Craziness!

I know...I know...I am always saying how crazy things are, but gosh...THEY ARE! This past week just flew by! My in-laws left Wednesday before last on a motorcycle trip to Texas (yes they are crazy like that! Last summer they went to Canada on that thing!!!) Anyway we were SO ready for them to be home this past Wednesday. Well, when I was picking Lily up from school, my sister in law stopped me and told me that my in-laws were about an hour from home and the back tire on their motorcycle blew out and they WRECKED! I was SO worried! My FIL knew that the tire was going bad and had actually slowed down and was about to pull over when it blew out! Let me tell you, they were EXTREMELY lucky!!! My MIL left with only a few bruises and my FIL broke his wrist. The did have to do surgery on him Thursday, but THANK THE LORD that they weren't hurt any worse than that! He is still hurting pretty bad, but the pain meds are really helping. Please continue to keep him in your prayers!

On Friday, DENNIS CAME HOME! He had been at Camp Shelby for pretty much the entire month. Ella was OH SO GLAD to see him. She would just fuss and fuss at him if he got away from her...even for a second! It's absolutely amazing how a 10 month old can miss her daddy SO much! She is a DADDY'S girl! After nap time, he went to pick up Lily and she was glad to see him too! She has talked and talked about him for the past 3 weeks. It was sad because I knew she was missing him :(

On another note about Dennis...this past Monday he got either food poisoning or a severe case of the stomach virus! The medic took him to the ER in Hattiesburg Tuesday morning when he got an IV and some medicine. Well Wednesday, not much better...Thursday, not better. SO the medic gave him another bag of saline. Friday he came home and thought he was a little better. WRONG! I had to take him back to the doctor today. They did blood work and all sorts of stuff. The verdict...probably the stomach virus. Anyway, they give him some meds and sent us home. HOPEFULLY he will be a LOT better tomorrow! 5 days of this is ENOUGH!

Okay, I've got more, but not tonight! We've got a busy day tomorrow!

Loving Life! Praise the Lord!

Well, the girls and I made it home (to Birmingham) yesterday...just barely! I have NEVER been so scared in my life!!! Just as we got onto I459 I looked up and there was a pick-up truck on OUR SIDE of the interstate coming right at us!!! I slammed on my breaks and swerved off the road. He only missed us by a couple of INCHES! It was the scariest thing I have ever experienced. All I could see was me and my girls last moments. Praise the LORD that He was with us and protected us! We have an amazing God!!

I took the girls to Chick-fil-a last night for supper. Ella ate 2 whole chicken nuggets, all of the oranges out of the fruit cup, and then ate a grape and a few bites of strawberry. I swear...that girl LOVES food! There isn't anything that I have given her that she hasn't liked. Thank you God! Lily and I are such picky eaters, but Ella on the other hand...not so much! She is more like her daddy everyday. Lily ate pretty good and then she played for a while. Then we stopped at Publix to get some baby food. The girls LOVE going there because they have the buggies that have steering wheels so they can "drive" the buggy! Ella can't even see over the wheel, but she thinks that it is GREAT fun :)

I talked to Dennis this morning. He is doing good, just REALLY tired. He is working EXTREMELY long days and is under a lot of stress right now. Please keep him in your prayers! He will get to come home on the 27th and will be here until May 1st with us. Then we will have to go to Camp Shelby to visit him when we want to see him before he deploys to Iraq.

Anyway, he told me this morning that he had locked his keys in his truck! I've read the e-mail that has went around about putting a phone up to the locked vehicle and on the other end pressing the "unlock" button....WELL....that did NOT work for us. I'd love to hear if anyone has actually had success with that :) SO...I jumped in the shower, got the girls ready, and headed to FedEx to send him his keys. I then braved taking both of the girls into the Galleria (by myself no less...) for lunch. Lily had pasta (that's all she would tell me she wanted to eat) and Ella had some of my nuggets, fries, and Lily's pasta. Then we rode the carousel. Ella found it quite interesting but wasn't quite sure what was going on. Next we stopped at Children's place to get Lily a couple pair of new sunglasses. I have never saw a child who loves sunglasses like she does! She does NOT like for the sun to be in her eyes and will always ask for them. Anyway, she was down to only one pair that fit. Finally...I got them loaded up and we headed home. When I opened the van doors, this is what I saw....

PRECIOUS! HUH?!?! They are now down for naps and I'm about to do the same! Hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful weekend! Don't forget to leave comments!!!! I LOVE THEM!

Whirl Wind!

The past couple of days have been a whirl wind around here! Tuesday night the preacher from the church my in-laws are members of came by to eat supper and visit. They stayed really late, but the kids had a great time! Wednesday morning Jan and Randy (my in-laws) left for a week going on a motorcycle trip to Texas. I was a little hesitant to stay here in the boonies all by myself, but last night was good so we'll see how tonight goes :) I shopped AND worked at a local consignment sale yesterday. I got some REALLY cute things! I ended up with 5 smocked dresses and a bunch of cute outfits. I spent a little too much, but there is NO way I could have bought even 3 of the dresses new for what I paid...so I'm still really excited!!!

Today I played catch-up. I have washed all the clothes in this house, cleaned, organized, and took care of kids. Anna, Lily & Ella's older cousin, came home with Lily after school to play. Man, it sure is a chore to take care of THREE little girls all by yourself! They were actually pretty good though. I took them outside for a while so they did get to burn a little energy off ;) Sorry, no pictures tonight. I'm too tired to pull out my stuff to upload them. We are going home tomorrow and hopefully I'll get around to posting pics then! Hope everyone is doing well! Please leave me your comments and let me know how you all are liking the blog!!!!!

Whew! Catching up....

Wow! It has been really busy here lately! The girls and I left Friday morning and went back home for the weekend. GiGi and JJ came to visit and stayed the night. It was a welcomed break because Becca and I were able to go see a movie! (Confessions of a Shopaholic) Saturday morning we got up and took the girls to have their Easter pictures made. When we got there Ella was in an excellent mood, but Lily wasn't. Then all of a sudden the roles reversed. We ended up with only a couple good shots of the two of them together, but such is life :) There were a lot of good ones of them individually though. We LOVE our photographer! Check her out! http://www.tinafolsomphotography.com/ Sunday morning we went to church. Lily absolutely LOVES church! It is SO good! (We LOVE our church too! It has been such a blessing to us!) After church the girls and I went home, they took naps, and I got us all packed up to head back to Millport.

Today after I picked Lily up from "school", she and Poppie played outside. It had rained here most of the day today so the ground was still soaking wet and well....Lily was filthy! BUT she had a BLAST playing outside! Ella just couldn't stand being held while we were outside...she wanted DOWN! SO.....I went inside and got an old pair of Poppies socks and put them on her all the way up past her knees! I put her down and she TOOK OFF! She loves playing with the puppy dogs here...so needless to say, she crawled after them the whole time :) I'm going to check with our photographer and ask if I can post the girls Easter pics here...so be watching! Here are a few pics from today...

Ella watching the dogs!


She was SERIOUS about them!


Lily bug! She had a great time getting dirty :)


And...she's OFF!

What a beautiful day!

Today was SUCH a beautiful day! Ella and I went to Columbus and did our Wal-Mart shopping and met a friend for lunch. We came home, she napped, and we went to pick up Lily from school. Lily was SO excited that Ella came with me today to pick her up. They were singing songs when we walked in and Ella was loving it! So we sat down and all the 2 year olds performed for Ella and I. It was so cute!!!

We then came home and played outside. The girls had a wonderful time. Here are some pics from our afternoon...

Okay, so I'm new to the blogging world so please bear with me :) I really need some help here with getting myself a really cute layout...so someone...PLEASE help! I really love reading all of my friends blogs and it really makes me feel like I am part of their lives even if I haven't saw or heard from them in years. So now I'm giving this a try to do the same!

SO...a quick update on me and my family...
I am a VERY proud mommy of two BEAUTIFUL girls! God has truly blessed me with these two :) Ella is now 9 months old, almost 18 pounds, and a very healthy baby girl. She FINALLY learned to crawl about a month ago and she can "GET SOME GONE"! Even on hardwood floors she can take off! She is a very sweet baby...not too demanding...eats well...sleeps well...and loves everybody she meets!
Her big sister, Lily is now 2 years old and SO smart! She comes up with something new each and every day to tell us! She knows all of her ABC's, can count to 16, knows all of her colors and primary shapes, and can recognize her numbers 1-7. Just this weekend we found out that she knows all of the months of the year (in order) and has also learned "My Country Tis of Thee". This child never ceases to amaze me!!! She is a very sweet and tender hearted little angel. She LOVES playing with other kids! We put her in a pre-school in January and she has THE best time at "school". I am SO proud of my girls! God never ceases to amaze me!!!!
As for Dennis and I...we are doing well. Just trying to make the most of our time together. He has been working full time AGR (Active Guard) since January and he will be deploying for Iraq sometime in June. We are temporarily staying with his parents (in Millport, AL) so that the girls and I can spend more time with him. He is a very busy man right now! Please keep our family in your prayers. It's going to be a LONG year! I know that God has his hand in this and that he will guide us through!!