Our Hero

Well, Binx is the hero of the day. Doesn't he look ferocious? Well, he certainly looked the part this afternoon. I was inside with LJ when I heard a car honk, and I thought I better go make sure the cats aren't in the road. When I get outside, I see the neighbor's dog playing in the road, so I holler at her to get her out and she immediately spots Nala. Now, Izzy, the dog, won't hurt our cats, but she'll torment them to death if given the chance. So Izzy starts chasing Nala and barking her head off. Nala looks to me for protection but I have LJ in my arms so I can't pick her up, so I just stand there in between Nala and Izzy trying to think of something to do. While I'm thinking, LJ decides he's had enough with the barking and starts crying. As soon as LJ begins crying, Binx comes out of nowhere, beelines for the dog, fluffed tail and all, pops her in the nose with his sock'em-bopper (his paw, but he's declawed), the rounds up Nala, LJ and I and sees us all safely to the house.

I also should add that Binx was injured by some dogs a few years ago and is TERRIFIED of them. So, as far as he knew, he risked his life for his Momma, sister and bubba. What a wonderful little man! He got a can of tuna and lots of love and affection for his heroic act.

Friends

My best friend from high school, Brittany, came by this weekend with her daughter, Kylee. Brittany and I have many memories together, including (but not limited to) daring eachother to eat a worm. We decided it would most certainly be better to eat a dead worm, rather than a live one, so we settled on one we found that was drowned, stuck it in a biscuit and chowed down. Looking back, I think a live one would have been a wiser choice (since the dare HAD to be done).

Cousin Jeremy!...edited

Nic and Jeremy (you can tell they were expecting a girl, although they did not know the gender...hence the pink blanket!)

My sister had her baby last night....IT'S A BOY! (we didn't know the gender). Baby Jeremy made it into the world around 2:15 this morning weighing 6 lbs 4 oz. I'm not sure how long he is, but both mother and baby are doing fine. So, LJ has a new baby cousin to get into trouble with. I'm SOOO excited it's a boy. Anyway, I have pictures, but they're on Gary's new-fangled camera and I can't figure out how to get the pictures off of it. So I'll have to post them later.

Okay, his name is Jeremy Robert, and he's named Jeremy after a good friend of ours (cousin to Nic) who died in a car accident about 5 years ago, and Robert after Nic's Dad. It's funny because Melody said a few people have called him "J.R." because they're used to calling LJ..."LJ" :o)

My 2 cents

There are 2 things that I'm certain I couldn't have gotten through the newborn phase (and probably upcoming teething) without...one is the song "One Day At a Time, Sweet Jesus". I'm going to post the lyrics below, but many of you probably know it. It really helps me get through those days that I wake up certain I'm not going to make it.

I'm only human, I'm just a woman.
Help me believe in what I could be
And all that I am.
Show me the stairway, I have to climb.
Lord for my sake, teach me to take
One day at a time.

Chorus: One day at a time sweet Jesus
That's all I'm asking from you.
Just give me the strength To do everyday
what I have to do.
Yesterday's gone sweet Jesus
And tomorrow may never be mine.
Lord help me today, show me the way
One day at a time.

Do you remember, when you walked among men?
Well Jesus you know if you're looking below
It's worse now, than then.
Cheating and stealing, violence and crime
So for my sake, teach me to take
One day at a time.

The second thing is the first half of 1 Corintians 13:4, which is simply "Love is patient, love is kind" I cannot tell you the number of times I've repeated that to myself when I couldn't get LJ to go to sleep, and I felt I was at my wit's end.

Well, we're all enjoying the beautiful weather this weekend, and we're about to listen to the razorback game (although I think we might be having to apply the "love is patient, love is kind" theory to our team before the end of the game!!!).

More pictures

Well, crap. I forgot to rotate these pictures before I uploaded them, and since I'm in a hurry, I'm just going to go ahead and post them sideways. Sorry.

Here's some more pictures of our little man. I can't believe he'll be 4 months old in less than 2 weeks!!! He's such a sweet little guy. He smiles a lot, and sometimes giggles (although giggles usually result in the hiccups, which he HATES).

We're all doing well here. Binx and Nala are always up for finding whatever mischief is to be had. We've already had 2 mice in our house this season. We usually get 1 or 2 a year during the cold months, but the cats take care of them. Since we've already had 2, I'm kind'a worried we might actually have a problem once the weather gets cold. Oh, I ought to add that I found out about one of the mice by it landing on my head! I was in the kitchen, and it had come in through the attic via the light fixture, and I guess I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time and something hit me in the head then plopped on the floor. I looked down to see what happened only to find a mouse staring up at me trying to figure out the same thing. The mouse ran under the fridge, and the cats got him later that night. Sorry all of you mouse lovers, but that's just what God made cats do (and do well, I might add!)

Eye color

My mother-in-law took this picture, and while it's not his best facial expression, it's one of the best I've seen that shows his eye color. They're not really brown and not really blue....they're brown right around the pupil, then turn to almost a gray-blue on the outside.