WOW! I won VOTW

I won VOTW (visitor of the week) at one of my favorite blogs. Diana at Custom Blog Designs choose me as visitor of the week. I am so excited. I win my choice of a custom blog signature, blog button or scrap page. I think I am going for the blog button! What ya think? Click here to check out her awesome designs. She has alot of awesome samples on CBD of designs she has already completed! If you are ready for a change, just email her and get her to "pretty up" your blog. We are in the process of updating ours again, so check back soon to see a new look to Hairbows and Fishin' Poles.

Cuteness from Joleigh

UPDATE: This morning Joleigh climbed in my lap to look at a video from our friends that are serving in South America in the Mission Field and when she was finished viewing the video...she asked me nicely..."Mama, would you please put me down before I get nervous?" Where in the world did that come from? Oh my! Pictures coming soon. Trying to locate my USB cable for my camera and stores don't have them and website says backorder!

Here are some things Joleigh has said the past few days that we wanted to journal.

1. Today we went to the park with some of Joleigh's friends. She had on blue jean shorts, orange top. I ask her to go and get some white play socks and tennis shoes. When she came out she was carrying hot pink socks. When I asked her where her white socks were, she said, "But pink ones match my fingernail polish!"
2. Joleigh was doing such a great job with her hula hoop that she wanted her Dad to watch her. She called her Dad to watch her (he was watching TV) Dad kinda mumbled, "I see, I see" She quickly responded to him with, "no you didn't cause you are looking at the TV!"
3. This week, I signed her up for K3 Preschool for the Fall @ the same school as Jacob attends and where I use to teach before taking a LOA to go to China to get Joleigh. I told her that we were signing her up. When we opened the front doors, she ran (I mean ran) into the Principal's office and hollared his last name only, "H______, (no Mr, just his last name)I am BIGDER now and I AM COMING TO SCHOOL! I NEED TO GO GET A BACK PACK" IT was priceless, except for the fact that another teacher and parent was in there with him.
4. The other day I heard her arguing. I knew I was the only one at home, so I went to investigate. What I found was her looking in the mirror, arguing with herself. Oh my! It was hilarious!
5. We went to a children's store the other day to look at Easter dresses and she pulled an outfit out and put it up to her and said, "Styling"
6. When we are out and about, she asks everyone, "What is your name?" Most of the time they answer and then ask Joleigh her name, to which she replies, "My name is Joleigh, but today, I am Gabriella"
7. Just now, she is hollaring for me. "Mama, I am poo pooing in your potty, I love you, will you wipe my hiney?" How could you resist that?

Butterbugs

My friend, Julia and her friend, Kristen has a website with come cute clothes that they make. Check them out when you get a chance. I can't wait for Joleigh to strut around in some of their outfits. The name of their website is Butterbugs. How cute is that!! Let me know what you think! Oh, and right now they are running their pillowcase dresses for only $15. WOW!

Joleigh's New Hobby

While I was cooking supper last night, Joleigh turned on my digital camera and starting taking pictures of the room, herself and who knows what! She was so proud of herself! Thought I would post to the blog because she wanted to put them on the "puter" Leave a comment and let her know what you think of her photography skills. Have a blessed day!

The Fish That Didn't Get Away!

Saturday, Jacob went to his D'daddy and MawMaw's to troll around in his boat and throw out a line or two. Well, that boy caught a HUGE crappie fish! For real....I have NEVER seen any crappie as big as this one! It weighed approximately 3-4 lbs and about 16 inches long! We got Jacob's picture with it.....Jacob kissed his fish......and released it! Looks like he is carrying on the family tradition of fishing. What do you think Granddaddy, Uncle Tony and Uncle Mark about this fish? Pretty good for an 11 year old. Enjoy the pictures!

Happy Birthday CBD!!

Who is CBD? Well, CBD (Custom Blog Designs)is a fellow adoptive mom that does awesome digital scrapbooking and she is also a member of the same DTC yahoo group as I am. During our wait for our daughters, I saw how creative she was and thought I would email her about my blog. I was tired of my same old blog and just was tired of looking at it. So I made up my mind and emailed Diana to see if she could help me with my blog. I can't believe it has been a year since I contacted Diana to see if she would be interested in "pimping" my blog. I just told her the name of my blog and as you can see, she did an AWESOME job. Since then, Diana @ Custom Blog Designs has done over 60 blogs, signatures, buttons, etc. Diana does great work and not only does she do great work with designs, she also has donated $299 to Starfish Foster Home to help special needs children in China. How awesome! Great work, Diana and Happy 1st Birthday!

FFFF #13 --Boats

Here is a picture of Jacob and his friend with Granddaddy (my dad) during Father's Day weekend at Lake Eufaula in Alabama. They went out to catch some fish for supper and thank goodness we had other plans as the fish were not biting that day. It was an eventful weekend and alot of fun.

Wordless Wednesday--Sweetness!

Serious.Life

I wanted you to know about this publication I’m a part of called Serious.Life Magazine. They just published the February issue today, and I am in their Featured Blog Directory. It’s a very high quality magazine… you’ll really like it.

The magazine includes a lot of great content from bloggers you’ll appreciate, as well as great features, photos and other content. The magazine is owned and published by a family who have seven kids, three adopted and one who has Leukemia (www.riggsfamilyblog.com). The magazine gives away a bunch of ads to charities and ministries. Besides great articles on interesting people, there is a lot about family, adoption, personal finance, spiritual life, humor… all sorts of “life” topics.

Again, the subscription is free, and I know you’ll enjoy the magazine, so take a minute to check it out and sign up to get future issues. www.seriouslifemagazine.com