JUST A SWEET PICTURE

SHAKARA LOVES TO POSE, I LOVE THIS MONKEY SO MUCH!!!

THE BIRTHDAY GIRL AT SCHOOL

ALL THE KIDS SANG SHAKARA "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHA CHA CHA", WHILE SHE SAT IN THE BIRTHDAY CHIAIR AND HER TEACHER GAVE HER A CERTIFICATE AND BIRTHDAY PENCIL. DO YOU NOTICE THAT SHAKARA LOVES THE SHOCK VALUE WITH FROSTING? ANYTHING TO MAKE SOMEONE LAUGH, SHE'LL DO IT!! ENJOY THE PICTURES AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY MONKEY!!

HERE ARE SOME CURRENT PICTURS OF SHAKARA TAKEN TODAY...WHAT A DIFFERENCE 6 YEARS MAKES!!

HAPPY 6TH BIRTHDAY SHAKARA!!!!

THESE ARE THE FIRST PICTURES OF SHAKARA! I DON'T REMEMBER MUCH BECAUSE I WAS SO... SICK BUT I REMEMBER HOW "IN LOVE" I WAS WHEN I FIRST SAW HER.
IT WASN'T BUT 27 HOURS LATER THAT I FIRST SAW HER! I DO REMEMBER SAYING, "SHE LOOKS LIKE MY MOM"! I ALSO REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST HELD HER, I SAW 3! (IT WAS ALL THE MEDICINE THEY GAVE ME). SEE, SHE WAS ALREADY PLAYING TRICKS ON ME!!! THAT'S MY GIRL.
WOW HOW TIME FLYES, SHE IS NOW 4 FT TALL AND 57.2 LBS. SHE HAS COME A LONG WAY! IT'S SO HARD TO LOOK BACK AND THINK, "I HAVE A DAUGHTER"!
GOSH, I LOVE MY DAUGHTER SO... MUCH!!!

AND SOME MORE...

REMEMBER, SHAKARA SPENT THE FIRST 19 DAYS OF HER LIFE AT THE HOSPITAL. IF YOU WANTED TO FIND ME, THE HOSPITAL IS WHERE I WAS AT, EVERYDAY, ALLDAY!!
IT'S SO.... HARD TO LOOK BACK 6 YEARS AND THINK SHE WAS SO LITTLE, 3 LBS, 14 OZS. I REMEMBER BEING SO SCARED TO CHANGE HER SHIRT, I THOUGHT I MIGHT HURT HER LITTLE HEAD.

THE FIRST DAY OF....

FIRST GRADE!!! THIS IS SHAKARA'S PROJECT SHE DID AT SCHOOL. SHE LOVES SCHOOL AND TRULY IS HAPPY TO HAVE MRS.IDLER AS HER TEACHER. WE HAVE BEEN SO BLESSED TO HAVE SUCH WONDERFUL TEACHERS IN THE PAST. I KNOW SHE WILL HAVE A GREAT YEAR AND LEARN A LOT!! WAY TO GO MONKEY!!

SHE'S MY INCREDIBLE!!!

THIS IS MY LITTLE GIRL, SHE MAKES MY WORLD INCREDIBLE!!

ALL THE PUPS IN OUR WORLD!!

HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF COCO AND MOLLY WITH SHAKARA AT THE DOG PARK. YUKON AND WILLOW LOVE TO CLIMB INTO BED WITH THEIR SISSY..AS YOU SEE POOR WILLOW IS SHAKARA'S LITTLE TOY, AS SHE THINKS!!!

SHAKARA'S 6TH BIRTHDAY PARTY BBQ!!!

WELL IT WAS A GREAT NIGHT, EVERYTHING WENT OFF WITHOUT A HITCH AND SHAKARA IS ONE HAPPY VERY SOON TO BE 6 YEAR OLD. BELOW ARE SOME WONDERFUL PICTURES OF THE FUN FULFILLED NIGHT WITH CAKE, PRESENTS, LOTS OF FOOD AND AMAZING COMPANY. OUR NEIGHBORS, RICK & TARA, CINDI & DAVE, KIM & MARK, NOT FORGETTING OUR FAVORITE RHONDA, INCLUDING STACY, CHRIS, MARK, CHRISTIE AND ADIA WAS ABLE TO JOIN US BUT NOT FORGETTING THAT GRANDPA AND NANA FINALLY WAS ABLE TO COME FOR A VISIT FROM LAS VEGAS!
IT WAS MOST SPECIAL THAT UNCLE CHRIS AND GRANDPA FINALLY WERE ABLE TO MEET EACH OTHER, IT WAS ONLY 6 YEARS IN THE MAKING!!!
AS YOU SEE SHAKARA IS TOO LUCKY AND GOT AN IPOD, SCOOTER, MONEY, MOVIE TICKETS, MARIO CART FOR THE WII, AN IDOG, CLOTHES, MICROSCOPE SET, AN ART CRAFT KIT AND MUCH MORE. SHE LOVES EVERYTHING SHE RECEIVED AND TELLS ME EVERYDAY THAT SHE LOVED THE NIGHT AND LOVES EVERYTHING ABOUT THE DAY!
THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN SHAKARA, THIS SUMMER HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF US, SHE IS SUCH A PLEASANT YOUNG LADY, IF I HAVE TO SAY SO FOR MYSELF.


LOOK BELOW AT THE AWESOME CAKES THAT CINDI ACROSS THE STREET MADE, THE PINK ONE WAS A SMALL TOWERED CAKE JUST FOR THE BIRTHDAY GIRL... CINDI SURLY NEEDS TO TAKE MORE CREDIT THAN SHE THINKS!!


TO EVERYONE THAT IS APART OF MY DAUGHTERS LIFE, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING... I JUST CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH. WE ARE TRULY BLESSED FOR ALL THAT COMES OUR WAY!!!