WATCHING RACHEL GROW: **HAPPY 40TH BIRTHDAY TO MY LIL SISSY TINA!!**

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

HAPPY 40TH BIRTHDAY TO MY LIL SISSY TINA!!

I would like to take a moment out of my blogging and before I post any more photos (a day late) to wish my little and only sibling Tina a VERY VERY VERY SPECIAL 40TH BIRTHDAY!!!

I adore my lil sister. And because of Tina............and our relationship that is so close. Baba and I are most likely returning to the Far East for a brother for Princess in the upcoming years to come.

TINA, I'm so sorry that I can't be there and need to be a stay-at-home Mommy to Rachel right now. But you are so very loved. I hope that your day is as SPECIAL & BEAUTIFUL as you are. And if you're not totally spoiled and made to feel special on this day..........................I will be on the next plane to kick some Rainey booty and anyone else's!!!

My favorite saying is "Life is in session. Please attend!" Well, I don't know of anyone else in my life that ATTENDS like my lil sister. She has these two beautiful children Anna and Weston and even with her MS works full time, runs them to cheerleading practices, ball practices, camps here, camps there, works at the Alltel arena on weekends to help with the $$$ for their extracurricular activities, has them both in private schools to hopefully both excel, has the heart of a giant and is a very loving wife. We are very different - but someday when I grow up - I aspire to be more like her.

I love you Tina,

Hugs,

Big Sis..........Kimberly

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOX

1 comment:

The Anglins said...: Leave it up to my sissy to make me cry. You are the bestest sister in the world and I'm sure you two are enjoying parenthood to the fullest. I just laugh so hard when I see Rachel do typical "toddler like" things. You two are going to LOVE your life with Rachel. Kids bring a whole new perspective to our lives and that is a wonderful thing. And God knows you deserve it!

I love you Kimmer!
--Tina; October 2, 2007 at 11:32 AM

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April 6, 2010

Lullaby music playing in background and very much a Mommy's lil girl asleep in her bed while I sit in her rocking chair on my laptop. Every night we do this same routine. "Mommy, get you compooter and stay wit me for a loooong loooong time - okay?" To which I of course tell her that I absolutely will IF she goes to sleep.

What a journey it has been for this couple of almost 24 married years now and a total of 26 in all. We are now a Mommy & a Baba to the most precious gift that God has ever given to us. Yes, we sometimes miss the quiet & the romance - but NOTHING compares to the sound of Rachel's giggle or her singing just because she is so very happy. The daily routine is like clockwork now - with no room for slacking in the attention department - but the evenings when we are alone are filled with our re-accounting of the day's events and some stunningly smart, silly or sassy thing that Rachel said or did. I can truly say that I've never loved ANYTHING as much as I do my Rachel.

She is a definitely a princess through and through with endless acting and conversation of anything that is Princess-like, pink, glittery or sparkly from her tennies to her toys. And oh the hoops we've jumped through to dare I say 'pick our battles' with. High maintenance was named after our Rachel. She is getting more and more aware of the soon to arrive new lil brother OR sister and has already firmly stated that she thinks his or her room should be UGLY and hers should be BEAUTIFUL. My oh my! Well, lets give her points for her honesty :)

She give me moochies all day and asks me if I know who she loves and for me to close my eyes. When she asks me to open them - her lil arm is stretched out with her index finger pointing directly at me. She loves movie night and making popcorn with her Baba. Baba got her a big red bowl for Christmas that says Popcorn on it and she runs to get it out of the pantry as he places the bag into the microwave. She loves anything that has to do with all three of us being together. We love this too and always strive to be comfortable in our family skins.

Rachel turned 4 years old this past Feb 10, 2010!!! I think that when you spend years of your life on the infertility hampster wheel - that those parents deserve bonus years added on. Say for every 1.5 years your child gets another year older. But, this is not the case - so we cherish every second with her. Her teachers say that Rachel could go to Kindergarten early as in a few months - but we've decided to keep her in PreK to mature more and be with the majority of her friends. We want her to be defined by love and grow in this environment and not feel so challenged to be above and smarter than her peers - even though we think that she is >:) We are her proud parents of course :)

Her latest phrases are:

"WHAT EVVVVER!"
"CHILL MOM - CHILL!"
"DUDE..........WATER?!"
"DUH & HOLY COW"
"GET WITH THE PROGRAM!"

We blame Preschool...................well, maybe not for ALL of the aformentioned :)

We wouldn't trade one second of any of it! We tell her that when people ask why she doesn't look like her Mommy or Baba to tell them that this is because she was/is special delivery from God.

True............so true!!

Mommy

HELP ME!!!

I can't quit staring at her picture. NOTHING is getting done either in my house or in my head right now. I could just sit her for hours. Double click on the photos of Rachel and WHALLAH they get even bigger so that you can see those plump cheeks and peircing eyes up close.............................................
must stop staring ........but can't............

7/10/07 6:02 am

Now, I'm at home from work......still can't stop staring.......

6:22 pm
Mom

Just can't look long or hard enough and I still tear up everytime I go to this site.................
It was easier before the picture. I wan't to hold and kiss those adorable cheeks yesterday!!

7/11/07 6:10 am

Mom

4-6 weeks of doing this is going to kill me..........just starring......

7/12/07 5:07 am

Mom

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This wait to travel is KILLING Mom & Dad!!! We're almost at 2 1/2 years of waiting for Rachel. God Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change..........
Mom

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