Katie's First Snow

This picture was taken on Friday, March 7, 2008. Can you believe snow in March...in TEXAS??? It was a beautiful site to see that didn't last long at all. Katie was with me that day and as she awoke that morning I wrapped her up and took her to the front porch were we stood for several minutes as she watched her first snow flakes fall. Her eyes were as big as saucers and she talked as if to asked what it was.



The flakes were just huge and looking from our front porch over into the pasture across our road was just a beautiful sight to see.








This week has been a challenge for me! I have had issues with my health and will be making contact with my Pain Management Doctor this morning. The pain increased over the weekend and I stayed in bed and took pain medication all weekend long. It was a long weekend for me.

My feet, more so my right, has been swelling to the point that I can not bend my toes and I feel that my leg as well is swollen. I am not able to place any pressure on my right leg without pain shooting through me. I have extreme pain in my right hip and can feel the pain going into my spine where I have the herniated disc. It has been really uncomfortable for me. I have asked for help from my friend Sandra and she came over Sunday afternoon and will be staying with me a few days until I can get everything under control. I don't feel comfortable staying alone due to the fear of falling.

I am scheduled for March 27th for another injection for my back and then a follow up on the 14th of April to discuss going in and burning the nerve endings to help control the pain. Several people that I have talked with have not had any luck with this procedure, so I don't have much hope with this anymore. I don't want to have surgery, but over the last week I am able to feel the herniated disc in my back through my skin. I don't think that's a good thing. I think the disc has progressed with the disease and will have to be replaced but I don't know that for sure.

I do have some good news though! About 1 month ago I was back in touch with a brother, David Day, that I lost touch with after my Dad died. And this past week, Danny Day, was in touch with me by email. David still lives in Louisiana and Danny and his family live in Burelson, Texas. Like I said, I haven't seen them since Daddy died January 1997, so it's been a long time. I was really excited about receiving the email from Danny and reconnecting with them. We are hoping to be able to visit face to face soon.

I guess that's really all for this past week. Nothing new to report other than my pain! OUCH!

The picture of Katie is on the day we loaded up and went to the Longview Mall. She slept the entire time we were in the mall and I told her she was going to have to do better if we were going to spend Papaw's money! ha! We had fun and it was great to get out of the house.
We love you all!!!

Our Week......At A Glance!!!

Hey Guys!! Well, another week has come and gone and what a week it has been. I look back and wonder where the time went and what the heck did I do with it. Ha!!

I first want to thank Jody, Janell, Addison & Alex for allowing us to borrow their "saucer" for Ms.
Katie. She just loves sitting in it playing and making all the things move and just the other day we were alone in the house and I heard her make the cow go Moo!! I just laughed!! We started her out by putting a phone book at the bottom so she could her feet could reach the floor but now she doesn't have to have the phone book any longer. She touches the floor and she moves in circles and just has a ball!! Thanks again guys!!



Katie is growing and growing FAST!!! She is well over 30 inches now and February 20th she was 3 months old. The way she has developed and grown it seems as if she should be older than she is now.

I enjoy each precious day that I have with her and the house seems so empty when her Mom takes her home that I really don't know what to do.

Since Katie has been here, my house doesn't stay clean like it use to and the laundry isn't caught up like it use to be, but all that doesn't seem to matter to me anymore. Somedays I do get frustrated that the house isn't clean but when I am sitting with her playing all of that just seems to vanish and nothing else really matters to me any longer except watching her grow and seeing those beautiful smiles that she has for me each day.

She also loves to sit in her saucer and watch TV!! I know what you are thinking! TV is a babysitter, but it doesn't matter what is on she just loves looking at it and watching all the movement and the Einstein CD's well...those just speak for themselves.

She watches her Einstein CD's and will talk and coo as if she is talking with them. It's just a very precious moment that I share with this precious gift from God!!



What can be said about this picture?? Well, this was Katie's first taste of Bananas! She just had the best time of her life...or should I say WE had the best time of OUR lives!!! She loves bananas and is becoming very use to seeing that spoon come to her mouth. Which being in this famiy, that's one of the first requirements! ha! Last night we tried Sweet Potatoes and that was a treat to her! She loved them too!!!

This is Ms. Katie and my sister Pam at Katies first attendance at a birthday party for our Neice Laney. As you can see she is all decked out in pink, sporting a pink head band and shoes. Pam and her husband Doyle helped me out a lot when my kids were small and they just adore their Aunt Pam and Uncle Doyle.

Uncle Doyle was telling me not long ago that when Jennifer was small and they had her they would be going out to eat. Jennifer was in the back in her car seat and Uncle Doyle would turn around really fast and make a funny face and noise and Jennifer would just cry!!! As soon as she would calm down he would do it again! Regardless of what he's done, they still love him! ha!!! I am thankful for them both and all the help I received from them when my kids were small. Now Pam, she can handle a lot of things like dirty diapers, but you start to potty train them and they have an accident while in her care she will clean it up but she is gagging all the time hollaring for Doyle to come help. (Doyle would be in the next room laughing at Pam and not moving an inch to help her! Just enjoying the moments!!)

This is Katie and her Nana!! Janice has helped me with Katie before while I was in Houston and Jennifer needed someone to watch her while she was at work. I know that Janice is going to have a very positive impact on Katie's life and what a blessing that will be. Janice is a very strong Christian woman and I admire her for all the things she has done in her life. She is always giving and never asking or expecting anything in return for it. She is very loving and caring about mankind. I just know that her and Ms. Katie have many many more days to spend together and bond like great-grandmas and great-grandkids do! I look forward to sharing many stories about these two in the days, months and years to come!!

The is our Neice Laney! She turned 8 years old. It's hard to believe. She is the daughter of my brother Ronnie and his wife Shawn. Laney is the youngest of their two children, Lathan being the oldest at 14. She is just a doll!! She is the center of attention wherever she goes and has a smile that will just light up the darkest of rooms. I don't see as much of her as I would like, but that's my own fault. Time goes by so fast and they grow up before you know it. I love them all so very much and Laney is just the cat's meow of the family!! She is very smart and both of their children are active in everything they can possibly be active in. They are a wonderful Christian family that I am blessed and foruntate to call my own!




What else would Laney have but a Princess Birthday Cake? It fits her perfect!! She is ALL GIRL!!! She loves the nail polish and girly stuff with hair ribbons and bows. She is the princess that was a gift from God that he saw fit to give to this family. We are all truly blessed by this wonderful child.

Laney blowing out her candles! She read EVERY card she received and thanked EVERYONE at the party for her gift and for coming. What a little lady!!! And WHO is this little man beside her?? Is this her boyfriend?? AT 8?? That was precious to see them interact together...they do grow up fast!!!

Well, that was our week! I hope you enjoy the blog and will keep coming back.