Our life beneath the Magnolia and Oaks

Happy Birthday Holly Baby

Today is the 21st Birthday of my middle daughter Holly. Otherwise known as Holly Baby, a name given to her by my Father, her Papa. I can't believe that 21 years have passed they have flown by so very fast. Holly is every Mom's dream of a little girl. She was the most enjoyable child to raise.  Here is a picture of me at 21 years old holding my now 21 year old daughter.

 

Here is a picture of my beautiful baby girl at 21.

I'm sitting here typing with tears in my eyes. I can't believe those years are just memories now, but I've definately got a beautiful grown daughter to show for it. I will always miss her as a child. Last night we had a little family party for her to celebrate. At the party was her best friend Autumn. They have been friends since they were about 5 years old. I sat and listened to them laughing and talking and I couldn't help but wish I could go back again. I love you both very much and am so thankful for every moment that I get to spend with you both.  

The girls then.

and now.

Hope you girls have a great day together. Love you guys and please.....be careful!

Happy Birthday Holly, I love you sooooooooooooooooooooo much!!!!!!!!!!!
 
 
 
 

Pumpkin Patch

For years I've wanted to go to the pumpkin patch to do pictures. Every year it seems that we just never get around to it. This year we managed to go twice. I usually don't try to do any posy type of pictures with Jordan. Having autism she doesn't do well with posing. She usually flashes this awkward glare into space look when the camera turns on her. So I let her do her thing and take pictures of her just making her rounds and giving her plenty of space. This year however was different. This year she was posing to beat the band. Totally unplanned, totally not dressed for pictures. With Jordan why should I expect anything different? As we drove by the pumpkin patch this year she started to shout "Pumpkin Patch I want the Pumpkin Patch!" So guess who turned around and went. She went straight over to this grouping of pumpkins and sat down, flashed her smile. Boy was I glad that I had my camera with me. When you have a child with special needs, even though they don't cope with change, as a parent you learn to go with the flow of life. Breath in every moment good and bad and praise God that you've got them for another day. And on the rare occassion just when you least expect it you get something like this........ Believe me, I'm one happy Mom!

 

Eva

 

I'm Back!

Well my friends I'm back! I know it's been a long time since my last post and unfortunately I had to block my blog for quite a while. I won't go into a lot of why I blocked the blog, just water under the bridge now.  Some things are just better left alone. Also, my sweet husband was in a serious auto accident the first part of the year. It has been a long recovery period for him and will be many, many more months to boot. I'm just glad to be coming back into the blogging world and have many things I'd like to share with everyone. So stay tuned for what I hope will be regular posts from here on out. Meanwhile I'd like to share with you my sweet little girl. She had to be a storybook character for school and we choose to be PJ FunnyBunny. She was the cutest! So without further adieu here's PJ Funny Bunny!!!!