe since I broke the ice of not having blogged in many many months, maybe I will start to feel the inspiration!!! Thanks Melody for the prompting and 16 things about yourself!!! If you want to play along please do!!! Leave a comment.

Happy Easter

2008-03-23T21:01:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter Everybody! I hope your day was as Blessed as ours! I can not remember a day that was this great! Daddy has been home all week to play and do yard work and take care of us because we have been sick AGAIN!!!!!! But that is why I am behind on my posts!I will play catch up all week and give the details!
Avery, loving the Easter egg hunt!

Adelyn, strutting her stuff!

Sheppard our best boyfriend! Isn't he a cutie?

The Arnold's!!! Yes folks Avery & Adelyn do have a daddy!

Daddy & his girlz!
Thanks daddy for such a great week!

Proud mommy

2008-02-21T11:44:00.000-08:00

I think, I hope it is natural to believe that our own children are the prettiest, smartest, most talented individuals. Right? Well if not just let me think that it is natural while you read on!
Through a friend of mine Angelia
I found a photographer who is working from home, always loved photography and started taking pictures for other people. I have mentioned her in the past, she took my christmas card picture, you know the cute one with the lolipops. Well she is amazing!!!! That is all I can say, you will have to just check her out for yourself!Melody. this is her blog site, go visit & leave her a comment. All bloggers love comments. Hint, Hint!
Well she took pictures of my little cowgirlz for Adelyn's 2nd Birthday a few weeks ago and of course again she blew me away with creativity and keeping the girlz focused, which is difficult at 2 & 3 and in 40 degree weather. Yesterday she emailed me a shot of Avery that was chosen for best photo of the day on pink ink sudios! Please be sure and vote tomorrow & show Melody your support & because Avery is just precious. The picture I posted today does not even do justice for the work Melody"> did to the ones at pink ink studios. Check it out, it is amazing if I do say so myself! Thanks Melody.
I am still deciding what size I should have it made, what do you think?
Lifesize, maybe! Leave me a comment and tell me what you think.

Let's Rodeo San Antonio

2008-02-17T20:38:00.000-08:00

For those of you non San Antonio readers, the last 18 days has been all about Rodeo. We have been the largest indoor Rodeo 3 years in a row!!! That is a big deal for us! We have a traveling carnival, miniature horse rides, petting zoo, great entertainment, greasy food, cooties, portabl bathrooms, lots of free junk, $9.00 beers, lots of shopping and of course the best people watching you can do anywhere! I mean really, what do some people think when they plan for the trip to the Rodeo? Not being mean or anything but it is just crazy what myself included throw together to look country!!!! I had an outfit made for the girlz fom this fabulous custom designer on Etsy. I found her through Melody otherwise known as Hipmomma, Her name is Lyssa from Sweetblingado. She can be reached at www.sweetblingado.etsy.com. Etsy is a website where everything is handcrafted, really a great site and many original confections! I thought that my girlz looked absolutely adorable. They must have thought so to because I have never seen them have as much fun as they did! They danced, rode the ponies, participated in an imaginary pony race, had their picture taken too many times to count and the list goes on!

Avery even found two men to dance the mommy daddy dance with her. That is the two step if your wondering! The outfits were so precious and the attention to detail blew me away! The shirt said Rodeo Princess with a Tiarra & rhinestones and the jeans were sparkly jeans with the most precious fabric around the ankles, appliques from mathching fabric in the shape of a heart, star & a flower. Of course bling bling on the appliques which had the words Cowgirl up embroderied on the leg! And a matching reversible belt and not to leave out the rhinestone letter A on the back pocket! Just toooooo cute!!! Thanks Lyssa, we have already placed our Easter outfits! (I need spell check, is anyone else having such technical difficulties?

We also cannot leave out the wonderful playmates that went with us, Caylee & Paige. Thanks friends for sharing in all the fun!

Love is in the air..

2008-02-10T21:10:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentines day friends!!!!!
Thanks to Melody for some great pictures. Last week I had the girlz pictures made for Adelyn's 2nd Birthday pics! A mutual friend reccomended her and she is just Exquisite! Fancy word word fabulous says Fancy Nancy!
I tried to post her link but I am in remedial blogging!!!Maybe if anyone would leave a comment.hint, hint!
Melody is great with our girlz and just really takes her time and it shows! Thanks again, Melody!! I hope you capture many more years of our pearly whites!!!

Spirited Child

2008-02-05T13:59:00.000-08:00

Avery is my Spirited child!

As described by my friend Webster this means: Spir´it`ed
Adj. 1. spirited - displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness
Antonyms:
spiritless - lacking ardor or vigor or energy; "a spiritless reply to criticism"
2. spirited - marked by lively action; "a bouncing gait"; "bouncy tunes"; "the peppy and interesting talk"; "a spirited dance"
Synonyms: peppy, zippy, bouncing, bouncy
3. spirited - willing to face danger
Synonyms: game, gritty, mettlesome, spunky, gamey, gamy
4. spirited - made lively or spirited; "a meal enlivened by the music"; "a spirited debate"
Synonyms: enlivened

Avery is so full of life and character, animation and confidence that this is her world & we are all visitors!!! I love this about her on most days! I helped encourage this character, I believed that she should be able to explore & see everything through her own eyes and definition. Not what I see or believe or think or feel! I mean I get discouraged when people say to her or anyone for that matter… “No don’t eat that you won’t like it” Well honestly how do you know, because you don’t like it, or when they say “ Don’t do that you will get hurt,” (and they do not even know what she is about to do). I mean let her and all people try things without unsolicited advice and opinion! She is exploring & right now she is only 3 and at such an impressionable age, everything is new, it is on most days the first time she has ever seen, tasted, touched, heard or experienced whatever or wherever are journey is taking us to! I have to constantly keep reminding myself of all of my own beliefs, Lately my patience are not what they were with only toddler & one infant! Now I have two toddlers!!! Both very independent & SPIRITED!!!
I am constantly reminding myself that she is only 3 & learning, like when she puts her dirty hands in the not yet ready purple Jell-O & pulls it out dripping sticky purple drops all over my clean floor saying look mommy! How was she to know Jell-O took hours to become ready! I mean really at Luby’s it is always ready to eat!!! Now next time I am allowed to get mad right?

This is Avery tooting her own horn, Supergirl hat, orange apron digging in the dirt for treasure!!!! Gotta love it!!

This is where my challenge comes in. I am so afraid of breaking her spirit that I sometimes let her get away with too much!!! I feel as if I am the child needing to go to timeout or give my self a spanking because she is only acting the way she is allowed to act! I need balance, I give to many choices so I set myself up for a fight! I have been praying very hard about this dilemma! I do not want to break her spirit, yet I feel I am constantly on her case for something. God works in mysterious ways, I was looking through a book of testimony and saw a verse that just spoke to me Proberbs 17:22 A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. I am a little confused on the verse, does it mean don’t crush her sprit, where do I draw the line? Boundaries? I need tem. Send me another verse Lord!! Please. Proverbs is such a great chapter in the Bible,I should just keep reading! Or, maybe I am as usual over analyzing this!!! Feel free to leave advice, I need it!

Cooties.....ewwwww

2008-02-05T12:50:00.001-08:00

I just thought this was too funny not to share!
Especially since this past week was full of cooties, vomit, Diahria, germs everywhere!!!! If you get disgussted easy,stop reading, scroll down to another post please!!! Both the girlz were sick with a horrible smelling obviously very contagious virus, I believe that we must have gotten last week when we went to the Pediatrician's office for a well visit! Don't you just love Dr.s offices? Ugh! I really think I almost lost my religion last week, I almost wanted to start smoking, just for a break, I mean not really! But becoming an alcoholic crossed my mind as well..... I thought oh then I can give myself an intervention at some fabulous resort. I mean rehab in Utah or California! I’m mean that’s how the stars make it look like. Just all fun and relaxing!!!! And doesn't everyone want to be a super star? All kidding aside, I really feel I was admitted into the Arnold house all week, like a had a broken down vehicle or I lost the key that let us outside!!! My babies were going crazy, we could not go anywhere, everytime I thought it was over they quickly showed me with a horrible smelly green mess to clean up & usually it was not on tile..carpet! And most of our house is tile! Or on the way to the Dr. in the car all over the car seat I just cleaned the night before for the same reason!!! Friday night we had been cootie free for over 24 hours, so I thought lets drive & see daddy in Austin!!! Well we almost made it there & poor Avery lost her cookies & chocolate milk again all over her precious Rodeo outfit, (it was rodeo day at school) & car seat! Sweet little angel so innocently said mommy, I don't look beautiful anymore! I almost cried. I said you look beautiful no matter what, dirty, sick, you are always beautiful to me!!!! We did go see daddy & had to spend the night becuse the night got worse way before it got better!!!!! But at least we got to spend the night with daddy, I mean I am sure he enjoyed being kept up all night long in a hotel room with a sick baby!!!!!! Thanks Honey, we love you lots & just wanted shareare cooties with you!!!

Shy.......... Not

2008-02-03T22:04:00.000-08:00

Shy........No I just act like it when mommy wants my picture taken!
Friday was Adelyn's turn for a date with Mommy! We put on our Fancy outfits and headed downtown to the Empire Theatre where we saw Madeline & the Bad Hat! I must say it was very entertaining & Adelyn all of 2 sat through it amazingly! My little baby is becoming cultured! The theatre was beautiful with the most elegant Gold leaf painting. The musical was about a very curious little girl, Madeline who attended boarding school in Paris and she meets a new neighbor, the Spanish Ambassadors son, Pepito who is quite a pill. Which is why Maeline calls him the bad hat, someone who causes trouble! He is very mischevious & very cruel to animals!! But then Madeline made a vow to never call him a Bad Hat if he promised to never be cruel to animals! And somewhere along the way Madeline taught the Ambassador that Pepito was always getting into trouble because he was lonely and missed his father! And you know how it ended, the Ambassador suddenly had more time for Pepito & all was back to fine & dandy in Paris! A great story, it taught me no matter how important and crazy our life often seems, the most important things in our life cannot be put on hold! They keep growing even without our personal attention of water and nourishment! I know I need to stop sometimes and relish in the moment, enjoy each day to the fullest for they seem to go by so fast! Except of course when our baby's are sick, husbands are out of town, or when life has just dealt us a bad case of the blues, then the day seems to linger, whats the cure? I guess just to put back on my big girl pants and ge back at it, someone needs me!!!!

Thanks Kim for giving us the tickets, we really enjoyed ourselves!

Date Night

2008-01-30T20:08:00.000-08:00

I had been asked out on a date sometime last week! I was so excited, I said yes immediately! My date already knew what we were going to do all I had to do was chaperone and pay oh and take Adelyn to Nanny's house.
Avery has been a little bit over looked the last few weeks due to Adelyn being sick then having surgery then having the big 2nd Birthday party! So last week we were reading our night night books, saying our prayers & singing our songs and she said "Mommy, can you & me go on a playdate?" I said sure baby where do you want to go? Very quickly as if she had been thinking about this for hours she said...." I want to go & get a manicure & pedicure & go to a mommy & daddy place to eat!" She was so matter of fact, I loved the idea! She wanted to go eat at a japanese restaraunt in Conroe, Tx so I told her we would go on another date for that! Maybe even with Daddy & Adelyn.

We started off at Starbucks! She was so excited about her very own Hot Coco! The lovely lady working offered to take our picture. She could tell we were on our first date!!! We only spilled the coco once as we tripped out the door! Avery tripped for all my friends that know what a clutz I am it was not me but my graceful daughter!! Poor baby of all the traits to get from me and she gets the gift of
GAB and being GRACEFUL!!!! Sorry Avery!

Here we are getting our relaxing Mani & pedi's! Avery corrected me no mommy manicure & pedicure!! Sorry again. Avery took the liberty of picking out our colors, bright turquoise with turquoise glitter! Hot stuff! She was so talkative and excited. Thanks to Lauren a customer who was getting a pedicure with he mom who took our picture!

The lady working told me oh please make sure she no spill her drink, I no clean up mess! Then the lady told me tell her sit still no move, I only do once! Even though she did fix at least 5 times! I bought the beautiful turquoise polish for a souvenir of our date! Poor Avery, she thought the experience was so great even though the lady needed a chill pill! Avery told me on the way home, "Mommy, maybe we can do this agin sometime just you & me! I had fun!!!!" If my my baby only knew how much the evening touched my heart! I had fun & I hope in 10 plus years you still want to have a manicure & pedicure with your mommy & go eat at a mommy & daddy place for dinner!
I love you Avery Ray!!!!

Immunizations

2008-01-25T11:46:00.001-08:00

UGH!!!!
Poor Baby girl, had to go & get even more pokes by needles! I felt so bad for her. We walk in to the Pediatricians office& she immediately was saying no hurt me mamma! No hurt me! I thought of all the ways I could take the shot for her with no conclusion! Miss Adelyn was not a very cooperative patient to say the least! She would not let the Dr. look in her throat, nose or ears without a fight! She just wanted to be left alone!!! When it was all said & done & she had her pink band of courage on her leg we got an excellent bill of health! Adelyn is in the upper 75% for both height & weight! They say if you double height at 2 that is how tall the child will be! I do not know the truth behind it all because that would make Adelyn almost 6 feet tall & for those of you that know me standing barely 4"11 her possibilities of height are slim!!! But we can hope! I will not tell her any different. She is perfect just as she is!!!!!

Papa Arnold

2008-01-23T12:54:00.000-08:00

Just a super sweet picture of our Papa! We love you lot's & thank you for the fun filled weekend! Sorry Meme I did not have any pictures with you this time! Please all of you reading, my in-laws own a cleaners in Corpus Christi & last night it burnt down and need your prayers for strength and patience! No one was hurt, it started in the electrical box about 10:00 at night!
Not a 100% loss but none the less the totals keep coming in! Thank Heaven for insurance & a great daddy that will be there to help Papa & Meme get back on line in a matter of days! Our thoughts & prayers are with you, xoxoxox Texascowgirlz

Birthday Marathon!

2008-01-23T12:19:00.000-08:00

Avery & Adelyn in their pettiskirts! Don't you just love them?

Mommy's Baby! Has anyone figured out how to stop our every thing's from growing up?

Happy 2nd Birthday my Sweet little Bean!
We had a marathon Birthday for the precious Baby! On Thursday her actual Birthday we had a small family dinner with nanny & dadoo, Aunt Kathy & Uncle John, Patrick & Mariann & of course Aunt T.T, Uncle Steve & Sheppard. Oh & I almost forgot our daddy was able to join us for cake & ice cream! Thanks Daddy!
It was so the start of our Birthday tour!

Then Friday night we had a friendly get together with all our friends and our Aunt Missy & Uncle Fraser who of course brought our favorite puppy Elizabeth Taylor! Fun was had by all! Then up & at em early Saturday morning to go share the festivities with our cousins, Uncle Mark & Meme & Papa in Corpus Christi, Texas. Shrek was the theme for all festivities. You would ask Addey what she wanted & she would say SHREK cake Mama! So we had a Shrek overload! Shrek Birthday cake 3 times, Shrek Pinata because every party in Texas must have a pinata, Shrek tablecloth, napkins, cups, plastic ware! I am over Shrek!

Thanks to everybody who helped make my baby girlz Birthday so memorable & so much fun!! Most that know me know I usually do a full shindig at home with Bouncy things in the yard, crafts that are so fun & so messy, lot's of food all homemade with love by mommy & daddy & yummy cake! But with all the medical issues we went through over the last month I could not get it together! I was feeling very guilty for not going to all that trouble! But when it was all said and done, Boy it was so nice to not clean up for days before & after the party!!

Happy Birthday baby girl, I wish you many more!

2008-01-23T12:00:00.000-08:00

Oh my goodness! My little 3 year old going on 16! Sweet Sally, she thinks she is Carrie Underwood & actually if she is in the guitar pickin, song writing & singing mood she will tell you that her name is "Avery Carrie Underwood A@#$". When she plays make believe that is always her name!
She amazes me with what moves she has picked up off of just music videos. I will be monitoring what video's she watches a little differently! This past weekend we went to Corpus Christi to visit the in-laws, Meme & Papa & Avery took her guitar & Cowgirl hat as she never leaves home without & proceeded to perform what I thought was to be just a song she wrote. Well then she started dancing like a big girl, moving her hips and wiggling around a bit to much! I was shocked. Fortunately I do not think she knew what she was doing only that we were laughing & changing the activity to a bit more modest tune. I just hope she does not repeat that at church choir practice or Sunday school! They will wonder what her mommy does at night? I am all about encouraging her spirit but Avery you are only 3!!!! (As you can tell by the food all over the shirt, she still needs a little assistance with pudding!)
And that face she is giving me is just tooo much!!!!

2008-01-23T11:52:00.000-08:00

What a cold day at the park!
This was a few weeks ago at Raymond Russell Park! One of our favorite parks in San Antonio. And one of the only parks I know with a merry go round! Is it just me or does it scare other people? I feel as if they will fall off while the merry go round is going and while trying to get up all I will see is her little head going bong, bong, bong!!!! Anyway we still like it and try to go early when big children are in school! This was before Miss Adelyn's ear surgery. I will post some after surgery pics later! A big difference on the dark circles.

Three little Monkeys

2008-01-23T11:40:00.000-08:00

I am so far behind on my thoughts and pictures I just feel as if I need a backhoe to help me out of my hole! But i need to start somewhere or they will just keep piling up! Amazing, I still find time to check my email, my favorite bloggers, ebay, etsy! Just never enough to journal my thoughts!
Anyway I will pretend as if it is the first of January! Happy New Year! One of my resolutions is to download my pictures out of my camera before they get to maximum capacity! Which has been known to be over 900 pictures to good to erase! What am I thinking? Today was only 222. So I am at least better than before. This is a picture of the A's all three lil monkey's dancing on stage at Incredible Pizza Company!

Cousins

2007-12-30T20:53:00.000-08:00

This is AngeLina! Our only girl cousin! She fits right in! Full of Sas and Spunk! We love you AngeLina! Thanks for coming to visit from Michigan!

Avery

2007-12-30T12:54:00.000-08:00

What a trooper!
I must say children feed off of our moods & temperament! Despite all the chaos in our lives Avery is such a precious Lil angel!

Well Angel may just be the character she portrayed at church on Christmas Eve!

She is such a character! All she wanted to do was see baby Jesus! "Mommy, can I hold him?, can I feed him? Did he come from heaven? Can I sing Happy Birthday?" Then when it was time for her to walk down the isle she ran down and went straight for Baby Jesus and we did not see her face until it was over! Only the back of her head, I am surprised that she and Mary did not get into a wrestling match over whose turn it was to hold the alive, really breathing baby Jesus! It was cute! Thanks to all my family & friends who came to watch Avery in the Nativity Scene at our church! And a HUGE thanks to my mommy who made Avery's costume! Again mom you out did yourself! She had the fanciest costume up there! I love all the feathers.

What a good little mommy Avery will be one day!

Lost Time!

2007-12-30T12:28:00.000-08:00

I might be making up for lost time... while I have a little bit of time! Between still not really knowing much about Adelyn's health, having company for two weeks straight and it being just that time of year I am exhausted and feel like I need a TIME OUT!!! Can I please go to my room? For about 24 hours? ok, just 1 hour? Anyway I will make a quick update, Adelyn's blood work still has not all come back! But what has come back is still in question? The Dr. was confused he said! How do you like that? Anyway she has Lupos anticoagulant facter. http://www.analyticalcontrols.com I keep trying to pt a link to the website explaining what the disease is & it will ot allow it! So if you have advice please explain! I feel very stupid about now!

They say that this is a transit disease and usually will go away on its own! She might have gotten it sometime between her 20 ear infections in her 23 months of life!!!!! It does not seem fair!
They were suppose to call me when it all came back and when she will be released for surgery and I still have not heard. I of course have left messages and am just hoping that no news is good news! I will of course call first thing in the morning! But with the holidays it seems as if everyone is on manana time! Go Figure! Adelyn, has felt ok, they did put her on steroids & antibiotics due to drainage & her consistently pulling her ear! I wish I could take her pain away! She is such a trooper!
Thanks for all the prayers, emails, phonecalls and messages! Please continue & will will keep everyone updated!
My company leaves tomorrow! As much as I love having company, love the holidays and festivities I will be ready for some type of normal Arnold Girl routine!

Mommy is crafty!

2007-12-30T11:54:00.000-08:00

Ok, I know I am way behind on all e-mails, phone calls, blogs etc.. However I am going through all my pictures that I am always taking and doing nothing with and totally forgot that I did a craft for all my family this Christmas. I made aprons! Reversible I might ad! And I also might ad that this is my first time to use the sewing machine since 7th grade home economics. I need to thank my mother for making me stick with the apron project and with that thanks I sent her a new pair of 6" gingher scissors! www.gingher.com , always free shipping! And a big thanks to my mother-n-law for use of the sewing machine and surger!!!! I hope everyone enjoyed them as much as Avery here, modeling hers. She uses one side for crafts and one side for cooking she said! Very versatile!!!!

Ok, so I might have found my crafty artsy side, I now just need to read directions or figure out how to rotate my pictures! UGH!!!!! It is always something!

Adelyn

2007-12-18T23:38:00.000-08:00

What a face!!!!!

Thank you to everyone who has called & or kept our family in prayers! As most of you know today was the dreaded Dr.'s appt to the Hematologist! What a big name of a Dr. for such a lil girl to need! After two hours of very in-depth questions of family history and drawing enough blood for NINE vile's the Arnolds were able to leave more confused and more scared than when we arrived! The Dr. seemed wonderful and thorough, however did not want to analyze and gave us many scenarios of possibilities. None of which I wish for however most had the potential of being very treatable with medication! I will not know anything for at least 5-7 days which runs into Christmas which yes you guessed it I will not know anything until after Christmas! Surgery is most definitely off for now he said! Poor baby, also in discomfort with her ears! They are doing many extensive tests to rule out many types of diseases and or blood infections! The Dr. was not leaning toward any particular reason, yet did assure me there was an issue & NOT a laboratory error! He also assured me that this would not be the last of her visits to see him for blood! I appreciated his assurance. NOT REALLY. Feeling very vulnerable, I asked a dumb question, " Should I be worried, scared?" He replied "naturally!" Well as all of you being mothers yourself know that was not what I wanted to hear! I feel drained, mentally, physically and emotionally! Please continue to keep us in your prayers & I pray specifically for my patience! I seem to be on a very short fuse & everything seems to bother me or just send me over the edge! Not to mention already being on edge due to the time of year! I do not intend to hurt anyone's feelings if I am short or on edge, please understand that I do appreciate the e-mails, phonecalls etc..

I have to keep consistently praying for patience with Avery. She knows something is not right & seems to be pushing all the right buttons! Bless her heart! She said to me, mommy I don't want to see the dr. put a needle in Adelyn, because it will make me very mad! Poor baby, worried about her little sister! I just keep trying to forget and think for all the best, then I feel guilty for not worrying! Is there a happy medium? I am looking and trying to find the light!

While I was giving the girls a bath tonight I was reading today's daily devotional, I just knew it was going to speak to me! Holly's mom gave me the devotional on our all girls week at the coast back in June when I was having some discipline issues with Avery! (It assured me spanking was ok. not yelling. no yelling, that did not work)
Well today's verse was Genesis 28:16, Jacob awaked from his sleep and said surely the Lord is in this place!
I can say when I awoke this morning I felt the same way! "Lord surely you will be with me during this day?"
I know he was and always is, but it felt really good reading this tonight, and having the reassurance of His omnipresence! I just can't help but want Him to tell me the outcome! I know He already knows! Lately I feel i speak to Him on speaker, constantly just chatting, WHY? or something?

I appreciate again all the love and support from my wonderful friends and family! I will of course keep thinking positive and try to not let this get me down especially during this joyous time! Things could be much worse and I know I am truly blessed as a friend & mother! Thank you again to all of you! As soon as we find out any news I will keep you all posted.

I'm to excited to wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-12-06T20:30:00.001-08:00

Just a quick lil peek at my Christmas Cards! I was going to make it a surprise but I just can't wait till they come in!!! Happy Holidays!

7 Random or weird facts about me!

2007-12-02T22:14:00.000-08:00

The picture has no real significance to my post today! It is just RANDOM! One of my favorite pictures of my lil pirates!

My new friend Melody has tagged me. Being the newbie that i am I might need some guidance! I feel as if I am in a remedial class, asking so many questions about a very difficult subject! But here it goes, It came with rules! I have not ever been good at following rules, but i will try. I might have some big challenges with number 4, I do not know 7 people with a blog.

Here are the rules to this one:

1. Link to the person that tagged you.
For those of you also in the remedial class that means the person that sent it to you! For me that would be Melody A.
2. Post the rules.
That means explain in detail what I am suppose to do for others to follow along, Are you confused yet?
3. Share 7 random and/or weird facts about yourself.
Hmmm.......Tell 7 random/weird facts about me. Random to be defined as out of no where fact, like things no one really needs or wants to know & or weird strange details about me! Sounds tough!
4. “Tag” 7 people at the end of the post and include links to their blogs.
This means forward this post to seven people with a blog account! So if you are reading this and have a blog account send me your info! I only know 2, maybe 3.
5. Let each person know that you tagged them.
I might need help her Melody!!!
OK, here i go:

1.I am addicted to General Hospital!!!! I record it every day and try to watch it at night when my babies are sleeping! As my grandma called them stories, I love my story!
2. I love to sing, I fantasize about being a famous country singer. I must have been one in my last life, truly! I will settle for a solo in the church choir! I will send you all an invitation when it comes true. My poor girlz have to hear me all the time!
3. I love getting comments on my blog! And reading others blogs.
4. I am a black belt in Karate. No not really but I did take Karate for 2 years, can't remember the belt I was! I think purple, I don't know, I must have been good!!
5. I am a mamma's girl! I can't start my day without a conversation with her! Even if she does say things that get under my skin! She just makes my day complete! Did I mention the other 20 times throughout the day we chat too! Sorry mom, I need my husband back home so I can bother him instead!
6. I have the state of Texas tattooed on my derriere...... No I won't post a picture, it seems to be spreading into the United States these days, not a pretty sight.
7. I absolutely positively love being Avery & Adelyn's mommy!!!
They melt me!

Here i my lucky chosen ones to share seven random & or weird facts about themselves..
Melody
Angelia
Mia, I will email her the info & she can post it to my comments, is that cheating?
Crissy

Addiction......

2007-12-01T18:22:00.000-08:00

The last several days have been hard! Avery my oldest is giving her pacifier to Santa to give to a baby in need of one! Well, it is not that easy. Poor Baby girl and poor mommy! For those of you that know Avery know that she is a very strong willed, well adjusted, secure young lady! (All of three) Except when it comes to her "PACI".
We went to see Santa on Thursday and have talked about giving it up since she turned three in Sept. when the paci fairy came and took all her pacifiers and left her a fancy surprise with glitter and stuff, that day was only temorary because she got sick and was in the hospital & how do you tell a sick baby, Uh no paci sorry when she has an IV in her arm.
Well today was the big day! We get out of the car with our list of wants for Santa and our paci! She is excited and sits right on Santa's lap and proceeds to tell him what she wants, "I want Candy Land Castle & a real Gecko and on & on....." Santa knew from a prior conversation with the photographer that he would be receiving the ever so coveted Finley Fish Pacifier. It of course is not an ordinary pacifier, it is a FANCY one that comes with a name and closes when it is dropped to prevent as many germs and yuckies found on the floors and wherever else it may land! I was very surprised with how well the drop off of Finley went until we get to the car and she realized it was not coming home with us for her nap! Oh Lord........... I have prayed about this day on bended knee for strength and wisdom! WHERE IS IT? My strength and wisdom?
She cries and cries and throws up and just plain acts CRAZY! Honestly that was just the beginning of the consequences that follow well into the wee morning hours! That night she is crying so hard and for so long it was like someone going through withdraw! She did not sleep. I finally gave in at 4:30am. oh and did I say her daddy is out of town yet again or still or however you want to say it, so alone again I am. God made Adam & Eve, Right?
An addict, an over eater, a smoker, an alcholic, a gambler all with a vice have to go through a program or some type of support group. Maybe a diet but they still get to eat, a nicotine patch but they still get the nicotine and sneak in a cigarette or some type of tobacco, an alcholic goes through a 12 step program, a gambler well you get my point! My poor baby has had this DAMN PACIFIER since birth! 3 years & 3 months to be exact and never slept without it! Not even a nap! I always had a reserve, backup, substitute, extra one whatever! I thought I was doing myself a favor by having one around for her naps and Night Night! She has always been a great sleeper! NOT ANYMORE! I feel so bad for her, she shakes, cries, tells me her stomach hurts her head hurts. I only have a caffeine addiction...and beware when I don't have my Dr. Pepper or cup of coffee, I get a headache and the whole world pays! I guess what I am so frustrated with is why does she have to give it up? She is not hurting anyone. I know it looks silly for a 3 yr old to have a pacifier hanging out of her mouth in public BUT I only let her have it at home or in the car! I just have all this guilt that she is to big for it and needs to get rid of it for Dental reasons, oh ya my dentist said told her to give it to the fish, he knows she loves to fish! Easy for him to say, why doesn't he try to give something he LOVES away to the damn fish!I have guilt when Family & friends say or by the look on their face that says, "Aren't you a little big to have that in your mouth or why do you let her have that or My, my, the dental bill for her is going to be outrageous!? I wish they knew how bad that makes me feel and by the who are they to comment on something like that! Don't they know I know she is a little BIG for a pacifier! My words to them will be next time."Why don't you stop smoking, don't you know it gives you cancer? Why don't you go on a diet, your jeans look a little tight, My you drink alot are you an alcoholic! UGH! Of course I will not say anything to anyone but I sure would like to! If anyone has advice please comment my way! My little girl said to me mommy please go buy me a new paci and tell Santa I dont need any new toys!!!! What do you say to that? This is a picture of how her last few days have been! SAD!!!!!

Drum Roll Please........................

2007-11-28T07:23:00.000-08:00

My new blog page is up & beautiful!!! Thank you Shawn. I love it! I have so much to learn and post and the list goes on...... I have been waiting for this like a little kid in a candy store. Well off to ballet. HEHEHEHEHEHE, what a great way to start my morning! Thank you, Thank You