Happy Valentine's Weekend!

I haven't had an opportunity to take many photos of Lilli-bug this week. (Strange, I know, considering I follow Lilli around like the paparazzi!) So, I thought I'd post my all-time favorite picture of...

MY VALENTINE!

Hope everyone has a blessed weekend. We are expecting snow again. Say, what??? WE CAN'T WAIT!! This time it's suppose to be snow only, no ice... & several inches!! Pictures will follow soon... I promise!

We are also celebrating Chinese New Year on Sunday, so I'll have lots to share next week.

BTW... I did not deliberately change my blog background. When I pulled up my blog earlier, it had vanished. GONE!! Then when I tried to correct it, all my blog info disappeared. Hopefully, I will be able to correct it this weekend. At least I was able to retrieve my older posts :o)... & it seems like nothing is completely lost. Fingers, toes & eyes crossed...

P.S. - Happy Birthday to my sister Susan, Lilli's Aunt Sue-Sue! Lilli loves you to the moon & back!! (And we do too!)

Wonderful Weekend...

Friday, we celebrated my brother’s birthday at a local seafood restaurant with family members. I can’t believe it… I forgot my camera!! Lilli was so excited to give Uncle John a copy of “Go Dog, Go!” This was my brother’s favorite book as a child and the copy has been lost for a few years. Uncle John LOVED it! After dinner, we headed back to Uncle John and Aunt Michele’s for coffee. Fun night!
Saturday, we just laid around in our jammies practically all day long and watched NCAA basketball. It was a lazy day, but a good one!!
On Sunday evening, we headed over to our best friend’s home to watch the Super Bowl. I really didn’t care who won the game... My team, the Vikings were knocked out by the Saints, so I really didn’t watch very much. Yes, I'm a Brett Favre girl... and proud of it!
The kids had a great time playing and the food was delicious. I only hope my diet wasn’t blown!! Lilli can't wait to spend time with Samuel and Lydia again!We are keeping our friends in the mid-Atlantic, Washington, DC area in our thoughts. They received way too much snow, and another storm is on the way. Prayers going up, up, up! Hope everyone has a wonderful Monday!! ((HUGS))

Seems like yesterday...

It's been 2 years to the day, that I saw a photo of my sweet Lilli-bug for the first time. I remember the moment well. FedEx was suppose to be at my house by 2:00. But, the truck broke down and half of the packages had to be delivered by another driver. I waited ...and waited ...and waited, for what seemed like years. Funny thing is, I HAD waited for years. We started the adoption process in May of 2005, so here it is February of 2008 and I am still waiting to find out WHO God CHOSE for ME!!
My Mom waited with me, as I paced... cleaned-out the refrigerator... vacumed... paced some more... re-organinized my closet. And that was just the first 30 minutes! :o)
Then, IT came! I pounced on the FedEx man, all but tackling him to the ground and told him, "YOU'RE THE STORK, YOU'RE THE STORK!!!"
I frantically called Danny... he rushed home in his patrol car, turning on the bluelights as he rounded the corner onto our street. (Yes, I have it on video!)

We took a deep breath and.........

OH HAPPY DAY!!!!!

Have a blessed Friday and weekend everyone!! ((HUGS)) to all my travel buddies on our Referral-versary!

Wordless Wednesday

Have a wonderful Wednesday y'all! ((HUGS))

Styling & Profiling!

Our niece Liesel, Lilli's cousin, came over on Friday night (before the storm) and spent some time with us.Lilli always loves spending time with Liesel, but REALLY enjoyed playing hairdresser with her on Friday night. Bless Liesel's sweet heart! Lilli does NOT have a gentle touch when she's brushing your hair!! We love you Liesel.... thanks for being a good sport!!!!

Have a terrific Tuesday everyone!!

Greetings from Winter Wonderland!

Thought I'd share a few pictures from the weekend storm. We are finally thawing out!! We only had about 1 inch of snow, but the snow quickly turned to sleet and freezing rain, turning our little community into a Winter Wonderland. Then, I think we had got an additional inch of ice on top of the snow. It was truly beautiful, but so dangerous. Nobody was on the road and we certainly didn't venture out. We didn't take Lilli out in it on Saturday, because the sleet and freezing rain stuck around the majority of the day. Danny took her outside for a little while on Sunday, but it wasn't alot of fun. The ground was solid ice... super slippery. Lilli's words, "I no like this ice, Mama!" Well baby, I don't like it either!

Lilli on our "homemade" sled - A Cookie Sheet... Creative bunch aren't we??

Prayer Request: My brother fell on the ice in a gas station parking lot this past weekend. He had to go to the emergency room. They believe his sciatic nerve has pressure on it from the fall. Please keep him in your prayers. He's been in a lot of pain.

Hope everyone had a great weekend. ((HUGS))

Friday Photos... Last year's snow storm!

I have been doing a lot of reminiscing about last year's snow storm. We are expecting winter storm to pass thru overnight and tomorrow, to include ice. This doesn't happen in eastern North Carolina. Normally, we only get a dusting of snow. Last year's storm, that produced 5-6 inches of snow, was a rarity... so to have two consecutive years of winter precipitation is absolutely unheard of!!!Let me tell you, Lilli is well aware that we will be getting snow too. Completely my fault!! I know I changed the television 15 times this morning to the Weather Channel, interupting "Handy Manny". SHAME ON ME!
I'm like a school kid, so excited about the possiblity of the white stuff, but dreading the ice!! How in the world am I going to sleep tonight?? I have a feeling I'll be up, every hour on the hour, nose pressed up against the bedroom window in amazement and delight!

Bundle up this weekend y'all... it's gonna be a cold one! ((HUGS))