Off to Grandmother's House We Go...

Monday morning, Autumn and I went out to Bellevue to visit with my granny and papa. Autumn was very excited...I knew this because when I asked her if she wanted to go she got very excited and started saying, "Max, Max, Max!!!" Max is my aunt Linda's new puppy. Autumn loves Max.

When we got there, you walked in and smelled the sweetest smell in the whole wide world...no not fresh flowers, but even better....Granny's gravy and biscuits! There is nothing better...oh wait...it just got better...add some yummy bacon and an egg made by Linda. Perfect way to start off the day! I was in Heaven! Did ae eat any of it, of course not, but that's okay because that just meant more for me....just kidding...kinda.

We had such a fun day. Granny and Papa both looked so good. Granny is the coolest granny I have ever met in my life. When I am a grandmother, I want to be just like her. If my grandchilden love me and look up to me half as much as I love and look up to her, I will feel blessed. She's absolutely precious and so much fun!

Papa came outside with us. He almost caught a fly ball...but instead I tripped over it and stumpled to the ground. See Autumn was playing with her bat and ball. She hit it right at Papa and with his reflexes he almost caught it. However, I tried to save the ball from hiding under their camper, and in doing this, I fell on top of the ball.

At first Autumn was concerned about me because I fell. But then she realized that I bend her ball (plastic ball, okay) in many different ways. Then all I heard about was, "Mommy...Aubaugh's ball broke!" Needless to say, she didn't appreciate me breaking her ball.

She watered the flowers with Linda. She ended up about as wet as the flowers. It was funny. She sat in the swing with Linda. She had a big ol' time. She played and talked to Granny, Papa, Linda, and Max. She was so excited and had so much fun.

It was so good to be with all of them. I love spending time with them. I feel at home. I want Autumn to feel how lucky she is to have each of them love her like they do. I am thankful that they are apart of her life.

We are truly blessed.

Perfect Day for the Perfect Outfit

Today, Autumn was determined to not wear the clothes that I had picked out for her. I was trying to just do something simple and comfy since we were just going to be here at home.

She has been wanting to wear this outfit for the past week or so. So, today, she decided it the perfect day to sport her favorite outfit.

I would have to agree with her. It's the perfect day to wear a piglet costume...too bad I don't have one as well.

Puddles and Puddles of FUN!!!

We got home yesterday from school and as we were going to check the mail...Autumn found something fun...something wet...
something SPLASH-tastic!!!


Here are some fun pictures of Autumn playing in the puddles.

Flower Girl

Tonight, we took Autumn over to Papaw and Nanny's house so that Brandon and I could go grab a bite to eat. When we got back to take her home, she was practicing being a flower girl.

She was so cute. Her and De were playing in the living room with the flower girl baskets and purple rose petals. She would pick up the petals and throw them on the floor. Every once and a while, she would pause in the middle of her walk to pick up more.

De is helping our little monster transition into a sweet princess like flower girl...Good luck De!!!

I will get some pictures up to show you all soon. It was too cute. Autumn was very proud and very excited about playing the part. She saw her flower girl dress this morning hanging in my closet. She kept pointing at it, saying, "Clothes on, Momma." I told her that she had to wait till the wedding to wear it. She was not very happy with me.

We tried the flower girl's dress on her a couple of weeks ago. She definitely thinks she's something in it. She gets all excited. She turns into this dainty little princess. She twirls around and spins in circles. She's funny to watch. I will try to get a picture of her in the dress (that I found at the consignment sale for $12...WOW!!!) prissing around for you.

She's very excited about being one of DeAnn's flower girls! Now, we just have to wait and see if she will actually walk down the aisle! This will definitely be entertaining to watch!

Kentucky

This week is my Spring Break, so that means ae and I have been busy all week! We went to Kentucky on Wednesday to play with (Kris)T(i). Autumn loves her T! We got to meet some of Kristi's friends. Then we went to eat and went to the park. Autumn and T had so much fun hiding and playing on the slides. They were chasing each other in the grass. It's so funny to see Autumn run. She runs with such stiff arms. It's so cute!
We ate ice cream! Autumn thinks that she can get away with anything as long as she's with T. They are very mischevious together.
Autumn was so sad when we had to leave. It made T really sad, also. We look forward to having T come home soon!
Kristi....We love you whole bunches!
'Mon, T...come home! (from ae)

The Sweetest Prayer

At bedtime, Autumn and I read, sing, and say our night night prayers. She would always just repeat me. But now that she's in her big girl bed, she gets on her knees by her bed, get's in prayer mode, says "Jesus" then looks to me for guidance. She's so funny!

Well, this past weekend she did her prayers all by herself. They were so simple and sweet. It truly melted my heart.

But last night's prayers were just so precious. Let me tell you a little bit of information so that it all ties together. On Monday, Autumn and I went to visit my nana at Adam's Place. She is there because she had knee surgery and has to have rehab. Anyways, on our way there, I told Autumn that we were going to see Nana. She said, "No Nanny, Papaw. Mommy home." She thought she was going to her Nanny's. But she just wanted to stay with Mommy because I was home.
So I explained to her that we were going to go see "Mommy's Nana." She of course just said, "Oh!" It's like she's saying, "Oh, well that makes sense."

Anways, we go see my nana and Autumn sees that her knee is bruised and bandaged. Autumn gets this very concerned look on her face. But doesn't say much.

So last night as we were saying our "night night" prayers. She says, "Jesus, you (meaning thank you) for Daddy, Momma, T (Kristi), Pa, Me (Grammy), Nana Momma boo boo on knee...ouch, Papaw, Nanny, Papa, Auboll (Autumn) and Ba (Bama)...Amen." But for her to remember my nana's knee a day later and to give that prayer to God just made me realize how lucky I am to have this little girl in my life.

I look forward to what and who she is going to pray for tonight.

Praise Him!!!

So yesterday ae and I had a very busy day. We were doing some running around for DeAnn's shower. I knew we would be out and about most of the morning. So, I had already decided that I wouldn't stress about naptime today. I just knew that at some point that ae would fall asleep in the car, which would mean that she wouldn't sleep once we got home. And for this one day, I was okay with that. I didn't want to fight anymore.

We did our running around. We returned home around 12:00. She only dozed off for a brief minute on our way home. We ate lunch, and I told her..."Okay, Autumn it's time for a nap." Oh course, she said, " No, wait Momma." When she says wait, she sticks her hand out as to say STOP.

But we went to the couch, I held her close to me and rocked for about 3 minutes and SHE WAS OUT!!! She even let me put her in her bed without waking up. I know it's not the best way to get her to sleep. I know it would be better for her to fall asleep on her on, in her bed...But who cares! If this way worked for us, then Praise God...she slept!!!

It was the best feeling in the world! I was so excited. We found a bit of success!!! I turned the ringer off on the phone. I did some laundry. I cleaned the kitchen and the living room. It was beautiful!!!

So, thank you God for the small blessings!!!