Strange Fears

Do you have strange fears?
Sometimes I have these "fears" that I don't even realize until something weird sparks it.
Does that even make sense?

Anyway, my weird fears lately are

1. Baby spit-up

2. Talking on the telephone

3. Getting stuck in a public restroom

Do you feel more complete now, knowing this tid-bit of info?

Busy as usual

Chloe is much better after her coughing and fever this weekend!
We made it to the soccer party for a couple of hours which totally wore her out but she had a fun time!

It's almost May which will be a very busy month for us.
We have Teacher Appreaction, Buddy Day, Mother's Day, PTA programs, cheerleading fittings, a field trip and the end of the school year!

I am excited for warm weather and swimming!

We have soccer tournaments this weekend to wrap up soccer season!
Good luck Team America!

Busy weekend? Maybe not.

This weekend is super busy.
Tomorrow is Chloe's soccer end of season party. She will get her trophy.
Tomorrow night is a cookout at a Laura's.
Sunday morning is church.
Sunday afternoon is a festival and family day.

Today I had hoped to go visit Grandpa.

Well, Chloe stayed home today with a cough.
I thought (hoped) it was just allergies but now she's running a fever.

Poor kiddo. It looks like we will have to cut back some (or maybe all) of our weekend.
And I can't go see Grandpa because I can't risk taking contagious germs over there.

:(

Please say a prayer for my little punkin. She is coughing a TON!

In The Motherhood

Have you seen these?
They are hilarious!!!

So far my favorite is "The Infamous 3rd Date".

http://www.inthemotherhood.com/

"Mom"

Mother's Day is coming up soon.
To be totally honest, I don't even know when, exactly it is.
Sometime in May.

I am lucky to be a mom to a fabulous little girl.
But you get to hear about that ALL. THE. TIME.

What you don't always get to hear about is how lucky I am to be the daughter of an amazing woman.

My mom is my best friend in life.
I am all teary-eyed just thinking about the love that she gives to me. The sacrifices that she makes- and always has made -for me.
I am not sure that I could even adequately put into words my love and thankfulness for her.

So many times I hear other women talking about the strained relationships they have with their moms. Some don't even speak to their mom anymore. And some, sadly, have lost their mom.
I can't wrap my mind around any of that. And for that I am blessed.

Thank you, mom, for ALL of the MANY things you have done (and continue to do) for me each and every day.
I am proud to call you my mom.
You make me smile everyday.
I am confident in your love for me. I know you are proud of me.

Thank you for showing me how to be a good mom to my own daughter.

There really is no bond quite like that of a mother and daughter.
Thank you for always giving the best of yourself to Stef and me.

I love you.

Random Thoughts For the Day

Spinach Dip is like crack.


Hot guys hang out at the dog park. (Whoda thunk it?)


Getting a bad haircut is one of the most frustrating things that can happen to a human.


It's nearly impossible to find shorts that are appropriate to wear on a field trip with your daughter's Kindergarten class. I probably tried on 20 pairs today before finally finding something that didn't cause physical harm to my nether regions.


It is bittersweet when your child brings home their last Kindergarten homework ever. I dread homework days and the arguments but knowing she is finishing up her first year of *real* school makes me a little sad.

Chloe Has Picked Her First Car

For the longest time Chloe has said that when she is 16, she will drive a Suburban. It will be pink with light blue polka dots.

Well, yesterday she changed her mind.
Chloe: "When I am a big girl, you know--16, I want to drive a Navigator."

Me: "A Lincoln Navigator?"

Chloe: "Yes. And I want it to be black. Black cars look nicer, don'tcha think?"



Hector...I hope you are buying her first car.

Church

Chloe and I have been visiting churches here, close to home, for years.

I always give Chloe the option of going into the kids class or sitting in the service with me.
She is a naturally nervous child and doesn't do well in new situations so she has always opted to sit in the service with me.

As I am sure you can imagine, that leads to things like...
* Loudly opening snacks that she brought in her bag.
* Talking in a loud voice, usually with things like "Is this ALMOST OVER???" "I am hungry" "Why can't we sit on the FRONT row?"
* Laying in the aisle.
* Climbing under the pew.

So, I gave up on going for awhile.
I didn't want to force her into the kids class and having her end up with a dislike for church.

Well, for Easter my friend offered for Chloe and me to come to an egg hunt at her church.
We did and Chloe had a great time. The chiildrens minister was GREAT with her and got down on her level to talk to her. She had a wonderful time and on the way home she said, "Mommy, maybe we should visit THAT church."

Fast forward 2 weeks and we did.
This time she chose to go to Sunday School and Children's Church.
A HUGE step for her. She feels comfortable there. That means aLOT to me.

We have been two Sunday's now and one Wednesday and Chloe asked me the other day "I know we are visitors, but what comes after that?"
I explained that you are either a visitor or a member.
She then said, "I think we should be members."

:)

I explained that I wanted to give it more time and get a feel for the church. She was cool with that. Hehe.

It really has been a wonderful experience for us and I am looking forward to spending more time there. And it's a great feeling.

A Day At The Park

I am too lazy and time-restricted to upload these to post a few individually so I just made a slide show. There's tons of pics so if you don't look at them all I won't hold it against you. Hell, I won't even know.

Stef, Justin, Koby, Kaleb, Hector, Chloe and I all went out to the dog park and playground out at the lake last weekend.

Something I Never Thought I Would See Again

If you read my blog often, you know that my Grandpa is very sick and in Hospice care.

He was in the hospital a couple of months back and when he came home he began Hospice care.
Two months later and he hadn't left the house at all.
He has always been a very active man and staying in the house (even in his condition) is not easy for him.

So, being the fighter that he always has been and even continues to be in his weakest condition, he got out of the house and came over for a visit.

I can't tell you how good it makes me feel that my family is so important to him that he would leave his house to come see us when it takes all of his energy to even BREATHE!


I honestly never thought I would see him sitting in my living room with my daughter ever again.

I will forever cherish this picture and this day. Chloe was making a goofy face. She has her Bop Bop's personality! ;)



Grandpa is having "good" days and bad days. He continues to fight.
Please continue to lift him up in prayer.

Miss Me?

Hehe.

It's been almost a week since my last post!

We've been busy but I have thought about tons of things I could blog about.
Of course they have all escaped my mind now.

But I'll try to catch up a little bit.
Forgive me if I serial post today! :D

Jon & Kate Plus 8

This is Chloe's new favorite show. (Well, this and My Dad is Better Than Your Dad. lol)

If you haven't seen it, it is a show about a couple (Jon and Kate ;) ) who have six-year old twins and 2-year old sextuplets.

So we have been watching it together lately.
Can I just say that I can't STAND Kate!?!?!?

Ugh. She is so rude to her husband and so controlling.
I just can't stand the woman. She talks down to her husband sooo much.

Okay, that's all, I just needed to say that.

WALK NOW for Autism

I will be participating in Walk Now for Autism on Saturday June 14, 2008 at The Ballpark in Arlington.



I will be walking with Team Kabee in support of my nephew, Kaleb.


Kaleb was diagnosed with Autism in December 2006.



I would to have some more friends join me in this walk (You can click the link above to join our team). And/Or if possible, a monetary donation would be greatly appreciated.



You can visit my personal page here.

Thanks!

Well, now I can't sleep...

The storms have been pretty bad in surrounding cities.
Our power went out for just a minute or so.

I am so used to these "severe storm and tornado warnings" that end up being nothing here in my area so I just let Chloe sleep through it all and we didn't even go downstairs.

As usual (and luckily) it was just lots of rain and strong wind here.
Some nearby areas were hit pretty bad though. :(

It's all over now but I can't go back to sleep. Grrrrr.

Also, if you don't live in Texas but plan on ever moving here...don't move to Palo Pinto County. That would be a death wish.

Reason #165,893 Why Being a Mom is Hard

Being the mom of a young child is filled with watching him/her reach milestones.
You wait and wait and even sometimes get irritated when you think that these *milestones* should have been reached sooner than that were.
Some of them come easily and you don't even think twice about them.
Then there are some that you are so anxious for them to reach. And then once they do, you feel a little sad.

Chloe has always been a very needy child. Over the last 6 1/2 years there have been few things she has been willing to do without me *right by her side*.
There have been times when I wished she would be more independant.

Well, we are knocking those milestones down lately. Chloe has become much more independant (in some ways ;)) and while I am SUPER proud of her (and I can see *she* is proud of her too), I also feel a little sad. (Though I would never tell or show her that) My *baby* is growing up.

Hodding Carter said, "There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One is roots; the other, wings."

The roots are usually easy. The wings, not so much.

Grandma's brthday and a busy weekend

Whew. Last week was sooo busy with the book fair. It was so much fun but I was relieved when 3:00 rolled around on Friday!
The weekend was super busy too.
Friday night we had a birthday party to go to.
Saturday Chloe had a soccer game and we went swimming.
Then this morning we visited my friend's church (which we loved and plan to go back to next week), went to the park and went swimming again.
I am ready for an uneventful week!

Let me flash back real quick to last weekend.
My beutiful, wonderful Grandma turned 65 last weekend.
In my family, everyone gets a birthday party, regardless of their age. Chloe and Koby usually pick the cake and we hang out as a family.
Chloe picked an Enchanted cake for Grandma



Here are the 3 kiddos and Gma.



I love you, Grandma. You bring so much joy and happiness to my life.

And just a little brag onn my Chloe.
On Friday she took her first Accelerated Reader test and got 100%. Yay!!