We Dat!

“I just told him there’s a little fleur de lis up there right between both uprights, and I said why don’t you see if you can hit this fleur de lis dead center. We belong, you are here for a reason and you are going to hit it through.

(What Payton told Hartley right before the winning kick)

I was able to experience the most exhilarating game in history for the Saints....my opinion! I went to my first Saints Game in the New Orleans Superdome, which is hard to believe had gaping holes in the roof just 4 years ago! It was by far the loudest game I have ever been too....but all I have to compare it to is the LSU football games....which get pretty rowdy!

(Death Valley is listed as one of the 15 loudest stadiums)

It was one of those games that kept you standing up the entire time. The momentum shifted back and forth and we just kept battling, and it made a heck of a game! The stadium was packed up until the last second of the game and even some time after. I think the only people that left after the kick

was made were the Viking fans....I guess I don't blame them. We cheered....danced...high fived...fist pumped....had a few choice words for the refs...yelled for defense...sang....chanted...

and lastly jumped for joy....

The New Orleans Saints are going to the Super Bowl for the first time....ever!

Thanks a whole bunch for the tickets Joel!

We had a blast!

Meanwhile...

I have a funny story to tell...this happened several weeks ago and on that very day I would have told you that it was not a funny story....that it was a day that I could have only dreamed up!

It was a good morning....so far...I had all three of my babes...Jack, Olivia, (my best friends little girl) and Avie. They were all doing their thing...Jack was playing dinosaurs in his room....Olivia was mothering her little baby doll...and Avie is a wanderer...so of course she was cruising the floors trying to find where the action was. I decided it was a good time to sit down at the computer and pay a bill that I had been putting off. This task took a total of about 3 minutes...in the meantime... Avie crawls over, pulls herself up on my chair...and I notice a peculiar smell coming from her. Being the mother of her, I don't even have to look at her, or know that she is there to know what that smell is, in fact I can smell it from across the house. I finish up my task and whisk her to the changing table. Keep in mind that Jackson has been in his room the entire time...he has no idea that I even paid a bill. I proceed my next task with caution...Olivia is at my side...for some reason seeing someone change a poopie diaper is so fascinating at their age. I chose to lay Avie on the floor in her room to change her, cause the changing table is full of folded clothes that I failed to put up.

In the meantime I hear Jack in the background...."Momma, I'm in big trouble!" Come here....I'm in Avie's room, I say! I really don't know what to think...I have never really heard him announce his degree of trouble. I can hear him running through several different rooms to find me, even after I have told him where I am! .....he enters the doorway......and I think my mouth literally dropped at that moment! In one had he is holding a blue ink cartridge and in the other the empty pen. Remember when I sat down for 3 minutes to pay a bill, well...I used that blue pen to jot down my payment...it was a nice blue ball point pen...the kind that has that little window on it and if you tilt it back and forth you can see the liquid ink moving....I really liked that pen! Anyway....he is covered in blue ink literally from head to foot! He looks like he has blue chicken pox all over him. I immediately grab him and drop him in the tub....run some water...lather him with soap....and scrub him! Meanwhile, Avie cruises on over...makes it in the bathroom and at the same moment that I realized that I didn't put a diaper back on her (luckily the poop is cleaned off) she makes a little puddle beneath her and has this big cute smile on her face while she does it! I grab a towel....pick her up...wipe her off....and throw the towel over the puddle...and set her down in Jacks room! Meanwhile, I notice that there is ink spots on the floor between the bathroom and Avie's room....I quickly grab a rag....wet it...and try to wipe up the ink before it drys! Meanwhile, as I am on my hands and knees wiping ink off my wood floors....I look up and see my entire living room floor covered in spotted blue ink! I throw my head back and let out a big Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..... this is not exaggerated! I really have no idea what to do...all I know is that, if I don't get this ink wiped up in time I am going to be setting a new trend for wood floors! So I think...if I wet the ink spots down...then they wont dry as fast....and that gives me more time to wipe. I run to the kitchen...which is also covered in blue spotted ink...and grab some cleaner and get to spraying. Meanwhile...I discover that Olivia has pulled out every single wipe out of the wipe box trying to clean the poopie off her baby doll! I am really not concerned at this point... a $2.00 box of wipes means nothing to me right now. Avie is cruising around and every now and then I get a glimpse of her white hinney...she really likes being free! Jack is content playing in the tub, and its a good place for him...if I had to look at him right now...I just might tie him up in his bed....forever! Meanwhile....while I am still on my hands and knees wiping up ink...Olivia runs out of Avie's room to show me how clean her baby doll is and slips in the ink...she is now covered in blue ink....I grab her up....and decided to put her in the tub with all her clothes on...maybe the ink will come out! They are both in the tub playing and Avie is exploring all the toys in Jack's room...something she rarely gets to do! I look around at my spotted blue floors and I haven't even made a dent in cleaning the ink up....the more I look around....the more I see....so in a moment like this....what better to do than laugh....so I did....I threw my head back....opened my mouth and laughed...out loud...then the kids joined me...Jack sure was relieved!

Fortunately I was able to get all the ink wiped up...by God's grace none got on the carpet or furniture! If I look close enough I can see faint blue spots in some areas that got stained in the wood floor...I guess its a little reminder to me of a big day with a 2 year old, a 1 year old, and a 9 month old! Boy....wouldn't I be bored without these kids!

Somehow I managed to have a little humor and took a couple snapshots!

A New Year!

Well I guess its about time I post something new....

We made it through Christmas and a new year....its time to start fresh and new. I've got lots of ideas flowing through my head and its time to put them into action. I have started cleaning out Jacks room to make room for his plethora of new toys....Avie's 3-6 month clothes are cleaned out...finally, and I have lots of ideas for her new toddler room. I have decided I am moving her into a toddler bed and out of the baby bed after she turns 1....she hates her baby bed anyway...I need to find something she will sleep in, besides my bed!

I am planning two birthday parties...which I love doing...Avie's 1st birthday is going to be so much fun...I am thinking about going with a ladybug theme...something different! Jacks of course, has been decided ever since he discovered dinosaurs!

I already want to start Spring cleaning my house...I know its a little early, but it should be called Winter cleaning since I am mostly confined inside during these Winter months...I tend to hibernate when its cold. In fact...I have delayed taking down my Christmas lights because I cant bear to even think about standing in the cold for two hours.

I am ready for a change in this house...we are going on five years here...and since my husband has convinced me that we will be here for a couple more...that means a few more....then I want to "redecorate" a few things....specifically my bedroom, bathroom, living room, and the kids bathroom...plus the kids rooms....I guess that's every room except the kitchen! I also want to do a lot of updates outside the house as well. I like improvements and most of all I love change...something different to look at.

And I've got some great ideas for lesson plans for Jack and Olivia.

Its going to be a great year...I can just feel it...lots of adventures...lots of changes...good ones!

Here are a few pics of the last few weeks...

Jackson did not enjoy this experience...

but Avie loved it!

My little sis and her niece and nephew

Avie's 1st cupcake for my birthday!

We had a birthday party for Jesus! It was a blast...

we decorated sugar cookies...made snowmen...read the Christmas Story...

ate birthday cake and opened presents!