Joey's Birthday Party

Joey and William's birthday party was a hit. We had a blow up water slide and water cannon's. When the children first got here we gave the children a water cannon we had purchased at Dollar tree. For a dollar gift they were awesome. We put bucket's of water around in the yard so the children could suck up the water and have war. They had a blast.
Joey in his young wisdom said heck with the water cannon which held a couple cups of water and went for the water hose! Everyone laughed and of course Joey went back to his cannon to play.
We had a nice crowd of 38. Our list of guest follows: Aunt Celia, cousin Aaron & his family, Cousin Robert & his family, JoJo & his friend with her children, Sharon & family, Dave & his family, William's Nana Kathy & family, Joey's Grammie Joanie, Nannie Joyce, Lisa, Dale, William, Jessica, Henry, Mike, Joey and myself.
Mike and I are truely Blessed with family that loves Joey as much as we do! Joey is such a joy. He loves to smile and be everyone's friend. Several of the children didn"t want to go home and some wanted to come back the next day! That to me means we had a great party.
Joey recieved lots of nice gifts. But even thought the gifts are nice we enjoyed the fellowship even more!

My Baby is turning three!

Time flies........Joey is turning 3 on May 16th. We are having him and his cousin William a birthday party on Saturday. We are putting up the waterslide. The kids love the slide. My Momma bought it for the 2 boys last year for their birthday. It is one of the blow~up slides, it doesn't hold adults or bigger teens but the younger children love it. It is so fun watching them have so much fun.
Last year we put it up beside Momma's garage but with the shade and the ever so cold well water we had blue mouth children! So this year we are putting it in the sun. I'd rather have to put on lots of sunscreen than have shivering children!
We are serving hamburgers and hotdogs. Of course we are having all the fixins`like baked beans, potato salad and veggie tray. Water makes everyone hungry so we will have plenty food for everyone.
Jessica my baby sister also William's Mom and I are spliting the cost of the party. We are going on Thursday to Sam's to get most of the food and supplies. We are ordering the cake also while at Sam's. Since the boy's ages are 5 year's apart we have to go with themes that are not too babish or too grown. Since both boy's like planes I'm going to see if the have a "plane cake".
Joey is growing so fast and learning so many new things. You want to keep them a baby but there is no holding back. He loves his Daddy and follows every move. He does so many things like his Daddy like stand with his hands in his pockets. It is so funny watching them stand side by side with hands in the pants pockets! I really need to snap a photo of them one day.
So Joseph Daddy and Momma wish you the best 3rd birthday!! May you grow strong in body and in Love for Jesus!

The Baby Shower

We had my cousin Amanda's baby shower on Saturday. It went well and everyone seemed to have a great time. Amanda's baby was due the end of May beginning of June but she had him in March. He was so tiny only weighting a little over 2 lbs. but he now is a little over 4 1/2 pounds. He just may get to come home in as little as 7 days.

We had lots of food not knowing how many was coming I planned for everyone to show. So we had lots left which is ok, Amanda took home food for her house, I sent my other cousin home with the veggie tray (her children will eat it up for a snack) and sent home a baggie full of my cheddar bacon dip. Mike and I will be eating lots of Chicken salad and Egg salad sandwiches this week. I love egg salad for breakfast so that's what I will be having.

Amanda recieved lots of nice presents and lots of diapers. The latter being something you can never have too many of! She had lots of help opening her gifts as her nephew Brian and my Joey was there to help. Her being patient let them help her and made them feel as though they were big helpers.

We played 3 games:1. Toilet paper game: take as much as you need then pass it. When everyone is done make a bow. Funny to see the one's who either took too much or not enough.
2. Everyone is given a pin wwith a baby rattler attached. The pin to there shirt and if they say baby someone calls them and wins there pins. At the end of shower who ever has the most wins.
3. Cotton ball game: you are blind folded given a bowl of cotton balls in your lap with a tablespoon. On your head is an empty bowl. Get as many cotton balls on your head in 30 seconds. The player with most wins.

Joey had to play the cotton ball game. He is so funny he has to try anything you do! My Aunt Cecelia took pictures. I'm gonna have to get some to post.

Well have a Blessed week!

Paintball fever

We have a fever running around on the homestead and it's called paintball!! Yes you heard right paintball. Mike and I went to my Aunt Cecia's home several month's a go and her adult children were playing paintball in the woods that surround her home. They tried to get Mike to play but he wouldn't, he decided to play cook for the Army!

After dinner he finally got talked into playing. One game was all it took! He had the fever. He searched high and low for a Tippman A-5 gun for a great price. He found a package on e-bay for a wonderful price purchased it and the next weekend here we are off to my Aunt Cecia's home. He loves playing and since he has no real hobby I completely stand behind him. I enjoy going to my aunts and spending time with her and my cousins also.

Well my nephew Dale has now gotten the fever. He came with us one weekend and that was it for him. He had a gun but not an A-5 like the rest so my Mom his Nana bought him a used one that was in great shape. He loves playing and it's great to see him and Mike having fun, running around like 2 small kids and just having a great day with family.

Well my 6 year old nephew William can't be left out. Dale gave him his old gun. He is so funny. He will watch Mike and Dale play and see how they hide behind trees and such to try and not get hit with the paintball's. He then will imitate them. He had a ball on Monday night "playing" paintball with Mike and Dale. They just had their guns with no air or paintball's. They let him try and shoot at them. He hit Mike 3 times a least. He would try and do the same things as they did the night before!

That makes me realize more and more that our children really look at you to see how to live their life. It's scary and I pray that God will help me live a life in front of Joey that will not hinder him!

Joey's talking!

Joey's first words were Mama then bye bye the last weekend he started saying Dada. During the week he started saying papa! He tries so hard to talk. He mumbles and tries to say nannie but just can't just yet!!

Family loses

Daddy past away a year ago on Feb. 22nd. This past Friday his brother Robert Fisher passed away. And on Saturday March 1st his sister Mildred Gill passed away. Our family has been hit with many deaths in the last year and a half. It started with my Mommas brother Edwin Williamson passing on September 10th 2006 then I found out I was pregnant with Joey not long after. My Daddy passed in February 22nd 2007 and 3 days later on Sunday Feb. 25th my Aunt Cecelia's husband Joe Juliano passed away. and now Daddy's other 2 siblings have passed.

It has been a hard year!! Yesterday was very hard for me since I've not really mourned Daddy's passing due to being pregnant with Joey then having him. With Daddy's sister's passing it really hit me my Daddy's not coming back! Daddy was the back bone of the family and I miss him so much! It's so hard to for me to know that Daddy will never hold my child (he did know about that I was pregnant and having a boy named after him and his father Joe) Joseph Richard Bulger will know his grandfather. I will teach him about Papa and he will grow up knowing how Papa did this or that and living on the land he wanted his grandchildren to grow up on! Seeing the buildings that Papa built with his own hands or the fruit trees he planted. I don't want him to feel he missed out knowing Papa. I want him to know more about Papa than he would have if Papa would have seen him!! I feel such pride when recently he started to say Papa!!

Our weekend

We had a nice weekend. The girls came over Friday night and stayed until Sunday around 3:30. They went to work with their Daddy on Saturday. They came home dirty and tired from doing "nothing". Must be nice!! We stayed outside for a little bit while they played in the dirt and ran around.

Mike was so tired he look a nap till 8:30 p.m. Katie and I made supper. We had a chicken casserole and garlic toast. She helped a lot. She mixed the garlic and butter together and buttered the bread to go into the oven. She mixed all the ingredients together for the casserole also.

Kathy and William played games on the computer till it was supper time. We let Mike sleep since he was so tired. Katie also set the table with some instruction on my part. I think all girls should know how to set the table. It's very sad when they have no clue what a salad fork is or how it differs from a dinner fork!

Sunday we sleep in for a bit. Joey really sleep in~~~~he woke at 10:30 a.m.!!! We ate, cleaned up and then played outside till 2:30! Joey had a blast in his walker. Mike tilled the chicken pen up and the garden spot. I bought some mustard green seeds and some pansy's. Mike and I planted the greens and the girls planted the flowers! Funny to see two "city" girls get their fingers dirty! OH YUCK was heard more than one time!! Gotta get that "city" out of them!!