My Kids Must Really Love Me!

They must love me because Jackson decided to wake up at 6:30. Yup! He didn't go back to bed. He kept pushing everyone around in the bed. It's such an overcast day and it was still darkish outside. My body was not ready to get up but I did. I also had a headache but now it's gone thanks to some Excederin. I feel like a pill head each morning when I take my daily concoction of meds. Then add 3 Excederin to it and you feel like a junkie. But I must take my meds. :-)

Mom and dad drove down yesterday to bring me my baby pictures so I could go through them before Brad comes down. They were going to go w/ us to Mackenzie's Fall Festival, however, due to the rain and wind they have postponed it until Tuesday during school hours. I picked up Mackenzie at 12:30 from school and mom and dad were at my office when I got back. Mackenzie was just thrilled to see them. I was too. It is always such a long time in between our visits. This next month though will bring lots of time together between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Mom and dad took Mackenzie to get ice cream and just dilly dallied around until 5 when we met at Ruby Tuesday's for dinner. Jackson actually said "Grandma" in the car on the way there. He said it twice. He mumbled similar words but when I called mom he wouldn't say it. He didn't even say it at dinner. I could tell he was happy to see them.

We had a nice time at dinner. I hated for it to end. I feel horrible that they drove down and drove straight back all in the same day but I enjoyed it. Only if it was for a little while at my office and for dinner. I hate not having family here. I wish that I had someone down here. It's not that I get lonely, trust me the kids keep me company, but I just miss having someone close. I use to go to mom and dad's house almost every day when we lived in Montgomery. I'd pop over and Mackenzie would make herself at home with her toys in the cabinet. We'd relax. On Saturday's we'd watch football and mom would make her chili that she makes 100 times in the winter. Sitting out on their bricked in patio in the spring, summer and fall and sitting in the "rocking" chairs that Grandmother use to have on her porch. I love those chairs.

Looking at my baby & childhood pictures brought back so many memories. I was more petite than Mackenzie is at her age but I kept looking at pictures and I seriously felt like I was looking at Mackenzie. Some of my baby pictures remind me of Jackson. It's in the expression and Mackenzie has a few of the same ones. There is a picture of me just in my diaper and I hate shorter hair. I've got a picture of Mackenzie who was the same size and has the same length of hair w/ just her diaper on and of course my black boots. But we look identical. What's funny is I can see Jackson in the picture too. I know Lee thinks he looks just like him and he does but there are some resemblences of me when he looks a certain way. Not often but it does happen.

I am so excited that Christmas is just around the corner. Why do we have to wait until the day after Thanksgiving to put up our Christmas decorations if they are already on sale in the stores? I'm dying to put up our decorations. I wonder if I could get away w/ putting it up the weekend before Thanksgiving since I won't be here the Friday after Thanksgiving. Hmmm... or would that be pushing it? I just know when I get back from Thanksgiving I'll be delayed in getting it up. I can't wait to put my deer in the yard and lights hanging from the eaves. What I reallllllllllly want is the $200 Christmas snow globe for the yard. I won't pay that for it but I want one soooooooo badly. I tried to find them on clearance after Christmas to no avail. But that's okay. I think we have enough this year. Last year was the first time we put much in the yard and it was only a thing of presents and something else, oh my blow up santa that's 3 feet tall or something. I'm ready. I love Christmas. I love the feeling around Christmas. I love that excitment of picking out the perfect gift for Lee and suprising him. I love seeing the kids eyes when they get something they have been dying for and I've just suprised them. I love it. I love the spiced tea I make and I'll attemp to enjoy our fake electric fireplace that emits no heat. It'll be hard getting use to not having a fireplace.

Oh and Angie had baby Charlie yesterday at 4:01. I don't know the stats yet but I'll post them and a picture when I get them.