My Girls Are Growing Up Too Fast

The female blog readers always request some non sports stuff so here ya go. My 2 daughters are growing up way too fast for my liking. Aubrey has started crawling everywhere and pulling up to stuff and trying to walk. Maddie is in the first grade and thinks she's in the tenth. She has a secret crush on Cole "little bash" Vincent. Say anything about it to her and she gets really mad and defensive. Clay says Cole is the same way. It started out with Kam and Gav, which worried me enough. Now she's moved on to a Vincent. What's next?????

I'm Bringing Back The Top 10 Lists

Top 10 College Basketball Recruits For 2010 (in my opinion of course)

The final rankings for 2010 recruits have been released and the braided man above has dropped from the #1 spot to #6. Anybody that has talked to me about recruiting knows that I never considered Brandon Knight to be the best high school player in the country anyway, but it was nice for the Cats to have the #1 guy. Oh well. Kansas signee and former UK recruit Josh Selby has moved to the top of the Rivals.com rankings. UK's very large Enes (Kanter) enters the rankings as the top center and #3 overall. Now is the time to forget these silly rankings which were made by people who watch these kids many times and listen to the rankings of a balding, outta shape blogger sittin in a recliner in his underwear who has watched them in a couple of all star games and maybe a few YouTube videos. These are my top 10 guys to watch next year as they enter college basketball. These are my diaper dandies. Last year I thought Daniel Orton was underrated and Demarcus Cousins was overrated. I nailed that one, so you'll wanna pay attention here. I did think John Wall was the man. Last year's predictions weren't all bad. I didn't think Cousins was garbage. I just didn't think he was the 2nd best player in the class. I thought Georgia Tech's Derrick Favors looked like the best big man. The NBA might still think he is. Favors or Cousins will more than likely battle it out to be the first big man drafted next month. Here we go. The JV Top 10.

10. Cory Joseph - Texas - There are several really good point guards in this class. Joseph is definitely one of them. He will be great at Texas.

9. Perry Jones - Baylor - This guy is tall (6'11") and skilled. He reminds me of a little bit taller Tayshaun, with Tay being the better shooter and Jones the better inside player. The only bad thing about Jones is that he's going to Baylor and you'll never hear from him again.

8. Jared Sullinger - Ohio State - This is a big man that I love. He's got that wide body with the big butt that you love to see on a post player. He can also step out and hit jumpers. He was schooled repeatedly by big Enes at the Nike Hoop Summit game.

7. Terrance Jones - undecided - Jones will announce his college choice this afternoon and we all hope it's UK, don't we? He is a very skilled wf/pf, and at 6'9" he can dominate inside and out. It amazes me (based on my limited viewings) that he didn't crack the Rivals top 10. He's in mine, unless he goes to Washington, in which case he immediately sucks.

6. Brandon Knight - Kentucky - I love Brandon Knight. When I say I don't think he's the best point guard in the class it doesn't mean that I think he's no good. He's very good. It's just that the 2 I rate above him are also fabulous. Knight can shoot it, which is different from past UK point guards. He's the guy Coach Cal wanted in this class over everybody else. Cal knows a little about what to look for. His last #6 rated recruit was just named the NBA Rookie Of The Year.

5. Tobias Harris - Tennessee - Another player I love, and the big man I wanted the most at UK. He's going to UT though after hearing the Bruce Pearl charm. I'm glad he's going to the SEC, but I really really hate UT. I hope he's a one and done, and I think he will be. Very good player.

4. Josh Selby - Kansas - Electric point guard who could also play shooting guard. This guy is the closest thing to John Wall that you will find in this class. Very athletic and flashy. He won the McDonalds All American dunk contest. There are rumors of attitude problems and selfish play, but there were rumors of that with Boogie last year so wait and see for yourself. I wanted Selby at UK.

3. Enes Kanter - Kentucky - The big Turk dominated the Nike Hoop Summit and shot up the ranking like he'd been put into a cannon. Lets all hope he's as good as he looked that night. The Cats are gonna need use their Enes a whole lot this year to be successful. Lets just pray that we can get him some help down low. I don't know if this Enes can go all night or not. Sorry. I can't quit.

2. Kyrie Irving - Duke - It pains me greatly to put a Dukie this high but I love Irving. It was really a toss up when I tried to decide who to make my #1. Irving, in my opinion, is clearly the best pg prospect. I hope he fails miserably basketball wise at Duke. I hope he earns his degree and gets a good job though. He's special. He's also got mental issues. He signed with Duke.

1. Harrison Barnes - North Carolina - This guy is gonna be good. He can do it all and didn't get to show it as much in the all star games, although he did fare well in those too. He's a small forward prospect who could also probably play some shooting guard. Another guy who I wanted at UK, but we never really had a shot because the coach who initiated our talks with him was drunk (Billy G) and then the new coach who went to talk to him was probably drunk too (Strickland). Then the third coach who recruited him did it in Spanish (Antigua). We never had a chance. I made all that up about the coaches.



There you have it. The JV top 10. Watch college basketball next year and then come back to this post and tell me how right I was.



Vote in the new poll for next week's top 10 list

Well Hello There

I won't kid myself, I know there are not a ton of people reading this blog and I'm OK with that. 

The main reason for even starting this blog was to have a journal of Jacob and a way for family to keep in touch with our little family.

If you are a frequent reader (bless you!), please leave a comment to say hi. 
It would thrill me to know there are people outside of family who visit. 

Plus like most bloggers, I heart comments.  :)

Maybe I need to have an awesome giveaway to receive comments, but I wouldn't want to bribe anyone. :)

Way Back When-esday

Timeline:  August 2007

Age:  5mos.

*love that gummy smile and chubby cheeks :)

Product Review

I recently saw the Batter Blaster at Walmart (in the refridgerated section next to the eggs) and thought I'd give it a try. 

Who wouldn't want to use this rather than measuring dry and wet ingredients to make a batter.

I must say, it was very convenient.  Just squeeze the amount you desire. 

I think next time I will use a griddle instead of a skillet just to be able to control the temperature better.

I was quite impressed with the taste. 

I will give it 4 out of 5 stars. 

I would've given it a higher score, but I was a little disappointed in how fast we went through the can. 

I guess the size of our pancakes were too big.

If I remember correctly, it was $4.12 (or something similar). 
For that much, I was expecting a little more life time. 
Still yum nonetheless.

Wash My Flowers

Jacob's new thing to do when we pull into the garage is say "Wash My Flowers, Mommy". 

Once he's out of the car, he makes a mad dash to the watering can and walks straight to the bushes. 

I will put him to use when they actually need watering, I mean washing!  HA!  :)

I kept asking him to look at me, but he wouldn't.  He is saying "cheese" though.  :)

I think it's so sweet his little mind thinks he's washing instead of watering. 
Love that little boy!

Happy Anniversary!!

Today is my sister Beth and John's 6th Wedding Anniversary! 

Happy Anniversary to you both!

Hope you have a wonderful day!!

Lukie Visit

I watched Lukie for a little bit yesterday after work. 
He was Jacob's little shadow - it was so cute!!

Everything Jacob did, Luke would do - so sweet.

They both were eager to take a bubble bath. 

Afterwards I greased them both up with some Baby Magic!

Once they were all clean and smellin' good, they climbed into bed to watch Max & Ruby
courtesy of Aunt C   :)

I saw a small glimpse of Jacob as a big brother. 

I think he will be great!

New Chair

Thank you Meme for the rocking chair. 

Jacob loves it!

Enjoy This Video and Remember How Fun This Year's Cats Were!!!!!!

It's easy to forget how many great plays this UK team had, but this video is an excellent refresher. This was a special team, and if I had to name my all time favorite Cats I believe 3 of the top 10 come from this one team. Wall, Cousins, and Patterson will be missed. Unlike Bunch, this isn't my favorite team of all time, but they're close. 1996 still sits at #1 for me. If these guys had cut down the nets I think they would have overtaken 96. That 96 team had my all time favorite Wildcat, 00 Tony Delk, but so did this team. It's just that he wears suits now. The personalities and talent from this year's team will not soon be forgotten. The Cats are back in business. I'll always remember these guys for bringing the fun back to Kentucky Basketball.

Way Back When-esday

Timeline:  June 2007

Age:  3mos

*I just want to kiss that sweet bald head!  I'm sure it smells like Baby Magic. :)

9wks

Nine weeks from today I will:

have worked my last day at work

have my last Tuesday night Jacob & me time (Kris has JBU 6-10pm every Tuesday)

be checking and double checking I have everything to take to the hospital

cuddle and hug Jacob as long as he will let me

envision the next morning and how it will play out

be praying for a safe and healthy delivery

be too excited to sleep

I am so ready to meet this sweet baby.  I seriously have tears in my eyes just thinking about that day.  I keep telling myself the routine I've been used to with Jacob is about to change.  I (we) will just have to find a new routine.   :) 

You are loved sweet baby.

A Great "A Few Good Men" Parody

This is a great spoof on one of my all time favorite movies.

Cat Thoughts from Deh

Well what a big day for the Big Blue Nation! We signed Brandon Knight and Michael Gilchrist. This sets the tone for the next two years. I think we got our swagger back. I was not nervous about the two announcements today. In years past I would expect these kids to pick someone else. We also have signed Big Enis and Stacy Poole. I think we will still get two or three more kids within the next week. Some names to keep in mind are Doron Lamb, Josh Selby, Terrence Jones, CJ Leslie we need two of those. Keep your fingers crossed.

As you know by now the blog has entered the twitter world. If you don't follow us you are missing some good stuff! We are twitter legends. People are always stopping me and telling me I have a nice twitter. For some odd reason I can't download a picture of myself on twitter. I guess my head is too big. Also all of the Cats have twitter accounts and I follow them all. Jorts is my favorite he has some classic twitter.

This site was on fire a couple of weeks ago then the cats lost and we all just stopped posting. For me when the cats lost it was like a bad dream. I couldn't believe it was over that quick. This was my favorite team of all time(bold). This team had a collection of good kids and I'm not talking about basketball. They didn't get into trouble, they didn't fight among each other. They just made everyone enjoy watching them and we couldn't get enough of them. This team made my family die hards. We all had our UK gear on every game ready to watch our cats. We all would do our C-A-T-S cats cats cats chant before the game, send out our go big blue text. Kennedy wanted Boogie to be her step daddy. Jenny claims Boogie is her all time favorite cat. Kamden has a framed picture of John Wall hanging in his room. This team made my family closer than ever. So was I mad we lost? No. I was sad to see these guys go. This was an unreal season...championship or not. This was my favorite season of all.

Kamden and I are going to the coach Cal father son basketball camp in June. If anyone is interested in going you can get the info at :http://www.ukathletics.com/. It will be a great time.

Way Back When-esday

Timeline:  May 2007

Age:  Kate 7mos. Jacob 2mos.

Took a little trip to the park with Meme and her grandbabies.

Get Ready!

Set your DVR's for ESPNU tomorrow, because it could be a huge day for the cats. They might sign two #1 players. You ask how is that possible well they might get commitments from the number 1 players for this year and next . It is Brandon Knight and Michael Gilchrist. Keep your fingers crossed.

My Little Squash

So I'm now in Week 29.  This pregnancy is flying by!  I thought with Jacob the big day would never get here.  I guess because he was the first and all I had to do was wait. 

Now since I have Jacob to take care of, my mind is elsewhere other than thinking about the baby's arrival every minute, therefore, the pregnancy has gone by quickly.  

We are extremely excited and cannot wait to meet our little one in 10 short weeks.  He/she is kicking away as I type. :)  

I have a doctor's appointment Thursday, can't wait to hear the sweet heartbeat - music to my ears! 

You are loved little one. 

New Ride

We got a good deal on this used Escalade from a guy Kris works with.  We knew Jacob would love it since he's obsessed with Kate's jeep. 

This picture is a little blurry, because I was standing in front of Jacob and then he gassed it! 
We need to work on steering.  :)

He LOVED it, and you should've heard him when we put it away and came inside for the evening. 
I'm sure the neighbors did!

3 Musketeers

I had all the kiddos today.  From 8:45am to 5:30pm, but who's counting.  :)

They had a wonderful time playing with one another.  I love hearing Jacob say "c'mon Lukie". 

At one point I heard a bunch of little giggles.  I knew they were all in Jacob's room, just didn't know what was so funny.  I went in there and saw this.  They had taken all the toys out of the toy chest and climbed in. 

I could not get Jacob to put that ketchup bottle down for nothing! 

I will be honest, I'm worn out.  They are all close in age, so I think that had something to do with the fact they all wanted the toy each other was playing with. 

I'm kinda glad that we waited 3 yrs to expand our family.  :) 

We love you Kate and Luke!  Good times!

Baby #2

This is from Week 19, however, we've had trouble with our scanner and I'm just now able to get it to work.  Here is the sweet profile of our little pumpkin. 

Can't wait to meet you!  Momma loves you!!!

These Are a Few of My Favorite Things

I create my own little cocktail with this punch and a splash of sprite.  Yum!

I've tried several mascaras to find the perfect brush that doesn't clump, and for me, this is it!

Lovin' these right now.  They are for the baby, not me.  :)

Speaking of baby, I still grease Jacob up like a little piggy after a bath with this wonderful smell. 

Maternity undies - enough said. 

This is the Holy Grail of Hairspray.  I will not go back to any other, love it!  Can purchase at your local Walmart.

This gets me through the work day.  Pop in my ear phones and I'm good.

I realize these are totally random.  Just thought I'd post what came to mind. 

Way Back When-esday (video)

Timeline: August 2007

Age: 5mos.

A Lot Of Pics Here. Some "off the court" Reasons That This Year's Cats Were Special.

I've been to several Madness campouts and I've never witnessed what the campers this year got to take part in. The players mingled with the fans for 3 straight days out there. Not only did they play cornhole, touch football, pickup basketball, and just hang out; they also brought breakfast in the mornings and pizzas at night. I almost forgot to mention that our head coach and his family also came out several times to meet and greet and feed the fans. Call him a slimeball, cheater, whatever, but Calipari is loved by the UK fans and he knows every detail of his job and in my opinion relates to the fans better than any coach during my lifetime. We don't love Cal just because he's a good coach or because he is gonna bring in top flight recruits. We love him because he is the guy who organized a telethon to help people he had never met. We love him because he traveled all over the state to meet the fans (to sign and sell books too, the guy ain't perfect). He's the guy who camped out with the die hards when he could have just sat at home. He's the guy who gets his picture made with the kitchen staff and puts it on twitter when he speaks at dinners. We love him because he's a family man who obviously values his time with his wife and kids. We love him because he cleans up the mess when his players poop ice cream. You get the picture.

Has there ever been a more likeable player than the beast they call "Boogie"? What makes it even better is that nationally he's thought of as a hot headed thug. Cal said on one of his talk shows this year that he had heard all the rumors about Big Cuz but he knew when he visited his home and saw how he treated his mother that he wanted to coach him. Boogie is a special talent, but he's also a special kid too. He always takes the time to be nice to the fans. Ask Blake if you don't believe me.

Same goes for Bledsoe and Ramon. Rumor has it that Blake gave Eric some pointers on how to better "get sh!t right"!!!!!!

These were taken at the airport when the team got back from Syracuse, the same night that their season was ended. Boogie could have ignored the fans and sulked like most of us probably would have, but the "thug" took time to mingle with the fans. Have I mentioned that Boogie is one of my all time favorites?

He looks good with missing teeth too.

Here's Wall with some hot chick in Cancun.

Get up and get your breakfast dude, that's Patrick Patterson with the delivery.

These guys genuinely love each other. That's a big reason why they ended up 35-3. One more year, one more year!!!!!!!!!! Somebody get Pat outta there before the flood hits. That guy's a potential lottery pick.

Happy Easter 2010

Jacob traveled back to Dardanelle with Meme on Thursday afternoon.  He enjoyed his time there and got all the attention he could ask for. 

He got to ride the 4wheeler with Papaw, making probably around a thousand trips around the house.  It was the first thing on his mind in the morning and the last thing at night.  Saying he is obsessed is an under statement.  Papaw didn't seem to mind. 

Mom said Jacob was Papaw's little shadow.  Here they are enjoying their strawberries and ice cream. 

Kris had to work, so I headed down Saturday.  As we were getting ready for church and Jacob was dressed, he asked if he could ride the 4wheeler.  :)

After church we headed back to the house for lunch.  Aunt Nana, Amber, Cole and Kayla joined us, and later we had an Easter Egg hunt in the backyard. 

(Luke, Jacob, Kate, Kayla and Cole)

And they're off!

I found one!

He was so excited!

I have held on to these bunny ears since he was born.  He actually agreed to wear them, but not for long. 

Guess what had to make an appearance - 4wheeler! 

Don't worry, Papaw went very slow, and no kid was hurt.  :)

The Pittmans brought the Jumpy House - another big hit!

 

Taking a sugar break. 

Meme also got the kiddos Easter baskets.  Even though this picture shows otherwise, I promise he loved it! 

We had a wonderful time. 

Thank you Meme and Papaw for taking such good care of Jacob. 

I know he enjoyed himself tremendously!