Happy Father's Day!

"Any man can be a father but it takes someone special to be a dad." - Anne Geddes

"He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it."

-Clarence Budington Kelland

Congratulations Mrs. Lear!!!!

Isn't this who you would want teaching your child?? K got her first "media specialist" job this week. That is a librarian in old terms! She will be working in Daviess County. I am so happy for her! She had worked so hard to get her degree and she stresses over EVERYTHING!

She had to take some sort of test on Saturday and missed Buzzy's birthday party. She came by afterwards to see him. She kept saying this was the first party that she has missed, but it's okay, K! Just think of all the time you will get to spend with him during the summer now!!!!! I can't wait! Congratulations!! I am so proud of you!

Birthday Party #2

I think there were 40 kids here today. No really about 20, I think. That little pool at the bottom of the slide was quite full most of the day! I'm not sure who had more fun, the kids or the "big" boys aka Steve & Brad! There were a couple of children that didn't slide. They just hung out and ate. The slide was at MiMi's at 7:30 and ready for action at 8:00. Buzzy was in it from 8:00 until about 2:00 this afternoon. He is so tired - thank goodness!! I didn't know how many would show up since it's summer and Father's Day weekend, but we had quite a crowd!

Kate and her Momma came today and stayed all afternoon. Steve was refreshed on holding a baby. He is such a natural! Kate is the sweetest little girl.

Buzzy on the slide. That's Stevie's leg in the background. It got a little rowdy and we had some bees caught in the netting, so Daddy came to the rescue. He had to hang onto a couple of kids because they were crashing into each other at the bottom. He would hang onto them until the pool was clear and then they were gone!

Buzzy before he hit the water once.

Buzzy had sparkler candles and they WOULD NOT blow out! He blew and blew and blew. We had two cup cake cakes - 48 cupcakes, and I think after everyone left we had 5 or 6 cupcakes left!

Ain't she the sweetest little darling! All she does is sleep. I just love her!

Last T-Ball Game

Guess who.

Buzzy was so proud of his trophy! He played really good. He was the lead off hitter the whole game. They only got to play 3 inning, because there was a storm in the distance. He told us that this was "the first trophy I've ever got in my life." He was so proud of it and we are going to hang a shelf over his bunk to put it on. He had to show it to everyone at his birthday party today.

Bunk Beds

Buzzy is enjoying his new bunk beds. He and Daddy have become roommates. He likes Steve to sleep on the bottom and, of course, he's on the top! I slept in there with him last night and everytime he moved, I had to get up and check on him. I'm too nervouse to sleep in there with him! I'm afraid he will fall, eventhough he's probably 5 inches below the rail! He loves them and there is so much more room for him to play in the floor now.

Such a happy boy!

Meet Kate

Meet Edith Kate. She is the daughter of Grant and LeeAnn. She is the sweetest little girl. I told LeeAnn that if Henry isn't good, I am going to switch them out until she can get him to be good like Kate! They came to visit Saturday and I had to take her picture. I just love her to death. I just want to hold her and look at her. I can't wait until Henry is here and I think he is beginning to feel the same way. My stomach looks like it has a giant catfish flopping around in it! It's beginning to get uncomfortable and I am READY for this to get going! Just a few more weeks, I hope!

Happy Early Birthday To Buzzy

Buzzy had an early birthday party with Grandmother, Papa Steve and Ninnie at the camper over the weekend. They came on Friday and brought Buzzy his chicken house - pictures of that later. It is the neatest thing! If we get tired of the chickens, it's big and nice enough to be a play house. Buzzy helped put it together and tried to put Grandmother's eye out with a nail! Luckily she's quick and flinched just enough that it hit her cheek. He wanted a piece of Ninnie's birthday cake before the race, so we went ahead and lit the candles for the pictures, eventhough he didn't get to open his gifts until Saturday!

He was SO EXCITED to finally open his presents! He about drove me batty on Friday night wanting to open "just one!" He got some foam blocks and money from Ninnie, money from Jerre, a nerf assault gun from Uncle Ryan - believe me it will assault you!, and the chicken house and a giant badminton set from Grandmother and Papa Steve. Me and Steve got him a new Rocket shooter fishing pole. He broke the one he had from the lake house. He was so excited over all of his gifts. Needless to say, I have just now got most of it picked up out of the living room floor. He also got his new bunk beds. I will post pictures of those later too.

KY Down Under

We have been promising to take Buzzy to KY Down Under since last summer. He had so much fun and I walked myself to death. We did everything there that they had to offer. The cave was the best part, temperature wise. I got to the end and wasn't sure that I had made the best decision to go on a cave tour. It had a couple narrow spots and some areas that you had to duck your head while climbing wet stairs. I made Steve hang on to Buzzy. They were in front of me and when they would get finished climbing, Steve would look back at me and just smile. I had told him that there wasn't as much walking at Ky Down Under as there was at Beech Bend Park. He reminded me of that a couple of times. At the very end of the cave, there were a whole bunch of steep stairs and when I got to the top, I was so happy to see the door leading out!

One of the first exhibits that we saw was in the wool shed. We missed the dog working the goats, but we got to see the different kinds of sheep and learn about them. They asked for volunteers and, of course, Buzzy was more than eager to help.

They told them to stand with a firm hold on the bottles. When the lambs had emptied the bottle, to drop the bottle on the ground and pick their lamb up and take it back to the stall.

Buzzy's lamb was a little frisky and he had to have help from Daddy. Daddy showed him how to pick it up.

He did good for a few steps and then it wiggled away. Buzzy held on and chased it for a second!

Daddy helped him get it in his arms one more time and he finally made it to the stall area with the wiggly critter! It was so funny!

They asked for volunteers again, and this time, they led in Faye, the milk cow. Buzzy got to milk Faye!

He just could not believe that he got to milk a cow! Just like on cartoons!

He went in the Lorikeet cage. We took him to the Louisville zoo when he turned two and he was not impressed witht he Lorikeets. He had a little bit of a nervous breakdown in the cage at the zoo. He was ready to try it again at KY Down Under. He was so proud of himself when the bird came down and ate from his cup of nectar!

Daddy liked feeding the birds too!

Buzzy kind of wanted the bird on his finger, but he wasn't for sure about it. He was being extremely cautious!

I understand the "proud as a peacock" saying now. This thing strutted all over the place. The man working said that during the winter, the peacock will walk up the squirrels and rabbits with his feathers fluffed trying to get attention! When we first walked up he turned toward me, just like he new what my camera was for!

It was love at first sight with Daddy and Camille the camel!

Kangaroos were all we heard about all day, so Daddy and I were so glad when he finally got to see one. We didn't know that he would get to pet one, so that made it even better for him!

The guide told him to pick up this ones tail to see how heavy it was. He liked this one the best. He was a pretty red color.

I've decided the next thing I want Steve to build for me is an aviary for parakeets! They had and enclosure with probably 300 parakeets. That was Steve's estimate! They gave us Popsicle sticks with peanut butter and bird seed and the birds would fly down and eat it off the stick. It was so neat. I told Steve that was the next thing that I wanted!

New Arrival!

My friend LeeAnn gave birth to her little girl on Tuesday. Steve and I went to visit her last night and she is the prettiest little girl. I didn't take my camera! They are coming home today and as soon as I go visit again, I will post a picture of her. Her name is Edith Kate. She is named after her two great-grandmothers. She weighed 6 lbs 8 oz. and was 19 inches long. I can't wait to post a picture of her. They are calling her Kate and I wanted to call her Katie last night, but I was afraid LeeAnn would ask me to leave!! There will be no Katie's!! Just wanted to announce her good news!

Beech Bend

This weekend was our first trip to Beech Bend Park for the year. I am sure it will be followed by many more trips. After the race, we stayed at the camper and Buzzy could NOT pass the park without going in. At least we didn't have to go swimming this trip!

Buzzy was gung ho about getting on the arctic sled ride. The faster it went the bigger his eyes got and by the end of the ride, he was nearly laying in Steve's lap!

Buzzy was so upset last year, because he wasn't tall enough to ride the wooden roller coaster. He was right at the line this year and Steve reminded him to stand on his tip toes when they got to the actual ride. I have a GREAT picture from the ride, but since my computer has grown it's own female brain, and won't cooperate for the life of me, then I will have to post it later. It was great! He said he liked parts of the ride and he will only ride it again if Mimi rides with him. She doesn't ride roller coasters, so I think he knows he's safe!

He loves the big slide and he was all about riding by himself. He rode it over and over!

We had planned on going back on Sunday afternoon to camp and get ready for the race on Monday, but a little fender bender happened on Friday, so there wasn't going to be a race for us. It ended up raining anyway, so it worked out good that we didn't go back. Buzzy loves camping, so I know we will have to take him every chance we get.

The Graduate

This is the picture that the photographer took last night. Doesn't he look so grown up? It is so hard to believe that he is going to be 5. The last five years have gone by so quickly. I want him to stop growing! I know it will be a blink of an eye when Henry is 5 and we are doing pre-school graduation again. Buzzy is so excited because he gets to be in the afternoon class next year. There are only two from his class going to kindergarten, so he will be with most of the same children again next year.

We are still here...

Just been busy. I had computer problems and had to have it doctored on. They fixed it and i got it back, but my modem was so old that AT&T just sent me another one instead of trying to fix the old one. Anyway whats been going on??? Lots of Drs. appointments. I am on the every two week plan now and Buzzy has had another ear infection. This makes three in about 6 weeks. Went Saturday and had a nasty one. He wasn't acting any better so I took him back on Tuesday. The antibiotics weren't working and he then had two ears infected. They did tell me that his tubes have fallen out, so we are going to the Ear dr on Friday. Hopefully we will get more tubes before Henry arrives. He missed the last two t-balls games, but I have made him rest enough that he made it to graduation tonight. I have pictures to post, just not tonight. We are all sleepy. Stevie practiced his car today, all day and he has already retired to the bed! Buzzy wanted to k now why he was going to bed so early! It's 10:30! Tomorrow is playday at the park for Buzzy's preschool. He is determined to go, but we will see in the morning time.

I heard a funny quote today. It applies to everyone!! It said

"To be loved, you have to be nice to others every day. To be hated, you don't have to do squat."
-Homer Simpson

Shower

My baby shower was this past weekend. It went really well and I got so much stuff! Cute and practical stuff! I want to thank all of you that helped with the food, decorating, cleaning up, moving tables!! All of that preparation and cleaning up stuff!

This is me and the girls that gave me the shower. That's Regina, K, me, and LeeAnn. LeeAnn is due in just a couple weeks with a little girl. I wish someone had reminded me to suck my second chin in!
This is the cake. Isn't it precious! I hated to cut it, but oh was it worth it! It was so yummy. The girl that I lived with at Murray the first semester made this. She has her own business. Check her out http://www.dalishas.com/.

Me and my baby. I don't care how old he is, he's still my baby. They both will be! Mamaw called Pappy her baby until the day she passed. I have always told Buzzy that he's my favorite boy and I've been trying to practice saying my favorite BIG boy!

My family. Buzzy didn't want to cooperate on the picture taking, so I was glad that he was even in the picture! That's NaNA, Aunhee, Lucas, Wendy, Buzzy, Me and MiMi.

NaNa introduced Papaw to his adopted grand-daughter the other evening. Everyone in my family loves K...even Lucas!

This is Wendy's husband, Brad. He is such a hoot and when he walked in, I said that I was so glad that the baby-daddy had came by! He thought that was funny! I had to have my picture made with the "real" baby daddy!