Meeting Scotty McCreery, Part 2

Thank y'all so much for such a positive response to my post yesterday with the videos of Chelsea.  We have been blown away by your comments!  Chelsea and my mom just got wireless internet (my mom lives in the boonies), and they spent all day reading your sweet notes!  They really made our day!

I was hoping to be able to get some photos edited of the meeting, but it's not going to be possible to "fix" Chelsea's closed eyes.  So, we've decided to just embrace the closed-eyes pictures and post them for everyone to see

Coveted meet-and-greet passes!

The kids are ready!

 Between the guidelines/rules from the fan club and the concert hall, our hands were pretty tied when it came to cameras/photographs. Originally, we didn't think we could bring in a camera at all, but at the last minute, we were told we could bring in a non-removable lens camera (aka: a point-and-shoot).  Also, Scotty's manager took all the photos (except for all of the cell phone pictures I snuck in)   I am just thankful I did manage to get pictures.

My attempt at sneaking a photo.  Scotty caught me.  LOL

 And here are the "closed-eye" photos.  These are great pictures, except for the eyes.

The manager (who took all the pictures) said he had finally got one with her eyes open (I couldn't actually see the pictures).  This is that picture.  :/

He was really sweet and Chelsea was thrilled!

Since I did have a badge on, I thought I would get my picture made, too!

This is our seats.  I pre-ordered these, through the fan club, within minutes of them going on sale.  WORST.SEATS.THERE!  We were 5 rows from the very back.  There was NOBODY sitting behind us and the 6 rows in front of us were EMPTY, too!  Next time, I will DEFINITELY take my chances with Ticketmaster.  At least we had room to spread out.

 Paul McDonald (another fabulous American Idol alumni) also performed, accompanied by his wonderfully talented wife, Nikki Reed.  For you Twilight fans out there, you may recognize Nikki as the actress who played Rosalie Cullen.  What you may not know is that Nikki and Paul have written and made a beautiful album together.  We were blown away by their music! (You can order here)  Nikki was gracious enough to endure tons of fans, including myself.

Paul signing autographs.  This was as close as I could get to him.

 

I rushed back to our seats and asked Chelsea if she wanted to go meet Nikki (considering she is a huge Twilight fan), but surprisingly, she said "No!"  She later said she was scared she would miss one second of Scotty, and she just couldn't risk that.  HAHA!  However, Jameson asked if he could go meet her.

 

He was SO excited!  He said he couldn't wait to tell everybody he met a "really famous person." He even wants to go see Breaking Dawn, Part 2 now.  LOL

And of course, a couple of shots of what we came for....

 

Scotty put on a really great show!  He sang a mix of songs from his first album, his Christmas album, and songs originally performed by other artists.  He really had the concert hall hopping!

We all had a fantastic time and were so glad that Chelsea finally got to meet "her man"....and a few others along the way!

Meeting Scotty McCreery, Part 1

Friday night, Chelsea was able to have a dream come true.

She got to meet Scotty McCreery.

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Because of strict rules about photography and camera usage, I don't have a lot of "great" photos. All of my photos had to be made with my phone and a piece of junk point-and-shoot camera.  I've been trying to edit them as fast as I can, but I need some major editing on the "best" photos.  To be honest, I'm looking for someone who can edit Chelsea's eyes OPEN.  Every single stinking picture we have of her with Scotty, her eyes are closed.  Yes, she definitely takes after her daddy!

Anyway, until I can get that all figured out, I wanted to post some videos of the events of Friday, so you can see how completely excited she was.

PLEASE excuse my horrible accent, loud laughter, and just all-around annoying voice.  Just focus on Chelsea and the pure joy in her reactions!

(And of course, I can't get the best video to upload.  GRRRRRR! See if this link to my FB page will work:

Chelsea finding out she gets to meet Scotty McCreery.

 We really did have a fantastic time, and we even got to meet a very unexpected person....a Cullen!

Hopefully, I will be able to get some decent photos up within the next couple of days!   If I can't get the photos fixed, I will just post the ones I have.

She's going to FLIP!

****If you are Chelsea, STOP READING NOW!  LOL****

A few weeks ago, I told you all about a very special Christmas gift for Chelsea.  

We are taking her to see Scotty McCreery in concert.  Scotty is last year's American Idol winner.  Chelsea is "in love" with him and talks about him constantly.  We went to one of his concerts in September, and she loved it, but he was only on stage for about 30 minutes, and we were a long way from the stage.  She had a blast, but you could tell that she wanted more.

Well, I found out that he was coming in concert in Birmingham, and just knew we had to get tickets.  So, I made a phone call to Santa, and we managed to come up with some.  Once I ordered tickets, I wrote an e-mail to his fan club to see if they were having any meet-and-greet opportunities at this particular concert.  I was thrilled they answered me, however they didn't know if they would be able to do anything.  They encouraged me to keep in touch with them and they would do whatever they could.  Well Friday, I received this in my e-mail:

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If you can't read it, it says "This e-mail confirms that you have been chosen for a meet and greet."  How awesome is that????   I was concerned because the e-mail says only the fan club member would be allowed to go back, so I e-mailed them again and asked them if there would be an adult who could make sure that she was able to get to where she needed to without any problems.  They quickly responded and said I could go back with her!  I am the MOST excited that I actually get to see the look on Chelsea's face when she comes face-to-face with "her man."

Chelsea is going to FLIP!

(Please pray that none of us get sick this week.  The flu, strep and a horrible stomach bug are floating around our community and NONE of us need to get any of it ....of course, neither does anyone else....But we would be heartbroken if anything happened that would cause her to miss this opportunity!)

Mama's Mumblings

Hey y'all! 

It's another Monday.  Why do they always seem to come so fast?  I mean, I swear it was just Wednesday, and I blinked my eyes and it's Monday again.  Time, PLEASE SLOW DOWN!  Do you realize that Christmas is only a few weeks away?  How did that happen?  I think I'm just going to stick my head under my pillow and pretend Christmas is still a L-O-N-G way away!

(You think that will work?)

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I've been busy, busy with "the business" again this week.  I've managed to knock a TON of orders and gifts out this week!

 

The next 4 pictures are for an order for a very special friend.  Her son is graduating Army Boot Camp on Halloween and the onesies are for his precious baby girl to wear.

Mommy needed a special shirt, too!

 

I made a TON of these for friends, family and co-workers:

 

For my niece:

 

Also for my niece:

 

And these invitations for a very special little girl:

 

 I can't believe little Miss Mallory is almost TWO!  I am SO SAD!  She is growing up WAY too fast!

(There's that "flying time" thing again!)

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I'm pretty sure I'm going to participate in a local craft fair in a couple of weeks.  I am TERRIFIED!  I've been trying to come up with some cute ideas of things to make.  I will take orders for t-shirts and my monograms, but I'd like to have a lot of things that people can take with them.  I'd also like to see how much of my craft hoard I could use to make things.  If I only did frames I could fill up a whole table, I'm afraid.  LOL  I just don't want to make a bunch of stuff and not be able to sell it.  Do any of you have any great ideas of things that may sell well?  I'm open to suggestions!

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This year at Jameson's school, the library is having a pumpkin parade.  Kid's pick out their favorite characters from a book and make a pumpkin to match.  Well, being my kid, this is what Jameson decided to make:

 

That would be a vampire worm, in case you didn't know!

So, we worked ALLLL weekend making our own version of a vampire worm.

 

We had a lot of fun fixing him up. It was really neat for all of us to try to come up with ways to do each different part of the worm.  The "ears" are melted/painted baby spoons, stuck into styrofoam that is hot glued to the pumpkin.  The eyes are screw-top caps from Coke bottles, the skin is a painted garbage bag, and the teeth are made of fun foam.

  We just hope it survives until he makes it to school.  The first pumpkin we had ROTTED before we even had it a day, so we had to get another one.  We hope the coat of black paint will keep this pumpkin alive for a few days.  Then, the cat decided she wanted to use the "ears" as a chew toy...AND WOULD NOT STOP!  So, after some touch-up paint, we had to take it out to Marty's truck so she couldn't get to it!

Jameson is so excited to bring it to school!  I just hope he's not too disappointed if he doesn't win.  There are a lot of really awesome pumpkins in the parade!  I definitely think that he would win for "most unusual", however!  LOL

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I've got my yearly "I'm going to screw up your favorite time of year again" sinus/cold junk.  I felt the first little tickle Tuesday night and it's been all downhill from there.  My friend Julie has the same mess and she's taking off work today to go to the doctor. She is hoping to get a shot to get rid of it.  I asked her if it was wrong of me to be jealous of her for getting to take off work, even if it is to get a shot. She did invite me to come along and get shots together.  I'm seriously thinking it would be worth it.  LOL

I remember when I was a kid, I would have to miss Trick-or-Treating almost every, single year because I would be sick.  I would just love to be able to make it through October - December without feeling like my head and chest were going to explode.

 

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Chelsea's current crush, Scotty McCreery, has just released a new Christmas album.  So, in the past week, she's gotten an autographed copy from the Scotty McCreery fan club, an "exclusive edition" complete with booklet and calendar from Wal-Mart, and has downloaded the album on iTunes. 

Sorry for the bad cell phone picture.

I think she may be just a tad bit obessed, don't you?  

 

(She is also wearing a North Carolina State t-shirt because that's Scotty's favorite team.)

I guess it could be worse....she could be this obsessed with some hormone-ravaged teenage boy that lives locally.  We would be locking her in the house for sure!

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Well my friends, I hope you all have a wonderful and fantastic week!

Scotty McCreery's Biggest Fan!

For Chelsea's graduation, we wanted to surprise her with a very special gift.  She is obsessed with last season's American Idol winner, Scotty McCreery, so we surprised her with tickets to one of his shows.  That was in May, and she has literally been counting down the days until the concert.  Fortunately, the concert date got here before she exploded!

She planned her outfit for weeks and this is what she came up with:

We didn't realize the hat could be shaped until she wore it like this all day.

I think she had on every single item that's in the Scotty McCreery fan club store!

She was all set, until she saw something that I made for her....

I told her she could still wear her original shirt, but once she saw this, she wanted to wear it!

The complete outfit!

She's ready to hit the road!

After the LOOOOONG drive, she's ready to be out of the car!

Jameson just wants to be back at home, playing on his computer.

Waiting in line!  One of the perks of getting there REALLY early...being right in the very front of the line!

We finally managed to get a little smile on Jameson's face...however, right as we were finally allowed in, he got sick and {almost} passed out.  He didn't eat much all day, so between that and the heat, it was just too much for him.  Once we got some food/drink into him, he was 100% better.  What is it with my kids and passing out?  Chelsea does the exact same thing.

See?  All better!

Waiting, waiting, waiting...

I think I'll just take a nap!

Jameson bored out of his mind.

The only shot of the two of them together.

Chelsea wasn't going to let the threatening looking rain clouds dampen her excitement!

After a LOOOOONG wait, the man, Scotty made his grand appearance!  Chelsea is beyond excited!

Here he is!  He was even better in person than on the radio!

 

Isn't that smile the absolute best?

Jameson still wasn't feeling it.

Oh wait!  Is that Jameson participating??

What?  I wasn't doing anything!

Marty enjoying the show.

See....I really was there!

The Band Perry.
 I was just floored by how humble and thankful the group was.  Their singing wasn't bad either!  LOL

And here is the headliner....Brad Paisley.

But Brad wasn't the one we went there to see. So after about 5 songs, we decided to beat the traffic and head out.  I'm sure his show was awesome, but this concert wasn't about us, it was all about our very special little girl and her love for Scotty.

These videos are worth it all!

I hope you all have a wonderful week!