Monday, December 16, 2024

The Presence of Presley

 Happy Whole Hand, 

High Five Birthday 

to our sweet Presley.  




Born on December 6th, the feast of St. Nicolas...

(the inspiration for modern-day Santa)

it’s only natural that this day would give us the gift of Presley.


Of all the Presents …

the Presence of Presley 

is by far 

the greatest of all.



Presley, or Pretzel, as her Uncle Colin calls her

has the distinction of being the 

middle child.

Perfectly placed Presley 

is smack dab in the middle of the 

Hyatt Sissy sandwich.


                                                                                   yum, yum Presley
        



And isn’t the middle where you find all the good stuff?  

What’s an Oreo without the middle creme filling anyway? 


And we love to love her  

and let her know that

 she’s pretty special. 





As the middle child, Presley has a lot of ground to cover.

Not only is she a Little Sis... 

to Ansley





but also a Big Sis 

                                                                            to Daisy.
     


Perfectly Placed Presley,

as the middle child, 

is the perfect link, thread and bond

in the Sissy chain.






Anywhoooo…..



There are so many things that make Presley special….

from her rubber rain boots to 

her love of music, dance moves and doggies.  

Give Presley a roll of tape, scissors, a few markers 

and a ream of paper….

and she’s all set.  

She can make clothes, castles and kites.  

You name it.

Need a new car?   

She’ll make you one.  

A new puppy on a leash?

She's got that too.




All last year when her picture was taken…

she would flash 4 fingers….

so she would “remember how old she was in the pic”. 

That will probably help me more than her later.




One of my favs is watching Presley

 blow out her candles on her bday cake.

She holds an expression on that beautiful lil face….

that could be described as  either 

Modest Delight,

Bashful Glow or 

Humble Shine.




Our Sweet P bringing us delight, glow and shine 

with every year.




The Presence of Presley

will always live 

 smack dab in the middle

of our hearts.



Thursday, December 5, 2024

December 5th - Cemented in History

  

Today is a day that is cemented in 

PaulA and Kat history....

December 5th, 

our first date.


We were sophomores at Groovy UVM,

living in the dorms on Redstone Campus

and

PaulA asked me to 

 a semi-formal party 

that his dorm was having with ours.

   

(The party was as "semi-formal" 

as you can get in a

dormitory lounge made of 

porous gray cinder blocks.)


So, as girls do…

I debated on what I should wear.  

Nothing I owned seemed worthy of a 

concrete block 

semi-formal affair…

so I walked down street to the center of Burlington 

to look for a 

cool yet groovylicious 

outfit to wear…

and came back with a 

brown velvet skirt and matching brown vest.

 #whatwasIthinking?


I guess I was going for a look that screamed

the old UPS slogan...

 "What-can-Brown-do-for-you?"


 It's a wonder PaulA didn't send me packing...

with packing slip and all.


I must say...

my date was looking quite spiffy in his 

corduroy jacket, 

white tie, 

and curly hair.





Anywhoooo……



This morning PaulA immediately said to me...

with no hinting…

no prodding…

no nudging...

"Today is December 5th...

the day of our first date."

bingo babe


That there is (dorm room)

concrete 

 proof 

my brown outfit didn't scare him away

and


December 5th is 

cemented in 

PaulA and Kat history.



Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Happy Birthday Brianna - Brianna's Version

 This birthday finds Brianna, 

an OG Swiftie, 

in her

MOM ERA.

                                                                               
                                                                


Last October 3rd, 

Brianna and Christian 

became the proud new parents to 

Griffin Paul 

and we are all forever

"Enchanted"

with their bundle of love. 




Brianna’s ERA, 

however, 

may be a tad different than Taylor's




Taylor's ERAS Tour, 

(which Brianna attended in Boston

with Griffin-to-be...aka Griffin-to-Bri)

is

                                                                  




 a worldwide tour

with millions of Swifties,

clamoring for Taylor 

crying,

adoring,

and 

hanging on her every word…

BUT 

... "ready for it?"

Bri has that.



Bri has her own version...

"Brianna’s version"…

Baby Griffin 

crying out for her, 

watching her every move,

living and breathing in everything she does,

loving and adoring the rock star 

that Brianna truly is.  


Griffin cherishes his 


"Superstar" Mom.






The wonderful thing is that MeMe and Hop 

have a front row seat 

during this ERA… 


watching our "baby" take care of her baby…

which brings back all the feels for us…

to see Brianna with her own cherub




and remembering sweet Bri 

who made our family complete 

beyond our 

"Wildest Dreams."

                                                                          Baby Griffin has Bri's hair color





Anywhooo……



There is an old family photo I love of the 5 of us... 

a 4 x 6 snapshot of us holding hands on Manomet Beach 

walking toward the Point.  


The year was 1999 and 

the world was headed into Y2K 

with all the uncertainly of what the new century would bring. 

 

What I LOVE most about this 

"Story of Us" 

picture is 

sweet Brianna looking back. 


It only seems fitting that as you move toward the future…

you take a moment to look back from where you came 

and reflect.

With a look back, 

you are able to see how far you have come. 


And what a surprise to me…

when I first saw this wedding photo of 

Brianna and Christian…

again, with Brianna looking back. 


 The newly married couple 

looking forward to the new life they would create together…

with a glance back to where their

"Love Story"

began.




  One day, Bri will look back at her new mom era and 

remember 

all Griffin’s firsts and 

the feels of her first

in her arms…


and nothing could feel better.



Griffin is one lucky boy to have this rockstar as his mom…

and knowing Bri, 

she will continue to rock it.



This is her MOM ERA...


and

Brianna totally owns it.



We are forever in Bri's fandom.



Happy Birthday Sweet Wish (Queen of America)



We hope you have 

"The Best Day."





We love you...

"Forever and Always."



P.S.


Mama, "Look what you made me do”