A Very Merry Red Hat Christmas!!

On December 17th, both groups of the Red Hat Society in Starke had their Christmas luncheon.  This year, the Payne family was invited, in honor of Grandma's birthday.  Granddaddy, Nancy, Wyatt and I were the only ones who were able to go.  It was so very nice of them, and we had a good time.

Do they still count?

Birthdays, that is?  Grandma's birthday would have been today.  Do you still celebrate...I mean...is it okay to?? Or is that a bit strange?  I feel the need to celebrate, and do it just as she would have liked, but somehow I think when I say that...people look at me as if I am nuttier than the Mad Hatter. 

Any how, I am hoping that Richard will be agreeable enough to go to St. Augustine this weekend to 'celebrate' ...we shall see!!

Happy Birthday Grandma....this is sure to be the best one ever for you! 

Here ya go BeckyLou..

I can't believe it....almost a month since my last post.  I do think about posting something every day, but then, life happens...and I forget.  The only reason I am doing it now is that BeckyLou rides my beeehind about it almost every time I talk to  her, and I figure it will put an end to it for the time being if I just suck it up and update it.

Last Friday, 12-4-09...we had an unfortunate event.  Murray and our green egg laying hen were violently attcked and killed by 2 dogs.  We were next door at the Mailman's house for dinner..only being gone for about 2 hours, and when we came back...we saw the chicken in the yard, almost in front of the door.  Richard went to feed Murray and the other chickens, and I saw him run to the truck, gun in tow.  I yelled out the door to him and he said they got the goat too, and at that point...I was very upset.

Mailman and Richard proceeded to follow the two sets of dog tracks out of the driveway and right to the house where they belong. We are going to let sleeping dogs lie for now, but karma is a bitch...and what goes around comes around.

They came back and buried Murray and the chicken.  I didn't go out, but Richard said it was awful, and I believe him.  We all loved Murray...he was so friendly, and he probably didn't think any harm was going to come to him when he saw those dogs, just because he's used to playing with our dogs.

:  Murray  :

Say it aint so

Can Thanksgiving really be just a week away?  It really doesn't seem like it's possible.  For one thing, it's too hot here in Florida for it to be holiday time.  It just doesn't seem right without a little nippppy air.  Alas, it is true though...Turkey day is just a mere 7 days 15hours 30minutes and 3seconds away.  Yes, I am serious....not even remotely kidding....I have a countdown timer on my desktop...I'm not smart enough in math to figure that one out on my own. It is correct though...and right around the corner is....Bueller...Bueller...Bueller.   That's right folks, don't look.....but Christmas is riding our butts as we speak. 

In a way I am so excited, because Wyatt will really have fun this year.  On the other hand, well, not so much.  It won't seem right at all without Grandma here.  This holiday season is going to be bitter sweet, so I have to make the best of it.  I'm going to try to change a few traditions, just to make our own, new ones.... and to hopefully give us a distraction!

So, I am busy planning menus and making shopping lists...which I really do enjoy.  Mom  a.k.a. BeckyLou, will be gracing us with her wonderful helpful presence next week.  I am so excited for her to have some extra time with the little man, and I'm sure he will really love it!

I don't have too many pictures ready to post.  I have to resize them and crap like that, but I do have a couple ready, and will be working on the rest...hopefully this afternoon.

Have a wonderful day all!!

Bryley Ann Lee

Better late than never... (as usual)

Ginger (Richard's sister) and Byron had their second baby girl.  She gave her mommy a hard 9 months (pre-eclampsia, and higher risk for stroke...heart attack...and blod clots), but is finally here and worth the wait!

She is a tiny little girl, but that's what makes her so cute!

                       

 Bryley Ann lee

October 8, 2009 ~ 6:17 am ~ 6lb 2oz ~ 19 in.

                                    

                                                                 Uncle Byron, Wyatt, 

                                                                 Richard and Bryley

                                                            

                                                              Richard and Bryley

                                                                 

                                                                 Mommy and Bryley

Fall is in the air....

and I am loving every minute of it. Of course that means being busier than normal with Halloween and the fall festivals and such.

It has been a while since I blogged anything. And there isn't much new going on with Wyatt...he now has 6, almost 7 teeth. He hardly ever falls now when he's walking or running and he's starting to say a few more words. I just love him to pieces!

There is something exciting that I will post about after I get this one finished..Ginger had the baby!! Almost 2 weeks ago....and she is beautiful. I'll have another post about that after I finish this one.

Here are some of the latest pictures that I have.......

Run Forrest.......Run!!

I can't believe how fast time flies by.  Wyatt started walking the Sunday after his birthday, so he was a year and 2 days old.  It's so funny to watch him, he looks like a little chimpanzee running all over the place.  He's getting better at ti every day.  First he started out slow as Christmas, now he runs and stomps, and will even throw the ball for Pig (he's got one hell of an arm on him for his age)! We fully expect him to play baseball or football with the way he chunks the ball.

I am working on finding the right firewire port to install on my PC so I can upload some videos, but for now...pictures will have to do....

These were taken on September 6, 2009 at Nancy's lake house.  Wyatt loves to swim, and be with his Daddy!

Happy FIRST Birthday Wyatt Lane!

I was totally exhausted by the end of the day, but when all was said and done...it turned out great!  Everybody who loves him was there....even had  picture of Grandma there so she could see him open his presents.  That's my only wish for today...that Grandma would have made it this far with him, that she could have seen him destroy his cake.  I did feel like she was with him....I almost always feel like she is there.

So...with out further adeau.....

 

  

  

  

 

  

Dear Wyatt,

We waited so very long for you....and never thought that we would be here today.  Watching you play, hearing your laugh.....but you are here, and for that we are so lucky and grateful.

It seems so weird for me to think that just a year ago I was holding you for the first time.  In a way, it seems like the time has gone by so slowly, but on the other hand...it seems like just yesterday.  I still remember the smell of your skin, and how soft your hair was.  How your blue eyes just seemed to stare straight into my heart.  You are my everything! 

Here it is a year later...your first birthday!!! You have changed by leaps and bounds.  It is so breathtaking to watch you learn, or to try something new for the first time.  I miss the baby you were, but look so much forward to the child and man you will be. 

You can do anything that you set your mind to.  If you can dream it, you can do it! Don't ever let anyone tell you that you CAN'T do something....you can do anything that you put your mind to.  You have already shown us just how smart you are, and I know that you will keep making us proud as you grow.

Live life to it's fullest.....and never have any regrets.  Love like there is no tomorrow, laugh like you have never laughed before.  Keep an open mind, and don't judge others just on what you see.  Take time to look around and appreciate what you have.  Most of all.....Love God with all of your heart.

Always know that I love you so much, and always will.  I will always stand behind you, and be there for you, no matter what your life may bring.


                    With all of my love,
                                 Mommy
 

 

  

 

Happy Birthday Aunt Naaaneeee!!!

 Nancy's birthday was the 31st of August.  We celebrated with a few friends and some family out at the lake. We really had a lot of fun.

8-29-2009

 

  

  

Here are some pictures from Sunday, 8-30-2009.  Jamo was here that weekend, so we went out and played in the water for a while with Wyatt.

 

  

  

Dear Mr. Florida Congressman,

Why do you choose a Monday to raise the fees for EVERYTHING in the state of Florida? Why.... on a day that, my husband is out of town, I have no baby sitter, and my child didn't go to bed until 4 AM (making him the crankiest little fart ever)? I stood in your 70's wood paneled hallway waiting in line, then I stood in your crappy LITTLE office...in line, if you want to call it a line. It was more like a meandering, winding, snake like thing. It started in the middle of the room and wound around from the inside out.


Then I watched as every effing podunk hillbilly let every other effing podunk hillbilly they knew, cut in line with them. I listened as people complained about my crabby baby, and wondered how I dare take such a crabby little person out and make innocent people endure the whining and crying.....well guess what you hag...you are whining too...(as I roll my eyes, and wish my child would let out a stink that would clear the room).

Please for the LOVE OF GOD.....get some more over-paid, pissy employees, so that the next time you decide to raise the rates for tag renewals and drivers licences... people like me only have to wait an hour and a half, instead of the 3 hours that I waited today. It just made my craptastic day even more crappy.

Toodles,
Me

Nervousness

I am sitting here, shivering cold (simply because at night it has to be cold enough in here to hang several slabs of cow, or I can't sleep)....trying to wrap up a few projects that I have going for Wyatt's birthday. When it hit me....I feel like Saturday is a huge event, like a wedding or something. It's just my son's first birthday party. Not like the Pope will be attending or anything like that, but I am so damned nervous about it.

I feel overwhelmed, for a lack of better word. Like I am forgetting very important things. Grrrrr.....why can't I think clearly? I'm sure part of it is that AF decided to show up right before Richard came home from an out of town job, and has yet to go away, and that I am so tired. For some great reason, I can't sleep here lately (no matter how cold it is).

Richard's sister (Ginger) and his Mom, asked me if there was anything that I needed for Saturday. Ummm...probably, but I feel like my brain is in a jar on some shelf, not in my head. I couldn't think of anything...except for some sweet tea. Richard's Mom said that she would bring ice cream, which is GREAT :) since I hadn't even thought about ice cream. I sware, sometimes she gives me the best ideas, and reminds me of the stupid things that I forget. I love Richard's family....they are good to me, and to Wyatt. That's all I could ask for!

So begins the list making, or so continues the list making. I have started lists (notice the s at the end?? It's plural for list, meaning more than one) because I can't seem to get my thoughts together with just one. For some flipping reason, I found it necessary to make individual lists for certain places, or things. I.E. there is a list for the decorations, a list for the food, for the guests, for the gifts, what I need to get and from where...and each store has it's own list. Could I have made that any more complicated?......

......probably.

I did borrow a chafing dish and a tea urn from Ginger...I am sure there will be more things that I remember as the week goes on. She said to let her know if there is anything I forgot...but, she may regret that choice of words...her phone may be ringing off the hook later this week! She's done this before, I haven't.

Sheesh...I make it sound like I'm planning a ball for the President. Can we say...loosing our mind?

Never fails, my attempt at being organized turns into a big pile of crumpled paper laying on the table next to me. I guess that's why I normally find it better to fly by the seat of my pants!


Nightey night!

Changing names?

Wyatt is changing by leaps and bounds, and I have been toying around with changing the name of this blog to "Living with Wyatt" or "Wyatt's World".....you get the picture!

He has discovered that shaking his head from side to side means no, and he knows up and down (he will even point up or down)!  He will shake his little pointer finger at the dog and try to say "no no piggy".  His third tooth came in......FINALLY!  It seemed like it would be forever, but it's in about half way.  I think there are 2 more on the way in too.

It seems like all I have to do is blink...and he's learned something new, or grown another inch, or gotten another tooth. I love all of the new and exciting things he does, but in a way it makes me sad.  Sad that he's not really a baby any more.  I'm afraid that tomorrow I will wake up and it will be his first day of school, or he'll be riding a bike.  It just seems like childhood doesn't last very long any more.

I remember Grandma, in her bed at the hospital....after we knew that there was nothing that they could do, looking at Wyatt with tears in her eyes and simply saying..."I wonder who you'll be?" I was thinking about that last night, and that's when I realized, that we are still "Making Wyatt".  Every one around us in making him, all of his family, who loves him dearly. Even the strangers, who always tell him just how super cute he is! And I especially think about Grandma, who in a way is helping make him who he'll be, because she made me who I am! I will forever love her and be grateful for that.

I want to enjoy every moment with him, every experience.  I am so grateful that God entrusted us with him...I'm so glad that we have this chance, the chance to make a great human being!  That's why, for now...I am going to stick with "The Making of Wyatt".  We are still making him, making him the person he will be.

Thanks for listening to my ramblings...if you even made it this far!  I appreciate it :)

 

 

 

Wyatt and Grammy

My Mom is really goofy with wyatt.....but he loves every minute of it! We were at Granddaddy's and took these...it was the same time as the last pictures.

August 26, 2009

 

  

  

  

Run Forrest....Run!!!!

I think I am going to possibly scar Wyatt for life.  He's getting to the point where, if he even sees my camera...he crawls the other way as fast as he can.  These are the best of the last session we did.  I was trying different things, trying to get ready to do his birthday pictures...plus I wanted to try out my new bamboo floor, and I must say....I LOVE it!

August 5, 2009

More pictures?? Can it be??

So, I have been in a posting/photo editing mood today. Anything to avoid house work...right? This is my attempt at trying to catch up on what I've missed. I'll give the details as I go along!

At Nancy's lake ~ July 18

 

I got a couple of new (old ) chairs at the flea market and wanted to try them out.  He had just woke up  and I dragged him outside to snap a few shots!

July 21

 

This was one of the pictures for his birthday party invitation

July 27

 July 29

 

Hope you enjoy!

Boy am I tired...oh, and the 4th of July!

Holy moly!! This was a draft that I saved on the 7th of August! Shows ya how much extra time I have on my hands lately. Oh well...as my mother would say....better late than never.


Wyatt decided to go to bed early last night, so he was up around 4:00am, and didn't go back to sleep until around 5:30. For some unknown reason, I can't fall back asleep....so, I decided to work on and post some new pictures, starting with July 4th. Hope you enjoy.

At the parade

This goose was the funniest thing...his name is "Chicken" and he follows the bull and his owner anywhere they go....

At the lake with the Becks



At the fireworks
What did I do??