(Wait, am I supposed to be depressed about this?... SORRY! :D) ... final grad ceremony is in one week and then off to ... (well, she's going to the beach first, of course, she is MINE ;)... and then off to college) http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/deadlyblondearcher/album?.dir=723fre2&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos

I know this is boring to most people, but I can't help it, I'm proud of her... I'll be posting more boring pictures from graduation next week. Ya'll just gotta forgive me. :)

You have a right to be proud. You're a mom. She's beautiful. Post away!

I knooooowwww she's pretty. She's smart and sweet and compassionate and talented, too. (doesn't have anything to do with her being MINE, of course. :)

Hehe..yes it does...everything, in fact

wow, shes all grown up, hope you had a nice day and you should be proud :D

yes, and she grew up too quickly. I thought I was being really strong because I didn't cry at the ceremony, but after we got home and the grads went partying and my husband fell asleep... I started bawling like a baby. But I cried when I moved her from the bassinet to the crib, when she went to kindergarten, when she drove off alone for the first time.... booohooo. :(

On the other hand, FREEDOM for me is just around the corner!

(and thank you both :)

yeah it is, my daughters only 4, she starts school full time in september and i dont know what im gonna do all day, she keeps asking if its september yet, she cant wait. She seems to grow up so quickly, the years just seem to vnish dont they.

they do, and they'll go faster and faster. Time marches on... take all the time you can to play with her. Let your house be messy sometimes, don't worry about it, don't be too tired to read a book to her at night... make time for that, you can't go back. That is ONE thing I did right in my life, I made time, I played with them, they were first. It doesn't last long, enjoy it. :)

our house is always messy lol, we got tiny bits of paper from when she was cutting yesterday all over the floor loland yeah she likes her stories and playing with mommy, she always has a story before bed, usually a disney one, and she likes being creative, painting, drawing, glueing,playdoh, things like that, oh and she thinks polishing is a treat lol.

dig it all while you can. Then just live. That's all there is to do. Can't take anything but the memory with you. And that is all there is. :}

They look like well headed kids Cindy, be proud as get out. And your son's quite the looker if you don't mind me saying.

hah... Richard's not really mine, I "adopted" him a long time ago, and he is as sweet and smart as he is cute. :)
(my son graduated from high school a few years ago... I should post his grad pic here somewhere)

Well, congratulations to her for the graduation, and congratulartions to you for being a great mother Deadly! x)

thank you... :) I added my son, Blake's grad portrait to the album http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/deadlyblondearcher/detail?.dir=/723fre2&.dnm=c279re2.jpg&.src=ph and Lauren's actual grad portrait is the previous pic in the album (I feel silly doing this, like those people that flip their wallet out with a fold out of a hundred pictures and insist on showing you all of them... or those people that make you watch their stupid boring home videos, but like I said, this time I can't help it. :)

Now you know why they do it ! Good lookin kid

Aww, your daughter looks just like you. :]
She's so pretty.
Hah, I guess I know how you feel... my brother's graduating High School this year(Haha, post pictures! http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y300/XX_Hiru_xX/danielsmaller.jpg), and my mom keeps going around showing people this picture of us: http://myspace-975.vo.llnwd.net/00763/57/91/763361975_l.png
But, it's a mom thing. I'll understand a bit more when I have kids of my own. ^_^;

:)... really, she looks alot like her Daddy, too... but thanks. You and your brother are cute as lil' buttons, I can see why she's so proud. Being a mother is really the most satisfying thing I've ever done. I wouldn't change anything.

Aw. :]
Now I can't wait till I get married and have kids. x3
I really respect my mom, and I regret things I've done to make it hard for her. :[
I hope your kids respect you the way I respect my mom, cause being a mom can't be all easy, it must be hard, but filled with love.
You have a lot to be proud of.
Post as many things you want of them, and be the proud mother we all know you are. :D

my kids are gunna be weird as hell.
on that note i should probobly kill myself before they come into existance

I predict you'll marry and have children just so you can watch your wife breast feed them. HAH!

sanzo: thanks, honey, and from what I can tell you'll make a great mother if you decide to have children
and no, mine are rebellious and as disrespectful as they can be :) (until I crack the whip, which I do)

LMAO>>>Cindy...I'm sure you're right about Cam! heheh

You have a very beautiful daughter, Cindy. You should be proud :). I cant wait until i get married and have children of my own. This makes me look forward to all the times where i can take pictures of them and laugh with them and hug them and know that theyre actually my children and no one elses. :D

Thank you so much... I believe so, and she is even more beautiful on the inside. You can wait! Take your time! Laughing and hugging are really a couple of the most important things... you'll do fine. :)

aww :3
haha, my mom said to me that "no matter how old you get, you'll always be my baby"
grats to her graduating X3

This is true... they will always be my babies. I'm a little bit sad, but mostly, I just feel like WOOOHOOOO, the rest of my life is summer vacation! :D (I can't follow her to the beach after graduation, she'd think I was "watching" her... but as soon as she gets back I'm high-tailin' it there and I might not ever come back)

all moms say that :D, its instinct i think, a bond that doesnt break easily. having kids is one of the best things in the world i think but boy is it the hardest job ever but so well worth it. and DBA enjoy the peace and quiet cuz sure enough she will be back before you know it ;)

I'm cutting the cord... Vaya Con Dios, Baby... (just kidding :) See, what will happen, is... she'll follow ME and watch ME, if I don't come back.

lol, im sure she will :)

My mom still calls me her baby. x3;

s'okay, I have a big floppy hat and sunglasses, and I can hide behind my surfboard (well, after I lose my winter fat, that is, lol)

:D mines gone down nicely now, 4 months of rabbit food lol, now just need the sun lol and sleep i think :P

I gain weight every winter, same amount, starts falling off when it gets hot and I start swimming.... I still fit behind my surfboard, so I'm safe. ;) There's plenty of sun here, come on down.
(what's sleep?)

its a bit far from here, im in the uk and we've had rain all week :( worst i seen all yr i think, and sleep is what i need now if im to get up at 7, its almost midnight here

it's dark and it's raining there...that makes me sleepy, even
(it's started to be hot here already and it's dry and I have to water my flowers EVERY single day, I'm sick of it already)

Over here it's really nice.
Not to hot,
Although, when I came home from school today and took a nap (as I always do).
When I woke up I was sweating. D:
No more cudding up in my warm blanket. :'[

She's so pretty :-)! She get it from her momma! My brother is graduating Saturday! I'm so sad! :-( I only have a few more months with him before he goes to OU. ;_;

aww, I remember feeling that way when one of my brothers went to college, and when the other one went into the Marines (and off to war :( ... Don't worry, he'll be back again. Mine both ended up back close by and bugging the hell out of me. :)

hahahah :D i hope he comes back to bug me too. i'm sure gonna miss that!

Graduation is OVER, School's out forEVER!!!! I feel like somebody just opened my cage...rrrrraaaaaaaarrrrr :)
the end! (I only put 5 more pics here... I didn't even bother with the tiring hand you your diploma stuff, ya'll have been so sweet to humor me about this as it is :)

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/deadlyblondearcher/detail?.dir=723fre2&.dnm=a682re2.jpg&.src=ph

Nice pics Cindy. No wonder you're feelin' all "mom-motional"..we won't make fun of y0u..(we know ya got guns)

thanks, dave :) I guess it hit me a little harder than I thought it would. (a lot harder, actually) When Lauren was in kindergarten, she had this wonderful, pretty, sweet teacher, who had a daughter of her own in kindergarten at the time. There was a horrible accident where her husband backed over the little girl with his truck in their driveway and killed her. It was devastating, and especially hard for the children to cope with. She stopped teaching here, but kept in touch with us and the children, wrote to each child. Years later she told me that she watched them grow and imagined what her own daughter would be like at certain ages by keeping up with Lauren's class. Last night she and her husband were there, they had saved money all these years to give the kids scholarships in their daughter's name, and when she made her speech I totally came unglued. I'm still trying not to be weepy about it. Those of us that don't have to endure losing a child should be thankful every day just for that.

thats such an awful thing to happen, im almost crying here thinking about it, dont even wanna imagine it. bet it was an emotional night for you.

Mich