Kellie sent me some new pictures she took of Ellie Grace today. I made a couple of them black and white, then just colored in the bow.

How stinkin' cute are these pictures anyway???

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALLI-GAL!!!

HOPE YOU'RE HAVING A GREAT DAY!!

Olivia and I took some pictures around Grammy's house today.

Old Fence In Grammy's Back Yard

Livie found this weird dead flower, we put it in with some colorful stuff and got this picture

Ivy on the Tree by the Street

Pink Flower on the Back Porch

Fuzzy Leaf Plant

The Big Ol White Birch Tree

Rosie spotted this hosta leaf that had interesting shadows shining through

HAPPY ONE WEEK BIRTHDAY TO ELLIE!!

I was wide awake for my party!!

My momma put a cute red ribbon in my hair! Do you like it?

I like to hold my hands together when I sleep

This is me and my family

My momma loves to kiss my forehead (I like it when she does that!)

Ellie Grace - Day 5

We've been videotaping just about everything in Ellie's life - from minutes before she was born to her first bath - to her days under the jaundice lights in the hospital and now on Day 5 - we visited her at home. Of course, I'm taking pictures while Pop (Richie) is videotaping her every breath.

Just look how cute I am in my pink and white outfit

I'm hungry, even though I just had a Ba Ba

Yum, I love these things! And look, I can hold it all by myself!

This is my Pop, my Nana and my daddy having fun at my house while I take a little tiny nap

This is my Momma, she loves me tons even though I just made a real stinky booboo in my diaper!

Introducing our sweet, precious little angel Ellie Grace!

Just 45 minutes old here:

Check out her full head of black hair 2 inches long!

Here I am right after my very first bath!

Sometimes I'm a little drama queen!

Sometimes I'm not!

They already did my footprint!

My Momma and Daddy are real proud of me!

So is my Pop!

I never really bought into that whole Texas Tea....Theory!

They opened a new Dunkin Donuts store in Carmel,

10 minutes from my house......

WITH A DRIVE THRU.

This is bad........

VERY BAD!!!!!!!!!

MAKE

IT

GO

AWAY!!!!

Pray for my dad!!

As most of you know, my dad has been blind in his left eye my entire life. He lost sight way back in the 60's, I think - so did a couple of neighbors who also lived on King Street. Now-a-days, you'd sue someone if something like that happened, but back in those days you just dealt with what was given to you. He's had that same disease in his right eye but it's never caused him a problem.

He woke up the morning of 9/11/07 and was having trouble seeing things close up. He can't see clearly enough to sign a check, he can't see what's on the computer. His distance vision isn't the same but it's not as bad. He says everything close up is really blurry.

He immediately went to the eye doctor but is going back tomorrow (Friday 9/13) for more tests and to determine what's going on and what needs to be done.

Obviously I don't want my dad to lose sight in his only good eye. He does have a cataract so it might just be that but we don't know yet.

Please say a little prayer that this can be fixed and he can go about his normal every day life.

Thanks everyone!!

We hung out with Kellie and Brian yesterday. Kellie wanted me to take some "portrait-like" pictures of her (and Ellie) and Brian before Ellie comes to join us. Next weekend hopefully we'll get to do some outside shots at the art museum. We couldn't this weekend because of the art fair they had there and because of the rain that wouldn't let up!!! These are my favorites :

In looking through a book I hadn't picked up in quite some time, (thank you Jean for reminding me) I found a great little poem that I had forgotten all about.

I've found a little remedy
To ease the life we live
And make each day a happier one---
It is the word 'forgive'.

So often little things come up
That leave a pain and sting,
That covered up at once would not
Amount to anything.

'Tis when we hold them up to view,
And brood and sulk and fret,
They greater grow before our eyes;
'Twere better to forget.

Wanna know who's gonna be on Dancin' With the Stars this Fall? Here's a spoiler, thanks to TMZ.com

http://photos.tmz.com/galleries/dancing_with_the_stars__spoilers

OH and Jenny, don't get your tu-tu in a wad.......MY boyfriend Helio is gonna mambo his way right into my life!

The full moon is at it again. Shining big and bright in the sky. I took these pics as the sun was setting and the moon was rising.

Introducing Miss Elizabeth Grace (Ellie) Wooden!

Look at those fat cheekies!!!!

Kellie and Brian had a 3D Ultrasound done last week. This is one of the best pictures they got of Ellie. The little bunny didn't want to have her picture taken that day, she has her hands in front of her face in alot of the pictures.

TOP 10 REASONS WHY OUR COUSIN JOHN NEEDS A BLOG!!!!

10. Establish an electronic connection to home

9. Constant and sometimes instant communication with the fam

8. Post pictures of beautiful & picturesque Tampa enticing us to visit

7. Update us on new recipes he's tried lately

6. Gives us all another blog to view and leave comical comments on

5. A consummate musical buff, he could suggest great music to us

4. Peer Pressure - Everyone else has a blog, why not John?

3. Show us fun videos on YouTube

2. Blogging is cool

1. Keep us up to date on his life & stuff because we miss him!!!!!

Heinz Commercial Outtakes and Gag Reel

There's nothing better than free stuff!!!!

Meteor Shower This Weekend!

This info courtesy of Sky & Telescope Magazine

August is the best month overall to view meteors from the Northern Hemisphere, according to Robert Lunsford, operations manager of the American Meteor Society. And conditions are ideal this year because the Perseid meteor shower peaks on the new-Moon night of Sunday–Monday, August 12–13.

The Perseids are one of the two strongest and most reliable annual meteor showers. (The other is December's Geminids.) And while some showers produce brief bursts lasting just a few hours, the Perseids have a broad peak. So don't despair if clouds are forecast for Sunday night — or if work obligations prevent you from staying up until dawn on Monday.

Even now, a week before the peak, you can see up to a dozen Perseids per hour if conditions are perfect. That's stronger than some meteor showers at their best! The meteor rate increases to roughly 30 per hour in the predawn hours on Saturday, 45 per hour on Sunday morning, and 80 per hour before the sky starts to get light on Monday morning.

So stay up late or get up early this weekend, take a gander in the northern sky and watch the heavens come to life!

1970's Blast from the Past

Who remembers this stuff???

I loved my Gillette Supermax hair dryer
with the comb and brush attachments!

How about Blue Jeans Cologne?
(lovin' the 70's disco clothes!!)
I remember taking "Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific" Shampoo to camp with me!

IT'S THE YEAR OF CORN
AT THE INDIANA STATE FAIR....

SIT A SPELL AND GNAW ON AN EAR, Y'ALL!

The Indiana State Fair runs August 8th through 19th