Kaylee is "1"

Hard to believe that on the 1st our little angel is one year old. This year has gone by so quickly! It seems like yesterday that I was sitting in that waiting room listening to Brahms lullaby waiting for someone else to show up! Poor Dan was scared to death - with good reason since Kaylee was in trouble. All is well a year later.....she is an absolutely beautiful baby with perfect parents. We love you all!!!! Thanks for a great time yesterday.

Shopping - Awards and best of all ANOTHER BABY

Shopping was amazing! We stayed at the Embassy Suites which was like a castle compared to where we've stayed in the past. That'll be out standard now. Got some great deals at Brighton Outlet. We got lucky and they were having a garage sale that day. I got 3 necklaces, 1 bracelet, a pair of earrings and a pair of sunglasses for a total of only $56.00. What a deal!!!! Of course, the shopping isn't why we get together (although it is fun!). The belly laughs and friendship is the most wonderful part. We are so blessed to be so close!!!

My week was very exciting after that. I was given the Purchasing Department's "Above and Beyond" award. It's voted upon by the team and as the senior buyer it really meant a lot to me. I'm on the front of the Alief webpage. Check it out http://www.aliefisd.net/ .

Then Jillian and Jacob told us they are having another boy! Nicholas Michael.....perfect name for a December baby. He'll be Nana's Nik-Nik! I have a Curt-Burt, a Bug-Bug and a Nik-Nik! YEAH!

Happy Day!!!

Shopping with the girls again! YAHOO!!! San Marcos here we come!!! This time we're staying in the Embassy Suites - great place - free breakfast and free happy hour.....we'll be happy just to be together again! Last time we saw each other was in Disney World. (see blog in February). Glad Kim is going to Rockport to fish with buddies tomorrow night and coming home Saturday to be with Danny and Kaylee for the night. Kristy is having a shower for Ashley......FUN! Will write again when the shopping is done.....for now......see ya!

Our trip, babysitting Kaylee and Blessings abound

Well, we're home.......the trip was amazing! We didn't do much of anything but enjoy each other's company. We left on Friday after graduation but the traffic was HORRIBLE! It took me 2 hours to go 37 miles! I was fighting regular rush hour traffic and the graduation traffic. So it took us 4 hours just to get to Lafayette, LA. That's normally a 2.5 hour drive. We stayed there for the night and got to dad's on Saturday by about 2:00pm. He had my aunt and uncle over for a steak barbeque. It was really nice to see them again too. Dad sure has a funny relationship with his brother. They can joke and argue over just about anything! It's like they're kids again each time they're together. I am so glad that they live across the street from each other. What a Blessing! Then Sunday we all went to dad's church. We had fun seeing all the friends he talks about all the time. I got to kid him about all the widow ladies hitting on him. He doesn't have much interest in them but it's fun to watch! Monday and Tuesday was spent at the beach (as Kim put it "A day in Destin without going to the beach is a wasted day!) and then helping dad de-clutter the book shelves in the living room. He was tired of all those books and wanted some of the pictures on the walls put on the shelves instead. It was fun looking at all the pictures that were hidden behind the others in the frames! That's about it. I'm really proud of dad's attitude. He's lonely for mom but has done such a great job in getting out and living his life. He is an amazing, God loving man. I am truly, truly Blessed to call him my father.

On another note, I'm also very Blessed by the man I call my husband. Kim was so patient while dad and I sat outside and talked on the porch for hours on end. Poor Kim just had to listen to us and sit, and sit, and sit, and sit. I can not tell you how blessed I truly feel. I don't know many other wives who can honestly say that they still love their husbands and truly LIKE them too. God is good!

Well...got home and it was Dan and Kristy's 3rd Anniversary. We hurried home so we could be back in time to babysit our little Bug-bug so they could go to a dinner and show. Kaylee is growing in leaps and bounds! She's standing by herself (as long as she doesn't realize it!). I guess her other Nana taught her to say "Nana" because she was calling me that! YEAH! She also says "Du" for duck, Ma-Ma, Da-Da, can bark like a dog and meow like a cat. She sure loves the books!!!! When I thought we were done reading, she climbed back into my lap as if to say "Hey, I'm not done yet!" And talk about an easy baby!!!! When we thought it was time for her to go to bed (we were tired after the drive), we just changed her diaper, gave her a bottle, and then laid her in the pack-n-play. She didn't even make a peep! What an angel!!!!

OK - I've blabbered on and on.....here's a few pictures as a reward for reading this far! HAH!

Kim and Dad at the Beach........ Dad's Living Room without the books.......

Our Little Bug-Bug

Seein' Dad!

I'm excited.....Kim is working graduation right now and then we leave for Destin to see dad. This'll be the first time I've gone back since mom's funeral. I'm ready to have some fun with him! It may also be the only vacation that Kim and I get to take with just the two of us so we may stay tonight someplace where Kim can gamble. I'll just get the free drinks....:) Kinda jealous that Kim is off for the whole summer......isn't he the one that's supposed to be working and the wife off? Oh well, I'll be off lots when he's back in football. That's a LONG, LONG, lonely season for us both! Hugs to all.......