Mama's Angel.....Miranda Hope

Man, she is growing up too fast!

2010-02-08T21:40:00.001-06:00

Hello Blog Fans! Yes, it's Glo, slacking again! I can't seem to get in a Blogging routine now a days! I have good reason to blog you this evening. Miranda lost another tooth! Yes, that makes 6 teeth in her 5 short years of life! This tooth has been loose for a while though, but it was just so darn stubborn, that it wanted to come out on it's own time. She is so happy that it came out without bleeding and hurting. Woohoo!!! Now, the tooth fairy is coming to see her and she actually went to bed VERY early for her! She laid her head down, with her tooth under her pillow, at........drum roll please...........8:10PM!!!!!!!!! Now folks, that's a record for this night owl! I checked on her a couple of times and she was still awake the first time, but was out the second time, which was around 8:50PM. That's still awesome! You would think that I would have rushed on to bed behind the little stinker, but NOOOOOOO.........that would be too easy! I decided to get on the computer and check emails, blog, facebook..........Lordy, I need to go to bed!!!!!!!! It's 9:40PM, and I am still up! Okay, okay......I will say goodnight to my blogging friends! Until next time.................Yes, I know, it will probably be several months in between, but hey........I try! Goodnight all!!!!!!

All I want for Christmas is my 2 front teeth!

2009-12-04T19:31:00.000-06:00

Well, it's official! Miranda lost her 2 front teeth now! She lost her other front tooth at school this morning. She said she was eating her cereal at breakfast and she said it fell out when she took a bite. She was so excited when I picked her up from school. They put it in a little green treasure box for her so she wouldn't lose it. She cannot wait until the tooth fairy comes again! Boy, that tooth fairy has really made a lot of trips to our house this entire year! She has lost 5 teeth this year! I cannot believe how fast she has been growing! Anyway, I tried to take a few pics of her with both of her teeth gone and she won't open her mouth so we can see them gone. Her 2 bottom teeth that have come in are touching her gums where she lost her teeth.LOL So, hopefully you can tell by looking at these pics!

That makes 4!!!

2009-11-21T21:10:00.000-06:00

Miranda lost her fourth tooth today. What is so special about this one is that it is one of her top front teeth, you know........one of the ones that you want for Christmas!LOL She looks so cute without it. I am thinking that the other front tooth will be out pretty soon too, because it is just as loose. She lost her tooth at Cracker Barrel when she, my Dad, and I were going to have lunch there. We had just gotten our food and she took one bite of her okra. That's all it took for her to make her tooth go back towards the roof of her mouth. Well, she started crying because it hurt when she bit down and then it started bleeding. I took her to the bathroom and got some wet paper towels. I asked her if I could pull it out since it was pretty much out anyway. She insisted that I not pull it. Well, we went back to our table to try and eat, and it just wasn't working for her. So, she finally said I could pull it. We went back to the bathroom and it didn't take any pulling hardly at all and it was out. We still had some bleeding going on, so we stayed in the bathroom for a little while longer. She told me she was freaking out! I told her it was going to be okay. I tried not to laugh when she said that. Well, here are just a few pics of her without her tooth. She is so excited now that it's over and done. Now she wants the toothfairy to come and cannot wait to go to church without a tooth.LOL You just gotta love the girl!

That pic is a little scary!LOL

Much better! :)

I now pronounce you.........Just kidding!

2009-10-31T20:02:00.005-05:00

Here is Miranda in her Halloween costume! She chose this, NOT ME!!!!!! She decided that she wanted to be a bride for Halloween this year. I really think she looked like a beautiful bride! We went to a few houses down our street and then had to go back home, because I had us walk across a ditch to get to one of the houses, and got her beautiful white dress muddy. I was a baaaaaad Mama and just ruined her night! We got home and had to take another bath to wash all the mud off. I felt terrible! She also ran in the Eric Griffin Memorial Run for kids this year for the first time. We have this run every year during the Gurdon Forest Festival, and this was the first year that I thought Miranda would like to run in it. She loved it!!!! She also won 1st place in her division! I was so proud of her! She got a tall trophy and all of the kids got medallions to wear like they were in the Olympics! It was really fun! Here are some pics of both Halloween and the race.

Happy 5th Birthday Miranda!

2009-10-10T20:53:00.003-05:00

Well, today we had Miranda's 5th birthday party. This year I decided to enjoy one of them for once. We had her party at Play By Play in Hot Springs! Great idea!!! The kids had a blast and I didn't stress near as much as I usually do. These people are awesome! They provided everything from the cake to the balloons. The only thing I had to bring was the goody bags for the kids! I loved it, and Miranda told me that this was the best birthday party ever! That says it all for me! Here are some pics of her party.

Playhouse Disney!!!

2009-10-02T21:47:00.005-05:00

A week ago today, Miranda, Harleigh(one of her best friends), me, and a co-worker of mine(Lisa Long), went to Verizon Arena in Little Rock to see a Playhouse Disney concert! The girls had a blast! I took a bunch of pictures, but I will just post a few of them. It's going to be hard deciding which ones, but I will do my best! This was part of Miranda's birthday present. We are having her b-day party on the 10th at Play-By-Play. I will take pics of that when the time comes. Just pray that I don't forget my camera! I have been really bad about doing that! UGH!

Look, no training wheels!

2009-10-02T21:35:00.004-05:00

Well, okay, I haven't been blogging in ages! I know it, I am so bad!!! I have just been so busy lately! No time to blog, but of course I have time to Facebook! That site is a curse on me....it's my addiction if you will! Well, I am going to make up for lost time and blog twice in one day! Woohoo! So, Scottie decides that Miranda needs to learn to ride her bike without her training wheels! Well, it didn't happen like he thought. She still needs to practice. It's not like he takes off the training wheels and VIOLA....she can ride without them that very second!!! She needs to practice at it, so these are some pics of her "trying" to ride her bike, but getting very frustrated, very fast!

Pre-K!!! ALREADY?!!!!!!!!!!

2009-08-19T08:34:00.004-05:00

Okay, folks! It's official! My baby is not a baby anymore! As I type here, she is at her first day of "big" school! CRY, you ask?! I cried yesterday when I dropped her off at daycare for the very last time, and cried when I picked her up from daycare for the very last time.......this morning?!! No, I did not cry. WHAT?!!! Yes, I couldn't believe it! I wanted to when I first walked in the door of the school, but I held it back. Miranda made it VERY easy for me. I was taking pictures of her, and she would make that sound and roll her eyes, like "Oh Mom, how embarrassing"!!! What happened to my little baby girl?! She doesn't want me there, taking pictures of her first day at school! Well, needless to say, I have only about 7 pics of her. The only ones that she smiled in are the ones I took of her at home right before we left. She isn't even a teenager yet, and she is already embarrassed of me. Actually, I want to say that she is embarrassed of me with my camera, not of just ME!!! Anyway, I gave her a hug and told her that I loved her and to have a good day at school and said that I would be back for lunch to eat with her. She said okay, and that was it!!! I walked out and went home. I can't wait to see how her day went. I am going to pick her up today and then Scottie will pick her up from then on since I will be in Arkadelphia at work. Yes, I took a vacation day just for this......can't help it people, she is my only baby! This is a milestone for me! Okay, I will let you know how it went! Have a good one my friends!

P.S. This first pic is of her little friends at her daycare on her last day there! CRY!!! Here I go again!!!LOL

Move over Tiger Woods........

2009-08-03T20:28:00.002-05:00

Friday, we took Miranda to Pirates Cove to play her first round of putt putt golf! I would have attached a pic for you, but my loving husband won't let me have TEXTING!!!!!!!!! Yes, I forgot my camera and so I had to take a pic on my cell phone of her putting her first golf ball. She is pretty good at it if I say so myself. Yes, her Daddy helped her out a little bit, but she came really close to getting a hole in one a time or two. She loved it!!!!!!! In fact, she cried when we finished and had to leave. By the way, it was no charge for her to play, because they asked me how old she was and I said 4 years old. The nice lady said that she was free! Woohoo! We need to take her more often, but not sure what age it is to where you have to pay. Didn't really ask....should have though. She will be 5 on October 1st. Well, either way, she had a good time and so we definitely have to take her back there. It was fun for all 3 of us! Nice little family outting that we normally don't get to do. Darn, sure wish I had the pic on here........SCOTTIE!!!!!

The Vacationers!

2009-07-09T19:13:00.002-05:00

Hi ya'll! Long time no post, huh?!LOL I know, I know....I am a terrible blogger! I just don't have time to do the things that I want to that's fun anymore! It is so frustrating.....well anyway, enough about my problems. This is Miranda's Blog, not mine!

Her and I went on vacation last week and we had a great time! My Dad came and got us and took us to my Aunt's lakehouse for the most part of our time off. It was just a great place to relax and enjoy the lake on the boat. Miranda officially got in the lake for the first time to swim. I bought her one of those life jackets that looks like it has a built in swimsuit. I still had her wear a swimsuit underneath it though. Anyway, she got in the water and my wonderful cousin, Michael, did his best to give her a few lessons on how to swim. Now, she thinks she's a pro!LOL She even tried to teach ME to swim the next day out. It was too cute when she gave me some instructions on how to swim and when I took off and swam, she thought that I was a good student! She said in the biggest voice, "Mommy, you can SWIIIIIMMMM!!!!" Too funny!
We had the best time and saw the fireworks out on the lake two nights in a row! There is just something so relaxing about riding in a boat underneath the moonlight.....it was so tranquil! I have never done that before, and it sure won't be the last. Okay, well back to Miranda(I keep wondering off and talk about me). She got to meet two of her little cousins and spent time with her Grammy Great and Aunt and Uncle, and of course her Pa! She definitely wants to go back! So do I! Here are a few pics of us out on the lake. Her and I actually got in the tube for the first time ever too. It was a lot of fun! Hope you enjoy!

I am feverish!!!

2009-06-16T14:37:00.003-05:00

Today Miranda has a fever and so I am staying home with her. She came in my room around 1AM and I am not even sure what she said, but when I picked her up to get on my bed, she was very warm. I took her temperature and it was 102.1(I added a degree since it was under her arm). I gave her Tylenol and then at 7AM it was 100.1. So I gave her Motrin. I called the Dr. to get her in and see what was up since she had no other symptoms. Saw the Dr. and said it must be just an early summer virus since she looked and acted fine. I can only treat her fever with Tylenol and Motrin. This has happened before a few months back and it is very frustrating when you can't do anything about it. Anyway, I am hoping that I can get my mother-in-law to watch her tomorrow so that I can go to work. If not, I am staying home again tomorrow. Well, I sure hope she gets better before Friday, because we are suppose to go to a birthday party that evening for a sweet little girl and her Daddy. Hope my baby feels better by then!

Tubes are out!!!

2009-05-22T19:47:00.003-05:00

On Tuesday, May 19th, Miranda and I went to Little Rock to see her ear doctor. I know that the tubes were ready to come out at least since October, because when I took her to her well visit, Dr. Rucker said that they are working their way out and just kind of laying there in the wax. I know....gross, huh?! I guess it's not so gross to me since she is my baby. Anyway, the Dr. DID take them out and I asked him if I could keep them(I actually brought a little ziploc bag to put them in. I need to take a pic of it and put it on this post, but I don't feel like getting my camera and hooking it up to the laptop and downloading it and everything. I may try to do it tomorrow if I have more time. So, we are free and clear with no more infection and doing fine. Woohoo!!!

My daughter, the fishing pro!!!

2009-05-02T17:21:00.004-05:00

A Fishin' We Will Go!

2009-04-27T18:45:00.002-05:00

Okay, this is a little painful for me, because I didn't get to witness this event! On Sunday, April 26th, 2009, Scottie took Miranda to his Dad's farm and they went fishing with her new Dora fishing pole. Wellllll, she caught her first fish WITHOUT ME THERE!!! UGH! I missed her first fish! By the way, it was a brim, whatever that looks like......SINCE I DIDN'T get to see it!!! Sorry, there are no pictures but I WASN'T there to take pictures!!! Scottie of course, didn't think about maybe taking a picture on his cell phone....oh wait, he probably didn't even HAVE his phone. Anyway, she was excited and I was so proud of her! Scottie proceeded to tell me that she not only caught her first fish, she also pee peed(spell)outside for the first time too. I am kind of glad that I didn't witness that part, because I probably would have freaked out!LOL She was happy about that event as well. She was so dirty that I gave her a nice bath and scrubbed her from head to toe! Now I recognize my squeaky clean girl! :)

Happy belated Easter!

2009-04-15T06:06:00.005-05:00

This was the best I could do considering the yucky rain and cold Easter morning! Miranda actually was disappointed in what she got from the Easter Bunny this year. I always use the same basket since she was a baby because I thought it was a pretty basket. Anyway, I am not sure if that is why she responded this way, but she said "Uh, Mama......he gave me the same thing like last time!" I couldn't believe it! There was only a couple of things that were the same....and that's just because I thought she liked the candy from last time.LOL Anyway, the little toys she got were different. I may just tell her that the basket is like a Christmas Stocking....we use the same basket/stocking, and the Easter Bunny will come and fill your basket like Santa does your stocking. Hopefully that will work. She is too smart for her own britches! Hope everyone had a great Easter!

Pre-K is on the way!!!

2009-04-07T13:39:00.002-05:00

Well, I took Miranda this morning to register for Pre-K here in Gurdon. It is a bittersweet moment for me. For her, it's just plain exciting! She gladly went with me and then as I was filling out paperwork, they were going to take her and let her play some games(test her skills out). She almost started crying when they were going to take her. I could tell that she didn't want to leave me. So, I asked if I could just walk her down there with them and they said that I could take my paperwork and walk into the room with her while she was tested. So, we did and they asked her about colors, counting, stacking blocks, listening to birds singing, balance, and all kinds of stuff to see how smart she is. She passed with flying colors!!! I was such a proud Mom, as always. They said that she had no problems at all to work on and that teachers just love students like this and that they will just eat her up! I was ecstatic!!! So, we went back to the front to finish out my paperwork and were done in no time. I even got to put down a preference of which teacher I would like to have. Everything went very smoothly and just hope that it stays that way. Well, her first day will be August 19th! I am still nervous about her first day and maybe even week. I just hope that she will do well. It's going to really be a weird feeling knowing that I won't be picking her up anymore after that day. I know I will get use to it. My baby is just growing up too fast!!! I know you mothers out there can relate!!! Like I said, it's a bittersweet moment.

Not Another One!!!

2009-03-18T11:48:00.004-05:00

My poor baby is losing teeth right and left! Her 3rd tooth is just hanging there waiting to be pulled, but Miranda won't let me pull it. She is scared that it's going to hurt or that it will bleed. So, we had a long night last night. I tried for I don't know how long to get her to just open her mouth to grab that little bitty tooth, but no success in that department. So, I am just waiting until I go to pick her up from daycare today and I am sure that I will receive a little baggy from the teacher with a little tooth in it. The toothfairy is getting his/her workout this year from the Stricklin household!LOL I will let you know when it is out and I probably won't attach pictures unless it really looks a whole lot different. I am sure that you are tired of looking at missing teeth from a 4 year old. :0)

Breaking news just in!!! Miranda lost her 3rd tooth just about 15 minutes ago(3:45PM)! I got a call from Daycare saying that it needs to be pulled because it is just hanging there and they are not allowed to pull teeth. So, I had to go over there and pull it. I didn't really have to pull it though. I just grabbed a hold of it with a kleenex and it just kind of fell out.LOL It was THAT loose! Anyway, I stayed until it stopped bleeding and noticed that there is another tooth trying to come in it's place, so it was time. Okay people, over and out!!! :0)

The Tooth Fairy rides again!!!

2009-03-01T11:37:00.003-06:00

Well, my child has lost another tooth! On February 24th she lost her second tooth at daycare during lunch time. I asked her what she was eating when it came out and she said salad.LOL She said she didn't even cry and that she brought it to Ms. Brittany and she put it in a baggy. The tooth fairy came that night and she got 4 quarters and Miranda was very happy about it. It wasn't but a couple of days later and I could see a tooth coming in. I thought there were two coming in at first and then noticed that it is just one coming through in both spots of where she lost her two teeth. Oh my!!! I have a feeling this girl is going to need braces! Her teeth are going to be crowded. My hygienist told me that she was going to have her Mama's mouth and teeth. I didn't want to believe it, but I am afraid she is right. In these pics, you can't see the tooth coming in, but you can see a bigger gap at the bottom where she lost two teeth.LOL The tooth next to the first one she lost is loose too, so it may not be too much longer before she loses her 3rd tooth. I will keep you up to date!!!

The Toothfairy Came!!!

2009-01-21T22:08:00.004-06:00

Well, the Toothfairy came to see Miranda on Tuesday night(20th)! Yes, Miranda lost her first tooth at the age of 4 years old....way to early if you ask me! She is growing up too fast! It was so loose last night, that it was just hanging there and I was scared that she might lose it in the night while sleeping and swallow it or lose it at school and not be able to find it! So I went ahead and pulled it. She had changed her mind at the last minute about the color of the whistle she wanted. She said that she wants a blue whistle about 2 nights ago. I told her she needs to stick with one color or you are going to confuse the Toothfairy. It didn't do any good, because the Toothfairy was fresh out of blue whistles. She only had black ones, but had a blue strap to hang the whistle around her neck with. We wrote a letter to the Toothfairy and she wrote one right back to her along with the whistle. She was so excited about the whole thing....the tooth coming out, getting the whistle, getting to tell her friends and family! It was a big event last night! Alicia at daycare said that Miranda is the first one to lose a tooth in Mrs. Brittany's class ever!!! That was also exciting to her. She made history at Bright Beginnings!LOL Anyway, here are a few pics to see how cute she looks without a tooth!

It's too early!!!

2008-12-20T12:22:00.004-06:00

Miranda has her 1st loose tooth. I called the dentist to make sure this was okay since she is barely 4 years old. They said that if it isn't discolored or she didn't hit her mouth to make it loose, then it's probably okay. She did start getting them very early(at 3 1/2 months old). The one that is loose is one of the 2 teeth that she got in first. So, I guess my baby is growing too fast! Anyway, I thought since this blog is all about Miranda, I couldn't leave this bit of info out! Oh, and by the way....she doesn't want money. She wants a green whistle from the tooth fairy. Do you know how hard it is to find a green whistle?!!! I had no idea!!! I looked at Dollar General, Dollar Tree, and Walmart! Any suggestions?!!! Help!!!

Welcome to the Circus!

2008-12-15T21:06:00.002-06:00

Miranda went to the circus for the first time a couple of weeks ago. She loved it!!! I have some pictures, but they are really blurry since it was dark and they moved around a lot. I will show you some of the better ones that I took. Me, Scottie, and Barbara went and had a ball! Unfortunately, Miranda had fever during this time and could not figure out what was wrong with her. She was acting fine and her appetite was fine too.....just a fever. I took her to the doctor that following Monday and it turned out to be just a viral infection with only fever. She was better within a couple of days. Anyway, she didn't let the fever let her time at the circus get ruined. She wants to go again already!

Under The Sea!!!

2008-11-01T23:24:00.011-05:00

We had a good Halloween this year. Miranda dressed as Ariel and good ole Mom was a fall tree with a few critters on it.LOL Miranda got a lot of candy and we had a few bags left over from trick-or-treaters. Here are a few pics of Miranda dressed so cute! I hope everyone had a good Halloween as well!

This One's For The Girls!!!

2008-10-11T21:40:00.006-05:00

Well, I know this is usually a blog about my Miranda, but today was a special day for me. I got to walk in the Susan G. Komen Race for the very first time! The theme this year was "This One's For The Girls"! It was exhilarating!!! I was so pumped the entire time I was there! It is an awesome thing to do if you haven't already done it! I plan to do this again next year! I can't tell you in words how good it felt to be a part of such a good cause! I even got to do a video for the Channel 4 news. They call it "Why You Race" and they ask us to tell them in a video why we raced for the cure! I was so nervous when we did it(a co-worker of mine was in it with me). She made me do all the talking though.LOL It felt good after I did it and am anxious to see it on their website. I hope I didn't sound stupid. That is the most spontaneous thing I have done in YEARS!!! It is so not like me to grab a microphone and talk on camera.LOL Anyway, I have attached some pics of this great event, but let me tell you that these pictures of the crowd doesn't do it justice. You have to just see it yourself in real life. It was an awesome experience that I will remember for a very long time! Well, I have been up since 4:00 this morning, which would make this about 18 hours ago, so I guess I need to go to bed. I have church in the morning!LOL

Happy 4th Birthday Miranda!!!

2008-10-05T15:05:00.003-05:00

We had Miranda's birthday party this past Saturday at the Gurdon Park. I can't believe that it rained pretty much all morning off and on. It has been beautiful weather until that day. Today(Sunday) is beautiful too....it just had to be the day of her party. Just my luck! The kids still had a good time at the park and played as if it weren't cold and wet. I am just glad that it didn't rain on them while they were playing. Miranda got a lot of presents and had fun with her friends and relatives. I can't believe how big she is getting! My baby is a little girl now! She will still be my baby though.....always and forever!!! Oh, and her big present that we got her was a trampoline. The grandparents chipped in with Me and Scottie and got it for her! She loved it!

I'm leavin' on a jet plane!!!

2008-10-05T14:50:00.003-05:00

Hey everyone! I am sorry that I haven't added to the blog in a few weeks. It has been a crazy couple of months. Miranda and I went to California and had a good time until Miranda got sick. We got to go to the ocean and she loved it!!! We saw so many things there. Miranda loved the water too, even though it was freezing cold! The weather was pretty chilly too, for what we are use to. My Aunt doesn't even have an air conditioner in her house. They don't really need it!LOL Crazy, huh?! We also got to go to the Oakland Zoo and Miranda had a great time there. They also surprised Miranda with a little birthday party since it was going to be in a couple of weeks from then. It was very nice of them! We had cupcakes and she got to open presents. We are glad to be back home, but it was a nice visit too. Oh, and I almost forgot......Miranda LOVED the plane ride! I was so proud of her!!! I can only fit 5 pics at a time on this blog thing, so I had to pick one for every little event we did. The first one is her on the plane if you couldn't tell! Hope you enjoy!

California Here We Come!!!

2008-09-10T22:27:00.003-05:00

Miranda and I are flying to California this weekend(Saturday) and staying with some relatives there. We cannot wait to get there and spend time with them. We are planning on going to the zoo, the beach, bowling, and swimming at the Plunge!!! It's going to be fun! The only thing I am worried about is Miranda flying for the first time. Please pray that we will have a safe trip there and back. I will be sure and share pictures and stories about our trip when we get back!

Birthday Picture Time!!!

2008-09-02T20:40:00.003-05:00

Well, here we are again....we took Miranda to get her birthday pictures taken. She is going to be 4 years old on October 1st. ALREADY!!! I cannot believe how fast she is growing! She is saying things that I never imagined a 4 year old saying, songs that I had no idea she either knew the words to or even paid attention to. She has a huge personality and is soooo dramatic!LOL I just can't believe it is already 4 years! Time really does fly the older you get!LOL Anyway, we went to get her pictures taken and she did amazingly well! Her pictures turned out very well! She looked so grown up in her little high heel sandals and her painted fingernails and toe nails. My baby is not a baby anymore.....BUT she will ALWAYS be my baby girl! :o)

Snip, snip

2008-07-20T19:21:00.001-05:00

Well!!! I don't have pictures this time, but just had to share this moment with you! Miranda has been using scissors recently at daycare and so she wants to use them at home too. I told her that when you use scissors, that you only cut paper and nothing else. Don't try to cut your hair is one that I stressed on. Well, it didn't matter......she cut her hair today! I didn't know it until I was in her room and saw a clump of hair under her purple table. I freaked!!! I asked her if she cut her hair and then she freaked out too! She started bawling and wouldn't let go of me. She didn't even want to tell me where she cut her hair at. I finally took her hair down and brushed it to see if I could figure out where she cut it. It looks like she cut it on the left side of her head. Not too bad to notice anything, but I had to save her hair in a baggy so that I can label it saying "Miranda's first haircut, cut by Miranda on July 20th, 2008"!LOL Oh, but that's not all! She also cut her shorts that she had on her. There is a little slit on one of her legs to where she cut it. Good thing they were just hand me down shorts.LOL Then she wrote, with a pencil(fortunately), on her dresser in her room. What is going on with my child?!!!

Happy 4th of July!

2008-07-07T20:26:00.003-05:00

Well, we had a good 4th of July weekend. Miranda and I got to sleep in 2 whole days in a row!!! Woohoo!!! That doesn't happen very often. Anyway, we went to my mom's for a huge lunch and then visited with some family and watched fireworks that evening at the Gurdon football field! It was nice. Miranda wouldn't agree though! She is terrified of loud noises, so she had me hold her ears and cover her eyes the entire time! It was fabulous!!! NOT!!! She did look cute though in her 4th of July shirt though. Take a look!

Lakehouse trip (cont.)

2008-06-13T21:40:00.003-05:00

Here are more pics of Miranda enjoying her visit with our family. She really loved the bubble bath in the heart shaped tub with jets in it! You would be surprised what a little bit of baby shampoo and jets can make.LOL

Lakehouse trip

2008-06-13T21:24:00.002-05:00

Miranda, my Dad, Scottie, and I went to Oakland, AR to visit my Aunt, Uncle, Grandma, and cousin at their lakehouse. It is so beautiful there! It is on the cove of Bull Shoals Lake. These are pics of Miranda in their boat one day. She loved it! I will post another one with pics of more of our visit. You can only add 5 pics at a time.

Open wide!!!

2008-06-13T21:16:00.003-05:00

Miranda paid a visit to the dentist for a cleaning. This is actually her 2nd cleaning, but I failed to remember my camera. I cannot believe I did that. I took a few pics on my phone, but I have no internet on it. Anyway, she was a trooper once again! She had good and healthy teeth. He did mention that she had a sticky spot in the back that we need to keep an eye on. We brush faithfully, so hopefully we can prevent a cavity from happening. She goes back for another cleaning in October.

Gymnastics time!!!

2008-06-13T20:56:00.005-05:00

Miranda joined gymnastics in April and I am just now getting this added to her blog. You know me! She is loving gymnastics and is catching on really quickly according to one of the teachers. I am very proud of her. Doesn't she look adorable in her leotards? We may be looking at a future Olympic gymnast!LOL

Swimming time!!!

2008-04-19T20:01:00.003-05:00

Miranda got to go swimming at her cousin Shelby's birthday party. It was at a hotel in Texarkana where they have an indoor heated pool. She has come a long way since last year. She didn't want to put even a toe in the pool then, but now she wanted to go in it and swim. She loved it!!! In fact, she cried when we had to go home.

Just a swingin'!!!

2008-04-19T19:50:00.003-05:00

Miranda got a new swing set for Christmas from her Grammie and Pops and we just now got it put together in our backyard. Talk about procrastinating.LOL She loves it. There are also some pics of her and Lakyn in Miranda's wagon having a ball!

More of the zoo

2008-04-19T19:41:00.003-05:00

For some reason I couldn't put but 4 or 5 pics on one post. Anyway, here are more pics of the zoo!

Lions, and tigers, and bears....oh my!!!

2008-04-19T19:31:00.002-05:00

Miranda went to the zoo for the first time! She went with me and her Pa(my dad). She had a blast!!! Here are some pics of some of the animals she got to see. I couldn't get many of her and the animals in them, but we got some good ones of the monkeys around there.

Chucke Cheese's!!!

2008-04-19T19:24:00.002-05:00

Miranda and I went to one of her cousin's birthday parties. It happened to be at Chucke Cheese's in Texarkana. This was her first time to one of these and mine as well. She had a good time! It was chaotic in there.LOL She played games, ate pizza, and had her picture sketched on a machine. She was scared of the Chucke Cheese mouse though that was there to see the kids. She isn't real good with live BIG puppets/characters. I guess it's like seeing Santa Claus or something....she freaks out!LOL

Happy Easter!!!

2008-03-30T22:43:00.003-05:00

Here is Miranda in her beautiful Easter dress on Sunday morning. She was happy to see that the Easter bunny came to see her. She thought that she looked like Cinderella in that dress too! She said "I'm soooo cute"!LOL I agree with her! :o)

A Hunting We Will Go!!!

2008-03-30T22:31:00.007-05:00

We decided to have an Easter egg hunt on the day before Easter, because we weren't quite sure of how the weather was going to hold out. Poor Miranda had to hunt by herself. No other kids were there to have fun with her. The good thing is that she found all the eggs and got a little bit of money out of it.LOL Here are some pictures of her hunting for eggs. I hope you enjoy them!

Miranda's sayings!

2008-03-13T12:20:00.002-05:00

I don't have pictures to post right now, but I do have some little "Miranda sayings" that I thought were cute enough to share. They are probably funnier to me than anyone else, because I know my child. Anyway, every night when we go to bed, Miranda and I will say our prayers(first her, then me). After that is good night kisses and I love you's. Then usually I will say "Don't let the bedbugs bite". Well, the other night she beat me and said her own version of that and said "Don't let the bug bites getch ya". I thought that was tooo cute!

I have a habit of saying "you crack me up", when somebody says something funny. Well, Miranda doesn't quite understand the definition of "cracking up", because she always tells me that her booty is cracking up. Which, in her definition, that means that her underwear is messing up inside her pants and she wants me to pull it out or fix it.LOL All I can say is Kids say that Darnedest/Funniest Things!!!!

I guess that is all I can think of at the moment, but I will try and get some pics taken to share with you all. Have a good day!

Let's Go Fly A Kite!!!

2008-02-11T21:31:00.000-06:00

Yesterday, Miranda wanted to fly her kite for the first time. We went to the Gurdon Airport and ran, and ran, and ran!!! She had a ball! It wasn't until her MiMi came and got it up in the air though. Mama has only flown a kite one time in her life and it was just a few years ago, so I didn't have much experience.LOL Mimi told us that we needed to let all the string out to get it up there and she was right! Look at it go!!!

I inked myself!!!

2008-02-01T23:37:00.000-06:00

Last night, Miranda was playing in her room while I was doing dishes. Well, I went in her room to get her ready for bed and that's when I saw this!!! I just about freaked! Miranda had been playing with her little Winnie The Pooh stamp thingys with an ink pad and she stamped more than just her paper I gave her. It looks like she was trying to put on makeup and went a little crazy with it!LOL Luckily, it came right off with a wet washcloth. Whew!!!

Jammin' to the beat!

2008-01-26T22:33:00.000-06:00

Hi to all of those that have given up on me! I am not very good at keeping my blog updated. I have a couple of pics, thanks to Jen, that were taken of Miranda when she visited with Shelby one day while I was getting groceries. Miranda was trying out Adam's new drum set. Looks like she and Shelby had a ball!

2007-12-01T11:12:00.000-06:00

I am sorry I have slacked big time! Here are some pictures that were taken just last night, so maybe I have redeemed myself.LOL My dad came down for the weekend and he took some pics of me and Miranda decorating our tree. I hope you enjoy!

Forest Festival in Gurdon-October 27, 2007

2007-11-05T15:41:00.001-06:00

This was at the Gurdon Forest Festival. Miranda had so much fun! She rode rides for the first time and loved it! She also won 1st place in the Cutest Kid's Contest in her age division. I was so proud of her! Later that day, she got to spend time with her good friend Shelby Davis. We had fun!

Doodlebops Concert-October 26, 2007

2007-11-05T15:26:00.000-06:00

Miranda got to see the Doodlebops in concert as part of her birthday present. She had a good time! MiMi, Daddy, and Mommy got to go with her and we had a blast too! The pictures of the Doodlebops didn't turn out so good, but I thought the pictures of us turned out pretty clear!

Happy Halloween

2007-11-04T21:35:00.000-06:00

Miranda was Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz for Halloween. I thought she was a perfect Dorothy! I want to thank Jen for the cute dress that we got to borrow for the occasion. She didn't even get it dirty! How great, huh?!Ha! We had a good time that night!