Good People

There are still good people in this world.  You're looking at the two pictures I took at the fall festival before I lost my camera.  I posted on Facebook that I lost my camera at the Jenks festival and expressed my frustration.  My good friend Ellen lives close and said she'd stop by to see if anyone turned it in.  Lo and behold.....she got it back for me!!!  Someone did find the camera and turned it in to the front gate and Ellen retrieved it for me!  Holy smokes.  I thought it was a goner.  Finding it not only saved me a couple hundred dollars for a new camera....but it also saved these two adorable pictures of Vivi checking out a pony.  What would I have done without my camera?!

Sweet Veeves

These pictures were taken by a friend of mine that I work with.  She has an amazing camera and takes incredible pictures.  She was just snapping away at our school picnic and emailed these to me.  She agreed and is excited to take pictures of Vivi this fall when the leaves fall!  I can't wait....especially since I just discovered I lost my camera!!!!  This is devastating news to someone that takes multiple pictures a day.  I went to a fall festival today and took some adorable pictures of Vivi checking out a pony.  I came home to upload them onto the computer and discovered it was nowhere to be found.  It must have fallen out of the stroller.  UGH!!!  I'm crossing my fingers that someone turned it in and there is a contact to get ahold of.  I emailed someone I found online, but I don't know if it was the right contact.  So frustrating.  I guess I know what my next big purchase will be.

Yumminess

If you grew up in a small town in the south you are probably aware of what I like to call fluff.  This fluff (I think my brother and I made this name up...not sure what it's really called) always showed up at church potlucks.  I avoided it at all costs.  I can't stand food that is not a natural color...pastel pinks, greens, blues, and oranges with unidentifiable chunks.  I can't even drink blue drinks, alcoholic or not, because what drink is naturally blue?!?   Anyway, my point is I'm not a fan of these types of 'salads'  EXCEPT for this one.  Someone made this at a school luncheon and I mistakenly thought it was potato salad so I took a scoop.  Thank goodness I did, because it was delicious.  This is called Apple Snicker Salad and I highly recommend it.  It's not pretty and it might not even sound good, but trust me.  It's delicious.  It tastes similar to a caramel apple.  Here's the recipe:

4 Granny Smith apples diced (with skin on)
6 Snicker bars chopped
1 container of Cool Whip
1 small package of instant vanilla pudding

Mix the pudding and the Cool Whip together then add the chopped ingredients!  That's it...that's all you gotta do!

ENJOY!!!

Relief

Look at that face...bed head, carrots all over her face, double fisting the banana bread...who wouldn't want to spend all day with her?!?   I know I do!   I finally got my babysitting situation all figured out and it couldn't have worked out better.  Miss Heather, already one of Vivi's babysitters, is going to come to our house Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursdays.  I don't have to worry about Vivi getting used to someone new.  I don't have to take her anywhere early in the morning or wake her up before she's ready.  She can nap in her own crib and be in her own home.  Mom and Vivi are really going to get spoiled.  Ahhh.....relief.  This has been quite a week and a half.  I'm just so happy it all worked out.

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What a week.  I can't tell you how happy I am that it is Friday.  It's been an emotional week, to say the least.  The little boy from Vivi's babysitter's passed away on Wednesday evening.  His parents had to make the emotional decision to take him off of life support.  5 months old.  SIDS.  Sickening, I know.   And....not to make this about me, but Vivi's babysitter can no longer take infants, which is any baby under 12 months, until DHS finishes their investigation since this happened while he was in her care.  This was not her fault.  It happened.  I found all of this out last night and I'm trying really hard not to freak out.  Anyone that follows my blog will know that leaving Vivi in someone else's care is REALLY hard for me.  The fact that I found a place that I love and that she loves is huge.  I have 2 1/2 months until she is a year old and she can return.  What am I going to do?  I have a couple of options that I'm exploring, but I need to figure this out now.

So....I called a flower shop today to send an arrangement to the church.  I had the parent's names written on a sticky at my desk and the name of the church when I called.  I found myself panicking and starting to stress multiple times today as I started really thinking about the fact that Vivi can't go to her babysitter's next week.  Every time this happened I just so happened to glance at that sticky note with those parent's names on it.  My problem is nothing compared to what they are experiencing right now.  Nothing.  I will figure this out and hug and kiss my baby as much as I possibly can.

The Pictures Tell The Story

Happy Labor Day!!!

Boomer Sooner

Sooner born and Sooner bred...

Sadness

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Yesterday, as I was driving to pick up Vivi, I was thinking about my crappy day.  My pants were too tight, my new shoes gave me blisters, I was hot and sweaty and just annoyed.  I didn't realize how great my day really was until I pulled up to Vivi's babysitter's house to find 4 fire trucks and cop cars in the street.  You can't imagine what that feels like when your baby is inside.  I'm upset just typing this.  Vivi's fine, THANK GOD!!!  One of the other babies had stopped breathing.  I'm so upset about this.  I don't even know the details or anything except that he's at the hospital on a ventilator under a 24 hour watch.  I've heard through the grapevine of moms that it was possibly SIDS.  I'm just sick about this.  I'm worried for the little boy, his family, and Vivi's babysitter.  How could this happen?  Why did this happen?  It's the age old question, why do bad things happen to good people?  I'm afraid we'll never know the answer to this question....Please pray for miracles for the people involved.  I. Can't. Even. Imagine.....