Tuesday, December 9, 2008
our very first Christmas Tree at home
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
i am thankful....
.for my health.
.for mr K's "I wuv ewww Mommy"s.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008
sweet tooth

Amy E Preddy © Copyright 2008
Halloween 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
My Baby is a 2 Year Old TODDLER today!!!!
He is still just as amazing to me as he was the first time I set eyes on him on September 10, 2006, he fills me with the utmost indescribable love and joy and a certain peace filled with unsureness, if that makes sense? :o) He bewilders and baffles me, he makes me laugh, he gives me small heart attacks, he makes me think I am crazy sometimes (most of the time) and maybe "I am not the "best" Mommy out there" feeling...but then he smiles at me with his BIG GORGEOUS gray eyes and wraps his arms around my neck giving me a big hug (and he always says "oooohhhhhhh" when he does this) and gives me his soap opera kiss....and I know, okay, MAYBE I AM doing this whole Mommy thing right! Right?
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
hey look - i am blogging!
my preggy sis right before she gave birth to Noah - she was feeling goooooooood here - she had finally got her epidural! oh YEA baby!!
i really haven't been "slack" persay, just busy. i FINALLY left my old job, got a new job, still learning the new job. shnookie doodles is growing way to fast for me, he is this little tiny individual person now with EMOTIONS and ATTITUDE and CUTENESS and FUNNYNESS all rolled into one. my little baby is now a TODDLER - he will be the big 2 in September - yikes! he is also at a new inhome daycare now and loving it. he is with all boys- imagine! (imagine his poor teacher....lol) he LOVES his new teach ms T (she totally rocks!) and his new brand new buddies mr B, mr J, mr A, mr tate-tate, mr zay-zay, mr C and mr R and auntie risa!
i am so excited about THAT!
i know this isn't a BIG wordy post - but i wanted to post something- because i realized if i dont start posting now - i never will and i miss it and miss all my blog-a-licious blogs and blogger friends!
OH! and here ---> please visit my nephew's carepage at http://www.carepages.com/ his care page name is BlessedNoah. please sign the guestbook & leave a thought or prayer - would love to hear from you! (this carepage has been one of the most inspiring things!)
enjoy more photos below!!
shnookie doodles and grammie
my wonderful nephew Noah without all the stuff on his face (CPAP/nasal cannula etc....)
mr K on a field trip with his new daycare and friends



************ THE END......for now *************
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
here i am ~ here i am!
first of all, im so sorry i haven't been around my blog-a-licious blogger friends to comment on your blogs and keep
up with what has been going on with you.....or blogging myself for that matter. i can't say all to much about work stuff,
because you never know who is LURKING.....but work has played a very big part in my not having time to blog anymore.
(my job search has also taken any free time i get, which is next to none) i am back in my old department and there is NO breathing time what so ever - last week i stayed late a few nights just trying to catch things up - because there is no catching up in our department right now, and it still didn't help....go figure, and it is very overwhelming, to say the least.
and why don't i blog at home? well by the time i get off and pick up shnookie doodles - go play or walk or something with him before dinner and baths and bed - by the time i finally get him down, i am lucky to get a shower and just BREATHE before going to bed myself and getting up and starting all over.....argh.
and i miss it so much, writing, blogging, my little blog world and blog friends! (thank you to those of you who have not forgotten me and come back and check on me time and time again - i love your for it and it means soooo much!)
i have had so much going on, especially on the inside of me. :o)
we had a death in the family right before Easter, and that was very very hard...another loss to the evil Cancer who always seems to be hanging around the corners every where you look....kinda just sucks.
i have been on interview after interview after interview and just can't seem to "land" anything. finances are always tight, single mommyhood and all and NO help, really.....i am still struggling with my weight and insecurities from it among a few other
"silly" "outside" things.
what IS my plan???
geeeeeesh, i am still working on THAT too....
i have been having some major dental issues and that has taken a lot out of me, i finally have an appointment Tuesday of next week.....i just haven't really been able to afford to go....but now that i am in an "emergency" sort of situation, i am just having to DO IT....and pray it all comes together.
i am doing A LOT of praying....which i do anyway, just seems like a lot MORE right now.... ;o)
i don't know if my blog is making much sense today, i am writing in between everything going on at work....so i am sure, as usual, it is a lot of rambling ISH.
as for updates on the little dude, he is fabulous and so entertaining, he gets me through the day every day (he and God of course) he is growing so fast - i swear every week he does something or says something new - he is a CHATTERBOX! (i love it!) he and i along with a handful of others did the March for Babies on April 19th here in RTP - a cause very close to my heart- I do it every year! A BIG THANK YOU TO HALLIE FOR MAKING A DONATION TOWARDS OUR TEAM FOR SUCH A GRRRRRREAT CAUSE! (((hug)))
shnookie doodles fav thing right now is playing with cars and balls. he has a ton of matchbox, hot wheels, little tikes etc cars that keep him very entertained. he is saying things like, "ball", "oooooh noooooo", "no no no no", "uh oh", "more" (and he does the sign for more when he is saying it), "gone-gone", "here mommy", "thnk ew" (for thank you), "plse" (for please), "buuuuuu" (for book), "eat eat", "beep beep", "baby", he loves to call me when i am not in site (or even when i am in site) "moooooommmmmeeeeeeeeeee" he thinks it is funny. he communicates very well with gestures and such. he still loves to dance and sing, "papa" is still his fav person along with "ammmmeeeee" (grammie). he now calls aunty anna-lisa "annnnnna or annnnnannannannaa" and uncle paul is "paw", he calls uncle pj "pujjjj" and we are still working on aunty melanie. he is just a doll, and still so loving and happy and sweet. he gives me kisses now with his lips puckered (all on his own) and i tell you - it just makes my heart MELT and in that moment makes the world a very HAPPY place....not a care in the world except for that moment and those kisses.
yep.....shnookie doodles rocks.
i will post some updated photos below :o)
so....my sis found out she is having a BOY! yay - we (i) are soooooo excited! shnookie doodles will be having a cousin close in age to grow up and play with - i am soooooooooooooo thrilled! she is due in September! (doodles birthday month)
my bro and his wife are still trying to sell their home in Illinois and move back here - i soooo can not wait!!!
other than all that.....all i am doing is WORKING non stop. i am really hoping to find a way to get back into my blogging and READING blogs.....i really am.....please don't forget me blog-a-licious bloggers, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxx
and now without further adieu [drum roll] my wonderful little dude.......
SHNOOKIE DOODLES!
Friday, March 14, 2008
he IS


your smile of innocence and not yet worldly discoveries
fresh tears of pure emotion are full of life and naive reality
a beautiful abundance filled with ooozing character and stunning
personality, you squeeze my heart with your being
and I am not even sure, who you are yet, who you are
but he envelopes me with his whole self ♥
endearing spirit, old soul, have you been here before
my one and only true, unconditional love, you have all of me
a blessing from above that crowded my belly full of felicity
anticipation of your visitation, a lasting encounter I will always hold dear
your jollity forever holds my attention, and I pray that integrity fills your soul
his existence checks me with his actuality ♥
my protection of your goodness that come so naturally at this moment
the simplicity of your individual revelation as you slowly unveil your creation
that God has presented you in lives of autonomous adoration, you complete me
your spurts of identity and new found independence excite and astound
the alluring endearment you anoint with your modest unknowing charm
his life has brought life back into mine, complimentary
his love has rejuvenated my faith, colossal
his person has made me a better one, immensely
his entirety has become inescapable, and I want a front row seat
his HE is all I want him to be, and more, and pray for him to keep and BECOME
his presence, is my acknowledgment of thanks, appreciation everyday that he is here and I get to share in his love and existence profoundly
AEP © Copyright 2008
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besos & blessings ALL!




















































