Back in the Saddle Again

Whew! What a week so far! Not much time to post this week!

Have I mentioned lately just how much I love this little sassy pants?

Caroline has been trying my emotional patience this week with more fever and an icky, icky cough. I was a little down in the dumps yesterday morning, and just had to put on my happy mommy face while we toughed it out at home. By the afternoon, I wasn't feeling quite so hopeless. But a little help from Blue Bell's Mocha Madness did the trick!


I know I've mentioned Shimmer, Caroline's fearless sidekick, who just so happens to be a 5lb. Chihuahua, but I have to tell y'all, this dog just cracks me up! She thinks she's a cat, seriously. When she goes outside and potties, she always scratches her feet after she's done, ya know, like a cat would if they were covering up their litter. And she has decided that her new resting place is on the top of our couch, curled up in a little ball...I thought only cats perched on the top of the couch. Apparently not. And poor thing, she lets Caroline torture her daily. She dresses Shimmer up, puts her in a stroller, makes her a bed, you name it, that dog has done it. It's a miracle she doesn't bite Caroline every time her hands reach out to grab her! But, amazingly, they are best buds.


These 2 pictures were just part of our day yesterday!



And then today, I got this sweet award from Jen at Kitchen Table Parenting...thanks girl, that was so sweet!


Here is what the "Let's Be Friends Award" entails...

"The Let's be Friends award stands for this: These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind of bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated.Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to eight bloggers."

Here are my 8:

1. Camily at La*Teed*Ah

2. Lindsey at Houser Happenings

3. Shorty at Securityville

4. Laurie at The Niebuhr Family

5. Tabi at Tabi Rambles on...

6. Martha at Keepin' Up with the Jones'

7. Elyse at Following Him

8. Leanna at The Hill

I enjoy all of your blogs and hope you enjoy mine too! Happy Thursday!

I don't want to boast, but.....

I received my very first award!

I was given the award by my Bloggy friend {and real life friend!} at Rudd Party of Five!

How stinking exciting is that? I got an award! I am so shocked!

So, here are the rules to receiving this award:
1. You have to pass it on to 5 other fabulous blogs in a post.
2. You have to list 5 of your fabulous addictions in the post.
3. You must copy and paste the rules and the instructions below in the post.

Instructions:
On your post of receiving this award, make sure you include the person that gave you the award and link it back to them.
When you post your five winners, make sure you link them as well.
To add the award to your post, simply right-click, save image, then "add image" in your post as a picture so your winners can save it.
To add it to your sidebar, add the "picture" gadget.
Also, don't forget to let your winners know they won an award from you by emailing them or leaving a comment on their blog.

My Five Fabulous Addictions:

1. Shoes!

2. Days of our Lives soap opera

3. My Blanket {which has its own name, I call it my Pink Thing}

4. White chocolate mochas from, you guessed it, Starbucks.

5. Reading in bed at night!

I pass this award to my 5 Fabulous Blog Buddies!


1. Frugal Fabulous

2. Fabulously Frugalicious

3. my charming kids

4. Shera's Blog

5. Pardon Our Poo