Hard To Believe...

...three years ago today,I first laid eyes on, held, kissed, snuggled & fell in LOVE with this beautiful little girl I am blessed to call my daughter.




Honest to God, the thought of it all still takes my breath away...

Taken Today...

...wearing my girl's FAVORITE COLOR!

*waving white flag*

Ok! Ok! I give up... between the comments here & the emails I've personally received, I'll keep the blog open but just know that I won't be blogging daily or even weekly for that matter. If you get a post or two a month, it'll be a good month. LOL I get that you all are enjoying not only pics of my Ruby (who wouldn't?!) but also the ones of me slowly disappearing... ok, nuff said. Blog stays and to show you all that I appreciate your kind words, a couple recent images of my girl & me as my way of saying, "Thanks for sticking around..."

-Amy & Ruby Cate

It's 5:47am...

...& I'm WIDE AWAKE!

Ok, so clearly those of you who still read my blog have noticed that I don't post nearly as much as I used to, if at all these days it seems.
Two things:

1. I'm just busy with living my life that I honestly don't think of ever stopping what I'm doing to go & blog about it...

and

2. I don't know as I want to continue Ruby's blog anymore. Honestly... it's been a good run, but let's face it, Ruby's older now & her & I do so much together that I don't pay the attention or respect to this blog that it not only deserves, but once had.

I think that maybe as of Nov 20th (our 3 year Got'cha Anniversary) I may close the blog.

Honestly, unless there's a huge outpouring of more than 50% of my readers, I kinda doubt I'll change my mind.

Thoughts...?

-Amy

(WHO SHOULD BE SOUND F'N ASLEEP RIGHT NOW BUT DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND MY CONTROL, I AM MORE WIDE AWAKE THAN ANY PERSON SHOULD EVER BE AFTER HAVING BEEN UP & FUNCTIONAL FOR OVER 22 HRS...)

Seriously...

...sometimes I'm just not so serious. LOL

A Halloween Preview...

...brought to you by the color GREEN!

A Halloween Preview...

...brought to you by the color GREEN!

GAME 7 & My Belated Birthday Gift...

Ok, so OBVIOUSLY I'm BEYOND EXCITED about Game 7 tonight, HOWEVER, as luck would have it, it also happens to fall on the SAME NIGHT as the following:



Sunday, October 19 at 7:30 pm

An Evening with Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood is a fully improvised evening of comedy and mayhem. If you are looking for a night out that'll keep you constantly laughing, and in need of a diaper, then this is the show for you!

The show is all about audience participation. Everything in the show is based on audience suggestions and many audience members are brought up on stage to be part of the craziness. The entire evening is completely improvised, and best of all, the show is never the same twice.

Cousin Steve bought these tickets for me for my birthday this year (back in August) and it's FINALLY NOW TIME TO GO & LAUGH OUR ASSES OFF, only... I CAN'T BE AT TWO PLACES AT ONCE! Sadly, although I'll have my LUCKY HAT on, my only participation in Game 7 will be through text messages from my brother!

GAME 7 & My Belated Birthday Gift...

I'm BEYOND EXCITED about Game 7 tonight, HOWEVER, it happens to fall on the SAME NIGHT as this:

Sunday, October 19 at 7:30 pm


mochriesherwood-ws
$50 & $42

An Evening with Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood is a fully improvised evening of comedy and mayhem. If you are looking for a night out that'll keep you constantly laughing, and in need of a diaper, then this is the show for you!

The show is all about audience participation. Everything in the show is based on audience suggestions and many audience members are brought up on stage to be part of the craziness. The entire evening is completely improvised, and best of all, the show is never the same twice.

True Story...

...7:25 am, Ruby quietly walks into my bedroom & whispers, "Momma, it's me, Ruby, can I come in pwease?"

"Yes Ruby, just be quiet please as Uncle Will is still asleep on the couch, ok?"

Ruby enters & climbs up onto my bed & snuggles next to me.

"Momma," she places her hands on either side of my face and kisses my forehead, "I wuv you wiff much wuv..."

Me: (melting) Aww sweetie, I love YOU with much love, too!

Ruby: "Momma, do I haf morning breaff?"

Me: (giggling) "I dunno, do you?"

Ruby: (breathing heavily in my general direction) "Smeww it Momma, DO I?"

Me: (laughing now) "Yes Ruby, I think you do have morning breath. How about Momma? Do I have morning breath too?"

Ruby: (sniffing my mouth) "EWWWWW! MOMMA! GO BRUSH YOUR TEEF WITE NOW! THAT'S GWOSSSS!"

LMFAO

GOOD TIMES!

Oh, and my computer is fixed & back & in BETTER SHAPE than it's ever been, THANKS TO MY BROTHER ADAM! THANK YOU BRO, YOU ROCK! Now we just need to win game 7 tonight & all will be right with my world! ;)

Our Week...

...in pictures:






















(Any questions?) hehehe

Oh The Things You'll See...

...random shots through the

Still Alive...

...been crazy busy with BMB orders & have a deadline to meet! (cross your fingers!)
Hope all is well with everyone & I promise, as soon as I get these two books perfectly organized & shipped off to our publishers, I will return with lots to share & PICTURES! (Cuz, let's face it, it's all you people want anyways, right?) hehehe

*BIG GROUP HUG*

-Amy & Ruby Cate

ps. Any of you have Skype? Sign up (it's free!) and get ONLINE, and say HI! Ruby & I LOVE chatting LIVE with people... surprise us! ;)

Me...

...TONIGHT!


(down 125 lbs... & counting!)

And, oh YES, that's me partying like a ROCK STAR! It's 3:30am & I'm JUST NOW POSTING THIS. You do the math... THIS SINGLE MOMMA'S STILL GOT IT! *grin*

CAN YOU EVEN?!@#$%^&^%$#@!>?

I honestly look at this picture & don't remember when I was so sad that I let myself get this way. I know it happened, obviously, but HOLY CHRIST!



I'm now down 125 lbs & am LOVING LIFE as a HEALTHY MOMMA!



It's funny, I go out now & wherever I am, I find myself looking at the bigger women I may come across & secretly thanking God that I will NEVER be like them again. Ever.

It's awful, I know, because I WAS ONE OF THEM! I just remember how sad & lonely & defeated I felt... and fat jokes are NEVER OK, even now at my svelt size 14 (& still dropping) I REFUSE to crack a fat joke, beause I remember how much I hated them.

I may be happy to NOT be big anymore but that doesn't mean I will ever forget what it's like to walk in those shoes... because that's impossible.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Friday!

-Amy

Just Because I'm So Damn Proud...

...of the WORK Kristen put into this for us & the way it loads SO FAST now, PLEASE, I ask all of you to check out, yet again, BOOKMYBLOG.COM

We finally have images up of some of our customers to date & they look FANTASTIC!

*smiling from ear to ear*

And Just Because I'm So Damn Proud...

...of the WORK Kristen put into this for us & the way it loads SO FAST now, PLEASE, I ask all of you to check out, yet again, BOOKMYBLOG.COM

We finally have images up of some of our customers to date, and remember

And Just Because I'm So Damn Proud...

...of the WORK Kristen put into this for us & the way it

An Interview With My Daughter...

1. What is something Momma always says to you?
I wuv you...

2. What makes Momma happy?
A hug, a Ruby hug & kisses!

3. What makes Momma sad?
Uh, not be nice, I'm sad cuz you are sad & I beat you every time at my games!

4. How does Momma make you laugh?
Momma pways a game, that one just makes me laugh!

5. What was Momma like as a child?
Uh, Ruby Cate! Momma was just wike Ruby Cate!

6. How old is Momma?
Momma, you know it, how old are you?

7. How tall is Momma?
Tall! (clearly, she may need glasses very soon...)

8. What is Momma's favorite thing to do?
Snuggle wiff my Ruby Roo!

9. What does Momma do when you're not around?
Uh, around? Momma's sad when Ruby not here!

10. What is Momma really good at?
Not pee pee'ing in her pants!

11. What is Momma not very good at?
Uh... NUFFING! Momma can do anyfing!

12. What does Momma do at work?
She work at a kids room! WIFF ME!

13. What is Momma's favorite food?
Chicken Vegetable Soup! It's chicken vegetable soup! Momma wuvs it!

14. What makes you proud of Momma?
Not Pee Pee'ing in your pants!

15. What do you Momma do together?
Help Ruby ride her bike!

16. How are Ruby & Momma different?
Taller & Bigger... Tall & small. I'm small & you are tall!

17. How do you know that Momma loves you?
Hugs and kisses, hugs and kisses. Love Momma so much to have a Bear!

Ruby, I love you baby...
Hugs & kisses Momma, wet's do hugs & kisses wite now!


Nuff said.

Just For Fun...

...some pictures from our "Momma & Ruby" day yesterday:




We started out the day wearing GREEN from head to toe...
(even Bear was on board!)



Then we,



Drank some,



Yummy TEA!



Momma of course chose to wear HER FAVORITE COLOR, RED!



Then, if you can BELIEVE THIS, we SAW A BEAR!



Ruby was slightly intimidated by his size, at first...



...but as you can see, they became fast friends!