Monday, July 28, 2008

INSPIRED..........

OK. SO I PROMISE PROMISE PROMISE I WILL POST PICTURES TOMORROW. I TOOK SOME TONIGHT OF MADISON EATING RAVIOLIS......QUITE A SIGHT!!!!! BUT THE TOPIC OF THIS POST IS SOMEONE THAT I HAVE NEVER MET WHO HAS INSPIRED ME IN SO MANY WAYS......
HER NAME IS ANGIE SMITH. I HAVE BECOME A SELF PROCLAIMED "BLOG STALKER" AND SHE IS ONE THAT I CHECK EVERY SINGLE DAY. THIS WOMEN IS AMAZING. AMAZING DOESN'T EVEN DESCRIBE HER. SHE LOST HER BABY EARLIER THIS YEAR AFTER LITTLE AUDREY CAROLINE WAS BORN WITH COMPLICATIONS, LIVING ONLY A COUPLE OF HOURS. WHILE I WOULD PROBABLY, UNDOUBTEDLY, TURN MY BACK ON THE WORLD, THIS WOMAN HAS TURNED TO HER FAITH IN GOD TO CARRY HER THROUGH. THERE ARE MANY DAYS THAT I READ HER WRITING AND JUST CRY. SHE IS SO INSPIRING AND HAS SUCH A WAY WITH WORDS. I HAVE TURNED TO HER BLOGS ALOT, EPECIALLY HERE THE PAST FEW WEEKS AS I HAVE BEEN A LITTLE OVERWHELMED AND I WALK AWAY FROM MY COMPUTER FEELING AS IF ITS REALLY GOING TO BE OK, EVEN THOUGH I LOOK LIKE A BIG GOOBER BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN CRYING UNCONTROLABLY THE WHOLE TIME I AM READING. EVEN AT WORK WHEN I AM ON OVERLOAD, I PULL UP HER BLOG AND LISTEN TO THE MUSIC. I AM TELLING YOU ABOUT ANGIE BECAUSE I HOPE THAT SHE CAN INSPIRE YOU, JUST AS SHE HAS INSPIRED ME. I THINK ITS FUNNY BECAUSE IN ONE OF HER POST SHE TALKS ABOUT SOMEONE POSTING ON HER BLOG AND SHE SAID SHE COULD QUIT STALKING HER BECAUSE THE LADY ACTUALLY KNEW SHE EXISTED. LITTLE DOES SHE KNOW, I FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT HER. I WOULD LOVE TO MEET ANGIE SMITH AND HER BEAUTIFUL FAMILY. LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK!!WWW.AUDREYCAROLINE.BLOGSPOT.COM

Sunday, July 27, 2008

MY BABY.........

IS 14 MONTHS OLD TODAY!!! I CANT BELIEVE IT!!!!! IT SEEMS LIKE JUST YESTERDAY SHE WAS BORN AND BEFORE I KNOW IT SHE WILL BE 2!!! SHE IS CHANGING SO MUCH AND BECOMING SUCH A SMART LITTLE COOKIE!!! HERE ARE 14 THINGS ABOUT MY SWEET ANGEL:

1) SHE LOVES HER "DADA". SHE KNOWS THAT IF MOMMY TELLS HER "NONO" SHE CAN LOOK AT DADDY AND SHE CAN DO WHATEVER SHE WANTS.
2) SHE LOVES BANANAS!!!! THE PAST TWO DAYS THE CHILD HAS EATEN FOUR "NANAS" AND SHE LOOKS, POINTS, AND SAYS "NANA"
3) SHE DEFINATELY KNOWS WHAT "NONO" MEANS AND SHE USES IT HERSELF QUITE OFTEN. IT IS REALLY CUTE WHEN SHE LOOKS AT REESE AND TELLS HER NO LIKE REESE IS DOING SOMETHING WRONG AND ALL SHE IS DOING IS SITTING THERE. POOR DOG.
4) EVERY DAY AFTER I GET HOME FROM WORK, SHE BEATS ON THE FRONT DOOR AND STARTS BLOWING KISSES (WHICH MEANS SHE WANTS TO GO BYE BYE) AND SHE WALKS OVER TO MY MOMS HOUSE TO GET A SNACK WHICK USUALLY IS CHEERIOS OR CARROT CAKE, OR BLUEBERRY MUFFINS.
5) THE ONLY 2 FOODS THAT I HAVE FOUND THAT SHE WILL NOT EAT IS JELLO AND SCRAMBLED EGGS.
6) SHE IS FASCINATED WITH ANIMALS (ESPECIALLY DINOSAURS) AND EVERYTIME SHE SEES ONE SHE GROWLS.
7) SHE IS FINALLY WALKING.........EVEN THOUGH THERE IS THE OCCASIONAL CRAWL.
8) SHE HAS SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT SINCE SHE WAS 2 MONTHS OLD. I THINK THE GOOD LORD KNEW THAT I AM NOT A NICE PERSON WITH NO SLEEP..........
9) SHE BROKE HERSELF FROM THE BOTTLE PRETTY MUCH. PREFERRED SIPPY CUPS AT ABOUT 10 MONTHS AND AT 12 MONTHS I JUST COMPLETELY TOOK THE BOTTLE AWAY AND SHE NEVER CRIED ABOUT IT.
10) SHE SLEEPS WITH ABOUT 10 PACIFIERS. NO JOKE. WE LAY HER DOWN AWAKE AND SHE PLAYS WITH HER PACIFIERS AND HER PIGGY UNTIL SHE FALLS ASLEEP.
11) LOVES PLAYING WITH BABY DOLLS. HAS A STROLLER THAT SHE PUSHES AROUND
12) THE CHILD HAS 37.......YES 37......PAIRS OF SHOES IN HER CLOSET THAT CURRENTLY FIT HER. AND PROBABLY 10 PAIRS THAT ARE TOO BIG AND CLOTHES ALL THE WAY TO 5T. NO I DONT HAVE A PROBLEM!!!!!!
13) SHE HAS 4 TEETH ON TOP AND TWO TEETH ON BOTTOM.
14) SHE IS A MOMMY AND DADDY'S GIRL!!!!!!

WITH EACH MONTH, SHE CHANGES SO MUCH. IT IS TRULY AMAZING TO WATCH THIS PRECIOUS GIRL GROW! I LOOKED AT HER TODAY AND THOUGHT TO MYSELF, " SHE ISNT A BABY ANYMORE, SHE IS A TODDLER." EXCITING BUT SAD!!!! I AM SO EXCITED TO WALK BESIDE HER AND HOLD HER HAND FOR THE YEARS TO COME! I LOVE YOU BABY GIRL! -MOMMY

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Change is a good thing.........RIGHT???????

OK. SO IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING IS CHANGING RIGHT NOW. I AM TRYING REALLY HARD TO HAVE AN OPEN MIND ABOUT EVERYTHING AND KEEP MY HEAD UP BUT.......WHEN YOU ARE AS ROUTINE AS I AM, ITS A LITTLE DIFFICULT!!!!

FIRST OF ALL, MATT TOOK A NEW JOB. HE IS NOW WORKING AT A PLACE CALLED STINGER. THET WORK ON OIL RIGS AND IM NOT REALLY SURE WHAT ALL THEY DO. I THINK THAT THEY GO IN AND OPEN THE OIL HEADS, MAYBE? DONT HOLD ME TO THAT. IT IS GOING TO BE A BIG CHANGE WITH HIS NEW HOURS WHICH ARE NOT AT ALL SET IN STONE. HE CAN BE CALLED OUT AT ANY MOMENT AND CAN BE GONE FOR DAYS AT A TIME. THIS SHOULDNT HAPPEN TO MUCH BUT WILL HAPPEN FROM TIME TO TIME. I THINK, I KNOW, HE IS GOING TO BE SO MUCH HAPPIER WORKING OUTSIDE AND ACTUALLY SEEING DAYLIGHT. HE ABSOLUTELY DESPISED THIRD SHIFT AND WAS ALWAYS DREADING GOING TO WORK. THIS JOB HAS BETTER BENEFITS AND MORE MONEY SO HOPEFULLY HE LIKES IT.

SECOND, I AM LOSING MY SITTER!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU JESSICA! SHE HAS DECIDED TO BE A FULL TIME MOMMY AND FOCUS ON SCHOOL SO SHE IS NOT GOING TO KEEP KIDS ANYMORE. I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND HER DECISION BUT IT IS REALLY HARD TO LOSE SUCH A GOOD SITTER THAT YOU ARE SO COMFORTABLE LEAVING YOUR CHILD WITH. AND MADDI ADORES HER. SO, I DONT KNOW WHAT I AM GOING TO DO THERE. THEY ARE OPENING A "KIDS ACADEMY" HERE IN ALMA AND MATT AND I ARE DISCUSSING IT. WE ARE BOTH TRYING REALLY HARD TO HAVE AN OPEN MIND ABOUT THE WHOLE DEAL AND I PRAY THAT IT WORKS OUT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. AND I KNOW IT WILL. ITS JUST A LITTLE OVERWHELMING TO LEAVE YOUR KID WITH SOMEONE.

AND I AM DEBATING SCHOOL OR NO SCHOOL FOR FALL? I AM ALREADY REGISTERED BUT I AM REALLY SCARED OF TAKING ON CLASSES NOT HAVING ANY IDEA OF WHAT MATTS SCHEDULE IS GONNA BE LIKE. I REALLY WANNA FINISH BEFORE I AM 40 BUT DONT WANNA BE OVERWHELMED.

AND ALONG WITH THE BAD THERE IS GOOD........WE HAVE MOVEMENT!!!!!! MADISON ELIZABETH IS WALKING!!!!!!!! SHE HAS BEEN FOR ALMOST TWO WEEKS NOW AND I CANT BELIEVE I HAVENT POSTED ABOUT IT. OH WELL. SHE IS A PRO AT IT NOW! I THOUGHT THE DAY WAS NEVER GONNA COME!!! :)

WELL, IM OFF TO LAY IN BED AND WATCH CARDINAL BASEBALL! KEEP ME IN YOUR PRAYERS THAT EVERYTHING WORKS OUT!!!! GOOD NIGHT!

Sunday, July 20, 2008

THANKS JESS!!!!

A BIG THANK YOU TO JESSICA FOR MAKING MY BLOG PRETTY!!!!! FINALLY, IM NOT BORING!!!!!!! YOU ARE THE BEST!!!!

HAD A PRETTY GOOD WEEKEND! WENT BY REALLY FAST. YESTERDAY, I WORKED UNTIL NOON WHILE MATT AND MADISON HUNG OUT AT THE HOUSE. THEN WE WENT TO EAT, TO TOYS R US, HOBBY LOBBY, AND GELLCO. TODAY, MATT AND I TOOK MADDI TO POPPIE AND WE HEADED TO VAN BUREN AND ATE AT CHILI'S AND WENT TO THE MOVIES AND WATCHED BATMAN. IT WAS A VERY GOOD MOVIE, BUT BEWARE OF THE FACT THAT IT LAST THREE HOURS!!!!!!!!! SINCE I HAVE THE ATTENTION SPAN OF A TWO YEAR OLD, I THOUGHT WE WERE NEVER GONNA GET OUT OF THERE!!!!! WE DID THOUGH!

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

MONKEY SEE.........MONKEY DO!







I HAD TO POST THIS!! IM SURE NOONE WILL THINK IT IS AS FUNNY AS MATT AND I DID BUT WE COULDNT QUIT LAUGHING!!! MATT AND MADISON WERE COMING HOME FROM MY MOMS HOUSE AND SHE SEEN HIM SPIT. SO......SHE DID THE SAME. AND ME BEING THE WEIR MOM THAT I AM, HAD TO MAKE HER DO IT AGAIN SO I COULD GET A PICTURE, THEN HAD TO TELL HER NO AFTER I GOT A FEW SHOTS. TALK ABOUT CONFUSING THE CHILD!!!!! IT IS HILARIOUS THOUGH!!!!

Monday, July 7, 2008

GLOOM IN THE COUCH HOUSEHOLD.......


WELL.....THINGS ARE A LITTLE GLOOMY AROUND HERE. YOU READY FOR THIS? HOLD YOUR BREATH...........MY HUSBAND HAS MONO!!!!!!!!!!!! WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT! HIM AND MY BROTHER BOTH STARTED RUNNING FEVER THIS WEEKEND WITH SORE THROATS AND ACHY BODIES. COLBY WENT TO DOC TODAY AND TESTED POSITIVE FOR STREP. SO, I MADE MATT AN APPT. HE HAS MONO!!!! BLESS HIS HEART. HE CAN BARELY MOVE. IM PRAYING THAT MADDI DOES NOT GET IT. SHE DRANK AFTER HIM YESTERDAY THOUGH! HIM AND COLBY BOTH HAVE NOTES FROM THE DOCTOR THAT THEY CANT GO BACK TO WORK FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF THINGS, HERE IS A PIC OF MADISON! WHAT GOOD IS A POST WITHOUT A PICTURE!!!!!

Thursday, July 3, 2008

ALL ABOUT ME.....

OK. SO I WAS READING A BLOG I FOUND FROM A BLOG FROM A BLOG FROM A BLOG. YOU GET THE POINT. I THINK I AM A BLOG STALKER!!!!! ON ONE I FOUND A "GET TO KNOW ME" QUESTIONAIRE THAT I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING!! I KNOW YOU ARE ALL INTERESTED IN KNOWING EVERY SINGLE THING THAT THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT ME SO HERE IS YOUR CHANCE!!!! :) JESS, I CHALLENGE YOU TO ANSWER THE SAME QUESTIONS!!!!! (YOUR THE ONLY ONE I KNOW WHO BLOGS!!! AND MARY KATE IF YOU SEE THIS!!)

CURRENT JOB: I FILE INSURANCE FOR THE BEST DOCTOR EVER. HIM AND HIS WIFE AND KIDS MEAN THE WORLD TO ME!!!! THEY ARE WONDERFUL PEOPLE!!!

MARRIED: DECEMBER 31, 2005. STARTED DATING MATT ON OCTOBER 26, 1999. NEXT YEAR, WE WILL BE TOGETHER FOR A TEN YEARS!!!!!! CRAZY!!!!!!!!

CHILDHOOD SPORTS: CHEERLEADING AND GYMNASTICS. I WAS A FOOTBALL TRAINER ALL FOUR YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL

FAV TV SHOW: ANYTHING REALITY!!! I LOVE JON AND KATE PLUS 8, BIG BROTHER, AMERICAN IDOL, ANY FOOTBALL GAME, SUNDAY NASCAR, AND CARDINAL BASEBALL

FAV PLACE TO EAT: RIB ROOM, OLIVE GARDEN, NANNYS FRIED CHICKEN

FAV CELEB: I LIKE CARRIE UNDERWOOD. SHE JUST SEEMS REAL TO ME. I ALSO LIKE REESE WITHERSPOON, JENNIFER ANISTON

FAVORITE MOVIE: I HAVE SEEN COYOTE UGLY PROBABLY 500 TIMES. NO JOKE. IM NOT A VERY GOOD MOVIE WATCHER. I HAVE TOO MUCH TO DO!!!!!!

3 PERSONALITY TRAITS: HMMM.....INDEPENDENT (SOMETIMES TOO MUCH), DETERMINED, AND THOUGHTFUL.

THREE WISHES: 1) MATT WAS ON FIRST SHIFT 2) WE HAD THE PERFECT HOUSE 3) I WISH I HAD CARPET IN MY LIVING ROOM.....(RETARDED. I KNOW)

DREAM VACATION: I CANT WAIT FOR MATT AND I TO BE ABLE TO TAKE OUR KIDS TO DISNEY WORLD. I NEVER GOT TO GO AND CANT WAIT TO TAKE OUR KIDS!!!

WHERE YOU SEE YOURSELF IN 10 YEARS: STILL MARRIED TO MY WONDERFUL HUSBAND. MY MADISON WILL BE 11!!!!!!!! WEIRD!!!! HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE TWO MORE CHILDREN AND LIVE IN THE PERFECT HOUSE FOR OUR FAMILY. MAYBE BY THEN I WILL GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE............

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

LONG TIME, NO POST!!!!!!!











OK. SORRY GUYS! I KNOW YOU HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT ANXIOUSLY AWAITING MY NEXT POST!!! :) SORRY IT HAS TAKEN ME FOREVER!!!!!! THINGS ARE GOING WELL! MADISON STILL IS HESITATING TO WALK, NO DESIRE WHATSOEVER. MAYBE BEFORE SHE STARTS KINDERGARTE, WE WILL SEE MOVEMENT! I TOOK A FEW PICS OF HER TONIGHT. WE WENT AND ATE AT CRACKER BARRELL WITH GRAMMY AND POPPIE (MATTS DAD AND STEPMOM) AND COULD NOT RESIST THE CAMERA WITH MY BEAUTY IN THIS PATRIOTIC DRESS! ISNT SHE PRECIOUS. OK. YOU HAVE TO IGNORE THE CHEERIOS IN THE PICTURE. IT WAS THE ONLY WAY I COULD GET THE CHILD TO COOPERATE!!!!! HAVE A HAPPY AND SAFE FOURTH!!!!!