Halloween Review

Who ya gonna call?:

Ghostbusters!:

Dora pumpkin:

Boots pumpkin:

Kalaya and Chase at the fall festival:

Vaquero Tio:

Someone stepped on her blue suede shoes:

Justice's 1st Halloween:

Elvis and a Cowboy walk into a festival:

Cowboy Alex:

Sweet Elvis:

Happy 1st Birthday Gus Gus!

Oh It's The Best Easter Party Ever......

The baby powder incident:Bubba and Kalaya: Kalaya and I
Justice eating his first piece of cake:

Kalaya and Alex:

Kalaya getting her Easter basket from the Easter Bunny:

Easter Sunday:

Moments in Terror: Part 1

AGGHH! Instead of " When Pets Attack"--- "When Toddlers Attack"!

AGGHH! Our dental bill just came in and it's OUTRAGEOUS!
AGGHH! It's Christine: The Redneck Chronicles!

AGGHH! What is that?! No seriously! WHAT IS THAT!? AGGHH!

AGGHH! My belly is slowly taking over my body!

AGGH! My cousin posted a picture of me on her blog getting my bootie handed to me in a basketball game by my little brother!

A Regular Cornucopia of Christmas Accouterments, Notions, and Asundary Items

Grana spent the night with us this weekend and Kalaya knows who to call in the morning when she wakes up.
Kalaya: Grana! Come get me!
Grana: (rolling out of bed) Ok I’m coming. Let me go potty first.
Kalaya: Grana- are you coming?
Grana: I’m coming baby- I’m just slow. I’m old.
Kalaya: Well, I’m Dora.
(P.S.- She's named me Boots and Daddy is Swiper.... so get your own character. I think there are still some of the Wiggles left for any brave men out there to impersonate)

While riding in the car with Grana the other day, Kalaya was looking at some pictures of Justice.
Kalaya: (holding the picture of Justice) Hey Gus-Gus! (moving it towards her nose and sniffing) I smell you Gus-Gus!!
( I don't know-- made me wonder too)

One of these things is not like the others, One of these things just doesn't belong, Can you tell which thing is not like the others by the time I finish my song?
What can a 50+yr old Grana be so desperate for that she'll stand in line by herself to see Santa in the middle of the night in 20 degree weather? And, more importantly,do we really want to know? Oh yeah- that's right Mr Claus! You know whose house to stop at first this year!

Also- you may be wondering why you didn't see Baby Jesus in the first picture. Here's why:Can you see him? Sadly, at this point Baby Jesus AND Joseph are both missing. We'll have to do some search and rescue tonight. As Kalaya says:

"Baby Jesus, where's your daddy? Ok, well here's Mickey Mouse instead."

Hugs Are My Kryptonite But Also My Moisturizer

Dearest Reader:

As the holiday season approaches, I must mull over the the fact that you, my computer addicted morsels of blogging bliss, have made my day more joyous with each number adding to my reader counter.

And your comments! Dear sweet reader- they have carried me through the dark and trying times. This generosity of spirit reached out and fondled my grief with its medicinal digits, and I got off the table after a full emotional release feeling newly hopeful.

I'm welling up. The Cup of Justice runneth over; this holiday season I will do nothing but meditate upon your kindness, sending hug after virtual hug into the ether.

Pluck one. Stuff it with cheese. Then wrap it in kisses.

Please, nugget, don't foresake me. I need you now more than ever before.

We both know I'm handsome. Dapper even? I'm Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen, all in one, but without the antlers. But I need you, my Rudolph, to guide my blogging sleigh through the icy blizzard of the week to reach the cozy fire and warmed cider of the weekend. Stay with me- hold me. Let's take this journey together.

Together, we will take those exclamation marks you so cherish in this blog and turn them into parentheses. Why? Because they hug.

(imagine yourself here),
Justice

To Bubba and Lolly

Dear Bubba and Lolly,

Tank you fur taking me to the cristmus tree farm the other daye. I had loots of fun katching a tree with you. Maybee next yeer I can hold the saw? Hoo knows? Tell Gusgus that next yeer he will ned to particupate mor. I cant do evurything for him. I luv you Bubba and Lolly.

Pece up.... A-town down,

Kalaya

Extenuating Circumstances

Take a moment, dear readers, and behold my most adorable nephew, Justice:

Is he not suave? Do you not wish to bathe in his baby scented loveliness? Don't you have several baby voices and goofy faces posed in case of a chance meeting with this young man-child of fair face?

That's a good thing, as extenuating circumstances have conspired -- both circumstantially and extenuatingly -- to prevent me from posting new photos until later this week. Please hold tight as I sharpen my homing and tracking skills and locate my lost camera and please, check back later for more studly infant deliciousness. Thank you.

Have I mentioned you look fantastic today?

On a side note... Justice left a deeply heart felt message for all of his blog followers out there:

Beloved Friends,
It is with throbbing arms that I thank you for all your support of The Toddler Made Me Do It, which -- thanks to snuggly little nuggets like yourselves -- has entertained the masses quite possibly throughout central and northern GA. I am so grateful for your dedication, which brought such joy to TTMMDI that I dare say a wee tear squeaked out of my ducts before I dispensed hugs all around. The mailman acted surprised, but he went with it, bless his cuddly heart.

With a caring fist-pump to the sky and a hug in my soul,
Your Justice

P.S. Sorry for no post yesterday. I was just too overcome to focus properly before -- mother just gave me a raise by upping my daily milk intake to 4 oz and the milk coma over took me before I could count to 2! The news made me positively giddy.

It's a 'Sarah Palin" Thanksgiving

After pardoning a turkey for Thanksgiving, Governor Palin gave a surreal interview with a local news team yesterday - right in front of a dude slaughtering turkeys.

Amazing. My favorite part is the look on the guy's face as he realizes "Wow, you're really going to do this." Then gets back to work because it's Alaska, and it's crazy cold out.

Just thought that was some good Thanksgiving humor for you.

However......in the words of Kalaya and illustrated by Justice and Alex----
(after a fist bump)

Peace Up! A-town down!

In T-minus 30 mins I'll be blowing this cubical popsicle stand and heading to the great wide yonder. (a.k.a Alabama)

Remember to love the ones you have, thank the Lord for his blessings, and pray for those who can't be with us this holiday season.

God's grace pours on us from every direction. We remember to be thankful at Thanksgiving but we just forget to be thankful for the "little things" sometimes.

Look at the colors in the leaves this fall- look at the way your childs smile wrinkles that little nose juuuuust right-look at how you can go all day long, working, cleaning, taking care of the kids, running errands- and the whole time God is holding you in his hands and refreshes you every night.

God's gifts to us are magnificent and wonderous!

How can I not be filled with joy every morning when I wake up and I know that I and my daughter are in God's family!?

Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone!

P.S: Just as an FYI- Sarah was no where to be seen near our neigborhood turkeys. Live another day my feathered friends.

Another Bama Baby Joins the Team!!

Congratulations to Jeff and Lissa on the birth of my very first, most handsome, and spectacular new nephew!

Justice Wayne Maynard

Born October 20th, 2008 at 6:48pm

8 lbs 7.1oz

18.5 inches long

What a lil charmer!

Lissa and Justice are doing great and getting ready to go home- hopefully today.

Pray for the new family.

Pray they get enough sleep.

Pray they all stay healthy.

Pray for Justice as God is already putting his plan into place for this wonderful little man!