Semi-Wordless Wednesday

What happens when your whole family goes shopping for your upcoming b-day and YOU get "stuck" with your "Ant" and Uncle? :)and HOW is this girl almost 10 YEARS OLD?? :(

Love...

I love this girl... I love all her attitude, spunk, sassy, strong personality, passion, creativeness, smarts and gorgeousness (is that a word? :)

She is perfect to ME and I am so blessed that I GET to be her Mom...

and try to stay ONE step AHEAD of her... :)

Song for a Sunday

Lyrics Courtesy

I’m lost in her there holdin’ that pink rod and reel
She’s doin’ almost everything but sittin’ still
Talkin’ ‘bout her ballet shoes and training wheels
And her kittens
And she thinks we’re just fishin’

I say, “Daddy loves you, baby” one more time
She says, “I know. I think I got a bite.”
And all this laughin’, cryin, smilin’ dyin’ here inside’s
What I call, livin’

And she thinks we’re just fishin’ on the riverside
Throwin’ back what we could fry
Drownin’ worms and killin’ time
Nothin’ too ambitious
She ain’t even thinkin’ ‘bout
What’s really goin’ on right now
But I guarantee this memory’s a big’in
And she thinks we’re just fishin’

She’s already pretty, like her mama is
Gonna drive the boys all crazy
Give her daddy fits
And I better do this every chance I get
‘Cause time is tickin’
(Yeah it is)

And she thinks we’re just fishin’ on the riverside
Throwin’ back what we could fry
Drownin’ worms and killin’ time
Nothin’ too ambitious
She ain’t even thinkin’ ‘bout
What’s really goin’ on right now
But I guarantee this memory’s a big’in
And she thinks we’re just fishin’

She ain’t even thinkin’ ‘bout
What’s really goin’ on right now
But I guarantee this memory’s a big’in
And she thinks we’re just fishin’
Yeah, aww, she thinks we’re just fishin’
We ain’t only fishin’
(This ain’t about fishin’)

Sweet Friends

This week was busy busy. Minnie and I had BLAST playing and visiting with a bunch of friends. Some that we don't get to see that often... So we took advantage :) We met up with HB and An-REW to make a return and get some wiggles out...

There were a LOT of wiggles...

Her Daddy is pretty proud of this "form". He only wishes she was pitched forward a bit more. Her Mom is pretty proud that she ISN'T pitched forward so she doesn't fall and smack her face on the wood or cement :)

This little man gave her a run for her money! :)

Sweet sharing...

Yeah right. :)So just to torture them a bit more we dressed them "old hollywood" style...

and made 'em say CHEESE :) Seriously how CUTE are they!?!? :)

On Friday, Minnie got the THRILL of her lifetime*. She loves this little girl just as much as the rest of us I think :) and the fact that Aunnie B let her HOLD the little love...

Minnie COULDN'T have been MORE proud. She hollered for Pa-Pa to come in from outside to see her and she bossed Nana to get the camera and take more pictures...

She was THRILLED.

Good thing for Sugar....she slept through the WHOLE thing :)

I LOVE spending days with my girl, exposing her to new things and letting her build memories with friends and family. My life is a dream.

*Sugar/Minnie pics courtesy of CountryMUM

Sometimes...

Sometimes I'll let you see pictures of REAL life... Sometimes we get in trouble for doing naughty things...

Sometimes we wear boots with jammies at 8AM...(and we even get them on the right feet)

Sometimes we meet up with our friends...

Sometimes we wear those said rain boots multiple days in a row....Sometimes we are forced to do things we might not WANT to do....

and Sometimes we just have to put on our rain gear and make the most of the weather....

Because SOMETIMES it's just real LIFE....

The WEEKEND Report ~ A whole bunch of 1sts!

Been awhile since I've done one of THESE huh?? We had a TON of 1sts and a BUNCH of family which makes for a GREAT weekend! Course it ALSO helps when your Aunnie and your TiTi let you use their phones and text and call whomever you choose...

also a great start when your hair is SO cute and you are dressed to the NINES at a field hockey game to support your Bri Bri :)

Cousin "Toh" came down and Minnie was BEGGING to go with him when he left early Saturday AM to head to the CountryRents...

kisses all around :)

Little did she know (We told her but obviously she didn't get it :) she had a RACE TO RUN!!! It was the annual road race that Husband and I help out with so we were REALLY glad that MiMi decided to come down and support Minnie in her VERY FIRST athletic event!!

please note the coerceion by MiMi with a lollipop provided by ME... :) MiMi thought that raspberries would have worked as well and I agree... I need to start thinking of those HEALTHY options for my

came in LAST... HAD NO idea what was going on...

walk across the finish line...

studette :) Liz's Mick pointed out to me the photo below is the classic... JUST TAKE MY PICTURE MOM photo... (even though I didn't take the pic! :) I expect many more of these as she gets older huh? :)

we were SO proud of our girl for finishing the race and SO THANKFUL for MiMi for walking the ENTIRE track WITH her (even after all the race stuff was getting packed up and put away :)

After the race Husband left for a golf tournement with Doe-Doe and BIL L so the R girls came to hang until a VERY SPECIAL girl came home from the airport... my girl woke up JUST IN time to head out and meet....

Baby Shi-WHOA! :)

Baby GIRL H is home with her Mama, Papa and big bro PQ and we are all THRILLED! I snuck in on the coat tails of the family since I am family except not REALLY :)

and we all just soaked her up....

Minnie soaked up the fact that her Aunnie Bet-ah was home...

right where she belongs.

I even soaked up some baby lovin'... ooooo I love me some babies... ESPECIALLY when they are wearing my girl's hand-me-downs.

My girl was much more interested in what sort of a ruckus she could cause at "Gammie's House" :) She wasn't a HUGE fan of her TiTi holding new baby "Shi-Whoa" but give the girl a distraction and it goes a long way :)

We came home just in time to play and hang with PEE-BEEEEEEEEEEE!!! :)

Her parent's day of LOVE was Sunday so they were able to go out for a yummy meal... Pheebs hung wout with the R gals, Minnie and I until I took her home to go to bed... Per the norm... the girls had A BLAST!!!

Having fun, makin' memories and loving on people. Afterall, that's what it's all about right?