...we all bleed...

"When someone in our family gets cut, we all bleed"....

So my Paw Paw Sims has been diagnosed with Stage 3a lung cancer, and my family is mentally and physically breaking down. My Paw Paw had open heart surgery about 4-5 years ago, and he got through it all, so I am just praying to God he can make it through this too! If you know my Paw Paw Sims, then you know that he is one of the strongest men ever! He does more than most men in their 20's, 30's & 40's! He is such a good man, and it absolutely breaks my heart into to know that he is having to go through this. My family is hurting so bad right now! I know Paw Paw hates seeing everyone so upset, but I'm telling you the quote above is so true! Why is that the GOOD have to go through things like cancer??? At times I find myself so mad, and then I have to remind myself that it is no one's fault. It is just really hard to understand it all! I love him so much, and him and my granny are the backbone to our family!!! Every time I hug him I just wish and pray I could take that cancer away from him. He starts radiation soon, and then comes the chemo...I just hope that he stays strong and tries to fight this! This family needs him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Everyone please say a prayer for my Paw Paw Sims and my family. Please pray that he makes it through this stupid thing called cancer, and that my granny and the rest of my family stays strong through this whole ordeal!

LOOK WHO TURNED 2!

Brookelyn-Grace had a WONDERFUL birthday party!!!! BG LOVES Barney, so we had her a Barney birthday! ;) Brittany McDonald and I worked our butts off on her cake! It was made from scratch and every detail was hand made! I made the Barney, Baby Bop, and the B's that sat on top of her cakes. It took about 5 hours to make, but it was so much fun!!! It was a very cute birthday party! I made Barney feet that walked from the garage door to the deck, (making it look like Barney went outside to play). We had Barney playing in the living room, the house decked out with tons of pink, purple and lime green balloons and THREE inflatables in the backyard, (the obstacle course, bouncing house, and the dry slide). The party went GREAT!! BG had a blast jumping in the bouncy house with her Aunt Brooke, and she got tons of presents!!! We got her a cute little picnic table for her to sit outside on the deck with when we grill out or have company, and some other toys. She also got a Little Tykes slide from MeMe, which she loves! It is sitting in our living room, and she is constantly on that thing Ha Ha! Pop got her an outdoor play set, but he still has to bring it over and set it up. All in all she had an awesome party!!!

Since Brookelyn-Grace's actual birthday was Sunday, June 27th I decided to take her out all day. I picked up Katy-Bug, since Katy is her best bud, and we headed to Wal-Mart. Brookelyn-Grace got some cash at her birthday so I let her go pick her out some more toys. (like she needs anymore..ugh) She picked out a Fur Real Cat, a stroller, coloring book, crayons, and of course finger nail polish. She is such a Miss Priss!!! ;) She loves getting her toes done. I probably paint them at least 3 times a week. I am constantly having to change colors, add polka dots, or make rainbows on her toes. I just love it! ;) I am so glad that she is so girly!!!
After our Wal-Mart adventure, we decided to go to McDonald's to eat and play. I was so scared about her playing in play place, but I knew she would love it, so I tried to stay calm. I am crazy about her falling, or anything like that. I often find myself scaring her to death, because I am such a nut about things. Ha Ha. Katy-Bug was there to watch her though, so that helped me a lot! I just worry about her all the time! I am so scared that she is going to hurt herself. If she feel in front of me, anyone watching would think I was crazy! You would think, that I thought she was made of glass!
After McDonald's, we went to Pop's house and BG & Katy played and played and played some more. After a very long day in town we headed home for nap time. Jeremy suggested that we take BG out for a birthday dinner so we did just that. We took her out to eat with Pop, Aunt Brooke, and Katy-Bug. She had a blast! She loves when its all about her, which is all the time! Ha Ha!

I still can not believe that my little baby girl is already 2! It is unbelievable the way that time flies by so quickly!!! Thank you to everyone that helped make her day so special!!!

The LOVE of My Life!

I do not know what I would do without my little Princess, Brookelyn-Grace. She is the sunshine in my eyes, the smile on my face and the beat in my heart! I can not believe how much she has grown in the past two years. She has grown into a very sweet little girl. I just love everything about her! I love when she tells me that she loves me. I love how she sings. I love her random moments ( like her mommy's) I love how she whispers while were going to bed. I love that she hates to see my cry. I love how she tells me that Toby can not have something, every time she picks up something new. I love that she is not scared of anything! I love that she loves Jeremy. I love seeing her get excited when I go to pick her up in the afternoon. I love that she is such a big girl that I can drop her off and she is fine, but at the same time it breaks my heart. I love to see her be sweet to Toby. I could go on, and on for days...but I am sure you get the picture. I love my Brookelyn-Grace more than life! She is my everything! I would be lost in this world without her. She is the BEST gift that God could have ever given me! I can not believe my little angel is turning two, Sunday. I feel like I blinked and now she is all grown up. I pray that time stands still Sunday, and that I am able to just marvel at the most wonderful gift that God has ever given me.

Getting Ready for the BIG DAY!

I am counting down the days until my sweet little princess has her 2nd birthday party! I am so excited! I'm a little sad that she is turning 2, but happy because I know she is going to have a BLAST!

Brookelyn-Grace LOVES Barney! So I am having her a Barney birthday! ;) She is going to LOVE IT! Barney use to be extremely popular when I was a child, and even when my cousins were little, but over the years Barney has faded. Thankfully, I heard that Universal Studios is now in the process of creating new Barney shows, which will hopefully bring new merchandise. It is so hard to find anything Barney. Of course there are the Barney DVDs, and the stuffed Barney, but we want the little action figures and all that good stuff. :)

Since there is such a shortage in Barney merchandise I am making a lot of stuff on my own. I've decided to make Barney feet that will walk through the house to the party (like Barney was there). Of course there will be Barney music playing very loudly for all the kids, and many fun games to play. Were having the party at the house accompanied with 3 inflatables. We are having the obstacle course, bouncing house and 18 ft slide! It is going to be so much fun! ;) There is still so much that I have to get done, but everything is coming together. :) Her invite below :)

Brookelyn-Grace's birthday outfit is so cute! It is a green pillow case top with white polka dots. It has a hot pink B on it and the pants are green gingham. (It looks like Baby Bop) :) Now I just need to find some really cute pig tail bows! ;)

Also I am trying the impossible...I am making Brookelyn-Grace's birthday cake! It is going to be 3 layers (square). The colors are going to be green and purple with polka dots. Then I am going to use gum paste and make a number 2 for the top, initials, Barney and Baby Bop!...WISH ME LUCK! I will be doing that all night Friday night! HA! If worse comes to worse I will make cupcakes..But I think it will go great! ;) Here's a pic of the gumpaste fiqures I'll be doing...


Since Brookelyn-Grace's birthday party is on Saturday, and her real birthday is on Sunday, Jeremy is going to take off work Sunday and we are going to take Brookelyn-Grace to the Tennessee Aquarium. :)

Here are some pics of the inflatables ;)

THE FAIR

Brookelyn-Grace went to the fair for the first time last night. Pop called me and asked if Brookelyn-Grace and I wanted to go with him and Kaitlynn. I was a little hesitant at first because this was Brookelyn-Grace's first time to visit a fair. Thankfully it went great! She had a blast! She rode the goldfish ride, boats, baby roller coaster (I'm sure everyone remembers the dragon. Lord, I rode that ride at her age!), the big slide (of course with Pop) and many more! She had a blast! She also won two blow up characters, which she carried around the entire night! We all had so much fun! I am so proud of the big girl that she has grown up to be. I can not believe we will be celebrating her 2nd birthday in 17days! Time is passing way to fast, but as the expression goes, time flies when your having fun! ;)

A WONDERFUL YEAR!

Jeremy and I celebrated our one year anniversary yesterday! He is such an amazing man and Brookelyn-Grace and I are so lucky to have him in our lives!!! :) Jeremy decided that he wanted to plan our one year anniversary on his own. I thought that, that was so sweet. I have never had a guy do something like that for me and it just was blew me away! He is such a thoughtful and caring person! I love everything about him! He is truly one in a million and I am so lucky to have such a wonderful man like him!

We started out the day by having lunch together. I was at work so our anniversary was planned later that night. After work I headed home. As soon as I walked in the door Jeremy told me that we had five minutes before we had to leave. Of course he would not tell me where we were going. So five minutes later we got in the car and headed to Curry. Before we made it into Curry he pulled into a gas station where we sat for about ten minutes. I had no clue what was going on. I would keep asking him what we were doing at a gas station and of course he would not say anything. A little while later we were back on the move. We were heading down some roads that I had never been on before. All of a sudden we pulled into the driveway of a beautiful house. He told me to get out of the car. I was like what? Who's house is this? What are we doing? I was so confused. I walked around the front of his truck and in the yard sat an old chair with two bouquets of Roses and Star Gazer Lillie's on it. I was still a little confused. Jeremy was just smiling ear to ear. Then out stepped a photographer (Sha) waving at me. Jeremy had set up a photo shoot for us for our one year anniversary. It was so sweet! He knows that I love pictures and getting my picture taken Ha Ha. We always have the kids pictures done, and during their shoot we may get one or two good pictures of us, but now we had our very own photographer. It was wonderful! Of course I cried and the photographer captured it all. It was so sweet! I have never had someone do anything like that for me! He is such an amazing man! The pictures turned out so beautiful! We got to look through them, and WOW! They are going to be great! We took them in the gazebo, pond etc.. One of my favorite pictures that the photographer took was with Jeremy and I kissing. She was laying in the grass capturing the sun behind our lips. It looks like our lips are causing an explosion. I know its really hard to image, or for me to explain, but it was AWESOME! Jeremy got major brownie points. After that we went out for dinner, then picked Brookelyn-Grace up from my Aunt Barbara and headed home. When we got home Jeremy told Brookelyn-Grace that he loved her and that it was there one year anniversary too. He then gave her a single pink rose. It was so sweet! He is truly a blessing!!! He shocks me everyday with his generosity and compassion! I love Jeremy Owens with my entire being, and I look forward to many more years ahead!!! ;)

And of course I will post the pictures as soon as we get them back :)

TOBY

Brookelyn-Grace got her first dog, a Shihtzu puppy named, Toby. He is so adorable! We bought him from a very sweet couple out of Oxford. After we picked Toby up we took him to the pet store, and of course bought everything! After that we headed to my moms house where Brookelyn-Grace was. When we walked into the room with her little Toby she was ecstatic! I had been building this little puppy up to her all week, and finally she got to welcome him into our little family :) Brookelyn-Grace adores him! She will run through the house saying, "Toby get me". It is so funny watching him run after her. Ha Ha I was so worried about her picking him up, because I can remember my little sister Kaitylnn at her age picking up there dog by the neck. But thankfully she has only attempted to pick Toby up like that once, and Jeremy and I have been working with her on how to hold Toby. Most of the time we tell her that she is not allowed to hold him, but just pet him. He has really taken to Brookelyn-Grace. He follows her around everywhere she goes. Whenever she is in her bedroom she will yell for Toby and he will just come running. They play in her room for hours. At night Toby sleeps in Brookelyn-Grace's old play pin and of course cries to get in the bed with us, which usually happends. During the day we leave him in the kids bathroom with the baby gate up so he can still see out into the living room. He is already puppy pad trained and was before we purchased him. He is such a smart little puppy! We are all really enjoying having a dog! Hannah and Parker came up this past weekend and they loved him too! He is already spoiled rotten!!!





Toby's first bath
Toby and Brookelyn-Grace sleeping :)

They sleep a like! Ha Ha

Daddy loving on Toby

Mommy loving on Toby