Such a sweetheart.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL OF THE DAD'S!!

Wow...I haven't posted in awhile.  Sorry about that!

We've had some real bad storms around our area lately.  A real good friend of ours and her family lost their house on Saturday, June 5th, during the tornado that went through Ohio.  Her little girl is 6 years old and had lost all of her toys.  Delainey heard me talking about it and volunteered to sort through her toys and give some to Emmalee!  She is just so thoughtful and I'm very proud of her for donating some of her things to someone that needed them more than she did.  She sent a barbie doll, a couple of baby dolls, stuffed animals, purses and books.  I'm also glad that she has a giving heart and didn't expect anything in return.  :)

We also just got back from a weekend in Virginia.  We hadn't been down there since 2007 and it was great seeing all of our relatives down there.  We had fun at the family reunion and Delainey really took up to her Great Great Aunt Faye.  She just followed here every where she went and even helped her cook some food for the reunion.  Delainey also did really well on the long drive down there and back home.  We drove at night on the way there so she slept through most of the drive.  On the way home we came back during the day.  She did awesome.  She started getting anxious and crabby after 6 hours of being in the car (she was able to get out when we stopped for gas and food) so we stopped at the next rest area and spent some time outside before finishing the drive home.

(Entertaining herself on the drive home)

Delainey wishes her daddy a very Happy Father's Day.  She wonder's how Isabelle and Ki are doing and says HI to everyone!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

We wish all of you a safe, blessed and very Merry Christmas!  Nothing beats spending time with family around the holidays!

Delainey had a really nice Christmas.  Every Christmas we go to my grandparents house to celebrate with mom's side of the family!  Delainey had a blast.  She got new pajama's, a littlest pet shop set, gloves and a blanket.  It was nice to see and spend time with everyone.  Missed you yesterday Aunt Earlene...hope you're feeling better!

Delainey didn't get up til 8 this morning and was SO excited to see the presents from "Santa!"  She got a 5 piece Disney Princess Baby Doll set (stroller, play-pen and high chair that turns into a car seat and swing) and a Tinker Bell hopper ball.  She has been playing with that ball since she saw it!  She also got clothes, a polly pocket doll set, Jasmine Doll, jasmine and ariel polly pocket size doll sets, a cash register (although she was upset that it wasn't purple she ended up liking it anyways...lol), a play make-up set, a barbie purse with accessories, a few movies, her own little baking set (which she can actually bake with), roller soap for the tub, chapstick, all of her stocking stuffers (she called the Brazil nuts "rocks"  it was hysterical)...seems like I'm forgetting some things but that's all I can remember for now!

Again...we want to wish everyone a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! ~Sharon & Delainey~

Posing for the picture!

Holding our cousin Erik and his wife Melanie's baby boy, Cole!

Tinker Bell Hopper Ball from "Santa!"

Baking Set!!

Jasmine Doll!

Playing with the hopper ball!

OOPS!!  LOL!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

I can't believe my princess is 4 already!  Today is her actual birthday but we had her party on Saturday.  It was a fun day surrounded by family and friends!  We went and picked out her cake earlier last week and of course she picked out the princess cake.  Delainey was VERY impressed with it when we picked it up for her party.  She had so much fun opening her presents.  Her facial expressions just showed the excitement with every gift she opened!  She thanked and hugged everyone for her gifts and then we did the cake and ice cream.  She made sure to tell everyone not to sing "too loud" because it hurts her ears.  It was humorous to hear everyone singing "Happy Birthday" in an almost whisper!  HAHA!!!

Also, my friend sent me a link that allows you to have a video message from Santa e-mailed to you!  I did it for Delainey and she LOVED it!  Santa knew exactly where she lived and that she has been working really hard and being nice and saying please and thank you!  He also knew that she wants a Barbie Doll for Christmas and that if she continues being good he can probably bring her one.  It doesn't take long to fill in the form to have it e-mailed to you and it is well worth it...not to mention free!  Here's the link if anyone is interested!  http:/portablenorthpole.tv/home.  Enjoy!  :)

Trick-or-Treat!

First, just wanted to let everyone know that Delainey enjoyed her visit with her daddy and the rest of her family on Chris' side.  She doesn't get to see them very often but did well this time around.  She's getting used to going out there and staying with him over night.  She stayed with him the majority of the time and had fun.  She only came to visit me at the hotel 2 times for a couple of hours each time.  I think it was harder on me than it was on her because I'm used to seeing her and spending time with her every day.  We are going back to Utah again on December 1st so she can visit with him and his family again during his off-season.

Delainey was a princess for Halloween.  She went with my dad and picked out a pink dress that lit up, a silver tiarra and then we got her some black sparkley shoes.  I did her make-up and curled her hair.  She made one beautiful princess.  She did really well Trick-or-Treating although she got tired on the 3rd street but refused to go home because her cousins weren't finished yet.  Every house we went to she said Trick-or-Treat and Thank You.  I had so many compliments on how pretty and polite she was!  It amazed me that a 3 year old could be so polite yet the older kids couldn't even give a short "thanks."

All ready for the Halloween Party on Friday night!

Bundled up and ready for Trick-or-Treating!















Delainey and I sat down the other night and made her out a Christmas list.  Of course she wants EVERYTHING that has to do with Barbie, Polly Pocket, Baby Dolls, Hannah Montana, I-Carly, Tinkerbell, the Disney Princess', Dress-up Clothes, and Taylor Swift.  We narrowed it down to a few things from each category.  LOL.  She really wants the Sparkling Ariel Doll from the Disney Store so I'm going to pick that up tomorrow.  Nothing like starting my shopping early.  She's almost finished shopping for Chris' side of the family.  We only have Chris, her uncles and grandpa left to get something for.  Not really sure what to get her 3 uncles...hopefully she'll pick something cool out for each of them....Ideas anyone?!  haha!

Other than that nothing too exciting is going on with Delainey. 

If you don't have our new address it's:
2154 Schultz
Lincoln Park, MI 48146.

We made it!

We flew in to Utah last night so Delainey can spend some time with Chris.  She does so well on the planes and with the lay-overs we have.  The 2nd flight was a little rough.  She had a bad tummy ache and wasn't dealing with it very well.  She needed to poo and couldn't and of course her medicine was in her suitcase.  Not very fun but she's ok now.

She was very excited that Chris had gotten her her own princess bed equiped with a princess blanket and pillow and put a poster on the wall for her.  She's sharing a room with her brother Ki and is loving every minute of it!  They also went shopping today at Toys R Us.  She picked out a couple of toys to keep at her daddy's so she has something to play with when she's there.  I forgot to tell Chris not to let her get the "Hair cutting Barbie" because I was planning on getting her it for Chrismas but oh well....I'm sure she'll decide she wants something else "really bad!"  HAHA!

She wanted to come see me so I was able to spend a few hours with her this afternoon when Chris dropped her off!  He picked her up around 9:30 and they have a full day ahead of them for tomorrow!  Pumpkin Patch with Heather, Ki, Aunt Missy and Isabelle and then going to watch him play ball with the rest of the family...I think!

The BIGGEST plane I've ever seen!

Shoes, School, and Cleaning.

Well, Head Start was already full so Delainey didn't get accepted.  I received a call last week and they informed me that she is on the waiting list.  She was really looking forward to going to school and riding the bus every day.  We even went out and got her a Tinkerbell book bag.  Oh well, it's been put up and she can use it as soon as she gets in.  She's a very smart little girl but she does need that children interactment.  So, hopefully a spot will open up and she'll get in soon!

Delainey hasn't wanted to clean up her toys lately.  Every time I ask her to clean them up she tells me she will "do it later."  What a procrastinator at 3 years old!  LOL!  I have since started the "garbage bag clean up" and it seems to be working very well!  She gets 3 chances to pick up her toys and if she doesn't and I have to clean them up they go into a garbage bag and she can't have them until the next day.  She's not dealing too well with that but maybe she'll eventually learn that it's her responsibility to keep her toys picked up.  Keeping my fingers crossed that it starts working soon!  :)

So there's this pair of glittery shoes that Chris bought Delainey when we were there back in February to go with her new dress they got for family pictures.  Well, these shoes are now about 2 sizes too small.  Delainey hadn't touched them in awhile and all of a sudden is insisting on wearing them every where we go!  I asked her why she had to wear those and not pick out a different pair and her response was "Because my Daddy got them for me and I like them!"  WOW....she remembers who gets her everything.  She talked to Chris the other day and told him that she needs a new pair of "sprinkly shoes" so he said when she comes to visit he'll take her to look for a new pair!

Looks like we'll be headed to Utah around October 12th.  I hope the weather is nice like it was last October when we were there.  I actually think it was nicer in Utah than it was back here at home.  It should be a nice trip and Delainey is excited to see all of her family out there.  We were actually at the store yesterday and she picked out Isabelle's Christmas present.  She picked out Ki's also but I'm almost certain he wouldn't like a pink stroller...haha!

Random Pics!  =)

She said what?!

Delainey has been somewhat witty this past week! I had told her a few different times not to do something and she continued. Finally, I asked her why she couldn't listen to mommy and she responded with "Momma, I have little ears so I can't hear you!" It may have been the funniest thing she has ever said, and I couldn't help but crack up. How do kids come up with these sayings?! Not only do they come up with sayings no one would ever think of, but they usually do it when you're having a bad day and it just seems to make everything better! :)

So, not only is Delainey extremely witty....she has one CRAZY imagination! First of all, I'm not sure if I had posted this before but Delainey has mysteriously made some "friends" from "school." Everyone knows she does not attend school yet. Well, there are 3 of them and their names are Struptsa, Struptsa, and Trixpa. Now, if you can picture the imaginary friends just keep reading! One afternoon we were both in the living room watching some tv while she played with her Barbies. Out of the blue I hear "My "momma's" in the kitchen cooking." I in turn asked her what she was talking about because I was sitting on the couch. She looked at me and goes "My mom's in the kitchen cooking and my "brother Carl" is eating the food she made." I said ok because I had finally realized that she was pretending. Well....it gets better! About 15 minutes go by and she starts talking presumably to herself but of course, being curious, I ask who she's talking too. She tells me that her "brother Carl" had finished eating and they were talking about her "grandkids" coming over! I started laughing so hard! Not only does my 3 year old have 3 imaginary friends from school, she also has a mom in the kitchen cooking for her brother Carl and a bunch of grandkids! HAHAHAHAHA!!

The time has come for Delainey to be registered for Head Start. We went this afternoon and filled out all of the paper work but of course I had forgotten some things so we will be making another trip up there tomorrow. She is so excited about going to school. She'll be picked up and dropped off at the house by a little bus and will attend 1/2 days 5 days a week. We're praying she gets accepted and I don't see why she wouldn't. I also made sure that she'd be able to miss some time when we go to Utah for her to visit Chris. The lady said that shouldn't be a problem just to let them know ahead of time when she will not be there!

How do you break it to a 3 year old that her daddy won't be coming to town as originally expected?! Well, that happened this afternoon. Chris was sent down to Tacoma last week and I had been avoiding telling Delainey that she wouldn't be able to see him at the ballpark. She kept mentioning going to the game to see her daddy and I would always try to tell her that she may not get to see him in town but she would be going to daddy's house soon. Today she talked to Chris on the phone and he told her he wouldn't be coming to town. When we got off the phone, I explained that daddy wasn't going to be coming to town but that she was going to go visit him at his house. At first she didn't really understand but after explaining it a little further she got upset. She had her little lip pout and saying ok. Once it finally sank in that she would get to go to daddy's house she got excited and named off everyone she wants to see (very enthusiastically she said...Grandma, and long haired Grandma (yeah...I don't know the difference...lol), Aunt Missy, Isabelle, Uncle Brady, Little Brady, and Ki.) So, all in all, I think telling her that Chris wouldn't be coming to town turned out alright because now she's excited about going to Utah again to visit all of her family there!