The Little Man is officially a Big Shooter!

And we are oh-so-proud!!!

IT'S FRIDAY!!!!!!!

Nothing else. I am just happy about that. Hope everyone has a wonderful and safe weekend!!

The Half Blood Prince

Eric took Tommie, Billie and Big Tom to see the latest Harry Potter flick at the Partridge Creek Cinema yesterday. Got in the early morning show so we beat the crowd. It was most enjoyable. Thank you, Fred.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TOM!

HUZZAH! It is the last year for single digits for my namesake. ... and soon a teenager... WOW! Where does the time go. I am looking forward to seeing the latest Harry Potter flick with Tom and Bill and Eric, and the the big festivities this weekend.

And Then There Were None

It is official. The last of my babies is making the transition to a big boy bed. As you may be able to make out in this video, James has learned how to crawl out of his crib. Yes, he is the latest to do so, of mine, but he is also the quietest and smoothest in accomplishing the fete. The problem now comes when he wakes up in the middle of the night and wants us, he can get us. There is no more letting him cry it out unless we latch the door...hmmmm. So, after a few days of him waking up and coming to get us, we figured, "what the hell", it's time for his bed. We will leave his crib up just in case he has a bit of separation anxiety, but I don't see that. In fact, when we put his bed up, and he was standing in the crib, we asked him whose bed it was, and he pointed to himself. I said, "...but you have a crib, who will sleep here?" He pointed to himself once more, grunted and immediately climbed into his bed. I'm sure we will be cribless within the week. sniff sniff...but only for a moment. Now, if we can get him talking and out of diapers, we'll really be happening.

WE HAVE LIFTOFF!!!!!

After 5 previous delays/scrubs, two of which I drove out and back for, the space shuttle Endeavor lifted off at 6:03pm today (in honor of the Meems' birthday!). I cannot even describe how THRILLING it was to see it from the Press Mound, just 3 miles from the launch pad. The most amazing thing was the noise, how unbelievably LOUD it was...you just felt it in your chest and it made me want to cry from the awesomeness of it. I had the video going but was wasn't watching it thru that, as I wanted to keep my eyes directly on the shuttle itself. And once the tremendous noise was over, it was unbelievably quiet. And I immediately wanted to yell out "DO IT AGAIN! DO IT AGAIN!!!!"

And a special treat was that Brendan just happened to get this one day off from his 2 week shoot, so he got to be out there with me and Brilly to see it. It made me so happy that all 3 of us could experience it together as we had originally planned.

Godspeed, Endeavour!!!!

A TRUE DAY OF REJOICING!!!!!!!

Yes, it is a definite day to rejoice and give THANKS because this is the day the Meems came into the world, and what a MUCH MUCH better place it is for that! Happiest of Days to you, our beloved Meems! I hope your day is just wonderful from start to finish. Thank you for making our family such a special and happy place to be!

I am going to shoot up a space shuttle tonight in your honor!!!! (the power of positive thinking?)