Hearts of Dart

FINALLY - A BOY

2010-12-27T14:54:00.000-08:00

My last day to ever have a baby inside of me! Bittersweet

Even his little hands look like little man hands!

David Patrick Dart, Jr.

one of our dreams came true!

We are still in shock! Our girl world is turned upside down, our hens nest is stirred up! A little 8 pound 6 ounce boy came into our hearts on December 16th!! That day did not go the way that I had planned at all!! On the way to the hospital David and I finalized the girl name that we had picked out - Evangeline.. we just knew without a doubt that our baby was another girl! The ultrasound tech, slipped up and said "her" several times during our ultrasound...so we felt that it was surely a girl... and after a hard labor, with a roomful of nurses, mommas and my doula sister Jessi, the baby came out and I heard a moment of silence, everyone waiting for Dr. Elbourne to flip over the baby for us to see, I heard very loud screams of joy - ITS A BOY!!! I didn't believe it. There was no way it could be true! BUT IT WAS TRUE! David, said it felt like he had won the superbowl and confetti should've been falling from the ceiling, all he needed was the ring. The minute HE was in my arms, there went my heart! I am so in love! A waiting room full of family and friends anxiously awaited the news, so we let our girls and our daddies lead the way into our room with family and friends following..then David announced very proudly that we have a SON! And more tears, hoots and hollers rang out, and our girls raced to our bed to see their new little brother. THEY WERE ALSO IN LOVE! That was the happiest moment, PURE BLISS!!

We praise God for giving us the desires of our hearts!

I had the best nurses and the best doctor ever! Everyone's hearts were so involved and everyone was so excited for us. It was definitely a party in room 1 in the labor and delivery unit! And when everyone cleared out and it was just a sleeping dad, me and the baby boy (around midnight) i finally got a chance really look at him, and then i couldn't look at him without crying. So many things ran through my mind like, his girlfriends and his future wife....oh man if they break his heart,,,ughghgh...and then they will have to meet some high standards of 5 women... he will have so much fun with his dad, David has so many plans..... oh my heart was and is so full!

We brought him home to a house full of anxious girls, who called us at the hospital about every 5 minutes wondering when we were getting home. They made signs and put them all around the house and in his room about how much they welcomed him and loved him and were glad that he was home. It was the best night!

ONE

2009-04-22T20:05:00.000-07:00

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

2009-03-31T10:30:00.000-07:00

cookies and curls

2009-03-31T09:49:00.000-07:00

found a friend

2009-03-16T09:00:00.000-07:00

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!!

2009-03-16T08:42:00.000-07:00

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

2009-03-10T09:48:00.000-07:00

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

2009-03-10T09:17:00.000-07:00

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!

2009-02-18T20:37:00.000-08:00

Uncle George

2009-02-11T12:01:00.000-08:00

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

2009-01-30T13:53:00.000-08:00

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!!!

2009-01-29T07:02:00.000-08:00

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

2009-01-14T20:25:00.001-08:00

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

2009-01-14T09:06:00.000-08:00

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

2009-01-06T06:50:00.000-08:00

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!

Christmas Sunday

2008-12-26T13:01:00.000-08:00

HERE THEY ARE ON CHRISTMAS SUNDAY AFTER CHURCH! THANK YOU FOR THE DRESSES MRS. BECKY!!!

Twin Love Part Two

2008-12-21T19:51:00.000-08:00

Ali & Cami

Cami and Ali came to spend the night with us tonight and I thought I would take some pictures of them....
Look at how much they love each other!! They are growing up to be such sweeties and the girls are constantly doing cheerleading stunts and cheers the whole time they are here. We love to spend time with them!

Addie's Turn

2008-12-19T17:27:00.001-08:00

This is for you Tanner!!!!
This is Adeleine's all time favorite song... I think it is b/c she gets away with saying the "s" word and the "h" word. Stupid and Hate... she delights in singing these words loud and proud.....but when David is around she has to sing "silly ole pick up truck" !! anyway, anytime anyone says "stupid" around her she says... Mom, she said stupid!!!! it is kind of embarassing when she says that when a stranger slips up and says stupid....she ALWAYS hammers down on Mawee when mawee slips up!! She is the Stupid word police!! so beware....

Go pick out a WAT dress

2008-12-19T11:40:00.001-08:00

markers and pens= microphone
fireplace shovel= guitar
fireplace hearth= stage
aunt jessi=videographer/director
mawee,pawee and josie= audience/fans

WINTER WONDERLAND

2008-12-19T10:48:00.000-08:00

A DREAM COME TRUE FOR THE GIRLS!! THANK YOU LORD!!
their little fingers were too cold to build a real snowman, so they opted for a snowbear, snow puppy and a snow turtle instead! This day was so much fun, but the best part was when we all had a big snowball fight, I really felt like a kid again!! We were all trying to get David!!

I WAS RIDIN SHOTGUN

2008-12-18T23:22:00.000-08:00

We stayed at mawee's the night it snowed bc our power was out...

so as usual the girls got on stage and gave us a little improptu performance!! The stage, aka fireplace hearth has been the center of entertainment for two generations now...for the last twenty years it has been the platform for all of our sleep over beauty pageants, modeling shows and concerts!! Now it is the stage for the Dart girls!! And as you can see they love to be centerstage!!

That Minivan was Flying!

2008-12-04T22:37:00.000-08:00

David on the evening of December 4,2002: "Kelli, we need to call the doctor, you have had SIX contractions in one hour...!!!!!"

Kelli trying to go to sleep, David is bugging her to death by keeping his hand on her big pregnant belly to feel her very mild contractions: "David, I am fine, just go to sleep!!"

David, working button holes: "kelli, I am calling the doctor"

Kelli, getting very annoyed, I could barely feel these little contractions: "Whatever David", as she rolls back over to go back to sleep.

David on the phone with Dr. Moore: "Hey Dr. Moore, This is David Dart..Kelli has had six contractions in one hour!!" and Dr. Lawler said for us to call when this happens...."

Dr. Moore: "Ok David, let me talk to Kelli"

Kelli, very annoyed and embarrassed that he called dr. moore at midnight, getting ready to tell Dr. Moore that everything is fine, these contractions are very very mild: "Hey Dr. Moore" then SWOOOOSSHSHSHSH there goes my water......"Oh my gosh dr. moore, my water just broke"

Dr. Moore: "well you better get down here, I will see you soon" (all cool and calm)!

Kelli"omgosh david ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, go pack me some clothes and the twins some clothes......(a lesson i learned, pack early next time!)

Kelli dials pepper - omygosh momma, my water broke, OH KELL, she says.....momma, i need you to pack me some of jessi's clothes, b/c i dont trust David...Ok kell, we will meet you at the hospital...."terry, get up!" David is calling bill and patty!! oh my gosh we are so nervous.....That mini van was FLYING down the highway, we left grammie and poppa in the dust....David with the emergency lights on, flying through all of the redlights!! kelli, a nervous wreck, praying that we would even make it to the hospital ALIVE!!

Ok we did, and before i knew it we were in the delivery room...me with tears rolling down my face b/c i cant believe that I am about to become a momma...David is giddy and holding my hand, momma getting ready with the video camera, cool and calm.excited..her daughter is about to have some daughters....

Then after several pushes....HERE SHE IS!! a little old wrinkly lady with beady eyes looking all around - Genevieve Claire Dart..."IS she o.k. was my first question...She is so little!! Three pounds eleven ounces to be exact!!! She is fine the nurse says..and I know she is, I touch her little bitty cheek and cannot believe that she is out, a little tiny person wrapped up tight...not crying, just looking around....then I hear momma...sobbing sobbing sobbing....she is so proud...sob sob sob.....me too, the proudest moment of my life!!! Then some more pushing,,,oh no...i dont think i can do this again...so much pain...."You can do it" says David just like he is coaching football......six minutes later...out comes my BELLA,...they swooped her up and took her to the resuscitation room...i only got a little glance of her tiny self, but I heard her scream loud!! Is she ok...yes says the nurse, she just needs a little clearing out and some oxygen....David keeps kissing my wet cheeks and keeps saying "kelli, they are so beautiful!!!" oh my gosh...so much pain and love melted together....I am in awe, they are finally here, I think to myself...what do they look like, something that I have wondered for nine months or rather all my life...I have always wanted to be a momma before anything else, and i had always dreamed of what my children would look like...and now, here they are...two little old wrinkly ladies with beady eyes...one is a pound bigger and an inch longer...womb mates...best friends for life...tight as ticks as they say now!!!

Then the nurse comes in to say that they will be going to the NICU...everything is fine with them, they are just small....ok, I am so blessed, thank you Lord! then later that day we get settled in my room and David brings up our bags....well....in all the chaos of that morning when i told him to pack some things, here is what he packed:

Several 12 month outfits for our premature babies

a hand print kit, which consisted of concrete - he thought that they could do this in the nursery

some things for him and I, which I cant remember what he packed,(thank God for mom packing me some stuff),

But the funny thing was not what he packed, but what he packed our stuff in:

A PAIR OF DRAWSTRING SWEAT PANTS

Yes, you read that right, a pair of Mississippi College Football sweat pants: he packed all of the above in a pair of sweatpants and tied the legs together: TWO WORDS: RED NECK!!!
Even though our suitcases were right underneath our bed, he couldnt remember, and i was so flabergasted that i didnt notice that he was doing that.....well, here comes david, proud as can be with a pair of loaded down sweatpants draped over his shoulder, think Santa Clause..!! So embarrassing..I will never forget that!!He says that he was a boy scout and he is always prepared!! haha..

well for the next two weeks we are on the road between the nicu and moms house...

I have never been so tired and happy in all of my life (except for my next two girlies)!! David and I listen to Crazy Love by Van Morrison everytime we get into the van to go visit our little Loves...we sing every word...and we decide that this is the song that he will dance with them at their weddings....their special father daughter dance...

Maw is mad at me for naming my firstborn after her, but secretly she is so happy _ "she is not going to like that name, she says....I tell her..maw it is not about the name..it is about the person that she is named FOR!! then she smiles, so proud!! I am proud too, b/c If my little genevieve is anything like her namesake, that will be GOOD!! Then Isabella Louise ..I named her right....because she IS A BELLA..so beautiful as soon as I get a good look at her through the incubator I see how pretty she is...she is more filled out that evie, fat little cheeks and rounder eyes and head...she is named isabella Louise after pawee....and if she is anything like her namesake, that will be even BETTER!!! Named after her Paw, like I was named after my paw! Evie and Bella, they are a hit in the NICU, their little incubators are decorated with christmas decor, they smell so good and david and I get to bath them and feed them everyday! We are amazed at how tiny they are, little little little everything....We come home to march street with reports of how much they ate and how much they weighed...dreaming of the day when we can take them home...then it happens, we get to take Bella home...then I sob all the way home b/c we are leaving our little evie all alone and without her bella.....its ok, b/c a couple of days later, we bring the little grannie home!! and they are together again, i immediately swaddle them together, sisters missing each other, reunited!! and they sleep so calmly...

Fast forward six years later...time is flying...they are laying in their bed sleeping now, still swaddled together, now with a little sister in between them...blond curls everywhere, sleeping so calmly...love!

Evie and Bella,

Thank you for bringing so much joy to our lives...the moment you were born I realized so much, like what real fear is, how i could walk through fire without thinking...and what love is...a different kind of love, bittersweet, CRAZY LOVE...Daddy and I are so proud of you both, you are learning new things everyday and you amaze us with how sweet you are!! Thanks for being our little girls....we are the most blessed and our hearts swell with pride....Thank you JESUS!!

the Six Chicks!

2008-12-04T13:14:00.000-08:00

Evie and Bella

were honored today at school for their birthday! They do not have school tommorrow so we are going to go to mawee's and celebrate!! They may have a special visitor?!?!?

In a far away land...

2008-12-02T20:47:00.000-08:00

We had fun pretending last weekend....

The King needed to go to a meeting in a far away land (Vidalia,La)...so he took the mother queen (grammie), his queen and the four princesses to a castle (the comfort suites). We had to drive over the moat (mississippi river) on a bridge (ms bridge) to get there...This is the story that we told the girls to get them excited about our trip. They really believed that we were in a castle! It was really fun...

We went shopping and the girls and grammie rode on a trolley into town..it was there on the trolley that bella met a kindred spirit...an old lady named Rose...and everytime Bella saw Rose in the hotel, she ran to her with hugs...they just love people...what can I say...for instance, they met every hotel worker that they came into contact with...."hello sir, how are you??", "how are you doing today ma'am?" and then while they ran ahead of me down the hall headed to our room i saw them stop in a doorway talking to someone in a room...and then they went into the room...kelli getting a little nervous, starting to run down the hall towards them.....and when i get to the door, it is the laudry center and i see evie and bella hugging the maids saying "nice to meet you ma'am", these ladies are so happy and they kept saying how friendly these little girls are!! they just couldnt believe it,,,,grannie hopkins rubs off on them..Now addie is another story - she embarrassed me so bad at breakfast this morning when a lady stopped to say hey to us "look at these pretty little girls" she says then addie says to her "you go home" (alot like Aunt jess in the morning) omgosh...so embarrasing, she got a major lesson in hurting peoples feelings that morning...anyway we had so much fun! we swam in the indoor pool and played mother hen with the colored chicks for hours in the pool! Josie is cutting two teeth and is enjoying eating food more and more......she is also starting to get up on all fours, ready to start scooting around... We also went to an antique mall called Addie's antiqe mall and found 3 porcelain dolls...the girls named them such fancy names....Bella's - Matilda, Evie's - Marabelle, and Adeleine's - Lillyannagrace!

Thanksgiving

2008-11-28T20:53:00.000-08:00

WE had a great Thanksgiving!!

I Swoney!

2008-11-21T22:26:00.000-08:00

We had so much fun with granny!

That woman can work circles around all of us!! I had to beg and plead with her to stop cleaning up my house and stop folding up the clothes! And y'all know that she meddles in stuff, like bills... you can not leave stuff like that out when she comes over!!! She will write on bills that she meddles in: "pay this",,, "past due" !! she is so funny, well, While I was trying my Hardest to get Josie gurwa asleep...lights out in my quiet room, trying desperately for her to go to sleep..maw comes in, KNOCK KNOCK on the door LOUD...and says...(knowing I am trying to get Josie to sleep, I guess she forgot) Kelli estelle...i just have one question....(she was meddling in my bills on the counter)...do you mean to tell me ,that this medicine (i had just picked up from the pharmacy) was SIXTY EIGHT DOLLARS!!!! Yes maam maw (kelli whispering very quietly, Josie turning to see what all the racket is about,miss nosey)...loud again...you mean SIX - EIGHT!!! I SWONEY!! that must be a high faluntin' pharmacy!!! door slams!! hahah...she was just appalled!!

Wednesday I took her McComb, MS to go shopping at this little outlet...we didn't get to hit all the dollar stores in clinton ...her favorite thing..so we headed to mccomb...she was so excited! She just HAD to find her some new tops...she can never have too many flowery tops, not too low on her neck, covering way past her belly, not too short...to go with her black elastic waist pants and her favorite red shoes!!! anyway, we were excited to see that they were having a huge sale, so we gathered a bunch of tops for her to try on in the small dressing room..(which opened up to the entire store). Her and Adeleine, were in their together and I was on the other side of the store, when all of the sudden I and everyone else in the store heard a loud noise in their direction....Adeleine had slammed the door opened for the whole entire store to see maw in her black elastic waisted pants and her little bra!!! and then I heard from her...I SWONEY!!!! really LOUD!! then she couldnt get the door closed....adeleine was staring at herself in the mirror outside the door not worried a bit...I said addie close the door...nothing...so then I darted across the store with josie in one arm and pushing the stroller with the other hand as fast as I could...maw's eyes were

as big as saucers underneath her little glasses...i tried to keep a straight face when i finally got up to her...nobody saw you maw, dont worry...little bit of a lie....i closed the door...then i heard her giggling...I Swoney...that little thang (talking about addie)..i swoney!!! she said!!! hahah..

For those of you who don't know..i swoney is like a curse word i guess...her little Christian self would not dare swear...but she can "I swoney" all day long....she also says things like" I don't shive a git" !!

Later that day we had lunch at the golden corrall...perfect place for old people to eat...she was so proud to be there with her little grand daughter and her little great grand daughters....i just knew it!! One thing i learned while there....she whispers really LOUD....I felt my face blush as she "whispered" about the lady sitting inches away from us...the lady heard every word...hahah...She is so much fun to be around...and LORD knows she can talk..

we talked about:

=What we needed to cook for David's supper every night..."do i need to make him a lunch for work"..."do you want me to make yall some biscuits in the morning" "how about a pan of cornbread" !!! He was so spoiled like always when she comes over..
=how the Lord was faithful through all of her trials: little Ricky, Doonie, Aunt Eva, Holly!

we always talk about Holly and how much we miss her...and how pretty she was....long dark thick hair...

Then she recalls so easily her little seventeen month old son Ricky who died of pneumonia..I told her that he may be one of the first one she sees when she gets to Heaven...yep!!! She can recall every detail of that really sad night, and I try not to let her see the tears welling up in my eyes as she tells it like it happened yesterday...so sad!! I am thinking to myself poor maw..how did she ever get through it all.....the answer comes with her next breath....The Lord is Faithful, she says...her legacy....then she talked about what a beautiful baby aunt eva was...curly black hair, skin like a china doll...beautiful...she then thinks back to when pawpaw was in the hospital and she went to see him and she brought her baby eva with her..she said that the nurses immediately took eva and showed her off to all of the nurses b/c she was so pretty...she even remembered the dress that baby eva wore that day...pretty little pink one! Maw has such a sweet look to her when she tells those stories...she then talks about her own mother...martha...who suffered with asthma...died at age 44...she says that she was so sweet..and I try to imagine that she was probably alot like maw...my mawmaw had to get her sweetness inherited from someone...she tells the same stories over and over..but i like to hear them..and maw likes to tell them..so i listen...greatful that I still have my little maw here with me!! I love her so much!! She is my favorite person in the whole wide world!!

The girls LOVE when granny comes over b/c they get to sleep with her...So we hear them justa talking in their rooms about God and everything else, maw inclined on her 2 pillows. saying their sweet little prayers...they each got to take turns sleeping with her since she was here for three nights...but we kept hearing the pitterpatter of little feet going into the room she was sleeping in...really late...david yelling girls get in the bed...then we hear maw begging them to go to sleep...b/c she doesnt want them to get into trouble...i go in and check on them later, maw asleep with her flashlight nearby...i just knew that she was going to try to wash some clothes or do some dishes by the light of the flashlight...i guess the girls wore her out!! haha!!

I SWONEY!! we had a blast with her here..Come back soon GRANNY!!

TWIN LOVE

2008-11-17T10:17:00.000-08:00

Evie and Bella

Yesterday when we pulled into our driveway, I told the big girls to jump out and let me take some pictures of them. They had fun, and so did I...

Look how sweet!

Conversation with Bella

2008-11-14T09:20:00.000-08:00

here bella is very proud of her smile, which may look a liitle bit different soon

Bella woke up this morning saying that her front tooth was hurting....I looked and wiggled...nothing.....I told her to go show daddy......David looked and wiggled....nothing....but told Bell that her tooth was LOOSE and then they talked about the tooth fairy....she got so excited.....head held higher....big huge smile on her face......so I then put an apple in her lunch box and told her that it might do the trick:

This was our conversation this morning:

Bella: Why will the apple do the trick mom?

Kelli: B/c when you bite into it, your tooth may come out and get stuck in the apple! but you need to be careful and make sure that you are not swallowing your tooth...so be careful, b/c it may come out in your mouth...

Bella: What will happen if I swallow my tooth?

Kelli: It will come out in your poo poo...

Bella: (eyes really big) ooooooooooooooooooooo the tooth fairy will NOT like that!!

Kelli: hahah No I dont think that she would!

Happy Birthday David!!

2008-11-13T10:13:00.000-08:00

Thirty

Today is David's birthday, so I feel that it is ok to brag a little on him. I can hear yall now saying.."oh, brother"...

So here are some things that I love about David.....

1. he is Daring. As in jumping off a very tall cliff into a lake, chasing after snakes (my worst fear). He also runs into burning buildings to rescue people and just the other day he cut a women out of her mangled car and helped save her life. His crazy dream is to jump out of a plane and fly a top gun jet...over my dead body....one time he swam in the gulf during a tropical storm while his wife, pregnant with twins watched him from the condo, praying...and the thing that scared me the most was when he jumped the rail we were sitting behind and broke up 2 gangs that were about to fight in the movie theater!!!! I just knew that I was about to hear gunfire....Here I was, very very, pregnant with Adeleine, enjoying the previews when candy started flying overhead, one gang of thugs above us, one gang of thugs to the side of us, throwing candy at each other.. can you picture that...then angry words started flying, me and a very packed theater of people getting more nervous by the second, people looking around thinking, is this really happening...then the guys from above headed over to the guys to the side of us.... head to head...a fight to ensue...only feet away from his pregnant, very scared wife wanting to hide under the seat.....then up jumps David over the rail......as in Dukes of hazard....demanded they sit down....and they did....immediately.....david shocked them....their toughness melted away in seconds, eyes big as saucers looking at this guy who gained all of the control....then he went to get the authorities and pointed out the troublemakers..."it was him, him, and him and him...pointing at each guilty thug....who were thrown out of the theater...then he got a huge applause from the audience and a swoon from me!!!! Just like ole John wayne....all business!!! that's how he rolls!!! my daring protector!!!
2. He is A Comic:

Everyone who knows him knows this... He is the Funniest person that I have ever met...he can reenact dumb and dumber in any given oppurtune moment, whether appropriate or not...I laugh at him at least 100 times a day...sometimes my cheeks hurt so bad that I have to hold them together to relax the muscles in them... and he can also make my stomach hurt so bad, sometimes there is no sound left in me from laughing so hard. then, all day long i laugh just thinking about him and how silly he is...Oh my gosh the things that he has done...like intentionally tripping up the movie theater steps in front of 200 people .. so immature..he did this like everytime we would go to the movies... , he really can't do those things anymore being the c.o.c. of e.f.p. haha.. When I am having a not so good day, I will say, "dave, I need to laugh", no problem...seconds later, i am rofl at him and I am better...Laughter is so the best medicine! and our poor girls cant ever cry for long, anytime they get hurt bloody knees, bruised chins, they are laughing through the pain at their daddy in a matter of seconds....and for that matter I can never get mad at him, which is so unfair...he can just make a face...and their goes my anger....not an issue anymore...he is funny to a fault, sometimes embarrassingly funny....I LOVE that about him! I have my own ben stiller, jim carrey, will farell - David Dart!!

3. he is a Very hard worker - He perserveres and takes very good care of us. You rarely catch him on the couch. Last year at this time he was knocking on about 13000 doors meeting the people of our parish to ask for their vote. this year he is building a house for us!!He is always outside working on our property, riding tractors, bulldozers, fourwheelers with the girls... My favorite part of the day is when he comes through the door all dirty and sweaty with his very worn out mc football shirt, carharts and work boots on. nothing more attractive to me than this...hahah....i am serious... He works so hard to make our place awesome and That makes me so proud!!

Calloused hands, sunburned face and farmers tan....what a MAN!!

4. He Is the very best husband and Daddy

He is the answer to my prayer that i prayed in high school. a million fold. He is what God intends for a husband..such love and security....he truly values me....AND spoils me....He is definetly in charge of our family.....which I am so glad....what woman would want such pressure....ask me if I have ever paid any of our bills or know who to pay them to or how much...the answer is NO.... i have never worried over any of that stuff, stress free from all of it..

he takes care of it all and i am SO GLAD!! I trust and love him and know that he takes care of us!! He even goes to the grocery store and cooks the most!!! He gives me the sweetest most romantic cards and makes a huge breakfast for us girls every sunday before church.. He is teaching bella and evie how to jitterbug and he plays hide and seek with addie everyday when he comes home for lunch!! he always has time for his kids....except when Josie has a dirty diaper...he can always maneuver his way out of that... he gets upset when we start talking about the girls going on dates...and says that they will be baptist nuns one day...when the girls put on their play lipstick...he tells them.."now girls you cant wear lipstick in the convent" haha... so silly...they just look at him confused, then smile, then melt their daddy's heart!! At the end of the day when we are laying in bed, he always says, Kelli...we are so blessed,,, And i say AMEN to that...

I am so blessed to have YOU david,,,, Happy birthday!! You are my everything!!!

Taking care of BIZ-ness

2008-11-12T10:19:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I took Adeleine to MONKEY BIZ!!

It was her special day!! She was SO EXCITED to be going by herself, well, Josie was there too, but she goes where momma goes... We had a fun day, playing in the tunnels, throwing balls, eating pizza, sliding down the roller slide a million times and climbing on all of the rides...at one point she was the only kid there, so she had the whole place to herself.... WE HAD A FUN DAY!!!

Snuggling 10-11

2008-11-11T21:11:00.001-08:00

I just finished snuggling with the big girls.

I do that every now and then. For them, but mostly for me. Picture this...We (evie, bella, addie and me) all snuggle together in a little full size bed, with a tent made out of old lace curtains hung overhead with dangling flowers, stars, etc., inside to see when they look up...then there is addie, she doesn't like covers, so her legs are sticking out usually spread eagle, leaving only inches for our legs, bella and evie are so happy that I am snuggling with them so they are rubbing my back and legs (they are getting really good at this), and telling me all about their day (who they played with, what they learned, who had to go on the fence at recess, who there little friend boys are -"momma don't DARE tell daddy" "girl power secrets", how much they LOVE me, and how cute Josie is...)

Then slowly they start fading into their little slumbers....

Whoever is still awake secretly gets the best snuggle from me... I pull her closer to me and we snuggle tight and I rub her arms, legs... and run my fingers through her hair and kiss her cheeks lots and lots............

tonight it was Evie....

so naturally my mind starts to remember back as we snuggle close.....

MY FIRSTBORN...the one named after my sweet grandmother genevieve....my little one....who weighed only three pounds eleven ounces....my little sweetie who could make my heart stop when she would turn blue and pass out when she would get upset....the one with the smaller eyes and the crooked little smile... the one who loves to dance, draw and dress up, a true girly girl.....the one who loves to fish and get dirty too....The one who tries her hardest to put others before herself and LOVES to help old people up the steps....

she is my little love

.....as I am rubbing her arm, and feel her little scrapes, i start to feel the tears stinging my eyes....man, being a mom is so bittersweet, because I remember when this little arm was premature, only inches long. Now i feel muscles growing underneath this soft but tough little skin!! these little arms now swing wildly above her head when she dances and high vees when she cheers, so coordinated!!! these are the little arms that pack her little sister josie around and rescue her little sisters from their nibbling daddy..haha....her little hands...her little bossy fingers that point and direct her sisters and also tickle them.."gitty gitty gitty".... her pinky is bruised from being shut in the car door, still sore, but she says that she is tough! sweet little hands that always hold her sisters when they walk into school everyday.... her long legs, with tons of scrapes, bruises and mosquito bites...playing outside legs.....legs that run really fast!! Now her hair....long, soft and curly, blonde with streaks of brown throughout... beautiful, her hair parts perfectly naturally to the side, her daddy LOVES to brush this little head of hair after baths and he comments on how beautiful and LONG her hair is getting.... bound to be very tight ringlets all over her head when she hits puberty! Then her face, soft cheeks, slightly chapped little pink lips, she loves her cherry carmex that i bought just for her....eyes closed, dark lashes against her cheeks......

sweet dreams EVIE claire,

Thank you LOrd for blessing me with this little girl who is growing up too fast!! Even though I sometimes say when things are wild, whiney, messy, etc..."this too shall pass"....

please LORD let it pass SLOWLY!!!

Thoughts on the Election 11-5-08

2008-11-05T20:20:00.000-08:00

America is changing

A new man is on the American "throne."

This is the Psalms that ran through my head today as I started to feel upset:

This is the day that the LORD has made, we will REJOICE and be GLAD in it!! Psalms 118:24

He reminded me that HE is on HIS throne, He has given us life to live for HIM ,

and for goodness sake Kelli..

BE GLAD AND REJOICE!!!

Don't be ANXIOUS about ANYTHING, but PRAY about EVERYTHING with THANKSGIVING!!

Thanks Lord for Blessing me!!

(look above for a few pics of my favorite blessings)

NOW I feel BETTER!!!!

I do believe in Fairies! I do believe in Fairies!

2008-10-31T07:47:00.001-07:00

Last night was the annual Halloween Festival at school.

We had so much fun getting all dolled up into fairies... Mom, Dad, Aunt Ree and Uncle Will were all in the kitchen with Adeleine, Josie and AnnaKate while I was putting the finishing touches on the big girls..

Then I hear Aunt REE: "I don't believe in fairies",

then THUD down goes Adeleine, "dropping dead", on the floor, still as a dead fairy.....

then someone would say after some time...."I do believe in fairies".... then slowly she would "come alive"..... then louder..."I do believe in Fairies"....Addie, more alive....then louder..I DO BELIEVE IN FAIRIES".... Adeleine is up and ALIVE!running around ! YIPEEEE!!!
we did this about a million times before we headed off for the festival!! hahah...

Evie's favorite part about Halloween was giving out her candy "prizes" that she won,

"here ya go, Happy Halloween", she would say to:
1.her little friend boy from school,
2.a little 10 month old baby,

3.every classmate that she saw,

she gave them candy..so benevolent..her little heart swelling with goodness... and everytime she would do it she would look at me so PROUD...she knows how it impresses me when they "put others before themselves" - that is like our family mantra! So I was especially pleased when Addie popped her butterfly balloon, Addie started to have a meltdown....

and Evie proud as ever, stepped up to the plate and gave Addie her pink butterfly balloon!!!!
...she looked up at me with those baby blues and just smiled!! She knew I was so PROUD! My heart was swellin' too!!

Bella was flittin' around, in lala land.. (she takes after me) miss social butterfly fairy!! She will make friends with the whole world! Her favorite part was the horse ride and being chased by Hasting and Mills! AND OF COURSE eating cotton candy! I thought she would just die if she didn't get any! And when she saw her teacher, mrs. karen, she almost tackled her down.. she loves that lady!

Josie's favorite part about Halloween was PAWEE! She and Paw hung out the whole time and visited. Then Paw let her pinch and feel his face and then Josie went to sleep on Paw's shoulder... He is such a good Pawee! Josie also had fun walkbouncing with mr. craig! I know some arms were sore that night!! Thanks pawee! you are the best!

OMYGOSH!!! CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS.......Tonight Josie is going to mawee's (the first time for her to be away from me - ever!!! , and the 3 big girls are going camping with grammie and poppa! David and I are headed to New Orleans for the night!! YEAHHHHHH!!! I am a little nervous about being in N.O. on Halloween, with all the voodoo and crazy people! Y'all pray for us!! AND PLEASE PRAY FOR MY BOOBS TOO!!!

Have a Happy Halloween!

Fun at Pine Grove

2008-10-28T09:05:00.000-07:00

We always have fun when we get together with the Dawson's. We joke and say that no one else wants to be friends with us b/c we have 4 small, wild, children! hahaha!!Well, they do too, so we can all relax when we get together and not worry if our kids are bothering anybody! Screaming babies, squealing kids, nothing really bothers us! We can hold wonderful, fun conversations amidst all of the chaos, while we are nursing our babies, and while the guys have kids jumping all over them...!!

Last weekend we went to Pine Grove to visit the corn maze. Our favorite part was watching the kids ride in barrels they made to look like cows! It was so cute. Later we had dinner at our favorite restaurant in Amite. I know the waiters and waitresses want to run out the door screaming when they see us coming! Evie almost pushed one of the little waiters down to his surprise!! We are just a WILD bunch... but we LOVE each other. One of these days we will find a babysitter brave enough to keep all of our children so that we can enjoy a nice quiet evening together b/c being around kids is getting to us... just ask RYAN , he told the waiter "Night night" when we were leaving!! hahaha!! But then again, what fun would that be?!?! We wouldn't know how to act!

We LOVE our cousins

2008-10-28T08:29:00.001-07:00

Our Cousins came to visit! We had so much fun racing and painting rocks and riding bikes at our Grammie's. We wish they lived closer so that we could play EVERYDAY!

"Pootie Pootwell"

2008-10-23T21:56:00.000-07:00

What can I say!!!

She will forever be my one and only

POOTIE POOTWELL

Dancing with the Darts

2008-10-21T20:06:00.000-07:00

The Dip

Evie and Bella's version of "the lift" below what technique!!

Our little trailer was Rockin' tonight. As it does every Tuesday night. Four words. Dancing with the Stars. Every Tuesday night, we clear the kitchen floor and it becomes a serious dance floor! Our special judge tonight was little miss Josephine. She can be really tough sometimes in her critiques. We regret to say that one of our better contestants (adeleine) could not make it tonight. She was over at Mawee's cha chaing on their dance floor. She's the one that Evie and Bella better watch. A serious contender! She has some hip action that could put Elvis to shame!

As a former ballroom dancer (1996 USL ballroom dance elective class), I have to say that I am pretty proud of my girls. They have watched my partner, their daddy and I, do plenty of dancing. I can't believe that it has been twelve years since I would come home from Lafayette with a new dance (jitterbug, Tango, waltz, Etc.) to teach my handsome football player partner. We even had "the lift" down pat!! We could put Baby and Johnny to shame! !! Don't get me wrong girls....My husband is NO SISSY, right now, to my dismay, he is watching The Ultimate fighting championship on TV. He really needs that after watching Dancing with the stars and project runway!

I hope and pray that my girls will one day find a partner like mine! One who is not ashamed to dance and sweep his girl off of her feet!! Their is no greater joy in our house than dancing.... we may not have the perfect technique, but in our book we all get PERFECT TENS!!

Pouting Adeleine

2008-10-20T21:02:00.000-07:00

Several weekends ago we stayed the night with the Greers. We had so much fun with them as always!! Addie took the liberty of finding some of Hazes underwear to wear b/c she spilled water on hers. Amy and I could'nt contain ourselves when she walked into the living room with her new undies on! She found them herself in Haze's dresser. Later the kids played soccer and Addie pouted a bit b/c of course she could'nt keep up - it's tough being the little one! Don't worry, she finally got her chance to shine!!

TGIF!

2008-10-17T15:13:00.000-07:00

Look what we picked after school today! Thank you Lord for the beautiful flowers and Thank you Lord for my beautiful GIRLS!

A word from Josephine Paige Dart

2008-10-17T12:38:00.000-07:00

Hey there!

Just letting everyone know that I am now 6 months old now! I am getting to be a Big Healthy Girl at a whopping 18 1/2 pounds! My mawee calls me thunda thighs!! Whatever maw! Pretty soon I will be crawlin' and cruisin', and I might not be thunda thighs anymore, so you better enjoy my thundalicious thighs while I've got them!

Things that I LOVE

1. My sister Adeleine. She calls me Josie GURWA or Josephina. She drives me nuts but she does make me laugh alot! She wishes that she could just squeeze me to death and kiss my head off, but momma won't let her. She always says, "get out of her face addie." Pretty soon, me and Addie, we will be the best of friends, just like Evie and Bella are, tight as tics!! We will surely be a pair!

2. My big sisters. Evie and Bella LOVE ME TO DEATH!! They get in trouble alot for picking me up and packing me around. I am getting heavier now and they are starting to struggle a bit! It worries momma. They just think that I am there very own little baby and they love to make me laugh too! They are so silly and so dern pretty. I know that someday I will look up to them and want to be just like them. They love to dance and cheer right now, so I hear lots of Go wildcat cheers around here!! The craziest part of the day is when we pick them up from school. They get into the suburban and immediately start kissing me a million times. It's like we have been separated forever, but it's only been like 7 hours! They just can't get enough of me and then momma yells from the front seat, "Girl's no more kissing, get out of her face", phew relief!! They just love me so much, they can't help it!

3. My silly daddy, I get a twinkle in my eyes everytime I see him. He calls me 'blessin from above'. That is what he wanted to put on my birth certificate, b/c momma could'nt figure out a middle name suitable for me. It was going to be Josephine Rose (written on my birth certificate and everything) but then my nurse came in and said "Josie Rosie" and then daddy said, Get me some white out!!! ( he thinks rosie odonnel is a little coo coo). So, it is Josephine Paige and my aunt jessi sometimes calls me "J. Pezee." Like a rap star, oh yeah baby that's me, Jaypeeze. word to ya mutha. Anyway, my poor daddy is surrounded by girls. When one of us starts to whine he tells us to" dial 1-800-drama"..He is starting to like girls stuff too, like the other night he was watching momma's favorite show...project runway... and he was saying stuff like, that is so cute, that dress is so pretty, she is definetly going to win, she has good design! my momma just stared at him and then started to laugh. He always makes my momma laugh so much! There is never a dull moment when he is around. He can make my belly and my cheeks hurt from laughing so much at his silliness!! Just ask my big sisters. When daddy tells them stories at night (he makes them up and acts them out) they are roaring laughing at him... he is the BEST daddy!

4.My Momma - a.k.a. Kelli Kleinpeter! I love my momma b/c she knows just what to do. I am her little "poottapot." I love to snuggle with her in the bed. I fit perfectly beside her when I need to nurse or go to sleep. God's perfect design. She tucks my chunky little booty next to her and she kisses my fat little cheeks, my chubby little hands and feels my soft hair and I am in heaven. I also LOVE when I get out of the bath and she puts lotion all over my body and massages me. She always smiles when she sees all of my rolls and the dimples in my booty! My ears stick out like hers and we have the same eyes and same color hair. I wonder if mine will be curly like hers!

Well, that is all for now. I am discovering new things everyday ... like today, when Addie let me borrow her purple tinted sunglasses! Don't I look so cute!

I am loving my family, these people seem to Laugh alot, there is always dancing and cheering going on (even my daddy) and i am feeling really LOVED! This is a fun family to be apart of! Thanks momma and daddy!

Little Jo, Little Kell

2008-10-16T15:59:00.000-07:00

We had a surprise visit today from our little "Buster."

Deacon came over and ate lunch with us! He has the softest, squishiest skin that you would ever feel and his ears are so floppy that Addie just could'nt resist giving them a little tug! haha! He did'nt mind, momma said that he practically pulls them off of his little head when he sucks his bottle. Hey, some babies have comfort blankets, others have comfort ears! He is so darlin', he reminds me so much of my brother!

I am a blogger now!

2008-10-16T10:15:00.000-07:00

hello

Welcome to my first blog! I have been putting this off for too long. So many precious memories have been unjournaled until NOW!! I want to share with my family and friends my hearts ... Evie, Bella, Adeleine and Josie!

So here goes...

I promised Mr.Dart that I would begin a diary ( I misspelled diary and wrote dairy instead - although at times I do feel like a dairy) when he bought me a journal about 3 years ago! The blank journal is somewhere in a drawer, funny how time flies. The Lord has blessed us with 4 precious daughters, and now that I have quit my job as a labor and delivery nurse to stay at home, I want to make a career out of being the best momma that I can be to them! This is going to be interesting...