Wordless Friday!!!

NO more reality TV for me!


No more reality television for me! I loved loved loved Jon and Kate plus eight. I have watched that show since the beginning. After last night show, I will no long watch the show. I can’t even believe that I feel so affected by last night’s show. I was hoping and praying that the two would work out their problems, go to counseling, and talk to each other. Whatever it would take to work their way through their 8 months of madness. But turns out they aren’t going to work things out. And my heart breaks for those 8 kids. Not only do they have to come to grips with the pain of their parents not being together, they have to deal with the media and grieving in the public. Last night show said they were separating but turns out they are indeed divorcing. How sad, 10 years and 8 sweet children later, they aren’t even talking. I step back and look at my family and am grateful for our love for each other. I am not saying we are perfect. But I know that no matter what lay before us, we will get through it…. Those poor babies. Anyways I have given up on reality TV! Every time I get hooked, they end the show with the couple ending their relationship. If you ever get offered a realty TV show,, DON’T TAKE THE OFFER! Run…..

TIME IS FLYING TO FAST...

Time has flow on by so fast I don’t even know what day it is anymore. There is so much to fill you all in on its ridiculous. I will start off with my friend Michele’s baby shower. It was wonderful and she looked so pretty! It was a small and intimate affair. I made a diaper cake and her favorite chocolate covered strawberries. It is always a wonderful time when I get to see my 1/6 ladies. We try hard to keep our gatherings going. Michele gave birth to her son Jacob this month. He is so beautiful. I cannot wait for them to get settled in, so I can meet him and give him tons of kisses!


We went to Lake Anna, where my brother/sister in laws rented the most amazing house off the lake. The house was huge. It fit at least 30 people. They rented it to celebrate their 30th birthdays! How sweet! By the lake was this little beach and AMAZING bar. The kids had a blast, and it was a great bonding experience for Will and Bry. We had a blast!


The beginning of June, will Aunt Paulie and I took a girls weekend to Rehoboth beach. It was nice to bone with her. We were celebrating her end of chemo! We shopped till we dropped and ate till we exploded. It was a much needed rest away from the everyday bump and grind.


Jackie Rose graduated from Kindergarten. I can’t believe my baby is growing so fast. I remember the days when it was just her and I. I would take her to the pool, beach, jungle gym, and the play groups the base had to offer. We made so many wonderful memories in NC. I look back and it just takes my breath away,,, today she graduates from Kindergarten, the next thing you know I will be watching her walk down the isle at her wedding. I know I know, but I can’t help but think that time is going too fast. I want to cherish every moment with my babies. At least while they will let me! Congrats Jackie Rose! Mommy and Daddy are so proud of all you have accomplished this year. You have grown into a beautiful smart little lady! We cannot wait to see what this year will bring.

On a sadder note, pumpkin, our Jack Russell, moved out yesterday to her new home. Will and I have been torn for a year about what would be the best thing for Pumpkin and our family. Since going back to work, she has become an indoor dog. She doesn’t get the long walks she needs or deserves. The lack of love is defiantly not an issue. She has become a part of our family. I look back and see pictures of her and Jackie together… uhhhh .. It makes me sad. I did find an amazing young woman to be her new mommy. She has two jacks already, so she knows and understands the bread. She came over and worked with pumpkin everyday for a week. She brought her girl dog, love, to walk w/ Pumpkin too. She got Pumpkin to listen, and to sit and wait for her to walk in the house before her. She feeds her dog’s special organic or holistic food. Her vet is a holistic doctor. She goes above and beyond for her puppies for sure. She even took three days off work, to train Pumpkin and to get the new family used to each other. We will keep in touch and get pictures. It was and is still hard on us. Last night was our first night with her in the house. Walking down stairs and not seeing her doggy bed or her water or food bowls….hush. Don’t get me started. Very hard. But they say the doing the right thing isn’t always this easiest thing to do.


So that’s it in a nut shell. You are all caught up on the Gazes way of life.

Another Long Update..

So let me start off by saying that Willie is doing well. He has what you call contact dermatitis. Which means, good luck finding out what he is allergic too. The pictures you all saw before were a reaction from changing our laundry detergent. Won’t do that again! He is all better now, and is as crazy as ever.

Jackie will be graduating from kindergarten in two weeks. I can’t believe how fast my baby girl has grown. (She has been going to a private Christian school, long story short, there cutoff date is Oct 30th, jacks b-day is the 29th. She is going to public school next year, so she may be in kindergarten again,,,, which is fine ,, she will just be way ahead of all of them. But we are in talks w/ her new principle,, will keep you posted!) She is excited to get dressed up and sing her songs for everyone. I will take tons of pictures of course.

This Friday Will and I will be celebrating our 10 year anniversary! Yes, I said 10 years. And we were engaged 4 years before that! So it’s been a LONG time. What a journey it has been. I feel we have defiantly grown as a couple and individually. I can remember moving to Havelock North Carolina, in the middle of NO were, with no mall, no real restaurants. It was complete shell shock. I had a hard time adjusting to that life. But now I look back and think man, those were the best days. Life was so easy, laid back and carefree. We would play dominos and drink w/ our friends every Friday night. I would even get Will to go dancing with me on base. Then we moved back to VA for a short time so will could do OCS. That’s where we meet the Thornton’s. God had a plan for us to meet them! Then it was back to North Carolina,, but to J-Ville. Definitely a different life! But the Thornton’s moved there too. During all of this my husband deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, we had Jackie Rose…. then Willie came along. It’s been a great 10 years. I have learned a lot about how strong I can be,,, how amazing my husband is, how sweet children can be. I can’t wait for the next 10 years. For us to grow together and make great memories.

Wills Aunt Paulie got the clean bill of health. She will need to go back for blood test until her blood levels regulate. But they say the cancer is gone! Amen. God truly does work miracles. Her and I are going to the beach in 2 weeks to celebrate the end of chemo. Just the two of us. Looking forward to shopping away!

That’s all I have for now. I am horrible about pictures, but when I am home I am not on the computer. So I will download some pictures SOON!

Happy Mother's Day!!

My poor baby.... I cant take it anymore...

This is what my little man looked like before I took him to school. I hate seeing him like this. He was cleared up last night, and now like this. I hope when i pick him up from school its gone! Pray for my little man if you get a chance...... it looks like it hurts so bad. He acts normal, but today I could tell he was in a little bit pain.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY,, GOT A SURPRISE FOR YOU!!!

Well, Willie and Jackie stayed home yesterday. Willie had a rash, which the doctor said was an allergic reaction to something. Jackies allergies are just kicking her butt. So I went to show the day care my babies little rash , so they wouldn't worry. And look what i saw when i pulled up his shirt. OMG.... I freaked. I wanted to rush him to the ER. Got ahold of the doctor, and we decided he would come in for a shot. By the time we got there, his back was fine. Clear as could be. WTF, is what I thinking. Excuse my french. They say he has contact dermatitis. So no shot and mommy gets to re wash all of Willies cloths. My poor baby! Hopefully he still looks nice and white when I pick him up today!

WARNING....OVERLOAD.....


So as you may be able to tell by the date of my last post, I have been busy. Life just flies on by me these days. I wish I could remember how to just stop and smell the roses. Anyone out there knows how to do that…. If so fill me in!

I want to catch you up, so brace yourself. This may be a long blog. But I will try to be as short and sweet as I can! January was Willies mans 2nd birthday. He is such a big boy. He wears 4t pants and 5 t tops. My man is a stud, what can I say.

February was busy. I had a wedding shower to attend for my cousin Kathy. On the day of her wedding, I was to take Jackie over to her house to get her hair and make up done. She was one of the flower girls. The wedding party also got to ride in a stretch hummer limo! Jackie was so excited. But as life seems to go for the Gazes,,,, Willie woke up with a high fever, had a seizure. Normally we would just do what we normally do to break the fever and drug him up all flippin’ day. But this time it took him to long to snap out of it. We took him to the ER. Mean while, Penny came and got Jackie to take her to do all the special fun things I was do watch her do for the wedding. (I was so sad …) Willie ended up having the flu…. And Will ended up staying at home to take care of him. I went off to the wedding to watch our beautiful daughter,,, literally RUN down the isle. She was so cute! Willie eventually got over the flu! Thank the lord! The wedding was fun, and at the Four Seasons,,,, so you can imagine, they went all out!

In March we celebrated Wills 33rd birthday. We also celebrated Willies first day at day care. That was the hardest thing ever! He cried for the first two weeks. Wait till I post pictures of that! But praise the Lord…… my baby loves it now. He has made tons of friends, and is learning so much! His center is right around the corner from were I work,,, so I can be there in a minute if I need to. (I did get a call from the day care that he had a fever, diarrhea, and threw up. I haled butt over there… I was thankful to be so close)

April has brought the soccer season upon us. Jackie loves to play and will loves to Coach her team. Willie doesn’t understand why he can’t run after the kids with the ball during her games. It’s a full time job to entertain him, and I end up missing most of the game. But she loves it, and we are so proud of her! We also celebrated my sister’s 5th baby shower. She gave birth to Samantha Grace on the 16th. She is so sweet. Penny and baby are doing great! Another big milestone this month is that Jackie learned to tie her own shoes. Her daddy has done a great job with teaching her! Today, though, Willie, Jackie, and Will are all home sick. I thought Willie had scarlet fever… its running through his daycare. Turns out he is having a bad reaction to something. His rash is gross. Jackie has a fever and tummy ache and really bad allergies. Her nostrils are blue and they should be pink. Will has a serious sinus and throat infection. So any prayers you can send our way would be awesome. Tomorrow brings my 33rd birthday. I will celebrate taking care of all my sickies at home. Tis the life of being a mommy… right?

Oh, and my husbands Aunt Paulie had been undergoing chemo treatments for ovarian cancer. She is doing well and had kept very positive. Her faith has helped her get through it all! I call and check in her everyday and see her mostly every weekend. I think family time helps her a lot! So you can put her into the Gazes family prayers…. That we mean a lot too!

So that is all for now! You are all caught up. I just need to down load some pictures to go w/ this all. It may be a few days, but I promise I will get them on here by the weekend!

Look who turned 2!!!

Life seems to pass me by allot these days! My son celebrated his 2nd birthday on the 22nd and I am not just posting about it! We , once again, went to his favorite hang out, Chuckie Cheeses! He had a blast. We hung out with family, played tons of games, ate lots of yummy pizza, and ate the best cupcakes made with love by my sis Penny.

I cant believe my little man is 2. He has grown so much this past year. He is talking so much. I cant wait to see what the next few months will bring! We have fun playing. And he loves his "sissy". We are so blessed. Will bought Willie a basket ball hoop. Man oh Man he loves it!
(i will post pictures when i get some of him playing that!)

Happy birthday little man!

Willie loves to dance.

His Thomas cupcakes.

Don't eat the train!

He loves his drink!

My sister is "baking" number 5.... super mom!

Daddy's little stud.

My brave little girl..

Well most of you know Jackie had her tonsils and adenoids taken out yesterday. It has been a long journey for us all! With a lot of prayer, will and I knew this was the best decision for her. We had to be at the sx center at 630 am.. so needless to say we were all tired. My parents surprised Jackie rose by being there at the center when we got there. That really meant a lot to her and put a big smile on her face! By the time we filled out paper work, got her checked in, dressed and ready for sx it was 715. And then it happened , before I knew it, I was walking my baby down a long hallway to her sx room. I put her little body on this big white table. Held her hand, then they put this little mask over her nose and mouth. Before I knew it my sweet little girl was off to dream land. Then they kicked me out and back to the waiting room I went! SHESH. I wasn’t ready to let go of that little hand. All of a sudden my heart was pounding, I just wanted to grab her and run out of there. But thankfully God was telling me, it was going to be ok… and sure enough all was well. The sx was scheduled for 45 mins, but only 20 mins later they came out to tell me all went well. Man I was freaked out. Thinking he went to fast , what if they couldn’t do it. once again I was going crazy. But the doctor came out. Said they were gross and ready to come out, but that he also found she has a bad sinus infection. So on top of all that pain, she has even more pain. My poor baby. We went to the recovery room where she came out on a stretcher. She woke up and jumped into my arms. I held her for awhile while she slept. But then other peoples kids were coming out and those kids wouldn’t stop crying. Brats! So they woke Jackie up. That girl was up from that moment on till I made her finally go to sleep at 1 pm. I couldn’t believe it! yesterday she was pretty good. still loaded w/ all the drugs. But this morning at 5 am, she came crying. Saying her throat hurt. That she couldn’t swallow. It was so sad. I drugged her up and tried to get her to sleep but , no luck. In fact we are still up. I guess the Tylenol w/ codeine keeps her wired. Tons of ice cream , popsicles, pudding, and applesauce later she feels better. We have played a few board games, read tons of books, and now I am trying to get her to relax in bed. Which is what the doctor ordered! Thanks for all of your prayers. Please keep them coming. Jackie will be in pain for the couple of days…. It’s so sad. Enjoy the pictures.. the last one is from today eating her 2nd bowl of sherbet ice cream!

The cool playroom we got to play in before we walked the long hallway.

TTrying to get some sleep...

She loves her ice cream.

FAREWELL MY DEAR FRIEND.....



My friend, I had work with for years when I worked in food service, was struck and killed by a car early Saturday morning. She was only 52 years old, had a loving husband, two children, and grandchildren. I am still in sock. I can not believe she is gone.

It is so true, we never know the day nor the hour God will call us home. I am reminded through this tragedy to appreciate the family and friends I have. To appreciate the time we have left on this earth. So many time I get overwhelmed over petty things,,,, but now,,, no longer.

Barb, may God embrace you. I will cherish all of our memories. My family will miss you dearly. Heaven has a one of a kind angel.... we love you.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY SWEET BABY BOY!

WILLIE EATING LUNCH AT AUNT PENNY'S YESTERDAY.


Today my sweet boy turns 2. I can not believe how time has flown on by. He is talking so much these days. My favorite is when he is MOM, I'M Happy... it sounds so cute to hear his little voice! To celebrate will are talking him to his favorite place,,, chuckie cheeses! What a year of change this has been. On the 9Th, it marked a year from his first seizure. But thankfully , since we have gotten it under control, he has only had 2 . They say he will grow out it by 5 or 6 , and for that I am grateful. My boy is so tall, runs around like a wild man, and loves so deeply! I love you baby boy! It has been a pleasure having you in my life. Even when you are "ON" all day long! You are blessing to our family! Happy 2ND Birthday sweetie!