Watching Gracen today while she stacked puzzle pieces and a flood of emotions hit me. She's growing up so quickly and sometimes it feels as if we missed a lot of milestones. Her First Walk. She just got up one day and walked. I thought we would have it on video. NO! Just up and Go! Then, Potty training. Getting her dressed for play school one morning and she said no more pull ups! You know what, She better not elope! I want to see her walk down the aisle when she gets married one day. Ok, that was a brain dump! Good night people!

Why,yes! That's the $13 stuffed animal she cried for at gymboree yesterday! Darrin said she can have whatever she wants! Oh, is that right? Ok, the doll is $13! LOL! Too late! Bought it!

It's OK to seek help and or therapy for your problems! Starting points: Pray, Write it down in your journal, Licensed Psych/Counselor, Pastor, a Willow Tree...you know,the people/things that will NEVER tell YOU what YOU want to hear! #twitterchurch

Message from: Rachel Wheeler

Hello Ladies,

This will be our last meeting this season and you won't want to miss it! We have an amazing spread of food being prepared for us and Sharon Marsh, our Children's Pastor, will be sharing! We have some extras for the kids as well!

+ Meeting Fee $3.00

+ If you have a home based business, we are looking for door prize donations, bring to the meeting with you and we will give you a shout out!

+ Register for Mops 2012/2013 now! $21.95 now thru May 31, 2012. With the early registration you will get access to mymops- which is an online Bible study during the summer. You can pay at the meeting tomorrow or register online at www.mops.org

Please remember that child care (Moppets) opens at 9:15am and we will start the meeting at 9:30am! Please bring a few dollars to your table leader to contribute towards our end of the year moppets gifts, if you haven't already. We want to show them how much we appreciate them so we can enjoy our mommy time!

NEW! We will have a share table. Do you have some baby/children items to give away or if you need something...We are going to have a table at Mops each month you can bring items to give and if you have a need you can check it out. Remember to bring items you would want to take home (not stained or ripped, please) All leftover items will be donated to a local charity.
Can't wait to see you on Wednesday!


Rachel Wheeler
MOPS Coordinator
850-380-4035

Do you think he's excited or what!?! :) He and Isabel started a Lego Club a few months ago! He asked me to make up flyers to give to his friends at school. He is his mother's son! #networking

Hello Family and Friends! The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for south central Escambia County in northwest Florida...
* until 830 PM CDT
* at 759 PM CDT... a tornado has been confirmed. The tornadic storm
was located 3 miles west of Warrington... or 7 miles southeast of
Lillian... moving northeast at 20 mph.
* Locations impacted include...
West Pensacola... Warrington... Myrtle Grove...
Goulding... Brent... Bellview...

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A tornado has been confirmed. Take cover now. For your protection
move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building.

Beads, Braids and Beyond-Photo Submission-Gracen, age 3.

Gracen, Age 3.

Hair Type:

4B (I think)-Can someone help me figure out what her hair type is?  Thank You.

Products:
African Pride-Dream Kids
Olive Miracle Line

Shampoo
Conditioner
Miracle Cream
Wide Tooth Comb
Separate and Twist

Start to finish 30-45 mins. Depending on her mood :)

This style will last for 3-5 days with daily moisturizing, sleep hair bonnet and re-twisting a few if necessary.

On day 4, I will gather the twists to make pony tails or mini puffs.  On day 5, untwist and freestyle for the day before repeating this process.

Very LOW maintenance is key.

I am still looking for an UNSCENTED lightweight moisturizer for her hair.

Any suggestions are welcome!
Hair Bow: Atasha Creations

Happy 3rd Birthday Gracen!

Happy 3rd Birthday Gracen!!!

We LOVE YOU!

Is she peeking?  LOL

The Webster Floppy Hat

I LOVE receiving presents in the mail!  Fed Ex delivered my super cute floppy hat today!  I won the hat on Twitter sponsored by USA Today Style!  Thank You again.

@targetstyle
@usatoday_style
@shopthewebster



If you're interested in purchasing this or a similar hat, check out the link here:
The Webster Floppy Hat
Target Stores, retails $19.99

Smile Baby, Smile Party! Sponsored by MAM Products

Sponsored by Mam Products!  How excited was I to receive a HUGE box of goodies to share with my family and friends this past week to celebrate Oral Health for children ages 0-3.  Their siblings were invited and we had a great time.

The products arrived a few weeks before the party to give me a chance to open, inspect and get familiar with the products.  For a list of all of their products, please click this link HERE.  There are a WIDE range of options for your family oral health care.

I was very impressed with the toothbrushes, gum massagers and more.  The moms and children had a great time at the party.

MAM Cooler

Reaches the molars

• Cool relief for the molars thanks to the unique shape of the water- filled elements
• Can be attached with a clip to baby’s clothes to keep teether clean, safe and within reach

Oral Care Rabbit

Candy Pink

Get baby accustomed to a regular teeth-cleaning routine

• Perfect for cleaning first teeth or massaging sensitive gums

• Makes reaching back areas easy

Training Brush 

For cleaning together

• Long handle for baby and parent to brush together- baby can be guided through the correct brushing motions• Round head adapts perfectly to baby’s mouth• Soft, rounded bristles clean first teeth and remove plaque and bacteria

Massaging Brush

Massages gums & cleans baby's first teeth

We had healthy snacks to share:  Carrot Sticks, Fruit Slices, Mini Turkey Sandwiches and more.  Thank You to everyone for coming out to the party to learn about Oral Health for your babies.

Each family went home with a goodie bag of Oral Care items.  They all had a great time!  Thank You again to MAM for helping us celebrate Oral Health Care.

MAM Celebrates 30 years in the USA!

For 30 years, MAM has been providing high-quality baby products to MAM Moms and Dads here in the US. From the start, Peter Röhrig’s concept was to combine outstanding design, optimal functionality and medical know-how to his line of baby products. 

Special Thanks again to Child's Play Parties for selecting me as one of their lucky hosts to have this party for my family and friends!

DJ was so excited to ride his electric scooter to the bus stop this morning. As he pulled out of the garage, I began to fully realize how much he has matured in the past months and how he takes the initiative to do a lot of things on his own without much help from us.

 While this is a great milestone to witness, there are also times when I begin to think back to when he was a baby learning to walk and talk. He's such a sweet boy growing into a young man and I am truly proud of his independent curiosity!

 Hard to believe he's in 1st grade and winding down the school year, preparing for the next academic journey!  For now, I will just stand back a little and observe the morphing process from boys to one day soon becoming a man!

 Slow DOWN DJ! You're still mommy's baby boy!

16 Types Of People In Facebook:-

1. The Lurker- Never post anything or comments on your post,but reads everything..

2. The Hyena- Doesn't ever really say anything. just LOLs and everything.

3. Mr/Ms Popular- Has 4367 friends for NO reason.

4. The Gamer- Plays Words With Friends,Mafia Wars, Bakes virtual cakes and stuff ALL DAY.

5. The Prophet- Every post makes a reference to God.

6. The Thief- Steals status updates..and will probably steals this one.

7. The Cynic- Hates their life and everything in it, as evidenced by the somber tone in ALL of their status updates.

8. The Collector- Never posts anything either, but join every group and becomes fans of the most random stuff.

9. The Promoter- Always sends event invitations to things that you ultimately delete or ignore.

10. The Liker- Never actually says anything but always click the 'like' button.

11. The Hater- Every post revolves around someone hating them.

12. The Anti-Proofreader- This person would benefit greatly from Spell Check and sometimes you feel bad for them because you don't know if they were typing fast or really can't spell.

13. Drama Queen/King- This person always post stuff like "I can't believe this!" OR "They gonna make snap today!" in the hopes that you will ask what happened, or what's wrong..but they never finish telling the story.

14.Womp Womp- This person consistently trying to be funny..but, never is.

15. The News- Always updates you on what they are doing who they are doing it with, no matter how arbitrary.

16. The Rooster- Feels that is their job to tell Facebook "Good Morning" everyday.

A very dear friend of mine told me it's a sign of disrespect and disregard to be LATE to events. What are YOUR thoughts? Are you always late, early, too early, on time? What's YOUR story? After 10 comments. I will post my thoughts.

Things I should give up in order to be happy! http://www.purposefairy.com/3308/15-things-you-should-give-up-in-order-to-be-happy/

Sent from my iPad

Topic of Loving Your Husband came up in our women's studies! Question for the Married People! What do YOU to show YOUR spouse how much you LOVE them? Feel free to inbox me. I need 10 individual responses. Thanks! Good Night.

FORGIVING AND FORGETTING.

Most people believe if you don't allow the forgiven party back into your life, you haven't truly forgiven them. MY thoughts, there's a HUGE difference between forgiving and forgetting! People confuse the differences thus finding themselves back at square one. Me, nah, I am good. Don't do THREE-peats.

Topic of Forgiveness on Twitter made me think HARD on the topic today.

Guess where purchased, how much OOP (out of pocket) and how much saved. Closest Guess wins!

I called my 2 year old daughter by her middle name and she said, "no, that's not my name." Note to self, teach your child(ren) their ENTIRE names from the jump to avoid misunderstandings. Needless to say, she knows her full name now. Hah! Kids are funny! At what age did you teach your kids their full names?

McGuire's 5-K event in an hour! Are you going? Let's GO! I am walking and pushing my daughter in the stroller. I will guarantee my husband will have finished the race, downed two drinks and two bowls of soup while I cross the finish line in under 5 hours. LOL! OK! Party people! Are you coming? Call me on the celly :). I am out!

The reason why I LOVE to giveaway things you might ask...I will always always get it back 10 fold! LOVE it. Look what came in the mail today! I won a blog contest (DSW and Walgreens card) and received yummy chap stick in the mail. It's the little things in life :). As my friend, please look aRound your house and find something to GIVE to a friend or family member and watch what happens :).

We received a card and photo from Danyelle today. We all miss her so much and can't wait to see her later on this year! Once a year isn't enough time together! Something needs to give! It's not OK living this far from my first born! If you have kids at home, cherish this moment before long, they will be grown and moved out on their own! We love and miss you Danyelle!!!!

We are all CONNECTED!

As I am going through old photos on my laptop, I came across a photo and it made say WOW!!!!  Now, what's so special about this photo you might be asking yourself.  Allow me to explain. She's a FRIEND that I have just recently connected with and looking at the photo, we "met" BEFORE we have officially met now and have become friends.

This isn't making any sense at all but, what I am trying to say is, take the time to BE NICE to people you come in contact with.  You will NEVER EVER know when or if your paths will cross and how it just might bloom into something more than just a random meeting.

Gina is a total sweetheart and just think, we "met" over a year ago and didn't realize we would become fast friends IRL (in real life)  how COOL is this?  Honestly, I have NEVER met a stranger and I can always strike up a conversation with a total stranger.  So, it doesn't surprise me that we are now friends and can laugh looking back at the photo now.

Take time to give a stranger your SMILE!  It's FREE!  Do your best to make the world a better place for YOU and for ME and for your children and for...well, you see where I am going with this!

I am NOT trying to get mushy here people.  I am merely trying to prove the FACT that we are all connected one way or another in this HUGE world, it is really quite SMALL.

So in dedication to my old and new friend Gina, HEYYYYYY how you doin'? :)

Hold Still! I am trying to brush your hair!

DJ's combing my hair, I asked why he keeps holding my forehead, he said that's what I do to him when i brush his hair! Haha! I am dying laughing. These kids are funny! It's way past their bedtimes! Great way to end the night! Love these kids!! http:/www.tanyetta.com

Good Hair

Time to wash and condition tomorrow! -Jesus take the wheel.  Reminds me of the Chris Rock documentary-Good Hair!

Having a GREAT day early in the morning!

Good Morning World! DJ woke up in a good mood.  He's growing up so FAST!

Spinach Lasagna Recipes: self.com

Spinach Lasagna Recipes: self.com

Daddy planned a fun BDO (boys day out) with DJ. Turns out, school will be in full session. Go to BDO with Daddy OR go to School. Decisions, Decisions...you know DJ voted for BDO :)

DJ scored a basket today! He was PUMPED after that! All team players were on FIRE today. Great Job! The cheerleaders were so CUTE!! *Jump in-Jump out. Introduce yourselves!* LOVE it! Upward Sports #1.

ALMOST impulsive purchase.

My almost impulsive purchase!