Tuesday, February 26, 2008





THESE PICS ARE FROM TODAY.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BENJAMIN!!







SO MY DEAR BABY BOY, BENJAMIN, IS A YEAR OLD TODAY. CAN'T BELIEVE IT. HE IS NOT A BABY ANY MORE. HE GOT A HAIR CUT FOR HIS B-DAY. IT IS VERY SHORT NOW.... NO MORE BABY HAIR. HE LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE KID NOW. I WILL GET A PIC OF IT UP SOON.
I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT OUT THERE HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS LITTLE GUY. (AND YOU TOO, HANNAH, BUT IT IS BEN'S B-DAY TODAY. YOUR DAY IS COMING....) I ALMOST DO NOT HAVE THE WORDS TO EXPLAIN WHAT A BLESSING MY KIDS HAVE BEEN TO ME. WHEN THINGS IN MY LIFE WERE SO BAD 8 MONTHS AGO, THEY WERE JUST ABOUT THE ONLY THING THAT KEPT ME GOING. THEY ARE MY LIFE. (YOU ARE TOO DANIEL!! XOXO) SOMETIMES I CRY JUST LOOKING AT THEM SLEEP. AND WHEN THEY ARE AWAY AT MAMAW'S HOUSE, I FEEL EMPTY AND ACHE FOR THEM TO BE BACK HOME WITH ME. DO'NT GET ME WRONG, I LOVE GETTING A BREAK, BUT I HATE IT WHEN THEY ARE NOT HERE AT NIGHT. I FEEL LIKE NO ONE KNOWS THEM AS WELL AS DANIEL AND I DO, AND THAT NO ONE CAN KEEP THEM AS SAFE AS WE CAN.
BEN IS SO DIFFERENT FROM HIS SISTER. HE IS VERY OUT-GOING AND HAPPY. (SHE IS VERY SHY AND A LITTLE SNOBBY BUT SHE IS SO FUNNY!!) HE LOVES GIRLS!! HE COULD CARELESS IF A MAN SAYS HI TO HIM, BUT IF A PRETTY LADY TALKS TO HIM, HE WILL LIGHT UP AND SMILE AND JABBER BACK AT HER. HE IS ALSO VERY INAPPROPRIATE WITH MY BROTHER'S GIRLFRIEND. (SORRY CANDICE ABOUT THE GRABBING, GESTURING, AND KISSING!!) IT IS WHEN I AM HAVING A REALLY BAD DAY THAT HE REALLY HELPS ME. IT IS LIKE HE KNOWS. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I WAS UPSET, AND HE CRAWLED UP TO ME, LAID HIS HEAD ON MY SHOULDER, AND GAVE ME KISS AFTER KISS. HE IS MY LITTLE MAN.
I ONLY PRAY THAT I AM RAISING MY KIDS UP TO BE GODLY PEOPLE, WHO ARE KIND AND LOVING TO OTHERS. I PRAY THAT LITTLE BEN WILL TREAT EVERYONE AS EQUALS AND BE RESPECTFUL TO THE LADIES. I HOPE HE IS NEVER TOO BUSY OR TOO COOL TO CALL HIS MOMMY UP AND TELL HER THAT HE LOVES HER.
SO LITTLE BENNIE.... HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! YOUR MOMMY LOVES YOU VERY MUCH. I WOULD GIVE ANYTHING FOR YOU. "I'LL LOVE YOU FOREVER. I'LL LIKE YOU FOR ALWAYS. AS LONG AS I'M LIVING, MY BABY YOU'LL BE!"