WHY I AM SO GRATEFUL TO BE A MOM

REASONS WHY I AM THE LUCKIEST MOM IN THE WHOLE WORLD!!









ENOUGH SAID!!

BRINLEY'S DAY IN THE NEWS

Three-year-old Brinley Bettis, who was waiting patiently outside the K-Bull 93 FM studio for an autograph from "American Idol" finalist David Archuleta, reacts when she finds out he had to skip the appearance after running late during his hectic schedule while in Salt Lake City Friday. (Keith Johnson, Deseret News)

HERE IS THE PICTURE THAT WAS POSTED ON THE DESERET NEWS WEBSITE ALONG WITH THE CAPTION THAT WAS UNDERNEATH IT.

WE WERE WAITING OUTSIDE K-BULL STUDIOS FOR DAVID. AFTER WE HEARD THAT HE WAS NOT COMING WE RACED OVER TO THE GATEWAY TO SEE HIM...I MEAN BRINLEY WANTED TO DO THIS...

IF YOU ARE EVEN FURTHER INCLINED... THIS PICTURE WAS ACTUALLY A PART OF THE AUDIO SLIDSHOW THAT THE DESERET NEWS PUT TOGETHER. HERE IS THE LINK TO IT

http://www.deseretnews.com/photo/slideshow/1,5587,5004,00.html

DAVID ARCHULETA DAY!!

SO BRINLEY GOT THIS CRAZY IDEA TO GET UP EARLY AND GO TO SALT LAKE TO TRY AND GET A GLIMPSE OF DAVID ARCHULETA. SO I WAS ALL LIKE FINE, WHATEVER BRINLEY, I'LL GO!!
OK SO THAT MAY BE AN EXAGGERATION...OR IT MAY BE THE OTHER WAY AROUND, WHO'S TO SAY...:|...

IT WAS CRAZY! IT WAS FUN! DAVID IS A CUTE KID! FOLKS IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, THE TEENY-BOOPERS ARE CRAZY MAD FOR HIM, AND A COUPLE OF THIRTY-SOMETHING DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES MIGHT BE AS WELL.

BRINLEY HAD FUN. SHE GOT HER PICTURE ON THE DESERET NEWS WEBSITE. SHE GOT TO MEET CASEY SCOTT (CHANNEL 2 NEWS MORNING TEAM) & GET A PICTURE WITH HIM. SHE GOT TO SEE DAVID. SHE SAT ON MY SHOULDERS & CHANTED HIS NAME WITH THE CROWD.

SHE WAS SO FUNNY. ALL MORNING BEFORE WE GOT THERE I HAD TOLD HER THAT WE WERE GOING TO SEE DAVID ARCHLETA FROM AMERICAN IDOL. SO WHEN WE STARTED HEADING HOME SHE KEPT SAYING,

"BUT WE CAN'T GO HOME WE HAVE TO GO TO AMERICAN IDOL."

I FIND IT SO ENDEARING THE WAY THAT CHILDREN INTERPRET THE THINGS THAT WE SAY. WHEN WE THINK WE ARE SPEAKING CLEARLY TO THEM & THAT THERE MAY BE ONLY ONE WAY TO TAKE WHAT WE ARE SAYING WE FIND OUT DIFFERENTLY. THIS TRAIT MAKES THEM ALL THE MORE SWEET & INNOCENT.

BRINLEY & I HAD SO MUCH FUN ON OUR "SURPRISE ADVENTURE."

MY GIRLS ARE CUTER THAN YOURS!!

I HOPE THAT I GET ALOT OF ARGUMENTS ABOUT THE TITLE OF THIS POST. ECSPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE DAUGHTERS. YOU ARE WELCOME TO AGREE THAT MINE ARE EXCEPTIONALLY, BEAUTIFULLY, ADORABLE BUT I DO NOT EXPECT YOU TO AGREE THAT ARE MINE ARE CUTER THAN YOURS. WITH THAT SAID, I JUST GOT A GREAT NEW CAMERA AND I HAVE EXCEPTIONALLY BEAUTIFULLY, ADORABLE SUBJECTS TO TRY IT OUT ON!!

SOMETIMES THE MESS IS WORTH IT.....

SOMETIMES THE FUN OUT WEIGHS THE CONSEQUENCES.... :}

I GOT A PACKAGE TODAY, COMPLETE WITH STYROFOAM PEANUTS. I THOUGHT WHAT THE HECK, IT'S THURSDAY NIGHT, LETS GET CRAZY! THE GIRLS HAD A BLAST! I DID AS WELL! IT WAS SO MUCH FUN WATCHING THEM HAVE SO MUCH FUN! IT WAS SO COLD TODAY, I HAD TO FIND SOMETHING TO KEEP THEM ENTERTAINED. IT'S A GOOD THING THE MAID IS COMING IN THE MORNING!! WAIT A SEC... WE DON'T HAVE A MAID. CRAP, I WISHED I WOULD HAVE REMEMBERED THAT BEFORE WE GOT SO CRAZY :(
OH WELL IT WAS SO WORTH IT!!
I BETCH YA' CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT WE COME UP WITH FOR FREAKY FRIDAY!?!?!
STAY TUNED

FYI, TO ALL OF YOU PARENTS OUT THERE WHO ARE BRAVE (AKA STUPID) ENOUGH TO ALLOW YOUR KIDS TO DO THIS, THE BLOW DRYER WORKS WONDERS ON GETTING THESE PEANUTS OFF OF CLOTHING & OUT OF HAIR!! HOWEVER, A REGULAR VACUUM DOES NOT WORK WONDERS ON CLEANING THEM UP OFF THE FLOOR. HOPEFULLY YOU ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE NEIGHBORS WHO OWN SHOP-VACS!!!

BRINLEY ROCKS!!!

BRINLEY ROCKS DA' HOUSE!!

COULD SOMEONE PLEASE TELL MY CHILD THAT IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO CLIMB TREES (BAREFOOTED) TO FIND LADY BUGS!! SHE DOESN'T BELEIVE ME. AND IT IS NOT BECAUSE THE OTHER NIGHT I WAS CLIMBING A TREE BARE BUMMED LOOKING FOR UNICORNS BUT WHATEVER!!
BRINLEY I LOVE YOU! YOU KEEP MY LIFE ALIVE!!!

YOU KNOW YOUR BABY IS NO LONGER A BABY & IS NOW A LITTLE PERSON WHEN.....

LIKE MOST MOMS IT MAKES ME ACHE JUST A LITTLE TO SEE MY KIDS GROWING UP. AT THE SAME TIME I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER THAT EVERY DAY THEY CONTINUE TO GROW & LEARN AT A FASTER RATE THEN I EVER WILL!! I'M SURE MOST OF US MOMS HAVE WAKEN UP TO FIND THAT ARE LITTLE ONES ARE NOT AS LITTLE AS THEY WERE JUST THE DAY BEFORE. THAT HAPPENED TO ME TODAY. MY LITTLE HADDIE KAYE WHO IS FIFTEEN MONTHS OLD (THIS IN ITSELF IS HARD FOR ME TO DIGEST, THOUGH AS I GET OLDER I AM FINDING THAT MOST THINGS ARE, ECSPECIALLY SPICEY FOODS) HAS TRANSFORMED FROM MY LITTLE BABY INTO A LITTLE PERSON OVER NIGHT. THAT IS WHY I TITLED THIS ENTRY
"YOU KNOW YOUR BABY IS NOW A LITTLE PERSON WHEN"
WHEN YOU CAN
-ALMOST PULL UP ALL OF HER HAIR INTO A PONY TAIL
-WHEN SHE CAN SIT AT THE "KIDS TABLE" WITHOUT FALLING OVER, AND ACTUALLY EAT
-WHEN SHE CAN FIT MORE IN HER MOUTH THAN WHAT SHE WEIGHS

THAT KENNY CHESNEY DUDE HIT IT RIGHT ON THE HEAD WHEN HE SAID,
"DONT BLINK, YOU JUST MIGHT MISS YOUR BABIES GROWING LIKE MINE DID!!"
KENNY MAY HAVE HIT IT ON THE HEAD BUT TIM IS STILL THE HOTTEST!! FOREVER MCGRAW!!

SO I GUESS I WILL WAIT AND SEE WHAT I WAKE UP TO TOMORROW!! WHATEVER IT IS I CAN'T WAIT!!