Beat It!

Have you ever wanted to see someone overcome an obstacle so bad that you can feel it in your bones?  Even if you don't really know the person that well?

That's where I am. 

http://www.babypennington.com/

I don't know Kerri or Mel very well - I've seen them all over Hartsville of course, even spoke to Kerri on the phone a few times thanks to Olivia's trips to the office at THA.  But I want to see her beat cancer.  

Check out her blog.  It'll make you laugh.  It'll make you cry.  It'll make you go hug your kids.  Her honesty is brutual.  You will instantly become a cheerleader too. 

New Pictures 2011

We took some family pictures today.  I think they turned out pretty good!  Tell me what you think.



Olivia and Cooper 2011



Cooper Thomas - age 6

Griggs Family 2011

My two hearts

Olivia Grace - age 8

Zombies

Livvie is scared of zombies.  We've fought this battle with her for almost a year now.  And she is NOT wavering in her belief that zombies due in fact exist.

I'm not sure what has her convinced - she saw "Thriller" on tv one day and ever since then she has 100% believed in zombies.  I've explained, Al has talked to her, even my Mom has tried to convince this child that the zombies in that video were actors.  She's not buying it.  I don't know what I'll do if she ever sees "The Walking Dead" on TV.  Ha ha!

Cooper went to a sleepover tonight so Al and I took O to dinner.  She and I had this conversation:

O:  You know there are zombies.

Me:  No there isn't.

O:  They eat you or they eat your brains.  That's how you turn into a zombie too.

Me:  Actually, they bit you and then you turn into a zombie.  IF zombies exist, which they most certainly do not.

O:  They're going to get you.

Me:  *blank stare*

Sometimes I think Olivia says these things to make me worry about sleeping at night.  

Getting my blogging groove back

I know 2011 has been a bad year for me and the blog.  I really didn't mean for it to be, honest. 

I came home from running last night to find Olivia walking (or attempting to walk) around the house dragging her right foot.  Apparently she fell at school that morning and spent the whole day trying to walk on it and just making it worse.  So, today as we sat in the doctor's office waiting on x-ray results to make sure it wasn't broke, I thought "Dear Lord, I HAVE to blog this!"  I'm not sure if that makes me really, really sad or if it means I'm finally getting my blog groove back.

I'm going with blog groove baby. 

O got feathers.  Pretty cute I think!

Livvie Grace is such an old soul.  And so grown.  But it's days like today when I'm reminded that she's still a kid.  Still needs me.  And I love it.  O loves Dr. Bonnie so when we saw her, it wouldn't have mattered if I were in the room or not.  But as soon as we headed to x-ray, well, that's when my girl actually turned into a little girl.  She got shy.  Scared.  I caught her looking for me a few times as my friend Lyn took x-rays of her foot.  I felt needed - I was reminded that no matter how independent Olivia is, there will always be times when she simply needs her mommy. 

I wish she would smile.  Just once.

Oh, about Livvie's foot?  It's not broken!  Yay!!!   And wasn't Cooper supposed to be the kid I take to the doctor about a possible broken bone?  I can't believe Olivia beat him to the punch. 

Nine Years Legal baby!

Me and my Love



Happy Anniversary to me and Alton!!!!  NINE wonderful years babe - who would have thought?

It honestly feels like it's been much longer than nine years.....and I don't mean that in a bad way at all.  I just mean that these past nine years have been everything I expected they would be.  There's not a day that goes by that I'm not reminded somehow by Al that I definitely made the right choice.  He's not perfect.  Neither am I.  But he's the perfect partner for me. 

Why does he loves me?  I have no idea.  And that's one of the biggest reason I love HIM.  He sees my flaws on a daily basis and still loves me.  He's the better of the two of us and probably always will be.  I hope we share many, many, many more anniversaries together.