Little Reagan's foot is so cute. You just want to kiss it. Look at her big toe! She is so pretty. Just sleeps right through all the choas and noise at her house. Natasha calls it a circus! Dakota never "lights" anywhere and Allyssa wants to play her cd player at the highest volume and the same cd over and over, (Taylor Swift). But is don't seem to bother little Reagan!
Had the scan to check my gall bladder today. It came back negative. So now I am being referred to a gastroenterologist on February 20. It's good that it is not my gall bladder but I am having pain and it is coming from something.....
Had lunch with Mom today and then we went to Atlanta Bread Company for a Kona Mocha Cafechillo. Mainly we just went to talk in a rather "quiet" surrounding. We sat by the fire place (gas logs) but is was really nice. No where to go, did not have to be in a hurry.
Nice.........
Finished a scrapbook page I had almost completed, but had to add a few little touches to make it complete in my mind. So now I need to start another one. Thinking about a page with a picture of Deborah and me when we were around 1 and 3 in that order.
Need to do a birth page on Reagan's birth too.....

You're only 7!!!!!!!!!

Saturday, while we (me, Allyssa, Mom, Deborah, Asheton and Zach) were at TJ Maxx browsing, (Asheton wanted to purchase Deborah a birthday present) Allyssa is looking at all things "girly" and had been walking around with all of us at one time or the other. At the time of this little tale, she had been "looking" with Mom. She came over to me, while I was looking at t-shirts and said "Nana, can you buy me this?" Of course, she is all the time wanting you to buy her things. She already had a little pink pocketbook with the word "princess" on it that had 3 little lip glosses hanging on a key chain from the strap. I was not really expecting what she was holding and as I looked down at her and at the same time saying something to the effect that she was not getting anything else when she holds up this "size A" (possibly) cup padded (I might add) multi-colored polka-dot BRA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As I held back my giggle because I did not want to appear uncaring(!) I said, "Allyssa, what are you going to do with that? You don't have anything to go in it and besides you are only 7 years old." She said, "But I want it Nana. Hailey Gilbert has 3 of them." By this time, I am trying to come up with something to say to make her understand that she did not need it. I told her that she needed to put it back and as she turned around to go I remembered I had my camera so I told her to wait a minute so I could take her picture. She turns around and this is the picture I got. Is she cute or what holding her little padded bra?!!!! She looked at me and said, "Nana, you better not scrapbook this"! Naturally, I told her I wouldn't! (with my fingers crossed!) I told her to take it to Deborah and ask her about it, (which really got me out of coming up with another reason why she did not need a PADDED BRA at 7). She is so funny, but so cute. Of course, she did wait 4 extra years before she brought up the idea of a bra which is much better that her mother.

I had gotten a bag of clothes from a friend of mine when Natasha was around 3 years old. Accidentally, the friend had a baby sister who had thrown in a spandex "training" bra. As I was going through the shirts, Natasha found the bra and put it on. She asked me if she could wear it and I told her no. A couple of days later, I got a call from her teacher at daycare (who was a friend of mine) and she asked me if I knew Natasha had wore a training bra to day care! Of course, I knew, DON'T ALL 3 YEAR OLD HAVE BOOBIES THAT NEED A TRAINING BRA!!!!!!! I told her no I did not know it, she must have put it on before she got dressed! I had forgotten about the conversation that we had had previously....I don't know what ever happen to that bra.

And to answer your question, yes I am going to scrapbook the padded bra incident, Allyssa. That's what I do best is find ways to embarass you when you get older!!!!!!! You will thank me later!!!!! Your welcome! I love that little girl!

I go in the morning for another test, some sort of scan, to look at my gall bladder more. I have to be there at 7:30 am, check in at 8:00 am. Bring something to read or look at the nurse says, because there is a lot of sitting. The test is at a minimum 1 hour and 45 minutes. Can I sleep I wanted to say! I think I should have been a cat! Would that not be the life, eat, poop and sleep all day long and then sleep all night, (if you are an indoor cat)! I would want to be an indoor cat. I would even endure the pain of being declawed to be able to stay in the house, look outside at the flying things that dip in the water right outside the window. What are those things, they just fly around and take baths!!!!! And if I was an indoor cat, I would not have to worry about getting run over in the street. There are so many mean people out that that just want to run over one of us just for laughs! Yes, I would be safe in the house. I would give up chasing those little fling things that dip in the water right outside my window!!!!! Just keep my litter box clean and fresh food and water please!

This weekend Allyssa went Friday and Saturday night with us. She went to church and lunch with us today and then we dropped her off by her house after lunch. We had a great time. Of course, I see more and more how INDEPENDENT she is becoming. Do I like that????? Well, really I do, but I like being able to make decisions for her too. She is a mess. Growing up too, too fast. Dakota is always wanting to know where she is when she is not at home with her. Reagan is 5 weeks old now and at this point don't care about anybody except who is going to feed her and change her!!! Yesterday was my little sister's birthday, how old are you again, Deb????? Linda Bunch asked me Friday night at the varity girl's basketball game who was the oldest between us! I told her you!!!!!! LOL!!!! And speaking of INDEPENDENT Asheton who is being attacked by the grinch will be 16 in February and of course, thinks she is 25. Boy, kids just don't know what they world is like when they are responsible for bills and working all the time......! I really need to start doing this blogging thing more often again. I am having another test Tuesday (had a ultrasound done last week) to further check my gall bladder. I am having alot of pain bt the ultrasound did not show any gall stones :-). But the pain is coming from somewhere, right????? Well,I am getting a little hungry. Let's go see what I can find in the kitchen! Later!

What a weekend!

This little beauty is what we waited all day this past Saturday for! Isn't she adorable?!!!! This is our newest granddaughter, Allyssa's and Dakota's sister, Reagan Phoenix. Born Saturday, December 29, 2007, at 8:36 pm. Weighing in at a big whopping 7 lbs. and 20 inches long. She is a beauty. Allyssa wants to hold her all the time and Dakota is not sure about her at all!

Christmas came and went in a big blur. Reagan was born and then there was New Year's Day. We ate lunch at Mom and Dad's house. Then we went to my brother, Wayne and his wife Tina's house. Played bowling on the Wii for a couple of hours and then came home. It is time to settle back into a routine. We had Allyssa's 7th birthday party tonight at Natasha and Randy's house. It is hard to believe that seven years ago she was born weighing in at 3 lbs. 7.5 oz. She was 2 months early, but she is a perfect little angel. 7 years old, man the time flies. Been wanting to scrapbook lately and just have not had the time. Trying my hand at artist trading cards now too. Pretty cool and fun to make and the best part is you can finish one in about 15 minutes, woo-hoo! Well, gotta get going. Work tomorrow and it is suppose to be a COLD 16 degrees in the morning. Brrrrrrrr

Migraine, Yuck...

I have had a migraine all day and nothing is getting rid of it. I don't have them enough to have prescribed meds so I take Aleve which I had on hand or Tylenol. Terrible!
Elmo (melmo as Dakota calls him) is trying to be detained by Tinkerbell, not sure where they came in contact with each other in "time" but they now live in the same household. Elmo is Dakota and of course, Allyssa is Tinkerbell. This was at the Fall Festival at church this year. They both were soooo cute!
Now they, or should I say, Allyssa is waiting on Santa since Dakota has no concept of Santa and from last year's santa pics and her meeting him again the other day, she does not want any part of him. Boy she just doesn't know what he can do! Magic, Magic! We watched The Santa Clause 3 the other night. It was good to me, not nearly as good as the first one or the second one for that matter, BUT I liked it because it was a Christmas movie. I like christmas movies. And another reason it was not as good, WHERE WAS BERNARD THE HEAD ELF AND JUDY THE COCOA GIRL?????????????????? I hate it when sequels are made and every one from the prior movies are not in their. Just like Grease, I was not even interested in Grease 2 because Olivia Newton John and John Travolta and the rest of the cast was not in there!!!!!
Work is the same, but I did go over my supervisor's head (since I had already told him the problem and he has known for nearly a year now) and told the VP of Manuf. what was going on. So I don't know what the future holds, but I do know that my supervisor is talking to me alot more, getting me away from demon co-worker as much as possible and was told by the VP that my job was not in jeopardy. Which is a good thing, I think. Of course, you never know what they might do tomorrow, right?
We are still waiting on Little Savannah, who is taking her own good time coming into this world. Actual due date is December 25, but we are so wanting her NOW. All in God's timing of course. Well, guess I had better get off of here and I will try to be a little more consistent with my posting!

Positive Wednesday...

I have been having a little difficulty posting my pictures here of late, so I your not going to see any, duh! Anyway, I watched the DVD The Secret last night and I have been trying to apply it to myself. I have been thinking positive all day long which I should say has made my day better. I have to train myself to think like that all the time which in my case sometimes can be very hard to do! Yes I still have the demon co-worker and yes I still have the stress in my life, but I am coming to realize that there is no one or nothing out there that can help me but myself and if I am happy with myself then I have the first step down pat! Right? Yes I do need to loose weight and I have been my worst critic on everything I do, my teeth are not perfectly straight nor are they pearly white but that is ok, my life is not stress free, I don't have all the money it takes to meet all the monthly bills, but as long as I can be happy with myself that's ok. So with all that said, I feel better!
I went to church tonight and met mom. I went by and picked up the girls and they went with me. Allyssa loves her Wednesday night class and Dakota stays with Mom and me in the nursery since she is too little for a class. Dakota is running around 90 miles an hour AT ALL TIMES. She never slows down. Natasha is dialated 2 cms and has been all week, she does not feel good today. Little Savannah is about ready to come into this great big world, boy she does not know what she is in store for, does she? Of course, God has a plan and she is another part of it. He has a plan for all of us. Allyssa and Dakota are ready for her, woo-hoo!
Vincent is waiting on word of a new job he has applied for at US Food Services. He will be driving a trailer making deliveries, will probably be gone 2 days a week, but right now it is where the money is so GO, GO, GO.
Asheton, my beautiful niece, won 2nd place in her high school pageant over the weekend, woo-hoo Asheton. We are so proud of her.
Well, guess I had better get off of here, I have a couple more christmas cards to hand-stamp and I am running out of time!!!!
L8tr!

Hi...

It's been awhile since I have been on here...sorry...just have not felt up to getting on the computer. The holidays always adds extra stress on me not that I don't have enough...but I am trying to do better. Trying not to worry about the things I cannot change or do anything about anyway..that is hard to do.
Thanksgiving has come and gone. We had a great time at Mom and Dad's house. The meal was scrumptious. Everyone was there except Wayne and his family who were hosting his mother-in-law and a special friend and Tina's grandmother.
We went shopping on Black Friday. Went to Kohl's first, that was a total disaster. The checkout lines were wrapped around the inside of the store on both sides going in opposite directions. We very nicely scooted out of there without a thing and then headed to Walmart. There was not a whole lot there either that I was interested in. We left there and went to Haywood Mall where Mom and Deborah found some things that they wanted. Me? still nothing. It is not so much fun when you don't have children to shop for. I do have Allyssa and Dakota and maybe the new little one but I have not decided what to get them. I had better be making my mind up pretty soon though or it will be too late!
Went to the dentist with this tooth that has been nearly killing me for the past 1 1/2 months. Final result, a root canal that has to be done the end of January. Since the dentist needs to get the pre-estimate from my insurance company to make sure they will pay for it, in the mean time I have pain medication and an antibiotic to take. More medication, just what I need....but at least the pain will be subsiding, woo-hoo. There is nothing, well maybe a couple of things, that I can thing of that the pain is worse that a toothache!
Well, guess I had better get going. Work at 6:00 am, yuck!