I heart my lil' Coppertone Girl

Happy 4th Birthday my little girl...
To sit here and think about 4 years ago today, it just blows my mind. You were a big 9lb. 11oz. baby, and surprisingly easy to squeeze out. I'll give you the details later in life, but for right now, I'll just say that I had an easy birthing experience.
You've been my best friend for the past year, and I love you more each and every day. At times, you are my biggest challenge, but with each challenge, brings a new found strength.
You're really into entertaining...dancing, singing, telling stories. You are quite the entertainer. You're a little grown up, and sometimes tell me that you don't want to grow up.
You've got quite the imagination, and love to use it!!
Your teachers tell me that if I were to sign you up for kindergarten today, you'd be more than ready. WOW! What a compliment. Kudos to you....kudos to Mom! ;o) Hint, your teachers love and adore you!!
At this very moment, you're really in to your Dad. He worships you, and loves to hear about your new adventures from the day.

You have many friends, and are a very "motherly" and "nurturing" friend.
You get excited when you see any of the Obama's.
You love to roll your eyes. I think you got this from me.
You love to cuddle
You can write your name
When someone asked you if you knew how to spell MOM, you said "yes, M-A-L-I-A-H"! YEAH!!!!

All in all, I'm excited to see what the future holds for you, me, and all of us. Please don't grow up too fast. No matter what, you'll always be my little girl.

I love you, Kailee Bryanne!

Soooooooooooooooo, it's been forever.
I guess I owe my one or two fellow 'blog" followers a post, eh?
I'll first start with a big congrats to our new President of the US...BARACK OBAMA!!
Second, seeing that I just turned the big 3-0, and my theme for the big celebration was "Hollywood", I'm going to be giving out my own awards, later in this post.

So much has changed since the end of 2008...
damn ice. that's all I've got to say. here it is March 12th, 2009, and they're calling for snow. yeah, yeah, yeah...bring it ON! after january 26th, the day of HELL for most. the day when it sounded like a freakin' war zone here in NWA, the day when all hell BROKE LOOSE, the day, that most lost power for days, for weeks...what a journey! I'd say that we, people of Northwest Arkansas can take on anything! Yes, even a war! Bring on the snow. I dare ya!
In the mist of the biggest ice storm that Northwest Arkansas has seen in many, many years, my dear sweet Granny seeked a better, yet probably warmer, place. She had passed on. RIP.

On to February. What a month. While my baby girl is turning 4, she's telling me that she no longer wants to get old, and that's she's NEVER going to be 5...or 6. I mean, she refuses. This little girl has some real problems, people. ha ha. Forget all of your worries, this little girl doesn't want to grow up. I asked her if she had a map to Never Never Land. I want to vacation there. For real. ;O)
On another note, i don't get to pretend I'm not getting older, because I am. Proud of it, too! I just celebrated my 30th! My amazing husband, my amazing Mom, and my amazing friends threw me the most AMAZING (ok, how many times can I say amazing in one sentence?) celebration. I knew that it was going to be somewhat of a surprise, but I had no clue what was in store for me. The theme was Hollywood......enough said.
I'll say one thing....most of you know what went "down" at SAVOR, but I must say, all in all, it was a SMALL price to pay for the amount of FUN I had on my birthday. I mean to say, WOW! The party committee was truly wonderful! The drama at SAVOR only lasted about ten minutes, and get this...I got to spend actual "quality" time with everyone there. Score!
When I got to my house, I was FLOORED!!! I had a red carpet (ok, it was actually HOT PINK, so it was better than red) and a STAR of FAME!!!!!!!
What a dream. Everyone was equipt with a camera, so they were screaming and asking me "what I was wearing". It was too cool. I danced my every loving ass off that night.


My brother, Kalen gets the award for best party buddy!! He's going to kick my ass for this, but he and I stayed up until 5:30AM singing to NKOTB!
Thanks, Kris for the jello shots btw! Ok, real quick....who puts EMERGEN-C in their jello shots?!? UM, KRISTIN! ha ha. thanks! i felt so much better the next morning. seriously!

Mom, you are Awesome!! You constantly give me support, laughter and love. You're just plain awesome! I love you.

Jessica, what can I say?!? You are OBVIOUSLY the party planner of the year. You...are....amazing, and I love you! enough said.

Sarah~Sage, you know me too well! Though we don't see each other often, you still know me, and my style. thank you for my awesome cake, it was PERFECT!! I love you. xo


Heather, Adela and Linda, thank you, thank you, thank you for helping set up the "walk of fame" and Hollywood station. I love you guys!!!

Mandy!! Mandy, you and I have been through most everything together. We won't count the "trash" that we've been through, but we'll definitely count everything from our childhood, to our adult hood. Thank you for being there for me on this day! I love you, girl.
I wanted to give a shout out to my other wonderful guests...Nana, for being NANA! Who else has a Grandmother quite as cool as mine?

Barbie and Steve, Doyle, Angela, Melissa, John, Josh, Jackie, Sara & Robbie, Rachel, Aimee, Adam, and Anita. Got to give a shout out to Rho Rho....my soul-sister. She had every intention on being at the party, but was in an accident that night. Everything with she and her husband her ok, but they were rear ended by a FREAK, that went in to convulsions. Needless to say, their night was cut short.

And last but not least, Bryan! Bryan, Bryan, Bryan! What can I say, you wore a TUXEDO! A HOT PINK vest at that! Granted, Briar Patch had major troubles with your tux, but you still managed to make it work. You looked SMOKIN', and you were such a PRINCE to me. Thank you for everything, I love you....

This concludes the awards ceremony for the evening. Thank you all for being a part of my celebration...and my life! I had a royal blast, and I felt like a star...all because of how special you all made me feel!

30 is good. I feel 18. Seriously! Even though it's only been 3 weeks, I feel great...even though I know I need to work out at least four times a week to look good. ugh. I guess the secret to reality isn't Never Never Land. It's botox and airbrush tanning? No botox here, but I'll take the darker look.

All in all, ain't no ice storm, ain't no SAVOR, aint NO ONE nor NOTHING gonna break my stride! I've got to keep on movin'! Until then, reach for the stars..............................................................................

I haven't written in awhile...I've been swamped with photos. Here's my weekend in photos.
We went to a wedding on Saturday. My little girl looked like she should've been the flower girl, because of her cute little dress. She was a flower girl this time last year, and wore this dress. hee hee. Double for your money!! Bryan looked pretty *fly* if I say so, myself. We had fun.



My cousin Lindsay (Bridesmaid), Kailee & I

Angela and Kailee


Kailee

My lil' Coppertone Girl!

Kailee and Mommy

After the wedding, I head on down to George's to see Gavin DeGraw. Met up with a few friends, and we made our way to the front. Hell, if ya' can't find a seat, might as well "fight for your right, to party"...in the FRONT! ha ha. I saw him perform almost six years ago, and he's still such an amazing performer. His voice! WOW!
It was great to see him again...in Fayetteville!




That's all folks. I'll write more later. I need to get back in the swing of things and write more. Wanted: A hard working Assistant, that can help me clean, organize, and de-clutter my life. Will pay good! ha ha.

Barack and Roll Baby!!!!!!!!!

Ahh!! I've been tagged! The most kick ass blogger, and even more kick ass friend, Rho at momwhodrinksandcusses tagged me so now, it's my turn to let you in on a lil' somethin' somethin' bout myself.


Here are the ever-so-simple rules:
1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write 6 random things about yourself.
4. Tag 6 people at the end of your post.
5. Let each person know he/she has been tagged.
6. Let the tagger know when your entry is up.

Six rules. Six things about myself.
1. I'm obsessed with anything PUMPKIN! Hence, why I love fall weather so much.
2. I think I could challenge most anyone, and win at a music trivia game. Rho, will you be on my team? ;o)
3. King Estate Pinot and Perrier are my two drugs of choice.
4. My Granny is my hero...the bleeding heart liberal that she is!
5. I was adopted...within the family
6. I have a pathological fear of BIRDS! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!


Time for me to start tagging!! I don't think I know six "bloggers" yet, but here goes. I love these things, so I might make another one up later. It keeps us on each others' pages and they're fun...don't lie to yourself. ;o)
I love you, guys!!

Jackie~ http://happyworkingmommy.blogspot.com/
Melissa~ http://drummondsfamily.blogspot.com/
Susan~ http://stopcallingmethat.blogspot.com/ (I don't know you, but I like your blog!!)

:o( That's it. A lot of my friends, don't blog. Let's spread the blogging love, and get more people to blog. :o)

• "Chocolate always loves you back"

• "You can put lipstick on a pig, and it's STILL Sarah Palin" (my current fav)

• "thirteen, fourteen, FIVEteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, TWENTY!"

Hub: "Good Morning!! I'm going to pick up breakfast and coffee"

Wifey: "Great, I'll get the Sunday paper ready to read, and wait for you to get back"

--twenty minutes later, he arrives back at home

Hub: "Thought you were making coffee?"

Wifey: Um, thought you were getting breakfast and coffee?"

Hub: "Oh yeah, guess I'll make the coffee, then"

• We decided to go bowling on Friday, and as I was teaching my little girl to bowl, she bent down, and lost her hair bow on the lane. Forgetting that the lanes are slicker than snot, I reach down to get it...only to fall on my effing ASS!!!! I tried to get up several times, but failed miserably...so I had to slide my ass off the lane. I was hurting so bad, yet it was so damn funny. I was walking funny, but people around me thought that I was doing the "cool dance". HA HA Karma pulled through for me, because I scored 174...3 strikes in a row, and picked up most of my spares. I seriously, CANNOT BOWL. Hub's score was 98, and our FES' score was 56....did I mention that our darling daughter would just put the ball down, and roll it. Granted, it took about a week for the ball to reach the pins, but she ended up with a better score than our FES.
  Though I was hurting like a mofo, I am still laughing about it. DUH! Everyone knows that you're not supposed to walk onto the lanes.
  

Kailee went to sleep on her own last night, and slept in her bed until 6AM! YEAH!!!! It's 8:30, and she's still asleep. SCORE! I'm hoping to break her of these damn night terrors. They suck! Note to ANYONE who has a toddler: Get them on a good sleep regiman. If not, they could have night terrors.

A night terror, also known as pavor nocturnus, is a parasomnia sleep disorder characterized by extreme terror and a temporary inability to regain full consciousness. The subject wakes abruptly from slow-wave sleep, with waking usually accompanied by gasping, moaning, or screaming. It is often impossible to fully awaken the person, and after the episode the subject normally settles back to sleep without waking. A night terror can rarely be recalled by the subject. They typically occur during non-rapid eye movement sleep.

Hooray for this Mommy for getting her to bed early, turning off the tv at 6pm, dinner and bathtime done by 8pm, and asleep by 8:45.

Can I getta whoo whoo!!!

Oh, how I never thought I'd hear the haunting words of a 21 year old say "you're going to be HOW OLD on your next birthday? 30? Wow, you're getting up there!" Hmmmm? I had to think about that one for a second. Ok, so we're in the same workout group together, she's 21, and though she just had a baby, her body has so much elasticity that she looks like she just stepped out of a high school cheerleader locker room. Ugh. Make me sick. Bitch doesn't need to be here....working out, nor telling me that I'm basically getting OLD! ha.
None the less, the girl really is a sweet girl, just clueless sometimes. I want to thank her, because that day, I worked my ever loving ASS off. By God, I was going to work off my 3 1/2 year old baby fat. Yes, I breastfed like a MFer, and lost all of my baby weight...well, most of it. Then, I re-discovered "Mommy's Medicine" WINE! Uh oh. I could actually see the wine filling up my ass, so my weight went right back on.
Anyway, I realized very quickly, that I wasn't 22 anymore. I couldn't drink as much as I wanted to without working out, and expect my body to stay firm and cute. No, no, no!

So that night, I corked a bottle of wine (go figure, 'eh?) and gave the ol' Mom a call. I told her what the lovely little 21 year old had said, and she reminded me that, she turned the big 5-0 last November. She told me that your 20's are the WORST, 30's are pretty good, but that her 40's, were so far the BEST! She was actually looking forward to life in her 50's! Um, CHEERS to Mom on that one! I'll think I'll have another glass on that note..............

I'm not saying that I'm the least bit scared of turning 30. Hell, I'm just happy that I still get birthdays, however I do remember being 21 and thinking exactly what that girl had said. 30 is OLD. I just say old...ER! I'm excited to be 30. I'm hoping that the major, petty worries of my 20's won't follow me there, either. By the way, I must give thanks to the women of Sex and the City! Let's raise our glasses to the Fab 4, for making ages 30-50 SEXY! Eat that, 21 year olds! ha ha ha

From one old...ER hag to another...
~CHEERS!