A Pajama Mama

We had a family wedding this weekend. My nephew got married...the first grandchild of 9. That's the groom in the picture. That's the gaze on the face of the groom that brought tears to my eyes. It's the gaze of a groom awaiting the arrival of his bride. And it was beautiful. The song playing as he waited was "Out of My League" by Stephen Speaks. " I love her with all that I am. And my voice shakes along with my hands. Cause she's all that I see and she's all that I need and I'm out of my league once again." And then, she came through the door. A beautiful princess bride prepared to meet her groom. Our little princess leaned over and whispered, "When is the kissing part?" With her hands folded against her cheek, she sighed, "The kissing part is the best part." I'm sure the groom thought so, too.

With her head buried in my shoulder as she sobbed, I felt her little tears trailing down my arm.  As the Mommy, it was bad enough (in the best way possible) that our youngest baby just turned 6 years old. Must we add insult to injury and discover not one but TWO loose teeth?  "But I don't want to be a big girl," she sobbed. "I just don't want to be a big girl! When will this be over?"  I hear ya, sistuh.  There are times when I just don't want to be a big girl!   There are times when I wish my biggest concerns in life are if the Tooth Fairy will come or where my princess crown is hiding.  There are times when I wish my biggest decisions in life are which swimsuit to wear to the pool or which headband best matches my outfit .   There are plenty of times when I, too, want to sob..."When will this be over???"  You, too?  Umhmm. That's what I thought. The good news is that whatever is going on in my life or yours, it's ok to tell Father tha...

My 13 year old, Rayray, had so much fun live blogging for me, she's agreed to try it again! Have fun and be sweet, Rayray!! Hello again, everyone! Be sweet? Am I not always sweet? ;) Top 4! Here we go!!! Duets?! No way!!! This will be interesting! AHHH! What are you wearing, Adam?! What was up with that guy on fire in Slash's music video? Did his mama name him Slash on purpose? So many questions, so little time. Adam, (what song was it again?): Ahh!!!! Another Ring of Fire flashback...this one may be worse!!! (no offense, Adam...) I can't even understand what he's saying. "Keep a cooler, baby"? Is that it? Adam...you're frightening me again. I'm just a little girl...I'm calling my Daddy! Hey look. Kara and Adam have on the same jacket...that's not weird... Cool hair, Allison! Allison, Cry Baby: WHOO!!!! Go Allison! You ROCKED it!!! LoveloveLOVED it!!! Great job!...The end. Kris and Danny, Renegade: Who knew Kris and Danny could rock!!! That...

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Since I haven't blogged on American Idol in awhile, our Rayray is going to blog tonight in my place. So without further adieu, here's your American Idol recap, through the eyes of a 13 year old. Hey people! I am so honored to be my mama's first guest blogger! Here we go...My first American Idol blog! I'm so excited! :D Allison, I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing: Oh, Allison. Why in the earthly WORLD did you pick that song? That's David Cook's song! *Flashes back to last season* David brought it on that song last year. *flashes back to present* It was too low pitched. I wanted to see her hittin' those big notes tonight. I'm a big fan of Allison, but it just wasn't that great tonight. Anoop Dawg, Everything I Do I Do For You: You should've taken Randy's advice. Rough it up! It sounded like he didn't even try to take his advice. I'm kinda sick of ballads, too. Is it just me, or has he done one like, three weeks in a row? ( PajamaMama loved ...

Last week, we journeyed to Atlanta for some new and exciting experiences. We traveled with our friends over at Happy Home and their 5 month old. Rayray received two tickets to Celtic Woman at the Fox for her 13th birthday, so we decided to make a little vacation out of it. We all decided to go since I don't drive in large, scary metro cities like Atlanta. NO, I'm not joking....even though I lived there for two years. We stayed in the Georgian Terrace across Peachtree Street from The Fox Theatre . It is a gorgeous, 100 year old hotel. The Gone With the Wind movie premiere party was held here!! And when it first opened, it was THE place to see and be seen. We gazed into the ballroom windows and let our imaginations run wild. Here is Appledoodle posing on gorgeous marble spiral stairs in the Terrace. Beautiful Georgian Terrace The three heads waaaay up there belong to Hero and kids... long way up...long way down. We ate dinner here before the concert. We got there at the pe...