Aurora

You Are Aurora! (A.K.A. Sleeping Beauty.)

Thoughtful and loving. Authority figures probably have been sheltering you all of your life. Thankfully you're a very tranquil person who is content with what life has given you, but secretly you want to know how the outside world works.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

Interesting...

A Thirst for Knowledge

This was fun. This was a lot of fun. I learned a lot and realized I have a lot to learn. And I WANT to learn. I haven't wanted to learn something for a long time. This is good for me. I love it. And it's fun.

There are No Words

She touched a worm today. And thinks they're cute. No, I did NOT witness this first hand. I probably would have had a heart attack. I DEFINITELY would NOT have allowed it. Cringe, all I can do is cringe. And shiver, the icky shivers than run up your spine when you absolutely detest something. Cringe, shiver, cringe, shiver... wash her hands, tell her worms are yucky.

It Happened...

... yesterday, it happened. I've not been looking forward to this day. In fact I've been quite pleased that we've gone 2 1/2 years WITHOUT this happening. Let's face it. My world, as I know it, will never be the same. No more hiding things. No more hiding me. No more hiding her. No more out of sight, out of mind. It's all over. All because not only can Alyssa finally reach the door knob, but she can turn it. Which means she can open doors. Her door. The bathroom door. The scrapbook room door. The basement door. All of them. I'm toast.

Day Out with Thomas

Last Friday we spent the day with Thomas (the train, the tank engine, that blue train, whatever you want to call him.) The kids LOVED it and had a total blast.

First things first, tattoos of course. Mae and I got Rosie. Lys wanted nothing to do with it.

Then we found the petting "zoo" I wondered if Lys would actually get down to pet the horses. She sure did. They were just her size!Off to ride Thomas.


Four kids, three and under. Not the best for photo ops, but we didn't do too bad.

I about peed my pants laughing at this conductor. He sat right down and put the moves on my g-ma. Loved it!

There were four stations for them to go to, do some sort of activity and have their map stamped. Alyssa's favorite was the imagination station. They had different Thomas tables set up to play with, but that's not what she wanted to do. She found, in the back corner, the coloring table, which just so happened to have some Thomas stamps and paper. She scrap booked some Thomas. That's my girl!

They had a mini maze set up for the kiddos. They LOVED it. Mae would have played there all day had we let her.

By the way, these three little girlies all wear the same size clothes. Alyssa, age 2 1/2 years, Karlee 11 months, and Mae 20 months. However, pretty soon Alyssa will be able to take hand-me-downs from Karlee :)

Then there were the balloon animals. Alyssa had her choice of a kitty, elephant or a monkey that was HOLDING A BANANA (how CUTE is that!?!?!) But what did she choose?

A snake. Yup, my little princess girl wanted the snake. And I'll tell ya, she loves that thing. The first thing she did with it was chase Evan and make it eat Karlee's flower hat. She cracks me up with that imagination of hers.

Of course we had to have our picture taken with Thomas. Grandma bought all the kids their little conductor hats, bandannas and train whistles. All in all, it was a great day.

Update #2

It's been a crazy couple months, but it is definitely time for a kidney update. I have to thank everyone, again, for thinking of us, praying for us and helping us to spread the word to find Tim a kidney. It totally paid off. We've had three people go in and have blood drawn. Two were blood and tissue matches and decided to continue on through the grueling testing process. After chest x-rays, physicals, kidney tests, social workers, surgeon consultations and who knows what else, they've both been given the "ok to donate". They still have to have a CT scan, but assuming all is well there, we have 2 possible donors for Tim. What a tremendous blessing this is for our family. How grateful we are to these people for being so willing to make such a huge sacrifice on our behalf, and to their spouses and families for supporting their decision. Tim is still feeling pretty good. His next appointment is supposed to be in June, but he's had a few down days. He's going to call his doctor Tuesday and may end up going this week to have some labs run to check everything out. If everything continues to run as smoothly as it has over the last 2 months, we'll be able to get his surgery scheduled and the transplant done without having to do dialysis. Do you know how good that would be? So freakin' good!

My Glorious Day

Nothing says it better or more accurately than Cassiepalooza. Today was great, I'd like to say perfect. How did this perfect day come about? Well I'll tell you. About 4 weeks ago I was stressed to the max. So much shiz going on that was crappy, I was not happy and not in my happy place. So what did my most incredible husband do? He offered to take a Saturday off work, stay home with Alyssa and let me have a day to do what. ever. I. wanted. to. I took him up on it so flippin' fast. Well that day was today. It started out at 9:00am. Tammy and I started out shopping at Old Navy, then Roberts, then Barnes and Noble and Famous Footwear. After getting the most AMAZING deal ($5 tees at Old Navy people, 5 dollars) shopping, we headed home to do what? SCRAPBOOK!!! ALL DAY!!! WHAT COULD BE BETTER!?!?! We scrapped until about 1:30, hit up Rumbi's for lunch then we came home and scrapped some more. All the while enjoying Enchanted and Grey's Anatomy. (Mmm... McDreamy... yum!) We let our creative juices flow until 9:00 when we hit up the Taco Bell to bring a close to our fabulous marathon. So how did Tim do with Lys while I was gone all day? SO GOOD! He took her out to his parents, she had a nap and he had her in bed by the time I got home. The best part about this? HE DID THE DISHES AND PUT AWAY LAUNDRY!!!! Seriously, husband of the freaking year. I love you honey! So to finish off my perfect day, I'm going to go snuggle up to my most wonderful husband and watch a movie. Seriously, such a good day today. (Cassiepalooza was sponsored by Tim and hosted by Tammy. Alyssa is credited with most excellent behavior, which without the day may not have turned out so wonderfully)