Showing off my baby kitties :)

All but one has opened his/her eyes. They are really getting a more active now. I probably should buy a bigger bed for them because lol Savannah is kinda crammed in there with them. After they get done eating she gets out and lays down on the floor to get some sleep :) But here are a few pictures.

Feeling a little disheartened....Family Issues

So today I went to Jasper with my parents for decoration and Easter dinner with my family. (Wes had to work tonight so he stayed home to sleep). It was a kind of mixed feelings day. Here is the scoop....sorry in advanced for the longness.
Okay so back in November I found out that my sixteen (well he just turned 17 in Dec) year old cousin Will had gotten his girlfriend pregnant. It was a big drama filled episode. (Short side of things his mama is a crazy lunatic). It has really tore up my Aunt Betty who is Will's grandma. Anyway long story short, Will wanted to get married now...but both of them still have a year of high school left, and pretty much all BUT his mom were objecting that. Yeah think no jobs, no education, um no money....so now they are waiting to get married after they graduate (that is if they make it). Well today they were talking about a baby shower...she is due May 30...and the idea of having one major shower...with all families involved was brought up. You know what my cousin said? No we don't want one big shower...we want separate showers so we can get more stuff! I seriously was just stunned. To top this off he brought the girlfriend around and introduced her to everyone and when he said This is so and so and we'd say hi nice to meet you she'd just look at us and not say a word. Nice huh? And finally to top things off completely I found out today that Will's mom was mad at the family because at Christmas we weren't all excited for her about being a new grandma and we didn't make a big deal out of it....well maybe we are wrong but I'm sorry but your sixteen year old son getting a girl pregnant is not something to be praised for in my opinion.
Okay drama part two. Some of you might have heard me talking about my cousin Ashley when growing up. I think Lauren has met her. Well Ashley is my Aunt Betty (yes the same Aunt Betty)'s granddaughter. She is 18 and a senior in high school. Well she got engaged a few days before Christmas to her boyfriend Curt who is 22. I know that doesn't sound so bad but here is the deal. She is getting married next December. So that means no college after high school. (She has been doing some duel enrollment at a local community college down there but I am not sure if she is finishing it) Curt has no college. Heck he just recently got a job but I'm not sure how great it is. He is her first ever real boyfriend. They have that kind of romance where they follow each other around all the time and you never see one with out the other. Example...if she goes to the bathroom he follows her and stands outside the door. In my opinion not very realistic.
His dad bought her engagement ring, not him. And it's pretty big. At Christmas she made the comment out of my earshot but not out of the earshot of my dad that her ring was a lot bigger than mine. My dad being my dad said Well if Wes' father had bought Candi's ring then I'm sure she would have had a massive one. Lol I had to thank my dad for that one.
Okay now you know the background of the story. Now I have always been really close to my cousin Dina who is Ashley's mom. So today I was asking about wedding plans how they were going etc. Well I kept getting the cold shoulder on it. Dina was acting like she didn't want to talk about it. I tried a few times and then finally gave up and went outside to talk to some other family. Later on I came in and overheard her talking about it to others. I don't know why this hurt my feelings but it did. I just felt kinda put off.
Also yet another cousin (sorry I have a big family) who is also graduating this year got accepted into Brigham Young and she was super excited about it. So yeah she was talking about it today. I was really disappointed in how Ashley acted towards her about it. When Stefanie announced her news Ashley just snorted, and walked out with Curt in tow. No congratulations or anything. She was raised better than that. It's like since she has been with Curt she has gotten so well snotty. It was Ashley's decision to get married out of high school, no one is forcing her. She could have easily went to college. She chose this. So don't begrudge your own family their achievement.
Okay if you have made it through this thank you. I'm sorry it was so long! I just had to get that off my chest. It was just kinda a disappointed feeling day. I hope all of you had a happy Easter!
PS.....Congrats to Colleen, John, and Mr. Dash Dixon....he was Mr. May for the Decatur Daily's Easter Babies on Parade :) Also later this week and incredibly funny story about Macy :)

Yeah for Spring!

It's Easter weekend! This week was also the start of spring. I see signs of it everywhere :) Yesterday I saw a baby horse and it's mama running in the pasture. (a nice perk of living outside city limits). The Bradford Pears are blooming and so are the Dogwoods...although not the ones in our front yard...they are still babies and I hope they made it through the winter.
This weekend is decoration where my grandparents and brother are buried. It's a family tradition to go there and then have lunch at my aunts house. Unfortunately Wes can't go this year because of his outage so he will be sleeping Sunday. Blah. This outage has only been going on a week and I am already ready for it to be over.
I hope everyone has a happy Easter and a great weekend :)

Need a laugh?

Disclaimer: I deleted the picture. I really don't know what I was thinking actually putting it out there. I guess I was so surprised someone had actually created that thing that I just did it without thinking. My apologies for my lack of judgment....

Another Great Etsy Find

So yeah I am an etsy addict. I found this shop today and these are some of the most adorable pillowcase dresses ever! And they are a great price! I ordered two, one for Macy, and one for my friend Danielle who is expecting a baby girl in June. I got hers so the baby can wear it next summer.

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So if you know someone with a little girl or you have one yourself (Roz, Patrice :) ) then head over and check out her shop.

Happy Wednesday all!

I'm Doing my Ten Early (as in Monday night :) )

1. I'm so excited for my new kittens. Savannah is a really good momma cat.
2. I really want more of ya'll to check on my blog Instructions Not Included :) I think Colleen is the only one who does :) I don't post on it everyday but since ya'll have conceived or are trying or looking at trying I tend to put thoughts of interest up there :)
3. Wes started his outage last night and it is going to take some getting used to on his not being here over night and at home during the day trying to sleep. This only goes on till May 3rd thank goodness but still.
4. On that note I am amazed at how much safer I feel with having an alarm system. I HATE staying by myself....absolutely despise it but it's going to have to happen occasionally. But having our alarm system gives me a sense of security and I am very grateful for it.
5. Tomorrow I'm taking the Alero for a oil change at Wal-Mart. It'll probably be her last in a while because she is going to be retired to the garage come May.
6. I got great news last week. I was supposed to grad next May for my masters and it has been moved up a semester. I will have my Masters in Elementary Education with a concentration in Reading in December! I am seriously considering now getting my EdS in Reading from an online program that Auburn does after I finish this. I think it would be awesome to be a reading coach. And I would be estatic to receive a degree from Auburn :)
7. I've been trying out lots of new recipes lately and they haven't been turning out that great. I've been bummed. However Lauren I did try your chicken divan recipe and it was delish! Wes loved it as well...although I think I may tone down the amount of mayo...personal preference on both our parts....but ya'll should try it...it was fantastic.
8. Macy's latest thing lately is referring to herself in third person. Like I was over there a couple of weekends ago after church on Sunday. We were sitting down to eat. She says Candi you sit by Macy. And the other night Dad said he called and was talking to Chris and he heard Macy in the background so he tells Chris to tell Macy Pop wants to talk to her. She says Tell Pop Macy eat a orange! She was too busy to talk to him lol.
9. I've got serious spring cleaning on the to do list for this week and next. Both inside and out.
10. I hope everyone has a fantastic Tuesday! Enjoy the gorgeous weather!

Our New Little Additions

Savannah had five kittens. They all seem to be doing well. I took a few pictures.



It's pretty cool because of the four that look similar there are two of each and then the cutie black/brown/and white one.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!