Saturdays Are Great

The best thing daddy has done is quit working on Saturdays and devotes the whole day to the family. There are a few Saturdays he has to work, but not many. 99% of the time he gets to spend the day with his two favorite girls. In the morning mom takes her books and study materials and goes to a local Starbucks and just has some "alone" time. She is blessed to get to stay home with Puddin' but really enjoyes her Saturday mornings to refuel her spirit. Dad gets Puddin' up and fed and they usually watch "Bedbugs" and "Dooley and Friends" together, we're not sure who enjoys them most. Then when mom gets home we usually have an outing for the day. This past Saturday we went to a local park near dad's office and then to the new Wal-mart by our house.

Puddin' enjoyed the park. She got to explore and play on a huge play area just for toddlers. It was her first time to go down a slide. She enjoyed the baby slide she started out on, but had the most fun going down the big twisty slide with daddy. She kept, saying "again, again" as soon as they got to the bottom and we must have went down it about twenty times until dad started getting dizzy. Then it was off to Wal-mart, Puddin' and dad like to play daredevil in the cart and "swerve" around the corners. Puddin' and dad laugh and mom is afraid one day we are going to "swerve" right into some unexpecting lady with a full cart. Then, we came home enjoyed our lunch and dad and Puddin' take naps while mom gets some work done around the house. You can't beat those Saturdays, it sure beats the office any day.

On other notes, Puddin' turned 18 months this past week. It has been so amazing to see her grow in the past few months. She is picking up more signs from her "signing time" videos, saying more words, and even hitting when she gets mad (and then crying when daddy or mommy corrects her), we love her so much and are awed and thankful at this precious little life God added to our family.

From Puddin' To Mommy

"Thanks for being such a good mommy to me!" I know you could be out doing whatever you want to do, but you've chosen to stay home and take care of me; to play w/me; to read to me; to sing to me; to cook for me; to protect me; to feed me; to watch over me; to nurture me; to talk to me; to watch Barney w/me; to clean up after me; to fix my hair and dress me pretty; to teach me about Jesus; to show me Jesus in your own life; to love daddy; to make a happy home for me; to sacrifice for me; to put me before yourself; to pray for me and with me; to teach me all kinds of neat stuff; to show me how to cook; to laugh with me; to cry for me and hurt when I hurt; to stay up at night with me; to hug me and hold me; to discipline me; and to love me all the time. Mommy, your the best Mommy in the whole wide world and I know you're a gift from God just for me!!!!! Happy Mother's Day Mommy"

Another First...This Time A Fat Lip

Last night after dinner Puddin' and dad were playing in the driveway while Granny was watching. Puddin' got a little too fast on her feet and fell and found out the universal principle that if your lip and concrete meet your lip is going to lose. Dad rushed to pick up Puddin' and comforted her and then she touched the lip and the blood came gushing. By the time we got to the kitchen to wash it off. She had blood covering her face. Dad had to reassure mom (who was about to faint) that it was not as bad as it looked. Puddin' is a trooper, within five minutes she was cleaned up, finished crying, and outside playing again. Later that night she wore her band-aid proudly, for about five minutes.

Granny's Visit & Hats

Puddin's granny came from Texas to visit her for a few days. And to cook mom and dad one of her special meals. She enjoyed her trip, Puddin' smiled and laughed when she saw her and if you tell Puddin' to say, "Granny." She will say, "Grunny" and look and laugh at her granny.



This is Puddin' and her dadd having fun before dinner. Puddin' has been learning to sign and can sign "hat." So every evening when daddy comes home Puddin' will find him a hat to wear and if he takes it off she will point and sign "hat" (hand on top of the head) and then laugh when he puts the hat on again. Mom says her favorite noise is hearing puddin' and dad laughing in the evening as they play together.

Welcome to Redneckville

We had a wind storm this week and lost a section of our fence and some shingles off the roof. And a ladder his holding up most of our fence to prevent it from falling down. When dad talked to our neighbor about fixing it, our neighbor suggested that we just get rid of the fence and have one big community yard. Which dad replied, does that mean your son would mow my section of the yard?" But we knew we were in Redneckville last night when mom asked dad, "when are you going to fix the shingles?" And dad replied, "I can't. If I get the ladder the fence will fall down."

A Dog & His Master's Shoe

This is longer than others, but I think it's funny. You have to waith about five seconds for the blue screen to go away and it doesn't really get funny until about 55 seconds into it.

Look At What I Can Do

Look at what Puddin' can do on her own now.