The Vacationers!

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!!!

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!!!

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!!!

A Fishin' We Will Go!

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!

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!!!

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.