Little Ali

Last Thursday I took Ali in for her first examination & shots. The vet discovered a pretty severe heart murmur. She also felt she had one of two heart diseases. Ventricular Sectual Defect or Patent Ductus Arteriosus. Neither are good news. We are not really sure what will happen, or what can be done at this point....we just know we are going to take it day by day and give her all the love we have to give:) She is part of the family now.

American Idol Continued......

Cierra & I were so excited Friday morning for our annual mommy daughter day @ the American Idol concert. We were running a bit late, waiting for Kenny to get home from work to watch Ali.....but once we were on our way, we couldn't contain our excitement! Cierra wanted to play every car game in the book on our drive there. It was really cute, I love it when she gets this excited about something.
We arrived @ Key Arena at about 1:30p.m. By the time we parked, went to the restroom, & found where the tour buses were parked it was 1:50p.m. To my surprise there were only a few dozen people waiting, which was about a 1/4 of what the crowd was last year. 10 minutes after we arrived, 4 of the Idols came around the corner...sharpies in hand:)
Andrew Garcia~Lee Dewyze~Tim Urban~Aaron Kelly!!
Andrew & Lee sang to us all, and it was heaven!






Of course I was so happy because Lee was my favorite this year. Cierra's favorite was Big Mike & Aaron, so having Aaron come out was a HUGE deal for her!
Mom & Janel met us around 4:00 for dinner @ the food court, then it was off to the concert! (I have about 50 concert photos on my Facebook)
We had awesome seats, I LOVE the Key Arena....all the seats there are incredible! The sound is always amazing too. The concert did not disappoint either, we even loved Katie & Tim who we didn't care for too much during the competition. It always amazes me how well they all do LIVE, and how great they sound when they are not competing in front of judges.
After the concert we scurried out back to where they were doing autographs. All the Idols except for Crystal came out. (she wasn't feeling well)
I nearly cried when Big Mike came up to Cierra. Cierra asked him for a hug, an autograph, & a picture. He just scooped her up & gave her the biggest hug and just had a huge smile on his face the whole time.
Cierra's evening was now complete meeting her favorite Idol!

American Idol 2010

I still really have no words.....so until I do, this pretty much sums it up.

Our new baby Ali

Oh my goodness....she is so adorable. We just love our new little Puggle (mix between a Pug & a Beagle). She came to us so quickly, that I don't even believe that she is real!
A few days ago a friend of ours posted on Facebook that one of her clients had 6 week old Puggles that were almost ready to find homes. I instantly wrote her asking for specifics, as I've been wanting to get Cierra a dog for quite some time. There was just one more girl available, and so I thought that by the time I asked Kenny she may be spoken for.
Kenny actually agreed and so I asked our friend to let her client know we were interested. I didn't hear for a few days so I was sad, under the assumption that she had a new home already.
Yesterday afternoon I got a call from her saying that she was available and ready to go home!!! I made up a story to tell Cierra about me meeting someone who had Puggles and wanted some photographs taken of them. She immediately started asking me if she could get a Puggle someday....unbeknownst to her that she was about to meet her new little lady!!!! I snuck with the puppy around the truck and opened Cierra's door and said, "Cierra, meet your new puppy."

Now the moment that happened after this, I will never ever forget. The look on her face, the huge smile, the tears in her eyes. All she could say was, "What? Really?" Then a few minutes later she started crying and said, "Oh mama, I love you." Quite possibly one of my favorite moments ever.

Our first night with her, was like having a newborn in the house. Slept 3 hours, up for 1. Seems to be her routine. We'll get used to it, she is worth it!

Ocean Shores

I love this place! With prices so cheap cheap here, we really see ourselves getting a little cabin here someday. We went for a last minute trip to Ocean Shores for the day (2 weeks ago now) for our 13th wedding anniversary. 13 years! Woooozers, I can't believe how time has flown. It was a wonderful day, weather was so mild even the waves took a break from forming!
Here are my two loves!!