Happy Birthday Cade Man!! Big No. 3

Well I cannot believe that our sweet lil' Caden is getting so big! He had a wonderful Cars themed birthday party yesterday. He got a ton of Toy Story and Cars gifts that I am sure he will enjoy for a long time!

Happy Birthday sweet boy Auntie Kay and Auntie Scottie love you so much!! I guess your cousins do too!! ;)

Happy 7th Birthday LANERBUGS!

Happy Birthday to the most amazing lil' 7 year old Allstar I know. You make me so proud of you!

One year ago today. My how much you have grown.

My two favorite boys.

Monkey boy.

Polar Express this past Christmas.

At lunch with Lane at school.

Things I love about you:

1. All "A's" and "E's" in school this year;
2. Great big brother to Bee-ah;
3. Very loving and sensitive;
4. You like making late night Starbucks runs with me;
5. Going to the movies together;
6. Always keeping Emma's memory alive;
7. Made Allstars in baseball; and
8. Asked Jesus into your heart!
   

Happy Birthday Bamber!!

Halloween 2009

Lane loves the fact that after every serious picture Bamber is always willing to do a funny face picture with him!!

Bamber and her lil' Yankee.

Here lately Lane and I have been having some serious discussions about things he likes about me and Scott and things he wishes we would do differently. However, for this post since it's Bamber there is nothing that he doesn't like about Bamber so he decided to list all the positive things. So here we go straight out of the mouth of Lane:

10 Things Lane loves about Aunt Bamber are:

1. I love to play with Bambie's hair;

2. Bamber is sweet;

3. Bamber is so very pretty;

4. Bamber has a pool and I lover her pool;

5. I love Bamber and Uncle Tim;

6. I like when Bamber does the sunroof on her car;

7. I like when Bamber sends me money for good grades;

8. Bamber is HOT! (he said "she is gonna die laughing")

9. She calls me Lanerbugs; and lastly

10. Bamber is the coolest Aunt in the world!!

We wish you a very Happy Birthday and can't wait to celebrate with you next weekend!!!

Happy Birthday Bella Boo!!

That face says it all!!

Happy 3rd Birthday to the girl of many faces and many names!

Avery
Bella
Bella Boo
Beeahs
Beeah Boo
Avery
Pit Viper
Poppa's Girl
Bee
GiGi's Baby Doll
Bamber's Bella Blue Eyes

You are a high maintenance, sassy, prissy, spit fire, hilarious, silly and very unique lil' girl! We love you so much and thank God for our fighting lil' miracle!!

We love you to Emma! We will never forget that today you were born as well and we are thankful for the short life you lived that touched so many lives (especially Mommy's)!

Happy Birthday IronMan!

Happy 36th Birthday to my lovely IronMan. We love you so much and hope you have a wonderful day today.

Happy Mother's Day!

The most Beautiful Mom in the world!

I am so blessed to have such a wonderful, loving, giving and great Mom. She is the best mother a girl could ask for. In fact, if I don't talk to her at least 3 times a day it's not complete! JK! She has true motherly instincts when my kids, husband or I am sick. Mom is the first one on the door step with all kinds of meds, food, sprite, gatorade and helping hands to give where she is needed. She is the greatest nurse a patient could as for.

She gives without expecting anything in return and she reminds me so much of my Memaw. The things she says and does with my kids reminds me so much of me and my sister with my Memaw when we were little. She never tells them no and she looks for ways to rearrange her schedule to see them and spend time with them at every opportunity. I love the excitement in my kids faces when I tell them GiGi is coming over or GiGi is on the phone and wants to talk to you. My kids know they can always get whatever they want from GiGi because she NEVER says no!!! Those are the things that remind me of my Memaw and I am glad she passed that on to my mother so that my kiddos have those same sweet characteristics in their grandma.

Hope you have a Happy Mother's Day and know that you are loved!

Rodeo Day at Mother's Day Out!

Last week Bella got all dressed up in her rodeo attire for a celebration of "Rodeo Day" at school.

The Rodeo Princess

Making a Texas Tumbleweed

She loves her some watermelon like her Gi Gi!!

Waving at the puppet during the show.


Posing pretty!

Picture with Mommy after a long day!

Bella loving the cat, Jax, very hard!

Bella choking Jax, very hard while Lane yells at her.
It's a love/hate relationship with the cat!



Lane comforting Jax after being traumatized again by Bella.

Beautiful Flowers

After picking Lane up from school we headed to pick out flowers and then it was off to the cemetery.

Before leaving while Bella and I were getting ready this is the conversation we had.

Bella: It's Emma's Birthday!

Me: That's right it is.

Bella: Where's Emma at? (first time she has asked this question)

Me: She's in heaven with Jesus.

Bella: Huh?

Me: She's in heaven, you know where the moon is? That's where Emma is.

Bella: Jesus make her sad?

Me: No. Jesus makes her happy?

Bella: Oh, she's crying?

Me: No. She's not crying she's happy.

Bella: Oh Jesus make her better?

Me: Yes. Jesus made her better.

Lane picked the flowers and Bella picked the butterfly.

Lane asked if we could pray and we did.

Then I got up and walked away and he was still praying.

Bella and I went to the car and waited on him until he was done.

He came back very quiet with watery eyes.

He loves her so much and hates to say goodbye.

Here he is leaned over in the tombstone in the background.

Three Year Anniversary!

Well today marks three years since we lost our dear sweet Emma. My at the grace God has granted me in my sorrow. He is amazing! As I look back sometimes it feels like yesterday and other times it feels like eternity. I have such a love and longing to hold her but I have come to the realization that must wait. In the meantime, God has given me her duplicate copy to love and hold and I will never have to wonder what she would look like because I see her in Bella every day. That is a blessing to a Mother!

I am thankful I am not God and He is in control. We often wonder why "bad things" as we call it, happen to us but we don't see the whole picture as God does. I took comfort in knowing that God knew my pain for He lost His ONLY son. In fact, he made a choice to sacrifice His only Son for you and I. It even says in the Bible that He turned His head. My the hurt the Lord was feeling. That kind of love to you and I cannot comprehend. God didn't put me through anything that He hadn't already been through nor did he forsake me in my pain and grief.

Today I will pick Lane up from school and we will go to Hobby Lobby and he will pick out flowers for his baby sister. Then he and I along with Bella will go see Emma and put birthday flowers on her grave for that is all we will ever be able to do for her as her family.

Emma's tiny feet.

Thank you to all of those who have remembered and called, texts and emailed me. It means so much to know that she is not forgotten! Also, thank you to my Princess Bible Study group for the sweet prayer (Sue) prayed yesterday and for the love and encouragement.

CHS 40 Year Class Reunion!

This past weekend was my Dad and Mom's 40 year High School Reunion. I treated my Mom to an up-do at Visible Changes and a makeover at Chanel. My sister came down to join in the fun and man was it fun!! My Mom's two friends Ronnie and Daylene met us at the mall and Amber and I ended up talking them into getting makeovers with my Mom at Chanel. Amber and I felt like we were getting our daughter ready for prom, except she was our Mother! You can go to Amber's blog at http://www.we3iveys.blogspot.com/ to view the hair and makeup pictures.

Once we arrived home we took her in the back room before Dad could see her and got her all dressed up and then ran in the living room and told Dad to close his eyes and then announced her grand entrance!

Daddy was so cute and excited to see Mom all dolled up!

Here she is Mrs. CHS herself!

Her hair was so pretty.

Here they are 40 years later. I'm thinkin' WELL DANG they look good!

My dear sweet Mom and Dad.

Me and the parents before Amber and I lectured them.



Amber with Mom and Dad.

Then we had to let them go as hard as it was. We told them to "be careful", do not get into "any trouble", absolutely "no drinking", be home by midnight, "behave" themselves and my favorite "call us when you leave". Man it was great! I never thought I would EVER get the opportunity to tell them how to pose and drive them nuts taking pictures of them, lecture them and tell them to hurry up or else they were gonna be late. My talk must have paid off because much to my amazement, my Dad called me on my cell phone and told me he was on his way home and that Mom was going to sta yfor another 30 minutes or so and then she was going to the hotel with her friends. Amber and I tried to call Mom and crash her party at the hotel but naturally her phone was in her purse and she never heard it ring so we didn't get to participate in the after party. I am very proud of the way they conducted themselves because they even made it to church the next morning! I guess Dad kind of had to since he was preaching right?

Here are some pictures Sunday morning before church of Bamber and the kiddos.

Show a mean face!