Happy Birthday John David!

Six years ago today...actually at 4:17 a.m....after 19 hours and 17 minutes of labor, I gave birth to a 7lb, 19 1/2 inch baby boy that we named John David (which is after my grandfather John David). Since that day, he's been the center of everyones world. We're all so lucky to have such a wonderful boy in our lives!!! And Hadley is so lucky have such a wonderful big brother who takes care of her! Last night after we left ball practice and ate at Hooters (which by the way all the Hooters girls sang to John David while he hula-hooped! it was so cute!) John David had another milestone in his life...he lost his first tooth!! He was so precious! Here are some pictures from last night and soon I'll post pictures from his birthday party that was a HUGE success! So here's to you my birthday boy...I hope you have the most fabulous 6th birthday ever. I love you soooooooo much!! (i'm a little emotional today because i seriously cannot believe he's 6. i cried the whole way to get his pictures made this morning. i'm a weirdo yes but i do not want him to grow up!)

before ball practice...tooth is still in-tact...but not for long!

John David getting his hula-hoop on while the Hooter's girls sang to him!

Dad & John David working the tooth. I was not allowed to touch it.

and here he is....my snaggle-tooth 6 year old!

bulldog baseball

the bulldogs ended the season with a double-header WIN and to top of the weekend had their baseball party on the same night. needless to say there were lots of tired boys and girls running around having a blast! i do have to brag here for second on my baby ( i mean hello this is my blog so what do you expect!?) but the first game he hit a GRANDSLAM! and the second a 2 run homerun! i'm so proud of him. and to top it off he made the ALL-STAR team!! so hats off to you my little buddy!!! here are some pictures from this weeked!

season closer double-header

john david & coach greg

one more bulldog huttle


go bulldogs!!

yours truly & my angel baby

john david & zac at the baseball party

hads getting down with the get down!

john david and ta'vree

waiting on the magic show

get a closeup up of miss hickerson's sweaty head! she was wild!!

coach greg presenting trophy's

"um coach, where's mine?!"

watching fireworks

tinkerbell DID NOT like the fireworks!! at all!

ruby's yard

last week while john david was at ball practice (on the verge of becoming the next a-rod) hads and i went to ruby's house (my grandmother but the kids call her ruby. if you know her, then you know why we call her ruby. she's a character!). anyway, she pretty much has a daylily garden in her backyard and it's gorgeous!!! they were all in bloom and i had to see the new ones. (or rather i follow ruby around while she shows me all the new ones and hadley taunts her cats j.r. ewing and tojo.)

tinkerbell hiding behind a tree, saying, " i see you uby!"

some of the hydrangeas. she has ever color you could imagine!

gigglebox laughing at ruby while she played "ring around the rosey" by herself! and hadley loved it when she would fall down!

i have a good excuse i promise...

for my tardiness...i have 2 angel babies who require lots of attention. no i take that back. i have one angel baby who is just that. AN ANGEL. he just plays his wii and every now will yell mom for reasons seen below. hadley monroe hickerson cannot be left alone for 2 seconds. or else she will do as followed...

get in her baby stroller with a weight limit of 2 lbs!!!! 28 lbs exceeded...there are no words need.

dangle like shawn johnson from the un-even bars and not think anything of it when i drop my every so lovely diet pepsi max because i'm afraid that sweet child is going to hurt herself. i mean hello, what a dumbass i am. why would anyone worry about this?!

or climb on top of her tv stand and say, "yook mama, i did it!" and proceed to get a wipee and clean her tv and dvds. i mean who would be concerned about that either?!


or, use the big window down in the play room as a step ladder to climb on TOP of this plastic refrigerator. i mean i shouldn't be worried should i? this is normal right?!

that's why this guy is around. he's my helper. he's my side-kick. i love him to pieces and so does miss thang. we call them BUBBA & ME TOO!

so now you see, i've been quite busy with lots of "NO'S!", "GET DOWN'S", "OR "HADLEY MONROE! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" but you know what, i wouldn't trade it for anything!

right now...

as i am blogging...my 22 month old hell-on-wheels-angel baby is sitting on her daddy's chest wearing her bathing suit (bc that's what we will wear everyday, all day this summer), with a dirty diaper, dropping one of her brother's bouncy balls on his chest while he's TRYING to take a nap because he was frog-giggin' til 4 a.m. now what part of that seems to be MY problem?! i'm thinking none of it...i knew you would agree. we've had a busy weekend. my main-man john david (a.k.a-jd cross...which is his bullriding name that he came up with by himself) graduated kindergarten. he's an official 1st grader. wow. saturday he had a ballgame which they lost by 1 point in the last inning. i was a mess. i hate to lose. especially when they couldn't have played any better. just ask the bff & sosie...they were there sweating in the 10 a.m. heatwave with me. that's a true friend folks. left there, got my tan on because my month is almost out and i MUST take advantage of the "unlimited" aspect of it. ate a quick lunch, took a bath and got my hair did for a family wedding because i'm too lazy to try and do it myself. john david went home from the ballgame with his dad while hadley and dusty went to conway with his parents for a "honey-do" shower we hosted for his cousin. FYI- the hubby just yelled "you haven't changed her diaper?" "are you serious?!" and i respond calmy with "nope" and laugh silently to myself. k back to yesterday....left at 3:30 with my grandmother & aunt for my cousin Smith's wedding in Stephens which was fabulous and we had the BEST time ever! i saw lots of old little ladies who either thought i was my mother (she was being a road-whore on the motorcyle with my step-dad at some rally in lafayette (pit of hell), louisiana, or would say, "oh my gosh, holly moe, i haven't seen you since you were this little (and measure me to the ground)." it was gorgeous and at the same church my g-parents, mom and aunt & uncle got married in. i love that small town even though it is somewhat going downhill...it's just something about knowing everyone and being related to EVERYONE. i love it and it's memories...especially of both sets of my grandparents. ok i'm getting sad thinking about that so here are some pictures because i do HATE post's without pictures. boring.

my graduate and i...i'm SO PROUD OF HIM!

our cousin max & john david...he loves max and so looks up to him

mrs. lindsey and the best student ever who got a smiley face ever day of his kindergarten career





the crazy family minus some people because it was so crowded down in the classroom







john david and miss hadley monroe...they really are best friends

my aunt darla & i at the reception

darla, ruby begonia & myself

after the wedding we visited my grandfather John David Turner (who my angel baby john david is named after)

both grandfathers were the best men i've ever known!


and then my other grandfather Grady Arrington

we've had a wonderful weekend! hope yours was too...i now have to go wash "miss thangs" sheets because "here you wash this...she finally went to the bathroom and it's all over her sheets holly." so you gather what you will from that statement! hahahaha! loves!

memorial day 2009...

was a rainy one. fun. but rainy. we had such a good time at the lake with dusty's family. i really don't think i've ever laughed so much in my life. we were supposed to stay 2 nights, but i was missing my little friends too much and i needed to see them and their smiling faces so we headed home late sunday.

here is the dark storm cloud that seemed to follow me all over the lake. once we finally got on the lake the bottom dropped and it poured. and was freezing. but yet i somehow managed to get a little sunburned on my face.

jay only wishing he was a flag runner.

me & jewels on the lake

"all for the ladies"




me and my bish kaitlin noel.

see this guy right here....

as of friday, he'll be a kindergarten graduate!

that is so crazy to me. that baby should still be 1 and toddling around, eating worms. he still loves worms, just not eating them.




all the boys in mrs. lindsey's class on field day



my whole heart

did anyone watch jon & kate last night??? what are your thoughts? i'm pretty sure they're both done because not once did i hear jon say he loved his wife...he said he loved his kids and he was THERE for the kids but neither one said they loved the other. sad situation. especially with 8 kids involved.

have a happy day people...i'm off to get my eyebrows ripped off. they are in a BRUTAL state right now.

hh