February just plain stinks....

I'm beginning to H-A-T-E the month of February, because it is turning out to mean sadness...

February 16th, marked the one year anniversary of Lulu's passing, and let me just say it feels like just yesterday I got "the" phone call, and it hurts, just the same.  This has been a rough year for me dealing with Lulu's passing.  It's just hard to accept that she is gone (I refuse to go to the cemetery because in my crazy little mind, seeing the grave marker will just do me in...).  The kids talk about her often, which makes me smile.  In fact, just last month, Mackenzie had to go to school dressed up like she was 100 years old, and what better place to get "supplies" for this project than Lulu's house!  Oh, how Lulu would have loved to see this!  On a happy note, Lulu had a great love for People Magazine...and when I say great love, I mean don't you dare think about touching her copy of the magazine until she read it cover to cover and did the crossword puzzle:)  Well, People magazine did an article about Elizabeth Edwards the other month, and in the article they included a picture of the cemetery where she is buried, which just so happens to be the same cemetery where Lulu is.  In this picture, you can see Lulu's headstone!  LULU IS FAMOUS!!! (I don't tell people this a lot, but I think it was a sign from Lulu to let me know she is ok). 

On February 20th, my brother-n-law lost his Grandmother who had been sick.  Then on February 21st, Greg's grandmother, known to the kids as Faraway Great Grandma passed away.  She had been sick for sometime, but that didn't make it any easier.  Thankfully, we took the kids to Florida last December (2009) so that Zach could meet her.  He had a great time with her and she really enjoyed meeting and playing with him.  The family had a nice little service for her in Florida and Greg and his family were able to attend.  The kids and I stayed home because Boo had school and the trip was really short.  Greg said that it was very nice, and it was nice to see family that they hadn't seen in years.

Here are a few pictures of these special ladies that we have lost.  I chose the one of Lulu because she was SO happy the day that she met Zach for the first time...and that smile on her face is how I remember her.  The pictures with Faraway Grandma are from our trip...you can she how happy she was to see her great great grand babies...

An Update

It has been months since my last post so here is what we have been up to.  You would think with me being a stay at home mom, that I would have all the time in the world to upload photos, organize them, and update a simple blog, but the truth is, most days I hardly have time to breath:)  The kids are busier than ever with school, choir practice, soccer practice, play dates, speech, and field trips!  Every time I turn around we are going in ten different directions (but the real secret is...I wouldn't have it any other way:)!


 Mackenzie:  Booskie is now 6 years old!  She can now offically use two hands to show how old she is (and she is super proud of that)!  She LOVES LOVES LOVES school!  She is learning to read on her own, with just a little help from us, and continues to love any type of art project.  She still loves riding the bus to and from school which is a huge blessing for me!  She is also really into reading chapter books.  Each night we read to her and her favorite books are the Junie B. Jones books...and to be honest they are really cute!  Booskie is still loving choir and has asked for next year to join our Church dance group AND do choir:)

Zach: Well, he is all boy!  My little man is into EVERYTHING!  He is going to speech therapy two times a week and he loves his teacher!  He is doing SO much better with his words...it is amazing how fast he picks up stuff!  He will go pack to his regular preschool in the fall, and let me just say, I CAN NOT WAIT:)  He keeps me busy for sure.  Zach is really into Transformers and is starting to get into Star Wars thanks to his big cousin Thomas.  It's kind of sad he doesn't like the toddler toys any more, he has moved on to big boy toys.

A few weeks ago, Zach learned how to ride his bicycle with no training wheels...he literally did this in about a two week time period!  Mackenize has been riding without training wheels for a while now...I can not believe how fast they are growing up.