Ode to Laney

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LANEY!!!!

Wow has it already been a year. Time has flown by. Here are some of my favorite pictures

I love that smile

A day at the beach

Ready to hit the road

Laney Lovin on Eyore

Almost brand new

Helping out in the yard

Derrick was a wee bit late in getting the card out
He as not figured out how to use the pen
so he wanted to do his own Ode To Laney
He pulled out his rake, exersaucer and floppy hat


Just to wish her a happy first birthday!!

PICTURE TIME

Today I took Little Man to get some new pictures taken. Once again we went to Portrait Innovations and once again I was very pleased. They took over eighty pictures and I left with them. They can zoom and crop right there with a click of the mouse. I love this place. Everyone was super friendly. Here is a taste of the pictures. They are so sweet.

This is one of my favorites

Then and Now

Rowdy weekend!!

Here I am with Nicole, Heather and Molly. I was pretty hammered at this point, thus the rock star pose.

Two years ago I had my bachelorette party on Okaloosa Island, FL. Just next door to Destin. Last weekend, me and some girls headed back that way for Nicole's bachelorette weekend. I was looking back at the pictures and was blown away on the similarities.

NOW, Nicole's bootie

Then, my bootie

Now Nicole, our bride to be on the beach.

Then the bride to be, ME

Now, Nicole being serenaded on stage
Then, Katy kicking it one time Vanilla Ice Style. Oh yes I was doing a live performance of my Ice Ice Baby Dance number.

Now and now, our bride with me. I can not remember if I was passed out drunk or just tired at this point. It was a long weekend.
WE DRANK,

(Nicole and Heather)

Nicole drank more

We made out with statues in the finest Irish Bar in DestinGot Tattoo's
Nicole's tat

My tat

But no matter how far away, or how polluted I was I was missing my son.

Yes that is a picture of Derrick with me on the beach.

I was without a doubt missing my little man. I had his picture in a frame with fish on it so he could blend in with the beach theme. He made his was to Florida. He spend is days in the sun both poolside and ocean side right by my side. I took the picture everywhere except the bars (he is just six months old). I did enjoy the time celebrating Nicole's weekend, but is was hard.

To end this trilogy of posts I want to say life had changed and will continue to change. Life two years ago was good. Life today is great. Look to the future and learn from the past. Good luck to Nicole, I love you girl.

(BTW they were henna tattoos)

BABY BREAK!!!

Pardon the interruption of the trilogy of blogs of how life has changed for some great pictures of da baby. He is just getting so big and active. He is scooting all over the house. Derrick George has figured out he can sing. OK no real words but he coos and oohs in such a sweet melody.

Big Derrick took him to his first football game tonight. VHS had a scrimmage game with Bainbridge. The boys went up there with Kevin and his brother's family. They have a little boy who is almost 4 months old. Of course he did not bring the camera so I can not show you the pictures. Big Derrick said Little man stared at the game and smiled the whole time, till he passed out at half time. The baby not the big guy.

BTW have you checked out the link to Derrick George's THEME SONG?????

Goodby JP's

If anyone had ever spent any time at VSU they had been to JP's. This bar was the classic "hole in the wall". Mrs. Roberta had been running the place for many many years. I think just before she closed the bar she was serving the kids of some of the first patrons from back in the day. The bar is now in prime real estate location so she decided to hang up her bottle opener and hand stamp and sell out to AT&T for MUCHO bucks.

Mrs. Roberta referred to everyone as sweetie. She at one point in time had almost all of my male friends as bouncers. Oh and yes, Derrick was a bouncer for her when we first started dating. Mrs. Roberta would get just as sloshed as all the underage college kids. After a good night of boozing it up, she was known for locking the bouncers in and getting them just a hammered as she was.

Many young and upcoming bands played there including, Hootie and the Blowfish, Soul Asylum, Widespread Panic. Jupiter Coyote ,String Cheese Incident,Left Over Salmon,Collective Soul, Freddy Jones, Swingin Medallions, Grapes, Matchbox 20, Drivin-n-Crying, Blueground Undergrass, Col. Bruce Hampton, The Four Non Blondes, Derek Trucks, David Allen Coe, Donna The Buffalo, Sugar Hill Gang, George Porter Jr, Morris Day and The Time, Gov't Mule, Evan and Jaron, The North Mississippi All-Stars. There was one band that I would clear my calender for was Curiosity Shoppe. These guys rocked. The broke up many years ago but I still listen to the CD.

Wednesday Nights was Sink or Swim. All you can drink for the mega low price of $7 and still was when it closed. Friday night was ladies night. There were 2 stages. The front stage was really only used for the smaller bands, and guys with a guitar when the shake you bootie music was playing in the back. The back was where the big stage was. Every one had their name carved in the main bar. There was an upstairs but after my second year, I never saw anyone use it. The men's room consisted of a bathtub for all the men to relive themselves in. There were two stalls for the women. Most of the time only one of them worked. There were many times I ended up outside watering the bushes. Those were some fun times.

Man I wished that was there in 199?

The port-a-potty not the skeleton hanging on the dumpster

The wall where the sun is was the background for the front stage.

Mrs. Roberta had DISH up that place?? Well she did live there some, I mean most nights.



OK there are no bushes there now but all of this was wooded.

Here is the back door, again I had only seen this opened my first few years. It was a garage door that was spray painted HAZ MAT.

But all good things must come to an end.

or do they??????

RIP JP's

End of an Era

Last week life really fell, into perspective for me. One chapter in my life, no wait one volume in my life ended when I found out we were pregnant last year. Soon a new book was in the works. Before June of 2006, I loved to go out with friends any given night for a night of drunken debauchery. Wake up the next morning ad do it all over again. Derrick and I could just pack up the trusty Dodge and make a trip out of town. Now, I have to mark in in my day planner days, weeks or even months in advance just to see someone who lives here. OK back to the story, two rather big parts of my young life were being torn down. I also realized why my friend Shannon would say "I can not hang with the big girls". I will make this three post blog. A mini series of blogs if I may.


Hopper Hall was my home for two years. It was my first home away from home. I met many dear friends while living in this dorm. Do not get me wrong I knew some WHACK JOBS TOO!! I still keep in touch with some of the girls (the cool ones), not the whack jobs). I lived in 109 South and 158. OK they were the same room, between my two years they did a remodel and renumbered all the rooms. Now it is a pile of rubble

Here is what is left of HOPPER HALL

My room is just about where the bulldozer is.

Still where the bulldozer is



Hopper just looks so sad

Next post will be JP's bar.

Happy Birthday Heather

Dear Heather,
I am sorry that I was unable to wish you a Happy Birthday blog on time. So here it is a day late. Was you day a blast? Did you get drunk and dance with a lamp shade on your head? Or how about streaking? Any streaking? OK I know, tattoos and piercings. I knew it I knew it. You were showing off the new tattoos and belly button ring and deiced to go ahead and take everything and go streaking down to the neighbors house to use their lamp shade as a hat and dance!! I am glad you had a great day Heather!!

Love you,

Katy

Jammin' in Jammies/ Six Month Stats

I love these PJ's! My BFF Jackie hooked Derrick George with these super fun jammies. They are 3-6 months in size but swim on him. Just a warning, you will see these on the regular. He will be in these jammies for a while they still swim on him and heck, they are sooooooooooooo cute. I just love that Big Derrick holds Little man's pacifier in his mouth!

We had our six month check up and the oh so fun for the entire family' shots. Once again not the Jose Quervo shots we love but the ones attached to a needle. Harry Redface was back there for a few minutes. Man this kid can scream. After a few minutes he was back to his happy self. I noticed that there are so many baby girls out there. The waiting room was full of girls and 2 boys, Derrick and an eight year old boy.

Now the stats:

Height: 27 Inches
Weight: 18 pounds 4 ounces

I have plenty to blog about soon. I will be OOT this weekend. Me and some friends are headed to the beach for a bachelorette weekend. I hope to have some super fun pictures for you. Heather, I will have a special HAPPY BIRTHDAY blog for you. I know it will not be as sweet as yours was for me but I will give it a shot.

HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY HEATHER!!!!

My kid ROCKS

I am blown away everyday by all the new stuff he can do. Today I am pretty sure he is almost figured out this stand up, push stuff thing, maybe??? See for yourself. It may just look like him rocking out on a Fisher Price piano, but watch the movement across the floor:

Watch the chubby legs as they scoot.

He had just gone down on his knees, I was too slow to get the shot of him on his feet.

OK really I was scared he was gonna fall and bust his head on the hardwood floor.

If I had not seen this, I would have not believed it.
Derrick is lucky in that he "hangs" out with other kids (RJ 18 months, Kristen, 3 years) so that he can see how to get around and how to use is arms and legs.


After all the play and none of the "work" Little Man is down for the night.

And now we are too. Good Night Bloggers.