Mother's Day

I had a great Mother's day weekend!! Brian and I had a date night Saturday night. We went to Olive Garden and to the movies. MiMi and Paw-Paw kept Kelsey for us, so we went by after the movie and picked her up. But, we got up a little early Sunday morning to celebrate Mother's Day. Brian and Kelsey got me a gift card to my favorite store, Maurice's. So, I am looking very forward in using that! :) Brian knows what my "cup of tea" is! We went to church and then had lunch with Brian's family at his mom and dad's house. Then we went to my sister's house to celebrate Mother's Day with my mom. We took it simple, Hot dogs with all the fixin's and chips. It was so good!! The kids had a BLAST together, as always!

The story behind the "Grandchildren" print. My mom has been telling us girls that she wants a picture of all the grandkids feet so she can put it on her wall. We finally all got together and made it happen. I actually got the print ordered the Monday before Mother's Day and was praying soo hard I would have it by Sunday and that the resolution would turn out and it wouldn't be blurry!! I was SOOOO SOOO excited Friday afternoon when I got it out and saw that it was "Perfect". I could not WAIT to give it to her Sunday. She was so excited, though!!

~This is momma opening her picture~

There was a little black puppy that showed up at my sister's house on Saturday. The kids had a blast playing with it!!

Well, the puppy had gotten into Jennifer's Daylilly she had JUST planted and she got on to the puppy..... Well, he went into the bushes and wouldn't come out. These pic's are of the girls looking for the dog in the bushes... Kelsey was so funny.. As you can see in a couple of the pictures, she was pulling the bushes apart hollering "puppy" it was precious

I love the picture of Kelsey and Layla - look at Kelsey's little attitude. Layla was pulling Kelsey trying to get her to take a picture of her and Kelsey had NO part in it.. Look at the one where Layla is just a smiling and Kelsey is trying to pry her shirt out of Layla's hand!! TOO CUTE.. And check out Miss Hollywood (the birthday girl) in her Barbie sunglasses! Precious!!! Happy 2nd Birthday, Kailee Bug's!!! Aunt Shea loves you!

Sleepy Kelsey

This was the funniest thing. Kelsey hadn't had a nap all day long. She was just a sitting there eating and Brian said that he had JUST looked at her, like 30 seconds before, and she was scarfing down her spaghetti... that must've been her very last bite because Brian looked over there first and thought she was looking down... she wasn't moving.. he said Kelsey and she popped her head up and her eyes were barely opened.. She had litterally fell right to sleep.. It was too cute. Needless to say, I wiped her down and put her to bed... It wasn't a good night for us, she tossed and turned the whole night! Guess she was just restless!!

This was last Saturday (05/09/2009) Kelsey and I went shopping with a friend and her little girl from church and it wasn't 10 minutes after we got home and she was out... I walked in to check on her and this is what I found...

Boat journey with friend's!

We had some more friends join us for a boat ride... We had lots of fun. Unfortunately, I didn't get pictures on the boat... But you can view some Crystal took, here. After we got back, we hung out for a minute... Kelsey was able to give Jacob some lovin... She loved him, it was the sweetest thing. We had so much fun.

Our Boat's first time at Lake Martin

We are looking very forward to the many trips we'll be making this summer to the lake!! We had a blast the weekend we went to the lake. The water was ICE cold but Kelsey wanted to "wim" so bad, so we couldn't keep her out of the water.....it was the weekend it was so hot, so it would be just mean not to let her get in. Since it is, now, like 3 weeks later, I can proudly say that she didn't even get sick from it. =) She is going to have so much fun this summer! Can't wait for all the fun times ahead!

Our new toy

Yeah, we decided we would get rid of the 4-wheeler we NEVER rode (except around the neighborhood, sometimes) and get a boat that hopefully we'll use this go around. I say that as Brian used to have a bass boat that he sold, once again, because we NEVER used it... But now that Kelsey is not an infant anymore, we plan on getting our use out of it and having a blast!!!

Isn't she a Beauty!?

This is the very first time we went out on the boat. We went right after work that Friday and had a BLAST! Kelsey LOVED it! Look at that big laugh!!!The next day, Saturday, we invited some friends along! We had fun, y'all!! And Kelsey and Gage were so cute with the "lollipop" I am not a mean person, even though Kelsey had it the whole time... Gage DID get some of it! :) Proof is on his mouth! The boat ride was actually Gage's first... How sentimental :)

With Mother's Day approaching

I want to share this poem - It has always been a fav since Kelsey came!! It is ALL SOOO true!!

Before I was a Mom,
I never tripped over toys
or forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn't worry whether or not
my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom,
I had never been puked on.
Pooped on.
Chewed on.
Peed on.
I had complete control of my mind
and my thoughts.
I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom,
I never held down a screaming child
so doctors could do tests.
Or give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night
watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom,
I never held a sleeping baby just because
I didn't want to put him/her down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces
when I couldn't stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small
could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much.
I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a Mom,
I didn't know the feeling of
having my heart outside my body..
I didn't know how special it could feel
to feed a hungry baby.
I didn't know that bond
between a mother and her child.
I didn't know that something so small
could make me feel so important and happy.

Before I was a Mom,
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night
every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth,
the joy, the love, the heartache, the wonderment
or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much,
before I was a Mom .