New Years Eve

Up early  so we can get to the church and fix the communion for tomorrow!

Next, stop by and pick up some oyster’s. We will be celebrate our son-in-law, Ryan’s 22nd birthday tomorrow!  It is on the 29th, but he was working, then celebrating with his family…so we do it when we can!

I made him a strawberry cake that fell apart, so I just put it in a casserole dish and iced it….Strawberry crumble cake would be a good name! But it is good!

We decided to stay home and ring in the new year with our dear friends Bill and Mary Jane! Bart and Casey and the girls came by for a little while and we enjoyed them so much!

We enjoyed our time with family and friends and welcome 2012!

Isabella

I got to keep Isabella a little while today! Boy has she gotten mobile. It took her a little while to walk, but once she got it…she was running!!!  She walks very fast or runs where she wants to go. She is pretty quite, walks around and looks and takes in everything! If she is in to something she is really quite!

She can sing the Barney Song and Happy Birthday…….you can’t really understand the words but you know the tune!

She loved my Christmas decorations, she would stand in front of the tree and dance back and forth! She walked and took it all in. When she came the other day, she was looking for the decorations! Too cute!

This girl adores her Papa!!! And, he adores her and eats it up!

Stomach Bug Round Three

Yep, Cole had a touch of it, even though he would not want to admit it!!!

Looks like we are done with it!!! Let us all hope so!!!

Stomach Flu-Round Two

It took Cayden about 8 days to get shed of his bug. Next, came sweet little Isabella. Poor thing!!! I just hate it so bad! She got better pretty quickly, then it was Casey’s turn. I went and got Kylie and kept her trying to keep her from getting it! She spent most of the week with Papa and Ma J.

Then Bart got it! Next came Kimberly, Buddy and Tripp, then Laura.

Decking the Halls

Cayla and I got my tree up pretty early this year. Kylie decorated most of it while Cayden and Isabella undecorated it…lol!!! I bought shatter proof ornaments years ago when Kylie was a baby.

One- I do not want my ornaments broken. Two-Christmas is for kids and I do not want to stay on them about the tree. Now, Cayden did get in a trouble a little because he would get a hold of the lights and run with them!!! LOL! He tried his best not to touch them, but they were just so pretty!!!

 

I really did not have enough shatter proof ornaments for this fat tree! It needed help! More ornaments-check! 

Stockings hung-check!

Tree Number 2-check! I really enjoyed this tree!

Breakable Ornaments in a special place-check!  Isabella loved looking at these!!! She loved all the decorations!

Elf on the Shelf-check! Kylie got so excited about this, we had to open and read the book in the car!!! The spirit of a child---priceless!!!

Tables and porch decorated-check!

Pringles and Santa checking on the naughty and nice-check!

Pringles in Kylie’s stocking! She thought this was the funniest thing!

Now, ready for Christmas Eve!!!

Happy First Birthday to our “First” Grandson----“Our Little Man”!!!

Happy First Little Cayden Man!!! You are 1 year old….yeehaw!!! You are a such a sweet and funny little boy!!! You have learned so many things in your first year! Rolling over, crawling, walking and saying a few words. You love to ride on just about anything with wheels and that moves! You love to ride the tractor with Ma J, you will not ride it with your Papa unless I am with ya’ll! You love to wrestle with me…..you pull hair and think it is funny, and you try and bite! Yes, you think that is funny too!

Your Mom tells you no, no…..and you just look at her and grin! Just like she did!

You love for Papa to play his guitar and sing to you!

You love outside!!!

You love your cousin Kylie bunches and you attack her…..with hugs, hair pulling, kissing and biting! And poor Isabella, you have pulled her hair since way back, pulled her skin, got her toys…you better watch our because one day she is going to have enough!!! LOL!  

You do not like for me to hold anyone else, you and Isabella have to both sit in my lap!!! But I love it!!!

You enjoy Sunday School most Sundays!

You love to watch Nemo in the car!

You are learning to swim!

You cut your top two teeth first!

You had your first virus at the same time your Mom did and you got sick in my car…yuck!!! LOL!

You spent the night with Papa and I at the Suwannee River and rode in the boat. You loved the water!

You also stayed when you were sick because you Mom was to sick herself to take care of you! You wanted to get on the couch, I put you up there and you laid on the pillow like a big boy! The I laid down beside you….you cut that brown eye over at me and began to stroke my hair….right before you pulled it, and laughed!!! You little stinker!!! It took about 8 days for you to feel like yourself again.

You were not feeling well at your first birthday party, but you did enjoy it anyway!!!

You have been a Mama’s boy for the most part of your first year!  And that is just fine, as you get older you will have lots of men folks to follow around!!!

Papa and Ma J love you bunches!!!

Fire Place

I have been without a fireplace cover for almost  year. Got rid of the brass one, finally! Just could not decide what I wanted, so we have had a black hole with candles and greenery. Then a table in front of it to keep the babies out of it!

Well….I finally got something! I must say it looks better!  

Since my hubby wont build a fire….I made my own!!!

The box sat on the pool table for a week. Then I opened it and brought a quilt to the closest door, sat in on it and the pulled it to the den! Now, it stayed there for a couple of days…got sick! On Sunday afternoon I decided to read the directions. I am getting it…slowly. WB came through and offered to help prop it up with a chair, then left!!! I finally just quit for a while! Then went back, took the doors off. One part said you could remove them, further down, it said….not to remove the screws…too late!!!

Got the doors off, WB came back by…decided I needed help.  (He told me I could get one, but that he would not put it in!!!) He just has a hard time getting on his knees.

He climbed in the fireplace to install this thing, oh my!!! He got it and then I had to reinstall the doors….a problem for sure! You were supposed to loosen the screws, but not remove them!!! Lets just say….lesson learned!!!    

Kylie posing in front of the fireplace!!!

Cayden’s “1st” Birthday Party

Your Mom has worked on your party for weeks trying to make it special just for you! I think she did a great job!

She wanted to make your cake, we bought all the supplies…it would have been cheaper to order one, but she wanted to do it. Well, guess what? We all got sick and just could not do it…so we ordered it, maybe next year!!! And oh, the cake she ordered did not look anything like what she told them! But it is cake!

Your invite!

Your Banner!

 

Your smash cake!

You wondering why everyone is singing and looking at you! You did not know what to think about that!!!

Dad, Mom and Cayden!

Friends and Family! Special party guests!!!

Look who is “ONE”!

The Stomach Flu----YUCK!

Yes, Cayla came down with this on the 14th at around 2:00 AM. I did not know anything about it until the next morning. I was in Wal-Mart trying to finish up a few things. The text came though! I went to get Cayden because she did not want him to get it.

Got there, cleaned a few things and we left. I was concerned that with her being pregnant she was going to be dehydrated. Yes, been there and done that…have never forgotten it either! I called her dr for her on the way home. The nurse called me back, as we are talking Cayden began to vomit in the back seat! Yep, all on him and the car seat!!! I only had a few wipes and that was not even enough to get started! Just headed on to Morven and prayed he would make it to the house! Oh boy, we made it!

In the mean time, G-Ma Bridges went to  get Cayla’s meds for her. Thank-you G-Ma!!! It did not work!

I called and got Cayden some meds, did not work for him either. WB went and got them for me, one would have thought that I had asked him for a million dollars just to go and pick it up…men! But, he did go and bring it back…..yeah for him!!! Whoop, whoop!!!

I called his dr. back…bring him in….do what???  OK…..Lord, please help him to not get sick and choke in that car seat!!!

Thank-you Lord!!! We made it. Back to the pharmacy, more meds! Calling and checking on Cayla constantly and her calling me to check on Cayden…somebody just give me a nerve pill or shoot me, either will be fine!!! LOL!

Cayla was being stubborn and thought she was going to get better. Would not call the doctor back! After her fever broke, she did feel better…but she is dehydrated!!!  

DR office closed now, must call the hospital. They told her to get on up there!!! She still does not want to go! Finally, her sister took over, went and picked her up and took her!!! Her hubby had to go to work.

Yes, I was right. She was dehydrated and was having contractions because of the dehydration! Yep, fluids and two shots later to stop the contracting…she was released! I was getting antsy by about 12:30 and just went ahead, put on my make-up and my clothes. You know how it is. if you are prepared things don’t happen! The minute you are not prepared, it will bust loose!!! LOL!!!

Thank the good Lord the contractions stopped, just think….she could of had to babies under one!!! LOL! Really, we want Bentley to be healthy and this was just to early for him to arrive!!!

On Thursday, I was feeling a little funny myself! We had to get Cayden’s cake ordered. Since we were sickly we did not think we needed to be baking and messing around with food!  Nor did we feel like it! I began taking nausea meds on Thursday!

Friday, I am flat on my back sick as a dog!!! Praying I get well enough to go to Cayden’s party. Ryan has also come down with it! We were like…ok….just come on, cause we know its going to get us!

Thank the good Lord, we made it to the birthday party!!!

Christmas Trip with My Bestie

Day One: Wednesday we left for our annual Christmas Shopping Trip. First stop was Gander Mountain, Kirklands and Best Buy! Then on to Ponte Vedre Beach, not that we care anything about the beach in December, but the area is nice and pretty much in the middle of  where  we    like to shop! We ate at Woody’s, WB did not care for his, but mine was good and I was hungry! Ran by the grocery and got breakfast item!

Back at the condo we unloaded what we had bought into the locked garage…yeah…did not have to take it up the stairs! Had to make room for the Toys-r-us stop tomorrow!

Nice condo, right on the beach!

Day  Two:  Thursday we were at the toy store by around 7:45! Easy shopping and not waiting in line! WB picked Isabella out a drum set….not an age appropriate one of course!!! I made  him put it back….he said, “that is just not fair”!!! Too funny!!! That is just one of the things that was to old for her and Cayden. The rest, we will put up for later or …I do not know!!! He has always done this!!!

Next we went to West Marine, then to Dicks. Now, made a drop off at the condo and on to St. Augustine! Lunch and outlets! Oh  yes, he is wanting to go deep sea fishing, but the weather is very windy and I need to get this shopping done and I do not like to shop on Saturdays!!! Saturday would be a fishing day….but weather is not looking favorable! On to the outlets! WB lasted until about 1:30 and them his knee began to hurt. He just waited around the truck for me! Took a nap!!! Found a few bargains! Off to eat seafood for supper!!! We have eaten really good on this trip, but we are tired and ready to relax at night….getting old!!! LOL!

Day Three:   The Avenues Mall, oh boy!!! We got there as they were opening and stayed until 5:30!!! WB was done way earlier than I, but waited patiently!!! The Toyota people were there and if you checked out a car they would give you a 10.00 gift card for the ball or you could donate it to ST. Jude’s! Well, he was drumming up business for them and yes we donated ours! Too funny, he is a kind soul!!! Supper tonight----Palm Valley Fish Camp! Yum!!!

Day Four:  A day to go to Sams, a few pawn and gun shops. Stein mart of course and then supper at the Bogie Grill. Back to the condo to pack up. We also watched some of our Navy vessels out off  our glassed patio. WB went and got his binoculars. It was the USS Gettysburg that had been deployed for 7 months! Very neat to watch them as they were coming by. We say helicopters landing and taking off of the carriers! Doesn’t take much to entertain us!!!

Day Five:   Home Sweet Home! A wonderful time we had together, lots of laughter and fun!!! So blessed to have such a kind, giving soul mate! Now….wrap, wrap, wrap!!!