Hello December!

It's snowing! In Georgia! In December!

Happy Thanksgiving

Four Wheeler Fun

Today Grant got to try his new free four wheeler out in the pasture. Not bad considering it had two flat tires. It's best with the sound on:

It's Party Time!

Wow! My blog is in desperate of an update, huh? I will try to ammend my slacker ways. What have I missed? Well...

October 12th, Grant turned 8! He is getting so tall it's unbelievable. I mean, obviously I knew he'd be taller than me, I guess I just didn't realize he would be taller than me before he got out of Elementary school. If he keeps growing like he has been, he'll be towering over me by the time he hits the 4th grade. Yes I'm aware I'm a shortie, no need to remind me. But anyway, back to the birthday party, it was hosted by Zoo to You. Grant picked the reptile theme. There were snakes, frogs, turtles, a kimono dragon, and a giant albino Burmese Python (my personal favorite). A big shout out to "Michael-ra" for the photos. I forgot my camera. Who else thinks the frog looks like a dog's squeaky toy?

SIDS Awareness Month

I know I try to keep my blog lighthearted, but I would like to talk about something very important to me. Most everyone nowadays knows that October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, but what many people don't know is that Ocbober is also SIDS Awareness month. SIDS, or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, kills more babies than cancer, heart disease, pneumonia, child abuse, AIDS, cystic fibrosis and muscular dystrophy combined.

Although there is no ironclad medical explanation for SIDS, studies are being conducted to determine the cause, as well as learn how to prevent it. If you are a parent, plan to become one, or just have a little one in your life you care about, please consider donating at FirstCandle.org.

My family lost my twin sister, Ansley Catherine, to SIDS in October of 1980.

So please, educate yourself on SIDS, its warning signs, and possible causes. Here are a few helpful and informative links:

SIDS Alliance
SIDS Facts

They Say Owners Can Resemble Their Dogs...

But if you ever catch me doing THIS, please smack me in the head and cover me with a blanket.

Random Shower Pics

And this would be my brother Baker wearing the "Who Flung Poo" shirt with his finger in the punch bowl:

If You Want Pics of Parties and Strippers, You Are in the Wrong Place!

Well the big day has come to an end, and I made it relatively unscathed. Burned myself with some wax while grooming the caterpillars I call eyebrows, left the house way too late for my day of errands, got stuck in traffic for a LONG time on 129, but got all of my errands in, spent the afternoon with my Grandmother, had lunch with a pal and dinner with the fam. After being inspired by a blogger buddy, I decide to take lots of random pics of my day. It was mostly in hopes that I would actually remember what I did today, instead of like in years past where I forget after a little while. I am not a fan of birthdays, mostly my own, but today I can't complain too much. Not much excitement, not a huge party, but that's the way I like it! Here are a few pics, I will get more transferred/uploaded tomorrow. Gentry took over my photography duties after she arrived at dinner, but apparently she deleted a lot of what she took, because I was left with very few. But it's all good, I did get a couple of good ones.

Here's Gidget after I told her to "stay" and she realized she wasn't going:

This is where I had planned to spend most of my afternoon. The DDS as it's now known. (used to be the DMV):
Afternoon with Grandmother Hulsey and Josie:

Met John for lunch at some point but didn't take pictures. Sorry John!

Came home and was greeted by the bro and the nephew, who were ready for birthday dinner, right after "DAAAAAAD, just ONE more lap on the go cart. Just one more...":

Followed by dinner in the big crazy wild party town of Cleveland. I believe my pictures depict how wild and crazy it got.

Gentry wearing her glasses:
Chad wearing Gentry's glasses and making a goofy face (imagine that):
Me wearing Gentry's glasses (I warned you it got wild):
The kids hiding in the back of Chad's truck hoping to hitch a ride to the Dairy Queen:
I will add more tomorrow, if I'm not too exhausted from the festivities. I mean, c'mon, it was nearly 9:00 when we left Dairy Queen and I'm no longer a spring chicken you know.