Father's Day

Being a Wife/Mom one of the sweetest images I have ever seen is the love between Ella and her Daddy. The joy that Ella has for Daniel is undesirable.  I could sit here and list a 100 reason why Daniel is such an amazing Dad. As the saying goes " Any man can be a Father, but it takes someone special to be a Dad!" Daniel is truly a Daddy... an AMAZING one at that.

Every body's Free to Wear Sunscreen...

I hopped in the car today to run some errands and turned on star 94.1 to get my dose of 90's weekend. Much to my surprise they were playing Baz Luhrmann "Every body's Free to wear sunscreen" It sucked me right back to middle school. I love this "song"... although its not really a song.  You may think it's weird but I totally needed to hear it at that moment too! Who would have thought? Anyways if you haven't heard it in a while or ever watch it or just read the Lyrics below...

Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’99

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be

it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by

scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable

than my own meandering

experience…I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not

understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded.

But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and
recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before
you and how fabulous you really looked….You’re not as fat as you
imagine. Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as
effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing
bubblegum.

 The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that
never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm

on some idle Tuesday. Do one thing everyday that scares you Sing Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Floss Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes
you’re behind…the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with
yourself.

 Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements. Stretch Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life…

Some of the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t.

Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.

 Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children,maybe
you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky
chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary…what ever you do, don’t


congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either – your


choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s. Enjoy your body,


use it every way you can…don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own..

Dance…even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room. Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them. Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly. Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for
good.

Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future. Understand that friends come and go,but for the precious few you should hold on.

Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.

 Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft. Travel.

 Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders. Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.

Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85. Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of
fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than
it’s worth.
But trust me on the sunscreen…

Strange Week...

This has been a strange week for for me. The week started off with me trying to be a good wife and take our trash too the dump.  Which I did and on the way home driving Daniel's truck one of the trash cans blew out. I turned right around (I was only 50 feet away) , and by the time I got back to the trash can that was on the side of the road a guy had pulled over and was taking it! I yelled " Hey Stop" He jumped in his truck a squealed off! If you know me you know howwwww much this fumed me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was ready to fight! So I chased after the guy while calling Daniel who was at work and was right down the road.... Long story short the guy got away and Daniel and i couldn't find him after searching for 45 minutes. So to the guy in Cartersville who drives a 90's model Black single cab Ford Truck...I'm looking for you! LOL I want my can back!

                                                                                      

 Two days later I get a phone call that my little sister is very hurt after her thumb was displaced trying to get a runner out at home...Which she did! Anyways... There are 10 years in age difference between Sydney and I. I watched my Mom give birth to her, so I feel like more like shes my child than sister. It was heart breaking to to hear her moaning in the back of the car on her way to the emergency room last night. I dropped everything and headed straight there. Sydney is one tough chick... I will have to say holding her legs down while they popped her finger back in place ranks #2 of worst moments EVER! Just shy of having to hold my own baby down while a nurse "tried to IV her". I have never heard a scream of pain like that...ugh

                                                                        

Lastly God has just really gave me a heavy heart.... I'm pretty sure he has different plans for Daniel and I than we had planned. I'm trying to be ok with that.( our marriage is fine people...it's not that) This verse has been in my head all day.

Jeremiah 29:1!
"For I know the plans I have for you," says the Lord. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope."

My little Dancing Queen

 If there is one fact about my Ella it’s that the child lovesssss to Dance! Seriously we can be anywhere and she hears music she starts so Dance and Grove to it! Sometimes she gets so into it that she will close her eyes and sway back and forth slowly. It’s the sweetest thing, almost as if the music takes over her. I love it! Trust me as soon as I can get her into dance I am!
Yesterday Daniel and I went to Best buy to buy a camera.... while waiting on Daniel to check out Ella heard some music coming from somewhere in the store. She starting bopping her head up and down, so I told Daniel I was going to take her to "find" the music while he was busy... Well I thought it was pretty funny how she was just dancing away in Best buy. So I recorded it.... Hope it puts a smile on your face as it did mine.
Oh and sorry but it will break your neck to watch it....

Take a deep breath...

If you don't want to hear a little complaint than don't read this blog...but it’s just the mood I'm in.  Ella woke up this morning with goopy eyes, and was super crabby. If there is one thing I have learned in my short 17 months of being a Mommy it’s that when my Ella wakes up really crabby it’s time to call the doctor. So I did. Well my sweet baby girl has got PINK EYE in both eyes, and another ear infection! I mean where did she even get Pink Eye from??? I really could just cry...I feel like the child can't catch a break. On the bright side her burn is looking GREAT. Her face almost looks like nothing ever even happened. Her arm is getting there. It’s amazing how quickly children heal. Here’s some pictures of how her arm, and how fast its changed in just a week.

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Next year I just think we'll go to Florida...

Daniel and I had the idea that this year we weren’t going to take a “Family Vacation”. Pretty much due to the fact that are little darling rang up quite a few hospital/ambulance rides at the begging of the year. So we decided we were just going to have a “Staycation” Daniel already had the time off work, so he kept it. The idea of the week was to go to my Mom’s pool and have lots of fun and relaxing! Well…. What do I always say…? We have to do things the “Weathers Way Baby!” The week started off rough to begin with. We took Ella out to my Mom’s pool Wednesday and Daniel and I got soooooo sun burnt we couldn’t stand to go back out there another day the whole week. We spent the next few days rubbing Aloe Vera on each other! LOL. We did get to see some family that we hadn’t got to in a long time, and that was REALLY nice. Ella got to play with her cousins that live in North Carolina.

       We topped off the end of the Staycation with a Mommy Daddy night Sunday night. My sweet Mom offered to keep Ella for us. We took full advantage and went and had a Awesome dinner. Sadly the fun came to an abrupt end Monday morning when my Mom called me. All I could here was Ella Screaming and my Mom was telling me that Daniel and I needed to get to her house now! Well as any parent we were in the car in less than seconds, and a normal 20 minute drive to my Moms took 6! Ella had pulled my Moms curling Iron off the counter onto herself while my Mom was standing right there. They were playing and Ella’s hand knocked the cord which pulled the iron onto her arm. Ugh! As you can imagine Daniel and I ran in the house swept Ella up and drove 100 miles an hour to Floyd Emergency room. Let me just say I have one tough little gal! She’s so amazing how strong she is…Sometimes I think she’s stronger than me! Well the doctors looked at Ella and said there was not much they could do for the face burn but that they would treat and wrap her arm. They gave her some meds for the pain and we are taking her to the Doctor again first thing in the morning. I’m thankful to the good Lord above that it wasn’t worse. Now the prayer just is that is doesn’t scar. Like always thought we had to go out with a bang! So our staycation is now ending, and I decided next year I think we’ll just go to Florida! Here are some pics of Ella's latest batter scars!

Having a toddler will humble you....

Having a toddler will humble you! Ugh… Being a parent is so hard. Don’t get me wrong I know that nobody ever said it was easy, and I know that my child is only 16 months so I’m not in even close to the thick of it! I’m that person that can’t stand when people’s kids are out of control in the store or in a restaurant. Now I have sympathy for those parents because that’s my kid! LOL. Here lately Ella has starting throwing these temper tantrums! I mean full blown clinched her fists up and screams when she doesn't get her way. I know that when kids are her age they act on impulse and are learning. The first time she did this I’m pretty sure I stood there for about 5 minutes with my mouth on the floor! How do you tech a 16 month old not to do something like that?  I’m afraid to pop her…because I’m afraid that will teach her to hit! Oh my sweet little baby is so strong willed, and has been sense the day she was born. It’s frustrating now, but I have no doubts that it will serve her well when she’s older!