Dada

9 yrs ago today I became a Mother to the most beautiful little girl ever.

I have often wished that I had cherished more those moments when my children were babies. They grow up so fast. 9 years just seems like yesterday.

She is so much like her Daddy in looks, but like her Mom in her attitude and personality. (which may not always be a good thing!! )

(sorry these 2 pictures are so blurry, I didn't have a digital camera "back then" so I took a picture of a picture. Poor quality!!)





Today she is at her Aunts house. Janelle wanted the girl cousins for a couple days this week. This is 1 of the last weekends she is able to have them before school starts. It just so happens that it fell on her bday.

I am very sad to not have spent the day with her. I have been a tad bit emotional all day today.

But Dada got the choice of what she wanted to do. And who would give up an opportunity to be spoiled by their Aunt and spend the week with her cousins?

Janelle took them horseback riding which is something Dada has wanted to do for a long time. She was so very excited about it.


She also wanted to go swimming in Janelle's pool.

When she told me that she would be going to Janelle's she told me that she could just have her party next week. That way she can do 2 fun things.

So next week is her bday slumber party. She will have a few friends over, they will stay up way to late, eat to much cake and giggle till their sides hurt.

But tonight I will remember what a joy she has been in our life. And how I couldn't imagine having another daughter. She is what I always dreamt about.

It has hit me in a weird kinda way how much children are truly a gift from God.



LoVe YoU BaBy GiRl.

The past couple days have been spent babysitting these precious little girls. I haven't really been
around a baby for an extended period of time for quite a while and I think it took me a minute to remember it all! I kept thinking....how did I use to do it all?

By the end of the 1st day I was EXHAUSTED!!!



Thankfully the 2nd day went a little better. Both the girls took a good nap, so hopefully they were better for Mom as well. :)




Dada for 1 couldn't WaIt for them to come over....she said...it's like I have 2 sisters! I think she really liked having them here but I think she got what having a little sister would be like. The 3 yr old followed Dada EvErYwHeRe!!! :)

Dada couldn't get enough of the Baby. She begged to do everything. She even wanted me to teach her how to change the Babies Diapers. She was such a big help!



I even think that Brother thought it was fun having the girls around. He asked a couple times to hold the baby. :) And if the girls were sleeping he would ask every now and then when they would wake up.



After 2 long days babysitting, let's just say I was in bed at 9 last night!! I was plum tuckered out.

When I talked to Honey later that night, he said....so you gave the Baby back huh? I said, yep I gave her back. :(

Things I LoVe

A person should dream shouldn't they? Well Honey and I have a dream. We would LoVe to move to the country. Everything is better in the country isn't it?

We just want room for our kids and dogs to run. We want to be able to stretch our legs and not know that there are neighbors all around watching your every move.

Can you covet a life like that? If you can, then I definitely am.

The other day we drove by this house. Come to find out it's empty and has been for over a year. It sits on 8 acres of land. 8 acres. WOW. There is a creek running through the land. There is room. And plenty of it.

We snuck a peek through the house. Which wasn't hard since the doors were standing wide open.

What fun we had dreaming our way through the house.

It's definitely old. Which is what I would LoVe!! It was probably built in the late 1800's. I fell in love with it the moment I saw it.

I did not want to leave.

I wanted to pack my things up and move them in.



The house obviously needs a ton of work. The kitchen is in shambles. But I'm sure we can work with that.

It's got 3 bedrooms. Just what we need.



Aren't these windows to die for? Floor to ceiling windows in the living room. And guess what?? The living room has a fireplace! I have always wanted a fire place.



Isn't this lane lovely??




A view from the road.



Well....today, I can dream right? Dream of the land, and the house that was put there just for me.

I called the phone # listed on the sign. They want WAY to much money for it. Maybe that's why it's still on the market for all this time.

But if I had the money, I would buy it up in a heart beat. I would buy it and I would love it back to it's glory.

I can DrEaM can't I?

We have been spending some of our afternoons this week at our Friends house at the pool. Dada has been extremely excited about it. These 2 girls have been going to school together since kindergarten. In such a small class, how can you not be friends?? :)

Dada spent the night there last night. She was so excited she could hardly contain herself.

Seriously.

I am thankful for their friendship, b/c through the years I have made a friend with her Mom. It's just to bad she won't let me take of a picture of her!! But.....



I did find a picture of her, that she didn't know I snapped. It was when the girls were in 1st grade and we were on a field trip to an apple orchard. (Sorry that it is so blurry!)

Can you tell how much the kids love her??

I so look forward to many more years spent together watching our kids grow and TRYING to keep them normal!!! ;)

A couple of days ago the neighbor boys came over and kept the kids company. Brother and the boys play really well together....most of the time. ;) Dada.....well.....she pretty much just bosses them around. Which they of course don't take from a GiRl!!



But this day....they played pretty well....especially once the sprinkler came out. Who knew that you could have so much fun with an umbrella and a sprinkler?




AAHH SuMmEr......how is your's going?

A family day

Yesterday, was a lovely family day.

We putzed around the house in the morning and then went swimming in the afternoon.

It was just us at the pool which was nice.




I think the kids LoVe it when Daddy is at the pool to play with.




Sissy is trying to master the backwards backflip. She is really getting good at it. Brother tried to do it and then did a back flop which hurt his back and then he was done with it. :)




Since Daddy didn't have to work last night we decided to take advantage of the beautiful evening and we went to a beautiful little park that we found a couple weeks ago. It is actually an old mill.

It is a beautiful place to go to.





There is a little creek-runoff thing that goes from the pond area down to the actual creek. The kids had fun wading and skipping rocks.

Dada was nervous at first. She thought she might fall.



But Daddy came and helped her cross and she was just fine after that.




She tried to cross in her flip flops. It didn't quite work out!! :)



We saw a little girl who caught a HUGE toad. I'm surprised that Brother didn't ask her if he could have it. I had NEVER saw a toad that big. Her cousin also caught a turtle.






There were all kinds of crawfish in the creek. They would hide in between all the rocks when they saw us coming.

Hunny tried to catch 1 to show the kids.

But didn't quite get it.

Some of them were HUGE!

I had never seen a crawfish before. I thought they lived more in the south.



I love this picture of Dada.



I told also LoVe this picture!




So that was our day. I really enjoyed our time at the park. Although there were other people there, it was very peaceful and relaxing.