Slumber Partay!!!!

After Britt's welcome home dinner, I took my little lady McCall and April home with me for a Slumber Party! I have a very special relationship with all of Leah's children.


Nick: Way back in the day, it was me and Britt and Leah and Nick. We did everything together.

McCall: FINALLY we had our little girl. Need I say more? She is spoiled rotten!

Champ: I have a very special bond with Champ, I actually watched him come into the world. At one point I thought I was going to have to catch him because Dr. Litsey was not moving fast enough!

April and I had sooooo much fun with McCall! We pulled the sofa bed out and slept together on it. We watched movies, ate snacks and had a full "Manny and Peddy" session. Dale and Jackson did make us watch sports center for a little while, but they gave the TV back to us pretty quickly. Dale liked having a little girl in the house for a change, he looked so cute kissing her goodnight!

McCall and Abby after a long night of fun

McCall with her Crimson and White finger nails.(She obviously is going to be a Bama fan like her mother)

Leah, McCall and me

Leah, McCall and Clete at dinner

McCall and Abby

Britt's Welcome Home Party

We invited several family members and friends to celebrate Britt's homecoming. To my astonishment, everyone we invited came! We ended up with 20 friends and family there to support him! It isn't very often that you have a party and everyone on the guest list shows up.We are DEFINITELY a very blessed family! Since we had such a large party the wait at Red Lobster(Britt's favorite restaurant in town) was going to be 2 hours! Britt very quickly decided that 2 hours was way too long to wait and he would be just as happy at the Chinese restaurant across the street, so we all headed that way.

Those in attendance:
Dale, myself, Britt, Jackson and Clete
MiMi(my mother)
MiMi and Pop(Dales parents)
Granny
Nana and Popa(Britt's paternal grandparents)
Kimberly(Britt's aunt)
Uncle Jeff and Aunt Wanda
Uncle Pete and Aunt Joan
April
Bubba, Leah and McCall Hardegree

The "Blondourage" April, me and Leah

The whole gang, minus April who was taking the picture

The Brothers: Britt, Clete and Jackson

Kimbo and Britt

Britt and Jackson

Happy Birthday Daddy!!!

Happy Birthday to the best husband and father in the world. We love you soooooo much and are soooooo lucky to have you! Hope that you have an awesome day and many more!!!! I Love You!!!!

Britt is home!!!!!!!!!

Dale, Ms. Williams, Britt and Momma

We are beyond excited that our son Britt is home! Britt has really come a long way since Christmas. We are so encouraged by all the things that he learned and the progress he has shown, we are certain that this is Britt's chance to completely change his life.



I want to say "Thank You" to a few people that have helped us throughout this ordeal:

Dale you have been my rock. I don't know what I would have done if you hadn't taken care of me the way that you did. You were always right there supporting me and making sure that nothing caused me any harm. I love you sooooooo much!!!

Momma you have been there helping us in whichever way we needed. You kept Clete for me when I could barely breathe. You were right there picking up the pieces when Dale had to go to work. The way that you supported Britt through all this was amazing. He waited every week on your letters.

Matthew you have been an awesome friend to us. You and Melanie are the greatest! Matthew you have been there for Dale in ways that no one else could. We are so proud to call you our brother.

Leah and Bubba you guys are great! I wish that I had been honest with you from the beginning instead of waiting so long to tell you what we were going through. Leah you know that I love you so much and I am so glad that everything is going so well for you, Bubba and the kids.

April you are an amazing friend and you have helped me out sooo much with Clete! He loves you so much and I know you love him. Thank you for all those lazy nights of watching Ghosthunters and drinkin' coffee. I love you Babe!!!

These people are the ones that kept us going and we love them with all our hearts! One thing that we have learned through all this is that blood doesn't make you family, truly loving someone and being genuinely concerned for others is what makes you family. We consider everyone in this list our family and we love them very much!

Clete was soooo happy to see Britt, he has missed him soooo much! When he saw the car pull up in the driveway he came running across the yard with his arms held out screaming Bubba! Bubba! Bubba! He then jumped into Britt's arms and said "Bubba I missed you so much!" After a few minutes he came to me and said "Mommy, thank you so much for picking Bubba up!"


Dale and I can't wait to get Britt going in his new life! We missed him so much and are sooooo glad that he is home. Britt is going to need all the prayers and support he can get, the real work for him starts now! Thanks to all who sent your love and support!


Love,

Dale and Robin

Happy Birthday Jackson!!!!

Today Jackson turns 12 years old. I can't believe that the blond, curly headed little chunky monkey is 12! Jackson is a joy to have as a son. We wish him the best day and many, many more!