I am going to be an auntie again!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah!!!!!!!

Ok for 3 days I have been trying to quickly find a cute "baby" pic/clip art/etc... when I finally find something I will settle for...I cannot get it into my blog....so screw it!

I am going to be an auntie again. Congratulations Matt & Kris on conceiving a baby(ies) for me! Ok I am sure you may have done it for yourselves but it's my blog & I'll tell it how I want to! Good luck on the results of your Beta tests! I can't tell you how excited I am!!!!! This is a niece/nephew from my side of the family. Since I won't be getting any more from Daddy's side I am glad my side is gettin started...still have 2 sisters too!!! I love being an auntie & Daddy loves being an uncle...you can spoil spoil spoil & send them home to let the parents worry about all the "raising" issues.

Other news: I had a blissful shopping day with my two angels yesterday. You may think this sounds facisious but NO! My children where amazing yesterday when we went out about town. We first stopped to see Daddy at work since they screwed him again so he had to finish up late Friday jobs on Saturday (with comments like "I thought you needed the work, now when it shows up you want to put it off"....hmmmmmmm if I weren't praising & raving about my children right now I could really go off). Then we headed to Hobby Lobby to check out their valentines. We cruised the store, checked out many things (lots & lots of clearance...my favorite, but alas I was good...no purchases for me) and found Gage some spiderman cards & Reece some princess cards. As we were leaving HL Gage & I found ourselves ravaged with hunger. So off to my favorite store: Target for a quick bite & more shopping. Gage was quite the charmer at HL (to all the other lady shoppers that is) and listened so well I felt confident in checking out another store. The kids shared Mac & Cheese, apple sauce & cheetos, Gage enjoyed his normal Icee and mommy had some tacos & a diet Doctor Pepper (ha ha ha...doesn't that cancel out the tacos?). I know I know...not your picture perfect lunch of health food items but we had an absolute blast. We spent nearly 2 hours roaming the isles (checking out the clearance of course...and again I was VERY good...no purchases for me). We finished at the toys with rewards for such awesome behavior. Gage picked out a pop-gun (wooden gun with cork that pops out by air pressure), Reece got some bath toys (duckies & watering can) and I also got a kite that fits into your pocket for our next visit to the park (our recent history of breezy days should not let us down). We headed home, children still in best moods with smiles galore & lots of laughs & wackiness. Reece fell asleep in the truck smiling and stayed asleep during the transfer to her bed (amazing & unusual). I let Gage skip his nap to play with me while we awaited the arrival of our friends from Wyoming. As it turns out there was plenty of time for him to nap before they arrived but we had a good time. Gage was rewarded again with a musical instrument, my old Ukaleily (like I know how to spell THAT)...lets just call it my old Uke & Gage's new guitar! We played lots of tunes (only to a mother's ear) and danced & sang. We finished the day with a great visit with our friends, excellent dinner at the Macaroni Grill, playtime before bed, then a fun game of Dominos! What a great day! It is one that will live in my memories forever, especially the bliss I enjoyed with my children ALL day long.

Well there you have it...one day of bliss can get you through weeks & weeks & months of challenges. Keep smiling! It sure feels good.