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MY BABY IS ONE!!!

THIS POST IS SO LATE...LIKE A MONTH....BEEN REALLY BUSY WITH BUILDING OUR HOUSE!! PRAISE THE LORD, IT IS ALMOST DONE, I MEAN WE HAVE SHEET ROCK FOR CRYIN OUT LOUD!!!!

OK SO ABOUT JOSIE BEING ONE....

I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW FAST TIME FLIES....WASNT IT JUST THE OTHER DAY THAT I BROUGHT HER HOME TO OUR TRAILER WHERE 3 BIG SISTERS ANXIOUSLY AWAITED US ON THE FRONT PORCH..WHO CAME RUNNING TO THE SUBURBAN TRYING TO GET TO THEIR NEW BABY!!?!?!?! MY OH MY....ANY NOW..NOW SHE IS THE CUTEST LITTLE THING WHO WILL NOT WALK, SHE STANDS UP ALL PROUD AS CAN BE, BUT JUST CANT SEEM TO GET HER FEET TO STEP...SHE HAS SIX TEETH, THAT ARE STARTING TO HURT A BIT WHEN SHE STILL NURSES...YES SHE IS STILL NURSING...THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY HARD....IS IT BINDING OR BLESSING ME?!?!? I CHOOSE TO SAY THAT IT IS BLESSING ME, EVERYTIME I SEE HER LITTLE FACE RELAX AND LET OUT A BIG SIGH (LIKE SHE IS SAYING ..YEAHHH MY MOMMA..THANK YOU...) THAT JUST MELTS ME..HAHAH...THE LORD SURELY KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING!! HE IS THE BEST!!

THANK YOU LORD FOR MY LITTLE JO!! SHE HAS STOLEN ALL OF OUR HEARTS!!!

Little Tyke

cookies and curls

found a friend

I picked up the girls after school the other day and decided to invite McCaul and Hudson over....McCaul is in Evie and Bella's class at school and she is also on our tball team...well we had practice that afternoon so missy there mom met us at the ballfield that afternoon...well, I picked up mccaul's little sis who is addie's age also so that Addie could have a friend her age and wouldnt feel left out!!! BEST IDEA EVER!! they had so much fun playing and dressing up and they did'nt have to tagalong with the big sisters!!!!! Hudson and Addie will be in the same class also when they start prek in the fall (boohoo)...anyway here are some pics that i took of their fun day after school!

ahoy mates!!

we had the most fun at Hastings birthday party.....there was an AWESOME treasure hunt!! We had a blast dressing up as pirates!!! David said that this is the closest he'll come to having little boys!! Anyway, Bella was the captain, Evie was oneeyedwille (goonies) adeleine was Smee and Josie was Lil' pirate!!!

limu lad for sale

EVIE, BELLA AND ADDIE set up a lemonade (they pronounce it "lima - lade") stand on the front porch of our trailer in the country!! They did'nt make much money, but we still had a fun day swinging!!! haha!!!

Mardi Gras 2009

evie and bella were in the annual kindergarten mardi gras parade and you know that i had to make them the cutest float!! so we stayed up late late and decorated a darling little convertable corvette that we borrowed from a friend...so here are the pictures from that day..i was so mad, i couldnt get my camera to work until we got HOME from the parade, so here they are in our front yard!!

Fun on the truck!

Uncle George

This is the sunset on the evening that Uncle George passed away...

While driving to Zachary I saw how magnificent it was and praise the Lord my camera was sitting right next to me!!

I was thinking to myself how

Uncle George is face to face with the One who painted this in the sky!

Glory!!

blah-blah-blinga-la-la

We are having fun with Granny!!

I have laughed out loud so many times at her today..
She told me something very disturbing while we were watching The Rescuers on Disney...when the alligators were bringing Penny back to the mean lady's house, she told me that she was once almost eaten by and alligator ...... WHATTTTT !!!
I said maw....say that again, you were what?!?!?!

She said yes, when she was a baby, her momma and daddy left her on a pallet next to a lake while they were walking down a little... and then she said her momma heard her make some noise...she said she was about josie's age...and her momma looked at her and saw that an alligator was climbing on the shore toward her....ahhhh!!! And then her daddy ran and saved her!!! Man, oh man,,,none of us would've been here if her momma hadnt have heard make noise!! The Lord was watching over His little genevieve that day!!!
Maw wanted me to make sure yall knew that she doesnt have a yellow ribbon in her hair in this picture!! hahah!! it is inside that bowl behind her head! hahah!!oh never mind she really thought that it was really in her hair..she didnt know who put it in there..i am dying laughing again...i swoney!!

WE ARE BAD!!!

HERE IS ADDIE WITH HER "TAYLA SWIFT SHURT" ON THAT MAWEE BOUGHT HER!

LAST NIGHT I WAS FEELING LIKE I DID'NT SPEND ENOUGH TIME WITH ADDIE THAT DAY...

I NEVER WANT HER TO FEEL LIKE A MIDDLE CHILD, SOMEONE WHO GETS LOOKED OVER..YADA YADA YADA...
SO AFTER WE PUT THE KIDS IN BED AND THEY WERE ASLEEP, I DECIDED TO SURPRISE ADELEINE..
SO I TIPTOED INTO THE GIRLS ROOM AND PICKED UP MY LITTLE SLEEPING ADELEINE AND BROUGHT HER TO HER BEDROOM...(SHE SLEEPS WITH HER BIG SISTERS IN THEIR ROOM). WHEN I LAYED HER DOWN READY TO SNUGGLE WITH HER, HER EYES FLEW OPEN AND SHE HAD A HUGE SMILE ON HER FACE!! FROM BEING ASLEEP TO BEING WIDE AWAKE TOTALLY EXCITED!

"HEY ADDIE" I SAID, "CAN I SNUGGLE WITH YOU!!!"

" YES MAAM "SHE SAYS, SO HAPPY!!

SO WE SNUGGLE TIGHT AND SHE STARTS TALKING TALKING TALKING UP A STORM!!

AND I SAY TO HER "WE HAVE TO BE QUIET B/C I AM SNEAKING AND IF DADDY HEARS US TALKING HE IS GOING TO SAY (AND I PRETENDED THAT I WAS HOLLERING) "KELLAY, COME BACK TO BED, JOSIE IS AWAKE"!!

SO WITH HER EYES REALLY BIG SHE PULLED MY FACE CLOSER TO HERS, AND LOUD WHISPERED...

"MOMMA MOMMA MOMMA, IF DADDY CALLS YOU, JUST MAGNORE HIM"

"WHAT DID YOU SAY" I SAID STRAINING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE WAS TRYING TO SAY...

....THEN HANDS ON EACH SIDE OF MY FACE, PULLING ME CLOSER, SHE SAID

"MOMMA, IF DADDY CALLS YOU AND TELLS YOU TO COME BACK ..JUST MENORE HIM!! "
STILL NOT UNDERSTANDING HER ...I SAID ADDIE SAY IT SLOWER....SHE SAID, "MOMMA MOMMA, (LITTLE HANDS NOW PATTING MY FACE, A LITTLE PANICKY)

IF DADDY CALLS YOU BACK JUST MIGNORE HIM!"

Then I realized what she was saying and just about died out laughing!! I have no idea where she heard the word ignore! So i told her that i needed to go to the bathroom ..

"come right back momma"

i ran to our room and told dave...of course he was hysterical...so on my way back from the bathroom, i stopped by the freezer and picked up some icecream...so we "snuck" and ate icecream and read about 5 books!!

she was in heaven,

just me and her all alone,

eating icecream at 11 pm and reading books...

EVERYTIME WE WOULD EAT A BITE OF ICECREAM WE WOULD PUT OUT FINGER OVER OUR LIPS AND DO THE QUIET SIGN, GIGGLING THE ENTIRE TIME!! SO MUCH FUN!!!

SO SWEET

http://www.virb.com/chasesmith/videos/58142
This is so sweet! I bawled as I watched this video...I cannot wait to go and visit all of these darling kids....As I sat at my computer watching this, adeleine came up to me and said, "momma, awr those aunt jessi's kids?"...Yes Addie, these are aunt jessi's kids.

I am so proud of you jess!

NINE MONTHS

That is how old I am now!!!!

I am getting so big!!

Things I like NOW:

I love to crawl

I love to gnaw on my mama's chin and face b/c I am working on my top teeth

I love my two new bottom teeth, they are really cute

I love MY DADDY, he still puts the sparkle in my eyes

I love when Bella holds me and packs me around, even though I get whipped lashed everynow and then..but bella is so funny, she makes me laugh and grin, especially when she sings, "heya comes sayna clawse" in her made up country twang accent and pretends that she is playing her air guitar!!

I love when Evie plays with me on the floor...she is not as strong as Bella, she struggles with me a bit, and sometimes she kneels down on the ground when she holds me, mom says she is "takin' a knee" b/c I am heavy and evie needs a little rest!!!I am about TWENTY ONE pounds now!

I love to eat squash, broccoli, spaghetti, gumbo, alot of spicy things, don't even think about giving me baby food or baby cereal, you must be crazy if you think that I am going to eat that junk....Table food only for me please!! I still like kleinpeter milk the best though....that is Kelli Kleinpeter milk!!

I love Coke!! momma sometimes gives it to me, not in a bottle or anything, just some sips of hers...(that is a shame)

Mawee says that I am looking like my mama now that I am getting a little bit more hair! Whenever I go to her house, she goes to the sink and wets her fingers and makes my hair stick up like a mohawk in the middle and then she sticks the sides up by my ears...I'm like Maw...NOBODY wears their hair like this anymore...maybe when my momma was a baby, but not now...heloooooo it is the 2000's!! Oh well, I will let her reminisce!

I heard momma tell addie something the other day that made me really happy...We were all laying on the bed early one morning and we were watching that silly mexican girl on tv...you know dora...well, addie squeezed me a little bit hard and momma told her that she has to take care of me and NOT hurt me...she said that God sent me to Addie to have as a little sister...

a gift to addie from God..

she said that God sent addie as a gift to evie and bella for them to have a little sister .. to take special care of her...and now, God sent me to Addie for Addie to take care of and love me...Addies eyes grew big and I could feel the love when she looked at me!!! She has a mission now! And I know that she will do good, I love her so much and I am so proud to have big sisters!! GIRL POWA!!we will be a force to recon with! and by the way, I love addies little freckles on her nose and her big blue eyes...and aunt jess just cut her hair again..it is DAH LING!!

anyway, momma still cant stop kissing me, just like pawee, they might as well, put me on a plate and eat me up!! they just cant resist all of my soft rolls and my fat cheeks!!

okay that is all for now...just wanted to let yall know what is going on in my little world!

Love, Josie

Christmas Play and Puppets

We had a fun Christmas this year. I did not have time to blog during the holidays so I will do a little holiday recap...

We had a blast at the puppet show that was held at the Legion Hall in Clinton. We met up with the Dawson's and enjoyed good food and fellowship. We also met the mom and daughter that won the VH1 reality show..so you think your kid is a star! They were so sweet. The girls were mesmerized by the puppet show...it was the cutest thing to watch...THEN the big moment came when Santa and Mrs. Clause brought gifts to all the children. Parents were supposed to bring a wrapped present for each of their children...and the procrastinator that I am, I grabbed some pj's that mom bought the girls for their birthday and stuffed them into their stocking with a bow as I was leaving the house trying to hide them from the girls as they were getting in the suburban...The girls anxiously awaited hearing their names called....WOW (a little bit of sarcasm from the big girls) PAJAMAS!! Adeleine did not "pereciate" hers and told us when we were getting in the suburban to leave that she didn't like her present!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WELL.....David told her that he was taking her BACK INSIDE for her to TELL SANTA CLAUSE that she DID NOT like her pajamas!!!!! EVie and bella's eyes were as big as saucers....."addie, say that you like 'em" they begged!!!!! HORRIFIED!!!! she stood her ground....silence....pouty face......"little girl" their daddy said in a stern voice...."you need to be thankful and appreciate whatever present your receive....there are a lot of kids who DO NOT get anything, and they would LOVE to have pjs...." still nothing, pouty face......David gets out of the car ......."ADDIE PLEASSSEE say that you like them" bella says pleading.....how could she possibly offend santa clause, the sweetest man ever who was coming in a couple of days to bring them toys!!!!ahgggg I could see the ulcers forming in bella's little stomach, her mind reeling!!!! "OKAAAAAAYYY Daddy...i like them"...she mumbles, still pouty faced, looking straight into her daddies mad face.....!! relief washes over the big girls faces....now santa clause will bring their little sister some presents...they can only hope!!

Then it happened....at the Christmas musical.....the most embarrasing moment that I have ever had with Adeleine.....The girls have been practicing for their Christmas musical for several months on Sunday nights. Regretfully I was not too involved in this at all, I mostly just asked the girls how choir practice went and they would say "it was fun"! So I didn't know much about it..They allowed Adeleine to participate b/c it was for ages 3-12...Well everytime I would pick them up from practice I would ask if she behaved (i hated for them to be "babysitting" her) and they would always say that she was great and she is learning all of the songs and hand motions just fine!! Well the big day came for the musical and I was a little nervous, not knowing how she would do... Mom and I were in the audience that night, anxiously awaiting Adeleines debut...we knew Evie and Bella were going to be great, just a little nervous about Addie.. RIGHTLY SO!!! Here they come down the center aisle singing and addie sees us and waves..ok good...then they line up in their spots on the platform, addie is in the front, evie and bella in the second row....they were all singing great, the hand motions were awesome, I was pleasantly surprised at how good adeleine was doing, mom and i glancing at each other with proud smiles.....then the program was getting a little too slow for addie...so she starts making faces..grinning at the youth who were giggling at her....so now she has an audience to perform for, FORGET THE MUSICAL....she steps out of formation onto center stage and starts shaking her booty with her arms raised high.....I am trying to shrink down as low as i can into my seat....everyone in church was laughing, then addie steps back into formation..she sees me, so she comes down center aisle while some kids were saying their lines and just has to tell me to tell miss donna to stop laughing at her.....then she slips out of my grips (i wasnt going to let her go back up there) and heads PROUDLY back up the aisle to her place in the front....then later during another song, she decides that she doesnt want to wear her shirt anymore...so she tucks one arm into her shirt sleeve, then another....oh no I think, please dont do it.....then she starts raising her arms up slowly (think stripteasely), and up goes her shirt.....HORROR!!! my face is probably as red as the poinsettas decorating the church.......the church erupts in laughter again.... and she hollers from center stage at momma laying down in the pew b/c she is laughing so hard..."stop laughing at me mawee" !!!! all eyes go to my momma, covering her mouth trying to hide her hysterics.... So then mercifully the choir teacher goes and gets addie and makes her sit down in the pew.....then she gets up and comes to sit by me and mawee...After the program, Bro. Tony calls adeleine up to the front and everyone claps for her...she just looks down suddenly shy!! SO many people came up to her and said, YOu did great Adeleine, "you were my favorite" !! The theme of the musical was Christmas, where, when and why!! What is your favorite christmas memory? Even though I was so embarrassed, I think that this one will be mine!