1st Dance Recital

My little girl is growing up. She is a girly girl too. ALREADY wants to wear makeup, demands the "sparkly " shoes instead of tennis shoes, won't hear of shorts and a t-shirt - it must be a dress. So of course wearing a tu-tu and dancing on stage is right down her little runway. On June 13th, 2009, G had her first dance recital, Studio A presents, "Razzle Dazzle". It was adorable of course. Her class did a ballet routine called "Beauty and the Beast". She made "binoculars" with her hands to look for her daddy halfway through but for the most part she did a great job :) Auntie Meme, Uncle Dan, Nan, Memaw, Daddy, Auntie Jo and Grandma Jenny were there to support her. We were so proud of her :)

Happy 4th Birthday G

Grace Elizabeth Brown was born January 31st, 2005 at 6:57am. They raised her up for me to see and she looked at me with no cries like, "What?, where's the music at?". She's been making me smile and laugh since that moment. She rocks harder than anyone to "her" music, she loves yogurt, always wants "one more show" before bed, loves her hair in pigtails or "like a girl" as she says, walks in my knee boots better than I do, thinks her nanny hung the moon and she should, wipes my tears and comforts me as well as anyone, and shares my lip gloss with me before school in the mornings. I love all these things about this little girl.

Happy Birthday to my little rock and roll princess. I wish for you all the happiness life can offer. I wish for you patience with that hair, devotion to the things you love, love and understanding for your mother and most of all, rock on, little princess :)

Christmas

Grace, Hannah Montana and Family. That's all i needed.

Written with Poop

I was driving G to school this morning. She was jamming out to her latest fave "So Far Away" by Staind. We stopped next to a car at a red light with a message written on the window in shoe polish. My little smarty pants says, "Look mommy, they wrote with bird poop!".

Funny Girl

The other morning G woke up before I went to get her. I heard her fumbling down the stairs. She sat at the bottom with her arms folded and her bottom lip out. She said, "Oh Barnacles, Mommy, you got up and left me in the bed all by myself". "Oh tarter sauce" is often used in place of "Oh Barnacles". We love Spongebob.

This morning, G was listening to "Feliz Navidad" for the ump-teenth time on You Tube while I was catching my show on the DVR. She asked me, "Mom, what are you watching?". "Grey's Anatomy", I told her. "I'm Grace" she said.

Thankful

Thank You
My tea's gone cold, I'm wondering why
I got out of bed at all
The morning rain clouds up my window
and I can't see at all
And even if I could it'd all be grey,
but your picture on my wall
It reminds me that it's not so bad,
it's not so bad
I want to thank you
for giving me the best day of my life
Oh just to be with you
is having the best day of my life

The best days of my life are the days my family is together. Even the days way back when we were growing up with mom, I have so many memories of those days. We always took time to make memories. Those days are scattered now since we are all in different cities. Maybe that's why I love those days so much and look forward to them. We always take time for pictures when we are together. It seems to make those days last a little longer for us.

I am thankful for so much. I'm thankful for friends who know how to save me from a bad day and realize I need something just by the look on my face or the sound of my voice. I am thankful for a stable job and the people there I can count on. I am thankful for my family who can drive me insane but also would drive to the ends of the earth for me. I am thankful for my health and the health of my family. I am thankful for the new addition in our family this year, Baby Jack. I am thankful for Grace and the gift I have been given of being her mommy. She brings me more smiles and joy than anyone or anything. I can't imagine life without her smile and her humor.

Scooby Dooby Doooooo!!!!!!

Halloween was so much fun this year! G was a hit in her Daphne from Scooby Doo costume. She actually wore the wig and loved it :-)