Bug’s Birthday Weekend!

Friday night, we had dinner at “560”, the Wolfgang Puck restaurant inside Reunion Tower.   Bug saw Reunion Tower a little over 6 months ago when we were out driving one day, and she asked me about it.  “What is that ball on a stick?”, she said.  When she found out there was a restaurant in it, she decided right then and there she wanted to go there for her “5 birthday”. 
I’d been there before, and while it wasn’t super cheap, it wasn’t bad.   What I didn’t know, when I said “sure!”, was that it had been remade into a fine dining restaurant! With “fancy” food!  Good thing my little girl loves SUSHI!
So, we gave her the choice – a birthday party with friends, or dinner at the restaurant with family.  She chose the restaurant and never changed her mind.  
I’m so glad she did! She had the best time! We celebrated with my parents, R’s mom, and R’s grandmother.  She ate tons of sushi, some samples of everyone else’s food, and an entire apple crumble dessert all by herself!  Such a big girl!

The next day, Saturday, we had the family back over, along with our dear family friend, Aunt Chelle.  We had cake & ice cream, opened presents, and mostly played with Emily in the little pools in the backyard.  It was a fun, relaxing day!

Now, my little girl has been 5 for 2 days, and she’s growing up before my eyes.  All I can do is pray that this next year goes by a little slower than the last, and that I cherish each and every moment with her!  I am so blessed to be her Mommy!

Happy Birthday, Bugaboo!

My precious baby girl is 5 years old today.  It’s hard to believe how fast the time has gone.  We’ve had an amazing few days celebrating her birthday!  I’ll do my best to get those pictures and update up tomorrow.
I love you, Bugaboo! You are an incredible blessing from God, and I am so thankful to be your Mommy!

A summer safety reminder

This summer, as you are taking your kids to the pool, or letting others take them – please, please, take a moment to read this!
I followed a link to this blog from this blog, and I thought it was so well written and so important, that I wanted to post it here.   I can’t tell you how many times I’ve already seen moms doing some of the things mentioned in this post. 
We have to be careful!
Please read: “Drowning in Sorrow”.

What a night!

Last night, we spent about an hour hunkered down in the bathroom because there were TORNADO warnings (meaning they saw one!) near us for quite a while. A rotation had been spotted in our city, so we took shelter.

We threw pillows in the tub, and Bug and I got in there together, while R sat next to us, using the toilet as a desk for the laptop and checking the weather constantly. We got one kitty in with us, but the other refused to come out from under the bed, so we figured she was as safe there as anywhere else.

Here is what that looked like: (excuse the bad photos, I was using my cell phone)


We gave her the Leappad and headphones because when she has something to listen to like that she's much calmer and less talkative, which helped as we were trying to listen to the news reports.

As you can tell, she was really stressed (not!)  In fact, she prayed to God and said “Dear God, please keep us safe from the tornado and if it is close to us, please move it somewhere far, far away”.   Complete, total, faith and trust in HIM!  Love it!



Weatherman R, and our not-so-thrilled kitty:


We got out of the bathroom around 8:45, got Bug put to bed and then R and I went in the living room to hang out. The storm seemed to have passed by at this point.    Immediately after we said it was all gone, Bug (and we) prayed to God and thanked him for providing our safety!

THEN.....
Our power went out at 10:00pm! No rain, no storm, nothing....and BAM! Lights out! Thankfully it was just about bedtime anyway, but not quite. Oh well, off we went to bed.

I knew it would be a loooooooooooooong night because none of us sleep well HOT, and Bug and I don't sleep well when it's too quiet (I use white noise, she uses music)

So, about midnight, Bug woke up crying that she couldn't sleep.  I knew this would happen since it was hot and her music went off with the power (note to self: get her a jambox cd player with battery backup)

We gave her a flashlight and told her she could read for a little bit until she was able to fall back asleep, which turned out to be 2 hours later! Poor thing!

FINALLY, after a lot of off and on sleep, the power came back on at 5:30am!  Nice, cool, air! WHEW!!!  PRAISE GOD for air conditioning!  Something we take for granted all too often.  I’m also thankful this happened at night when it was bedtime anyway.  So much to be thankful for!  Our Father truly calms storms in our lives – in so many ways!

Today, we are taking it easy at home to try to make up for missing most of our sleep last night!