I FINISHED IT!!!!!!!!!!

I have worked on this blanket for weeks, and after many moments of FUSTRATION, its done! This will be donated to Project Linus and I am so proud of myself!

Just wanted to post.

I've been an aunt 8 years tomorrow!!

8 years ago today....this cute little girl was about to be born.

Gaia Vaisya was born 9/29/01 at 5:35am (MT) weighing 7lb 2oz and 19 inches long in the beautiful state of Colorado.

I still remember the phone call from my brother that morning wondering why he was calling at 8:00 and it didn't click that the baby was born until he told me I had niece, or was it my parents that told me that??

In the past month, she has lost 3 teeth as you can see via this picture. Something that I didn't think was ever going to happen. Of course her daddy had problems loosing his teeth, but hopefully she will continue loosing them on her own. ;)

I have loved the past 8 years of spoiling this little girl and looking forward to celebrating her 8th birthday with her this weekend! =o)

The innocence of the day....

This is one of my latest projects. My mom's friend and I figured out how to make figure 8's in knitting and I finally got the hang of it. This was just practice, I'm making the real thing right now. But was so proud of myself. :o)

I have realized the innocence that is in my 7 year old niece. As to why this is, please read on...

September 11th, 2001 forever changed so many people's lives. But back before 9/11/01, when I was growing up, September 11th was my brother's birthday. We use to joke about how his birthday was 9-1-1 like the emergency number you call. (back then Recue 911 was a popular show on TV) And on that day, I woke up and knew it was my brother's 25th birthday, before I saw what was going on TV that day.

The past 2 years, Gaia has reminded me of the innocence in a child's mind. She only knows that day as her daddy's birthday and it makes me think about how soon enough she will learn the horrors and tragedies of happened to our country that morning. I know one day she will come home from school and ask her mommy and daddy about, becaus she'll eventually learn about it in school.

This all came to mind when I was told that she made a 12 page card for her daddy for a birthday card of all the things she likes to do with him. Its just amazing to me the way she thinks and how she sees things.

I love this little girl with all of my heart. Even though she gets on my nerves sometimes, I love her all the same.

I just wanted to share...

8 years later....

My newest project....isn't it pretty??!!!

A very special Happy Birthday wish going out to my brother who turned 33 today! Wow! He's almost half way to 40! Yikes! 18 months until I'm 30, that's even scarier. =O

It has been 8 years since 19 middle-eastern men hijacked 4 separate planes and flew them into the World Trade Center, Pentagon and the last crashed outside of Pittsburgh, PA.

Where I was that day is something I rather forget! LOL All though I will NEVER forget that day for anything, but 8 year ago I never imagined I would be touched the ways I have been by the attacks. Trust me I rather forget that part of the day. ;)

I believe in fate and fate brought me together with Deborah Borza, whose daughter was among the 40 passengers that were on board on United 93 which crashed after the passenger and crew revolt. They saved so many more with their actions that day. If you seriously told me 8 years ago I would move to the middle of nowhere in NC and stumble across Deora's name, I would've said you were crazy! Everything happens for a reason and I would NOT change it for all the chocolate in the world.

But today and every 9/11 we will mark the anniversary and remember those who were lost that morning. I was commented to my parents that this is going to be one of the final years that my niece will see today through the innocence of a child, the way my brother and I grew up seeing it as, his brithday and just the numbers being 9-1-1. But soon enough she'll learn of what happened today and it won't be like it was today. Gaia made a 12 page birthday card for my brother and it was all about the things they do together. Its stuff like that make me look at the bright side of the day for my family with it being his birthday.

So I end this and hope everyone took a moment to pray for the families, friends and those killed on 9/11/01 and may we never forget the actions of the heroes in the air and on the ground....

Summer flew by so quickly!!!!!

A bunch of Buckeyes! And yes that green thing has Buckeyes in it. I have never seen them in a shell before until now. LOL One of those opened ones had 6 in them.

I cannot believe it was Labor Day today. Well to top that all off the weather was much like the first day the pool open, cloudy and not that warm outside! LOL

So before getting to the summer review, my mom's friend from Ohio is in town visiting. She has known me my entire life, as they put it, she has known me since I was in an incubator. (I was an 8lb baby, so figure that one out) So literally when she pulled up the sun peaked out from the clouds! LOL I made my mom call up to see if the pool was opened and of course it was, but I didn't want to drive down there and then find out it wasn't.

So after my mother rambled on about the house, Bonita hasn't been here since we were building it and so much has changed! LOL We took off for the pool and to my SHOCK we were not the only people there! LOL Amazingly! We were down there for about 2 hours before we got hungry and tired. LOL Came home and had my grandpa's famous hamburgers. I tought Bonita how to use the Wii Fit too and we had Cheese cake for desert. :o) Yum!

So ok over-all I am amazed with my ability to do the butterfly stroke. I have gone from not even trying it to really going at it. I mean come on, I am NEVER going to have it down perfect, but the fact that I tried it and worked at it, thats alot for me. ;) Oh and getting tips on my freestyle and backstroke, they are much easier now to do now. Its weird if I catch myself going back to the other way, I know I am not doing it right. Get what I mean? LOL

So I didn't "kill" myself this summmer either. LOL Well Danielle coming in after me was because of Gaia kicking me in the face, but it was funny yesterday was her last day working and she gave me a hug and was like I had fun watching you this summer and I was like and you saved my life. LOL My other slip-up was all me, but still nothing major! LOL I would say....

I am sad to see the summer end, but looking forward to the fall and winter and hopefully seeing snow!!!! =) Thats it, outta here!

Its a good thing that I didn't break......

Gaia with one of the 30-50 fish that she caught at the beach. I have 100 beach pictures and finally blogspot is allowing me to upload them without me pulling my hair out about it! ;)

I am going to leave you guess about my title, but please keep my friend's daughter Alexis in your prayers. She fractured her leg and had surgery this afternoon to fix it, but she was airlifted to the Children's hospital an hour away from the local hospital. They have basically kept my friend in the dark about what is going on with her kid and didn't even tell her this was happening. The hospital is fucked up if you ask me.

Ok on to my title and the explanation of that. I'm sure if you regularly read this and you know me that it can't be a good thing, right? ;)

So yesterday at the pool, I was standing on the side and talking to a lady and her niece. We had been goofing off the whole time I was there. Trying to take a drunk-driving test, none of us past the standing on one foot and holding the other up! LOL Well her niece and I only past the touching your finger to your nose. hahaha

So Alexa said to me to come over to where she was. Well I was right near where she was and I went to take a step and stepped on the lifeguard float thingy, mind you I had known it was on the side of the pool, cause I put it there, but it had been move in the process of the day. So when I stepped on it, my foot slipped on it and it threw me backwards onto the concrete.

Luckily I knew I was going down, because if I didn't, it would've been my head that hit first and I was able to save myself from hitting that first. I hit my butt first and then fell back from there. I went down all the way, but stayed down for the simple fact my back hurt and I was embaressed at that moment more than anything....also thinking I was going to be told to stay still. LOL

The lady who was there with her niece asked me if anything hurt, I said my back. My back was hurting because of the fall and also I felt it scrape against the concrete, but the scraping was hurting more than my lower back. So Alexa yelled for the manager to come over, and I still had not got out of my mouth why my back was hurting and it was from the scraping and being in that same spot!

The lady was like here gently lift your head up and she was putting a towel under my head. Alexa was like no don't move and I finally said what was hurting and why. So I had to roll to my side so they could check my back, and yes its scraped on my left side a little, but not too badly.

So I got back up on my feet with no problems. My friend Dianne was down at the playground with her daughter Melody and she brought her in to see me, apparently she knew something had happened. Melody is so cute! She's 16 months old and just ugh so cute! She did make me feel better I tell you that much. ;) Everything to her is "ball" she called Alexa ball, I was like no thats Alexa say hi. She just waved and smiled at everyone and said ball and pool. ;)

So today my back is sore from yesterday, my lower back mostly. But its fine other than that. I went and swam today and had no problems at all. LOL ;)

So thats it.....later!

Some ever so shocking news today!

Why am I posting a picture of a fetus? Read on....

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LOL NO I AM NOT PREGNANT!

But my friend Amanda (Colin and Brennan's mommy) went to confirm her pregnancy with an ultrasound today and she thought she was about 7 weeks pregnant and had put on 5lb and was already showing. Well I was thinking twins right away, but no its one baby and she's 16 weeks along!!!!!!!!!! And its a boy!

There's the shocking news....the pic above is how big baby #3 is when she found out. ;)