my baby...

looks like a jack o'lantern! He lost his top tooth & looks completely gorgeous! It was a busy weekend...Aunt Mooshie was away, I worked on Saturday, we visited Barry's grandparents at the hospital & it looks like Grandpop might just be coming home today...keep your fingers crossed.

My lovely in-laws had Brandon sleep over on Friday nite & then watched both kids on Saturday while Barry & I worked. Then, they had Bran Saturday nite until 10ish (while Barry & I took Kate to the Colonial Diner for pancakes, yes, we were the parents with our 3 year old in the diner at 9, the kid wanted pancakes & I wasn't in the mood to cook them!)...then they spent their nite at Underwood.

It was a long, hectic weekend...but, Stacey Maugeri had a birthday on Sunday & Brandon walked around singing to her all day...it's so nice to have them back in our lives!!!

and tomorrow...TIA LORRAINE YARBOROUGH turns 33 years old!! Happy Birthday, T!! We love you & hope your birthday is just as beautiful & sweet as you are!!!!!!!!

if you're lucky enough to be Irish...

then you're lucky enough! My Pop Dugan always said that & I'm almost certain I told you all that last St. Patty's Day...I hope the luck of the Irish is with you all today! I've had some Irish potatoes...I'm wearing my green & so are the kids...I love today!

and...today just so happens to be Dawn Crowding's 33rd birthday...so, to you my love...thank you for our perfect Friday night dates, you know how much I love a standing date. And thank you for getting to know me, for taking the time & for really listening to your heart. You honestly & sincerely are a friend I am grateful to have. You make me a better person. I love to talk with you & laugh with you & just get to know all of the things we don't know about each other. I enjoy the perspective you can give me as a person who is relatively new to my heart. You can look at things & give me your honest opinion & because you care so much, it's always exactly how you feel. I love the way you love my hubby & kids and I love that you have given me the opportunity to prove to you that first instincts can be wrong. I love that we're "NORMAL" moms...& that we, my sweet Dawn, are friends in the truest sense of the word.

Thank you for a new friendship & Happy 33rd Birthday...here's to us celebrating this first birthday of yours together...& to at LEAST 66 more for us to love! I love you, sweets!!!

what a weekend...

Went with Margie on Saturday to get our hair done...we're gorgeous! We were looking forward to a great Saturday nite...then came the howling winds...& Barry running in from the garage to tell us all to get in the basement...then the neighbor's tree fell down across the electrical wires & we were in the dark!!! The winds continued to whip & howl...until we decided to make a break for it...M went home & we ran to Mom & Dad T's house...we were safe & enjoying TV & lights...until their power went out!!!

We dejectedly went back home & had a slumber party in the basement in front of the fire place...got up on Sunday (it was a tad chilly at Club Thompson & we couldn't cook without electricity...)so we went to the diner for breakfast. Mom & Dad called to tell us their power was back...so we were excited! Went home & ours was still off...so we went to their house again...ended up sleeping there...as our power isn't on YET! & THAT has been our weekend! We're all tired & grumpy...but I'm at work!

My fridge is now completely BARE & so is the freezer...hopefully, they'll have the tree cleaned up at some point today!?! How can it possibly take 2 days to restore power??? Wish us luck! & some electricity!!!

3/7/08

Happy Birthday Andrea Lynn!!!

I've been so super busy...we had the most amazing time at the beef & beer...I have to tell you all about it! Brandon had his News Show yesterday, I have to tell you about that too!!

But...today is Red's birthday!!! Hoping today is the most perfect day ever & that you have zillions of beautiful birthdays ahead! You absolutely mean the world to me, Barry, Brandon & Katie & I can't thank you enough for 20+ years of friendship, love, laughter & memories. You are my family & I can't put in to words how much you mean to me; I honestly can't & I'm rarely at a loss for words! I have been so blessed by amazing women in my life & you're at the top of that list, my sweet girl. You have always been right by my side & I know you will be for the rest of my life.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!

If you threw a party & invited everyone you knew...you would see the biggest gift would be from me & the card attached would say...THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND!!!

(you wouldn't be able to invite your Dad, he'd show me up...LOL!)

HAVE A GORGEOUS DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!