Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Open Letter

Dear Grandma,
I still think about you everyday. I still wonder what you are doing and what funny things you have said today. I look at your picture that hangs in Sallie Rose's room and pray that my baby girl will be as much of a woman as you were and be a generous, kind hearted person.

What an exciting year for your family. You have 3 new great grand babies, Dad and Patty got a great house in Llano, where Dad can play with all his cowboy friends, Tara got a great job and is running a nursing home (she got all the practice when you were at the Hansford Manor, remember how she bossed those people around?), everyone is healthy and happy. Your children, grandchildren, and great grand children still talk about how wonderful you were and we love to tell funny stories about you. I know your friends miss you so much too! They don't have anyone as good as you to get advice from.

Boy do I miss our naps. I dream everyday of being in Spearman laying on your couch snoozing, while you blasted the volume of the tv. I am now not sure why you had hearing aids, I am not sure that they worked. I assume that the good ones were too expensive for your budget (wink, wink).

I am trying everyday to remember all the wisdom you gave me and live my life as a Christian. It is hard Grandma. There are some real doozies! I admit, I cuss too much, I judge, I smoke in secret every once in awhile (not a secret now), but at the end of the day I read my Upper Room and hope that I can try harder to be a better person tomorrow.

Your presence will never end, you live in us, you speak to us, you have babies born every year that have the privilege to carry your heart with them as they live their life. Sallie Rose, Colton Mac, and Michael Blake might not have had the chance to meet you, but you are one of the reasons they are here.

I have been thinking about you a lot lately and miss you so much!
I love you Grandma,
Cassie

Thursday, June 18, 2009

8 months

Oh Sallie Rose, my 8 month old baby girl. Let's see what is different about Sallie Rose this month?

She definitely has more of an attitude and tries to voice her opinion and needs by yelling at her parents. She wants to be held by her hands so she can walk all around the house. She does not want to crawl, yet. She does sit on her bottom and try to get a toy and will go to her knees to reach for it. She smiles in the morning, loves her sister, Casey, and is so stinking adorable I could eat her up. She has lots and lots of hair still. It gets thicker and longer every day. She knows how to turn the page of some of her books, she loves to growl, and has begun eating cheerios with her tiny little fingers.

That is about all for this month. I expect that next month she will be crawling and have 2 more teeth.

And just FYI for all of our blogosphere friends, I will most likely not be making any more posts for a few weeks. I have taken on a new part time job as my husband's property manager (YIKES!!!) and Sallie Rose and I will be going to Texas for a week. We CANNOT WAIT!! I am so excited and can't wait to see my family.
Here she is in her boots and jeans getting ready to go to Texas



More boots and jeans

The morning of her 8 month birthday




Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Sallie Rose at the birthday party

Sallie Rose got invited to her first birthday party. It was a friend of hers from Kindermusik class. His name is Sebastian and he is really adorable. His parents are from Venezuela and there were a lot of their Spanish speaking friends there. Sallie Rose got to mingle and hear a little Spanish. She had a lot of fun and we did too. It is so nice to see her with other kids. She is so intrigued and loves to grab for them as you will see in the second picture.


Lots of new toys to play with!!

Just like her Mom, going for the older men.
And by the way, Kevin dressed her that morning and did a really good job of picking out a cute outfit.









Sunday, June 14, 2009

Swingin

Sallie Rose is finally at that age where we are beginning to go to the park and the pool and have some fun. This week we went to the park on Friday to try out the swing and the fountain. Saturday we went to the YMCA pool and waded in the water and met some very nice girls who squeezed Sallie's cheeks. The girls were about 2 and they kept kissing Sallie and asking me if she was my baby. I would say "yes" and they would ask again. Maybe I don't look old enough to a 2 year old to have a baby. One of the girls had a lot of pony tails in her hair with colorful bows so Sallie Roro kept grabbing for them and then they would hug and kiss her. It was really cute. We had a great time and we can't wait to go back. The only bad thing is that we got home and I don't know if she ate too much or got overheated, but she urped up a large amount and it scared me to death. She has spit up before, but this was almost like vomiting. Once she got it out she seemed to be alright.

I bought some baby rubber bands and decided to try putting her hair in a pony tail on top when we went to the park. I thought it was pretty cute, but Daddy didn't agree. He didn't want people thinking that she was a rock and roll chic. And in case anyone is wondering, she never wears shoes. I can't find any that will stay on and her feet sweat so bad. She prefers to go barefoot. She definitely got her mom's stinky feet.







Friday, June 12, 2009

Flashback Friday

Terry Butt, aka Dad, Grumps, with a lion???

My sister Suzanne, 1982


Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Friday, June 5, 2009

Flashback Friday

Sorry I missed last week, I was cleaning for a party on Saturday.


This one doesn't flashback too far, only to 2006. This is Tara, Grandma Rosa Lee and me. I just love seeing us with Grandma. She was so happy around us and of course we loved being with her. When we came to town, Dad would always give us a hard time because the phone would ring early in the morning and it was always Grandma calling to see when we were going to come to town. She just wanted someone to do her chores. :) We miss you Grandma!

Cowgirls! Aren't we cute? This is me and Tara, I would say 1987 or so. Man, I loved dressing like a cowgirl.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

OH Work

Well, I will start off by saying, I am grateful to have a job. After I had Sallie Roro, I knew that she was the new love of my life, but that I didn't need to be a stay at home Mom right now. I needed to have "adult" conversation; however, if you ask my coworkers they would probably say that my convos are not even close to adult. They are more immature than they have ever been.

I am Mommy and wife at home and I like to get things done and I am very serious now about how my household is run. I need organization and cleanliness to stay sane at home. I need rules and my peeps better follow them or they will get a spankin or a stern talking to. There has always been a very silly side to me. I like to sing badly to songs I love, I tell inappropriate jokes (some are clean but still inappropriate), I dance uncontrollably, I tell all my business (most of which people don't care), basically I am silly. I entertain myself on the regular and I like to think I entertain some other people too.

So, in order to fulfill my silly side it mostly happens at work. I now work with 3 guys: one is the boss, one is that dude and the other is that other dude. They are fun, each in their own way. That dude is dry and doesn't have diarrhea of the mouth like me, but when he says something it is usually pretty funny. That other dude is silly like me and has diarrhea of the mouth most of the time too. He likes to dance too, which is HILARIOUS. The boss has a great sense of humor as well, when he comes out of his office that is. It is so fun to examine the office and see how we all respond to one another and how our personalities seem to create an environment that is most of the time light hearted and entertaining.

Listen, my point is this: most days it is fun to be at work. I am sorry to my coworkers for the days when I am especially silly and seem to never shut up. I am sorry for the days that I explain issues that have happened after childbirth (one of my businesses I should keep private), I am sorry you have to listen to me sing, even though sometimes you say "did an angel just sing", which I know you are being sarcastic, but I still appreciate it. I am sorry for acting a little CRAZY, but I do bring snacks a lot. I am good at sharing. My momma didn't raise no fool.
So, here is a shout out to all you mommas who are the sane ones at home that get things done. It is ok for us to act a little crazy sometimes, dance out of the blue, and sing even if it sounds like running your fingernails down the chalkboard. WE deserve some crazy, adult time. We deserve to drive some people nuts, they all drive us nuts. Mom, now I know why we call you crazy, cause your a Mom and damn it you deserve to be crazy!!! You earned it!!




Monday, June 1, 2009

Mellow Yellow



Sallie Rose in her mellow yellow dress in the park. Man I love this girl!

Kevin was sick all weekend so I got to spend all my time with her. I really enjoy being with her. She is such a great baby.

Here she is playing her piano her Daddy bought her. That cape is her big, just turned to the side to get the real good position to play.