Friday, June 6, 2008

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY CALEB!

MAY 27TH, 2008

GOOD MORNING CALEB SUNSHINE! HE GOT TO TAKE A SHOWER WITH HIS DADDY TO START OFF OUR DAY. I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH HE'S GROWN UP!
CALEB & I ARE ABOUT TO WALK OUT THE DOOR. WE ARE HEADED TO HIS FIRST B-DAY PARTY AT KIDSVIEW, A LONGVIEW COMMUNITY PARK.
HE HUNG OUT WITH GRANDADDY WHILE WE SET UP FOR THE PARTY. HE LOVES TO SWING.
SOME OF THE "AUNT PILE" GOT THERE EARLY TO HELP SET UP. KIM, STEPHANIE, ASHLEY, MARY, AMY & CINDY & CHRISTY WERE ALL THERE.
THE THEME WAS PUPPY DOGS. MOM MADE THE CAKES WITH 7 MINUTE FROSTING AND I MADE COOKIES TO SEND HOME WITH EVERYONE.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. MILKEY FACE! HE REACHED IN WITH BOTH HANDS. HE LOVED THE ICEING. IT WAS HALARIOUS TO WATCH HIM EAT THAT CAKE.
YUMM! YUMM! HE LOVED THE CAKE. EVERYONE LAUGHED AT HOW MESSY HE WAS GETTING.
UNCLE RICKY BIT CALEB'S CAKE TO SHOW HIM HOW TO DO IT. I THINK CALEB LIKED IT. LOOK AT THAT FACE!
GRANDMOMMY MADE CALEB A PUPPY DOG CAKE. IT COULD BE JILLY RIGHT?
SWEET BABY BELLA. SHE WAS BEING VERY SWEET TO COUSIN CALEB. LOOK AT THE MONKEYS BEHIND CALEB. SUSANA, KINZIE, LOLO & AUBREY.
LOOK AT THESE SWEET KIDOS. THEY COULDN'T WAIT TO GET CAKE! AND OPEN PRESENTS.
BELLA WAS BEING A BIG GIRL & ATE ON HER OWN.
CALEB & COOPER WORE THE SAME OUTFIT. THEY HAD PUPPY DOGS ON THEIR SHIRTS.
AUNT ASHLEY SWANG CALEB. WE WERE SO GLAD THAT ASHLEY AND BRENT STOPPED BY. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THEM!
CAN YOU TELL HOW MUCH RICKY & CINDY LOVE COOPER, THEIR SWEET BOY.
NOT THAT OUR OBSESSION IS TOO FAR BEHIND! WE LOVE OUR SWEET BOY TOO.
CALEB LOVED ALL OF HIS LITTLE PRESENTS. I LET HIM RIP THE PAPER.
THE KIDS HELPED CALEB OPEN HIS PRESENTS. THEY WERE SO PROUD OF THE PRESENT THEY BROUGHT.
MOMMY AND DADDY GAVE CALEB A TRUCK. AND HE LOVES IT! LOOK AT CHRISPY IN THE BACKGROUND. WHAT IS HE DOING TO DAD?
AUNT AMY SHOWED CALEB HOW TO PLAY WITH HIS TRUCK.
OUR SMALL GROUP AT CHURCH CAME TO CELEBRATE: THE NORTON'S & NEAL'S WERE THERE. AND RICKY & CINDY, AMY, MOM AND DAD.
OTHER GUEST WERE: STEPHANIE, KIM, WAYNE, MARY RUTH & BELLA. WE JUST MISSED ASHLEY AND BRENT. THIS IS THE SAMPLE/PEURIFOY SIDE.
OTHER DEAR FRIENDS THAT WERE THERE WERE DARWYN AND DEBBIE, THE NEWLY WEDS. THEY BROUGHT CALEB A HORSE THAT YOU COULD RIDE AND IT WAS A HIT. ALL THE KIDS WANTED TO RIDE THE HORSEY.
LOOK AT THIS CUTE FAMILY. WAYNE, MARY & BELLA DROVE ALL THE WAY UP TO LONGVIEW TO CELEBRATE WITH US.
HERE ARE A FEW PICTURES OF MAMA AND HER BABY. THE SAD PART IS THAT HE'S NOT A BABY ANY MORE... HE'S A LITTLE BOY.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S ALREADY BEEN A YEAR!
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PICTURES. LOOK AT MY BIG BOY CALEB.
I TRIED TO FOLD UP AND GET IN THE TUNNEL WITH HIM. IT WAS A SNUG FIT!
AUBREY & LOLO WANTED TO TAKE SOME PICTURES WITH THE BOYS.
I KNOW THEY SAY KIDS CHANGE YOUR LIFE, BUT IT IS SO TRUE. THESE KIDS ARE THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY LIFE. I LOVE THEM AND I'M SO GLAD WE LIVE CLOSE ENOUGH TO PLAY TOGETHER.
WHEN WE GOT HOME, JILLY WAS REAL EXCITED TO SEE HER BOY.
WE ALL WENT HOME AROUND 1:30 AND TOOK NAPS. THEN AMY CALLED US UP AND WE MET AT HER POOL. COOPER LOOKS READY TO SWIM. THE LITTLE PANTS WERE ALMOST AS BIG AS HE WAS.
THE PEURIFOY'S REALLY ENJOYED THE POOL. CALEB THOUGHT IS WAS ONE BIG BATHTUB.
AUBREY AND LOLO WERE SWIMING LIKE LITTLE FISH. AUNT AMY DID THE WASHING MACHINE WITH THE KIDS AND THEY LOVED IT!
AUNT AMY AND THE WATER BUGS.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CALEB. I LOVE HIS LITTLE SMILE.


CALEB LOVES THE BLOCK, THE TRUCK, THE FRIDGE MAGNANT, THE PINGUIN AND HIS TIKE. HE EVEN LIKES THE POPPER. HE HAS LOTS OF NEW TOYS TO PLAY WITH.
CHECK OUT THIS SWEET BOY.

Sunday, June 1, 2008

WE ARE WALKING!


it's not the best video, but he's just so cute. i'll post more latter. we point him in a certain direction and he can walk there!

just in time for summer! we are in trouble!

BECKY THE LIFEGUARD

WHEN ANNI AND I WERE IN COLLEGE SHE HAD HER LIFEGUARD CERTIFICATION. I ALWAYS WANTED TO DO THAT TOO. SO IN 1996 I TOOK MY FIRST LIFEGUARD COURSE IN MOBILE, AL.
SINCE THEN I'VE RENEWED SEVERAL TIMES BUT THIS YEAR I HAD TO TAKE THE COURSE ALL OVER. YOU SEE LAST MAY MY CERTIFICATION WAS UP AND I WAS TOO PREGNANT TO TRY TO DIVE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE POOL TO SAVE A BRICK OR TREAD WATER WITH A BRICK OR SWIM THE 12 LAPS REQUIRED FOR THE PRE COURSE SWIM.

HERE IS MY CLASS, THIS IS: LUKE, PAYTON, CINDY, JAMIE, SETH & I. BARETT IS MISSING FROM THE PICTURE. GINA & JAMIE HESTER TAUGHT THE CLASS AND DID AND AWESOME JOB. I'VE KNOWN THEM FOR ABOUT 6 YEARS NOW. GINA AND I TAUGHT SPANISH TOGETHER AT HALLSVILLE. GREAT COUPLE.

THIS IS ME IN ACTION. FIRST YOU STRIDE ENTER THE WATER & SWIM TO THE VICTIM.
THEN YOU APPROACH THE ACTIVE DROWNING VICTIM, BEING CAREFUL NOT GET CAUGHT & DUNKED. JAMIE ALMOST GOT ME!
YOU APPROACH FROM BEHIND AND GRAB THE VICTIM, LEAN HIM BACK AND...
SWIM HIM TO THE EDGE. TELL HIM NOT TO SWIM IN THE DEEP END WITH OUT HIS FLOATIES!
HERE'S THE CLASS AGAIN TRYING TO LOOK WARM. THAT WATER WAS MISERABLE TEH FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS.
I'M HELPING HOLD A VICTIM ON THE SIDE WHILE THE LIFEGUARD GETS OUT AND...
WE PUT HIM ON A BACK BOARD AND PULL HIM OUT OF THE WATER.
CPR, RESCUE BREATHING OR WHAT?
COME ON SETH, SAVE PAYTON!
CHRIS DOES BOYSCOUTS AND I LOVE LIFEGUARDING. IT WAS A FUN TWO WEEKENDS AND IT REMINDED ME OF HOW MUCH FUN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AT CAMP THIS SUMMER!