Huh??

Taydem is beginning to say more and more sentences (well they are sentences to us, but mainly three word sentences!). Here are some of her new phrases.

DUM: Means "gum". Everyday I pick her up from school she says, "Momma, dum?"

MEAN and NICE: If she gets in trouble by myself or by Leven she will say, "Daddy mean." She will also say who she thinks is being nice at that moment.

BAF: Which means "bath." She loves being in the bathroom period. She knows this is the room where Momma and Taydem get pretty.

TB: Means "TV" of course. She's not that much into watching TV but if we are watching something that looks like it has monsters on the screen she won't take her eyes off. She's a scardy cat. On Saturday mornings she will come into our room and say "Momma I wanna wash Bawney."

DIS WAY: Now while driving she thinks she knows where we are going and will tell me to go "Dis way."

PAY WIF BABY: She absolutely loves her babies. She loves to comb their hair, swaddle them up in a blanket, rocking them, tell them "NO", putting them in Time Out (this is my favorite), kissing them, hugging them, pushing them in their stroller, giving them a bottle, and saying "I wuv you!" I just love how a little girl knows what to do with a baby. The motherly instinct comes out at such a young age.

Pay: Which also means "PRAY." She loves to say the prayer at dinner. But it's so funny b/c none of us can understand what she's saying. It's all mumble jumble. Everynow and then you will hear, Nana or Papa, or Bubba, I heard Dain once (my sister Danin) and of course Momma and Daddy. Cracks us up!

Her songs she loves to sing: Twinkle Twinkle, Baby Bumble Bee, Jesus Loves Me, Wheels on the Bus, ABC's, This Little Light of Mine, and I love you (Barney song).

We had our first visit with the speech therapist last week. She gave me some ideas that I can work with Taydem on myself. The next visit she will go to Tay's school and visit with her there. Hopefully we will start seeing some improvement.

CrawDaddies!

This past weekend my company had a crawfish/fish party out at Lake Cherokee. Everything was so yummy! We had chips, dips, crawfish, corn, potatoes, fried catfish, french fries, hushpuppies and desserts! And our crawfish were really HUGE! Made it all the worth while peeling and eating those suckers! We also got tons of sun! Just a few pics.....

Just a few shout outs this week!

My great, sweet, thoughtful, fun friend Alicia turns the big 29 today.

My parents are celebrating the big 37 years of MARRIAGE tomorrow! Wow! That is a really long time to be with someone. I love them so much and I'm so glad that got together 37 years ago! This is mom and dad with all their grandbabies!

And last, my crazy, beautiful, smart, PREGGO cousin Chelsea is turning the big 27 at the end of May! An oldie but goodie!

Summertime in East Texas........

is mostly spent on Lake Cherokee! My parents bought a lakehouse a few years back along with a boat! When we lived in Mexia we didn't get out on the water much simply b/c we didn't come in very often. So last summer we were actually living at the lake while we were getting our house built so we had tons of time on the lake! This year we've already been out there twice and I love every minute of it. Lake Cherokee has "The Island" where most people end up. You just drive your boat up on the bank and leave it there! They have a volleyball net, tons of sand, a playground set for the kiddos, tons of pavillions, grills, etc! We love it out there. We usually pack a cooler and we are set for the day! We really enjoying playing volleyball and the competition gets pretty stiff out there. Especially on holiday weekends like Memorial Day and the 4th of July. This weekend we will have another packed house with friends and family. We need to get the most out of the house as we can b/c the 'rents have now put it up for sale...tear. They are getting ready to build their new home at the farm in Tatum and it will just be too much of a headache keeping up with it both homes. So we are praying no one buys the house this summer (sorry mom!) Just a couple of pictures from the first time on the lake this summer. The bad thing is Taydem isn't into swimming at all this summer! She loves the boat ride, but hates the water!

Pneumonia~ Who would have ever thought?

I still can't believe Tay had pneumonia this week.

Monday night she had a really low grade fever and she wasn't acting like her crazy happy self, but I assumed she would be better in the morning. And so she was. She went on to school Tuesday morning, but I told her teachers to call me if she starts feeling bad. Sure enough about 3:00 they called and said she hadn't left their laps since lunch time. Awh...poor baby didn't feel good at all. She went to bed pretty early that night and about 11:00 she comes in our room ON FIRE! She was so hot. Her temperature was at 104. We put her in a warm bath, gave her tylenol (well a generic brand), put a rag on her forehead and she still never got under 103. The last time I took her temperature was at 7:00 that Wednesday morning and it was still at 103!!. Got her to the doctor about 9 and he said it wasn't her ears this time. He wanted to do a chest x-ray b/c there was a lot of congestion plus she still had a high temperature. X-rays came back showing she had pneumonia! Who would had ever thought that? He said it wasn't real real bad and wanted to keep her out of the hospital if he could. They gave her shot and put her on an antibiotic. Once we got home she slept ALL day! And she was so weak. I had never seen her this sick before. We stayed home yesterday as well and by last night she was starting to come around. This morning, OMG, she was wild as ever! I knew she was back to her crazy happy self! Thanks Dr. Hudson! Now if we can just get rid of that cough!

A star in the making...........

And his name is Trever B! Trever had his last choir performance this past weekend. He got so into his dancing that he didn't sing half the time! He did a really good job and I'm super proud of him. I recorded some of the songs and I was cracking up the whole time b/c he was so into the dance moves. Check out this one video clip! The kid will do anything.........WTG Trever!

Spelling Bee....

Don't get me wrong....I'm not trying to knock Mexia or anything. But this sign was on the corner of a street in Mexia last weekend. I made Leven turn around b/c I wanted to see if I really saw the spelling. Cracks me up. We were always told to spell it like it sounds......hahah!