5 Year Pin

Today Daniel along with a lot of other Bartow County employees were pinned in a ceremony for their years of service. Daniel received his 5 year pin. It was special and I was proud of him. Not to mention that I can't believe it's been almost 6 years sense he started working at the Sheriffs Department.  It was a milestone of sorts that he passed today... Only 25 more to go!  In my typical fashion I had to take the camera regardless if I was going to be the only one snapping pics (and I was the only one lol). Here are some Pictures from today...

Walking a new road...

This year is going to going to be a lot of  change for Daniel, Ella , and I. First off let me say this Mama is a little scared. We are in the Middle of selling our home. This has been a year long conversation for Daniel and I. We want OUT of the area we live in.  50% of the people we live around don't like us... well it might be safe to to say they hate us. By "Us" I mean Daniel. LOL. They are Cop haters, and it doesn't help that Daniel arrested the man across the street from us for DUI! Great I know!  We're 95% sure that someone poisoned our Saint Bernard Sash that died... It's just ALL new and NEW scares me.  One thing that does not scare me is Ella starting Preschool in August. Oh My! It's hard for me to even think that she should be old enough for that.  We went and toured Sam Jones Preschool Tuesday, and Ella absolutely loved it!  I'm so excited for her, and I know that she is going to learn so much! I wont lie Mommy and Daddy are looking forward to having a little break 3 days a week! 

And then She was 2...

2 Years ago today I woke up very early, got into the car with my sweet husband, and headed to Carterville Medical.  The ground was covered in snow, I was headed to the hospital to become a Mom! I will never forget sitting in that hospital room at 5:00 in the morning holding Daniel hand knowing how our lives were about to change. After 18 hours and 51 minutes of what I must say was "awful" labor due to that devil of all drugs Pitocin. Daniel and I meet our little girl Ella. The past two years have been a roller coaster of emotions and events, but what a quick two years it has been. Can't wait to see what adventures this new year holds for the 3 of us! Happy 2nd Birthday Ella!!!


Here is a DVD I made for Ella's birthday party..Enjoy

Christmas and a New Year!

I love Christmas, but at the same time it drives me just a little bit "Crazy"! The anticipation for it drives me nuts, then it gets here, and is gone in the blink of an eye! This year Christmas was FUN though, having a almost two year old to celebrate it with was just exciting!! Oh what fun it is to play Santa! We got to spend time with lots of family and even though Daniel had to work Christmas day we were blessed in that "business" was slow  allowing him to spend some time with us even though he was at work.
You know I'm going to have to show you "What a difference a year makes" but I always love to go back and see how much Ella has changed in a year.... Here ya go

                                                        

Today while Ella was napping I sat here reading all my old blogs from this past year. What a year it has been. Even though my child is almost 2 I feel like this year I really grew into being a Mommy. I learned to value all the little things with Ella.  Although it was a scary year at times with all the Hospital and Ambulance rides, and Personal Battles.. I feel like it was a good year. What makes it a good year to me is that I've learned something from all the Good, and all the Bad... I'm so ready for 2012, starting with celebrating Ella 2nd birthday party next weekend!

HeartBroken

I can finally sit down and write this blog with dry eyes. As for the last 3 days for me have been hard. It may seem funny to some of you especially the ones who don't love dogs as Daniel and I do, but to us she was not just a dog she was apart of our family. The loss of our 8 month old Saint Bernard Sash was heart wrenching. She was such a fun loving dog and did nothing but love Daniel, Ella, and I.  Our house has been quite and seems just a little bit empty without her here anymore. What made it worse was how fast she passed. Saturday she was fine, and Monday morning she was Dead. This is a huge loss to our little family. I've enjoyed looking at pictures of ALL the fun we  had together over those short 8 months... Enjoy... Love you Sash :(

Baptism as an outward witness of an inward faith in Jesus Christ alone for salvation

Today Solomon was Baptised along with his Step Dad Trent. What a special day it was. The Pictures speak for themselves.

I can't think of a More Special Day to share with a Parent

How Precious for a Grand Father to Baptise his first Great Grand Child

Deputy Daniel even Made it!!

Giving Thanks Times 4!

1 Chronicles 16:34 O give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His loving kindness is everlasting.


       We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year. Besides the fact that I hate so much over a 3 day period that I'm refusing to step on the scare for at least two weeks in hopes that when I do all that extra weight will be gone!
  

Wednesday: Ella had so much fun playing with her 2nd cousins at Daniel's Moms.

Thursday: We had a great time having a family football game....Although Ella was not a fan. She kept thinking everyone was trying to hurt her Daddy. :)

Later Thursday: Such fun at PaPaws playing with kittens and petting Henry.

Friday: We finished off our 3 days of Thanksgiving with a visit to Daniel's Dad's house. Ella so much enjoyed playing with crazy PawPaw and Tammy. Most of all that girl loved seeing all the ANIMALS!!!

This year more than ever I am so Thankful for our HUGE family. We are truly blessed to have each and every single one of you in our lives! What a Blessing it is!