Long time....no blog.....

So many exciting things have been going on.....the most important and most exciting thing is that Sonny Bono and Mrs. Sonny Bono are having a girl! Miss Chloe Ann Madison will be here the last of January! I am so excited! I will FINALLY be able to buy all of the little girly things that I've wanted to buy forEVER! Here are a couple of pictures of our little sweetheart:


Have you ever seen such sweet little feet?! I love the little feet pictures.....her daddy had the biggest feet when he was born! The nurses commented on how big his feet and hands were! I didn't think that they were THAT big but he does wear like a size 13 shoe so maybe they are bigger than I thought!

Am trying to get my Fall decorations out. Need to make myself climb into the attic and haul the couple of boxes down that I need. I just know if I get up there....I will get sidetracked and will end up spending more time up there than I need to.

We did the Bikes, Blues and Barbecue last weekend. The weather could not have been better. We ended up riding Friday evening after Bud got home from work. He bought me a helmet so we were ready to ride. Rhino and Mrs. Rhino rode with us on their bike. It was really a lot of fun being a part of all of that. The helmet was a little bit of an issue for me though. It just seemed to be so heavy. Every time that Bud would shift gears...my head would jerk forward and I would in turn hit his helmet and his head would jerk. We both had major headaches by the time we returned home Friday night! We roared into US Pizza where the parking lot was packed with nothing but bikes and bikers. We were soooo darn cool (or so we thought)! We parked right up front like we owned the place. Considering how often we go there and the waiters and waitresses all know us by name........! Anyway, I gracefully dismounted. Do you dismount a bike? Bud was standing there trying to turn off his lights or turn signal and the only thing he was accompishing was beeping his horn and have you ever noticed that motorcycle horns sound so girly?! We had the attention of all of the REAL bikers by this time that were standing around.....NOT a good thing. While Bud was working on the horn/lights.....Rhino jumped off of his bike and somehow got his foot hooked into my helmet. He is hopping around and jumping all over the parking lot trying to NOT knock over his bike which would probably knock over all of the bikes in the parking lot if the domino theory was in play! We managed to wipe off our pride and went inside of US Pizza. We ordered a round of beer and waited till the bikers were out of the parking lot so we could mount up and head back to the house! We are going to have to really practice on being bikers.....we were so NOT cool! BUT it was fun and next year.....we will be the coolest for sure! ; )

I have been taking Miss Allie for a walk in our neighborhood this week. She seems to really like it and her vet says that she needs to lose 4 to 5 lbs. which would be like 40 to 50 lbs. in human pounds! Note to self: Make sure that she poops BEFORE we leave because bagging her poop isn't really that much fun! And the fact that she pooped in the beginning of our walk and I had to carry around her bag of poop......not so much fun! I am giving her the day off today and she is snoring on the couch. I think she is thinking if she sleeps and is good, I won't be dragging her for her walk. But I still may.....the day is still early.

Laundry is calling me......

Gigi

Labor Day weekend....yeah, I'm laboring!

Friday I made a couple of runs to Hobby Lobby. I love that store! I haven't been in quite a while so I really enjoyed myself. I went once by myself and once with Mimi. I bought some new Fall garland for my front door wreath and some Fall ribbon. Am going to TRY to redo the wreath this weekend. They had picture frames 50% off so bought three of those....one for the collage print that I had made for Sonny Bono and Mrs. Sonny Bono, one for an animal print that I've had for a million years that needed a frame and one for a snapshot of Little Buddy and Sonny Bono on the beach. Picked up a couple of little Fall things for Bud's secret pal. Am thinking I am liking them a lot so maybe I can be his secret pal and will get his other secret pal something else! Little Buddy is always asking "What's for supper?" so I picked up a little wooden sign that says: Dinner Choices (1) Take It or (2) Leave It! I showed it to him and he wasn't as impressed as I had thought he would be! When Mimi and I went out shopping, she also picked up some garland, ribbon, scarecrow to update her wreath and some frames. We checked out Dillard's for some Fall fragrance diffuser and reeds. Then went into Artsy Craftsy and they had a good sale going on. Found a 'pig chef' with little chalkboard that I have always loved! It was 50% off so it had to come home with me. I know that the pig's sign will be saying all kinds of things.....probably everything except for the dinner menu! It seems like everytime I go into the kitchen....his sign is saying something else! Rhino and Ms. Rhino came by and borrowed my jeep for the weekend. They headed down to Little Rock for the Razorback Game! We are keeping Olive so Allie will get her exercise this weekend! Olive still has a lot of puppy in her!

Little Buddy had a job interview at Pontiac Coffee House at 7 p.m. He was gone a long time. He came home and said that he thought that the interview went really well. About 15 minutes after he got home, they called to tell him that he got the job and started the next day! He was so excited! We were excited for him and very proud of him. He told the owners that he really appreciated them hiring him and it meant so much to him that they did hire him.

Saturday morning Bud, Little Buddy and I met Mimi and Poppy at Susan's for breakfast. Good as always. Then Bud, Little Buddy and I ran over to Target and Oops. Didn't find anything at Oops....that seems to be a hit and miss store and I missed this time. ; ) Little Buddy had to be at work at 4 p.m. and it was after 11 p.m. when he got home. He said there was a band there and it was a popular band so they had about 200 people there. He said that he was supposed to get off at 8 but they told him that he could stay if he wanted since they were so busy so he stayed. He was pretty tired when he got home.

I've been doing some heavy cleaning this weekend. Seems like I've been just hit and missing with it since we returned from vacation and it was time for some heavy cleaning. Have been cleaning ceiling fans, light bulbs, baseboards, blinds, etc. Trying to get as much done before the cardinal game comes on this afternoon. Actually it is almost time for it to start so I had better end this and root for my team! It was an awesome game last night. It was tied up and Albert came in to pinch hit the 10th inning and won it with a homerun! Doesn't get much better than that!

Sonny Bono and Mrs. Sonny Bono are in Texarkana this weekend at Mrs. Sonny Bono's dad and step-mom's home. I think that they were having a wedding reception for them......don't really know if it was Saturday or today but I'm sure that they had a lot of fun and good food. Will be anxious to talk to them and hear all about it!

xo,
Gigi

Still a mystery..........

The mystery continues! What we DO know: the heartbeat was 144 beats per minute today and the due date is January 29, 2010! What we do NOT know: will we be calling the baby Chase Alexander or Chloe Ann Madison! When you hear that little heartbeat.....there just aren't words to describe the feelings! Those are just some of the moments in a parent's life that you never ever forget!

My family has mixed feelings on my having a public blog.....so I have promised to protect their identities and spare them humiliation! Let me clarify that my youngest son and middle son are the ones who have expressed their feelings most openly! So.....from this moment on the names of my three sons are Sonny Bono (the oldest), Rhino (the middle) and Little Buddy (the youngest). Those are the knicknames that their dad called them when they were little so we will use those for this blog. ; ) I will have to see what names Sonny Bono's wife and Rhino's fiance want to be called....will get back to you on that later! And as far as my husband and his identity....what knicknames do I have for him? That depends! Let's see......he recently grew an awesome beard, he is really into his motorcycle right now, and he loves to play his guitar when he has time which isn't very often. I know.....let's call him Bud! ; ) He will like that!

We are having Fall like temperatures this week and it is so awesome! I'm not really ready to say goodbye to Summer and definitely not ready to say hello to Winter but Fall has its good points.....the cool crisp mornings, leaves on the trees turning colors, mums, the excitement of Razorback games and the excitement that goes along with living in Razorback country! When there is a game in town......everyone wears the razorback red and cars are decked out in razorback flags, razorback magnets......so much fun! There is so much energy in the air and I wouldn't want to be anywhere else! My mom and dad recently moved up here and I'm hoping that they get into it all and love it as much as we do!

I need to be heading outside to mow and work in the front yard. The Cardinals played this afternoon so instead of mowing, I was watching my favorite team. I was hoping that they would win this afternoon but it wasn't in the cards.....no pun intended! Matt Holliday did get a homerun this afternoon and I really thought we might be able to win it.

So....off I go to mow!

xo,

Gigi

In the beginning.......

I wanted to start a blog about some pretty exciting things that are happening in my life right now. I am FINALLY going to become a 'grandma'! I know a lot of women who are already in that very special club and I've been very envious of that special bond that is just between a grandparent and a grandchild. I've witnessed it in my own children and their relationships with their 'mimi' and 'poppy'. I wanted that special relationship with my OWN grandchild!!!! And now......my prayers have been answered! This very special person will be making her (yes, I am saying HER) grand entrance the end of January. I....cannot.....wait! I've seen her ultrasound picture and she is beautiful! When I think about her and how she is my son's child......my FIRST born's FIRST born......it is all so overwhelming! To see that first ultrasound and to immediately feel so much love in your heart for that tiny little being. I have so many things that I want to share with her......but mostly my heart. And maybe someday she will find this blog and know how much she IS loved and WAS loved even before she WAS.

xo,
Gigi