News.

DON'T FORGET...if you want to keep viewing my blog, send me your email address so you can get an invite. A few more days and you won't be able to view it. I received a few address already.

Yesterday, Court auditioned for The Voice and didn't get in. Apparently, neither did ALOT of other fantastic singers. OH well, their loss. All I know is she handled it very well, and their isn't a parent alive more proud of her babies than this one!

SPEAKING of babies, I don't have any recent (the last day or two) pics to add on here because Mike took my big camera with them to Nashville. So, I'll put this on here...

I put one similar to this one on here a few days ago, but this picture is so stinking cute!

Britt is doing SOOO good and so is the baby.Ash is gone from Seattle to return back this fall. She's doing really good too, but is pretty homesick. NOT because of us, but for the baby. I know how hard it is on her and I will SOOO make up for it when she comes home. I'll feed her and smooch all over her till she can't MOVE! We love her beyond the moon and back!Welp, let me go. We're trying out cloth diapering and I need to refresh my memory as to how it works. I cloth diapered ours for periods of time....depending on how much money we had that pay period. Mike was in the Air Force and we was PO, baby! Poor but happy!

More soon!

Joan

An afternoon in the life of....

It's time to get to business here. I am making my blog private for various reasons and I hate to do it. Anyways, if you want to view my blog, send me an email with your email address (gmail preferably) and I'll grant you access. Even if I don't personally know you and you've enjoyed my blog, PLEASE send me a request!

This blog started out to be for family and friends and other family's who related to us, to view and that's what it's still for. I don't think it's necessary for computer hackers in China, Taiwan and other countries to read about my family or what Ashley's doing in the Coast Guard.

My loyal readers, friends and family, PLEASE feel free to email me a request! My email address is JoanSC@charter.net.

I'll give it a couple weeks, then it's private!

NOWWWWWWWWWWWW.......

HAVE YOU EVER!

She is SOOOO YUMMY! SQUISHY! SMOOCHY! She has just captured our souls! Can you tell!

Yesterday, she decided to go to the bathroom as only baby's can do...

Not much left to say about THAT picture! hee

It's been so much fun to watch everyone interact with her. Even the dogs have gone crazy!

So, yesterday, Mike decided it was time for her to get a swing. I don't know WHY because she's perfectly happy in our arms or in her crib or pack and play. BUT, a swing she got.

Notice how happy and content she looks in it! NOT!! We all sat around it and watched her squirm and wiggle. She stayed in it MAYBE 3 minutes. To be held once again by....

She is certainly going to be a well socialized little girl!

SOOooo....what else is going on around here....

Ashley finally made it to land and we SKYPED last night! That has got to be the coolest program in the universe. She got to see all of us and we saw how beautiful she is as we talked in real time. This has become my most treasured program on my puter EVER! Her ship pulls back out today, but when she make land fall again and finds a WiFi spot, we SKYPING BABY!

I have been off work alot lately and I has discovered the hospital can indeed run just fine without me! WHAAA!!!!!! I think I like this!

Courtney, Mike and Dillon are leaving Thursday for Nashville where Courtney is auditioning for THE VOICE. They are so excited to go, but Mike has already started missing the baby. I'll keep y'all informed on how it goes out there.

That's about it unless you want me to add another 500 pics of the baby! ha

It's Granny Terry's 93rd birthday this week, so we're all going to the Tadpole tomorrow night for supper. It will be the baby's first outting and it's only fitting that it be to celebrate her namesakes birthday! YES, I will take loads of pics! : )

I go back to my guitar lesson today after 3 weeks off. I haven't picked my guitar up except to move it. I gotta get back on it!

More soon!

Joan

Happiness!

Isn't she just beautiful! Britt is doing great and so is the baby!

Here are Lily's boots -

HAVE YOU EVER??!!

This is Lily getting bored...

and Lily when we showed her the bottle...

She had company yesterday...her cousins!

Here's Lauren with her...

and her "Uncle" Alex...

She sure is popular!

OH...I've decided to learn a lullibie on my guitar and play it for her! My creativity knows no bounds! It will be sweet!

That's it for this morning...more soon!

Joan

The BIG even has OCCURED!!!!!

YUP! Little Lily Arnold has arrived and we've just lost our minds in her!

Mom and baby are doing great! Harley too!

Court has just fallen head over heels for her...

I don't have to tell you all how MUCH Grandma Terry (who Lily was named after) loves her!

Deanna does too!

Between Dad and I, we have taken well over 500 pictures and video! ha

Here we are headed across the street for some supper...

Did you see how great Britt looks!

See!

Grandma Terry rocks her every second she gets...

Here is my Dad holding her....GREAT Grandpa! hee

Here all the Grandma's are...

Here is Mike's Mom and Grandma...

and Mike's Dad...

Here is 5 generations...

I'm wanting everyone to get purty'd up here soon so I can get a good picture of them. I will of course, be the photographer! ha

I'm going to be photographing Lily today. I want to get some creative pictures of her. She looks SOOO much like me, it's just phenomenal!

Sorry it took so long to post these! It's hard work helping take care of a baby AND her mother AND everything else!

More soon-

Joan

ZZzzzz.....

STILL WAITING. One thing I'm not waiting on is my vacation to begin. I'm taking a couple weeks off work so spend with Britt and the baby. NO baby yet tho.

We DO have a new addition to our family and his name is Pep! Court officially became his Mommy over the weekend. He's the horse in the pics below. She's SOOO excited to start really working with him and whipping him into shape!

That's it for the moment. I know this is short, but I will have loads and LOADS of pics and news to put on here very soon!

Joan