New Pictures!!!

New pictures of the Carter Jr kids. First, a group picture of Billy, Shelly, and Hannah:


Then we have the handsome Billy looking like the typical ladies man:


Here's Shelly looking innocent, but her eyes are like, "what can I get into next?":


Last but certainly not least, the one and only Hannah, the sweetest baby girl in the world:

Gerbil

This video is so funny. I guess you have to have a warped sense of humor to enjoy. So I hope your sense of humor is as warped as mine.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=136cNGNd7Yg

Sweet Baby Hannah

I was working last night, and my beeper went off. It had Rose's phone number on it for me to call. I thought something must have happened, so I made tracks to the nurses station to call. I dialed the number and got her voice mail. Oh no! I thought. It must be something bad if she can't even get back to her phone. I kept thinking of Shelly, because she had some surgery the day before. I thought maybe she was having a delayed reaction to the anesthesia. Well, I got another call then from my son's cell phone. I answered and he assured me that nothing was wrong but that Hannah rolled from her back to her stomach by herself. He was so thrilled and so was I. I think I was more relieved that nothing was wrong. She shouldn't be rolling over all ready! She was just born last week (seems like). Now it won't be long until she's sitting alone and crawling. Then she'll be walking, then she'll be in school, then dating, and then OH GOD!! I DON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT!! And my babies Rebecca, Billy, Nic, and Shelly will be doing all that before Hannah does! I don't want to grow old and I don't want them to either! I want them to stay my babies. Today was Billy's first day of kindergarden. I'm gonna have to call and see how that went. Well, gotta go to work. Have a good day.

More Pictures

We had a great weekend. Billy, Shelly, and Hannah stayed all weekend because Rebecca and Nicholas were on their way home from Wisconsin, where Rebecca had been competing in a cheerleading competition. I can't wait to see them again. Anyway, my sister Gerry, Paul, Kelli, and Justin came up and we grilled hamburgers and hot dogs. They were so good. The kids didn't eat all that great, but Justin and Shelly had a good time running through the house screaming at the tops of their lungs. Anyway, here's a picture of Billy holding his little sister. He appeared to be in Heaven while Shelly was being a ham:


Shelly liked the little baby doll she got at Walmart:

As Billy did his wrestling figure:

One of Hannah's favorite past times, eating her clothes:

Finally, the kids and Paul and I got in the pool. Gerry or Kelli wouldn't get in:

Justin and Paul, PaPaw:

And they absolutely love each other to death:

Justin gave Paul some big splashes:

Another picture of PaPaw and grandson:

He wasn't very happy about getting out of the pool:

Kelli, mom to Justin and daughter to Paul and Gerry:

And last but certainly not least, MY GRANDDAUGHTER, SHELLY:

Rosie's Blog

Rosie O'Donnell has once again made me sick with her stupid blog. I check it every once in a while just to see is she has anything interesting on it. So far...no. Her latest blog is a "poem" trashing Paula Abdul. Nothing about the content about Paula, I don't like Paula either, but "do you know who I am, I'm famous"? And what happened to poetry today? I thought poems were supposed to rhyme. Not just hers, most poetry doesn't rhyme. But my main gripe is her next blog. She is shown on her web cam with her daughter on her lap (which is fine). But on over in the video she is seen flossing her teeth, scratching her head (probably getting the flosser in her hair), putting it back in her mouth, wiping it off on her shirt, putting it back in her mouth, putting it up to her nose, then putting it back in her mouth again! C'mon Rosie! It's bad enough that your daughter looks like she hasn't had her hair brushed in a year, but where's your hygiene? For a look for yourself, go to http://www.rosie.com/blog/wp-content/themes/rosie2/fs2.php?vid=http://blip.tv/file/get/Rblog-20070729home_again305.flv
Be your own judge.

Picnic At the Park

Hi again. Saturday we went to Concord Park (me, Doug, my mom, sister, ex-brother in law, Paul, Billy, Shelly, Hannah, my step-brother's granddaughter, Taylor, my neice, her son, and present "friend". We had a good time. We had sandwiches of all kinds, chips of all kinds, drinks and a bunch of stuff like yummy cookies. Here are some pictures I made.

My sister's grandson, Justin

Sister Gerry with ex, Paul. And she finally got to meet Hannah.


Billy and Shelly had a good time playing on this thing

Justin was too small and Taylor was too tall

Lucky PaPaw had bathroom duty

Just so happened there was a boat show and a live band

Billy had a good time dancing to the music.
We had just gotten home and Rebecca and Nicholas arrived. Poor Nic! His dad took him for a haircut and he came back with a burr. But he's still the same sweet boy he was. I think he minded better than the girls. Rebecca and Taylor got to go swimming alot and give each other makeovers. They are actually quite good at applying makeup. And they're only 10! I hate it that I didn't get pictures of Becca and Nic and Taylor. Next time they come up, I'll make it a point to do that. I was busy playing with Nic because he didn't have anybody to play with. So we went swimming on Saturday, and he had a ball standing on my shoulders and jumping off. He's like a little water dog. Today we just played games while Rebecca and Taylor swam.

The Weekend Begins

Today Doug brought the kids over. They'll be staying for the night. I'm not keeping all 5 this weekend. But that's okay. Maybe it will help preserve my sanity. Of course I went wild with the camera. We'll be going to Concord Park and having a picnic tomorrow. Then Saturday, Rebecca and Nic will be coming up. My stepbrother's granddaughter, Taylor, will be coming also. She is the same age as Rebecca and she acts just like her. So Rebecca will finally have someone here her own age to play with. I'll keep Nic occupied. I'm going to attempt to post some pictures this time. They are all of Doug, Billy, Shelly and Hannah. If you look at Doug's arms in the pictures, you can see his poison ivy. He's had it forever. It still looks bad but he said it's clearing up. It looked really bad before, then the dr put him on Prednisone and he had an allergic reaction to it. So it's just clearing up on it's own. Doug came over one day when I was going to work so I got to see the kids before I left. Here's me and Hannah:

Billy loves to hold his little baby sister:

Shelly wanted to pose with daddy and "baby" Hannah. She said this is her "mad" face:

Shelly just can't be around her without touching her:

Doug worked last night and was worn out, as you can see:

Next blog will have a movie included. (If I can figure out how I did it last time.)

Blah But Busy Day and Weekend

Tonight is not a great night for me. Not that I haven't enjoyed everything I've done today, with the exception of one thing. But that one thing has gotten me very down. I just don't know what to do anymore. I'm tired of walking on eggshells trying to keep from making people mad. When does anyone ever care about my feelings? From here on out, I will say what I feel to certain people and if I make them mad or hurt their feelings, oh well. Tough. It seems like I've lived my life for others, which isn't a bad thing, but it's time I thought about myself for a change.

We went out to eat at Pizza Hut with my son and his family tonight. Hannah sure is growing. She was a little fussy. Doug (my son) has poison ivy all over him. He went to the dr today and he called me and said (in a very whiney voice), "I got a shot". Poor baby. Just like a man. :) Guess that'll teach him to go rolling around naked in the woods. Just kidding. He's been working hard on a fence and put a tent up in the back yard for him and the kids to camp out in. Somehow, he got into some poison ivy. Well, I guess better him than the kids. At least he got 2 extra nights off from work due to it.

All the kids were up here this weekend for the whole weekend. Came up Friday and went home Sunday. I think they all had a good time. They went swimming, played games on the computer and did just about whatever they wanted to. Hanna got plenty of attention. She was such a happy baby. But I felt like I was correcting them too much and didn't want them to not want to come back. So Saturday night I prayed for patience with them. And the good Lord heard me. Sunday they wouldn't eat lunch, so instead of fussing at them for not eating, I told them no tv if they didn't eat. They still wouldn't eat so they didn't get to watch tv the rest of the time they were here. You just wouldn't believe the things they found to do. They actually went outside and played football, found toys they hadn't played with in a long time, they had a ball. Shelly even tore the horn off a toy car and walked around beeping the horn without the car. It was a good weekend, except when Billy fell down the steps and scared everybody to death. No one saw him fall, so we really don't know what happened. But he's okay, a little bit of boo boo on his ribs, which I'd say are pretty sore. But he could have broken his neck and been killed. I'd die myself is anything happened to any of my grandbabies.

Oh well, I guess I'll close for now and go to bed because I'll have to get up early and go to class in the morning (will classes never end?). Hopefully I won't have bad dreams from my mood. I made a picture of all 5 kids. I'll try to post it sometime. Hannah was asleep. But the rest were bright eyed.

Billy's Wrestling Impressions

My son made a video one night of his son doing wrestler impressions. He doesn't really do the moves, Doug asks him what this one does, and Billy does it, and so on. The very last one is very cute, some may think a little sick, but funny anyway. He is trying to get a lot of votes on it to get it posted on the main page at break.com. If you would go to the link and watch it and then vote on it, he sure would appreciate it. The site is http://my.break.com/media/view.aspx?ContentID=324102

I got my license yesterday. About time. Now to get my badge changed...

60th Year Reunion

Today was the 60th reunion of my mom's high school class. So few are left that they just had a picnic at Concord Park. It's been a long time since I've been down there. It's really a nice place. I'm going to take my grandkids and my sister is going to take her grandson and we're going to go there and let them play. Lots of ducks to chase, too. We'll just have to keep an eye on them because they could very easily get to the water and drown. Her ex-husband (father of her daughter)will be going too. Seems like love may be in the air. He did tell me that he never stopped loving her. He's changed so much since they were married. He's a much better person now. Even goes to church every Sunday. That's a complete turn around for him. I'm proud of him. If they could be happy together, I wouldn't mind seeing them get back together. Anyway...back to the subject. Of course I took pictures. LUCKY YOU!! There was a man there who taught me so much about my camera. He had one just like it. Taught me how to crop the pictures and all.
Arrival, Rule High School, class of 1947:

Next is the playground for kids:

Saw a beautiful German Shepard (I've always wanted a purebred German Shepard):

Met up with a couple of Rotties that were rescued by the Grainger County Rottweiler Rescue Center. They were real friendly. Happy to have a new home:

Quite a few of the class showed up:

Mama talking with the classmate who helped me with my camera:

Lots of ducks for the kids to chase:

My 2 best friends. My mom and my sister:

Then me and my sister, Gerry:

I left the last two pictures big on purpose. Because I love them.

My First Movie

Fun With Dick and Jane (couldn't think of anything else)

Doug brought the kids over to go swimming. He kind of had his hands full since I was inside taking care of Hannah:


Then they finally came back inside where Billy and Shelly had fun with the computer:

Doug loves holding his baby daughter, he couldn't put her down. He hates to leave her:



He finally gave her up and let me hold her:

She sure does yawn alot:

She makes the cutest little faces:

The most peaceful part of the day was when everyone went to sleep:


And yes, folks, she smiles now. She wasn't quite 2 months old in these pictures:



If you didn't know better, you'd think she was laughing out loud, but no sound: