
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Happy Birthday Mommy!!!
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Bad, Bad Blogger
I have decided that I am just a bad blogger these days. I have the best of intentions with updating here but always seem to find an excuse not to update. Maybe these pics will hold you over until I can give a proper update in the next week or so!!!

Dallas and her friends "K" and "M" at their Halloween Party at Chinese school. Dallas wanted to be a doctor so Mommy fixed her up as "Mrs. Doctor McDreamy"!!!

Our Christmas Elf "Peter". He's not a big hit with Dallas this year!!!

Dallas and her friends "K" and "M" at their Halloween Party at Chinese school. Dallas wanted to be a doctor so Mommy fixed her up as "Mrs. Doctor McDreamy"!!!

Our Christmas Elf "Peter". He's not a big hit with Dallas this year!!!
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Crazy Update on Me
Life changed around here last Monday night. I went to the ER as I wasn't feeling well. I had a bladder and sinus infection that I had been fighting for almost a week and just couldn't seem to get rid of them. I was drinking gallons of water and any liquid I could get my hands on, I felt achy all over and my eyes were blurry. As soon as I walked in and described my symptoms, they checked me over and also my blood sugar level. They hooked me up to an IV and started draining my blood!!! Test results indicated a blood sugar level of 987!!! Turns out the dreaded family diabetes had finally caught me after all. I stayed in the hospital until Wednesday. Hospital food is horrible but even worse when you have diabetes. I have been resting at home trying to get the sugars under control. I finally got them into the high 100's yesterday after a few medicine changes. It should return to a normal range within a few weeks. My vision is slowly returning and I can drive now. My doctor is confident that I can get this under control. I hope to eventually manage this without any medication at all just by diet and exercise. Dallas is fascinated with watching me give myself shots and check my blood sugar. I swear this kid is going to be a doctor.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Thanks for Following Me
I realized a while back that I needed to move the blog as I have had a paid Site Meter account and have been watching my stats closely. It seems that anyone looking for anything having to do with the city of Dallas gets directed to my blog. I got uncomfortable with people looking at her pictures and associating them with the naughty things they were searching for. Better to be safe than sorry as some of those search terms were quite descriptive. Jonni over at The Chronicles of Mommia designed my last blog and it was great. She is going back to China this Friday for Samantha and I didn't want to bother her so I decided to make on myself. Well, I cheated and used one of those premade backgrounds!!! I just need to finish resizing all the photos for this blog and I should be finished.
This summer I decided to take a break from photography and concentrate on other things, mainly getting the house into shape. Still working on that!!! We have had so much craziness here lately, including a broken tail bone, visit to the neurologist, physical therapy, 4 weeks of no rain and 100 plus temps. Hopefully that got your attention and you will visit again to found out all the details!!! To top it all off, my IL's are coming to visit in 10 days!!! What few photos I took this summer are coming soon.
This summer I decided to take a break from photography and concentrate on other things, mainly getting the house into shape. Still working on that!!! We have had so much craziness here lately, including a broken tail bone, visit to the neurologist, physical therapy, 4 weeks of no rain and 100 plus temps. Hopefully that got your attention and you will visit again to found out all the details!!! To top it all off, my IL's are coming to visit in 10 days!!! What few photos I took this summer are coming soon.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Happy Easter!!!
Noelle's annual Easter photo. She was mad at me and wouldn't look at the camera. For the past three years I have tortured the dog and made her pose with bunny ears on. She pounces on the ears when they come off. I have a few more photos which I will try and post tomorrow.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Happy Birthday Dallas!!!
Dallas turned 4 years old today. My baby girl is growing up fast. It seems like only yesterday that they handed us a bundle of joy. Look at her now. We celebrated by having lunch with a few friends. Dallas was very excited to have her two best friends Allie and E. join her for lunch. We went to my parent's tonight for birthday cake. Dallas picked out a My Little Pony cake this year. Here are a few pics from today.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Please Vote for My Pumpkin!!!
I have entered Dallas into a contest for a chance to be on the cover of our local mom's magazine. The winner gets to be "Cover Cutie" for 2009. Dallas is #39 and is in the 6th row. There are no names by the kids so here is the photo of her to look for. You can vote as many times as you want to each day until March 11th. Please, please, pretty please go vote for her!!! Here is the link.
Mardi Gras Madness
Mardi Gras 2009 saw Dallas' first parade and her first trip to the ER in an ambulance!!! I kid you not. We went to a Saturday parade and she had a blast. Dallas learned how to say "Throw me something mister" and caught quite a few beads and other trinkets. We also took her to the fair and she got to ride and eat cotton candy and popcorn. Just try and take it away from her once she tasted it!!! Fat Tuesday was another adventure. We went back to the same spot as before. My parents had their RV parked out there all week end so we had a place to chill in between parades. I was standing with Dallas on the parade route along with my parents and nephew. John had to go back to work so he wasn't with us. The last float of the first parade had just pulled up beside us. One of the riders threw me a huge bag of beads for Dallas!!! I was so excited because I had never caught an entire bag of beads before. I was holding Dallas in my arms and all of a sudden I see a large hard plastic bucket come sailing off the top level of the float right at us. I tried to deflect the bucket with one arm but I couldn't. It sailed right into the top of her head while I was holding her!!! Dallas started screaming and I started cursing like a sailor. I was furious and freaked out at the same time. My Mom saw the incident and she picked up the bucket and ran with me back to the RV. I just sat there and rocked Dallas in my arms while trying to figure out how bad she was injured. The bucket hadn't split her head thank goodness. The sheriff showed up to see what happened and took the bucket to go find the float. Here come the medics and we decided that she needed to go to the ER as there was a ridge in her head and the front was swollen. So Dallas and I got hauled off the parade route in an ambulance with the sirens going!!! By this time, Dallas had stopped crying and was loving the ambulance ride. The doctor said she would be fine. She had a red stripe on her scalp where the ridge of the bucket hit but no concussion. Her head was very sore and swollen and she was tired. We had to get back to the parade route because that is where I had parked. We get back and the parades are over. Dallas got lots of sympathy beads and trinkets from people who saw what happened. According to the witnesses, it was a freak accident. When the guy went to throw some beads, they snagged the bucket so the bucket went flying along with the beads. Five days later, she still has a slight ridge in the top of her head but she acts fine. The Mardi Gras Association delivered roses to the house along with more beads than she can ever play with. These photos were taken at the Saturday parade. BTW, we don't live in New Orleans so I have never questioned taking her to a parade. Next year she will have a helmet on!!!
Saturday, February 28, 2009
3 Years Ago Today...
Three years ago today my dream came true. I saw my daughter's face for the very first time. The phone rang at exactly 2:00 pm CST. Amanda from CCAI said "Congratulations Mommy, It's a beautiful baby girl." As she went over the referral information, I opened up the email she sent and just stared at the face of the most beautiful baby girl in the world. I was in shock, I was in love, I was a MOM. Right then and there, all the pain, hurt and fear just left my body. I was filled with instant love for my daughter. I just wanted to jump on a plane that day and get to her soon as possible. As I grow older I know my memory will begin to fail me and I won't remember all the little things that I would like to. Rest assured, somewhere in my heart I will always remember how I felt the moment I saw her sweet little face for the very first time.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Blog Redesign
I am going to totally redo the blog. It might look freaky for a while but please bear with me. I want a fresh new look for this year. I am hoping it might inspire me to post more often with pics of course!!!
ETA: It is now Sunday night and I am still not finished. I have never met a more stubborn blog layout before. Hopefully it will be completed this week!!!
ETA: It is now the 11th and I have turned the blog over to Jonni at The Chronicles of Mommia. She has kindly offered to fix it up for me. Just wait until she sees the big Mardi Gras care package coming her way!!!
ETA: It is now Sunday night and I am still not finished. I have never met a more stubborn blog layout before. Hopefully it will be completed this week!!!
ETA: It is now the 11th and I have turned the blog over to Jonni at The Chronicles of Mommia. She has kindly offered to fix it up for me. Just wait until she sees the big Mardi Gras care package coming her way!!!
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Hey You, Slow Down!!!
Dallas has now turned into a back seat driver!!! Mama, slow down, slow down, SLOW DOWN. I'm not even doing the speed limit and she's screaming at me from the back seat!!! I'm not speeding these days because the cops are out in full force in our town lately. Plus, the next town over has those lovely speed vans and cameras at many intersections. Don't even try to argue with her and explain how you are carefully doing 3 mph under. You cannot reason with an almost 4 year old. Just admit you are speeding and promise to slow down!!! Dallas was screaming at her Daddy while he was mowing the lawn today. Slow Down Daddy, Slow Down. Hey you, slow down. I was laughing so hard I just had to go outside and tell him to Slow Down!!!
I bet many of you thought I would go an entire month without a post!!! We have had things going on around here lately that have taken up my time and energy. It just seems as though there is never enough time to get everything done that needs to be!!! My digi-scrapping is non-existant for now. I am concentrating on my photography skills as well as trying to learn Lightroom 2. Here are some pics I have taken lately.
I bet many of you thought I would go an entire month without a post!!! We have had things going on around here lately that have taken up my time and energy. It just seems as though there is never enough time to get everything done that needs to be!!! My digi-scrapping is non-existant for now. I am concentrating on my photography skills as well as trying to learn Lightroom 2. Here are some pics I have taken lately.
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