Drum Roll Please ! ! !

Congratulations Poppy! After a long campaign for the Attalla, Alabama City Council District Five seat, Poppy came out victorious.




















I also think someone else may have political aspirations:

Nilla Wafers and Cool Whip

Quick Update

It's been a while since I have posted about my liver treatments. I actually thought they were getting better until three treatments ago when the side effects have noticably gotten worse. Well, to be fair to my assessment, we have had a few other stressors in our house the last three weeks i.e. a fallen tree. This last week was not made any easier when Baby O decided to get up a 3am Sunday morning and stay up until about 5am. Needless to say we didn't make church Sunday morning. So not only did Hot Wife and I need a good nap like usual on Sunday afternoon, we took an extra long one to catch up from missed sleep the night before. I am thankful that we were able to at least catch up.

Baby O has been crazy lately. She has been really concerned about my weekend treatments. When I am taking it easy on the sofa or in bed, she really starts to act different and even a little grumpy. I guess it's her way to show her feelings.

Now generally Baby O is a super baby with a great attitude, we've noticed lately that she can also throw a world-class temper-tantrum. She has gotten in trouble twice the last few days, once after leaving the neighborhood park, and a second after leaving her best friend's house.

That's about it folks. Sorry for the somewhat shallow update - I guess I am just trying to catch up with a few storylines from Duff Stuff.

New Name

I think I'm gonna change my name to Michael Phelps.

Pretzel Sticks = Fork

Baby has been trying to eat with a spoon lately. It's really not a pretty sight. Even if she actually gets food on her spoon, the journey of six inches to her mouth sends most food to the floor. Argh! I keep reminding myself this is all good for the sake of developing skills important for growing up.

As it turns out, our little Baby O is more sharp than we give credit. Her latest angle to food consumption is to stab the item with a pretzel stick (like a fork) and put it in her mouth. She is so proud of her creativity! Trust me.

Our CRAZY Week

Ok so where do I start. Last week it was all about being a crazy Mom,this week it is about surviving. Stud told you about the tree and well it has been almost one week and today the tree was removed. We could finally survey the damage that had been done to our back yard. Stud had to cut a few more tree limbs down and now it is repair time. Speaking of repair, thank you power company and phone company for being so efficient. However, Bright House Cable is aweful. We still do not have cable and baby O has seen more Elmo and Praise Babies in these 6 days than in her entire life. They drove by several times last week and finally walked in the yard today but quickly turned around because the job was just too much. We can only hope it will be back soon.
As for our poor Stud, well "the juice" made this weekend and past week very difficult to handle. "The juice" is stress enough for him and this all added on top made for a not so good weekend. For instance he felt so bad yesterday he finished ripping the hole that had formed in his shirt. He confessed to that a while after the act was performed. I don't think he will mind me sharing because we have had many laughs since. However he is doing much better today now that the tree is gone and I am sure he will tell you his version of the weekend.