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Celebrity Look A Like...not really

I stole this off of Hollee's blog, but saw it earlier on Kelly and Wade's. Please make your own...I can't wait to see yours!

Sorry it doesn't all fit. The ones you are missing are: Kelly Clarkson, Barbara Bel Geddes, and Alicia Silverstone. I don't feel like messing with all the htmlmumbojumbo!

BIG DAY!

Yesterday when I went in to get sister...this is what I found! She was sitting up! Time to lower the mattress. She is getting SO big. 

2 in one day...

I was blogging tonight (SO EXCITING ON A FRIDAY NIGHT) when I came across one of my favorites...and it really struck me. Please visit and say a prayer for this family. I can't image how this family deals with this. www.holymama.typepad.com

Summer Fun

Parker loves his popsicles. I love this picture due to the intense look on his face. Here is one of Emaline's 7 month picture. I can't believe she is so OLD! She is really rocking like she wants to crawl. But don't let the fact she can't crawl mean she doesn't travel, because she does. She can really move it by a couple of different means. One is by sitting straight up and rocking inch by inch until she reaches her point of destination. She also spins on her bottom, and she loves to climb. The outfit she is wearing was purchased before I knew Parker was a boy. I couldn't pass up this cutie pie outfit on clearance. I found it in her closet the other day and realized it is 12 months, so she better wear it now because next summer it will be out of the question since she filled it out nicely at 7 months!
Aren't I glad I stripped him down? He wanted to switch popsicles this time and take my fudge bar. HUMMM. Will think twice next time. We looked so WT on the front porch eating our icecream and him in a diaper. I am sure I looked double WT since Parker had given me a pretend haircut hours earlier and had brushed my hair and styled it so nicely. La La had been here and given us haircuts, so he was trying out what he had learned.
Isn't blogging so much fun? I have had comments from friends I haven't seen in years! Thanks for stopping by and I look forward to keeping up with everyone! 

13 of SOME of the Greatest Memories I have:
*In no particular order*

1. The day Stacey Pearson proposed! In the rain, at the place we would be married..
2. Our Wedding Day
3. The birth of Parker Gregg
4. The birth of Emaline Cagle
5. The day I gave my life to the Lord~ my sister was with me, and my dad baptized us right after each other. My grandmother was there...along with others of course, but I can vividly see her.
6. Being with my Grandfather in his last few moments...and days before praying over him and witnessing miracles... He died in 1999, a few months after I graduated from college.
7. Sharing a room with my Nanny. Now at the time, this wasn't the greatest memory, I was in middle school and she had Alzheimers(sp?)...but I can still smell her pillow if I try hard enough. She died when I was a freshman in college.
8. Having my other Nanny(Nanny Betty) tell me that my prayer (in public) was beautiful. If you know me, you know that public prayer for me is difficult, and with short notice I shot a prayer up asking for boldness and the words to say, and it was granted. She passed away last year.
9. Sherman, Texas, 1993 North Lamar vs. Paris High for the trip to state. Holding hands with my teammates on the floor, looking up into the FULL stands singing our school song after our victory. A chill I still receive.
10. Cousin Christmas as a child. Every Christmas, all of us cousins would meet at our house and Santa would visit. A tradition I would LOVE to start up again. Hint..Hint...GS!
11. Getting my first teaching job. Brentfield Elementary. I was hired late in the year and the interview process was incredible and so overwhelming. I had a gifted principal who was written up in Texas Monthly at the time. SO cool.
12. Buying our first house, Arlington, Texas. We were so proud of our improvements. It was an older home, and we pulled up carpet to reveal the hardwoods, painted all walls, added closets, put in a double oven, a flat cook top, and I can't forget our new air conditioning unit!
13. Having my babies smile at me. Such a warmth...

There may need to be a part 2. I can think of so many more things I want to share.

MY YELLOW BEESE!

When Parker woke up from his nap, I quickly put him on the potty so that he could go SHHEWWEE and we could really get this potty training thing going. He quickly told me to GO AWAY, like always, the boy needs his privacy. I jumped on the computer and blogged the below entry when I heard Parker yelling, MY YELLOW BEESE! BEESE: a pacifier, either green or yellow. I ran to the bathroom to see Parker still sitting on the toilet looking down into the water holding 2 green beeses (plural form of BEESE) . I asked him if the YELLOW BEESE was in the water with the shhewee, and he confimed. So, we thought about what to do next. We agreed that I would need to go in after it. No other choice.Daddy wouldn't like to hear that I flushed it. It would probably cause some major plumbing issues. I also thought that maybe this would be the end to the BEESE era, but that didn't look good since he was holding 2 others. I even came up with a story, but he wasn't buying it. So in my hand went, and straight to the trash the BEESE went. I quickly began to scrub my hand and arm like I was going to perform brain surgery or something, then I looked over at Parker.

The funeral for the BEESE didn't go so well. And the fact that I was documenting every part of the saga wasn't helping. Please don't hate me Parker, but I just had to share this story. 

I love Women of Faith and am SO excited it is just around the corner. I found these quotes on their website, and will be sharing them with you. Patsy is my absolute favorite. The muscles in my face hurt after she speaks, and my heart renewed after the two days at the Arena in Downtown Dallas, ADD for those of you ESPN listeners.

You know what???

This is Parker's new saying..You know what?? It makes me laugh every time. He also says, Mom, let me tell you something. So cute. The not so cute one is, I will in a minute! HUMMM. Wonder where he heard that? Me of course. I am learning to watch VERY carefully what I say aloud!
Tonight we got to eat dinner with an old friend and his new wife! Good ole Jeff Pugh. I haven't seen him in 5 years! He looks the same, and his wife is so cute. His sister joined us, along with one of Jeff's friends named Jeff. We went to Joe T. Garcias. It was good, but this was the 3rd night in a row for fajitas! Thursday, we ate at a friends house and had AWESOME fajitas, thanks LL! Then Friday night we celebrated MIL's birthday at La Hacienda.

Today we went to get Parker's new back packand lunch box for preschool. He refers to it as a lunch basket.
Thank you God for the rain today. Please send more.

13 things I need to do

1. I need to mop my kitchen floor. It is gross. Really gross.

2. I need to send out pictures of the kids to family who don't "computer."

3. I need to pay some bills.

4. I need to finish the laundry.

5. I need to fill out my Passport application :)

6. I need to make Parker a cover for a nap mat.

7. I need to finish MIL's birthday present.

8. I need to call MIL to wish her happy birthday. Must wait until kids wake up, they will make it more special

9. I need to wash bottles.

10. I need to watch Treasure Hunters from Monday and see who got knocked off. Maybe I will just check the internet.

11. I need to take a nap.

12. I need to iron. Sorry KF, but I actually like to iron.

13. I need to tell you who my ANGEL is : Steve Pence He received his jumper cables last night, plus dinner. Thank you Steve!

On another note, Parker started stuttering today. Just crazy. Very noticeable. Help!

Angel to remain nameless...for now.

Ask me how my day was, and I may just slap you. It really wasn't that bad, but give me a few more hours to cool down. So it went...

I tutored today, and my grandmother kept the kids. We ate lunch when I got home and then we went to Sam's Wholesale to do some shopping. It was good to spend time with my grandmother. She is always a hoot. We shop and shop, check out and get drinks before heading to the parking lot. With kids in tow, we walk out in the 100 degree weather to the car. I push ahead to start the car to get the car cooled off before the kids got in. I jumped in the car...only for the car NOT to start. Again...Again...Again. Nope. No car. I pull out the trusty cell phone and call Stacey, HELP! I am in Grapevine, and he is in Arlington.

Just when I look over and see an Angel. I see a man from church unloading his loot into his truck with his 3 grandkids. I tell Stacey that I see him and will call him back after I talk to him. He comes over to inspect the car. First of all, I really am no dummy, except I have never HAD to look for my hood release lever before, have you? My Angel found it though. He said it looked like the battery may need a jump. He walked over to the automotive department at Sam's, only guess what, the automotive department doesn't have jumper cables! SERIOUSLY! This nice man said he lived close and would run home and get his cables and would come back. GREAT! I called Stacey and told him to stay put. We would walk back into Sam's and wait for him to come back. I unload all our groceries into my car and head the kids and my grandmother into the air conditioning.

Then it hit me. What if someone parks next to me and he isn't able to park close enough to jump my car off. So, I went to stand guard. I opened the car doors and stood there ready to ask anyone who parked next to me to please move. A little bit later, here comes my grandmother with the baby, a very unhappy baby. Parker wanted to be with me, so he was already outside in heat, I know, but I just didn't want to leave both kids inside with my grandmother. That wasn't very fair to her. So now, all four of us are in the dead car. My Angel showed back up and started working. My grandmother and kids sat in his truck with his grandchildren while the men worked. I say men, because a complete stranger appeared and began to measure things and clean things and do things. After an hour or so, I called Stacey and asked him to start heading our way. Things didn't look so good for us. The kids were napless and beginning to get extremely cranky, and Emaline needed to eat... and of course I didn't have a bottle, because who would have thought we would have been at Sam's for 4.5 hours! Yes, 4.5 hours.

Those poor men. The man I didn't know...he came over and asked me if by chance I had another pair of cables in my car (I quickly thought to myself, if I did, I didn't know it,and if I did, they would be under a stroller and a mountain of groceries, some needing to be frozen, and I wasn't sure I was going to remove all that to look) I told him no, but I knew there was a first aid kit, and he laughed and told me that we may need it before it was over. That put a smile on my sunburned face. Yes, I said sunburned. My feet are sunburned...and face and arms are sunburned. While I was standing guard I was obviously roasting. The men worked some more.

The man I didn't know, he came and asked me (by this time I was in the airconditioned car too holding a screaming baby) if there was anything else I needed, that he was real sorry and thought that my battery just needed to charge since they cleaned it( his diagnosis was that my battery had some corrosion and wasn't able to charge by itself, so he cleaned it for me :) and rehooked everything). I thanked him over and over and he disappeared into the hot sun.

My other angel was still at work. Cranking the car, checking wires, adjusting things. Then Stacey drove up. He grabbed his cables and what do you know....POWER! My angel needs a new pair of cables. So, that is what I am getting him for helping me, new jumper cables!

We are home now. Tired and beat down. Kids are now asleep. I am getting in the shower because I am soaked in yuck! I think we will go out to eat tonight, better yet, we will order pizza and eat dinner in pajamas. I will not reveal my Angel's name until I award him with jumper cables. If you figure it out, just keep it to yourself. I will continue to call him my Angel, even though his cables didn't work, because I believe he is the reason I was able to remain calm. Knowing someone who was taking care of me and the kids and my grandmother took so much off of me. I am not sure I would have shoved my kids into a strangers car! God took care of us, he knew that I needed someone I knew.

You may all be thinking...you should have blank blank blank... But at the time I was just thankful. I was thankful that my grandmother was there to help with the kids, I was thankful that my Angel was there buying groceries too, and I am thankful for Stacey who is going to have my car checked tomorrow. Thanks babe!

To add to this story...when we finally got home, my grandmother jumped into her car to head to Denton after one of her friends had called to check on her because she hadn't been home all day, only to leave her purse in my car. So, Stacey had now jumped into his truck and is now headed to Denton. Rough day. I hope tomorrow is better, maybe a little less drama.

Fort Worth Cats and a little Paris

This weekend we got to go to Paris for a cousin wedding. Not that my cousins married each other, but one of my cousins got married. It was a beautiful wedding. I took my camera to Paris, but I thought I had left my card thing at home, so I didn't get any pictures in Paris. Yuck. One of my kodak moments was when Uncle Wyatt was reading to Parker, a great memory I will always have. Parker isn't around Uncle Wyatt too often because he lives in Paris, so he often acts real shy around him. It was pretty neat to see him sitting close to my brother as they read. We drove home today stopping in Anna to check in on Uncle Ed, Stacey's uncle who has been in ICU this week and had a pace maker put in on Friday. He is doing great and it was good to see cousins. Tonight a group of friends went to a Fort Worth Cats game. SO MUCH FUN. I am not a baseball fan, and don't worry, my husband knows this about me, but what a great time we had, even if my son spilled 3/4's of his Sprite into my diaper bag. It is currently in the wash. THe kids had plenty of room to run around, and the tickets were only $4 a piece. A special thanks to KP who brought the light up necklaces for the kids, they were a huge hit! We left in the 5th inning I think. I don't even know. Is that bad? It was Emaline's first baseball game, and she loved the music and clapping.
I like this picture because it holds some history. Houston and Parker were talking and playing together and their daddy's used to play ball together from a very young age, around 8 years old. They didn't really play together, but against each other. Don't they look like they are in deep conversation?
My little one also decided to cut another tooth. If you are counting..that is now 4! 

My son.

I have taught him well. Who needs a clock to tell us when to go nap? In the middle of the day I found my boy in bed with books. The problem...it was my bed. Where shall I nap today?

I have also taught my son how to use my camera. I am beginning to think this isn't such a good thing. He likes to take pictures of the ground. So while I was helping him raise the camera...these were the shots he got. I think he shall charge by the hour.

Thirteen Things You may NOT know about ME

1. I have a freckle on the bottom of my foot.
2. I have a freckle on my eye!
3. I have never broken a bone, other than my toe.
4. I have been ejected from a basketball game.
5. I knew I was going to marry Stacey on our first date!
6. I don't like to be cold.
7. I LOVE Hostess Chocolate Cupcakes with the cream in the middle.
8. My dream car is a Land Rover.
9. I like to dance, but really have no rhythm.
10. I kiss my babies ears.
11. I haven't had a driving ticket in over 12 years. (I know I will get one tomorrow just for typing that!)
12. I cry often when hearing beautiful singing in church or WOF Conferences.
13. I don't like Lemon or Coffee anything! If you put enough sugar in Lemonade I can drink it, I like to make my own so that I can dope it up. I hate when I bite into a Lemon bar thinking it is a Chess bar. I have learned to smell it first.

So there are 13 things you probably didn't know about me. I kept thinking of more, but some weren't appropriate for the internet! ;) DON"T THINK THAT! I was joking. Maybe I will need to have a part 2 for next week.

Catch up picture time!

I realized tonight that I had many pictures on my camera that I wanted to share. Here are a couple.

Emaline and her friend Carter. He is already trying to make a move! Watch out!

















Great friends!















Bath time is so much fun now that sister can sit up in her bath seat. Lots of splashing. And yes, that is a pool floatie in the back ground. Parker likes to pretend he swims in the bathtub.












Ethan and Parker in their "castle." Matthew was there too, but wasn't involved in this shot.















Doesn't she look Fabulous! SO happy. Aunt La La brought this outfit back for her from a trip. I usually put a head ornament on her when she wears blue, but it had disappeared by the time I got the camera out!

Thirteen Things I have done since Stacey has been in Colorado.

1. I left my 12 pack of Cokes in the cart at Target. Okay this actually happened before he left, but notable.

2. Got to snuggle with my #2 guy while watching a superhero movie. He normally isn't much of a snuggler, but tonight I soaked it all in. Maybe it was the drugs. Check out number 6.
3. Tried to explain to a very special person that it isn't right for you to wash off someone else's sidewalk chalk design just because you were tired of looking at it on THEIR driveway.
4. I tried to wash off our Crayola SideWalk paint from Saturday, it ain't coming off. It is stained. We will be borrowing a power washer because I actually made a 13 for a post with the paint and now it seems to be permanantly on my drive way. Oops. Sorry honey.
5. Went swimming.
6. Applied sunscreen horribly! If you know me, this happens a lot. I ALWAYS screw this part of swimming up. I have been known to leave an entire hand print on my back...funny how that happens. Today Parker was the person in subject...sorry man. Your arms look awful with those red stripes on them. You can see my fingers on the back of his arm though. I gave him some medicine to hopefully take some of the pain away.
7. I, being the coordinated person that I am, seemed to launch myself backward from a floatie into the air with arms and legs aswingin (a swinging). Let me walk you through this one. A sweet friend had this cute hot pink intertube thing. I pranced my self right down to the 3 foot drop off so that I could leap into the air and sweep the hot pink tube under me and float around like a cool mom. Only the float had a different idea. It seems my bottom is too large to fit into the hole, so instead of letting me rest in the floatie, it lauched me upside down and backwards only to be tossed around like a ragdoll. It must have been quite a sight due to the reaction I received when I came up from air and to take my bow. If a complete stranger can laugh out loud, it must have been funny. Don't worry, I was okay.
8. I went to eat dinner down the street with friends. So fun. Always a blast at your house.
9. Let Emaline take her first ride in the wagon. She did great.
10. Got caught up on Treasure Hunters and Project Runway.
11. Made a disaster of the house. Usually I clean. Not this time. I hope to get it cleaned up in a few hours before Stace gets home.
12. Cleaned strawberry milk shake from my beige carpet. You see. Parker didn't know that only mommy can push the straw up and down to help defrost the froze milk shake. (It may not help at all to push the straw up and down, but it made me feel like I was helping). You can probably see where this is going. He punched the entire bottom out of his cup, not just a hole, but the whole thing. And not just one stain, multiple ones as he brought it to me.
13. Didn't answer the door when someone knocked last night. It could have beens someone real nice bringing me sweet tea, but I don't think so. I hung out in the back until I thought they were gone. Admit it, you all have done this.

Love you, miss you, see you Stace! Next time I get to go! Really!

Don't ask why the cow, just liked it. Have a great Thursday Thirteen!

and some steak and potatoes please...

Emaline has been a little cranky lately. My first thought was OH NO not another infection. At Emaline's 6 month check up I asked the doctor about it...no teeth she said (other than the 2 she already has). The check up went on. 20 lbs and above the 97%tile in head (duh) and length as well. I have a big girl. At the zoo yesterday I had a family stop and ask how old she was...6 months I said with a grin, with the pregnant lady only to drop hers and add, oh, she is big! I am glad sweet girl doesn't really know what that means. She is too young to join Curves. Doctor also told me I wasn't feeding her enough solids. Okay. I upped her intake of solids. We switched from rice to oatmeal (to hopefully solve some constipation issues she has had since I weaned the girl). Crankiness has continued. Yesterday at the zoo and at softball games she was not her typical self, although it is becoming pretty routine for her, it isn't her best side. Then I saw it. Tooth number 3! On the bottom. She is starting the Tooth per Month Club if anyone wants to enlist.

I tried to attach a picture...but blogger must be a vegetarian!

Can I have a sucker?

We have been working with Parker on potty training for quite some time now. I haven't been too serious, I didn't want to be the Potty Nazi, but today I thought I should get a little more serious. This past week Parker interrupted lunch to let me know he needed to go Shew wee, YIPPPEEE. Off we went to the potty and let me tell you...he really needed to go. To reward him he got a sucker and got to wear his super hero underwear. About 10 minutes later I was rocking sister and Parker walked over to the chair so I picked him up ~only to find out the the super heros were wet. I asked him if he went poo poo (our term for #1), and he said yes, in mommy's room. Great. I went to mommy's room and asked him where the accident happened...he showed me the spot. We talked about those super heros and now they had to go away for a while. He got so sad. I thought he was really getting this. He will usually go when we put him on the potty, but he just doesn't tell us when he needs to go poo poo. Today when I was at Target along with this side of America (WHY?) I bought some great incentives. I got super duper glittery pipe cleaners, an alphabet puzzle from the dollar spot, some new crayons, and some new colored pencils. I thought this would do it. I showed them to him and explained that they were his gift when he went shewwee in the potty. All afternoon he wanted to go get his new toys. Sorry dude. Tonight after bath time he went right in there and gave us a shewwee. YIPPEEE! He picked some of the pipe cleaners. We taught him how to twist and turn and make a circle, even to transfer himself into a bug. He played with them all of about 2 seconds and asked for a sucker. Maybe I can use all his new toys to make a sucker!

Do you like it?

The new template....I have never been pleased with the ones that blogger provides, and then I clicked on someone's comment on another blog and her background was so cool. I clicked on a button on her page and it took me to free templates. I thought this one was fun to finish out summer with. Enjoy the flowers! Just don't try to smell them, you might hurt your nose!

13 TV shows I admit to have watched or watching!

11. Dukes of Hazzard
12. Regis and Kelly
13. ER

I got tired of posting pictures okay! First I had to find them...then I had to save them...then I had to upload them. So here they are. My 13. The picture with all the people in it is the cast from Project Runway. Love that show. It was great last night. Blossom...do you remember Blossom!? We used to have a family night of sorts with all boyfriends and girlfriend at my house and watch Blossom and Fresh Prince when I was in High School. Too funny. I love the southernness of Paula Deen and I like to watch Rachel Ray. I haven't cooked anything of hers though. And Treasure Hunters...although I don't know the kid, the blonde on the right is from Paris! My hometown. When I was home for Memorial Day, he was written up in the town paper. So cool. And don't get me started on Santa Barbara. My mom used to tape it during the day and we would all sit down and watch it together at night. I love Ed as I know I have stated many times before. ER when Clooney was on and Dr. Greene, and Benton. Those were the days. I never wanted to be Daisey Duke. I always wanted to be able to drive the car and slide across the hood and jump through the window. That is what you get when you have an older brother. Watch out Emaline!