Lions, Tigers and Bears oh my!!

Today we went to the zoo with my Lesley and Titus. I have never seen the Zoo that packed, the parking lot was completely full so they had a shuttle service set up about a mile or two away. So we loaded all up in a school bus and were shuttled to the zoo. I think if we had done nothing more than that simple bus ride the kids would of thought that was a great day. I don’t know what it is with kids and school buses but children seem so entertained by rickety old yellow buses.

Titus and Les (on the bus heading for the zoo)

Isabella and Mommy (on the school bus)

Even the though the zoo was extremely busy it wasn’t overwhelming at all and the kids at a blast. It seemed like half the exhibits (the bears, lions, tigers,) were closed due to new construction, which for me tad was disappointing seeing how those are the animals I actually anticipate to see. But the kids didn’t seem to mind and moved on quickly once told those animals weren’t at the zoo today. There was however the new baby elephant that had just recently been born but the line to see the baby and other elephants was over an hour long so we decided to skip that exhibit all together.

The kids were great the whole day and as usual when together Isabella & Titus are nonstop action. Titus is hysterical he would get to an exhibit take a small look at the animal and then say “ I want to see something else”, whereas Bella would take her time checking out each animal as if time stood still. I can tell already my little girl is a going to be a great window shopper when she is older.
We stay for a few hours and when we saw that the kids were at their tired point (us too) we left. Got on the little old bus and headed back to the cars (which by the way our bus driver on the way back was a sweet lady with no upper teeth, eating a bag of cheetoo’s, blasting her country music while singing along shamelessly to wonderful sound of “Wynona Judd”…..

Isabella got in the car and told me “thank you mommy for the day at the zoo, I had a great time”. Those are the little moments when you look back at your child and think “wow being a mom is awesome”.

Here come the princess'

It was Tatum’s 3rd birthday party today. It was a princess them party, and Beth made each little girl their own tutu. Oh my word, you should of seen the tutu’s super cute and perfectly constructed. Fuschia tulle with a huge flower in front to match. To quote Beth’s dad” Beth is becoming quite the Martha Stewart”. Beth is so creative and can execute just about any project to pure perfection. She would never agree with me on that but as her fiend I can truly attest to her skills! It was the cutest thing watching all these little girls run around in their new tutu’s, freshly painted nails ( we painted each of their nails), and there dirty little hands & faces from the horses.

The party was set at a horse ranch and the kids were able to have unlimited time riding two of the ranches horses. Pure bliss radiated from the faces of each of the kids as they took their turn riding these ever so big horses.
Beth made the yummiest looking homemade red velvet cupcakes for the kids ( another Martha Stewart moment).
Isabella was totally in her element with her new tutu, pink nails, her friends, and her red velvet cupcake.
I absolutely love watching her interact with other children. I love seeing her dance around and play with so much excitement it’s almost overflowing out of her.
It was a great picture perfect day, and we are so blessed to have been a part of Tatum’s Birthday.

Little Angel!

Today while working I came across a blog from a woman who makes the most beautiful clothing probably I have ever seen. As I was sweeping through her site I noticed she had a blog. Curious minds want to know...so I open the blog and began reading. The first image that appeared was this precious little face of a blonde, blue-eyed boy named Cole. The title of the post was " No more pain. Cole has just left his earth for a better place. Free!". My heart sank, what I said to myself, left this earth what does that mean? I read deeper into the blog; and tears began pouring down my face, the boy, Cole had a rare form of cancer and he had been fighting for his life for months. This woman's blog I was reading reading must have been friend of the Cole's family. There was another link to his actual website. http://www.coleruotsala.com. I went to the site and watched this YouTube video dedicated to Cole. The song that played was Mark Schultz “He’s my son”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlXeDzFTPzI&eurl=http://www.coleruotsala.com/..

As a mother I cannot imagine the pain that Cole’s mother is experiencing. I know Cole is no longer in pain but why??? A mother should never have to experience such a sorrow, such a loss, a pain as deep as this. Please pray for this family and the little life that has just been taken from them.


Oh Lord,
You are a merciful and glorious God and although we may not understand such tragedy as Cole’ death. We do know that without a shawdow of a doubt your wonderful hands created Cole and you have chosen to call him home to you. May Cole rise up like wings of an eagle and soar high in Heaven with you Jesus. Jesus, please comfort the hearts of those who have lost this precious boy. Bring comfort to the tears of his mothers heart.




Let the children come to me; do not stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these”
(Mk 10:14).

Dr.90210

Today Isabella asked me a question I seriously never was prepared to answer " mommy what is a "tummy tuck". I quickly turned around in the car and there was my precious 3 year old starring back at me waiting for answer to this question. I asked Isabella "what did asked mommy", hoping that perhaps I heard the question wrong or praying that she had forgotten that quickly what she had she asked me. Isabella in her ligh little minnie mouse voice repeated anxiously "mommy a tummy tuck what is that". We had just pulled up the park so I got Isabella and I both out of the car knelt down and said " a tummy tuck is when an older person has a doctor fix there stomach". I honestly had no clue how to answer that question without sounding completely vain. She kind of looked at me funny and said "ok" and hurried along to the play ground.
I sat there on the park bench laughing inside as I recounted the question that was just laid before me by my three year old. I kept thinking... how did she know to ask me that question? When suddenly a light bulb went on in my head, Dr. 90210. The night before Isabella had been restlessly sleeping and after about the 4th time of her waking up I just decided to bring her down stairs with me as I finished watching TV. I rocked her back asleep on my lap, and then I turned on no other than "Dr.90210". I think the topic that night was "tummy tucks and lip augmentations".

As I sat there on the park bench thinking about what started as a funny mommy moment, I suddenly started feeling like a total loser mom. I should have known that Isabella wasn't fully asleep and probably was even faking just so she could watch TV. I should of known that even if she had been asleep turning on a show where doctors are placing fake boobs, new lips, and new tummy's on people probably isn't the best thing to watch with a sleeping child in the room.

So I figure for me the moral of this story is "little ears are always listening"....

Lord, I give you all the glory and praise for my life and the life of Isabella. I thank you for Isabella's amazing spirit and her wild imagination!

I am excited and a bit apprehensive about starting my own blog. The idea of having a creative outlet to "cleanse my thoughts" is awesome but knowing that someone may soon read this blog & these thoughts is a bit nerve wracking.

But with all the memories I feel I may lose inside this mind of mine, I find it only fair to my family & friends that I purge……… so it here it goes. Please be patient with me as some days I find myself full of great ideas & thoughts while other days I cannot seem to even tie my shoes the right way (the bunny goes around what?).

Let me start off by introducing myself. Hi my name is Naomi. I am a single mother of a beautiful 3 year old daughter Isabella Jade Morgan. I love saying her name, it means Beautiful Gem and to me she is just that, a beautiful piece of jewelry that the Lord has so graciously blessed my life with.
I feel without any reservations that the Lord created me purposely for Isabella, “I was created to be her mother”. To even say that brings to tears to my eyes, knowing that Jesus Christ picked me, me to be Isabella’s mother. There is so much joy in knowing that.

I hope that this blog allows me to take a moment out each day or week to make note of all the joy that is so present in my life.


You make known to me the path of life;
in your presence there is fullness of joy;
at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

—Psalm 16:11