my check list

Plant Flowers- check
Paint rocking chair- check


Spring/Summer is finally here to stay! I have been doing alot of outside work lately. I planted my first thing of flowers this morning :) I was so excited when I went to pick some out at Lowes yesterday. It was a hard decision on what colors to get and even what kind of flower. I wanted a little of each, but ultimately I could only pick two. I chose white and purple petunia's b/c they look good and they last most all summer.

I also painted this rocking chair Rusty had. It was suppose to be white, but it has turned beige due to the weather damage over the years. I decided to paint a "P" on it for Palmore. I wanted to do like and old english P, but I couldn't find what I needed. SO, I just free handed a P on there instead. I'm not exactly thrilled with the way it turned out, but atleast the rocking chair is white again ;)



Purple Pentunias




White Pentunias




The other white pentunias




Close up of the "P" (REMINDER: I'm not an artist!)




The rocking chair remodeled

she lookin' like her mama..... well a little :)

Halle is 75% mommy's girl and 25% daddy's girl these days :) Don't get me wrong she LOVES her daddy, especially when he chases her or tickles her. She just prefers mommy more these days, probably b/c she's with me all day almost everyday. People say that she's looking more and more like me. I kind of see it now that I went through some of my baby pictures. Although I have to admit I was a bit more chunky than she is ha! For a year people told me I was just "the oven that baked the bun" and that she looked so much like Rusty did when he was little it was scary (which is the truth!). She still resembles her daddy alot, but she is starting to develop a little bit of that "Rogers" look... watch out world haha!



You can see where she gets her nose and eyes from...




Same pouty lip/mouth when sleeping, and the same nose :)

"people let me tell you 'bout my best friend"

Lately Halle has been so fond and curious of our dog, Abbagail. She follows her around everywhere she goes. Halle even sits in the floor with her as she eats. Abbagail's bed has now become a place Halle likes to stand and sit in. They are both fascinated with each other. It's so sweet to see them interact, both trying to really figure out the other. It's true when they say a "dog is a man's best friend", but in this case the "dog is a toddler's best friend". I posted some pictures of the two together...



Playing ball with Abby



Running after Abby



Getting Abby's toy to throw



Wow look at that throw!




Good Morning Sunshine! Time to play!



Making sure Abby is eating all her food




She's watching her closely :)



Wait turn around here and let me see!



What's that taste like?



Hmmm, the water taste the same...


This is kinda comfy...



Feels nice and soft under her feet

Miss Fit Pitch'er

Halle has recently learned how to pitch a fit. She is learning slowly, but surely, that things don't always go her way. She is so curious and nosey (hmm wonder where she gets that from? ha!) that she is in to EVERYTHING she can get her little hands on. Yea, I know it's normal for all kids to be into things they're not suppose to, but I want to try to teach her early that there are some things that are off limits. For example, she likes to get the tiles out of the coffee table. These tiles are heavy, especially for a toddler. I don't want her to drop it on her toe and shatter her bone or something. Understandable right? When I tell her "no maam" you would think I just told her that she is not allowed to have any more sweets for the rest of her childhood. She throws her hands in the air and screams, thus slinging her body to the floor, looking up at me with the look of "am I doing this the right way?" on her face. I just turn around and walk away so she won't see me smile b/c then she will think that it is a game. May I also mention that if she doesn't think her "fit" she just pitched got my attention, she will indeed cut me off from where I'm going to throw, yet again, another "fit". I tell you, this toddler has got it figured out, or so she thinks haha! After her little "episodes" are over she wants to be scooped up, hugged, and kissed a million times just to be reassured that mommy still loves her more than anything in the world ;)

The time has come the Walrus said

"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
Of cabbages--and kings--
And why the sea is boiling hot--
And whether pigs have wings."


I don't know if many of you have heard "The Walrus and the Carpenter" by Lewis Carroll from Through the Looking Glass and what Alice Found There. Me and my sister's used to watch Alice and Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass whenever it came on T.V. We even taped it when we were younger so we could watch it anytime we wanted. I don't know why, but I recite a the small portion I posted above to Halle when I'm walking her in her room for bedtime. I seen it a long time ago on the movie Harriet the Spy (another childhood fav!) and I thought it was cute. Random? Yes. Does Halle understand? No. Will she eventually? Of course, and then when she's old enough we will have our little bedtime moment, each reciting a line as we walk to her room for bedtime... and lastly, but most important, is our night night prayers and goodnight kisses.

Play Ball!

One of Halle's new favorite things to do now is to go outside and kick and chase one of her many balls around. She really gets into, grunting as she kicks it and clapping to show me she did it! She loves it when Abbagail gets in on the action of chasing the ball when she "throws" it. I take these little moments in because I know that they won't last forever....


Seeing Abbagail attack the ball



Hello Mommy :)



Chasing the ball



Get it Halle!



Running around on the carport




Who could she be laughing at??



Abbagail!

Crazy weather in Clarksville, TN

This past weekend has been EXTREMELY busy! We went to Birmingham to visit Don, Amber, Brayden, and Caitlyn. Rusty had to go fix some things on his house in Jacksonville, so I packed up with him to get in a little visitation time with the Palmore's of Lincoln, AL. We left on Thursday night and had to come home on Saturday morning because I had to work that afternoon. I was so exhausted from riding and then having to go to work. They were calling for really bad weather Saturday so we left extra early just to be safe that we would get back in time. Luckily, we didn't run into anything but a little rain! It was later that day that the weather took a bad turn...

It was around 4:30 in the afternoon and the sky started getting dark... I'm talking as black and charcoal gray as I have ever seen it. I was really scared! One of the girls I work with, her husband called and said the sirens were sounding in the downtown area. I immediately called Rusty to let him know that they needed to take cover. He got Halle and Abby to safety as soon as he heard how serious and shaky my voice was. I, on the other hand, was getting my patients to safety, which was my main priority. I looked outside and the black and gray sky wasn't visible anymore. I couldn't see anything. It was like the rain and wind made it impossible to see outside. I just knew that any minute we were going to be encompassed by a tornado. Thoughts raced through my head... thoughts like: "I kissed Rusty and Halle good-bye when I left for work, but I didn't kiss them good-bye", and "God please watch over my little family and keep them safe, I know you're here with me". It may sound crazy to some of you (or maybe even all of you) that I thought those things. I am so thankful that it's over, it passed without any damage to us or anyone that we know. I was definitely one of the scariest moments of my life. It was the first time I wasn't there with Rusty and Halle when things could have really happened to all of us. I hope it never happens again!!

P.S. In case you didn't get it from reading, I'm a chicken and I'm not a great person to be with in horrible weather... I will panic :)