Parking lot Pumpkin Hunting

After lunch a few Sundays back, we found a little whole in the wall pumpkin set up in the parking lot. A hunting we went for pumpkins for the girls--- Heres a couple cute shots from that. ( and before you judge, lil Muffin dressed herself in that gettup ;)

They love their Auntie!!

Oh my gosh, how cauuuuuuuuuuute is this shot?!

The girls Halloween costumes are literally en route to my house in an hour- our friend made them and im EXTREMELY excited about them. they will be wearing them on Saturday for our yearly Zoo event, and then again on Halloween- Im Super excited about them this year!! Just need to buy a few more things and they will be ready to go!

Feel Better, Lil Jewel

As i said in the previous post, we had a freak accident last week-
We had a nieghbor boy and his mom over for the first time and they were literally over for 5 minutes. The little boy is terrified of dogs ( i guess our 2 4 lb dogs are TERRIFYING, just sayin') If i would have known this, precautionary measures would have been taken. Mini me let the dogs out of their crate and as usual, they greeted all of us, including neighbor boy. He was perched like a frog on the side of the loveseat. The poodle jumped up on the couch to give nieghbor boy a kiss, and it freaked him out. He literally jumped backwards off the loveseat and ONTO Jewel.

The noise and the sight i saw i will NEVER forget. She layed there CRYING, white tongue and limp. I immediately picked her up and knew something was terribly wrong.

I put everything into place as to who needed to watch the girls, got in the car, and rushed her to the ER vet.

They met me at the door and rushed her back. They gave her pain meds immediately and ran x-rays after making me sign a contract that it would cost me roughly 700-1250 dollars. YES, you read that correctly. I tried like a psycho to get ahold of the husband and couldnt, so i made a split second decision and signed the contract. As ya'll know, jewel is my life and joy. She's been thru absolute hell and back in her 5 years of life. Liver shunts, heart murmer, choking on an apple and chicken nugget.... literally, this dog has 25 lives.

She stayed the night at the ER vet- she was in BAD shape. Coudlnt walk, and although she didnt have any broken bones, they thought she may have some neurological damage, but only time would tell.

We picked her up the next day and had hours of whining and crying- i felt absolutely helpless and terrible for her .the only way she was comfortable was to be in my peanut shell baby carrier. She would only sleep for 4 hrs at a time. I was exhausted.

Now, days later, she once again has pulled almost completely through it. She's still on 3 Medications for it, including a steroid. She sleeps with us at night- she's very very needy. She's drinking and eating on her own ( that's a plus, i was syringe feeding her) and she's not walking 100%. she will walk and then drag her legs, and they give out.. i think neighbor boy landed on back legs?! We're still not sure. She probably feels like she was hit by a mac truck!!!
Poor little princess!!

Something to make you smile

Lil muffin LOVES our neighbor - when he comes home, she yells his name and runs over and gives him a hug. Yesterday, she helped him take his combat boots off and put them on herself-

On top of her hair i brushed out as a joke, the ballerina outfit she wears every other day and the boots, she looks like one HOT mess ;) And that's why i love her.. she wears it all SO well-

Now if you could only see the NON- matching baby legs UNDER the boots.

Something i stumbled upon

Since we've moved here, there has been A TON of talk about the gypsies. i guess growing up i thought of the women as these beautiful jeweled women, but had NO CLUE the lifestyles.

i have talked with many people about this community and lemme tell you, i am SO intrigued by these people, i could spend HOURS reading about them. Maybe its due to the unknown that makes it so intriguing. I'd planned on driving out to their community with a friend and we still havent got around to it.

On our way to my best friends party, we drove thru 2 areas where they live. AS we were driving, we literally drove by these and i thought, "gosh, these houses are monters.." and then it clicked.. it was their houses. So, as we drove back, i made sure i took pictures for ya'll to see, because they are enormous!

I wanted to explain the windows on the one below to you. They live in mobile homes and eventually build these mansions, but DO NOT live in them for a year after they are built. The cover the windows, as seen below and believe that it takes a year for the "evil spirits" to leave the house. i have been told that after they move in, there are still people that live in the mobile home out back and that mulitple families dwell in these houses. (you can see mobile homes in the background of this picture)
Also included in EVERY front yard are statues of Mary- supposably they are a branch off the catholic church-
If you see a gypsie girl, you WILL know.They eat out on the weekends- the girls are dressed literally like pageant queens. Their hair is over the top, and literally look as though they are on their way to a pageant. They drive NICE cars, cadillacs, Mercedes, etc.
The girls start wearing makeup and have coach purses starting at a young age, around
9 or 10.


There is WAY more facts- look it up, it will intrigue you
I told you all of this is intriguing.. there is SO much more on the internet.. that's my little lesson to you for the day-
i thought you would enjoy these pictures as much as i did, and it save you a trip to the south to see them.

One Year ago...

This lil Muffin was still on a binky.. and up until 2 weeks ago she had it.in.her.mouth.all.the.time. Lemme just tell you how much i hated that thing by the end. - You know when someone smokes a cigarette and has it hang out of their lips while they talk? i swear, this child could do that. It was gross.

I wanted to get rid of it- but lets be honest, i had one excuse after another of why it was still with us- it started with the chronic ear infections, then we moved, then we traveled this summer.. but guesss what? i decided i was scared to get rid of it due to her reaction-

COLD TURKEY is how we did it.. honest. I told her that other babies needed them- and that was that.

First night, 3 hrs of screaming. i mean, top of the lungs screaming. This lasted only a few days- i've never looked back.

Would ya look at that pretty little smile!!!!!! This is the face i get to look at now- BINKY FREE!!! ... now onto the potty training.. ughhhh

Bulldog Engagement Celebration

Labor day weekend was super busy for us- we had some friends that had an engagement party- the theme was Georgia Bulldogs- It was at a local golf course- Enjoy the pictures of our little Georgia Cheerleaders!!! *the bride to be!! *
*Sisters*

* One of the 4 tables- thought these cakes were SO cute! Monogrammed, of course, cause that's how they do it in the South!! And on the left a birthday cake for the groom to be!*

*Lil Muffin loves R!! she snuck in during their cake cutting *

*Isnt that little mouth and the smile just SO beautiful!! There will be a post on that story following- this is her typical face- cheesin it up for her daddy! *

*Future UGA girls, maybe?! Who knows- *

*Group picture- the girls just LOVE this couple!!! .. and one last time of wearing the white dress this year *

Open up and say ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

It has been LONG overdue.. i mean.. LONGGG - after summer trips and school starting, we were able to get the girls into a new dentist. The COOLEST dentist office i've ever been in. Over.THE.TOp... but really, would you expect anything else from me? Sissy went first to show lil muffin that taking pictures of your teeth doesnt hurt-

Lil Muffin kept the thing in her mouth for the pictures UNTIL they took pictures.. SO next time we'll get actual pictures of her teeth ;)
Dental assistant giving them their new toothbrushes and letting them choose their toothpaste to clean their teeth with- on that list, Chocolate and cookie dough were a choice. Boy, were us 80's kids hosed at the dentist !!! what did we have, like THREE choices that included
*Bubble gum
*Cinnamon
*Mint
Seriously, chocolate? good lord, i'd go to get my teeth cleaned like EVERY week!


Once again setting a good example for her sissy!!!
( uh.. lil muffin wasnt so sure of this part, so she got to skip it- i think she may have talked to Grandpa about that.. he HATES the dentist!)

And....... Lil Muffin for her fluoride treatment.. she needed a few helpers for that part- BUT, i will say they told me that they've never seen a child so young so quiet.. they said all the other ones have screamed and freaked out.. something to be said for lil muffin.

And may i say that BOTH girls got an "A" from the Dentist- NO CAVITIES, MY FRIENDS.. NONE!! That means mama & Daddy are doing a good job too!! ( Go me)