Our Easter

Easter 2009

This was Lila's first Easter and it was so nice. The whole weekend was sort of Easter for us. Fridays are one of Danny's days off so it all started there. We cleaned up the house as we always do on Fridays. (Yes I have a great husband.) Saturday was very busy. There was an Easter egg hunt at the church at 10:00am. I had planned to be ready 45 minutes before then even though the church is right down the road. That was the mistake I made. PLANNING. We get alot more done around here with no planning. I do better just winging it. I have promised myself not to make plans but I did and I still ended up like always, not making my own deadline. I was running WAY behind so Danny packed Johnna up and went on to the church as I finished feeding and burping the baby, changing her clothes and diaper. We finally made it to the church and the hunt was in full swing. Lots of kids there and lots of candy too-- thanks Billy Jordan and Holly Hulbert. Those two always know how to make the kids bounce off the walls. After that we went to visit an older couple from the church who have a farm. Johnna loves animals, especially horses, so this was a day in heaven for her. We had a wonderful time and rode the Kubota thingee for almost an hour. Lila fell asleep listening to the hum of the engine and feeling the wind on her. After that it was off to Katie's baby's first birthday party. Hannah Marie Dickerson was one year old on April 11th and her party was at Lum Cumbest Park. We saw some old friends and had a blast. It was wonderful spending time with the family and the weather was perfect. I am so thankful for my family and my friends. They are gifts from God and without them I would really be lost. I took some pictures ofthe girls in their Easter outfits beforehand because I knew the outfits wouldn't stay clean after Sunday. I will post a few. Well, the baby is in her Easter hat. We never made it to the clothes with Lila. She was being so sweet I decided not to make her unhappy pulling a ruffly dress over her pretty little head. But Johnna is in her Easter dress.

Holy 'Gigolos'

Haven't posted in a while, so alot to talk about. Lila Kate rolled over about a week ago. She rolled from her stomach to her back. Probably because she dislikes being on her stomach so much. She is trying to roll from her back to her stomach but hasn't quite mastered it. There's a link to the video here. http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=54638041Also, she has been pulling things to her face and opening her mouth at the same time. I am sure this is just a small glimpse of what is to come. She wants everything in her mouth I think, and when she gets the hand-mouth coordination down pat I believe we will be in big trouble. I don't remember Johnna ever putting anything in her mouth. She always wanted her paci. Lila, on the other hand, likes her fingers and is satisfied without a paci. Thus leading me to believe I am going to have to vacuum everyday and then get down with a fine toothed comb and magnifying glass after that.


Johnna is of course a hoot. She never ceases to cause severe cramping in my side from laughing so hard at her antics. I posted some video of her on myspace dancing and it is hilarious.http://http//vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=55038406 I awoke to her serenading me with the song "Holy, Holy, Holy is The Lamb" the other morning. Only her version went like this: "Holy, Holy, MOLEY,,,, Holy, Holy, MOLEY,,,, Holy, Holy, MOLEY is the Lamb." It is all so amazing to me how children hear and see things so literally. Oh life through the eyes of a child. Yesterday we were driving down Hurley-Wade Road and stopped at the stop sign before you pull out onto 614. There were like 5 buzzards pecking at a dead but still fresh raccoon. She saw this raccoon and said "We better not let him get us because he will VERY scratch us up." Another thing she said was about some Blue Bell Strawberry ice cream. Blue Bell Strawberry has huge strawberry chunks in it and she loves it. So I am sitting down watching T.V. and she comes to me and says"Mama, where are the dingle berries?" I, of course, have NO CLUE what she means. She says "The dingle berries. The red ones. I want some." After realizing she is getting no where trying to make me understand, she goes to Danny and asks him. Also, to no avail. After about three trips between the two of us wanting "Dingle berrries" she finally says, "Well, if you don't have any dingle berries just give me some gigolos." Yeah, you guessed it, I am literally on the floor laughing. She is mad b/c you DO NOT laugh at her. The only way I figure she came up with that word on her own is she made it up. Granny sent some jello home and she put it in the refrigerator. Jello jiggles. Jiggle-os. So if you kind of combine the two words you could possibly come up with 'gigolos' I guess. Maybe if you were three. . . .