Getting Older

Ok some might say I'm totally over reacting, however I will be 29 on March 29th, Saturday, and frankly, I'm not ready....I still feel 21 in my heart and the fact that when i wake up with puffy eyes and wrinkles in places I never knew existed and have a 17 month old that cries for my attention at 6:30 am and I don't acknowledge her till I have had at LEAST 2 cups of coffee, is that really an indication that I'm middle aged???? WHATEVER!! Who the hell every coined the phrase middle aged in the first place. I can still wake up at 5:30 am function all day with a 17 month old, an English bulldog that is needier than most children, do laundry, clean house, cook an average dinner and still party like a rock star till 2:00am. most weekends...that makes me young right?????????????? I really wish we could just celebrate our 27th year anniversary forever and when our children go to school and they ask...."What is your mother?"....Ella Ray can proudly say "she is Miss America and she is 27" haha!!! What a life huh!!! OK so when did people think that getting older was such a bad thing...?????????? I love my life, granted when i have too much to drink I pay 110% more for it the next morning, with a massive headache and horrible stomach aches but hey I'm still young....what the heck....I'm still that vivacious 22 year old that my husband met downtown Nashville when I could still fit in a size 8 mini skirt from Abercrombie and Fitch and pull of a "boobie" top without wearing a bra and the twins (breasts) still looked like breasts instead of stomach tumers sloping to their desmise on my belly haha!!!! I'm still young right!!!!! Power to the "middle age" group.....we are still Smokin' HOT!!!!!!!!!

Easter with Ella Ray

Ok so we went out of town to Indiana all week and then spent Easter in Kentucky with my 87 year old Granny. We went there so that we could take her to church for Easter since she doesn't drive.....anyways, we get up Sunday morning all fixed in our Easter best clothes, which by the way Ella Ray had the most PRECIOUS dress, and I go to take pictures of Ella Ray and what do you know....my camera battery is DEAD...that's right DEAD!!! I couldn't take 1 single picture of Ella Ray in her Easter outfit or with family!!!!! I could have killed the Kodak people for not making their cameras with disposable batteries so that I could run to K-Mart and pick some up!!!! So we are going to go to my mom's house this next weekend and re-play Easter and pretend it's Easter Sunday again so that we can get pictures of Ella Ray in her Easter dress with my mom's pet bunny, Copper.....
Happy Easter belated huh!

Old McElla Ray had a farm

We recently spent all of this past week in Alabama with my sister on her and her boyfriends farm. Ella Ray LOVED the horses....she is a regular cowgirl. Now I've never been one to ride on horses, my whole life all my sisters would jump on their horses and ride and you could always find me tagging along behind them on the old John Deer tracker...safe not able to buck you off haha! However, I think my daughter is going to go the riding route!!!! My sister Kinsey is so good with her and they recently had a baby horse this past week and they gave it to Ella Ray........she LOVES her horsey and promptly named it Miss Helen HumperELLA horsey....it is so cute....she is now entering the Little Miss Limestone County Rodeo Queen contest this spring....wish her luck....Yee Haw....

Doctor's Checkup

So I finally found out what was going on with me...I went to the doctor yesterday and found out my iron levels were extremely low, no surprise there, but also my thyroid wasn't working hardly at all....my TSH levels were extremely high, meaning my thyroid wasn't working properly...so with new medicine I should be back to my normal quirky self asap!!! I'm so glad it wasn't anything too terible...I know some of you have been wondering so I thought I would post the results so I wouldn't have to tell the story a million times haha! Hope all is enjoying the snow today! We are definately going to go play in it!!! Take care!

Ella Ray visits the Easter Bunny

So Saturday, my girlfriend called me to go see the Easter Bunny and have breakfast with him at Opry Mills Mall....at first I thought it was a not so good idea seeing as how at Christmas, Ella Ray was TERRIFIED of Santa Claus and we waited for 2 hours in that line just to have her become a leech on my leg and not go near the big guy!!! So when she said we would be having breakfast with the Easter Bunny, I could just imagine Ella Ray flying out the door in tears of fear. But of course, I went! We made crafts and ate breakfast and then BOOM we turned around and the BIG BUNNY was right behind us.....I thought Ella Ray was going to choke on her French Toast sticks but surprisingly, she screamed, not in fear but EXCITEMENT!!! She ran to him and gave him a hug and then even let him hold her!!! I WAS SHOCKED!!! I think it's because the Easter Bunny had really big glasses and she thought that was SO COOL that she had glasses like him!!! Maybe there is hope for next Christmas that she'll actually sit on Santa's knee....we will be keeping our fingers crossed for the next 9 months haha!!!

When did I wake up old?

So this morning I got out of bed, happened to look in the mirror and scared myself have to death!!! I was like "Oh my God, who is that person in the mirror and who's skin is that?" My birthday is coming up RAPIDLY and I'll be 29 on the 29th of March. They call it the "Golden Birthday" when you turn your same age as your birth day....I call it...The anniversary of me turning 27 haha. The fact is, over the last 5 years, my skin started sagging, my eyes get puffy in the mornings and I don't function unless I have 2 cups of coffee in my system first......WHAT THE *%&$? What happened to being able to party like a rock star till 3 am Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights and still be able to wake up chipper on Monday morning at 6:00am and feel GREAT!!!! Getting old sucks, Buck, my husband, takes age so easily. He turned 30 last August and didn't think it was a big deal, me...I'm actively looking for a shrink to get me through my last year of being a twenty-something.....I don't know why I fear the 30's but something about almost being 30 scares me to death. I honestly feel 23 still in my head,however now my thighs, skin, wrinkles and sagging boobs tell me I'm not 23 but still in my head I'm not ready to get old or "adult" age haha......Where did all the past 5-6 years go? Most of them were spent in a fast paced working, partying, sleeping it off, then starting that hamster wheel all over again the next week and before I knew it, the last 5 years have FLOWN by!!! I got married, bought a house in the suburbs, had a baby and it all feels like a blink of an eye. If the 20's go by this fast, I can't imagine how the 30's, 40's etc will go by..........I guess I can just be hopeful and thank the good Lord that there are great Plastic Surgeons out there haha!