PROUD PARENTS OF BRITTNEE DECKER!!!!

ONCE AGAIN BRITTNEE MADE A/B HONOR ROLL. SHE HAS STRUGGLED THIS YEAR BEING IN THE 4TH GRADE SO MAKING A/B HONOR ROLL FOR THE 1ST SEMESTER WAS A CHALLENGE FOR HER. WE ARE VERY PROUD OF HER. WE JUST HOPE THAT SHE KEEPS UP THE GOOD WORK IN THE YEARS TO COME. SO FAR SHE HAS MADE EITHER THE A/B OR A HONOR ROLL EVERY YEAR. THAT IS SUCH AN AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT DESERVES RECOGNITION. WAY TO GO BRITTNEE!!! WE ARE ALL PROUD OF YOU!!!

1-26-08 ANGELA'S BABY SHOWER!!!

WELL, I HOSTED MY SISTER ANGELA'S BABY SHOWER! THANK GOD FOR HER BEST FRIEND AND OUR MOM FOR THE HELP THEY PROVIDED BECAUSE I COULD NEVER HAVE PULLED IT OFF BY MYSELF. NATALIE PROVIDED ALL THE FOOD AND MOM TOOK CARE OF THE CAKE AND BALLOONS. THAT LEFT ME WITH THE GAMES. WHAT DID WE DO WITHOUT INTERNET BACK IN THE OLD DAYS? IT SURE DID HELP ME COME UP WITH SOME PRETTY COOL GAMES. IT WAS A BLAST. THERE WAS ONE GAME WHERE EVERYONE HAD TO ACTUALLY DRINK OUT OF A BABY BOTTLE TO SEE WHO COULD DRINK IT ALL THE FASTEST. ANGELA'S MOTHER-N-LAW WON THAT ONE. ANOTHER FUNNY ONE WAS THE CHOCOLATE IN THE DIAPER GAME. YEA, IT WAS PRETTY HILARIOUS WATCHING EVERYONE STICK A DIAPER UP TO THEIR NOSES TO SMELL THE "POOP". ALL IN ALL IT WENT PRETTY SMOOTH AND ANGELA STOCKED UP ON A LOT OF THINGS SHE NEEDED. THE ONLY BAD THING WAS THAT I DID NOT GET ANY GOOD PICTURES OF THE GAMES. WE DID RECORD IT THOUGH. HER DUE DATE IS FEB. 24TH BUT NIETHER HER NOR HER DOCTOR THINK SHE WILL EVEN GET CLOSE TO THAT. SHE IS READY TO POP. I AM JUST WAITING ON THE PHONE CALL TO COME ANY DAY NOW THAT WILL LET ME KNOW THAT MY NEW LITTLE NEPHEW IS COMING. THEY HAVE DECIDED TO NAME HIM JAYDEN. THEY DON'T HAVE A MIDDLE NAME YET BUT WHATEVER THEY COME UP WITH WILL BE JUST PERFECT.

SNOW AGAIN!!!

WELL, IT SNOWED AGAIN ON SATURDAY!!! IT STARTED WITH RAIN AND TURNED INTO SNOW!!! AT FIRST THE SNOWFLAKES WERE SO BIG I THOUGHT I WOULD GET TO GO SLEDDING FOR SURE. UNFORTUNATLY IT DID NOT STICK VERY WELL DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT RAINED FIRST THIS TIME. JUST CAN'T WIN NO MATTER WHAT. GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE DID GET TO GET OUT IN IT FOR A LITTLE WHILE. I ALSO GOT TO RECORD IT COMING DOWN. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL! SO HERE IS TY GETTING OUT IN THE SNOW FOR THE FIRST TIME.


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SNOW!!!!

WELL, IT SNOWED HERE IN GEORGIA YESTERDAY!!! A MIRACLE FOR US! IT STARTED AT MY WORK ABOUT 10 MINUTES BEFORE I LEFT. MY RIDE HOME WAS GLORIOUS AS I LOOKED AROUND EVERYWHERE AND SAW SNOW. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL AS IT FELL AND ACTUALLY STUCK TO THE GROUND. I MADE IT SAFELY TO BETH'S HOUSE TO GET THE KIDS. WE GOT TO ENJOY AN IMPROMPTU SNOW BALL FIGHT AS WE WERE LOADING UP INTO THE TRUCK. I DON'T THINK TY KNEW WHAT TO THINK. IT WAS HIS FIRST SNOW! I TRIED TO GET HIM TO HOLD SOME OF IT BUT IT WAS TOO COLD FOR HIM. I THINK HE JUST LIKED WATCHING IT COME DOWN. WE WERE ALL EXCITED AND FILLED WITH ANTICIPATION OF THE FUN WE WOULD HAVE IN THE SNOW! I HAVE NOT BEEN SLEDDING IN UMPTEEN YEARS! AS WE DROVE HOME ALL OUR EXCITEMENT TURNED INTO DISAPPOINTMENT! IT HAD ALREADY STARTED TO RAIN. BY THE TIME WE MADE IT TO OUR HOUSE THERE WAS NOT MUCH SNOW LEFT. MY HEART SANK. I WAS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SNOW! BRITTNEE'S HEART WAS BROKEN. ALL SHE WANTED TO DO WAS STAY HOME TODAY AND PLAY IN THE SNOW! AS I DROVE TO WORK TODAY, THERE WAS STILL SOME SIGNS OF THE WONDERFUL WHITE COLD STUFF THAT WE HERE IN GEORGIA DO NOT GET TO SEE ENOUGH OF. MAYBE, JUST MAYBE NEXT TIME GOD WILL BLESS US WITH MORE!!!


(THE WORSE PART IS THAT I DIDN'T EVEN GET TO GET A PICTURE OF TY OR THE SNOW OR ANY OF IT.)

1-15-08 TY IS 20MOS!!!

WELL, IT HAS BEEN ONE LONG MONTH. WE HAD CHRISTMAS WHICH WAS FUN. TY DID REALLY GOOD. HE MOSTLY LOVED TAKING THE TISSUE PAPER OUT OF THE BAGS AND PUTTING THE BAGS ON HIS HEAD. UNFORTUNATELY, HE DID GET SICK CHRISTMAS DAY BUT THANKFULLY THAT ONLY LASTED ONE DAY! THEN THERE WAS NEW YEARS EVE. HE DID NOT LAST TILL MIDNIGHT BUT THEN DECIDED HE WANTED TO WAKE UP LATER AND NOT GO BACK TO SLEEP UNTIL TWO HRS LATER WHICH WAS AROUND 3:30AM. THEN HE WOKE UP AT 8:15AM. YEA I WAS TIRED ON NEW YRS. DAY. EVERYTHING SEEMED TO GET BETTER UNTIL HE STARTED COUGHING TWO WEEKS AGO AND IT GOT WORSE. SO, TUESDAY, JAN. 8TH, WE WENT TO SEE THE DOCTOR ONLY TO FIND OUT HE HAD RSV (RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS) WHICH IS HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS FOR THE FIRST WEEK. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I HAD TO STAY HOME WITH HIM FROM TUESDAY - FRIDAY. WE HAD TO GO BACK TO THE DOCTOR FRIDAY FOR A FOLLOW-UP VISIT. HE WAS DOING MUCH BETTER EXCEPT FOR HIS ATTITUDE WHICH WAS AWFUL. I THINK IT WAS THE MEDICATION HE WAS ON. HE IS STILL NOT ALLOWED TO GET AROUND ANY BABIES OR SMALL CHILDREN UNTIL AFTER FRIDAY. HE IS NOW PRETTY MUCH BACK TO NORMAL. HE STILL LOVES TO CLIMB ON ALL THE FURNITURE. HE GOES FROM THE CHAIR TO THE TABLE TO THE OTHER CHAIR TO THE OTHER TABLE TO THE COUCH, THEN OFF THE BACK OF THE COUCH AND AROUND AGAIN. HE HAS ALSO GOTTEN GOOD AT PITCHING A FIT. HE THROWS HIMSELF FACE DOWN ON THE FLOOR AND LOOKS UP EVERY NOW AND THEN TO SEE IF ANYONE IS LOOKING AT HIM. WHEN HE FINALLY FIGURES OUT THAT NO ONE IS HE GETS UP AND GOES ABOUT HIS BUSINESS. HIS NEW FAVORITE WORD IS NO! I KNEW THAT WAS COMING CONSIDERING HOW MANY TIMES HE HEARS IT. HE STILL MAKES A BIG MESS WHEN HE FEEDS HIMSELF BUT HEY THAT'S PART OF IT. SOME MORE NEW WORDS HE HAS LEARNED ARE: BYE BYE, BABY, HEY, AND A FEW OTHERS I CAN'T THINK OF RIGHT NOW. EVERYTHING NEW IS FUN TO WATCH BUT I STILL WISH HE WOULD STOP GROWING. HOPEFULLY THIS NEXT MONTH WILL BE A BETTER ONE. I WENT OUT AND BOUGHT A CAN OF LYSOL AND CAME HOME AND USED THE WHOLE CAN ON MY HOUSE AND TRUCK. I'M GETTING A LITTLE TIRED OF ALL THE SICKNESSES. WISH US LUCK!

THIS MORNING I TOLD HIM WE HAD TO GO BYE BYE. WHEN WE GOT OUT TO THE GARAGE HE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD GO BYE BYE IN HIS JEEP. THANKFULLY HE DID NOT GET MAD WHEN I HAD TO TAKE HIM OUT OF THE JEEP AND PUT HIM IN THE BIG TRUCK.