Not My Child

MckMama is changing up Not Me Monday with Not My Child Monday so I thought I would play along!! If you would like to play along as well, hop on over to MckMama's blog to find out how!!

So here goes.......

Karlee certainly didn't fight with her cousin Fayth over her imaginary baby while at the zoo!! No, not my child!! First of all, my child wouldn't fight with any kids and especially not over the fact that she thinks another child may have picked up her imaginary baby and secondly, my child wouldn't have an imaginary baby!!

Karlee didn't have to go into timeout a mere 2 minutes after we arrived at Reading Rocks today!! No, not my child...she is well behaved and never needs timeout!!

Karlee most certainly didn't call some driver in front of us while stopped in road construction on the way to the zoo a F&^*ing slow driver!! No, not my child!! My child always uses appropriate language and if my child had said such a word, I certainly would have disciplined her instead of laughing like a 5th grade school boy!!

Hope everyone had a great weekend and has a great week!!

Fingerprint Friday

There is a song by Steven Curtis Chapman that says:

I can see the fingerprints of god
When I look at you
I can see the fingerprints of god
And I know its true
You're a masterpiece
That all creation quietly applauds
And you're covered with the fingerprints of god

So look around you and see where YOU can see God's fingerprints. Is it in nature? Kids? Animals? Where do you see them? Here's how to join in.

1. Blog with your interpretation of God's fingerprints. Be sure to link back here so others can find the entire list of participants!

2. After you've posted your blog, sign the Mr. Linky below. Have fun exploring the other links as well! Please only sign in if you're participating. Hopefully this will make us look at things through fresh eyes throughout the week!

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God's fingerprint is all over this picture!!

A Favorite

MckLinky is having a blog hop featuring favorite photos!! This is one of my faovorite photos of Karlee! It was taking at 5 days old and it was like she was telling me...."Stop worrying mommy, God is taking good care of me & isn't going to let anything happen to me". It also was very much an indicator of the type of personality that Karlee was going to have...always smiling and always enjoying life!!

4th of July Festivities

I decided that instead of trying to catch up (I will add some posts later to do that), that I would just forge ahead with what is happening now!! We had a GREAT 4th of July and I had soooo much fun watching Karlee enjoy the holiday. She is finally getting to an age where she gets what holidays are and I can honestly say that because she is getting older, I think this has been her favorite holiday so far.

Mike had to work for part of the day so Karlee & I ventured to Laurel to watch the parade. My Uncle Jeff & his wife Dawn ended up meeting us over there as well and we all had so much fun watching Karlee figure out what a parade is all about.....CANDY!! She would ask the floats as they came by, "Please, can I have some candy"!! It was tooo CUTE!! She waved her flag and was even blowing kisses sometimes to the floats. We ended up being there for about 3 hours and she was engrossed the whole time which is no small feat to entertain a 2-year old with the same activity for 3 hours. As soon as we got in the car and started driving home, she right away said, "I had fun at the parade with you Mommy" so I knew she had really enjoyed it!!

After the parade, we headed home to take a nap so that we wouldn't be grouchy staying up late for fireworks!! After nap time, Mike made it home and then Mike's bother Dustin & his friend Eddie came over. We bbq'ed and did a few fireworks (sparklers, snakes and blooming flowers). Karlee loved doing the sparklers and was a little disappointed she couldn't light the snakes herself!!

After lighting our fireworks, we all headed over the Laurel to watch their fireworks display. This was the first year that Karlee stayed up to see the fireworks and I wasn't sure how she would do with the loud booms! She was a little worried when they first started that they would fall on us but after she realized they wouldn't she loved them!! It was sooooo fun to watch her face react to the fireworks and see how much she enjoyed them.


It was a good time had by all of us and I can't wait for many more 4ths to make even more memories. I hope everyone else had a great 4th of July and also remembered to thank the Service Men/Women who protect our freedoms.

P.S. After the fireworks, Eddie received a call that his niece, her boyfriend and their baby had been hit by a drunk driver and that she was hurt pretty badly (the boyfriend & their baby and the drunk driver were uninjured). Please keep her in your prayers for a speedy recovery. The guy who hit her already has 3 DUI's and unfortunately was out on the roads to be able to drink and drive again and hurt another person.

Happy 4th of July

Hope everyone has a great 4th of July and thanks to all those that have fought for us to have our freedom!!!

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Happy Father's Day!!

I know I have been very absent from the blog!! I promise a real post soon but wanted to share Mike's Father's Day present!! I go the idea from Beki!! I printed it off and framed it for him and am hoping he loves it!! Happy Father's Day to everyone!!

Albertson Family Happenings

It has been a while since I last updated.....sorry for that!! Here are a few pictures since the last update!!

Karlee wasn't sure at all of the parade when we first got there!! She is such a chicken and at first was afraid she was going to see something that was scary!! Once the parade got going and she realized there was candy involved, it was all over!! She had fun hauling in the candy and in the end, had way more candy than she needed!!

We took Karlee to the Shrine Circus!! When we told her that the circus was going to be here and that we were taking her, right away she said, "I have to get my hair done". I was like, "WHAT?" She said again, "I have to get my hair done for the Circus Town Whoop-De-Do ". I was LMAO....There is a JoJo Circus episode where JoJo's lion Goliath gets his hair done for the Circus Town Whoop-De-Do so as soon as Karlee heard Circus, that is all she could think of!! Needless to say, I had to get her hair done after that so the day of the Circus, I took and had her hair braided! She was sooo excited to have her hair done for the Whoop-De-Do. When we got to the Circus, she right away started whining being afraid of the clowns and 5 minutes after sitting down, she told Mike and I that it was time to go Bye-Bye!! Once the Circus started and I got her to realize that the clowns weren't going to come over to her, she started to relax and by the end of the night was clapping and having a great time!!

My parents, sister and niece came for Easter!! Karlee waited till Tay-Tay was here to dye eggs! As soon as they got here, Karlee was ready to start dying and was not going to wait any longer!!

We had a great Easter!! The Easter bunny, Grandma & Grandpa & Aunt Kodi majorly spoiled Karlee with toys and candy!! After all the eggs were found and mommy had all the candy hid, we had Easter lunch at our house! Mike's 2 brothers and their families joined us along with my parents, my sister, my niece and my mom's brother, Jeff and his family!! It was great having all the family over!!

The Easter Bunny brought Karlee a water table!! It was a BIG hit and she is loving washing her dishes and even her hair!! :-)

My baby is growing up way toooo FAST!! It is amazing to me how her imagination works!! She picks up the craziest things and imagines them as something!! This is a plastic Christmas Light holder that she found outside yesterday when we were doing yard work!! She right away started carrying it around calling it her baby!! I went in the house to start dinner while she kept helping Mike outside!! All at once, I heard screaming and crying and ran outside thinking that she was hurt!! When I got out there, she is crying and starts saying, "I can't find my baby"!! She was hysterical because she had lost her baby (plastic Christmas light holder) and couldn't find it! THANK goodness Daddy came to the rescue and was able to find it!! I just love watching her grow and learn new things but at the same time it makes me sooo sad!!

The next few week for the Albertson Family are very busy!! Work is busy for me.......we have the Parade of Homes this weekend and next weekend that I will be working!! Then on Sunday, May 3, Mike and I fly to Las Vegas for 4 days to celebrate our 5 year anniversary!! This will be the first time that Karlee has stayed without me and Mike both!! She stayed once overnight without me but Mike was here!! My parents are coming up and staying here with her so hopefully it won't be too hard on her since she will be at home!! Say a prayer for Mike and I though that we will actually enjoy our trip and not spend the whole time missing Karlee and worrying about her!!

Lastly, I would ask that you all be in prayer for Baby Stellan. I have posted before about Stellan and he is still in need of prayer! He had heart surgery today and they were not able to do everything that they needed to do to repair his heart!! The next few days will be very telling for of the path God has chosen for this precious baby boy!! Please visit MckMama's blog to update yourself on his story and to also leave your thoughts and prayers for him and his family!! I can't imagine Karlee ever being sick and having to go through that!! Kiss your kids and be very THANKFUL for their health!!

This has turned into a very long post and I apologize for that! I hope that everyone is loving the summer weather we are having and are all doing well!!