CAROLINE!

CAROLINE ROLLED OVER!!!
She is doing so much that she isnt supposed to. Please keep the prayers up!

LEAVING OUT TONIGHT!

I leave for the Virgin Islands trip tonight!
I leave at 11 tonight with Nana and Corrin. We will drive to Atlanta. We will arrive at the airport and fly from Atlanta to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. (about 30 minutes away from Miami). Brittney Carr (Corrin's cousin) will pick us up from there when we arrive and will take us to Brunch. Our flight doesn't leave for 4 hours once we get to Ft. Lauderdale. But, from there we will fly straight into St. Thomas!!!!!!!!
Thank goodness I am finally getting out of this small town. I love it but it gets old after a while. Especially when you have seen every single inch of this town.
Money has been saved.. & money will be spent. I guess babysitting and everything paid off!
I don't wanna leave Rayce and all of my friends for a week. But this is going to be a good experiece and I am extremely excited.. & I do NOT wanna leave my Peanut! I will miss my sweet baby girl. Hopefully she will be ok without her wonderful big sister!
Please keep us in your prayers while we will be flying and once we get down there.
I will miss everyone.!
P.S. MACKI- Hope Mackinzie is feeling better. Give her a kiss from her KK.

Caroline and Mackinzie's Play Day.

I know that it has been a while. I am sorry. There has been a lot going on this summer..

-Yesterday, Caroline and Mackinzie had there first "Play Day" together! Mackinzie and Caroline were on opposite time schedules for nap times, unfortunatly.. But they finally got up together for the last 15 minutes. They reacted pretty well to each other. Even though Mackinzie is only 3 weeks older than Caroline, she is still a level ahead of Caroline. Jealousy showed through a little bit from Mackinzie. But thats ok.. That just means that she loves her KK. But.. Here are some pictures of the each of them.. Not together.

My little Peanut!

P.S. -Virgin Islands trip in 5 days!

HOBY!

Hey people!
So.. I just got home from HOBY! For those of you who dont know what that is, it is Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Convention. It was quite an experience. I met a lot of new people and made a bunch of new friends! My group went to Gateway Thift Store for community service. It was a good experience. I am completely exhausted. It was like fitting a weeks schedule into 3 days. We never slowed down.
I am now thinking about going to a camp called Abby Robert's Sivitan Camp. I will go for a week somewhere near Hattisburg and be assigned a mentally challenged child for the entire week. I will entertain this child throughout the week and do projects with him/her. I think that it will be a wonderful experience. I also think that it will help me be all that I can be with Caroline and not have to think twice about something that I am doing. I think that this would be a very positive experience for me and will bring me even closer to my family. Rayce would like to go also, so maybe I can get some other people to join with us and go. Maybe I can even let Caroline go with us.!
Anyways.. Today I have a Post Surgery appointment. I will be going to the doctor at 3. Hopefully everything is going to look good to him!
Oh yeah... Im now....... a...... JUNIOR!!! Only two more years!
Have a great summer!

Been a while..

I know that it has been a while since I have posted an entry. I am sorry.
I had jaw surgery on Tuesday and I have been recovering and sleeping everyday. Yesterday was the first day I have gotten to get outside the walls of my house. The only other time is with Alex and she has had to practically carry me wherever we went. It was crazy. She has been making fun of me since I could actually get out of the house. I have so many good friends. Almost all of my friends came to see me while I was down. My boyfriend is....... WONDERFUL! He has been so attentive to me!

Caroline rolled from her stomach to her side by herself yesterday! We are so excited.. She is doing sooooo good. Thank you for your prayers..again.

Last Saturday-->Taylor's party.. BEST ONE ALL YEAR! A lot of people were there. Got to catch up with a lot of people.
Monday- We went snake hunting.. Me, Rayce, and a couple of other people =)
Yesterday- I went and took my chemistry exam.. Made 100.. yay! Im now a JUNIOR.. only 2 more years. Then I went to eat at subway with Meg. I slept at the Mexican restaurant haha. Then we went to Meg's swimming for our class party.. And then we went to the lake for another party. Quiet. Small. Good.

Going snake hunting tonight.. Me, Rayce, and a couple of other people... =)

Peaut is home..

Sorry to those of you who are upset about me not updating this past week. It has been very hectic. And also, to those of you who did not know.. Caroline is home and she is good. The doctors to LaBonheur didn't really tell us anything that we haven't already heard about. It wasn't suprising that they couldn't get anything else and better news, but it really hit all of us hard having to hear the results again. It's hard enough having anxiety about what is going on because you haven't heard from anyone in a couple of hours.. But it's even worse when you get the phone call with bad news, yet again.. GOOD NEWS though->Caroline has stopped seizing! Thank the Lord. I thank you for all of your prayers!

Saturday--->
I am proud to say that the Central Academy Lady Vikings have won their first State Championship!!!!! YAY! We hosted the tournament and Lamar Christian, Kemper, and Russell Christian came to play. We took the win anyways! Caroline came.. Sweet thing. She got sunburned unfortunatly though. Oops. She is ok though. We had a lot of fun at the lake that night.. In honor of the softball girls.. Rayce and I stayed at my Daddy's.

Sunday-->
Happy Mother's Day! Caroline was dedicated into the church. That was fun. She was good the whole time! We win the family award! We had the most family members show up! After church, everybody and their mother came to my Daddy's house for a huge celebration! Rayce and I couldn't stay but about 15 minutes. We went into town and spent time with his mother and the rest of his family.. Then after that, we came to my house. We then spent time with my mother! We made our rounds! It's hard having a significant other. You have to go more places on every holiday..

Anyways.. Surgery is next Tuesday.. I'm getting pretty nervous about the whole situation.. And I also hope that everyone has a great week!

LaBoneur

Caroline is gone to LaBoneur.. Please keep our wonderful blessing in your prayers. Also, keep our family in your prayers. Daddy and Corrin need all the help that they can to stay strong!

I dont know what Peanut is going to do. She is going to have to sleep in her OWN bed.. That's a big step. She sleeps with Corrin and Dad or when I'm out there, she snuggles up with me. I guess she will be ok. Corrin has an emailing list that is going out. If you would like to be on it, let me know and I will do my best to get up with her to tell her or I will update you myself.

We're watching The Boy in the Striped Pajamas in history. Its good. I really like it so far. Its pretty sad on the other hand. Its about the Nazi's and the Concentration Camps that they set up for the Jews. A man gets hired for a higher position in the Nazi army and takes it. His son meets a Jew on the other side of the fence and doesn't know why he is there. The movie is about a Jewish child and the other boy getting to know each other through the fence and forming a bond. It was a horrible thing that the Nazi's did to the Jews and I do not agree with it at all. But this movie is good so far, and I think that everyone should watch it.

There is a board meeting tonight. HA! Wonder how this one will turn out.. Why is this such a big deal? Get over it. This is ridiculous that there is this much drama going on in one school. Like I said before, get over it and move on with your lives.

Keep us in your prayers!

Special..

I know that I haven't posted in a while. Sorry. I was going to last night and then I had an emotional breakdown. Which I will probably be talking about in most of this entry.

Last night, at youth, we were watching a speaker on a dvd that Steve has. We watched the same guy speak at a difference conference at the last youth session. I really like him. The point on the sermon was-

Why does God put suffering and sorrow in our life? Should we turn away from him because it is in our lives?

This really hit me. Im being dead serious. In the sermon he was really emails that he had received from people from around the world who were seeking his help. That must be a great feeling to know that you could help so many people. There was a guy that sent him an email. In the email, he was talking about how he was wondering where God was. He wanted to know.. His sister had passed away. She was killed in a car accident. He didn't believe that there was a God anymore because after all the prayers that people put out for his sister, she still died. He sent him an email back talking about how his sister was in a better place and God has a plan for everything.

There was another.. This one really touched my heart.. A girl named Lauren. She told him that she was a senior at the University of Florida and that she would be graduating in about 5 months. She sent him an emailing explaining how she wasn't a Christian but her roommate was. She wanted to get in touch with the Lord and learn more about him. Right then, he prayed for her that she could become in touch with the Lord. By this time, he had explained to us that her parents were divorced and her father was an athiest. She sent him an email back a week before her graduation at Florida. She was telling him how wonderful her life had been telling people about the Lord and all his great doings. She had definatly made a change in her life. One week later, he got another email.. Instead of it being from Lauren. It was from her mother, Anna. She wrote him to tell that Lauren had died in a car accident. Her car was the only car involved. She died from heavy internal bleeding. She then went on to explain how happy he was that he helped her become a Christian. She explained how the last 5 months of her life had been the best months of her life because she was living them teaching people and learning things more for herself about the Lord. The story then led on to tell about her father emailing him also and thanking him.

I got into my car after church. Asking a bunch of questions in my head.. Thinking about Caroline. Is that wrong? To ask questions? It just hit me really hard.. I don't want Caroline to have to suffer through things in her life. She's already a strong baby. Everyone that has been around her knows that. I kept telling myself that. Thats the first time I have broken down about the whole situation in a couple of weeks. But.. All these teenagers that don't care about there children and people getting abortions and things. It would just hurt to know what it would be like for them if they had Caroline's problems. I linked back knowing that God sends special babies to special people. It takes a special family. We are that special family. In my eyes, Caroline is going to be just as normal as any other child that I have ever seen in my life. Doctors do not know everything. They have already said that she wouldn't smile. I have proof that she can.. Look on my facebook. They said that she won't be able to make noises.. TOO LATE DOCTORS! she is making new noises. Daddy, Corrin, Nana, and I have all witnessed them.. She is going to be perfectly fine.. She is our beautiful bundle of joy and I would not trade her for the world..

-->PROM-

Throwing her Red headed fit..

My Handsome Date My Alex...

There are more pictures on facebook.. I am not going to upload them on onto my Blog.

The outside world...

CAROLINE MET THE OUTSIDE WORLD...
Caroline finally got to meet the real world.. Corrin and Daddy brought her to my game yesterday.. Everybody met her.. Everybody thought that she was beautiful.. Because she is, of course. She didn't put on a show with everybody. She only got a little aggravated when people started talking really loud around her.. When they woke her up, she was get a little bit upset. But, anyways. She was a big hit at the Softball and Baseball games. Anyways..

Prom-
I got ready and the Banks' house. It was Micah, Meg, Alex, and I. The prom part, It was good. The DJ wasn't as good as we all thought it was going to be.. But we all kind of made it fun! I got to meet at least 5 new people that night. 1 at prom and the rest at the party. Which was fun also. I had fun with my date, Walker. He was fun! I was exhausted Sunday..

There is not much that I can say about this weekend.. It was fun.. Everyone looked beautiful.. I will post pictures when I get them fixed like I want them. Peace.

EVEN MORE GOOD NEWS ABOUT CAROLINE!

Thank you all for your prayers. This has really helped our family and God is working His wonderful magic, yet again.
Today, Caroline went to the doctor in Jackson for her Barium test, which means her swallow test, and she passed that with flying colors! YAY! They then took her to see the Endocrinologist, Dr. Moss, to see if she was progressing any.. Guess what? He said that he was very very very surprised in how much she has progressed since the last time that she had been. Thank you all so very much for your prayers and thoughts at this time of need.
I left out some names the other day. SPECIFIC ones that I need to clarify on this post. I want to thank-->
Rayce Penick- You are wonderful. I don't think I could ask for a more understanding boyfriend and best friend. You have been here for me for a year and a half and have been there for me through every step of this, loving Caroline just as much as I do. To the point where you were going to skip classes and come back home to be with me. You mean so much to me. You know that my family loves you and wants me to spend the rest of my life with you. You are so good to me. I love you.
Macki Penick- Thank YOU! You have been there for me since you found out everything that has happened and I thank you. You have helped me and kept my faith strong. You have seen children in this situation and have led me to know that she will be great. You are a wonderful inspiration.
MY MOTHER!- I know how hard this may for you to get through. I know this is not something that every divorced mother would do. I love you. You have been there for me through thick and thin and I dont know if you can get any better than that but you have been. I love you!
CORRIN AND DADDY!!!!- EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OKAY! I LOVE YOU BOTH!

New Pictures of the Baby.

Ok people! I have updated pictures of caroline! Im not going to put them all on here.. just a few of them... All of them are on facebook! These are pictures from Caroline's spend the night party at Vicky and Michael's. I think the picture of her above she looks just like Daddy and I.

The Easter bunny came..

I hope everyone had a wonderful easter! I did, thats for sure! Rayce called about 9:40. I woke up and got ready for church. It was packed of course. Rayce and I left there and went to his house for lunch with his family! The easter bunny even visited me there! Haha. Thanks Mrs. Pooh. It was a good lunch. Yum! After that.. We all gathered around Mackinzie for the entertainment for the day. She had to get used to all of her easter bunny presents. Later that night Rayce and I went out to my Daddy's so that we could spend some time with Caroline on her first easter too! Sweet baby girl slept in my arms until we finally HAD to go. UGH! I think I am going to go stay out there tonight! Yay! Time with my baby.
Caroline has a barium swallow test on Tuesday. This will tell us if her reflux is actually reflux or if it is something worse. So keep us in your prayers!
Friday- Rayce and I went to the movies store and got lazy. We didn't wanna do anything.
Saturday- Rayce, Jordan, and I went to the Catholic church with Mama and Tom. Alex and Jason sat with us. They asked us to go to the movies with them in Columbus. So we get to Columbus and start eating at The Grill. That was good. We went to the movies after that. All the movies went wanted to go see didn't start until 10. UGH! So we went to Starkville and went bowling. That was fun too!
Anyways. You know what i did Sunday. Hope everyone had a great one!

Life's a game..

-->Caroline-
Caroline is doing good. She stayed at Vicky and Michael's (Corrin's brother and sister-in-law) last night. She will be stayed there again tonight. She is going to start coming to my games. She will finally be able to meet the outside world other than family, doctors, and nurses. Poor baby! Caroline will be going to LaBona Hospital on May 4, 2009 for evaluation. She will be there for 3 to 5 days. Please keep our sweet bundle of joy in your prayers! I didn't mention that she was 10 pounds 6 ounces, did I? Our fat baby is growing so fast!

It's finally Friday. Thank goodness. We don't have school today, which is even better! It really hasn't even been a school week for me. Monday was a full school day. Tuesday I had to go to the doctor so I left early. Wednesday we went on the Honor Society trip. Thursday we left at 10:30 and we were dismissed at 9:40 so we could eat. We went to Purvis for our first game and then drove about an hour and a half to Liberty for our second game.-->Yesterday's games-Yesterday's games were exhausting but fun at the same time. Everyone was in a good mood on the softball team. Which is shocking to get that big of a good to be in a good mood all day! We got to Purvis and the B team played first. They lost 9 to 8 I think was the final score. We played and we won 11-4. So, we ruled that game like every other! Haha! We got in the car and went straight to Liberty. B team played first again and I'm pretty sure that they didn't win. Amite is good. So, its OUR turn. We start playing (did I mention that they were good?) and we are tied up by the end of the game. The score is 5-5. Wow. Close game. They talk to the umpires and we get Texas Hold 'Em going like we normally do. I go back to Second because I was the third out and thats how it works. Hannah knocked me in. Thank goodness and then someone else comes up, im not for sure who it is and knocks someone else in. Then one more time. So we are now leading 8-5. They get the 3 outs and its their turn to play. They put a person on 2nd. I dont know the sequence but they got one run. Blake Rigdon threw 2 people out at third from right center. SEVENTH GRADER! There was 2 outs and another batter. The batter hits a line drive towards Corey. It looks like it going over her head but she jumped as hard as she could and caught the ball. 3rd out. We WIN! YAY! We got home at about 1:30 this morning.
--> This Weekend-
I have absolutely know idea what is going on this weekend other than Sunday is going to be a very busy afternoon for Rayce and I. We have to go to church that morning and then go eat with his family, go out to my Daddy's and spend time with my family, and then come back from my Daddy's and eat with my other side of the family at my Mama's. This is going to be a whirlwind situation. Tonight, Rayce and I don't know what we are doing. We haven't exactly made plans yet. But anyways. Have a good Easter! Be Safe!

GOOD REPORT FOR CAROLINE!

Ok. So, I know that I just posted an entry a few minutes ago, but I told everyone that I would post what Caroline's appointment led to.
--> Of course I am on the other side of the phone wondering what the outcome of the situation was. Setting myself up for the worst. I had prepared myself before I picked up the phone to dial her number. I dialed the number, and it took about 3 rings before Corrin answered. I knew before I called that her voice would scream it all, if it was good news or bad news. I wanted good news, but like I said, we have to set ourselves up for the worst. In the past, when we have set ourselves up for good things to happen, it always turns out to be bad.
She answered the phone with a funny "Hello?" The voice that she does when she is in a good mood. Pheww. One thing down. One more to go. "Hey! What did the doctor say?" She answered me with, "Well.." This did not my anticipation any better because she paused after she said it.. "One thing the doctor said that her sucking pads look great!" YAY!!!!!
"Second, he said that because she has been so alert, he thinks her seizures are going away!" YAY!!!!!! THANK GOD!
"Third, they do not know about her brain. They have to go back Tuesday for another checkup and a scan."
Everyone who is reading this, that has been praying for Caroline and our family.
I just want to let you all know that you mean so much to us. I am so happy to know that there are loving people in this world that would take time out of there day to say a prayer for my little sister and my family. You have absolutely know idea how thankful we are for your prayers and you. We thank the churches for the prayers that they have provided for us and putting Caroline on the prayer list at all of these churches that we have been hearing about. To my friends that have been there for me through this all. Especially my softball team. They all witnessed me finding out what happened and what the outcome of the stroke was going to be. They were there for me in my time of need. They stopped what they were doing to comfort me. It didn't matter if they were taking defense, hitting, or just shagging up balls. They came to me to be there for me. Every one of my teammates. Not only have my teammates been there for me, but all of my friends from school and all of my friends that don't go to my school. You have no idea what this means to me and to my family. Thank you for all of Caroline's gifts. I can promise you that she has everything. God has proven his strength. He has a plan for everything and I am so glad that everyone knows it and have prayed to Him to keep our family going and to be with Caroline. Anything is possible with God. He knows whats going to happen next. Not the doctors, not us. HE DOES.
-- Julianna- I want to give a personal thank you to you. You are taking your time to make Caroline something that you don't have to take time out to do. I know that Caroline and my family as well, will treasure what you are painting for her. She will always remember that you did it for her because you loved and cared about her. Thank you so much for everything that you have done and everything that you are doing. I really appreciate it.
If you have any questions about anything, feel free to ask! Stay strong in faith. Keep praying! We have a lot more to go!

Caroline's Neurologist Appointment.

-->Today was a long day.. Unfortunatly.
I woke up at 5:20 and had to be at the school at 6:30. We went to Jackson to Mississippi College for the National Honor Society convention. If you don't know what it is, its just a long presentation thanking a lot of people and the students for being smart and things of that sort and interacting with other students in Mississippi. I rode with Mrs. Janice Martin, Megan Dinsmore, Laura Cotton, Julianna Persons, Meg Banks, and Hunter Campbell. It was open in there because Hannah and Hollie were already in Jackson. Anyways.. That was a long day. We sat there until 1:45. We left and we were going to the mall, but I'm not going to bring up that incident and get stirred up about it again. We got home, and I went to Southern Seed to talk to Mama to stall a little time. I changed out there and then came back to the field and we hit three rounds. We left after that and now I'm here.
-->Tomorrow, We are leaving at 10:30 to go to Purvis (3 hours away) and then go straight from Purvis to Liberty. We wont be getting to Liberty until about 9 tomorrow night and then play another game there. So tomorrow is going to be an even longer day. But we don't have to go to school until 9 tomorrow so that is good. We don't have school Friday so that is even better!
--> UPDATE ON CAROLINE-
Caroline had an appointment with the Neurologist today about her brain. I have not heard from Corrin yet. I will be going and staying out there tonight to help them out with the baby so I will try and update everybody again tonight about what is going on and what the doctor said. We are all hoping and praying that we have a good report. We need all the prayers that we can get. We have all the hope in the world that everything is going to turn out for the good. Please pray.

I hate doctors.

Well.. Today started off as a good day. Then it kind of went down hill. We had our Chemistry test and it wasn't that bad. But now that I say that it wasn't that bad I probably did horrible on it! Anyways. I get a message from my Mom that says "4:00 apppointment" which means something is bad and the doctor wanted to see me about my jaw. We get down there thinking that we are going to be talking about surgery, which we did, and he wants to do one more thing before surgery to see if it would work. So, he decided he wanted to inject me with a numbing medicine to numb my jaw. This would wear off in 2 to 3 hours. So, of course, I start flipping out and not wanting to do it but wanted to at the same time. So he comes in and sticks a 3 inch needle into my jaw from the outside. Did I mention that I am awake through all of this, without any medication? Yes, I was. The pain was horrible and I wanted to smack Dr. Griffin. I should have. THEN! ....... Mom and I had to watch what they were going to do to me during surgery. I think Dr. Griffin has pretty much already decided that we are already going to have surgery. He is just giving it another two weeks and see what it does. The movie sucked. I was still kind of in shock from getting a needle stuck into my face. But anyways.
Caroline had pictures today... Can't wait to see them! Have a great night.

Well. I am a bit tired. Today has been a HUGE day! I stayed up last night finishing Eclipse and started Breaking Dawn, FINALLY! I have been waiting to start this book longer than you would imagine. I should've read the third one fasted but I stopped for like a week so I could crochet for that week! But, anways. I woke up at 7:05 this morning and started getting ready. Meg, Micah, and I all went to Tuscaloosa prom dress shopping. YAY! Its exciting. I actually had a lot of luck, again. The last night I went there, I went for beauty and beau and had a lot of finals that I had to choose from. I finally got down to two today and it was a hard decision. It was between a Black velvet, strapless dress with a white sash underneath the bust and a Solid white one that was strapless and beaded all the way down and had feathers on it! Guess which one I chose? If you guessed white, you were correct. Everybody knows that I love white dresses! =) So, Micah got a black and gold one, and its gorgeous. Meg got a black and red dress. Its gorgeous. Both of theirs is. Anyways. After we left there, we went and ate at Olive Garden. It was GOOD. We left there, and we were on our way home. I had to be home by like 3:15 to 3:30 because Marion asked me to do her hair and makeup for their 8th grade banquet tonight. We finally got out to the highway and there is like 4 miles of traffic backed up. NOT GOOD. So we sit in traffic for a least thirty minutes. Again, did I already say that this was not good? So we finally get back at like 3:35.. WOAH! Close timing. So I finished her and sent her off to the banquet. My grandparents were here when we got home and I have been chatting with them for a little while. We have been invited to Fourwheeler ride, eat steaks, or either we really just want be quiet tonight and just watch movies all night. I think we are going to eat with Daddy, Peanut, and Corrin and then coming back and being lazy. But, anyways... Have a great Saturday night!

Unbelievable.

Well. Today was better. Haven't updated in a Couple of days. Sorry :/

Last night, Meg, Micah, Mrs. Melissa, and I went to Tupelo and saw Cats on Broadway. It was very good. Yes, I know what your thinking. We did go to Tupelo in the horrible weather and I thought we were all going to die. Haha.
Yesterday, we got out of school at 12 because the weather was supposed to get bad at around one. Luckily, we got out and it didn't bad until that night! So thank you bad weather for coming at night! When we left at 12, Kellie, Meg, Hunter, Trevor, and I all went and ate the Bakery. Well.. I watched and then ate what Trevor didn't want. We got back and then I started getting ready for that night. I missed my tanning bed appointment because of the bad weather, unfortunatly. But, I am going to go after my game tonight.

Today, I woke up at 7:25 and went to school with no makeup and wet hair.. I was tired. 1st period was ok. Second period--->UGH! I had to take a huge quiz that I stayed up til 1 in the morning studying for that I didn't even comprehend. Oops. So I wonder if I did ok on that! 3rd period we had PE. I have never laughed so hard in my life!!! Alonzo, Hannah, Jamie, Rachel were practically throwing each other on the ground fighting over this game they were playing. I couldn't even read I was laughing so hard. Coach Beall's wasn't there today so we watched a movie and didn't do anything in there. 5th, of course we did work. We got in a food fight with the boys table at lunch today, that was fun. And then we have a chemistry test on Monday--> drag. Anyways. Today has overall been a good day. We have a game against Amite!

Have a great day!

Awful Day.

Last night was awful. Rayce and I got into a fight. But that is ok because shockingly, it was our first fight in a week and a half and for those of you that know us, that's a big accomplishment. Today was awful. Even though we didn't do anything in any of our classes it still was horrible. Start off the day, I had to drive Mom around everywhere which doesn't bother me that much because she did it for me for 15 years. Then I got to school. That's where it fell down hill. First period I didn't do anything. Second period I sat in the cafeteria with Mr. Dale and Mr. Ray. That was an experience. I got to know Mr. Dale better than I did Sunday and he ended up speaking at our school during Second period. Third period I went straight to the bookfair because I signed up for it so I could get out of class. Mrs. Clemie told us that we could be done by 12 but that was not going to cut it for Julianna, Megan, Meg, and I. We didn't want to go to Geometry. Even though more than half of our class was gone to Hattisburg for the chorus competition, he was still gonna make us do something. Go figure? So we stayed in there. It was a long 3 hours. We mostly looked at the cook books. Julianna was the only one that ended up "copyrighting" as Mrs. Clemie would say. But after that, we went to lunch and then we went to chemistry. Today wasn't really Chemistry though. It was PE day. Hunter threw a ball as hard as he could and hit my foot. Now there's a bruise. Thanks, Hunter! Left there, Came home, changed. SOFTBALL! ugh. even said. Kellie and I got into it. She made me mad about something stupid, its common. We make each other mad all the time and we cope. Make the day worse, of course Rayce can't make up his mind on what he wants to do and springs some more news or drama on me. UGH! I hate that! So. Im about to just.. I dont even know. I hope everybody else had a better day than I did.

I haven't updated since Saturday--> oh well. I really haven't had that much time since Jr. Miss dress rehearsal was Friday, The actual Jr. Miss was Saturday. And well, Sunday. It was Rayce and Kendall day. But.. Anyways. Here are some pictures of the Jr. Miss.

This is how hectic it is behind closed doors.

Ashley, Rachel, and Laura

Jasmine and her "Little Sister" and "Little Sis"

Marion, Hollie, and I

Corey, Megan, and Meg

That's all the pictures that I think that I am going to to load onto blogger. If you would like to see more pictures, then go to facebook. Jasmine Eubanks won and Megan Dinsmore got Runner Up. Each one of the girls looked beautiful and I would've hated to have been a judge. They all did great! I was honored to be asked to be Hollie's "Little Sister" and I enjoyed every minute of it! I love you, Hollie!

<--My weekend-->
-->Friday- I had Jr. Miss dress rehearsal at 7. I had to be there at 6:30 to get Hollie set up and ready to get started. That ended about 9 and I went to Rayce's house. I left there about 11 because the weather was getting bad. I almost had to stay over there. So I didn't do much Satuday night.

-->Saturday- Saturday I woke up and lazed around for a good while and then decided that I might need to get up and run some errands. I went to Fred's to get Bobby Pins and things of that nature for Hollie. Saturday was the big night. So I did that and then got home and Jordan wanted to go eat at the new Mexican restaurant so she and I went and ate. At that point, we came home and then I got a shower. I went and picked up Marion at 3:30, came home, and did her hair and makeup. After I finished hers, I did mine. We then went to Hollie's to help her get all of her stuff ready for the night which we were about to be late for if we didn't leave soon. So we loaded up and went to the school. The pageant happened and then it was over. A relief for all of the girls. After the pageant, Rayce and I went to eat mexican AGAIN with Walker, Hunter, Laura, and Trevor. Then Me, Meg, Rayce, Hunter, and Walker all loaded up and went to Shuqualak to Taylor's going away party and stayed there for a while and chatted with all the people there! It was fun. I wanted to stay all night but some of them had to be home so we had to leave! Then Rayce and I just sat in the truck and talked for a while. Reminiscing.

-->Sunday- Rayce and I went to church to hear one of their old friends preach. I thoroughly enjoyed it. After church, we gathered in the fellowship hall and ate. Rayce took me home and I cleaned for a little while and then I went back over to Rayce's house. I sat down stairs by myself for a while. Mrs. Pooh and Rayce were doing something for school and I didn't want to disturb or distract either one of them, so I made myself at home. Rayce then left, unfortunatly, and I had to see him off. Went and got 2 of Micah's prom dresses and tried them on. I like them both but I am still going to go Saturday and look.

Today I had to go back to the doctor for another jaw appointment. They put me on a higher dosage of anti-inflammatory medicine so that it was heal, hopefully. I go back in 2 weeks to find out if I have to have surgery or not.

Caroline, Daddy, and Corrin just left for the beach. Caroline's 2nd beach trip! She is doing really well if anyone is wondering. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Jr. Miss

-->So tonight I have Jr. Miss! Can you say stressful? Im only in the opening number and I am already stressed out! Think about the girls that are in it! Im am Hollie Lane's little sister and Marion Colvin is our Little Sis. Megan Dinsmore's little sisters and little sis' are Meg Banks and Corey Dawkins. Ashley Thomas's little sister and little sis' are Rachel Holley and Laura Gist. I dont remember Jasmine's little sister and little sis' names are but they are all really sweet! So, all I can say it good luck to all of you! Each and every one of you will be beautiful in your own way! And once this thing is over with, you can all say that you have a HUGE accomplishment under your belts!
We had Dress rehearsal last night, and it went well. All the girls are getting nervous but I probably would be too if I was them! But they all are going to do great and its going to be a hard decision for the judges. I would hate to be in the judges positions. The real thing is tonight! Yay! Its almost over girls, its almost time to stop all the fretting! Take a deep breath! But it starts at 7 tonight, so BE THERE!

-->I'm going to Prom! Yay! Its gonna be fun. I'll be with all of my friends! Last year when Rayce and I went, most of my friends were there but not all of them! This year I can have most ALL of them. And I'm going with Walker Bell! Walker is Rayce's best friend so if your looking at this entry thinking, "Why is Rayce letting her go to Prom?" It's because Walker or Hunter or Bug would be the only one's that he would let me go with. Its going to be a fun night! Walker keeps me laughing! Now.. All I have to do is find a dress.. I have 2 weeks from today! And I have to start tanning. Like NOW! Which is perfectly fine with me. The theme this year is Midnight in Paris.

-->Update on Caroline-
She has been to the doctor like 3 times this week. She is doing good. We haven't had anymore scares or at least they haven't called me and said that she is in the emergency room! So that is a good sign. Keep her in your prayers!

The Heartbeat

We had a LONG night last night! Caroline, the sweet precious child she is, knows how to scare us to death. Corrin had taken Jordan (neice) to Faulkenberry's in Philadelphia yesterday to get a Pilot Club Pageant dress. Corrin called and said that they would be home by about 7. She had said in the conversation that when they got back to Louisville to drop Jordan off that she was going to feed Caroline. So I went to Kellie's house for a couple of hours before so that I could spend some time with she and Will. About 6:50pm, Corrin calls me and says "Don't come out to the house by seven come a little later." My response, "Why?" she said, "Well we had to bring Caroline to the emergency room." Of couse, then I am freaking out and about to drive to Louisville. Caroline has reflux (as I had said it previous entries) and she threw up yesterday and choked. She stopped breathing and Corrin had to perform the Infant Heimeleck. Luckily, when Caroline was coming home, Dad and Corrin were required to take the Infant CPR class that taught this procedure in it. So Corrin had to do that, then they took her to the emergency room. She was fine after that, thank goodness. She started breathing after Corrin did the Heimleck on her. So last night she was going to sleep with me like she always does when I am out there (I love my baby sister!) and she started making noises. She makes a specific noise when she is about to throw up and she started making that noise. Before I knew it she had spit up and it wasn't bad it just scared me. So I took her back to Daddy and Corrin and she slept with them because I was really nervous. So I was awake a lot of the night worrying about her and not only that my back was KILLING me and it was horrible. So there is the bad night that we experienced.

---->On a better note.
Congratulations to Angie Sudduth! Everyone must already know that she is pregnant again, thank goodness. That was such a hard time for everyone when she lost the baby a few months ago. But at the beginning of the week she called and said that she had heard the heartbeat which was a relief to all of us! Everyone knows that Tony and Angie were heartbroken when they lost the baby, as was I. But we know there is a little "squirt" in there now and we are all SOOO excited.
Keep them in your prayers and also my family. We don't need anymore scares.

Long days come again...

Can you say----- HORRIBLE!
This day has been horrible. I highly dislike Monday's anyways and then, this morning I had to wake up and go to the dentist. I HATE having to go to the dentist. Everytime I sit down in the chair I start to think about the noises that the drills make and it sends shivers all the down my spine. From then on, when they start, I have chill bumps and all I can think about is the noises. So then, I get to school and of course the first thing I am told is my "Latin exam is in the office waiting on me. Graded." This is not my cup of tea. The start of the day was bad and then it was about to get even worse. I knew I had done bad on my exam because I didn't study for it like i should have. Which was stupid on my part, but I had Chemistry the next day and I wasn't really for sure about it and I was at Randall's with Meg most of the night trying to figure out how to do all of the problems that were on our test. I ended up making a 70 on the exam.. Wow. One point away from failing. Luckly, she gave it back for us to correct. Which is extremely shocking to me. If I get everything corrected, I can make a 84.. Ugh. Better than a 70. (SORRY MRS. POOH IF YOU ARE READING THIS, I KNOW YOU WOULD NOT BE PROUD OF THAT GRADE!). So im finish.. I have to go play Kemper girls tonight.. Puts an even bigger damper on the day. I got to go!

Good evening, people!

Today hasn't been so good for me.. It is the last day of my spring break and I had softball practice at 2 and that last until 3:30.. Then I had to go straight from softball to Junior Miss practice.. Which wasn't actually that bad! When I got home, the whirlwind began. Mom and I were bickering over food and various things. Rightfully understanding in my point of view why she is upset. I know I am a very picky eater and I can't help that! But anyways.. Everything is ok right now. I am eating rotel as an appetizer until supper is done.

--> Back to softball..

It was long and very drawn out. Everyone was tired and nobody wanted to be there. This is totally understandable in my eyes because I agreed. We play Kemper tomorrow.. (ugh. I dred it). It is going to be a long Monday! Meg, Kellie, and I (pictures of Meg and Kellie below!)pretty much talked about important things that had happened over Spring Break that each one of us needed to know about because it was a necessity for us to know what was going on in each others lives the whole day that we hadn't talked to each other! We had some very interesting conversations. And believe it or not, a lot of things had happened since the one day that we hadn't spoken to each other!

This is Kellie. Meet her. Don't get to close! She has a fiesty side! Haha.

This is Meg! This is during Spring Break and she had kind of gotten a little sun on her face and she wasn't very happy about it!

Anyways.. Tonight we are having Pork Chops, Buttered Potatoes, Sauteed Spinach and Squash, and Asparagus.. Hmmm.. Im thinking I may enjoy eating dinner tonight. Possibly. Not for sure yet! Tomorrow is going to be so long. I have a denist appointment and did I mention earlier that I had to go back to school tomorrow. Yeh, I know, tell me about it!

--> Caroline..

IS WONDERFUL! Keep praying for her and hopefully we will have some more miracles!

Im out for the night, people.. Im going to eat, read, and then sleep.

There's no point in forever without you..

Hello everyone!

Last night, Rayce, Brooks, and I went and stayed out at my Daddy's so we could babysit and they could go out! Well... Problems arose and they both got home a little later than planned so they didnt end up going! We stayed out there anyways and spent time with the baby! Little peanut was being so good..

She loves Rayce! She couldn't take her eyes off of him! Don't let him fool you, he's attached to her too!

Brooks on the other hand didn't have such a good experience with her! She was getting hungry and sleepy and Brooks just happened to be the last one to hold her!

My sweet, little peanut is so strong! We know that a miracle will happen with this little bundle of joy.. Mark my words!
We had a wonderful time last night her! She slept with me and then she got back with me this morning and slept with me until 10 this morning!
But anyways. I just wanted to post some new pictures!

Mix up.

Ok... So my last blog that I had somehow got rejected and now it won't let me sign on. I know I didn't have it for long and my not have had many followers yet.. But.. IM BACK!

Updates on Caroline-

Rayce, Brooks, Me, and my Grandmother are going to babysit tonight so that Daddy and Corrin can go out on a date and spend some time alone together and not have to worry about anything. Caroline has been throwing up a bit and we weren't for sure what it was.. We didnt know if she was Lacktos and Tolerant (sp?) or if it was just reflux. One of the doctors that she has been going to during the week said he is pretty positive that it is Reflux. We will find out in April.

Caroline has also been going two times a week to my cousin, Ryan Miller, who is a chiropractor. He has discovered that her spine is kind of out line and it is heated at the top vertebrae. They are thinking that the heat and imflammation are whats causing Carolines seizures.

Discussing seizures, Caroline's medicine has not totally cleared up her seizures but they are trying to keep them at a minimum with this medicine. When she first started taking the medicine, she could not stay awake for long than thirty minutes and then she would go to sleep for the next twelve hours. She would feed every three out of the twelve hours, but still was asleep during. Kind of hard to explain. Now Caroline has come a long way.. She can stay awake for the most part (you know how babies are). Wish Brooks, Rayce, and I luck tonight! =)

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On the 18th... Brooks, Rayce, and I all went fishing. I caught ten fish.. Which was my goal for the day. I caught a 6 lb. bass. YAY! Thank you Brooks Powell. Brooks had me beat though, he caught a 6.5 lb bass so he won for the day.

On the 19th... Brooks, Rayce, and Walker went fishing. The boys were wanting to spend some time with Walker because we had not seen him. He was in Colorado while we were at the beach (I'll get to that in second)! Anyways.. Rayce beat everybody.. He caught a 12lb bass..

March 19th, 2009

Pretty big, huh? I thought so!

That night, after catching fish, Rayce, Brooks, Ellen, Micah, Beth, Matt, Michael P., Michael R., Brandon, Novie, Lee, Walker, and I all had a cookout. We grilled steak (Micah marinated them!) and baked baked potatoes, sauteed mushrooms and thats about it! We stayed there until about 10 then Rayce and Brooks left when I left. I drove all the way back out to the lake to stay with Cari so that she could have some company! It was a long night and this morning came early when those kids started screaming!

-Beach Trip:

Meg, Kendall, and Madison. Spring Break 2009.

Wow. One word to describe it. It was a good 5 days. I like the relaxation. Not having to worry about school, softball, and having fun with your friends adds a perk to the whole thing too!

• Friday- We are supposed to leave at 8 in the morning.. well.. we didnt leave until 9, go figure? We get in the car and we drive while watching a movie. We get there. We go straight to the Wharf when we get there to get our Corey Smith/Rhett Akins concert for Saturday night. We shop around the Wharf area for a while then we all decide to just go ahead to the condo. We get to the condo and unload and then go straight out on the beach. We didnt stay out there but about an hour. But hey, its better than nothing! We went to sleep kind of early that night!
• Saturday- We wake up! The sun is SHINING! We all instantly get our bikini's on and went straight out to the beach! Most will get a kick out of this story.. Madison, Meg, and I were all putting on baby oil because it wouldn't burn us that bad and if it did then it would turn into tan by the next day. Well, Rayce decides he wanted to put some baby oil on also. We told him not to, but you know how he is when he started arguing! So we let him. He got sun poisoning he was burned so bad. It was so bad when we got to the concert Rayce had to leave half way through the concert. Another good story for the Saturday night.. We ate at Live Bait at the Wharf before the concert.. and guess who is sitting in the table next to us? RHETT ADKINS AND COREY SMITH! We got to meet them and take pictures with them.. But they are on my phone! That night was fun.

We shopped all day the next day and then the next. that was about it. We had a great time on Monday night.. We'll talk about that later though! Follow my Blog!

Rayce and Kendall. Spring Break 2009.