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1st day of school

The summer is finally over!

Here's Ashlee & Ayanna on the first day of school.

My Sophomore Ashlee




My 4th Grader Ayanna



Here's what happens after a day at school after a whole summer off:

A Creative Weekend

The girls liked my wall decor so well they decided to each make their own. They share a room, but Ayanna's favorite color is PINK and Ashlee's favorite color is PURPLE. Luckily the colors go together so its not a huge clash. But the finally have a bigger room so they have bigger walls to decorate. Here's what they came up with:

AYANNA

ASHLEE

Styrofoam Rocks

Ok so I just moved into a new place last weekend. And I LOVE LOVE LOVE it. Its much bigger and I have my own bathroom can't beat that! The girls are still sharing a room but its much larger and they have their own bathroom.

So now I have a bigger place I have bigger blank white walls. I didn't do much in my last place because there were more windows and it didn't look quite so blank as this one does. So I have been looking online for different ideas and here's one I decided to try.

First you start out with a blank wall. I chose the one in my dining room.

Then you start out with styrofoam, glue, ribbon, dental floss (yes i said dental floss) and scrapbook paper, or whatever you're going to use as your pictures.


Then you cut your styrofoam with the dental floss (seriously). But you have to be careful you don't break it (I did .. .twice ... that's where the GLUE comes in sheesh!)


Once you have your pieces cut (or before, whatever). Layout your paper and figure out how you want it to look. It took me FOREVER to do this part, so I took a picture when I was done so I could remember how to arrange it on the wall.


Then glue the papers to your foam squares and the ribbon around the outside edges.


Then start putting it on the wall! The website I used said to use the sawtooth picture hangers but since I live in an apartment I used mounting tape. The styrofoam is so light it seems to work ok (but then again we'll see if in 3 days half my wall is on the floor and the cat has mangled it).


I didn't have a ruler or a level of anything of that magnitude to make sure this was level and center blah blah. So I noticed the outlet on the wall was in the exact middle so I just centered the center piece above that and then just stepped back in-between each piece and made sure it was pretty even.

THEIRS:

MINE:

Of course, I don't have baby poop green walls but I think it turned out pretty good! Whatcha think? Not too shabby for my first time eh?

My"Prevailing Warrior"

Prevailing Warrior is the meaning of Vinson Lewis aka "Baby Butter".

August 1, 2001 - October 1, 2001.

Tomorrow is his 7th birthday.

While the tears are few and far between, the pain will always remain.

I know that will be my very first question in heaven ... "why".

Why do all my brothers & sisters have sons and not me?

Why was I only allowed to have him for 2 months?

Why was he taken the day before my birthday?

Why did I never have a picture taken with him (I was always behind the camera).

Sometimes I even ask why wasn't I worthy to have him longer?

I know I'll never know the answer to these questions.

BUT there are things I am grateful for and they were even more magnified by reading a fellow SIDS mom's blog.

I was not the one that found him not breathing in his bed, therefore I don't have that picture in my mind. My last picture of him was when I left for work that morning and he was sleeping peacefully in his crib.

I was not the one that had to do CPR on him.

I was not the one that had to call 911

I never had a holiday with him, thus I don't "remember when" at holidays.

He had been to the doctor 3 days previously and the doctor described him as "perfect" so I know I was doing everything right as a mom.

Yup .. my previaling warrior will be 7 years old tomorrow.

Love and miss you Butter!

I am Finally tying the knot !!!!!

Ok so I did a bad bad thing. I received an email at work one day that I couldn't help but pass on. The subject read "I am finally tying the knot!!!" and here's the email:

Hey you all; my family & good friends,

Some of you already know this, and my apologies to the others for not announcing it earlier. I wanted to keep it low key until everything was planned and in place. The people on this email are the only people I would like to know. Hope you all understand!! Anyway, after much prayer and hesitation, I am tying the knot!! It was actually planned for July 14, 2009, but due to some issues here and there and the need to wrap up some of the arrangements, the date has been moved to August 3 , 2008 . So kindly keep your calendars blocked because I would love to see you there!!

I have attached the invitation which contains the itinerary of how I'll go about this important step of my life!!

Please consider this as the Formal Invitation & bless me with your presence!!

Love you all!
Amy

Here is the attachment:

HAHAHA .. Priceless! So I sent it to friends and family alike. My sister Becky knew right away it wasn't real, but she forwarded it to her husband, later that night he says "So how about that news from Amy?" She's like ummm you didn't open the attachment did you? LOL

Here are some of the other responses:

My BFF Mel-licious:
HOLY CRAP YOU SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF ME!!!

My cousin Karen Sue:
If you did this to your mom … I’ll bet you got called a little shit! Congratulations on pulling that off!

My Sister-in-law Cynthia:
THAT IS SOOOO NOT FUNNY! I was pooping in my pants while I read this. You definitely got me good with that one.

My friend Jennifer:
LOL you almost had me….jack ass!

And the best one of all -- my MOTHER:
O.K. so that was NOT funny! I was trying to figure out who knew before me and by email no less! Of course,then I was trying to figure out how I would afford to fly out, etc,etc,etc. Mom

I called her after I got the email and guess what .. Karen was right .. she called me a little shit!

Sorry to everyone I freaked out but ya gotta admit it was a good one!