Adventures of a Mommy

2008-09-15T07:06:00.000-07:00

I just took a look at my blog and realized that the blogger world probably thinks we are still in New York... WRONG!! We are back! Not too much has been going on with us lately but I thought I'd give a little update, of course in pictures as usual!! We hated to leave David, but I truly believe that we are where God wants us to be!! David is doing great! He got his much deserved promotion!! He is such a hard worker and I'm more and more proud of him every single day!!We had to spend our 10th anniversary apart... Which was very hard... But we have the most amazing relationship and are making it through this distance thing!! We are praying that the next job is closer than 1400 miles apart... That part sucks!!
I made him all of these really pretty cookies and mailed them to him overnight and he said that when they got to him they were in pieces no bigger than a dime.... I sent him cookies and he sent me diamond earrings that I've been asking for on our 10th anniversary for the past 9 years!! He's such an awesome husband and my very best friend!! I was really down on our anniversary so Crystal and Julie took me out and we sang Karaoke!! We had a blast!! Thanks again girls!! We are gonna do that more often!!

Daityn Blair has all of this garb that she likes to wear now... Dawson has always been all boy.... I'm afraid that this little "Diva" is all girl!! She has to carry her purse with pacies, cell phone and usually her sippy cup and have her jewelry that Aunt Olivia brought to her on everywhere she goes!! Not to mention the sunglasses that are permanently stuck to her head!! It's so funny!! Gustav affected so many people and didn't leave us out... We got so much rain... As you can see... Dawson and Punky loved it!
Dawson rocked it out during spirit week with a purple mohawk!! It's so funny!! This was all his idea!! My cake business is booming!! Here are 2 of the latest ones that I've made!! So if you need a cake, gimme a shout!!
Here is a funny video shot of Daity trying to ride on a toy 4-wheeler...
I hope everyone is wonderful!!!

New York

2008-07-21T22:00:00.000-07:00

Before I even start I know this is gonna be huge... So you might want to read this in shifts!!

Right before we left home Dawson lost another tooth!! So now he has no front teeth!! He told me to get a pen and paper we were gonna write a letter... I said to who he said The Tooth Fairy... I said what are you gonna tell him?? He said your gonna write it and I'm gonna tell you what to write... So here we go...

Dear Tooth Fairy, My mom and I are going to be out of town for awhile and so I want this tooth to be worth $100!! Love, Dawson

The Tooth Fairy wrote back:

Dear Dawson, This tooth is great but I don't think it's worth $100. But here is $50 for you to spend while in New York!! Love, The Tooth Fairy

Have you ever heard of a bargaining tooth fairy?? Me either!! If he doesn't become a lawyer I'm gonna be pissed!!! On the flight from Cincinnati we saw a rainbow Dawson had to take a picture!! On this flight and the other one I got up and appologized to everyone on the flight because the medicine prescribed for Daityn Blair had the reverse affect... And yes, I tried it the day before and it worked...
Sometimes I take so many things in live for granted... And this trip is no exception... But when I get back to Arkansas I will do my best not to take the following things for granted:
1. The nosey people in the grocery store that say "hi Cara, how are you doing?" I'm gonna smile and say back "I'm doing wonderful and you?"!! Because here people don't even look you in the eye... They just look through you....
2. The people at The Cleaners that always do exactly what I ask to my clothes and never ask questions no matter what... I will run around behind the counter and hug their neck... Cause some hussy up here tried to cut my son's shorts off to be Daisy Dukes.... Without my consent and then went on to tell me how she liked them like that and why didn't I.... Cause I'm the momma... that's why.. And more than that, I'm paying you.... If I tell you to cut off one leg and leave the other and spray paint them purple that's what I want cause I'm cutting you a check that's good!!
3. The beauticians for not ever doing this to anyone that I know or have ever seen in the town of Hamburg.... I mean really.... What the hell is with those do do rolls down the side of their heads?? Somebody please tell me!!! Thank you!!!
4. My car for never breaking down on me while driving down the side of a freaking mountain once... Much less a second time in a week....
5. My two ovens in my house...
6. All of my countertop space...
7. The people in our wonderful town!!!
8. My momma!!
9. My momma in law!!
10. My Amanda!!!!!!!!
11. Again the nosey people in the grocery store!!!
K, this is so not going to be a negative post!!! I won't let it!! We have had a great time so far! Even with all of the drama!! It's beautiful here!! I would love to live in the mountains! It's so nice and cool (compared to Hamburg).... Don't get me wrong, I've broke a sweat... But not like Arkansas!!
I'm gonna post lots of pictures and tell ya bout a couple of our experiences and I'll write more later!
I know my mom is dying to see some pictures off of myspace!! (she should get one herself... hint hint and you too Olivia!!!)
So the first morning I got up early as soon as David left for work and started cleaning!! (coming in where two men have lived for a couple of weeks alone with no female... I had to clean the pot before I could have my morning pee!!) Then I called Andrea and she and the girls came over and we piled, and I do mean piled up in Daddy's truck to venture into the unknown!! And into the unknown we went!! And yes, they were all in seat belts!! But I do believe if we had been stopped by a police we would be in a little bit of trouble!!

So here we go... Into some unknown town... And I go around a curve and I'm thinking to myself "this steering wheel is getting really hard to turn".... I didn't say anything while I was breaking a sweat and steering... And then I start flying down the hill and notice that the brakes aren't slowing me down in this hella big truck.... I'm like standing up on the brake and it's barely slowing down at all... So finally I said "Andrea this truck is broke".... So I fought it to the side of the road in what looks like the slum part of town and I get out and I don't even know why cause I know how to put gas in it and get in it and drive and that's about it for my car knowledge... I try to call Daddy... And if you live in New York your cell phone service SUCKS!!! AT&T should be ashamed... no freakin' signal...

There are people driving by ninety to nothing and no one even slows down...

So to make a long story short after 3 hours of sitting on the side of the road with 5 kids and after 3000 text messages to Daddy, David, Cliff, John, Phil, Meredith.... I've just called 911 and I decided to try Daddy one more time... Lo and behold he answers....
This is how that call went
me: daddy were broke down on the side of the road come get us.
dad: what happened?
me: i don' t know the brakes quit working and the steering wheel wouldn't turn and I fought it to the side of the road and we're broke down!!!
dad: where are you?
me: we're between two curves in Swan Lake at an old abandoned restaurant and..... daddy?? DADDY???
thanks at&t... for your perfect timing of a dropped call...
so I walk a little ways and get one bar and try again... This time in panic mode...
me: DADDY, WE ARE BETWEEN TWO CURVES IN SWAN LAKE AT AN OLD ABANDONED RESTAURANT AND WE'RE HOT AND TIRED AND HUNGRY AND THE KIDS ARE TOO COME GET US!!!!!
daddy: ok, I'm sending David.

So about 10 minutes we see the most beautiful site a white Precision Pipeline truck!!!! Woo Hoo!!! It's a stranger and I don't even care I know that truck!!! So this nice guy takes us to his house which is about 300 yards from where we were broke down for 3 hours for us to sit another 2 1/2 hours and wait on the truck to be fixed only to get a call that it wouldn't be ready until the next day!! About 4 o'clock Cliff and Meredith finally get my texts... Anyway the nice lady took us home and all was good in the neighborhood!!

That night about 9 o'clock David's cell phone starts going nuts and Andrea said John's did too that's when they finally got our messages...

Sorry no pictures of that whole extravaganza!!

So the next day we all go to Bubba's to eat! Which is great they have food drinks and a huge sand box in the back by the lake to keep the kiddos occupied!!

Daityn Absolutely loved it!!! Although I think the water intrigued her a little bit more.. Since there was no hose when we got ready to go David dipped Daityn Blair in a sand pail filled up with Lake water before she could get in the truck to go home! Dawson was also stripped!!;)We spent alot of time at McDonald's in the first few days before we upgraded to wireless.. And believe it or not after a while the kids were dreading going to McDonald's!! The circus came to town!! And the kids loved it!! (I can't speak for Andrea but I did as well!) Here is Dawson and his toothless smile and Daityn scouting for crumbs over there behind him... I should have known something was up right then..
They had some really neat acts!! oh yeah, chick is hanging by her hair!!! freaked me out totally....

Daityn Blair sneaked around and I caught her eating popcorn off of the bleachers from the kid sitting behind us.... I had to flag down the man carrying it on his shoulders to keep her from catching cooties!! And then she was good to go for the remainder of the show!! On Friday the fourth of July we went into Monticello to watch the fireworks display! It was held at the race track. The kids enjoyed this as well!! It was a job trying to hold down Daityn blair... She is just too busy!! She is kin to Dawson and knows when it's her bedtime!! Amber, Emily and Reghan are always helping me keep up with her!!
We had to wait on the fireworks to start for 3 hours... If Dawson wasn't so excited we would've gone home!! But we just couldn't disappoint him... Here is me and David at the race track!!

On Sunday morning bright and early we got up and headed to middletown to catch a train to go to New York City!!!
Dawson loved this!! He said this wasn't Thomas cause it was too fast.. It wasn't James cause it wasn't red.. And it wasn't Gordon, it was the Evil Diesel!!! It was so surreal to step through the doors of the train station and look up and see this....
AAAAfreakin'mazing!!!!

We hopped on a tour bus that took us all through the town to see all of the sights that we could see in a day and boy did we!!

Below is the NYC post office. This picture gives it no justice it's really beautiful!!
This was some random guy just sitting on the street jammin!!!

This is Ground Zero... I'll tell you, looking at this is just looks like a hole.. But the feeling that I got while walking towards where The Twin Towers once stood was unforgettable... It was the most eerie feeling, it's hard to explain... Just sadness... Looking at all of the surrounding buildings and how they are still black with smut and then looking at the nearby church that wasn't touched. Just knowing all of the mothers and fathers that died that day for no apparent reason is absolutely sickening... Meredith and I were totally fighting back tears... We couldn't stay there long, we had to leave...
This is just something that has never really been explained to Dawson in detail.. But when we got there I told him what happened.. As soon as he called home he told everyone what happened and what he saw at Ground Zero and how these mean men took over planes and crashed them into these huge buildings.. And that's another thing. Its hard to imagine 2 buildings being taller than the buildings that surrounded them.... Just crazy!! I'm glad that we went there, but I have no plans of going back!!

On a better note, we saw The Statue of Liberty!! Absolutely enormously breathtaking!! We accidently took the wrong ferry to Staten Island instead of the island of Liberty or whatever it's called... But it was all good anyway!! We went right in front of it!

The kids had fun waiting on the next ferry from Staten Island.. There were pigeons outside and I found some raisins in my purse.. Dawson started feeding them and they came right up to his feet and took the raisins.
Daityn Blair was wanting to get her hands on one so bad!!!

Then on the way back on the ferry we saw some pretty sights!!

Some new waterfalls in NYC that are only there until like October I think.I'm gonna feel really stupid if I'm wrong but I think this is the Brooklyn bridge...
NYC
David telling Phil about this chick who had on a dress made of pantyhose I swear!! It was so funny!! You can see her standing behind them!! Real cute girl, if she had worn drawers!!
Then David decided to take a nap the rest of the way!! Then off to Chinatown!!! OMG I could stay there forever!!! I loved it!! The whole bargaining thing was great!!
Afterwards David was trying to bargain for a coke at a hotdog stand... I'd rubbed off on him!! I was too busy to take many pictures there!!

So here we are walking!!

Poor Daity!! She was so tired!! Thank goodness for Nicole letting us borrow her stroller... I don't think Dawson would've made it!! We did ALOT of walking!!!

After a long day we had to get back to catch our train on time.. So we grabbed a taxi!! Here we are riding in the yellow cab!

This was the most awesome experience of my entire life!! And before I go home I'm going back to NYC!!
But after about 15 hours, my babies were give slap out!!!

So back to the apartment we went and off to beddy by!!!

Where I'm headed right now...

I've got lots more pictures, but I'm gonna retire for the night!!

Callaway Reunion 2008

2008-05-28T13:12:00.000-07:00

As always we had a wonderful trip to our annual family reunion in Hot Springs this past weekend!! I have the most wonderful, caring, fun family EVVA!!! Me, Amanda, Dawson and Daityn Blair ventured off on Thursday night after Patrick's graduation to Hot Springs!!
Daityn Blair slept most of the way there while Dawson started asking before we ever left Hamburg "Momma, how much longer??".Friday morning Kim, Nicole, Nikki and I were treated to a spa day!!! OMG.... It was the best!! We had so much fun!! I never get pampered with the kiddos with me every waking hour!! It was great to be treated like a queen!!
On Friday night we went with Uncle Freddie and Aunt Joy to pick up Daddy who flew in from New York!! It was so nice to have Amanda with me to help out with Daityn Blair who has to be in bed by 9 o'clock or she turns into witch Hazel!! So she stayed behind with her Manda!!I'm not sure who was more excited to see Daddy, me or Dawson!! Although with my eyes closed, you can't really see the excitement on my face or the emotion either which is kind of a good thing!!!!When we were leaving the airport I saw this guy who looked familiar having his picture made with a little girl... As I looked closer I saw that it was Darren McFadden!! So I told Dawson to go and have his picture made with him... He was like "I'm tired, I don't want to"... I said fine then I will!!! I was still trying to get him to get up there and telling him that it was D-Mac and he played football for the Hogs and all of that good stuff but he still didn't care... So I get up there to have my picture made and then he came along!!! D-Mac was talking on his phone and I heard him say "yeah I'm just getting into the airport, you know how it is".... I turned and looked at him and said "yeah, women hanging all over me and everything else" and of course then SNAP!!! Daddy took the picture!! But anyway we had our picture with a "star"!! Daddy was so worried about Daityn Blair not remembering him, but that didn't last but about 2 minutes!! She was loving all over PawPaw!! And he minds her pretty good too!!
On Saturday morning as usual we have pictures made of the whole family! With Mamaw Woodie having 9 kids, that makes for alot of grandkids!! This is about half!! You can see if you look close that she is holding a funny object!! My mamaw has never had a sip of alcohol in her life and she is 86 years old!! This past January we all got together and had supper and Daddy and Uncle Joe was drinking Bud Light!! Aunt Pat and I conspired to have it look like Mamaw was reaching for a beer!!! David built a frame and I put it in the family auction!! It went to Uncle Joe for $210!!! It was priceless!!Here Mamaw was trying to get some upside down sugar from Daity!!All of the kids have such a good time playing!! Here is Dawson , Garrett, and Zach pushing around Branson on the luggage cart!! He is such a night owl!! Dawson is used to going to bed no later than 9:30.... So when he was staying up until 12.... Needless to say, he was give out!!!Here is Dawson and Amanda were loving!! I think Amanda had a good time, my family loves her like she is their own!! She has been invited to come back anytime that she wants to!!Here Dawson was feeling like a big man, cause he was drinking out of a wine glass at Olive Garden!!Oh another funny from Dawson.... Which is also an embarassment to me... On the morning we were leaving we were eating breakfast... I was holding Daityn Blair and Dawson was sitting beside me!! Amanda, Uncle Freddie and Aunt Joy were there too!! Dawson busts out with "Momma did she just shit??" I'm like oh no he just didn't.... Can't be.... I said "Dawson what did you just say??" He said "I said did she just shit?? I smell something that stinks..." I could've crawled up under the table and died!!!! Gah the things he can say....
Anyway, at the reunion Aunt Nita talks.... And we listen!! And listen! And listen...
Then Dawson sang two special songs!! International Harvester and Watching Airplanes!! He was a huge hit!! He tore it up!!! He was so cute!!! Not to mention how good he sounded!! Here is Daityn Blair at her best in her cute little bikini, screaming!!Swimming is a big pass time while on the reunion!! Dawson should be water logged by now!! The bottom of his feet had blisters on them!! Daityn was too sleepy this day so I took her back in for a nap!! She is just as happy playing in her little car on the carpet!!
Me, Amanda and the kids went downtown for earrings and ice cream!! We took some pictures that turned out really good too!!Later we went to the arcade and rode bumper boats!! Fun fun, but wet wet!! John, Andrea and their 3 girls met us there!! Those are the sweetest girls ever!!
Besides the fact that they helped get me all wet!!;)
So Monday morning we had to get back to reality and go home.... Which sucks..... But we still have to do it! We had to take Daddy back to the airport and see him off... Where I parked in a 15 minute parking spot for an hours and a half.... And had a parking ticket on the windshield waiting on me when I returned.... blah!!!! $15 is worth it freaking pig!!!! After that we met John, Andrea and the girls at Chuck e Cheese!! W had so much fun!! The food was bunk... But the fun was great!!!Daityn Blair wanted no part of ole' Chuck, but Dawson loved him!!!
And Daity, well she just loves to be held!! She wouldn't let Amber out of her sight for very long at all!!! Emily either!! This is funny... Ya know I always start out with the best intentions of making a great blog and explaining pictures... And at first I do.... But towards the end I just want you to make your own mind up of what you think happened!!!
Ya know the adults have just as much fun at those places!!! This was an awesome fun filled weekend that I wish I had the money to do every other weekend!!! We had a blast!! And yes, again we stayed up every night until at least 1 am... So when we got home, we were ready for some after vacation rest!!
I can't wait until next year!!!!

Our Awesome Ride!!

2008-05-20T08:18:00.000-07:00

On Sunday David went and picked up Daddy's Kubota and we loaded up the 4-wheeler and off we went into the great unknown!! We had the best time! Just driving the with kiddos and letting the wind blow through our hair and all of that mushy stuff, it was just great! Daityn couldn't wait to go... She was in her car seat upside down crying cause we weren't getting our stuff together fast enough for her!
Dawson, Daityn Blair with her car seat and I rode on the Kubota along with Alex in the back! David rode on the 4-wheeler until my butt went to sleep because it was hanging off of the side and we had to switch!! Wow, I didn't realize how much room a car seat took up until that day... Of course you know Dawson and I both are pretty homegrown, but you know.... It was a tight ride!!
We had so much fun! We rode for about 4 hours all through the mud and such!! Dawson loved it! And Daityn Blair did too, until she fell asleep!
I packed us a picnic so we stopped about half way and had our lunch in the middle of the wilderness!!I hope we can make more time for this kind of thing!! We loved it!
Dawson even took Mom & Dad's picture for us!

2008-05-15T10:26:00.000-07:00

So this morning after taking Dawson to school in the rain and while David and Daityn Blair were snugglebuggin'

playing with her computer..... I decided to bake a cake and try out a new icing recipe!!
That flopped....
So instead of wasting the cake that I'd just baked I wanted to try something new!! And new it was!! With the same icing I always use but still totally different than anything I've ever tried to do, but I must say it's adorable!! I had a different plan when I started out, but this is what it just happened to turn into. And much cuter than I originally thought it could be!!Yay, so when you need a birthday cake give me a buzz!!

Trouble Maker at Large!!

2008-05-14T16:00:00.000-07:00

When she gets quiet.... You KNOW something is bad wrong!!

Last week she did in fact get awfully quiet, and this is how I found her... In my make-up...
Little stinker was so proud!! She had eyeshadow all over her lips!! But she was happy!!I think she is going to be a girly girl!!
And then a couple nights later I heard a thump while Dawson was in the bathtub...
I ran in a discovered this....
Just as I started trying to get her clothes off of her Dawson said "don't even think about taking her diaper off in here..." I said "why?" He said "cause she is dirty". I said "what do you mean dirty?" he said "like poop dirty".... And sure enough she was in the tub swollen up poop diaper and
all and just as happy as she could be!!
Yep she's gonna be a trouble maker, but we all love her just the same!!!!!

T-ball & The Armadillo Festival

2008-05-05T10:59:00.000-07:00

Before the game today Dawson would have it no other way but to help Aunt Debbie fix the flowers in the pot in front of the store!Here is Dawson with his game face on... I think he got this from his daddy!!

After the game he just couldn't wait to get to 'the rides'.... And neither could I....
Here is the first thing that Dawson saw that he wanted to ride on!!
The trusty ole' boring motorcycles!!Here is Dawson and Jake riding on the bumper cars/race track thingy!!And then on to the airplanes!!
I think about then is where we hooked up with Vic the trooper!!Dawson had her to ride the tilt a whirl 5 times in a row!!!
That's enough to make anyone sick!!
But she hung right in there!!And a trooper she was!! Dawson always just gets in line and waits for someone to tell him
that he's not quite tall enough to ride a particular ride...
But thankfully this year, he was never turned away.... At least not on arm band night!! And I forgot my camera on Armadillo day when he rode the big cliff hanger like ride!! He decided that he wanted to ride the Black Jack ride that went upside down and they told him he wasn't tall enough....
OMG, he cried and cried and cried some more!!Here is Dawson and Vic on the Wipeout.... Here is Punky and her friend Jillian!! For poor Vic, a wipeout it was!!Of course Dawson got right off and ran to get in line again.... Vic I think needed a break, but she wouldn't let him ride it alone... So she ran right back with him.... That was a mistake... She had to run away before she got sick... Then again she appeared and said that she had some water and thought she was going to be ok... But after the Rainbow... It was O V E R!!!She had to leave for good after that!! And sweet little Daityn Blair just sat in her stroller all night and chilled!! When she is bad, she's bad... But when she is happy and
good, you couldn't ask for a better baby!!This was the funniest thing ever.... I almost peed in my pants!!!!!He wanted to jump on this thing before we left for the night....
Well it looks like real fun... But he just couldn't get comfortable!! His right arm slipped off of the bungee cord, then his left leg started drawing up,
and he started hollaring! The nice man tried to readjust him... But I don't think there was anything to help... It was squeezing him in a uh... Bad place.... So he just had to get off!!!! So even though I'd told him that was his last ride... I felt sorry for him and let him play one game... Bless his heart... Just look at those eyes!! He was so proud!!!! He made the basketball in the goal the very first try.... But that was "in the foul zone"..... Okay asshole..... He's only freakin' 5!!!!! Give him the dang bear and we'll be on our merry way!!! But no.... And he was so upset... He said "momma, I'm sorry I didn't win anything I tried my very best!!!" Now what do you say to that??? Wanna know what the carni said.... "sorry"...... Wanna know what that means to a 5 year old that wants a freaking stuffed animal??? You suck.... That's what it means.... If I pay $5 dollars for my baby to throw 3 balls and he even comes close to making it... He needs a freaking $0.10 bear.... Thank you......
So that was our weekend in a couple 15 pictures!!!

More T-Ball

2008-04-28T22:55:00.000-07:00

Yep, that's Dawson leaving 3rd base!! And he hauls butt just as hard and fast as he can straight past home and then slides!! Hilarious!! He's my Babe Ruth!! Lately he has been working really hard on his batting and he's getting better and better every single day!!I've said it before and I'll say it again, Daityn Blair is his biggest fan!! I think she loves him more and more every single day!! And the feeling is mutual for D too!!She was all worked up and hot from watching Dawson,
Amanda had to assist her in a little drink of water!!
k, so maybe there's another person (besides myself of course)
that could be considered Dawson's biggest fan...
Daityn Blair and Amanda are running a pretty close race!! I don't know what I'd do without that girl!! I love you bunches Amanda!!Thanks for everything you do!!

2008-04-21T16:13:00.000-07:00

This is probably going to be a pissy blog, cause right now I'm on the phone with a freakin' collection agency and I'm IRATE!!!!!! And being on hold only makes me madder, so I'm blogging to try and get rid of some of this anger!

I got a letter in the mail today from a collection agency... The first one that I've ever received so immediately I look it over to see what's going on... I see that it's from Cingular.... Which we haven't had an account with (in our name) in almost 10 years... I called them and asked them what was going on they couldn't tell me anything but we owed this bill... So later when David came home, again I called and let David hear what they were telling me... Okay, hope your ready for this bunch of bull!!! This bill is from April 2001 and they say that they've been sending us bills for the past 7 years.... But the funny thing is that she went on to tell us how the account was changed over to another name in 1999!!!!! So there's no way possible that WE owe this outstanding balance!! But then she still wanted us to make a payment by phone.... This chick has got to be outta her freakin' mind!! Right??

It's just been a funky weekend.... We had Bunko on Saturday, and of course I forgot my camera.... blah, and I could have gotten some really funny pictures!

In the middle of bunko I got a call from my mom and she was freaking out... Which makes me immediately freak out, cause she's not the freaking out type... My baby sister has been thrown from a horse and they were heading to the hospital with her because she started throwing up... I didn't go up there to the hospital, although I wanted to and didn't want to all at the same time because I was really scared of what I was going to see... She told me that she fell off and hit her head and she thought her arm was broke...

So anyway, they did x-ray's and CAT scans and all kinds of other tests and found out that nothing was broke but she did in fact have a concussion. But they cleaned her up and let her go home.. My poor Punky... She is a tough little rascal... I don't know if I could have handled it the way that she was... It was hard enough the day after...Here is her right arm up close.And her left arm.
The next day David, the kids and I went up to check on her and take her her favorite dessert rice krispy treats with homemade buttercream icing on top... I finally talked her into letting me give her a bath and cleaning her up good... Made a trip to Monticello to get some spray on antibiotic ointment. When you see the pictures you'll understand... I didn't get pictures of her back, it's all scratched up and cut up... Bless her little bones!!And after all of this, she says that she is going to ride again! She has been working really hard at getting her other horse (not the one that threw her off) ready to run barrels.. Makes me nervous!! After we visited and pampered Punky the kiddos rode in her go cart!! Dawson was such a big boy riding sister around! He had one hand on the wheel and the other around her neck!! We're definitely gonna have to have a talk with Santa about one of these for next year!!;)

On a better note, t-ball season is here!! And right here is the next Babe Ruth!!And Babe's biggest fan!! With my clicker making the alarm on my car go off every chance she gets!! Blogging always makes me feel better!! I forgot all about being mad
until I scrolled back to the top!!

More everyday stuff!!

2008-04-15T11:05:00.000-07:00

Well, my daddy left on Friday... We were all sad... But thanks to the good Lord for our answered prayers, he didn't have to go alone! John offered to ride with him and drive back!! Thanks, John!! Here is Daddy getting ready to pull out!!
Dawson was sad, but of course he was side tracked playing with uncle Bo for the longest time... But as soon as he got into trouble on the way home, he played the ole' "I miss my PawPaw" card!! BOLOGNA!!!! I don't know what I'm gonna do with that boy... And you know how crazy Dawson is about Daityn Blair.... He is all about baby sister.... He didn't want his daddy to go to New York, but he wanted me to send Daityn Blair.... He had even checked in her bag to see what I had packed... He came in and told PawPaw "yep, my momma's got her diapers and extra clothes, she's going!!" And he was proud!!! Poor Daityn!!

The next day we went up to my mom's where Shane and David boiled crawfish! YUMMY!! I think we all made ourselves sick!! They were so good, even Dawson tried them and fell in love! Here is Gramp and Daityn Blair hanging out!!
We've definitely gotta ask Santa about a trampoline for Christmas... Those kids had a blast!!!
I've got another video of how Daityn Blair was lovin' being bounced around by Dawson!! He is so rough with her!! But it seems like the rougher he is the better she likes it! And we were laughing because of all the static in her poor hair!! It was stick up like a mad woman!!
Now this picture is priceless!! My 5 year old baby boy let me rock him to sleep!!! He
voluntarily crawled up in my lap with a blanket and asked me to rock him!! Had to get a
picture of that cause it may never happen again!!Here is one of my new favorite pictures of Daityn Blair!!
Just a snap shot taken at the park in front of the train!! Love it!!T-ball games start this week so I'll have lots of new pictures I'm sure!!

Daityn Blair Bowling

2008-04-14T08:51:00.000-07:00

We really aren't cruel people... I promise!! But this was just too funny
not to share!! We are calling this "Daityn Blair Bowling"!!
She loved this almost as much as Dawson!! You can hear her chuckling
every time the ball comes to her!! And then see her sit back
down and get ready for the ball to come to her! She is so funny!!

A Perfect Weekend!!

2008-04-07T08:29:00.000-07:00

We've been so used to being cooped up in the house lately because of all the rain, we almost didn't know how to act waking up to sunshine.... But this weekend was BEAUTIFUL!! We just had to get out in it!! Our yard has really been suffering from all of the flooding, but finally it was dry enough for us to get out and clean it up a little!! So we made it a family affair!! We all had a great time! David and Daityn Blair mowed while Dawson and I cleaned out flower beds! Dawson told me that he wanted to do this everyday!!He is still a very hard working little boy!David came across the yard and I could hear him laughing over the lawnmower in that high pitched laugh... I looked and saw that Daityn Blair had finally given it up on his hands.... Is that not the sweetest thing ever!After the clean up was done, we went out and enjoyed the rest of the evening with the kiddos on the swing! I think the slide is their favorite thing ever! There's Dawson looking up at Granny!Daityn Blair loves to walk up the slide like a big girl! She watches Dawson every move he makes and she thinks that she can do any and everything that he does!Dawson setting the example!Look at that sweet little face!!There's Granny helping her climb then slide, climb then slide... Granny is probably down in her back today!!
This was also the weekend of prom here! Patrick has said for as long as I can remember that he didn't want to go to prom! But at the last minute he changed his mind and he went looking so handsome!! Here he is with his beautiful date Sydney! They were just getting out of the car at Mamaw Sue's! They were lookin' hot!! I LOVED her dress! And last but not least! This weekend I had my first order for a birthday cake! It was for Paislee's first birthday and here is the masterpiece! And not only was it purty darn cute, it was YUMmy!And here her very own smash cake which she seemed to really enjoy!I thought they turned out pretty good! So if you are having a special event coming up, let me make your cake! I will make you happy in taste and cost!!!
I think that pretty much let's you know what's been going on here in the past few days! More to come probably on t-ball!!

My Boo Lost A Tooth!!!!

2008-03-31T10:17:00.000-07:00

And let me just say, he was FREAKIN' out!! It was so funny! I was on the phone with my daddy and was taking something into Dawson's bathroom when I looked and Dawson was coming out of his bathroom with blood all over his face and hands!!! Then I started freakin' out!
He was screaming "I'm so sorry Momma" over and over again... And I looked and noticed that he had a tooth missing!I said "Oh my gosh Dawson are you okay? How did that happen? Did you fall? What did you hit?" He said screaming "NOTHING, IT JUST CAME OUT!!!" So I tried to calm him down and assure him that it was going to be ok and that momma and daddy both lost all of our teeth when we were little and they all came back!!! Finally he stopped crying.... And you may wonder why he was doing all of the crying...... Well, it's kinda my fault.....
Ya see, Dawson hates to brush his teeth.... I would always have to do it for him for a long time... Then I told him after awhile that he was big enough to take responsibility and brush his own teeth... I also threw in there that if he didn't brush them good they were gonna fall out!!
After the tooth was out, I started thinking of all the weird things that have been happening with him and his teeth...
1. I've not noticed the tooth being loose AT ALL!!
2.I haven't noticed Dawson wiggling or touching the tooth at all!!
3. He's been brushing his teeth on the weekends WITHOUT me having to make him!!
4. He's been on my butt for the past 3 weeks about making him a dentist appointment for his check up... (he knew it was time because we got the little card in the mail and he LOVES going to the dentist!!).
5. Out of the blue on the way to Monroe on Friday he busts out with:
dawson: "Mom do you have your purse??"
me: "yeah"
Dawson: "Do you mind if I have some floss?"
me: "no, it's in the sidepocket"
Dawson: "Are we going to Target today??"
me: "yeah"
Dawson: "Do you mind buying me some floss?'
me: "No I don't mind buying you some floss. Are your teeth bothering you??"
Dawson: "No ma'am"
me: thinking to self who are you and what have you done with my son who hates to brush and floss???
6. When we get to Target he reminds me that he needs some floss.. We start down the aisle and I ask him what kind of floss he wants and he replies "which one is the best??" So after thinking about this for awhile, I started feeling kind of bad for telling him a story!!

So he walks around all night, and I mean ALL NIGHT, with a cold wet wash cloth in his mouth biting on it!!
So anyway the tooth is out and I found it on the floor... I asked him later if he was eating something or what happened... He said "I just pulled it out"... I still can't believe it!! This is truly a sign that he is growing up.... He's snaggletoothed!
David and I tell him all about The Tooth Fairy and how he will get money for this beautiful tooth! So then he decides that he's got another one that's loose that he can pull out.... We told him that he couldn't pull two in one day.... He gets all excited and puts the tooth under his pillow and goes to sleep!
Sure enough, the next morning there was fairy dust all over his room and an envelope with $15 and a note from The Tooth Fairy herself that read:

Dear Dawson,
This tooth is the perfect addition to my collection. You should make sure that you brush them in the morning and at night to make them shiny and bright. Thank you for leaving this tooth for me, here's a little money in return. Make sure that you let your teeth get ready to come out before pulling them as those teeth are not worth as much money as those that are ready to come out!! You're a good little boy and I'm very proud of your very first tooth!!
Love, The Tooth Fairy

He was so excited!!! And so now he's gonna hate me for sure for this post one day!!! I've got some major making up to do!!

Easter 2008

2008-03-30T13:50:00.000-07:00

Easter has come and gone once again! We had an awesome Easter this year! And of course we had a visit from the Easter Bunny!!
First off on Saturday we attended two Easter egg hunts! The first one was our neighbor's, it's always the best!! This was the 3rd annual and the kids always have themselves a grand time!All of the kids gather around Mr. Harry for the Easter story!! He is the best at telling the story!Then off to find all of the 900 eggs that were hid for them!This year David was able to go with us, which was great! He and Daityn Blair hunted while I watched Dawson and took lots of pictures!This was her first egg, and darn-it , it's blurry!!! I think I was too excited and moved the camera...Daityn Blair loves animals so David put her in the pin with the bunny rabbit!! I'm not sure what he was taking out of her mouth..... (and I really don't want to think about it.........)
Here's Dawson and his friend Gatlin, posing!Then it was off to Promise Land to another egg hunt!They had lots of games for the kids to play and Dawson and Daityn Blair both had a great time there!!There's Dawson playing pin the tail on the bunny!!
Daityn Blair found the swimming pool first off and she didn't want to leave!She was soaking wet by the time we left!!! But she had a fun time!Here Andee wasn't quite fast enough for her, so she took it upon herself to take a bite!Here is a picture of all the eggs Dawson found! He had a basket full!!We awoke on Easter Sunday to two pretty baskets full of goodies for the kids!Of course Dawson was expecting more, but that's nothing new... He said that he remembered getting more last year! Little punk... But they both got nice gifts!! More than I remember getting from the Easter Bunny!!
Dawson was surprisingly happy with the clothes he got!!And Daityn Blair was just tickled about her little chick!!Then we got ready for church, which is always an adventure! But not as much as trying to get a good family picture!!I thought that this one was great just looking at the thumbnail photo... Until I zoomed in and saw the face that Dawson was making.... I don't know what I'm gonna do with that boy!
After church we headed to Cynthia's for some good grub!! Here is Granny holding baby cousin Brent! Daityn Blair was giving him some lovin'!!Dawson giving Daityn Blair some brotherly love........Now off to find MORE eggs.....Daityn Blair had the idea of sitting on the sidelines with Dawson's basket and picking out the candy that she wanted... And nobody realized that she had a mouth full... Until it was too late... This is what was left of a piece of chocolate.When I took it away, off she went....Dawson enjoyed playing ball with the boys!And sliding.... Just had to put this picture of the cupcakes I made for the kids!! They were so Easter looking, just perfect for the occasion!! Not to mention yummy!!David having a wonderful time!!I know I look like I'm hovering over the basket, but David had sat down on my back!! Last but certainly not least.... This year I was presented with an Easter gift!! Dawson and David went to town and when they came back home Dawson informed me that they'd got me a surprise!!! He had his hands behind his back and came out with this...
Then he said "don't you love it mom?" I said "I sure do what is it??" He said smiling from ear to ear "it's deer teeth"!!
And of course I'll treasure the uh, deer teeth forever!!!

Blogger is liable to short out on me today....

2008-03-21T15:14:00.000-07:00

Because I've made two posts in the past week!! Yay!!!! I used to do this everyday, and I loved it!! But then I got into the routine of the everyday stuff and let it slide!! But this is something that really makes me happy to look back and reminisce!!! I hope that one day my kids will appreciate me taking the time to do it too!! So it's Good Friday and we had a GREAT one!! We got up this morning and Dawson and I got a hair cut!! Then off to the park we go for a picnic!! It was so much fun!! So much that I only got pictures of us while we were eating, the rest of the time we were playing on the fun equipment!! Even Daityn Blair enjoyed it! She is at the age right now that she is not quite big enough for the swings and big slides and stuff... But she tried!! She would go to the end of the slide and climb up and then slip and laugh all the way back down to the bottom!! Of course Dawson was runnin' and rippin' all over the fun tunnel slides!! We had sandwiches, chips and grapes on a blanket laid out in the sunshine!! So relaxing for me and so much fun for the kiddos!! Daityn Blair had a ball runnin' around with a Capri Sun drink!! She feels like a big girl when she gets to have one of those and not a stinkin' sippy cup!! I really wanna do this more often!! I've gotta start taking more time out to do the fun things like that with them while they are still young enough to enjoy it!!

So now we are going to be getting ready for the two Easter egg hunts tomorrow!! We have an exciting Easter planned and I'll post more pictures NEXT WEEK!!!!
I PROMISE!!!!
HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY EASTER!!!

My Baby Boy Turned 5!!! And Then It Snowed!!!

2008-03-15T10:04:00.000-07:00

Can you believe it???? It seems just like yesterday I found out I was pregnant with Dawson! I wanted a baby so bad and couldn't wait to start our little family!! And he was more than I'd ever dreamed of!!! He was such a sweet baby!! And now he is growing up and now five
years old!! It makes me a little sad...
This year he is in school and they had him a little party where I could bring cupcakes!! Well, that was the plan.... The night before his actual birthday I made all of the cupcakes and set them aside.... Then in the middle of the night I woke up with the stomach virus!!!!!
ugh.... It was BAD!!! So I called trusty Amanda and she came and got Daityn Blair so that she wouldn't get the virus and took the cupcakes to the school so Dawson could have his party! I was in the bed ALL DAY LONG!!! Before Dawson left for school he came to my bed and said "mom, I'm so sorry your sick today..." I felt so bad!! If there was any way possible I could have I would've gotten right up out of that bed and spent the whole day with that baby... But, that just wasn't the case!! Dawson had the virus the week before and it was rough on him, but I think I had a double dose!!! But anyway, I got over it and all is now well... Plus, I had no choice, I had a birthday to finish getting ready for on that Friday.... Wednesday was the day that I puked all day...
So Friday rolled around and here we go to decorate!!! What would I do without Amanda??? Sometimes I think she was sent from God just to help me!!!
She is the best!! I love her just like a sister!
So the school called and said they were letting out early because of the snow that was headed our way!!! Whatever, I thought... Well she was right!!!! So I went and got Dawson and Tristan and put them to work too!! If you know Dawson, you know he likes to be naked... So here he is jumping on the trampoline at Andee's with his shirt and his underwear on....Then of course here came the snow!! Great big beautiful flakes!!
I've have never seen snow like this!! But the party would still be a big hit with the birthday boy!! Here is Amanda and her hard workin' self!!! She built The Krusty Krab!!
Cause you know we were in Bikini Bottom!!!!There's Dawson posing in front of The Krusty Krab!! It looked so freakin' cute!!
Dawson loved it! He had a blast and so did all of the kids!!We had hot dogs with all of the fixing's, chips,punch, cupcakes and more!! Here is the menu!!I had so much fun making all of the decorations for his party this year! I'm planning on
decorating the toy room in Spongebob now that we're finished!! and I get
done doing a little much needed spring cleaning...
Amanda and I built these treasure chests for the goody bags to sit in. Well, she built them,
I painted them!! Of course there is the birthday boy posing again!There's Dawson and Amanda posing by the beautiful tree she made in the corner!And you know that it's just not Bikini Bottom without a field of jellyfish!!And Spongebob's pineapple house!! I can't remember how, or with what... But I bribed him to take pictures.... Can you tell???
Finally it's time to open gifts!! Dawson's favorite part!! His favorite gift was rubber boots from Conk!! The rest of the stuff he couldn't remember who got him anything else, except for the rubber boots!! Daityn Blair wanted to help, really bad... But Dawson didn't barge in on her
birthday, so it just wasn't right to let her!
It's time to eat! Here is one of the tables set up with Gary supervising!!Instead of buying a cake, I made cupcakes!! Into the shape of Spongebob!!There's David fixing his plate. I don't know what Punky was doing but she looks guilty.... Little stinker!
I think this is the only time that Dawson slowed down... You can tell by his little red cheeks... He gulped punch the whole time that we sang Happy Birthday!! Then made a wish and blew out the candles!There's Daityn Blair and Percy coming out of the Spongebob house! More guests that waded through all of the snow just for the special occasion!!!The kids had great fun jumping on the trampoline! Dawson jumped with the girls.... And fought with the boys!Time for the pinata!!!!!!!!!!!!!All of the kids got a turn!!Some of the kids needed a little bit of help!!And then we let Dawson finish him off!!By the way these kids jumped for this candy when it fell out, you would think they'd never seen candy before in their lives!!After the party was over, we were all pooped!!
Dawson didn't really get to enjoy the snow on Friday. So Saturday morning we got up and went out to play for a few minutes before having to go to David's family reunion.
Here are a few pictures from the snow morning!!Here is Dawson making a snow angel!Dawson and I laughing cause the snowman that I made looked horrible.... I couldn't even make a picture of it.... It was that bad......
So David, Granny and Dawson made a good one! But because the morning was so freakin' hectic, and it was so hot, I didn't get a picture of it before it fell apart...
Here a picture of the snowman that i snapped as we were driving out of the driveway...
It was huge, and pretty too!!This is a picture of our little family at the reunion!!And one with Granny, Patrick and Mr. Dale!! And I think that fills you in on the Ladd's life so far in March!!
Now we can't wait for it to get warm so we can get outside!!!
Happy 5th Birthday Dawson!! You bring so much joy to our lives everyday you'll never know
just how special you truly are to us!!! I love you bunches!!

I can't believe my baby girl is already one!!!

2008-02-14T11:38:00.000-08:00

This day is a little bittersweet.... Where has the year gone??? I'm not sure but somewhere, somehow my baby girl has turned a year old...

I can remember this day a year ago like it was yesterday... Dawson was with Amanda, waiting on baby Daityn... All he wanted was a camoflauge baby... And all I wanted was to get him that baby!!

We had her party last weekend and she had so much fun!! It was great!! I'm gonna just post pictures on this blog... I've gotta go and make some cupcakes for Dawson's Valentine party at school!!

Happy Valentine's Day!! And Happy Birthday Daityn Blair and Mrs. Sparks!! I love you both more than you'll ever know!!;)
This is the cake that Aunt Olivia brought from Fayetteville!! Rick's makes the best cakes
EVA!!!This was Daityn Blair's personal cake!!All of the food on the cute little table!!
This is me making Punky work hard to get Andee's Gym ready for the party!! Can you tell she wasn't very happy about that?? Here is all of the goody bags!!
Here is the table with pictures from the past year of Daityn Blair!! After the party I split them with the two great grandmothers that made it to the party!!David and Uncle Bobby waiting on the party to get started!The table that the kids would sit to eat on!!
Of course trusty Amanda was there to help every step of the way!! Here she is serving punch with Kaley!!
She loves Aunt Punky!!
Here she is sitting in the bouncer watching all of the boys jump!! She really got into opening her presents!! I remember at Dawson's 1st birthday party he didn't care about all of the gifts!! She is a true girly girl!!
After awhile I had to call Dawson over to help her open the presents!! There were SOOOOOO many!! And I think she was getting tired of it!
I have bragged and bragged on Dawson!! He is such a little man! He did AWESOME at his baby sister's first birthday party!! I'm so proud of him!!
She LOVES balloons!! I don't know how many were blown up for her, but it was ALOT!! Here she is loving on a balloon!! This is one of my favorite pictures! Jumping with Sarah and Amanda!! There is uncle Bobby taking some pictures for us!!
OMG!! Here she is having her first kiss... Cooper Rambo, you better watch out!! I think it was love at first site!! They went on and on and on!! It was so cute! Here she is walking with Conk!! She is almost walking alone!! I think she could if she would slow down a little bit!!
Here is my pretty little princess! She had such a wonderful time!!Needless to say... She loved the cake!! And Daddy got to be there!! He was so proud of that!
Things sure have changed since this time last year! But I can't imagine our lives without you little princess!!
My little birthday girl!! I love you more than words can say!! And I'm so proud of you!! Muah!!

A HeckOfA New Post.... To catch you up for the past 3 months!!

2008-02-04T16:01:00.000-08:00

Gosh.... I know.... It's been too long... But we've been so freakin' busy.... If and when you get to the bottom of this post, you will understand!!

I know I always say this... On like every post for the past 10 posts... But this time I mean it... I'm going to start keeping my blog updated more.... I promise!!!

David got back home the first part of November and we've been spending a lot of time together with the kiddos since then... And of course Christmas is always hectic and stuff.... I knew in the back of my mind that's it had been a while since the last post on here... But when I logged in and saw that my last DRAFT was from the first week in November, I knew it had for sure been WAY too long!!!

David is supposed to be leaving here in the next few days, so I know there will be a lot of late night without sleep that I'll post I promise!!

I guess that this one is going to be more about pictures and catching you up on what's been going on in the life of the Ladd's over the past few months!!

Always adventurous.... ALWAYS!! But that is how we like it!!
I'm so glad that all of my babies are back together!! Oh so glad!! I know I've said this before, but that man means the world to me and things just are not right when he's gone!! And my babies are in love with their daddy too, fo sho!!We had Thanksgiving here this year! We had a great time!! Instead of the usual turkey and dressing we had taco soup!! Which I think was a great hit!! And then there was the whole red beans and rice thing, that absolutely flopped, but we won't go there!! I think it was because my crock pot is a piece of junk.... Yeah, that's what happened!!

Mamaw Woodie was here I think she enjoyed herself!!Daddy was here too!!
Olivia, Granny and Dawson, all with their head turned... Relaxing after a big dinner!!Mr. Dale and Dawson wrestling as usual!!Daityn Blair's favorite part was playing with Mamaw's "stick"!! She played with that thing for a solid hour!!
Here are some of our Christmas pictures!!
This one is my favorite of the kids!! They had so much fun!! We all did!! And I thought that getting a couple of good pictures out of all the ones that I snapped we did a really good job!! That just proves that we really were having a blast!!
I just set the timer on the camera and ran back and forth for the ones of all of us!! So of course we had some funny ones... Like this one... We all had a funny look on our face!!
But the ones of Dawson and Daityn Blair truly show the love that they have for one another!! They love each other so much!!
Daityn Blair giving her daddy some sugar!! Or at least that's what it looks like... She was really trying to get his gum because he was teasing her with it!! Silly daddy!!
Here is one of the few that is good of all of us!! Besides Daityn Blair.... She would look at me the whole time that I was setting the camera and as soon as I started running to get in the picture she would start messing with Dawson's hat!!
Here is another one of my favorites of the kids!! Just playing in the grass with each other!
There's Daityn Blair with her daddy getting ready to ride in the Christmas parade for winning the pageant earlier in the summer! She had so much fun!! We didn't think that she was going to ride on top of the car because we tried to sit her up there while we were waiting on the parade to start and she wanted no part of it!! But as soon as we turned on Main street and she saw all of those people, she started smiling and waving!! It was priceless!! Here is just a random picture of Dawson asleep, halfway on the couch!! I can't remember what we'd been doing but he was tuckered out!! Here is Daityn Blair playing peek-a-boo with PawPaw and his hat!!
She thought that was so funny!! He would put it back on his head and she would try her best to take it off and do it all again!! Random picture I took of Daityn sitting in the front yard!! I've talked so bad about her for such a long time, but now she is a really happy baby!! And just a joy to all of us!! Dawson with the cupcakes that we made for his party at school!!Dawson with the kids in his class!!
Here is Dawson and his pre-k teacher Mrs. Laura... Dawson loves her so much and she has truly made his first year of school very special!! The kids Christmas Eve in their Christmas pajamas.. They are so silly!! They can't do anything without laughing at one another! We spent Christmas Eve, Eve with my mom at her house with my aunt and cousins!! We had a blast!! Here Daityn Blair was giving Conk some lovin'! Here is my cousin Julie with her little boy Reece and Daityn Blair!! They love each other so much!! They had so much fun!! They just could not keep their hands off of each other! Daityn Blair tried to make every step that "BooBoo" (Reece) did!! And of course he did the same!! Here is Emma watching Dawson open a present!! Daityn Blair and Aunt Punky!!Dawson opening his grain drill from Conk and Gramp!! He was so proud of that! Someone special made a special trip all the way from the north pole to see our kids this year!!

Let me tell you it was absolutely priceless!! Granny tried to sit Daityn Blair in his lap and she went into histerics!! I'm not so sure that Dawson didn't think about running himself!! He walked in saying "ho ho ho" and Dawson started tripping about not being in the bed yet... So immediately he started explaining himself!! David asked Santa if Dawson had been a good boy and Santa said that he's been watching him and he'd been "naughty".... Dawson looked like he was on trial and started explaining that he was going to start being good tomorrow!! Then Uncle Lawrence (aka Santa), Uncle Bo, PawPaw, Granny, Mr. Dale and Uncle Patrick came to watch the kids open their presents from David and I.Dawson and I made sugar cookies for Santa and Daityn Blair dug into them!! Dawson showing off the new cross bow that mommy and daddy got him for Christmas!! He was so proud of that!! Here are the cookies left for Santa, along with some yummy Chocolate milk!! Dawson decorated them himself!!

Then low and behold in the weeeee hours of the morning.... Santa Came!!!
To see Dawson...And then Daityn Blair... Of course she was happy!! It took Dawson a minute to wake up... Christmas is always a sleepy time around our house cause we are always so busy!! Then PawPaw came over with more gifts!! Some more stuff to go with the X-Box that Santa brought!! We waited until after Christmas this year to have it with Granny, Patrick and Mr. Dale so that Olivia and Bobby could be here too!! Here is Dawson after opening his present from Mr. DaleBut Aunt Olivia was the best gift giver of all!! She got him a Caterpiller Combine!! All that he'd asked for!! On Christmas morning he was upset cause he said that Santa forgot the combine... Daityn Blair and aunt Olivia...Dawson, Daityn Blair and cousin Aslan!! Amanda and the kiddos!!Daityn Blair loves some Amanda!!Me and Amanda!!Amanda Rick and Daityn Blair!! Rick is about as crazy about Daityn Blair!! And again, Daityn loving her Manda!! I have no idea what they were looking at!This is so funny!! Here she is with Mamaw Sue.. She makes this face like she smells something!! Here she is loving the bows instead of opening presents she left that up to big brother!! After Christmas with Mamaw Sue we had fight night at our house!! This is one of the few times that she has ever let someone rock her to sleep and of course that made PawPaw's night!!And then there was the fireworks!! Thanks to Rick!! It was so cold!! Manda had Daityn Blair snuggled up!!Here she is eating!! She makes such a mess!! But she threw her bottle away herself two weeks ago tomorrow!! She is getting to be such a big girl!! She loves to "call the hogs" when she is in her high chair!! Here she is caught in the fridge!! Here is Nicole and Meagan having facials before bunko last month!! We had so much fun!! Crystal and I doing the same!! I wish I would've got more pictures that night!! We had SOOOO much fun!!
Here is Dawson helping David put together the kitchen that PawPaw got them for their birthdays!!They had just as much fun playing with the box!! We had a little going away party for David and Daddy last weekend in Lake Village...We had a really good time!! Family time is so important!!Here is a picture of Dawson alone because he ducked out of the big picture!! Little stinker!
I also made some cupcakes because David and Daddy are going to miss the kid's first and fifth birthdays.... I think they really enjoyed this!! I know Dawson did, now he can't understand why he's not already five!!Half of All of our little cousins!!Here is David holding Daityn Blair with her cupcake!!David helping Daityn Blair realize what the pretty cupcake was for!! That's all it took!!!!! And she was so proud!!
I think that just about catches you up on everything that's been going on in the past couple of months!!
Next weekend we are having Daityn Blair's birthday party so I'm sure there will be more yummy cake pictures!!
Hope everyone is doing good!!

-playing catch up

2007-11-02T08:54:00.000-07:00

Well, I think we've finally reached a milestone in the whole school thing... Dawson has gone to school everyday this week without screaming and crying!! YAY!! My baby is growing up!!

I've been out of the whole blog loop for awhile and I thought that I might catch up a little bit with some fun pictures!!

We are all doing well!! I think the kids are maybe gonna get rid of the croup that they've had for the past month!!

David is doing great! He's been smoke free for almost 2 weeks!! yay!!! Please say a prayer for us both!! I just started my quit smoking pill yesterday so we'll see!! This is something that we really, really want to do for ourselves and especially for our precious babies!!

So anyway here are the pictures!!

This is my precious Daityn Blair while visiting Aunt Olivia, months ago.... (Gah, it's been awhile since I've blogged!!) She is still slobbering like crazy and still no teeth!!
We also met David in Missouri and took the kids to The Bass Pro Shop here is Dawson posing!! She is slobbering like crazy and still no teeth!!

Here is my handsome little Dawson!! He is helping feed his baby sister!! Now, I'm sure if I asked him to do it, he would immediately say "no"!! But this was entirely his idea, and he is proud to be a big brother!!
They love each other so much!! I hope that they are always as sweet and close as they are now!! (though my better judgement tells me that is not going to happen!!) They both light up when the other one walks into the room!! I think it's amazing!!

Here is Dawson and Daityn Blair taking a bath together!! Here they are holding hands... This is one of my favorite pictures!! Here are the kiddos, "snuggle buggin'"!!
Here we were at the Pumpkin Patch for Peyton's birthday party.. Dawson and I went into the patch to pick a pumpkin and Amanda was going to take our picture.... Well as soon as she got the camera up, Dawson sat down on my leg.... To say the least, I wasn't expecting this AT ALL!!! T-I-M-B-E-R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We were filty.... As you can see by my shirt sleeve!! But we had a blast!! Down the slide we go!! One of my favorite pictures of Daityn Blair... This is also at the pumpkin patch!! Here is one of my favorites of Dawson Glenn!! Daityn Blair, again!!Dawson coming out of the hay maze!! Here is my pretty little butterfly!! This is her Halloween costume, duh...And of course my Power Ranger!!This is what I think Dawson should've been.... Since it took me two days to paint this sucker!! But I think it looks really good!! To have cost about $2 if that!! But oh no, we have to be a freakin Power Ranger... But he was still cute no matter what he was!! More Halloween fun!! Here is Dawson painting the pumpkins he and Granny grew in her garden!! All of the pumpkins and farmer John!!Here is Dawson and Aunt Olivia!! She's graduated from uncle back to aunt!!;)Conk and naked Daityn Blair!! k, I hope your not bored to tears with all of the pictures.... But hey, I had 2 months to catch up on!

Baby Miss Ashley County!!!

2007-08-28T10:26:00.000-07:00

Here is our precious little princess!!! She won the county pageant last night, and we are so proud of her!! Although she just wanted to eat the trophies!! Along with being the queen, she won The People's Choice, Prettiest Hair, Prettiest Smile, and Most Beautiful!! She has a big trophy, 3 little trophies, and 2 crowns!! We weren't even going to do this... But some friends of mine talked me into it! Assuring me that she would in fact win!! So Andee loaned her the dress, the shoes were from Emma, Paw Paw Randy sponsored her and I bought a spool of ribbon so that Conk could make her a bow!!! And Voila!! She is the queen!!!!!
She was so precious!! And bless her heart, she wasn't even feeling that well... I had to take her and Dawson to Monroe earlier yesterday because they both had the nasty crud... Snot nose and sore throat.... And she still mopped the floor, not even at her best!! Okay, enough bragging.... I'm just gonna let you enjoy the pictures of the prettiest little girl in the world (biting on her lip because she is teething;))!!!!!
Great job Daityn Blair!! Mommy & Daddy are so proud of you!!!;)

Dawson's First Day of Pre-K

2007-08-20T11:39:00.000-07:00

Wow... I can't believe that this day is finally here!! He's still just a baby, but he's growing up SO FAST!!!!

Last week we had open house. He was so excited!! First we had to go and get the infamous "Mohawk" trimmed and that couldn't happen fast enough for him... He thought that we were going to be late for the open house!! Our favorite beautician, Betsy, worked it out for him!!
On to open house where I left my camera in the car... His teacher asked that all of the kids sit on the carpet and let the adults have the chairs... While all of the kids were playing amongst themselves, Dawson was taking everything that Mrs. Laura said in!!! He came to me and said "Momma, are you going to leave me here by myself?" I told him that this was only to see where his class was and who his teachers were!!
Last night he was still really excited that this was going to be his first day as a "really big boy"!! He went to bed early last night so that he would be well rested!! I went in to check on him before I went to bed and found him like this!! It was too cute not to take a picture!! (even though it was dark and the picture is a little fuzzy!!)I woke him up this morning and he was anxious to get ready and wear his run fast and jump high tennis shoes to pre-k!! Amanda went with us, for some support for me!! And off we go!! He looked so handsome!!
On the way, I told him that he would have to remember everything that he did so that he
could come home and tell me all of the fun things that he got to do at school!! We pulled up and he took off his seat belt and jumped right out with his little bag and off he went.... HE NEVER SHED A TEAR!!!!! I was so proud of him!!!! Of course you know that Amanda and I cried all the way to the end of Cherry street!!
I couldn't let him stay all day without calling to check on him at least once... Or twice, or five times!!! Thank goodness that Granny is there with him so that she can check on him too!! So I called her... She can't get mad at me for calling too much!!!;)
8:30 breakfast is over so I knew that she could tell me how it went... So I called and she said that he had just left and he was doing great!!
10:30 Granny called just to say that he'd been in there for lunch and he carried his tray all by himself like a big boy and was still doing great!!
12:15 the phone rings.... Caller ID says school.... I think Oh, shit.... Mrs. Laura says "Cara have you been waiting on this call all day??" Me, "yeah, I have, how is he doing?? She said "he's done great all morning but he's been crying for the past 2 hours"... I'm thinking oh my gosh, my baby is up there all by himself and he's miserable!!!! She said "I told him that we would call you and talk to you and maybe you can make him feel better.."
Dawson gets on the phone, and it was the most pitiful thing EVER!!!!
Dawson: "Momma?"
Me: "baby, what's wrong?"
Dawson: "Momma, I'm SO mad!!!!! I want you to come and get me right now!!!!"
Me: "Dawson, what is going on? You were such a big boy this morning!!"
Dawson: "Momma, please come and get me right now, I don't like it here!!"
Me: "Dawson, it's not time to come home yet, I can't come and get you, you still have to go outside and play one more time!!"
Dawson: "I don't want to go and play outside, I want you to come and get me, I don't like it here and I'm NEVER COMING BACK AGAIN!!!
Me: "Dawson, you need to settle down and go and lay down for a minute and I'll come and get you...
But, I know I can't.... That is only going to make it worse for Wednesday.... And by the way, whoever heard of the boys going on Monday, the girls going on Tuesday and everybody going on Wednesday??? That is just making it hard on our poor boys!!!
So I called back at like 1:00 and they said that they got him to lay down and he was doing fine!! So maybe, it's gonna get better!!! I hope so, I want him to enjoy this so bad!!!!
So, everyone say a little prayer for us so that we can make it through this week... Or at least Wednesday!!!

New Do's For Everyone!!

2007-07-19T19:37:00.000-07:00

Our 2nd born baby, Alex,(Hershey man being the first) got a new haircut today!! He is so proud!! And I think that his Daddy is worried that mommy might have got him a Mohawk like Dawson so here you go, Dad!! No worries!! He's doing great!! His hair is so short though, you can see his scars again... From getting ran over on his booty and on his neck and back from the bear or whatever got him!!
So here's the family!! He feels so good!! He was so happy when we picked him up he jumped in the back seat of your truck, right in between the two carseats!! I had to make him get in the very back!! I'm just gonna let you guess how I got him to pose like this!!
And I just thought that he'd lost some weight since you've left... He hasn't lost but about a half of an pound!!Here are some pictures that you haven't seen. This is Dawson at his T-ball party... And with his trophy... He was so proud of that thing, he wouldn't even look at the camera!!Here is Daityn Blair trying to hold her bottle!! And she would for a couple of seconds!! She is still growing so fast!! Here is Dawson at Swimming lessons!! He is going under the water, all that is sticking out is his cute little Mohawk!!But the funniest part is when he comes out of the water!! He is doing so good!! He even learned how to float on his back today!! I'm so proud of him!! Now this, is some funny crap!! Dawson and Punky decides that they wanted to slip and slide!! And so they did.... In the MUD!!! I think that he was trying to sneak up on Tristan and get her with a mud pie!! It was all good in the neighborhood... Until it was time to go to the waterhose and get washed off before coming inside!!! But OH WELL.... That wasn't coming in my house!!!!!!!!!
And this is what was causing the infamous commotion when you called the other day.... D trying to get in Daityn Blair's walker!!! Getting in it wasn't the problem... It was getting out!!!
Everyone is doing great!! I hope you are too!! I miss you!! And so do the kiddo's!! Love you bunches!!

From The Mouth of An Angel!!

2007-07-07T22:14:00.001-07:00

It was time for bed for the last time during this trip with David... Everyone is sad and Dawson is trying his best to keep everyone happy!! With this he indeed succeeded with me!!

He got in bed and started saying his prayers...

Dawson: "Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray dear Lord my soul to keep. afore I die, afore I wake. I pray Dear Lord my soul to take. Amen."
(he sounds so sweet saying it, I've gotta get it on video!!)

Me: "Good job buddy!! I love you goodnight!!"

Dawson: "Momma, I gotta tell God something"

Me: "OK"

Dawson: "God will you be my best friend? What did he say momma?"

Me: "He said he would love to be your best friend man!!"

That makes life worth living!! He is so precious!! He amazes me every single day!! Even though he still wants a "Mohawk ninja haircut"!! Which his daddy insists that he cannot have!!

I love you Dawson, and I'm so proud of you!!

The Flight To And First Few Days In Iowa!!

2007-06-25T21:07:00.001-07:00

Gosh, I didn't realize how many stories I had until I downloaded the pictures from my camera... But boy oh boy, this has definitely been an adventure!! And I can't wait to fill you in on everything!! And even better, so far, I think everything has pictures to help you get the full effect!!
We left on a Monday and went to Little Rock to stay with my besterest cousins... Well cousin, at my cousinS house!! Pam, Paul and Jennifer have been so good to me!! They and airports just go together!! Or at least it seems that way... Thank you guys SOOOOOOO much!! I owe you big time!!
So we get up early to go to the airport and we were there in plenty of time! This was my first time to fly so I wanted to make sure that we wouldn't be rushed or late or anything! So we got ourselves and our luggage checked in and we were off to check in our carry-ons... After that we decided to stop at a Starbucks and get some drinks for the long flight! The girls in Starbucks were talking to Daityn Blair and Dawson and going on and on about how cute they were and somehow we lost track of time! Wow, an hour flew by and when I looked at my watch we realized that we had 10 minutes until take off!!!!! At the same time they came across the loud speaker and said "Cara, Dawson and Chantay please report to gate 12 immediately"!!! We were already almost there, but still, how freaking embarrassing!! So we got on the plane and it was so much fun!! I can't wait to do it again!
Oh, a little bit of back tracking... Chantay is another one of my long lost cousins who had become close to us during the past few reunions that we've had in Hot Springs.. At the reunion this year she decided to come with me on my trip and stay for a week while on her vacation..
So here is a picture of Dawson and I on the plane!! I had to take lots of pictures to help calm my fears.. (It kept me busy...) And Dawson of course helped me out, as I told in my last post..
Here is a picture of Chantay holding Daityn Blair while I went to the bathroom... Which was very freaky sitting on the pot while 36,000 feet in the air... I just tried not to think about that!!
Here is Dawson, I had to make him turn around and stop looking out the window for one second, just long enough to snap his picture!! Such a fake "hurry up and take my picture cheeeeessse!!
When we were leaving the plane I told Chantay that I wanted to have Dawson's picture made with the pilot if they would let him.. When I got to the exit door I asked the flight attendant and the pilot overheard me... He said "sure, put him up here in the cockpit and see if you can fly this plane!!" OMG, that was the coolest thing ever for Dawson and myself!! Of course you can tell by the look on his face he was a little overwhelmed!! My daddy was at the airport to pick us up and my camera was in the bottom of my bag and we were tired and ready to get in the truck since we'd been around the Minneapolis airport 489 times trying to find our luggage and/or my daddy... So no pictures of that...
When David got home from work, there were too many tears of joy and lots of hugging and kissing going on, no time for a camera... No pictures of that either!!
Now before you see this next picture please know that I'm not trying to make my child a sissy!!He is definitely ALL BOY!! He has really dry and cracked feet that have been driving him, me and his granny insane... So what else should we do but get him a pedicure?? I have to say that he really didn't want to do it when we got there... He cried and thought that it was going to hurt, but the lady who did it was so nice and calmed him down and he was glad that he got it done!!
Definitely a picture that he is going to hate me for in the future!!
But of course he didn't go all alone or anything... Chantay and I had to have fresh pedi's too!!
The next day we all went to the beach!! Dawson could touch, but still thought that he needed his floaties on!! He had more fun playing in the sand, but I couldn't take pictures and soothe baby sister's attitude because she was hot and tired and couldn't get her nap out on the sand... Even though she was completely set up with a quilt, her blankie, and an umbrella to shield her from the sun... So anyway about an hour is all that we could do!!Now how could she not love that?? She's all covered up, you should see her itty bitty bikini!! It's too cute!!
Here is one of our first pictures back together again!! The love of my life!! I knew that I loved David and that he loved me too... A whole lot!! But I had no idea how much I really loved him until he was gone, and I couldn't talk to him and hug him, and just see his face everyday!! He is the world to me!! And here is me and my daddy!! I was really happy to see him again too and spend some time with him!! And our little Daityn Blair is crazy about her pawpaw!! When he came in from work the first day, she just smiled and talked to him for the longest time!! That really made his day!!Since David has to work 6 days a week, we have spent our Sunday's together doing something fun with Dawson. The first Sunday he took us to a maze... Which was really hot, literally!! But Dawson had fun!! Mommy and Daityn Blair stood on the sidelines and waited for the boys to finish!!They had fun, just being together!! Dawson just idolizes his daddy!! I'm so proud of the relationship that they have!!Dawson, Daityn Blair and I have spent a lot of time at the park! Dawson loves it here and all of the people are so friendly!! They love to hear Dawson talk!! Okay, I'm getting tired and ready to go to bed so all of the rest of these are going to be shortly stated!!
This is "Lady of the Lake". A cruise boat that is right on Clear Lake across from the park! Besides the vanilla wafer that Mamaw Woodie gave her while I wasn't looking, this is Daityn Blair's first cookie!! She tore it UP!!! This is The Surf Ballroom... A big tourist attraction in Clear Lake.. This is the last place that Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and The Big Bopper performed before their plane crashed right outside of Clear Lake in a field. I hope to be able to go inside and check it out before we leave! To me it doesn't look like much from the outside...
Okay, I have a couple more stories to tell, but it is way past my bed time!! And you know my alarm clock (Daityn Blair) has no snooze button... But, I will post more tomorrow on the the windmills that I'm fascinated with and the infamous RentADent that you may or may not have heard about by now!!

Where Have We Been??? Okay, If You Really Want To Know I'll Tell You!!

2007-06-20T21:52:00.000-07:00

I know it's been a while and I'm not even going to say that I'm going to start doing better about posting here, cause I'll just be lying... I'm just going to say that I've got a lot of catching up to do, so this is going to be an extra long post!!

As most of you know David is now working on a pipeline in Iowa with my daddy... This has been a major adjustment, but luckily it's working out great, so far, so good! We decided that we would go and take a little vacation to visit with him and what a wonderful experience it has been!

There is a list of "firsts" for our family to review...
1. First time to be away from each other in 10 years for more than 3 days at a time.. Which has actually been a lot better than we both thought it would be.. We both KNOW that God will never put more on us than we can handle.. This is so true!!

2. The first time that David and Dawson have ever been apart. That has been great too! He is my little man, and he's been taking wonderful care of his mommy and baby sister!!

3. Dawson has always slept in his own bed and always looked forward to going and getting in his bed around 9:00pm watching a movie and going to sleep... The only time that he's ever slept with me or David is when he's been sick.... Well, that is out the window... He's slept with mommy EVERY night at home.. When we are getting ready for bed he says, "mom, I think I better sleep with you. Remember Daddy is gone and I've gotta sleep with you!!" Now how can I say no to that?? You guessed it, I don't!! Though I am thinking of getting two king size beds and putting them together to be able to sleep comfortably with him, because one isn't enough for him to do somersaults in the middle of the night!!

4. This is the first time in over 15 years that David is doing a different kind of work than he's ever done! But I can honestly say that he really is enjoying his job!! I could tell by the sound of his voice that he liked it, but now I'm looking at his face and all I see is delight!! I'm so proud of him!!

5. Oh My Gosh, I've finally flown!!!!!!!! It was amazing!! At first I was kind of scared but actually, believe it or not, Dawson calmed my fears... Oh yeah, my first time to fly and I take both my 4 year old and my 4 month old!! It's hard to imagine that we are 1000 miles from home because it only took 2 hours to get here! Dawson cracked me up the entire flight!! I was ready with a backpack full of markers and color wonder paper and tractors, I was expecting the worst! He sat beside the window and looked out the whole time saying "Oh My Gosh, Momma have you ever flowed over the clouds before?" You know D and his backwoods country accent!! It was hilarious!!

6. With the exception of Louisiana where we go to the mall and the doctor, this is the first time that Dawson has ever been out of the state of Arkansas!! Again with all of our WAY southern accents everyone says "where are you guys from?" I always reply with "what makes you think we aren't from here?" hehe!

I know there is alot more "firsts" that I just can think of right now, but I'll get back to that later!!
Oh, I almost forgot, Dawson got to have his picture made in the cockpit of his first plane to ever be on!! It was the coolest thing ever!! I have lots of pictures that I'm going to have to go and get a disc to put them on here!! I know that Conk and Uncle Olivia are dying to see some pictures, and believe me I've got plenty!!

We are all completely amazed with the windmills here... I know what your thinking, but these things are huge!!! They are WAY taller than any trees or anything else around here for that matter, and you can see them from miles and miles away!! It's awesome! I have a lot of corny pictures of those!!

Daityn Blair has been wonderful! She is really beginning to be a real joy to be around! I know that sounds awful, but for the first 3 months, she was a little terror!! She is starting to coo and laugh and jabber!! It's the cutest thing!! She is drooling everywhere, I think she is already trying to get some teeth! And whew, she is growing like a bad weed!!

Dawson is such a good big brother too!! He just gets sweeter by the day! This morning he got in the bed with her and snuggled for about an hour!! It was adorable!!

Speaking of sleeping... I couldn't think of where I was going to put the little princess to sleep so I resorted to our largest suitcase!! Yep the baby is sleeping in a suitcase!! Don't knock it till you try it!! It's worked out great! I've made it all comfy and stuff and she sleeps like a log!!

My daddy bought a huge RV before they left to go on the job and he and David are living together. But while we are here he went and rented a hotel room so that we can stay in the RV! (Thank you Daddy!) It's been so much fun! The park that we are staying in is just like home!! They have a swing set and picnic tables right outside the trailer, it's really nice. There is a nice city park just down the road, so Dawson, Daityn Blair and I have had plenty to keep us busy!!

We were going to go home on Monday but we love it so much we are going to stay for 2 more weeks!! Even though I know that the longer we stay the harder it's going to be to leave!!

I know this is going to be jumping around a little bit, but Dawson is registered for school!! Yep, my baby is going to start school!! This has really been a year of change!! New job, new town, new living arrangements, new baby, new daily activities, new school.... Gah, I think that's enough!!

Okay, going WAY back I had the most wonderful mother's day gift EVER! We went the week before David left and had family pictures made that I'm so proud of I'm going to post them and then go to bed for tonight.. The first 3 are my very favorite!! (I love Dawson's face in the 3rd one!!) I'm going to try and have some of my pictures put on a disc tomorrow and post them for everyone to see of our vacation!!

Happy 4th Birthday Dawson!!

2007-03-16T22:45:00.000-07:00

I can't believe that my little man is four years old!!!!!! Gah, it seems like yesterday we were bringing him home from the hospital... Time is flying!!!This year was a little hectic around his birthday with the new baby... So we decided to have a family party and a play group party separate with just a few of his friends!! I sure couldn't have done any of it without the help of David, Granny, Olivia, and especially Amanda!!

We started on Saturday night the 3rd with a family party at our house... David grilled hamburgers and we had chips and dip...
Granny, Uncle Olivia and I made homemade cupcakes that were VERY yummy!! Olivia made a much needed boo boo and doubled the recipe of cupcakes so we did have plenty... But we couldn't have done the masterpiece without each and everyone of them, so it worked out perfect!!

Now I'm sure that you'll never believe that this....Could turn into this!!!! It was Olivia's idea to try and make a tractor out of the cupcakes since the birthday theme was, of course, John Deere... OMG, I would've never thought that it would have turned out so freaking cute!! Amanda was the mastermind of the whole pattern!! She done a great job!!
Dawson loved them!! He thought it was the coolest thing!! And everyone said they were delicious!! My finishing touch with the dust buster to get rid of all of the extra sprinkles just made the table!! hehe!!
Amanda and Victoria came and helped do some decorating!! It looked like John Deere came in a threw up all over the kitchen and living room!! But it was a very fun party!!

My mom, aka Conk, got him a bicycle!! He was so proud!! He can ride really good! I took him to the park last week with it. He rode all around the nature trail as I strolled Daityn Blair!! We've gotta do that more often!! We had so much fun!!Granny got him the only thing that he asked for... A Lightning Fishing Rod!!! That's all I've heard since Christmas... "Momma, I wanna lighten thishing rod!!" So of course he was all smiles to go to Granny's and go fishing!!The family party was a big hit!! He had a ball!! David and I got him a karaoke machine that has a video camera with it that shows him on TV... That was also a big hit... Of course he had to entertain his guests with this!On Monday we had him another small party at McDonald's!! The kids of course had a blast playing in the playhouse and helping Dawson open his gifts!!Afterwards we all went to the park and zoo for cake!!
At the park the kids got to break the pinata that was full of all kinds of candy.. All the kids took a swing, and then it was back to Dawson who demolished the tractor pinata!!On Tuesday he wanted to know if we were going to have him another birthday party... I told him that I was partied out!!! But my baby had a ball while it lasted and we'll do it all over again next year just for him!!! I love you bunches, Dawson Glenn!! I'm glad you had a wonderful 4Th birthday!!!

My Babies!!

2007-03-14T06:50:00.000-07:00

I can't believe that it's already been a month.. It's almost sad... But with all of the sleepless nights lately, I can't help but look forward to the six month mark!!

Just thought that I would try and do a little catch up about the whole labor/delivery/come home/life after the second child!!

With Dawson I was put in the hospital and on the drip at 6:00 am on a Wednesday morning.. After finally dilating to complete around 9:00 pm, and pushing for 2 hours, he was still too big and I had to have a c-section... I remember being so emotional.. All I could do was cry... My worst fear during my pregnancy with him was having to have a cesarean... Then when it was all over and I finally came back to life, and to my senses... I was kind of disappointed that it wasn't any worse than it was... It really was a breeze..

Now don't get me wrong, I was by far not ready to run a marathon or anything... But it wasn't nearly as bad as I had imagined...

With Daityn Blair, it was awesome!! I went in on a Wednesday at 10:00am they prepared me for the surgery... All of my family was there with me and we were just hanging out and visiting... About 12:00 Dr. Lee came in the door and the nurses started running around and getting me ready wheeled me into the surgery room, and then it hit me.... I was really fixing to have another precious child!!!

I told the nurse that was wheeling me down the hall that I was a cry baby and I didn't know why I had yet to cry... She assured me that I would cry when I got into the surgery room, but to my surprise I didn't... I was so out of it when I had Dawson I didn't know where I was... So when they got me into the surgery room, I was so intrigued by the room itself, I still didn't cry... (I still have to ask about all of the freezer looking thingies in that room...)

They done my spinal and put me on the table, and the next thing that I know they are starting the whole process of removing my child from my body and I didn't know where my husband was... Finally they let him come in with me, and he was very interested in what was going on... Some of my close friends will remember the whole story about how he says when Dawson was born "Dr. Lee drew the line on Cara's belly and I cut Dawson out with my pocket knife"... When in fact the anesthesiologist could deal with me because he thought that David was going to pass out!!

Needless to say he didn't pass out either time!! He was right there with me, holding my hand the whole time!! And now we have two special children who are so smart, beautiful, and bright.. And they have a mom and a dad who love them both VERY much and only want the very best for them in everything that they will ever do!!

Back to the getting over the surgery part... With Dawson, I came straight home and got right back to doing my normal stuff within a day or two... But with Daityn I made the mistake of getting out of my hospital bed the night that I had her to get my drink off of the vanity that was about 4 foot from the side of my bed... OMG, ladies, don't do it!!!! I didn't think that I was ever going to get my fat butt back in that bed... And yeah, David was there... But he was sleeping so good, I just could wake him up... But if I had to do it all over again, he would me picking me up and putting me back in that bed...

So I think that kinda set me back just a little bit.. It took me a good 3 or 4 days to get back to moving again... And then I made the mistake of trying to sleep in my bed at home after being in the oh so comfy and easy to get out of reclining love seat rocker... Yep, I was set back another day or so.... But I'll tell ya... I done a WHOLE lot better than the girl that we saw in the pediatrician's office that had the baby on the same day that I did and two weeks later she was still walking around bent over and making her mom carry the baby... I put on my big girl panties and done well!! (even if I do say so myself!) Some people crack me up being such tits!!

We had a lot of help! My mom came and helped me after we came home, and she cooked me lunch and supper.. My mother in law was very good helping with the big brother, as he tried to abandon us... And she also brought us supper every night for about the first week and a half... I had friends to bring us food, and lots of visitors coming and going!!

Having a new baby is such a wonderful experience... Like I've said before, if it weren't for the humongous expense, I'd have a house full of children!!

Okay, enough of all of that stuff... I've got new pictures of the kiddos on my photobucket!! Check em out!! I was going to post some of Dawson's birthday but blogger is being a punk... I'll have to do it another day!!

Hope all is well with everyone out there!! And I hope that I didn't bore you too bad, but I wanted to jot this stuff down before I forget it for myself!!

More pictures!!

2007-02-22T11:18:00.000-08:00

just a couple of snap shots that have been taken of Daityn Blair the past few days!!

Introducing..... Miss Daityn Blair

2007-02-21T16:52:00.000-08:00

This is Dawson's first time to hold his baby sister. And boy oh boy is he thrilled to be a big brother!! He is doing a great job of staying in the road.. I think all the fuss over the new baby is too much for him at times... Though we are all being very careful to pay lots of attention to him too!! He really is a big help!!
And yes, mommy and daddy brought D home a camoflage baby!! (Some people thought it couldn't be done!! hehe) Only pink camo, thanks to Conk, Punky and Gramp!! Everyone is doing great, even Dawson, surprise surprise!!

Daddy is just crazy about her, of course.. She already has him wrapped around her little finger! He loves to talk to her, and TRIES hard to get her to stay awake!!

That's about all that is going on around here... Change diapers, feed, entertain, wash clothes, straighten the house and do it all again!!

By the way... Who doesn't do housework for 2 weeks??? I'm about to lose my mind, and it's only been a week... I'm cheating!!
This last 3 pictures are just before we left from the hospital. I've got lots more that I need to download, but I'll have to do that later!! Hope all is well with everyone! I'm really gonna try and post more often... I know I always say that, but I really mean it this time!!

My Little Chub!! Coming Soon!!

2007-02-06T08:35:00.000-08:00

Finally!! Daityn Blair will make her grand appearance on Valentine's Day, if not sooner! I know it seems like forever since I've posted anything, but life around here has just been so hectic for about the past year.. Surely it's going to slow down if only for a minute!!
This picture is the 4D ultrasound from yesterday. She looks just like Dawson!! She was getting upset at the ultrasound tech.. She is facing my back and she couldn't get a good face shot, so she was pushing on my belly trying to get her to move... She can make some faces, fo sho!! I should've let Stephanie do it!! hehe!!

And she has the chubbiest little cheeks and hands!! Right now she weighs 7 lbs. and 12 oz. She's going to be a chunky monkey!!

I probably won't make a post until after the 14th, so between now and then, please keep us in your prayers!! Love to all!!

My List of Wishes...

2006-12-28T09:50:00.001-08:00

Just a couple of things that I can think of right now that would be really nice....

* A maid... Just to come in and clean up the mess that Santa left and no one has the energy or want to, or will do it themselves or help out the poor fat pregnant woman who can hardly get around...

*A nurse... To help my baby get well, bless his heart I don't know what it is about Christmas that always makes him sick, but he has got the crud and is only getting worse instead of better...

*A built in clothes picker upper and washer and dryer and folder upper and putter upper (if there ever could be such a thing)... So that no one in this house would have to (God forbid) bend over and pick up their own clothes and carry them to the dirty clothes hamper!!

*A nap... Should be self explanatory...

*A foot massage... With no time limit...

*A back massage... With no time limit...

*An interior decorator... To finish Daityn's room, cause she will be here in about 7 weeks!!

* Ear plugs... Cause Santa was having a brain fart and brought our 3 year old a drum set, with a newborn on the way...

*Christmas with all of our family, together... Cause we can't seem to all be on the same page...

*My daddy... to come back home from Colorado, even though he just left yesterday...

But ya know, just a nap would be fine... A nap that consisted of all of the above things getting done while I was sleeping... That would just be grand!!

All I need is just one more thing to add to the list of things to do, or things that should've been done... And I'm going to admit myself into the mental institution... If only to get that much needed nap...

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas!! Have a happy new year!!

Merry Christmas!!

2006-12-18T11:32:00.000-08:00

Gah, it's been a long while! We are still here, barely... We've had a pretty rough go for the past month or so. This is probably going to be a pretty long post. I hope to fill you in on everything!! The top picture is our Christmas card, but don't have your feelings hurt if you don't have one yet, because I ran out, and I've got to order some more!! Be patient.... You may get one in February...

We do have a name for the new baby expected in about 8-10 weeks!! Daityn Blair!! Although Dawson still doesn't want anyone talking to him about her yet, he does have a pillow that he's been taking care of.. He says it's his baby and her name is Daityn CLAIR, not Daityn Blair... He changes her diaper feeds her and spanks her booty too... Which could be really bad.... Dr. Lee seems to think that she is going to be big baby so I'm going for another ultrasound on the 3rd to see how big she is.. I'm sure then he'll give me a definite date of when he is going to take her!! The countdown is ON!!!

We were writing his letter to Santa Claus last week and I asked him what he wanted me to tell him that he wanted.. This is how his letter went, he told me EVERYTHING to write....

Dear Santa Claus, I've been a very good boy this year I would like a big dirt buggy with some hooks for my tractors. I could also use a new tractor too. I really need a log skidder. Please bring me some drums just like my Uncle Patrick. No clothes please. You can forget my baby sister, cause I know that you don't make baby toys.. She don't want anything anyway. I'll leave you some cookies and chocolate milk. Have a safe trip! Love, Dawson

So this Christmas could get very interesting!! We went to church last night and Santa was there and brought him a skidder... OMG, you would've thought that he brought a million bucks!! You cqan tell by the look on his face here, with skidder in hand... And we did have to sleep with this skidder last night too!! Let me tell you the story behind the skidder ordeal... That's all that he's asked for, for months... I've looked and looked.... Olivia and I stayed on the computer one day for hours looking for a freaking skidder that was BIG. Of course they don't make them big.... So finally David found one... I ordered it. When it came in it was in a brown box.. So I left it on the freezer in the utility room... Dawson got really sick and started running a high fever a couple of days later.... So I took him to the doctor.. While waiting for his shot for strep throat he was throwing a fit... So I told him that we would go to Target and get him something to farm with and we would go home and farm the rest of the day... Of course when we get there he finds the only skidder that I've ever seen in person.... It only cost about $5 so I bought it.... That night when we got home I was on the phone and he came in the kitchen holding the new John Deere skidder that I'd ordered... His eyes were huge, and he said "momma, look what I found!!" Can we open it??? I almost passed out!!! I said "no we can't open it.. I'm going to send that back because me and daddy got you that for Christmas, but since you got one today at Target I've gotta send it back". Of course his response was "but momma let's just take this one back to Target, cause I don't like it like I do this one!!". So after bedtime I HID the skidder and taped the box back up... The next day UPS came to drop off another special present and I made him give them the empty box to take back!! I told him that he'd have to be extra nice and ask Santa to bring him a skidder like the one that mom and dad found for him... So that made the skidder from Santa even more special!! Amanda had a great idea to build a float for the Christmas parade and I don't think that I got a really good picture that will justify just how precious this float was!! Dawson, Aunt Punky and Jake rode on it!! Dawson was hollering "choo choo Merry Christmas"!! It was so funny, Amanda and I laughed the whole time! The first picture is the front and the second is the back. He went with Granny to watch Charlotte's Web on Saturday.. She said that he really liked it... I asked him and he said "mom, it was just so sad CHARLOTTE DIED!!!". He's so sensitive, and he don't want anyone to be sad..

It's been really hard on him with his Uncle Tabor's sudden death.. He doesn't fully understand what's going on... All he knows is that everyone is so sad.. David and I told him that Tabor was gone to live with Jesus in Heaven, and that we're just sad because we are going to miss him. His first question was "does heaven have a phone??" because he said "I just wanted to call and tell Uncle Tabor something". So then he wanted to know if we could go there.. It's amazing the things that a little mind can digest.. He asked me if Tabor was sad.. I told him no because heaven is a wonderful place where no one is sad and if he believes in God one day he'll get to go to heaven too.. His eyes got wide and he said "mom I do believe in God, I do"..

Sometimes he just leaves me speechless... He doesn't want anyone to be sad... Especially my daddy who is taking this really hard.. He can't help it and sometimes he just breaks down... Dawson always tries to give him really big kisses or do something silly to make him laugh! He's just such a blessing to us all, especially right now! I don't know what we would do without him!! Please remember our family in your prayers during this holiday season!! We really need them!!

After Christmas is probably going to be just as busy as it has been... I just hope the next post isn't about a new baby.... But it very well could be!! And anyone wanting to help completely set up a nursery while the mommy is sleeping.... Please feel free to do so!!;)

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!!!!!

To Infinity and Beyond!!

2006-11-01T16:53:00.000-08:00

Hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween!! Dawson had a blast! We have a handful of people that we go and trick or treat, and always come home wwith enough candy to last six months!! This year Dawson got to pick out his own costume. I went online and let him do the shopping. Of course he wanted to be Buzz Lightyear! And a cutie patootie Buzz Lightyear he did make(if I do say so myself)! He had super powers and ran around all day saying "To insinity and beyond"!! Which made it even more hilarious!!
Here is a picture of Dawson and the ever famous black eyed pea! That's cousin Victoria, she is such a nut! Very creative, Vic!! I also have a picture of D with a very special lego block, but blogger is giving me the run around. So I'm going to put that one on photobucket! There's also some pictures of Dawson in his "garden". He has just about worried me half to death about building him a garden. So I tried, but I didn't do anything to satisfy him. So finally I dumped a bag of miracle grow potting soil on top of the ground and he threw in some wheat seed. That was the best thing that I could have ever done for him! I've been a total slacker lately when it comes to blogging.... I know... But I'm going to get better!! Lots of exciting things have been going on to post about!! Hope everyone has a wonderful November!

Happy Fall!!

2006-10-10T13:39:00.000-07:00

This is our completed fall decoration!! We are so pleased with it!! It makes us laugh everytime that we look at it!

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This one is me, while I'm pregnant!! Very mean... This started out as a man, but he was so mean looking that I had to give him some hair and make him a girl!! We had so much fun!!

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This is one of mine that we are calling David!

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This is one of Amanda's! This is what she looks like after a day with us!!;)

2006-10-10T13:35:00.000-07:00

This is Amanda's first one!! It turned out really neat... We call this one Dawson!

2006-10-10T13:34:00.000-07:00

This is one of Amanda's, called Daityn!

The Pumpkin Patch

2006-10-09T10:14:00.000-07:00

I think this was Dawson's favorite part of the pumpkin patch! They had about 5 or 6 spots to pose your child for cute pictures.. I want to go back just to take more pictures!! What a great place for a party!!

2006-10-09T10:13:00.000-07:00

To my surprise he even rode the pony... He would say "giddy up horsey"!!

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So much fun!!

2006-10-09T10:11:00.000-07:00

This wicked witch was freaking Dawson out!! He walked up to the yellow tape and yelled "BOO" and she started dancing and stirring her brew!! It was really fun!!

2006-10-09T10:10:00.000-07:00

We had such a fun time at the pumpkin patch in Grady!! If you haven't been, it's a wonderful experience!! This was my favorite picture of D!! Even with the funky cage background!!

2006-10-09T10:09:00.000-07:00

Dawson on top of some hay!!

2006-10-09T10:08:00.000-07:00

Here is all of the kids at Payton's 1st birthday!!

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Me and Dawson on the dusty hayride!!

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I passed on the slide experience.. I'm not real sure Daityn would've liked that very much, that slide was HUGE!! But Amanda is always up for some fun with D!!

2006-10-09T10:04:00.000-07:00

Amanda had it made at the pumpkin patch... She had Dawson pulling her and our pumpkins!!

We found out yesterday....

2006-09-19T06:26:00.000-07:00

It's a Baby Girl!!!!

I have some pictures, I'll have to upload them later!!

Now I need some help with some name suggestions!!

Time Flies When Your Having Fun!!

2006-09-06T15:45:00.000-07:00

We had a wonderful weekend visit with Dad and Tabor, it just wasn't long enough!! Dawson and I were so glad to see them! Here are a few pictures that we took while they were home!! This picture was taken as soon as they got off of the plane!!

Uncle Tabor was a popular little guy to Dawson this weekend! Everywhere that he went, Dawson wasn't far behind! This was taken in the airport Saturday night. Here is me and Tabor waiting on the plane to go back to Wyoming! He looked like he'd grown a foot!

Here is a picture that a lady in the restaurant took for us.. This is just before they had to leave! I didn't cry as much as I thought I was going to.. But it was still hard to say goodbye, not knowing when I would get to see them again..I can't wait to see them again, already!! I love you guys!! Be careful, and I'll see you again, Soon!!

I also had a good check up yesterday and had a wonderful trip to Monroe with D and Amanda!! My Daddy gave me some money before he left and I got a beautiful new comforter for my new bed!! I'll be posting pictures later!!

One last thing, today is my 8th anniversary for being married to the most wonderful man in the world!

I love him so much, and so much more every single day! I'm so glad that God brought us together!

Here is a picture from our wedding! We have both changed quite a bit since then!! I have lots more, but blogger is being a butthole to me today... So maybe next year!!

I love you very much, David!! Happy Anniversary Sweetheart!!

AIRPORTS SUCK.......

2006-09-02T17:44:00.001-07:00

This morning we woke up bright eyed and bushy tailed ready to begin the day, knowing that at the end of the day my daddy would be home for two days...
So Dawson and I headed out, without David because this is a busy busy time of year for him... I thought that it would be a good day for D and I to get away alone for a while before we picked up PawPaw and uncle Tabor at the airport...
Our couple of hours turned into a dreaded all day affair!!
Daddy called me this morning when he was supposed to be in Denver at the airport... Instead of Denver, he was in Chicago... Not his fault, it was the stupid airline's bright idea... So after a couple of hours delay on their part, the next flight that he should have taken at 4:00 was missed...
They put them on stand by, and two people ahead of them filled up the seats at 5:00... So they wouldn't get out of Dallas until 9:00...
Ok, cool, no problem... I'll take Dawson to Chuck e cheese's.. Yeah, well that's only fun for a little while with over 200 kids in that place.... I swear!!
Thanks to my cousin Paul and his wife Jennifer, they let us sit at their crib for a couple of hours instead of sitting the musty airport... So I did get to see their beautiful house!! And Dawson loved playing with Xander and Haven's toys!!
So this day had it's purpose!
We'll pick up PawPaw and uncle Tabor at 10 instead of 5, but that's okay!! I get to see my daddy and my little brother!!
The wait will be well worth it!!

He Sure Knows When I Need A "Pick Me Up"!!

2006-08-24T02:30:00.000-07:00

This is a flower that my Dawson picked for me about 2 weeks ago over at Aunt Paula's house!! It was so pretty, and stayed that way for over a week!! He was so proud of himself, and I was proud of him too!!
I'd been having a bad day, but that just made me appreciate life and love to know that he cared how I was feeling!! It's amazing the things that kids know, without you having to tell them!!
I'm so proud of the sweet man that Dawson is!! I love him so much!! He's a little under the weather right now with his very first ear infection, so please keep him in your prayers!!

And this is a picture taken last weekend at Sarah's baby shower!! GOSH, at the pregnant people!!!!!!! I'll get those pictures to you soon Sarah!!
Hope you are all having a wonderful week!!

2006-08-21T17:50:00.000-07:00

Dawson went to daycare last week everyday except for Wednesday!! He really done well!! Of course Mommy and Daddy helped by bragging on him and telling him what a big boy he was becoming!! He says "I think I'm just about big enough to drive that tractor now!!" And when we tell him that we are proud of him he says "you is? Thank you momma!!" He's so sweet!! He cried everyday that I left, but I would call and check and they said that as soon as I left he stopped crying!! And on Thursday and Friday they were asking, "who is this kid and what did they do with Dawson"?? I think he finally realized that I was going to come back and pick him up!!

2006-08-21T17:48:00.000-07:00

This is his "tower" that he built... And they even left it up until I got there so that he could show me!! I just love that daycare!! They are wonderful!!

2006-08-21T17:46:00.000-07:00

He did really good with his nap too which really surprised me!! With him never being away from me or home at naptime, this had to be an adjustment!! I picked him up right after lunch and just before nap time each He day, to try and make it easier for him... And me!!

2006-08-21T17:45:00.000-07:00

I think that this is just pretend food, but it's a start... Everyday that he went they would tell me that they couldn't get him to eat or drink anything, not even cookies... But as soon as he got in the car, he was starving... Except for Friday.. I asked him what he had for lunch and he told me "tacos".. I said "oh tacos are your favorite were they good??" he said "uh huh, but I think I still want you to go get me a Wacky Pack too!!" Sly little devil!!

2006-08-21T17:42:00.000-07:00

Here is Dawson with his friend Fisher playing in the balls!! And if your wondering, no I didn't stay and take all of these pictures... The owner took them and had them printed for me on the last day I picked him up, which I thought was very nice!!

Paw Paw's "Fred Sanford & Elmo Bodine"

2006-08-19T20:56:00.000-07:00

I want to say HELLO to my sweet little brother and my Daddy!! They are both in Wyoming right now, (which is entirely too far from home)... They both seem to be doing well, lots better than me, I'm missing them like CRAZY!!!! I think Tabor is taking wonderful care of Daddy by cleaning and cooking, all of the good things!!
Here is a picture taken about 2 months ago of Dawson and Tabor.. Seems like he's grown a foot in a few months!!

Y'all take care and I'll see you both real soon!! I love you bunches!!

I can't believe that Tabor is fixing to have another birthday next week!! Gah, it seems like yesterday when he was born!!