Blessing #7

This is an easy blessing to come up with! I'm late today because of my day. it was so awful! I woke up this morning to a phone call my dad was being rushed to the hospital.
Blessing #7: My dad's life: God took care of my daddy today. we knew he was having some abnormalities with his heart. But, we didn't know how bad. when we had severe chest pains this morning, he told mom to call 911. Then, luckily, took aspirin and some nitroglycerin pills. Because of those, his pain had reduced a bit by the time they got to the hospital. To make a long story-a very long story-short, they took him to the cath lab, found that he had a 100% blockage in his LAD in the form of a clot-also known as "the widow maker"--this kills 1 out of 4 people that have it ( think this is what the dr said, i need sleep), and they usually don't know there is anything wrong. They gave him blood thinners, cleared the clot, ballooned another vessel-or something- and put in 2 stints. All of this happened, and my dad officially did not have a full blown heart attack. Amazing. Seriously. My blessing of the day, daddy is still with us, is doing good-sleeping at the hospital recovering. Thank you God for saving my daddy! So lucky-that is what the doctors said over and over.
My daddy and the grandkids last Christmas!

Blessing #6

Time for my blessing of the day:
Blessing 6: M--My daughter is awesome. I am so blessed to have her in my life! M loves to have a good time, even at the age of three, she wouldn't pass up a party! Even as a baby, she wanted to be in the middle of everything. In addition, M makes me laugh at least three times a day-I'm not just talking a giggle, I am talking a belly, out loud laugh! She is FUNNY!
So a story-this was from Monday. I should preface she is constantly eating candy from
Halloween, and tho I am not a health nut, I can't stand the kids
overloading on candy. She has a sweet tooth so just cannot control
herself.

"M you cannot have any more candy today. Did you know that on
Nov4, after every Halloween, the candy fairy comes and eats all the
candy? [side note: this does happen at our house-i throw all the candy
out-and yes I did do this-only a 20 minute fit followed when M discovered it.] "
"NoOOOOOOOOOOoooo!!!!!"
"Yes, I'm sorry, but the candy fairy is best friends with the tooth
fairy. And the tooth fairy loves to come and give you money for your
teeth when you lose them. And, your teeth need to be nice and healthy
for the tooth fairy. Candy makes your teeth yucky."
"NNNNoooo! [not quite as loud] I know Mommy. I am going to hide the
candy so the candy fairy can't eat it!" (I'm giggling at this point)
"Where would you hide it?"
"In my closet, she'd never find it there. Its too messy." (here is where I busted out laughing)

Anyway, she just so inventive. I love you M! And, of course I must show a couple of pics of her...so cute.
1 YO, her second Easter, she was trying to learn to walk!

18 months: we had just moved to Little Rock in this picture.
2YO at Disney. She loved that Mickey--even danced with it!


3 YO in Colorado this summer. Love this picture of her. She was just playing on the porch!

In addition, I also did this at Britt's Speed Scrap last night! Don't forget the one I am hosting Friday at 1 PM central!!!

Speed Scrap at SM....Blessing 5

Hey all! Just wanted to say that Britt is hosting a SS at SM tonight! 9 Central! In addition, I am holding one on Friday!

This is the participation prize!

Now, for Blessing 5. H: I don't know where to start with my son. He is just so wonderful. He amazes me every day with how smart he is! He took a math test yesterday. I asked him how he did and he looked at me like I was an idiot. He says "Mom, it was math! I am SURE I made a 100!" Too funny. He is like both of his grandfathers! He loves numbers. He always has. I could truly go on and on with how he amazes me. But, I need to hold this to a certain amount of space. I might have to throw him in again as another blessing later on! I am so thankful that God gave me my son! He looks like me. But, he is SO my husband's personality. I cannot wait to see what the future has in store for him! I love you H!
These are some of my favorite pics of him through the years!

H: 18 Months old. Hunter and I went to Barbados with Aunt Amber. We were both reading Harry Potter so he thought he should too! Too funny--he is now reading HP1 for real!
H: 2 or 3??? In Colorado, totally pouting! How cute is he!


3 YO also in Colorado. Heath, H, and I had gone camping. He loved roasting marshmallows! Heath's all time favorite picture we've takenHwas 5. How cute is this picture. He was very into being a cowboy then!

7 YO: this summer in Colorado. SO grown up, and totally a ham in front of the camera!

Introducing....Haynay's Hunnies!!! (and Blessing 4!)

Okay, where do I begin!??! What an electric day! Everyone is so excited about the election today! I cannot wait to see the results of this history making election. Which leads me to...

Blessing #4: The Right to Vote. How blessed am I to live in the United States! I thank God often that I am an American with so many rights that many do not have! Today, I want to celebrate the privilege and responsibility I have to vote as a US citizen! How exciting!!! Here are some pics I took this morning of where I voted. (heath wouldn't let me take pics while he was there, but I went back and took them...got some weird looks too. But, I needed to record this day in my own way!)



I would also like to announce my new CT--Haynay's Hunnies!!! I am so excited about this fabulous group of women! Be looking for some of their most fabulous LOs!!!


I hope everyone has a fabulous day! And, if you haven't yet....GET OUT AND VOTE!!! (yes I did yell!)

Blessing #3

Wow. What a weekend. It was full of football, although, not all good.

So its time for my next blessing. I have problems with how to prioritize things. But, today the Krewe has been on my mind. Just because I am doing a blessing on them before my kids, does not mean that are more important, just that I have already thought this morning how special they are to me!

Blessing #3: The Krewe-This is a group of girls that I worked with in NYC. We are from all over the country, but instantly became very good friends. We have been with each other for births, deaths, getting new jobs, losing jobs, moving, buying houses, and so many other things. We even have our own message board that we go to every day to talk about the issues of the day-be it in our personal lives, in the US, or in the World. I have learned so much from the ladies! They have clued me in to cultures that are different than mine, views that are different than mine, families and religion that are different than mine. I am so blessed to have a group of friends like these!

Ummm, just realized, look at all the babies! This was the period of time that we had like 5 babies within a year or two. Grant it G did have twins but still! This picture is from June 2006. We had a mini reunion while we were in NYC for Heath's med school graduation. These ladies are seriously the bomb-digity! (Oh and M-I'm holding her-had JUST busted her head open at the hotel! That was quite a tragedy! Thank God my MIL, Molly, was there to help me! I would not have known what to do exactly! and So glad her bangs covered up the bandage!)

A Blessing A Day....Blessing 2

I don't have much to talk about today. I watched football most of the day yesterday lying on the couch, I'm sick, have had this mess for 2 weeks and don't know what to do to get rid of it. Even Heath has nothing for me! Its just a virus, but still. (Oh, what a game between Texas and Texas Tech! It was one for the ages! My Bears almost pulled off an upset of Missouri. We fell short, but we played great!)

Blessing 2: My husband
I was lucky enough to meet Heath pretty early in life. We started dating when I was 18. We've been through So much together. He's so great because in general, he just wants me to be happy! He has worked hard as he's gone through med school and now residency (even as an older student with a family). I love that he has shown our children to have a dream and/or goal and GO FOR IT! I LOVE YOU HEATH! And, I'm a better person for having you in my life!

A couple of things...

I'm sportin' a new blog! Do you like? I love! i stayed up until past 2 am doing it last night-oops! I still have a few things I want to add, but this is good for now! If you are looking for my freebie...its down the post, but PLEASE read on first!!!

I have a couple of things to share with you...
1. I want to challenge everyone to participate in something I'm doing for the month of November! I am getting ready for Thanksgiving and the holidays by doing "A Blessing A Day." I am personally going to make an album from each blessing, but if you want to participate, you can do it any way you want! I have friends who are just journaling, some blogging, etc. I'm not quite ready for the page yet (the kit I want to use is not ready), but I am still going to tell everyone! (I'll show you the page when its done!)

Blessing #1: My Faith: I have been blessed through my faith. I was raised by two wonderful Christian parents who taught me that God loves me unconditionally. They taught me to love God first, others second, and myself last. I thank God that he sent his Son to die for my sins. I have truly been blessed.

2. It is National Digital Scrapping Day and SM is celebrating with a sale!! Go grab everything you want for super low prices!!!