Love Is...

I Walk for Mom...

The walk was great and I felt very blessed to be a part of such a great cause. This was the 5th year that Ft. Worth has hosted the brain tumor walk and the most participation they have had. In the 5 years of having the walk, they have raised just over one million dollars! ;-) It was great to be involved in the walk and to be surrounded by others who have been affected by brain tumors. It was also amazing to hear about all of the new treatments that are out there now...especially the ones that have just been introduced within the past year! It is amazing to see how much has changed since my mom passed away 13 years ago. I love that all of the money donated to the NBTS (national brain tumor society) supports and focuses completely on brain tumors by

• Empowering brain tumor patients, families, and caregivers with information.
• Funding results-driven research to accelerate the discovery of new therapies for adult and pediatric brain tumors.
  
• Raising awareness.

We were so excited to reach our goal of raising $1,000 and now we have a new goal of raising a total of $2,000! My dear friend, Melissa, will be coming to town on Wednesday, November 17th to do a Stella and Dot trunk show for me and my sisters. She has so graciously committed to donating the commission of her sales from my trunk show to the National Brain Tumor Society on behalf of our team, Walking His Path. We are so excited about this upcoming event and I will be posting more information soon...it will be a great way to get in some Christmas shopping while donating to a great cause at the same time! ;-)

I walked for my Grandma today...

I thank my God every time I remember you. Being confident if this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion -Philippians 1:3,6

The Grouchy Ladybug

Sara and the fam came over Sunday night to go trick or treating. Presley dressed up as a ladybug. I like to refer to her as the "grouchy ladybug" from the book by Eric Carle...
one of my most favorite children's author ;-) along with Cynthia Rylant! Anyhoo, if you would have heard the screaming that came out of this child's mouth when I put this thing on her you would have named her the SAME thing. Girl's got some lungs on her and we almost didn't make it out of the house in ANY costume.

It's great to have little kids because they were bored and done by house #4. lol. It was still fun! Presley started off great and even followed Reid up to the first house, but it was short lived. The man handing out the candy at the first house we went to was a "stickler" for following Halloween rules. I think he spent half the night showing Reid how to hold his bag and open it up the right way. Grrrr. He also waited for quite awhile to get a response from Presley...she refused to give him the one he wanted. lol. ;-) She cried the rest of the night and wouldn't let go of Joey until the very end.

the nice man that showed Reid how his bag worked! Just put the candy in the bag, dude! sheesh!
Blue and his bone...his "unused" bone ;0)
nothin like a little puppy love. ;-) Although, this little puppy is doin all of the lovin!
I just love this! I used to do the same thing! Right when I got home from a night of trick or treating I would go through all of my candy, lay it out, and count it! They start so young ;-)

What's My Name...you know the song ;-)

Yes, after months and months of trying to figure out why everyone has been calling her Presley she finally knows her name!!!! Can I get a "woot woot" :-) As I sat on the couch the other night listening to my 2 year old nephew, Reid, recite his name over and over with a "R-E-I-D that spells Reid" I thought to myself...no wonder my sister wanted all of her kids to have one syllable names. lol. Presley knows her name and now she walks around the house pointing to every picture we have of her saying Pasey AND no, she is not saying "paci." We took that away months ago. ;-) I am such a proud mama...my child knows her name. Oh good grief ;-/ *sigh*

P.S. she's lost a little weight since she was sick...proof in the picture above. We just like to refer to her as "our little bobble head" xoxo

Trunk or Treat

Saturday night, we met Sara and the family out at our church for "trunk or treat." It was fun, but the lines were a bit long. Presley was in happy spirits (well, once she got used to her ladybug costume, but that's a WHOLE "notha" story and post. ;-/ Talk about an ear piercing scream! sheesh). Anyhoo, Presley was in happy spirits for the first 30 minutes. Presley loves to twirl around in circles until she makes herself dizzy so she absolutely loved running around the church grounds before everyone got there. However, as soon as everyone showed up and bedtime rolled around she was miss cranky pants. See for yourself...

As Sara likes to say, "the paranoid ladybug"

Reid showing "Pres" his goods

Pres taking full advantage of Reid...he was lucky to get that sticker back! ;-)

Mr. Steve & Blue from Blues Clues sitting with the Grouchy Ladybug ;-)

Monkey See, Monkey Do

For the past two weeks I have been constantly wiping things down, disinfecting the house, and cleaning Presley's toys. Obviously, I've been doing a little too much cleaning lately because Presley went into her room, grabbed a shirt out of her laundry basket, and started wiping things down for me while I was checking my email...doin her Grandma Vickie proud up there in heaven! ;-)