I DID IT!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RON!

Tomorrow is my step-dad's birthday! Today we had a little party since Cindy has to work tomorrow. We didn't do presents today we'll do that on his actual birthday and Kristy I remembered the cards ;) They are with are stuff to give him tomorrow! So I'm cutting this short tonight. Much longer post tomorrow! That's alot of "tomorrow's" in such a little post, lol!

New Layout

Obviously if you're reading this you've noticed the new layout. Not sold on it yet, I'm still looking BUT I am sold on the header! It's my dad and Santa...doesn't get much better than that!

Crawling Baby + Christmas Tree = TROUBLE!

And so the fun begins...Allie WILL NOT leave the Christmas tree alone! I should have known. Although Julianna on her first Christmas was only 2 weeks younger than Allie and I don't remember these problems! I didn't post a full picture of the tree yet because it isn't done. We had some tree drama today. I went to put the tree up and noticed the whole top half of the tree's lights were blown. I've had the tree 6 years so...to the store I went to get another one. I really like the new one it actually looks alot like my old one which was the idea. It's 3/4 done. Joe and Julie had a really good time decorating! I didn't get any good pictures of Joe but trust me he was totally into it! Tomorrow I'm finishing this tree and starting Mom's tree (we have our own!) and decorating the house. I did get some awesome bargains today! We shopped all day! We fought Wal-Mart (2 different ones), Target, The Mall and Circuit City! I know crazy right? But so worth it!

Allie "helping"

Julianna really helping...she did awesome!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! We had an alright day so far. I still have a hard time with holidays. This will be our 3rd year in Texas and holidays still don't "feel right". I miss home now more than ever. It's something that I'm sure gets easier with time but it hasn't gotten easier yet. Speaking of home I'm getting ready to make plane reservations to go back! Southwest has all airline tickets after the New Year for $89! I'm jumping on that! I'm looking at being in Maryland the 6th through the 26th of January. I'm not sure yet what to do about Joe. He has to go to school. At first I thought about taking him out of school for a week and then letting him fly back to Texas with Ron (Ron is in Maryland every other week) so that he only misses one week of school and not 2. Then Mom suggested he just stay home and go to Maryland in the summer (we go home every summer too). I'm not sure what to do. It's to expensive to go while he is out of school on break and I want to go around the time my niece is born (Jackie is due January 1st). I have to think on it?

Back to Thanksgiving, I got side tracked! So in a couple hours we are hitting up The Main Event for a game of bowling...Kristy and John we are going to miss you! No one has a nicer "spin" than John, haha! And tomorrow we are hitting up Black Friday!!! Check this sight out for Black Friday sales http://www.blackfriday.info/sales/. In honor of Thanksgiving I'm leaving with a short list of things/people I am thankful for today...

* 3 great kids who make my day everyday
* Jazz
* An awesome set of parents who are sooo supportive
* Bubba for loving our kids unconditionally
*3 kick ass sisters and brother
*Cool in-laws
*The most loving Grandparents anyone could ask for (they seriously are the best)
*Tony, my rock, I'd be lost without him
*Kristen (my "other" sister) for ALWAYS making me laugh
*Health, right now everyone is healthy, what more could we ask for?

And really that' s just the tip of the ice berg. I'm asking everyone to keep my niece Miki in your thoughts (she has been really sick) and the victims of Mumbai. I have been following this story closely and my heart really goes out to them.

9 Months

I know it's a day late...

Drawing a Blank...

So...I'm going to send you to Jenny's blog to read the clip titled "True Love".

http://mamaonaplaydate.blogspot.com/2008/11/true-love.html

Is that not the sweetest post? I just adore this family. As I'm sure you know by now I named my Allie after her daughter who died of leukemia in 2004. Jenny now is the executive director of Hero's for Children a non-profit organization created in honor of Allie and another little girl who died of cancer named Taylor. I know money is tight for alot of us, especially this time of year but if you ever want to donate to a charity this is an awesome one to donate to.