It's getting hot in here! So take off all your......

Guess what I found when I checked on the babies today in the nursery? My son with all of his "business" hanging out with one hand grabbing his diaper to chew on it and the other on his new "toy". Such a boy. Thank God that he didn't have a dirty diaper. We have had a hard time finding pants that will stay on him. He is so little in the waist that everything that we put on him falls off or slides right off of him when he is in bed. Now we have to worry about diapers coming off. I knew that this was going to happen I just wasn't prepared for the look of accomplishment on his face. He was so proud of himself. I made a Mohawk out of his hair to celebrate his rebellious phase today of "I don't need to wear no diaper". The little Grandma's at church loved it.

THAT BITES!!

Today I FINALLY had my Dentist appointment that I have been waiting for two months to have. I had a large chunk of tooth fall out of a molar and wanted to get it fixed. I woke this morning to a stomach that was already churning from nerves. Mom came to watch the kids and I headed off to seal my fate.

After full x-rays I found out that they were not going to be doing any work today (again waited 2 months for this appointment with a hole in my tooth) that they were only going to find out what was going on in my mouth and make "a plan" for correcting the problem. After 2 hours from hitting the door of the place (only to do X-rays) I was presented with "the plan".

Four crowns are needed, 2 possible root canals, 2 medicated fillings, and need to fill cavities that I could count if I had more fingers on my hands. The kicker is I could fix all of these problems for the ULTRA LOW cost of $5,741.00 for 2 days of work on my mouth that would require me to be there the whole day under sedation. They even provided me with this handy dandy little map of my mouth with a red pattern showing where my mouth is needing work. Let's just say that I am sure that they ran out of red ink in their printer a few times before they could finish printing out my chart. I was sick! Not exactly how I wanted what I wanted to hear. I have a place for them to stick their "plan". Thank God it was Monday and girls night!

Time to come clean

Today is our 2nd Anniversary. Some of you might be scratching your head thinking....I remember going to their wedding in September (if you remember). Well James and I actually got married two years ago today in a very Redneck Wedding.


We had been engaged for about a year when my neck had again stopped working. I found out that I had herniated disks and that surgery was something that might be in my near future. I freaked out and after a doctor had suggested an MRI insurance became an issue. James and I looked at each other and called his HR at work. If we were to get married I would be immediately covered on his policy..........LIGHT BULB! We called the court house and made an appointment for the following morning to get married. I was unable to get out of bed by myself that morning and James had to dress me. Sweat pants, flip flops and a worn out T-shirt was going to have to do. I pulled my hair back in a ponytail (you know you need to wear your hair up if you are going to get married) and off we went to the court house just the two of us.

I thought that it would be really impersonal and non emotional. We used the secretaries there to be our witnesses. The judge was a sweetheart. She even asked for pictures of our church wedding that we had in the works. I hobbled out of the courthouse and we drove to Moby Dick on State Street for lunch. James had already promised to help his Uncle Frank to move so after a Chiropractor visit he dropped me off at home and put a bag of frozen peas on my neck to rest. Not quite exactly the romantic Cinderella story that little girls dream of for their wedding day, but It did end in a "Happily Ever After".

This was my "official" wedding dress for the day. Brides always wonder if their Groom will like their dress, I know that mine did he picked it out. :)

Our picture that we took in our driveway. Our wedding photographer was the rail on our stairs and the timer on the camera. I tease James and tell him I get all misty eyed when he wears his "Fear Me for I have the power to destroy you" T-shirt. "Oh honey that is your wedding outfit!!"

James had a beautiful Orchid delivered to me today. It was so sweet of him to remember that is one of my favorite flowers. It greeted me at the door when I got home from the gym today. I bought him the rifle that he has had his eyes on. I put it in the back of my car and told him to grab the diaper bag out of the car when I got home. He was surprised. I was excited to get him something that he wouldn't expect. I know not exactly the "normal" wedding anniversary gifts but we are not the "normal" couple and I like it that way.

I love you James and I would do it all over again. You are the love of my life and I thank God everyday that he brought a man into my life that is so loving, compasionate, understanding, honest, tender, and a wonderful father to my children. You are amazing and you still have the ability to steal my heart on a daily basis. Happy Anniversary honey!

Victoria the builder!

Today I tried out the LAC gym here in Clarksville with Marlina. We have a 2 week pass and we are so excited to take advantage of it. We took a Zumba class. It is based on Latin dancing and was right up my alley. Granted a lot more stuff giggled than I would like but I shook my stuff with the best of them in the class. I could really get into exercise if it was like that.

We met Daddy at Home Depot to help him pick out material for the finishing of the "ever in progress shower" Victoria and I discovered that Home Depot has a project for kids to do the firs Saturday of every month. This month was a bird house. Once we found out it was free it didn't take long for us to pull up a 5-gallon bucket to sit on and dig in to the project. It was really neat. They had sheets of plywood sitting on buckets to make tables for everyone to work on. Victoria got to hammer and when we got home I had her use her watercolors to paint it.

"Are you ready!!!?"

That was the phrase of the day at the Pennington 4th of July festivities. We had a ball. Great food and company. It was the first time that the family has all been together in a long time. I got to meet my new cousin Brooklyn. She is 5 months old now and adorable. It was quite a scene to see all of the babies in the family crawling around and getting acquainted. I wish my Mamaw could of seen all of them. She was missed. Victoria had a ball playing with the "big kids" and felt all grown up when she got to walk down the road to the old store to get a snack. We even enjoyed a little picking-and-a-grinning from my dad and my uncle Rick.

"Are you ready!?" is what Victoria said over and over while saying goodbye. That is how she warns people that she is coming in for a bear hug. Everyone got a kick out of it. Victoria told me as we were leaving the drive way that she wanted to come back on Tuesday. :)

Boogie Bear loved his cousin Candy!

"Cupcake? I didn't eat no cupcake."

Victoria was a hit with her new haircut. She got gum in her hair for the second time and I decided it needed to go! It looks adorable on her.

We better get there early so we can find a seat!

Today was the babies first theatre experience. The local theatre here has free movies on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Today's movie was Veggie Tales Pirates that don't do anything. I met my friend Marlina at the theatre at 8:30 (for the 9:00 show) because I was told that they fill up really really fast so in order to get a seat you need to get there in plenty of time. Let me tell you we did. We arrived at 8:45 and waited for them to open the doors. I was puzzled, there wasn't many cars in the parking lot and they had 3 screens showing the movie. Seemed like a lot of fuss for only 10 or so cars. After about 15-20 minutes of sitting in the theatre I went to check and see if the other screens had started the movie. I was then informed by another family in the theatre next to us (at 9:15) that the movie doesn't start until 10!!!!! So needless to say we found a seat without problem as you can see below.

The babies did great during the show. Anthony wiggled all over until the lights went down and the movie started, he just froze and stared with his mouth hanging open at the screen. He enjoyed shaking Marlina's box of Nerds too. Halfway through the movie he took a nap and spent the rest of the movie watching people behind him after he woke up. He did great. I was so proud!

Addison Marie wasn't too impressed she watched casually and clung for dear life to her breast cancer puppy dog. She also took a nap during the movie and became very interested in Mommy's cup of coffee that went so well with her outfit and puppy dog. She is such a slave to fashion at 10 months.





Victoria loved getting to run around the theatre for 45 minutes while we waited for the other 200,000 people to show up. That place was packed by the time the movie started. It is true what I had been told, a great movie, it's free, babies are welcome, you don't have to worry about your kids making noise during the movie (parents are outnumbered 10 to 1) because all of the kids are talking and laughing, AND YOU NEED TO GET THERE EARLY!!! but not as early as we did.:)

Some of my favorite pics from the past week

Grandma.....are you going to pick me up?

"It IS ok that I am doing this right?!?"

They took their first bath together at Grandma's house. There were more great picks but I thought it would be best to save those for the photo album.

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The next series of photos Grandma took while waiting for me to try on clothes in Meijers. I don't believe Anthony has alot of tolerance for shopping, or dressing rooms.

"Ok, not a big deal, Mom is going to try some stuff on and make sure it fits.... I'll just wait here." (Like I have an option)

"She took HOW MANY items into the dressing room?! Isn't there a limit on stuff like that?"

"Oh heck with it just wake me up when we are home!"