This should be one of the happiest times of my life…. but I feel myself feeling sadder and sadder… surely because I am so far away from my sweet newborn grandson… and pile on all of the other issues right now…. the biggest being that DH still hasn’t found a job… but still I hate that I feel this way!

I’ve got to stay focused on….. TRUST & OBEY! 

Just wanted to get that off of my mind.

Our first grandbaby is finally here! He was born July 5, 2008….

We scurried around here to get on the road so that we could be in VA for the event!! And believe it or not, after 14 hours on the road with only ONE STOP, I actually got to the hospital in time to see his birth! He was born about 30 minutes after I got there!

So, without further ado….. Here he is!

Aiden Quinn
July 5, 2008
7 lbs. 10 oz.
21″ long

I have to admit that it was the hardest thing I’ve ever done leaving my sweet baby and grandbaby there in VA! I didn’t really foresee feeling this way… I just thought I would stay there and help her out for a while then pack up and come home… All I can say is MAN WAS I WRONG! It’s amazing to me  how attached I got to that sweet little bundle of joy in just a week! And I can’t wait to see him (them) again! I’m sure I’ll be posting on this matter alot! :D  I love you Amber~ you two are going to be wonderful parents!

Sorry I’ve been MIA… but I plan to get back to my regular routine here soon! Thanks for all of my friends that visited and left me messages!

Cindy was hoping I’d fill out the TWO’S…. so here I go: 
 

Two things I’m wearing right now:
gym shorts and a t-shirt
Two of my favorite things today:
Our A/C is fixed! and praising God   

Two favorite pets I have had:<br>My poodle Punkin and my shih tzu Lady!

Two people I hope will fill this out:
Jen S. and Patty Hall Two things I want at the moment:
 a finished house and fresh tomatoes 

Two things I did last night:
ate Pizza Hut with my family and got A/C fixed!

Two things I ate last night:
Pizza and salad

Two people I last talked to:
My hubby and my Daddy

Two things I am doing tomorrow:
wash clothes and HS support group newsletter

Two farthest trips I have taken in the last 5 years:
Alabama and Georgia Two favorite holidays:
Easter and Christmas

Two favorite beverages:
Sweet Tea and Coca-Cola

Two names I go by:
Mom and bugs 

There’s my TWO’s! Who else would like to join in the fun?!?

It seems like I run and do all of the time, but never get anything “accomplished” around the house! Does anyone else have this problem? 

We are removing the bottom half of all drywall and all of the indoor/outdoor carpet downstairs because of the flood…. We have had water in our walk-in basement many times, but we’ve never had MOLD… well, we do now! And I mean, It ALL has to come out!

I have also made a few more cakes lately…. The Frog Pond for Cody’s 11th birthday and Ariel for Amber’s best friend Melissa~ She’s 24 and STILL loves princesses!

I have a funny little tale about the frog cake… Dollar tree and most other stores have carried the little bags of poison dart frogs forever… but when I went out searching for frogs for the cake I couldn’t find a toy frog ANYWHERE!! Not party supplies stores, Wal-Mart, Toys R Us, Dollar Tree, Dollar General… you name it, I checked~ anyway the ONLY frogs I could find were at Dollar Tree in a Frogs Jax toy set… the frogs were the jacks and it had a bouncy ball in it… so I bought these. When I opened them for the cake, their bodies were all distorted with arms and legs pointing up and out (resembling jacks)…. so in the end, the kids and I cut most of the arms and legs off of the little critters and buried the frogs in the water, grass, etc. of the cake so you couldn’t tell they were missing their extremities!!! At the party all of the kids were wanting a piece WITH A FROG in it!! LOL~ I had to show my froggies and explain what happened to them!! Needless to say, no one ended up with a frog~ the poor dismembered things went straight in the trash!

I have enjoyed doing cakes again… it has been a long time~ not to mention the icing is YUMMY!

Yesterday Cody came up to me and asked if he could drive the Dixie Chopper…. I shuddered at the thought! That thing is so FAST and HEAVY!! I love cutting grass… but haven’t done it much since we invested in the Dixie Chopper about 3 years ago because it manhandles me!! It is a very touchy little contraption! Anyway, I told him he would have to take that up with Dad… and much to my SURPRISE he said it was OK… (although he was not real sure he had made the right decision…. )

As Cody got in the drivers seat he started getting cold feet, but we encouraged him to go ahead…. after a few short little instruction talks with Dad he was on his way!! I have to admit I was soooo impressed at how smooth his driving was because I jerked my way around that yard til I was sore back when Larry had surgery on his broken arm!

I can’t believe my little boy is on his way to becoming a MAN!