Wow...another year has passed...i remember a time when i loved birthdays and could not wait to grow one more year older (*sigh*). I remember when i wanted so much to be 18...independent, able to drink 3.2 beer, vote, be an "adult"! Then I wanted to be 21...why, i can't remember why but i wanted it soooo bad! 30? Not not really. 40...PLEASE!!!! I stopped counting around 27 and I think that is where the magic of birthdays stopped. It is kind of sad. I know it is a personal thing. I know it is all in my head...i know. I know. But the truth is I am not ready to celebrate these years (i am changing...i really am...i read MORE now!!! teeehehehehehe...). I admire those who do celebrate their years! I think they are incredible women...the embrace their age and the love it!!! *sighy* One of these days I want to be there...i only hope it is not when i am 80 (???). I think age is "taboo" to me. I feel like discussing age is admitting to being "old"...but the truth is what is "old"? I truely believe age is in the mind...but there are days when my body does not agree. *sigh* ANYWAY...
another year older and another year wiser (??). The truth is I do feel wiser and with 2 incredible daughters wisdom is a blessing! So I am thankful for the wisdom that comes with (gasp...i am going to say it...)...age!!!! (teeehehehehe...maybe there is hope for me!!)

Today is my baby girls birthday! Wow!! another year and where has it gone! She has had such an incredible year and we cannot believe she is turning....


18!!!!


yes...i said 18!!! Wow!!! Where did all those years go!!! It is such a bittersweet day for me...my baby girl is no longer a little girl so i am sad yet...i am excited for her! She will be able to vote, she is not "official" and yes "legal"!!! Ohhhhh...my heart is so sad but so...


PROUD!!!

proud of the incredible human being she has become. Proud of the choices she has made (i may not have agreed with all of them...but they brought her to this moment in time...) and I am proud of the love she has for God, her family and friends and humanity. She is a great person and it is a privilege to have been able to raise her and watch her grow!! Wow!!! 18 years old!!! My baby girl is 18 years old today and I love her soooooo!!!!

Happy Birthday to me!!!

Today started out great (even though I was feeling horrible). Around 5:00 am my team stood up and started singing "happy birthday" to me! It was sooooo AWESOME!! My team ROCKS and I love working for them!!! They also gave me roses, a card and $$$$$!!! I felt so special!!! I came home early (feeling yucky) and slept some... My family wants to do something but I will have to see how I feel....

Here is the finished product!!!!

Happy Birthday Boo!!!

21 years ago...what an incredible day that was! 21 years ago at this very moment i was at the hospital resting (I had some long intensive back labor and had an epidural which allowed me to rest). I was exhausted and by this time we had had a few scares (they could not find your heartbeat and at one time a whole gaggle of nurses and doctors had rushed in the room and started looking at monitors and turning me...something to do with getting a heartbeat). By this time I had left my cozy apartment (i remember looking at the living room and seeing this small bassinet and thinking like would never be the same when we returned to our home) and a good showing of Miami Vice (daddy was freaking out and wanted you at the hospital ASAP!) and we had driven to the hospital in the little blue Omni. By this time i had beat your daddy up in front of the hospital because i did not want to go in (i know...shame on me...but it was his fault to begin with...). By this time we had called Grandma and she had showed up with her high heels, skirt and diamonds (i don't think she had any idea i would refuse to let go of her hand and she would be in the delivery room with us!..hehehehe). By this time i was so out of it i did not care that interns were coming in and "checking" to see how much i had dilated (now that i look back i get mad....). By this time daddy had rushed out of the room for fear of fainting (he could not handle them giving me the epidural). By this time 20 years ago we were anxiously awaiting your arrival (the freaking out about you being a girl and the Opera singer incident had not happened yet...). By this time we had no idea it would be several more hours until you came and by this time we had no idea what an amazing joy you would be to us, a blessing, an adventure and a love we would always cherish! *sigh* 20 years ago today....at this very moment...

Gigi's birthday party!!! We had a Birthday party for her. She had some friends over and they played some games and then we treated all of them to a movie...Transformers! They had a blast. We then ended the night at out home with food and cake! Good Times!!!