kaden- :) :) :)

Here is a picture of Kaden on Friday. This was when they took him home! I get to see him this week!!! I cannot wait!!!

BABY KADEN IS HERE!!!!

Mrs. Vanessa had Kaden this morning! She was due on the thirtieth but this baby had his own plan! He told them last night he was ready to make his appearance and he arrived via c section this morning! He is 9 lbs. and 13 oz. 21 in. long! He is a chunk, but sooooooo cute!! Here are some pictures!!


I cannot wait until I get to meet him!!!

Goodbye LSU baseball... : (

After two rain delays and 28 hours, LSU lost to UNC. But it is ok... LSU was not expected to do very well this year with only three seniors on the team and only one being a position player. They went farther than anyone expected and I am very proud of them! They claimed the SEC championship and won the Baton Rouge regional and super- regional. And they won their first CWS game in several years. They put up a tough fight tonight! LSU doesn't have the best pitching but our pitchers did an amazing job! LSU was down by two as we started tonight after the rain delay over night. Jared Bradford relieved Blake Martin and did an amazing job! After the second rain delay, the TIGERS came back in full swing and the Nation's leading homerun hitter, Matt Clark, smoked one to tie the game! That gave LSU fans all of the confidence to win the game. Apparently, confidence does not win games though. In the eighth inning, LSU has two runners on at second and third and Matt Clark came up to bat. By this time, UNC was on their fourth or fifth or sixth (I lost count) pitcher, who also just happen to be the number one pitcher in the ACC. He decided to walk Matt Clark.. the bases were then loaded with only one out. It felt like Tuesday all over again! The next batter was freshman, D. J. LaMahiew. The poor boy cannot hit for anything (but he can field a ball amazingly well!!) and he popped one up to the second baseman. Then the next batter also hit an infield fly. Not scoring with the bases loaded was a little depressing but the score was still tied and LSU still had one more time to bat... we just had to do what we had done the whole game and strike the first three batters out... well needless to say that did not happen. We allowed two batters to get on base and then after an error they advanced to second and third. Their number one batter came to bat and our oh so wonderful coaching staff and pitcher decided to walk him and load the bases. I knew as soon as they did this, the game was going to be over... I just had a really bad feeling. And that feeling was right. The next batter was pitched the perfect pitch and knocked it out of the park. This was the first grand slam in a CWS game since 2001. It was a very sad moment... LSU got the last out and then went in to bat. In what seemed like 10 seconds, UNC got three outs and the game was called. So now I must say goodbye to LSU baseball. Next year we will go the whole way and I will be there!!! - i hope anyways! it will be my senior year so if they make i will be trying my best to get there!!

A little bit of everything, that somehow all relates to LSU - go figure!

Everyone should check out this link. It is about a thirty second clip of Jim Hawthorne broadcasting when Blake Dean hit the ball that won us the game.... I think this was my exact reaction!


So I bit all of my fingernails off during yesterday's game. I had been doing so well. I broke down and bought some of the finger nail polish that has the bad taste, so maybe during the next nail bitter game, I will veer away from literally biting my nails!

I decided last night to look at the Tiger Mania website.. and well, I probably should have not done that. It is probably a good thing I am a broke college student, otherwise I would have spent a lot of money!!!

I am still overly excited today about yesterday's win!! North Carolina lost to Fresno State last night so we play North Carolina again tomorrow night. We lost to them Sunday 8-4. Hopefully, there will a different ending! This will also be an elimination game so there will be little chance of me not having heart failure again. The game is at 6pm on Thursday and I am not doing so well at patiently waiting for the game! The saying that has appeared to become LSU's motto during the last month or so is " Refuse to Lose!" I am a firm supporter of that statement and will be using it until we claim the NAtional Championship and win the College World Series.

So, GEAUX TIGERS GEAUX, Refuse to Lose!!!!!

LSU Baseball = : )

Today's game gave me heart failure. All LSU sports seem to do that to me. I decided to go to class for a little while and leave early to watch the last half of the game! I am glad I did! By the time I was able to get home, LSU was down by four. You could barely hear the LSU fans in the stands. It seemed to be a little depressing. My mom was already sending me text saying it was over. But, I am the type of person who has faith until the game is over.. even if we are loosing by 30. With that said, of course I believed we could and would still win! LSU is known as the fourth quarter team in football and has appeared to be an eighth inning team in baseball, so I anxiously waited on the eighth inning so we would rally and make this grand come back!! When the eighth inning finally came around we were down by four. Winning was definitely an option! All we needed was a grand slam to tie the game, and I have seen these boys pull that off more than once so I was not worried at all. Then the eighth inning was over and we had not scored. I will admit, I had lost a little hope since we usually rally during the eighth and that did not happen, but I knew we were the home team so we had one more shot. The TIGERS took the field and quickly got three outs! Then we batted and got several base hits, scored a run, then loaded the bases. I knew at that point if we had any shot at winning the game it would happen right now. And it did! The beast, Blake Dean, came to back and knocked the crap out of the ball and three runs scored and the game was called! We WON! It was soooo exciting!! I yelled a lot and now have a sore throat! Then I realized.... we either have to play North Carolina again or a team that beat North Carolina. I am afraid my heart failure is just beginning! At least Thursday's game will be at 6 pm so I will not have to miss class again! I am sure if anyone has decided to read this, they are probably thinking I am crazy, but oh well! I love me some LSU sports!

Here is the link the wining article!

http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?&ATCLID=1481208&DB_OEM_ID=5200

I survived two weeks with the kids, but my fingernails did not. It was sad... I realized Sunday that I had managed to bite them all off.. I am trying again this week. When they get a little longer I am going to get fake ones put on so they will grow underneath and I will not be able to bite them off. Well that is the plan anyways.

This weekend was EXTREMELY busy! Friday was Relay for Life. I left around 3, which was probably not a good idea. Saturday was Brooke's shower and then Sunday was Father's Day. At least I got my monies worth of gas with all of that going on.

LSU made it to Omaha! but, they lost their first game last night. It was sad. Luckily, it's double elimination so we play again tomorrow at 1! I have class at that time, so I will be skipping it! I cannot miss a College World Series game to sit in class and do nothing... so all you LSU fans, wear your purple and gold tomorrow to support the baseball boys!

Well that is all.... GEAUX TIGERS!!!

Mondays come so fast...

So never ever ever go to the Tupelo zoo. It was ridiculous. They had like ten animals and it cost us an arm and a leg to get it. Windell still enjoyed because he got to feed the giraffes and goats (which cost extra) and he got to ride a pony (also cost extra) and he had his picture taken with a baby alligator (and you guessed it, cost extra). So after that emptied the bank account, we went to the car museum. I am not all that into cars so it was not something I just loved, but it was a lot cooler than the zoo. Here are some pictures.





I made it through one week with the kids.. They haven't completely driven me crazy yet.

Dinner plans for the week:
Monday: Cheese soufflé and salad
Tuesday: Gumbo
Wednesday: breakfast
Thursday :leftover gumbo
Friday: Relay for life in Natchez
Saturday... ? will be in Natchez
Sunday.. probably have to cook for my dad.

It has been officially 11 days of no biting my fingernails! they are getting long!