OUR FIRST BIG MILESTONE

MY BABY IS TEETHING....EARLY! WE WEREN'T REALLY POSITIVE, BUT WE'VE BEEN READING UP ON IT AND SHE HAS EVERY SYMPTOM NOT TO MENTION SHE HAS MOVED ONTO THE "HURTING" CRY AND BELIEVE ME I CAN TELL THE DIFFERECE. IT BREAKS MY HEART THAT I CAN'T HELP HER MORE THAN ORAJEL OR BABY TYLENOL. SO ANYWAY..JUST WANTED TO KEEP EVERYONE UP TO DATE ON EVERYTHING THATS GOING ON WITH THIS BUNDLE OF JOY.

UNTIL NEXT TIME..

OH PS WE'LL BE IN VIRGINIA ALL WEEKEND SO WE WON'T BE ONLINE.

MY SWEET BABIES

I LOVE MY SWEETIES. MY HUSBAND AND MY SWEET BABY GIRL ARE MY WORLD.! SHE KEEPS AMAZING US MORE AND MORE. SHE DOES SOMETHING NEW ALMOST EVERY DAY. SHE WAS GIGGLING AND SMILING AND TRYING TO TALK SO BAD! I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THAT SHE WILL BE THREE MONTHS OLD TOMORROW (SHES 13 WEEKS TODAY!!) I CANT BELIEVE ITS BEEN THAT LONG SINCE I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL GIVING BIRTH TO HER! SHE MAKES ME GET UP EVERY MORNING. SHE IS THE REASON WHY I BREATHE. SHE IS THE BEST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED TO ME! THANK YOU JESUS FOR MY BABY GIRL!

PS TRENT LOVES BOXES AND GRACIE LOVES HER BEBE POD ESPECIALLY WHEN SHES WATCHING TV WITH HER DADDY.

AHH

I WANT TO GO HOME AND SEE MY GRACIE GIRL!!! I MISS HER LIKE CRAZY!!!

HAPPY LATE FATHERS DAY PAWPAW

HEY PAWPAW WE MISS YOU LIKE CRAZY!! CAN'T WAIT TO GO FISHIN' WITH YOU THIS SUMMER AT SANTEE COOPER!!! SEE YOU SOON'!
LOVE MOMMY AND GRACIE

HAPPY FATHERS DAY!

SO TODAY IS WILL'S FIRST FATHER'S DAY. HE AND GRACIE ARE GONE TO EAT BREAKFAST WITH HIS DAD BEFORE CHURCH. AFTER CHURCH, WE'RE GOING WITH MOM AND STEVE OUT TO EAT FOR THE REST OF FATHERS' DAY. TODAY IS A DAY TO CELEBRATE DAD'S. WITHOUT DAD'S WE WOULDN'T BE HERE, YA KNOW? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TELL EVERYONE WHO READS THIS HOW VERY GRATEFUL AND FORTUNATE I AM TO HAVE MY DAD IN MY LIFE. I KNOW EVERYONE GOES THROUGH THAT ROUGH REBELLIOUS STAGE WHEN PARENTS DIVORCE, BUT MINE LASTED A LITTLE LONGER THAN NORMAL...OVER A DECADE.
I LOST A LOT OF TIME WITH MY DAD. A LOT OF TIME THA COULD HAVE BEEN SPENT DOING THINGS TOGETHER. AND NOW THAT WE ARE GETTING ALONG, I LIVE 600 MILES AWAY WITH HIS GRAND-DAUGHTER! I DO MISS BAMA WHEN I VISIT, BUT CAROLINA IS MY HOME. MY LIFE HAS BEEN CHANGED SO MUCH SINCE I MOVED HERE. I HAD MY FIRST BOYFRIEND HERE, MET MY HUSBAND HERE, ALMOST LOST HIM HERE, GOT MARRIED AND HAD MY DAUGHTER HERE. LOTS AND LOTS OF LIFE CHANGING EVENTS. BUT ANYWAY I GOT OFF ON A TANGENT.
FOR ALL YOU PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE DADS....HAVE A SPECTACULAR DAY. SPEND IT WITH YOUR BABIES...DONT' TAKE ONE SINGLE MINUTE, GOOD OR BAD, FOR GRANTED. I KNOW I KEEP ON ABOUT THIS BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE IF SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED TO MY DADDY DURING THOSE ROUGH YEARS WE WENT THROUGH. LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT I KNOW DONT HAVE DADS ANYMORE. SO YES I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY THAT I AM LUCKY...I AM BLESSED. HAPPY FATHERS DAY DAD! I MISS YOU LIKE CRAZY! I CAN'T WAIT TO HOPEFULLY SEE YOU AGAIN THIS SUMMER!

UNTIL NEXT TIME...

PS THESE PICTURES ARE FROM MINE AND SARAH'S DUD OF A YARD SALE YESTERDAY AND SOME ARE FROM THIS MORNING BEFORE GRACIE LEFT WITH DADDY. THE LITTLE BOY IS GRACIE'S COUSIN TRENT, SARAH'S LITTLE BOY

T.G.I.F!!

THANK GOODNESS ITS FRIDAY. I WAS SO ANXIOUS TO GET HOME AND SEE MY GRACIE GIRL. I NEVER REALLY GOT UPSET WHEN I HAD TO GO BACK TO WORK. I KNEW I HAD TO AND I KNEW SHE WAS IN GOOD HANDS WITH HER DADDY ALL DAY. BUT TODAY THOUGH...TODAY I COULDN'T SIT STILL WAITING TO GET HOME AND SEE HER AND PLAY WITH HER. A FRIEND OF MINE SAID IN HER BLOG A FEW WEEKS AGO..."HOW BORING LIFE MUST HAVE BEEN BEFORE MOTHERHOOD"..ID SAY I HAVE TO AGREE.
MY STEPMOM JUST CALLED AND ASKED WHERE I GOT THE NAME "JOHN MICHAEL" FROM. WILL AND I JUST THOUGHT OF IT OFF THE TOP OF OUR HEADS BUT SHE JUST INFORMED ME THAT THEY ARE MY BROTHER AND MY STEPBROTHER'S MIDDLE NAMES. COOL HUH? OR BAD RATHER...SEEING AS HOW I DIDNT EVEN KNOW MY OWN STEPBBROTHERS MIDDLE NAME!! SHEESH!



OH YEAH I NEED TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT NANA. SHES HAVING SOME ISSUES SINCE WE TALK ABOUT MAWMAW AND PAW PAW ALL THE TIME.EVEN THOUGH THEY LIVE FAR AWAY AND DONT GET TO SEE GRACIE EVERY DAY LIKE NANA CAN.
GRACIE WENT TO NANA'S WORK TODAY AND SAW THE TRAINS GO BY AND PLAYED IN NANAS LAP WHILE SHE WORKED ON THE COMPUTER AT THE TRAIN STATION. NANA LOVES TRAINS BUT I DONT. I HATE THEM ACTUALLY. THE FIRST OUTFIT SHE BOUGHT GRACIE WAS A TRAIN SLEEPER TAHT JUS ABOUT DOESN'T FIT ANYMORE. THIS CHILD IS GROWING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS. I LOVE BEING A MOM. HOW CAN SOMEONE NOT WANT TO HAVE A CHILD/BE A MOM? ITS EVERY WOMAN'S GOD GIVEN ABILITY TO CARRY A NEW LIFE FOR TEN MONTHS INSIDE OF THEM AND CREATE A BOND UNLIKE ANY OTHER. MOMMAS AND BABIES HAVE A CLOSENESS THAT A CHILD AND THEIR FATHER CAN NEVER HAVE. I LOVE MY LITTLE GIRL SO MUCH MORE THAN I COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED. SHE IS MY WORLD. WHAT WAS MY LIFE LIKE BEFORE HER? I HONESTLY DON'T REMEMBER. SHE AND HER DADDY ARE MY ENTIRE WORLD. (WELL, BESIDES GOD, NANA & PAPA, MAWMAW & PAWPAW AND OTHER VARIOUS FAMILY MEMBERS)

YA KNOW I REALLY DO LOVE EVERY ASPECT OF MY LIFE...EXCEPT FOR ONE THING... I AM SUPER LAZY WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSEWORK AND I WISH I WEREN'T. I HAVE SO MANY THINGS I WANT/NEED TO DO AND I JUS HAVE ZERO AMBITION TO GET THEM DONE. AS SOON AS I GET DONE WRITING THIS BLOG, I'M GONNA COME UP WITH A GAME PLAN TO GET THIS HOUSE ORGANIZED AND MAKE SURE IT STAYS THAT WAY. I HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH A BEAUTIFUL HOME BIG ENOUGH FOR OUR FAMILY EVEN IF IT GROWS BY ONE MORE IN THE FUTURE.

I STILL LIKE MY JOB. I LIKE GETTING UP IN THE MORNING AND GOING TO WORK.. WASN'T LIKE THAT AT MY OTHER JOB. JESSICA HAD AN INTERVIEW AT MY WORK FOR A POSITION THERE. SHE ACTED EXCITED, BUT I'M NOT SO SURE SHE IS. I REALLY DON'T THINK DUCC WIL BE AROUND MUCH LONGER AT ALL AND IF SHE DOESN'T ACCEPT THIS POSITION, SHE NEEDS TO LOOK SOMEWHERE ELSE WHILE SHE HAS THE CHANCE. I'D SURE HATE FOR HER TO NOT HAVE AN INCOME WHEN THEY SHUT DOWN SUDDENLY. GOD DOESN'T OPEN DOORS FOR NO REASON. THERE WAS A REASON THAT MY BOSS SUGGESTED SHE COME IN, I DIDN'T ASK HIM TO INTERVIEW HER..IT WAS PURELY HIS IDEA. ANYWAY, PRAY FOR HER THAT SHE FINDS A STABLE JOB. I CAN'T REALLY SAY I KNOW WHAT ITS LIKE TO WORK AT A PLACE WHERE YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOUR JOB WILL BE THERE THE NEXT DAY.
WE ALL ASSUMED IT BEFORE I WENT ON MATERNITY LEAVE BUT WE DIDNT REALLY THINK IT WOULD BE THIS SOON. GOD SENT ME TO THIS NEW JOB FOR A REASON. HE HAS TAKEN SUCH GREAT CARE OF US SINCE THE BOYS ACCIDENT AS WELL. WE HAD NO MONEY COMING IN UNTIL TODAY AND WE'VE NOT HAD TO WORRY ABOUT HOW OUR BILLS WERE GOING TO BE PAID. WE HAVE FOUND A WAY EVER SINCE THE ACCIDENT BC OF GOD. HE IS AMAZING. IF I DIED TODAY I BELIEVE I'D GO TO HEAVEN, I JUST DON'T WANT TO GO RIGHT YET. I WANNA SEE MY BABY GIRL GROW UP. THE TWO HARDEST THINGS FOR ME TO ACCEPT ARE: KNOWING THAT EVERYTHING HAPPENS IN GOD'S GOOD AND PERFECT TIME AND LETTING GOD HAVE HIS WAY WITH MY LIFE.
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OK SO ANYWAY AFTER ALL THAT HERE ARE SOME PICS OF MY GORGEOUS DAUGHTER. WHAT CAN I SAY? IM BIASED:) PS THIS IS MY FAVORITE PICTURE OF GRACIE AND HER PAWPAW:) HAPPY FATHERS DAY PAWPAW!! I MISS YOU (<--GRACIE TOLD ME TO TELL YOU HEHE

I LOVE MY LIFE!

EVERY SINGLE DAY I CAN'T WAIT TO GET HOME TO SEE MY BABY GIRL! I LOVE HER SO MUCH MORE THAN I COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED!! EVERY DAY SHE AMAZES ME MORE AND MORE. SHE'S ALREADY GETTING A LITTLE PERSONALITY ALL HER OWN. SHES A LITTLE MINI PERSON.
IT'S SO COOL AND I'M SO GLAD GOD HAS ALLOWED WILLIAM AND I TO EXPERIENCE THIS. WAKING UP IN THE MORNING AND SEEING HER SWEET SMILE MAKES ME WANNA STAY HOME ALL DAY LONG AND JUST PLAY PLAY PLAY. SHE STAYS HOME WITH DADDY EVERY DAY BC HE'S STILL OFF FROM THE ACCIDENT. THEY ARE GONNA BE SO CLOSE. I'M NOT JEALOUS THOUGH, BABY GIRLS NEED THEIR DADDIES. THEY ALREADY HAVE A SPECIAL BOND WITH THEIR MOMMIES THAT THEY WILL NEVER HAVE WITH DADDY. WILL IS SUCH A GOOD DADDY. HE'S GONNA BE THE TYPE THAT LETS HIS BABY GIRL PUT MAKE UP ON HIM AND PAINT HIS TOE NAILS. I AM SO BLESSED. I ALSO LOVE MY JOB MORE AND MORE. GOD HAS JUST BLESSED US MORE THAN WE COULD EVER BE DESERVING OF.
THIS CHILD HAS CHANGED MY LIFE IN MORE WAYS THAN SHE WILL EVER KNOW. ME AND MY DADDY ARE CLOSER NOW THAN WE HAVE EVER BEEN. I HATE THAT I LOST NEARLY 15 YEARS WITH HIM. I DONT KNOW WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE IF SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED TO HIM DURING THAT TIME. MY STEPMOM AND I GET ALONG REALLY WELL AND THAT MAKES ME VERY HAPPY TOO. SOOO LONG I HATED SOOO MUCH ABOUT MY LIFE. NOW I LOVE AND CHERISH EVERY MOMENT THAT GOD ALLOWS ME TO LIVE ON THIS EARTH AND SPEND TIME WITH MY AMAZING FAMILY. WILL AND I HAVE DECIDED THAT WE DO WANT ANOTHER CHILD, JUST NOT RIGHT NOW. WE WILL START TRYING AFTER GRACIE'S FIRST BIRTHDAY. THAT WAY THEY WILL ONLY BE 2 YEARS OR SO APART AND THEY WILL HOPEFULLY BE "CLOSER" GROWING UP. I'D LOVE TO HAVE A LITTLE BOY. WE ALREADY DECIDED BEFORE WE FOUND OUT GRACIE WAS A GIRL THAT IF WE HAVE A BOY WE WILL NAME HIM JOHN MICHAEL WHITLEY. MAYBE HE WILL LOOK LIKE ME SINCE GRACIE LOOKS LIKE HER DADDY SPIT HER OUT. ANYWAY HERE ARE SOME PICS LIKE I PROMISED. I FOUND MY CHARGER FOR MY CAMERA SO FOR EVERYONE OTHER THERE (MOSTLY DAD AND CARY) I WILL BE UPDATING EVERY DAY OR EVERY OTHER DAY AT THE MOST. ON A LIGHTER NOTE, CHECK OUT GRACIE WITH HER FAVORITE MAWMAW AND PAWPAW. SHE MISSES THEM LIKE CRAZY AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THEM AGAIN!! ALSO CHECK OUT THE SUPER COOL CRADLE THAT PAWPAW MADE HER. SHE LOVES IT!! IT STAYS IN THE DEN SO SHE CAN SLEEP IN IT (OR WATCH TV FROM IT) WHILE WE'RE WATCHING TV. I HAVE SUCH A GREAT FAMILY! LOVE YOU GUYS!

NEWNESS

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SO I LOVE MY NEW JOB! IT'S AWESOME. I WAS A LITTLE LEARY ABOUT GETTING A NEW JOB, GIVING MY NOTICE, LEAVING MY OLD FRIENDS.. WELL GOD DOESN'T OPEN WINDOWS FOR NOTHING. I GOT A CALL FROM MY FRIEND JESSICA THAT I USED TO WORK WITH AND A LOT OF THINGS ARE GOING AWRY AT MY OLD PLACE OF BUSINESS AND NEEDLESS TO SAY IM SO GLAD IM AWAY FROM THERE. BEST NEWS YET? JESS MAY GET A JOB A MY NEW JOB. I TOLD MY BOSS ABOUT THE GOINGS ON OVER THERE AND HE ASKED IF SHE NEEDED A JOB.
SHE HAS AN INTERVIEW WITH US WEDNESDAY SO EVERYBODY PRAY THAT IF ITS MEANT TO BE, THAT SHE GETS THE JOB. SHE NEEDS SOMETHING STABLE. I DONT THINK MY OTHER PLACE OF BUSINESS IS GOING TO BE AROUND THROUGH THE END OF THE SUMMER. ON ANOTHER NOTE, MISS GRACIE BORROWED HER COUSIN TRENT'S FLOATY CAR AND JUST CHILLED ALL WEEKEND IN MEMAW'S POOL. SHE WAS PASSED OUT AFTER SOME 50SPF, A BOTTLE AND ABOUT TEN MINUTES;)
OK WELL I GUESS IM DONE FOR NOW. I CAN'T BELIEVE MY BABY GIRL IS 11 WEEKS TODAY!!