Memories....

As long as I can remember, my dad has always called me nicknames growing up. It is something that has always made me smile each time he says one of them. 

Growing up he has called me different ones ranging from sugar, pumpkin and a lot of the time he calls me toots. 

I never really knew what toots meant, it was just something that he said to me. Today I talked to my parents and when my dad got of the phone, he said, hi toots!

So, after the call I decided to go look to see if there was a meaning behind it. Looking online, it says that toots is slang and it means darling or dear. 

That totally fits something my dad would say.

I love this man more than words will ever be able to say. It has been a long 16 months since I have seen either one of my parents. I have always seen one of my parents at least once a year since I moved up north. Thanks to COVID, I have not seem either one of them in 16 months and my heart is so sad. Thankfully they have gotten both their vaccines and I should be getting mine in May and then we can plan for them to come up north and see our new house. 

I have 2 of the best parents a girl could ever ask for. They have always been supportive and loving. They might not have approved of all that I have done in my life, but they have always loved me and have always been here for me. I hope that I can share that love and acceptance with my daughter every single day!

FINALLY finished...

A long time ago I got a tattoo on my right foot going up my leg. My idea was to get shooting stars going up my leg and in the bigger stars I wanted to put my nieces and nephews initials in them. My idea came to life when I finally went to get my tattoo. 

It was done and I was in LOVE with it. It is so pretty and it is so colorful. It turned out better than I was expecting. At the time I got it, my oldest brother had 3 kids and my middle brother had 2 kids. 

Well... here we are many many years later. My oldest brother ended up having 2 more kids and my middle brother married my best friend growing up and she has 3 kids. So, I decided to FINALLY get my tattoo finished and make it even better. 

On March 8th, I took the day off to hang out with my baby girl on her day off. Her dad made us tattoo appointments and we went to hang out. I went first and then when my tattoo was done, the kiddo and I went to enjoy lunch while her dad got his new tattoo done. 

My work that was done:

- Initial N added to an empty star for my nephew Nathan.
- Initial A added to an empty star for my niece Allison.
- Initial K added to an empty star for my niece Kylie. 
- Initial B added to an empty star for my nephew Bryce. 
- A new star added with an initial L added for my niece Lydia.

All the initials were done and the stars were completed. I wanted to add a few more things to make it even more special... 

New additions added to my tattoo:

- A sun was added for my daughter Cadence.
- A moon was added for my daughter Isa. 
- A planet was added for my little Justice. She is my daughter Cadence's little sister. And she is my little buddy. She might be my ex-husband and his wife's daughter, but she means the world to me. 

Here is the finished piece...

And the best part is later that evening when I got home, Cadence sent me a picture of her little sister. She wanted to be just like Auntie Chell. I love her so much!