Happy Birthday Eileen!

Eileen front row second from right

The entire bottle of sprinkles! Nothing less would do! What a kid! xD

14, at her brother's 9th grade prom

Today is my Eileen's birthday! 17 years old!  How time flies! It seems like yesterday that I was racing home from work in order to get to the hospital before visiting hours were over.

She was so red! and I knew she would be dark, because dark babies are usually born quite red. So cute, cute as a button! But what a handful! Lawdy momma! As a toddler it seemed as though she was everywhere at the same time!

When we found out she would be a girl, I bought a bunch of pink gingham material and made her the crib set.  I made the bumper, a fitted sheet, a top sheet, a comforter, a dust ruffle, a little decorative pillow, and even a little doll with the left over material.

So when her mom bought her home and put her inside the crib, all that pink with her redness, she looked like she was on fire! Lolol! She really looked red then! xD

Gotta enjoy them while they're young, because they grow so fast...as y'all can see

She's also going to her brothers prom tonight, so she's going to celebrate there. My grandson will be  wearing 'the Chinese suit' xD ('member?) and he got brown wingtip shoes to go with it, and a pinky-peachy, I guess it's coral bow tie to match his girlfriend dress. Can't wait to see the pics! and I will post them.

The air is chock full of Saharan dust, they're saying that the air quality is the worst its been in a long time! :(  so I of course am holed up here, just went to the kitchen to cook, made white rice, stewed pink beans, (I use dry not canned, I soaked and softened them last night),  and braised stewed meat, beef, with potatoes in it, and I'll make a salad of what ever I find in the fridge, I know I saw a tomato in there :)

So I'm praying all goes well, I worry 'cos there's been so many traffic accidents in this area of late...God please watch over them, please, Amen.

Latah!