Hey everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend. I was a little sad to see Monday come around BUT I have two good things going for me this week
                         *temps will be reaching 80 degrees by Thursday
                         *it is a llooong weekend! YAY

Yesterday we had some terrible storms. One touch down about 10 miles from here and another one about 40 min away. The lightening and thunder was so bad it woke up my girl. So needless to say last night was a long night!

During the tornado warning (I should have been like crouched down in my tub or something) I was watching that new Discovery series called "Life" It is sooo neat! DH and I love stuff like that. I do have to kind of filter through the little snippits of  things they say like "250 million years ago..." or "The animal evolved into...." The evolution aspect just doesnt jive well with my faith but I just take the good with the bad.

Yesterday while the weather was so yuck we decided to go ahead and dye our easter eggs. I was really surprised at how much Emma enjoyed it!  Here are a few pics I snapped yesterday...

Getting everything ready to go!

Yes DH is not the best photographer and he cut my head off lol ;)

He cut her head off too!

So cute working on her eggs!

Also while we were stuck inside yesterday we decided to have a little girlie fun as well ...

Today I would swear my Hubby is sick (in the head) if I didnt know better. First of all he started off the morning by bringing this home..

My new car!! So excited! I am loving it!

Then when I got home from work (Monday is his day off) he had totally cleaned the house from top to bottom and was working on dinner!!! Ca-ra-zy! Hey I will take it :)

One more thing. While the girls were napping today I fixed up the easter tree.. I think it turned out pretty cute. Emma loved it

yea this isnt a great shot of it.. but you get the point ;)

Alright I have turned this into a really long post.. but at least it wasnt to wordy! Have a great week.. hope it is a short one for you too!

Just a little chicken scratch!

I have been tagged by the lovely and hilarious Mama M in a writing assignment! I thought this was neat and really different so I joined in.

Here's the rules:


Answer the following questions but, write them down. Snap a pic and post it!

1. Name/ Blog Name
2. Right handed, left handed or both
3. Favorite letters to write
4. Least favorite letters to write
5. Write: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
6. Write in caps:

CRAB

HUMOR

KALEIDOSCOPE

PAJAMAS

GAZILLION
7. Favorite song lyrics
8. Tag people
9. Any special note or drawing

 
That was alot of fun! Now it is your turn!! I am going to tag Elizabeth , Patti, Keely, Jessica, and Abby  :)
 
Sorry its nothing more than juat a little chicken scratch. I remember being in school (like elementary age) and always getting "N" in the handwriting category on my report card. (Needs improvement) It is hard being a lefty ;)
 
Have a great Sunday!

5QF not vloggy style! :(

Hey girls! So sorry to disappoint.. I am pretty disappointed myself! I kept wondering why I could not find a program to launch my web cam (I very clearly have a webcam built in on the top of my screen on my laptop) on my computer. I kept looking and looking.. then went to the HP help thing on my computer and ran a program called "test webcam" and they said the program had not been installed! WTH?!? How is your computer going to come with a webcam but not the program to properly run it. I will continue to look for a free download to run it and maybe get a vlog up soon!! So sorry :/ I was a little nervous about it anyways maybe this will just give me a little longer to get prepared ;)

Alright lets get down to business (now that I have procrastinated all day waiting to do a vlog..ugh). Head on over to Mama M's blog and get the deets and join in! Its tons of fun!

Alright the questions this week are:

1. Did you pass your driver's test on the first try?

Of course I did! A+ driver baby! Well that is not the total truth.. I am a faster driver than I should be and also we all remember the biker. If you dont or have not heard the biker story then you can check it out here! I am not telling that story over again.. talk about embarassing!!!

2. What is your most embarrassing moment?
other than the biker story?!?! hmmm! Maybe the time that I went snowboarding with DH. Let me set the stage here...DH and I had only been dating several months (like 4 maybe) and my dad invited him on our family ski trip to the mountains. OK that in itself was pretty scary ya know?! Then DH ask me if I wanted to learn to snowboard. Sure! How hard can it be right? Wrong! I went out and bought all this expensive snowboarding gear so that I would be hot to trot snowboarding down the mountain. I did great on the bunny slopes and he thought I was ready to go up to the next level (actually I dont know if he really thought I was ready or if he was just bored watching me!) So my sweet darling boyfriend(at the time) decided to take me all the way to the TOP of the mountain. That was when the panic set in. Not only was it dark and I did not know what the heck I was doing but it was Icy! Not perfect fluffy snow anymore! I was doing pretty good until about half way down.. I went to slow myself down because I was going like way to fast and fail right on my arse!! I literally broke my tail bone. I cried and cried (like slobbery boogery mess cried) finally got to the bottom of the mountain and had to spend the rest of the weekend off the slopes. I felt terrible for him and humiliated for myself. He stuck around tho ;)


3. What TV show would you like to be on- Oprah, Biggest Loser, or What Not to Wear?
What not to wear! My wardrobe is in total need of a makeover. Ever since I had my little girl my figure is not quite the same. So none of my old clothes really fit me the way they used to! I wear alot of old yuck stuff and just kind of make do. I think I would have alot more self confidence if I could just get clothes I feel more comfortable in ya know?!


4. Would you ever get plastic surgery and what kind?
My initial thought would be "Heck Yea!!" I would love a little bit of lipo and a tummy tuck. While they are at it they can take the fat they suck from my belly and put it right in to my flat rear end. That would solve two problems at once ;)

But really I dont think I would ever have any of it done.. just sounds good in theory!


5. What are your favorite jeans to wear?
Well if you go back up to question 3 you will see that I am not truly happy with anything in my wardrobe so I cant answer this question. If "What not to wear" calls and they hook me up with a shopping spree I will let ya know my fav's ok?!

Well that was fun but not as fun as it would have been if I could figure all this webcam stuff out. I will def. be working on that this weekend.. maybe I can get it fixed and get a Vlog up sooner than later! I did love "seeing" you all though! Hope you have a wonderful weekend :)

Possibly...

I may do my first ever Vlog tonight! Stay tuned!! Have to wait on my DH to get home though so he can help me figure it out ;) Yall know I am not very good with all this technology and stuff :) I have enjoyed "seeing" some of you today!

Hope to "see" you later!

Weekend Recap

This past weekend DH and I headed up to Pigeon Forge TN for one of his good friend's wedding. I was excited to have a weekend get away. We had a beutiful drive up..it was so strange though.. towards the top of the mountain there was still a ton of snow but it was like 65 degrees. People had stopped on the side of the road and had snow ball fights but they were wearing short sleeve shirts!

sorry its a little dark.. blondie is still working on how to use the camera ;)

Our cabin was really nice! Much to the guys delight it was equipped with a few game tables and several TV's. There was one thing about our cabin though that drove me batty.. check this out...

A Christmas Tree!!

In March! Come on now it was the first day of spring..lol Dont worry it was also equipped with some garland on the balconies and all sorts of stuff. Derek was laughing at me because I told him maybe we should be nice and take it down for them ;)

The guys... I so rocked the fooseball(sp?!) table..everyone wanted me on their team ;)

a few of the girls

The grooms stopped by to get ready with his buddies...dont ask who the strange dude is in the background. He looked and acted like a hippy that somebody picked up on their way up the mountain...LOL

The happy couple and their wee little one! She looked totally adorable (no I didnt get a better shot of her bc DH made me take my camera back before we went out bc he was afraid it would get lost..me? Never!)

Yes I have this wild bang thing going on.. in EVERY pic! not sure what that was all about ;)

See still sticking up!?!? Think I should have brought out the hairspray for that flyaway ;)

My sweet DH! So cute ;)

We had a great time and really enjoyed sleeping in and staying up late (Yes Kate! I was up past 10 PM.. aren't you proud!) We enjoyed having time together and time with friends. BUT I am glad to be home. Glad to hear those pitter patter of little feet around the house again! I really missed my girl!!

Missed you girls! It will take me a while to play catch up in bloggy land.. but dont worry I will :)

Made it...

Home! I am so thrilled to be back home, to hear the washer and dryer going, to know that my crazy loveable toddler is sleeping soundly, and to just be back on my computer ;) Going dark was not terrible this weekend but it def. wasnt easy! I missed you all and hope you had a wonderful weekend. We sure did! It was fun and sometimes just down right redneck but I really enjoyed my break.

I will give ya the scoop and some pics to go along with it tomorrow.. but for now I am just glad I made it back home :)  Missed you all!




PS several of you asked for pics of the necklace from my wedding in my last post.. I will def. try to get that done this week..just for you.

5QF Action!

Woo Hoo! The weekend is here and a long weekend at that! DH and I are going out of town for a long weekend together. It is for a wedding but hey a weekend a way is still a weekend a way.. right?! We have not had a weekend with out the baby together since she has been born... wow! That is way to long!

So lets kick of this fun weekend with a little 5QF with the loverly Mama M! If you want to join in on the action then head on over and she will fill ya in.

This week the questions are :

1. Have you ever had a celeb sighting?
No! I have been to NYC like 6 times and have never seen anybody exciting!! Total bummer. I think they hide really well in New York because tourist are so taken by the scenery and the other half billion people walking around that you dont really have time to look for celebrities. If you stop and look around those people will mow you over...trust me ;)

2. What temperature do you keep your house?
I keep it about 69 during the day and 68 at night. I would even go a couple degrees cooler if it werent for the smallest feet of the family!

3. Do you notice dust at other peoples homes?
nope.. and I hope they dont notice mine lol. I mean if I am in somebodys house for a really long time and have nothing else to do then I may but the casual visiting and stuff like that I dont really take note.. but I alway make sure and dust extra if people are coming over?!?! What sense does that make?

4. What's the worst job you ever had?
hmmm....I cant really say that I have had an absolute terrible job. I mean all jobs have their ups and down..and my current job is def. no different. I know that was a boring answer but its the truth.. sorry ;)

5. What is your most sentimental possession?
Prob. the necklace my aunt gave me for my wedding present. My dad's mother passed away when I was 10 and so she had left me an amethyst pendant. My aunt took that pendant and a princess cut diamond (to match my wedding ring) and made a beutiful drop necklace for me. I wore it on my wedding day. I love it and only bring it out on very special occasions!

Alright girls I will be going dark this weekend. I am making myself leave my computer at home for the weekend... I know it is going to kill me but I feel like it has to be done! I will be sure and catch up on all the blogging when I get home Sunday evening! I will miss you all and thank you again for all your sweet comment love on this post! You girls rock! Have a fantastic weekend :)

I just recieved the BEST phone call ever!!!!!!!!!!

Girls! I have got to tell you about this phone call I just recieved!

I mean I can not even believe what I am about to type!

My jaw is still on the floor!

My heart is racing a thousand beats a minute!

My hands are shaking and unsure of what to type because I cant gather my thoughts right now!

This is how I feel....

Oh.. so you want to know what the phone call was about.. sorry I was so exicited I almost forgot ;)

I just recieved the best phone call ever saying my dad is cancer FREE!!!!!!!!!!!

Can you say miracle!

This is nothing short of a miracle here. I prayed every day for God to spare my daddy and bless us with a miracle and he def. did.

Liver cancer is not just a cancer that is just cured very easily. Much less a person who was not able to recieve all his treatments and when he did get his treatments they were spread out. He had not one tumors but TWO when he was diagnosed... now NONE!

I will spend the day giving thanks to God and resting way up here on cloud 9 where the stress has left my mind and I am filled with sunhine! Thank you so much to all of you wonderful prayer warriors I could not have made it through all of this without knowing you were praying too. He will have another scan in two months to make sure everything stays the way it is!

Much Love to you!

Zoo Trip 2010

Yesterday we had our first family zoo trip. I was thinking this was going to be a huge success and alot of fun. So we pack up and get the car loaded up and head on out for our hour and a half road trip to the zoo!

Car ride went great. She slept the whole way... easy peasy! First thing on our agenda was to go and feed the Giraffes! I have always wanted to do this. They say that they sometimes run out of food so that should be the first thing we do..so we were off to find the giraffes..

Emma was a little hesitant at this point

Totally freaked when he came to eat his food from us... oops!? Who would have thought!

So from there on out (remember this was our first stop...) she would only look from a distance. I have never seen a child afraid of the zoo.. now I have ;)

Here are a few other pics I took yesterday.. enjoy

she is prob thinking! OMG where have these crazy people brought me now!

Looking for the Zebra

Notice the grip while looking at the bunny.. A BUNNY!? lol come on now ;)

These birds were so colorful and pretty they would fly up and drink nectar out of your cup..neat!

OK I think that is enough pics for now...dont want to overload blogger or you ;) We may have to delay our next zoo trip for a while.. until she is a little older and at least will look at the animals..lol

Hope you all have a great day!

A Little Getting To Know You Action

This weekend has flown by! What a wonderful weekend it has been. DH went out for the bachelor party on Fri night (did not go terrible but not great.. wont go into all that right now) then Sat. it was my turn to go out for a little girls night action (payback my friends ;) then we topped off the weekend with Emma's first zoo trip! Be sure and stop by tomorrow to hear all about it!

Now lets get going on some Getting To Know YOU with Keely! If you want to play along (and you totally should..) then head on over and she will give you all the deets on how to play!

The questions this week are...

1. What's your favorite Easter candy?
Reese Peanut Butter Eggs! Oh so yummy!! I had to really turn my head and run the other direction yesterday at Target so that I would not bring them home.


2. Who do you think is cleaner..men or women?
Women for sure! Do men even see dirt?!?! I mean dont get me wrong my DH does help with the cleaning but he is not one to just up and start cleaning with out a little prompting if you know what I mean  ;)

3. Which do you prefer..wordy blog posts or ones with pictures?
I love pic post... but will def. still read the wordy ones.. esp. if it is something I can relate to!
4. Were you popular in highschool?
I dont know!? I mean I wasnt a dweeb but I wasnt a total jock either.. middle of the road kind of girl

5. What's your bra size?
Bigger than it was before I got preggo. I thought these puppies were supposed to shrink...lol

6. How many states have you lived in?
Just one.. good 'ole North Carolina

7. What's one blog you read every day?
Way to many to narrow it down.. just cant do it.. cheating I know

8. Peanut butter or Nutella?
Peanut butter. Did get on a Nutella kick there for a little bit after Mama M and Keely introduced it to me a while back and literally I could see it sticking to my hips so I had to quit buying it :)
 
Sorry so short and sweet but I have alot of house work and such to catch up on since we were gone all day! See ya tomorrow with some super cute zoo pics!!

100th Post 5QF style!

Wowzers!! I totally can not believe this is my 100th post! I was always just a lurker who started out just reading Mckmama's blog. Slowly I got involved in her community (which I havent been to in forever!) Met some wonderful @imaginaryfriends ;) and the rest is all history. Thank you so much for reading and the wonderful friendship I have in you all. Your the best!!

Alright now that I am done with some of the small talk lets get down to business with Mama M 's Five Question Friday!!

The questions this week are:

1. How much time do you spend on the computer a day?

Ummm... way to much!! I cant even answer that because I am not sure... I use like every free minute on this dern thing. It is so bad sometimes that my daughter gets upset when I pull it out sometimes. Makes me feel terrible. I have vowed to be better about my time and not be on here as much.

2. Will you pay for your children's college or raise them to pay for their own way?
I really hope to be able to pay for it for her. I am all for responsibility and all of those things but I really feel it is my responsibility to provide her with education as long as she decides to pursue it. Dont get me wrong homegirl will be working and paying her way on some things but as a parent I want to see that she goes to college and as expensive as it will be by then I know any high school graduate will not be able to handle that type of payment and I dont want her to start up to her eyeballs in debt if I can help it. 

Good question!
3. Have you ever been in a car accident?
OMG.. what a story I have! I am not sure if I even want to tell it because yall will really think I am some ditsy crazy blonde.. right?!!? No you wont?! Ok well then I will tell you.

Let me set the scene for you first. I was 22 years old. Still young and hot to trot. Just bought myself my first car. A brand new loaded candy apple red two door civic! That car was my baby! Spring was just starting up and I was headed down the road going to the salon to get my hair done. On cloud nine like I always am when I go to the salon. I had the windows down and the music cranked up.

I was slowing down to make a left hand turn. I had a green ARROW (not just a light) and of course with out much looking I began to turn left ( I mean I had an arrow..come on who stops when its your turn to go?!) What I did not see was the biker who decided he did not have to obey the traffic laws!! I hit him... head on!!
Let me first say he was ok.. so that you dont think I hurt him or anything. The man literally rolled up on my hood, hit the windshield and rolled off the front of the car! I kid you not. Want to talk about shell shock. I literally thought I had peed my pants I was so scared. I mean it tooks  me forever to even get out of the car and check on the man. Needless to say we were both ok.. BUT

My pretty red car on the other hand.. that I had not even made my first car payment on... It had some damage :(     Alright enough with that story... the moral... beware of the bikers!! The will hit you head on ;)

4. What is your favorite book?
Not much of a reader... I do love some Nicholas Sparks books though.

5. Do you make your bed everyday?
I can not stand to come home to an unmade bed. So I would say 9 out of 10 times the bed is made. If I dont get it made before I leave the house then I make it before we get in it... crazy I know :)

Alright well now that I have spilled the beans about the biker (one of my most embarassing stories) please dont think I am a goober ;) I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Insecurity at its best!

I am an extremely insecure person. I am insecure in my parenting abilities. I am insecure in my ability to be a wonderful wife to my husband. I am insecure of the future of our finances. I am insecure in a crowd of people and I am insecure about my body image. (That is prob. why I started the study "So Long Insecurity" With Kate and Crayon Wrangler)

Anyways.. to the point of this post....DH's best friend is getting  married next weekend. I am kind of excited as to have a litttle get away with my hubby in Gatlinburg TN. Should be alot of fun and a little time for us since Emma will be staying behind because wild woman is def. not wedding material at this age.

The reason I am not excited about the wedding is the event that will be taking place tomorrow night! Any guesses?? Yep! You got it... the bachelor party. Please dont get me wrong. I am not one of "those" wives that forbids her husband from boy outings or anything like that. I wont even say a word to him about it. The problem lies with my insecurites. I know with out a shadow of a doubt (or at least I think I do.. see what I mean?!) that he would not cheat on me. I know the man loves me with everything he has. He is so awesome about reassuring me about my looks and weight.

I just know what hangs around the bars. I used to be one! (well not to an extreme or anything ;) but I would so pull out my "cutest" attire that may have showed a little cleavage or a short skirt that I would totally not let my daughter out of the house in! I just hate for him to be out drinking with his buddies and see all these "attractive" women and then come home to me. You know what I mean? Or am I totally over reacting? Does anybody else think like this? I feel silly now that I wrote this post. I mean come on now Tyler!

Oh well it is written now.. just thought I would be honest about some of the insecurties I face and many of us face as women.

Testing?!!?

My new post is down right below.. just trying to see what is up with my commenting system!! It seems to have disappeared... this could be a disaster! I will not make it with out bloggy love!

Today...

**UPDATED**

*Today for some reason blogger decided to not let you comment on this post.. so if you dont mind leaving love on the previous post I would still love to have your comment ;)

*Today the weather was totally perfect. Like not a cloud in the sky... 71 degrees...light breeze..total sunshine!

*Today we pulled out the sandbox for the first time since the fall. You would have thought the littles (Emma and the girlie I nanny for) had hit the jackpot. They played all day long.

Emma and Sarah..(so busy they would not look to get their pic made)

*Today I was driving down the road and came up to this car and looked over and he was sitting so far back from the steering wheel that he was using the back door window as his arm rest rather than the front window. I mean I dont know how he even reached the gas pedal he was so far back. I dont expect you to be granny smith and all up on the steering wheel and your hands at 10 and 2 but in the back seat?!!?!? WTH?

*Today my hubby surprised me by coming home at 10:30 am so play with me and the girls. I was so excited to have an extra day with him!

Emma and Sarah checking out the neighbors yappy dogs (drive us insane!)

*Today we are contemplating on two houses we found yesterday. both the exact same price, same amount of land, same square footage. one has a sunroom attached and a better kitchen and one has a better backyard (flat.. other one kind of drops off). Not sure what we will do yet!? HUGE decision for us to think and pray over

*Today I started a bible study with my bloggy buddy Kate! Head on over and join in!! We are doing Beth Moore "So Long Insecurity"

*Today was wonderful!! Hoping for another great day tomorrow! How was your day??

Five Question Friday!

Woo Hoo! The weekend has arrived here in North Carolina! I am so excited (in case you could not tell by all the exclamation points ;) This is going to be a good weekend I can feel it. We are having sunshine and temps in the 60's this weekend. Spring time preview I think (wish it would stay that way from here on out!)

Also I have a dress up shin dig to attend this weekend. The dress is semi-formal!! Umm... hello shopping here I come. I have nothing even close to semi formal that my butt can fit into. Unless my friends you call sweats and flip flops formal? Nah I didn't think so either. Oh well! A girl never complained to much about having to shop.

Alright since the weekend is here we need to kick this party into gear with some good ole 5QF with the groovy Mama M. Head on over to her blog and link up if you want to play along (and you totally should!)

The questions this week are:

1. What's your guilty pleasure?
Well lets see I could name quite a few.. blogging, anything sweet, shopping for Emma ,(like way over doing it.. not just clothing my child ;) getting my hair done, and did I mention the blog world?!

2. What is your favorite TV series?
Greys Anatomy baby! I have been totally slack the past few weeks and am a little behind but hope to catch up tonight. I also love Private Practice and American Idol. I have not been able to really get into American Idol this season though. I am not sure if it is because nobody really seems to be that good or what it is. I will stick with it a few more weeks, hopefully it will get better

3. Can you speak any foreign languages?
No. I had to like sweet talk my way into passing spanish...lol. I reallly wish that I could. I think it is very important these days but I just totally don't have those type skills. I mean at the rate things are going these days Emma will be speaking better spanish than I can at age 5. Crazy!
4. How many pairs of shoes do you own?
?!?! I dont have a clue. I am not a huge shoe freak or anything so its not like I have a ton of shoes. Its just that I am not getting my lazy arse out of this chair to go in there and count my shoes. LOL.

5. What's your favorite kind of M&M's...peanut, almond, straight up regular, etc.?
Well I went and found this cute picture.. but the thing is being a goober and wont load... so no pic today girlies. Anyways my fav. are the new Peanut Butter M & M's. They are totally scrumptious. Like eat the whole bag yummy! If you have not tried them run now.. straight to the store and get a bag! You can thank me later ;)

Well girls I hope you all have a fantastic weekend! I will be sure and keep ya posted if I find a super cool dress for Sat night!

Little bits and pieces

Thought I would post a little catch up post. One blogger put it well.. "these post make you feel like you sat down with a dear friend and had a cup of coffee while catching up on life!" That was my buddy Pattie over and Emersyn Grace. (not sure if i quoted your exact girl.. but I tried ;)

So let me tell you what we have been up to this week...

*It has been a long week over here in our paradise. I am working 7-530 all week! Bummer.. but its ok only 3 more months to go!

*We had a "white rain" event on Tuesday as the weather man called it. It was really wierd! It snowed all day... like big fat pretty flakes but not a single one stuck?!!? They said we had about 5inches of snow fall but not accumulation. Strange isnt it?!!?

*My small group was cancelled this week because of the "white rain" event. Its ok though I read a little in my new book. Beth Moore "So Long Insecurity" I am really excited aboout this book. It will be my  first study by her. If you would like to join me and several other bloggy buddies head on over and check out Kate's community! We will be discussing the first chapter on Monday

* Also for those of you who have been keeping up with my dad and his battle with cancer I tweeted earlier that dad was able to recieve his chemo treatment today. What I did not realize until later is that he was only able to get half the dose as his platlets were a little low. I was kind of bummed out that he was not able to get the full treatment but quickly caught my self. "Girl you need to be praising God that he got any treatment at all!" So I will continue to praise him for the blessing of the treatment and keep praying that we will have a good scan next wed. Please continue to pray for him!

*Lastly my little diva had her 18 mo well baby appointment today. They said she is short stuff! She was only 10 percent for her height and 40 percent for her weight at a whopping 23lb and 8 oz. They said everything looks wonderful with her. Even said that her Strawberry "hemangioma" is shrinking as well. So over all a great appointment.

Well thats about all we have been up to this week. Glad you stopped by to catch up. Thanks so much for reading, leaving sweet comments, and praying for my family during these up and downs of life! You girls (and guys) are the best!!

Love to you all!

In Ten Years...

There is a fun little game of Tag going on in the bloggy world right now. My fabulastic buddy Mama M  tagged me so I am excited to join in on the Ten Year Game!

Rules:
* Post where you want to be in 10 years!
* Pass it on to ten of your bloggy friends!

Ten years from now!? Wow! That sounds so far down the road doesn't it. As I have learned in just the past few years that ten years is going to fly by if I dont stop and enjoy every single moment of it!

Ten years from now Derek and I will have been married almost 13 years! Hopefully we will be happier than ever. Still madly in love and moving foward with the goals we have set for ourselves in life. I am hoping  to either be working part time somewhere or able to fully stay at home and work on my house, child(ren?),and marriage. We will see what God has in store for us on that!

Emma will be almost 12 years old! A preteen. Oh goodness probably by then she will be in smart mouth, moodswing, boy crazy, drama filled, girlie girl stage. Even though those things are very possible (dont all of us women go through those things?!!?) there can be alot of bonus' at that age as well though... hopefully we can talk for hours, enjoy shopping together, baking, and all kinds of fun girlie things!

In ten years I am hoping Emma wont be an only child anymore ;) Hoping God will have blessed us with another blessing to our family!

It is so hard to imagine what life will be like in ten years because it is so hard for me to believe how quickly life is moving. I feel like I turn around and another week has gone. We are going to try and spend our time loving each other immensly, laughing until we cry, and living every moment like its our last!

Where do you hope to be in ten years?! I would love to know!

Alright the ten bloggy girls I am going to tag are:
1. The Bignell Family
2.Confessions of a Working Mom
3.Cop Mama
4.Emersyn Grace Our Biggest Little Blessing
5.Exposing The Drapes To My 20's
6.Mommy's Time
7.Murdocks Mama
8.Rudy Family Rukus
9.Welcome To The Nut House
10.Life After Levi

Alright I tried to pick a totally different group of girls that were not tagged earlier! Hope I did anyways ;)

Truthful Tuesday

This is my first time playing along with Confessions From a Working Mom 's Truthful Tuesday blog hop! YAY!

The question this week is :

How did you tell DH you were pregnant!?

 I had been told many of times by my OB that because of having PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome) that I would probably have to use fertility drugs to become pregnant. Totally freaked me out! I knew I wanted to be a mom since I was younger so the thought of not being able to concieve when I was ready was a little scary!

DH and I married in Sept. of '07. We said that we were not going to technically "try" for a baby but we were not going to prevent it either if ya know what I mean. I thought this would be better for the stress that can be involved in the situation as well as just enjoying being young and newlyweds ;) 

In January of '08 I knew I was a little late for my cycle to start and was getting a little nervous. I had this gut feeling that something was different this time. I "felt" I wasn't just late ya know?! I stopped at the store on a Sunday afternoon and picked up a few test. DH knew I was going to take the test so there was now way I could plan a surprise or anything ya know. I took the test and immediatly 2 pink lines showed up. I am talking I did not have to wait two minutes or pass go or anything. They were there and it was very evident. I totally freaked out... went through the whole OMG what are we going to do spill and then realized "Hey! I have to come out of this bathroom and tell him!"

I told him and he burst into tears! It was one of the sweetest moments ever...our families were so excited and so were we (after the initial Oh Crap episode ;)

Maybe next time I will plan a cool way share the news! ;)  How did you share the news with your hubby? Head on over to Confessions From A Working Mom and link on up!

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Sorry to keep having to do test post... looks like the new commenting system just totally evaporated from my blog?!!? The wierdest thing evah! I sent them an email with no reply yet....a new bloggy buddy of mine said she did a new post and it came right back. So trying to see if that is the case here! Sorry again... we are just going to be under construction today .....aaarrrrggghhh!

Sweet Girl!

Omigosh! I have been so wrapped up in everything going on around me that I totally forgot to do a post on Emma 18mo birthday post! So since she turned 18 mo this past Friday I figured better late than never right?! Right!

My sweet Emma girl has done so much growing this past month. She is just changing each and every day! It is so amazing to watch this little girl blossom right before my eyes :)

not a terrific picture.. she was in the middle of a fashion show and was not to happy with me!

This month she is....

* doing really well at recognizing her body parts

* does alot of her animal sounds (not consistantly but getting better)

*uses her fork and spoon very well

*is showing signs the is ready to potty train (such has walking around saying "shoo" or grabber her diaper)

*loves to walk up and give kisses

* has now named her silky blanket "ki-ki"

*is sleeping in her big girl bed

* is down to one nap a day (most days)

*love to play with balls... she is going to be a soccer player we think ;)

*tells us when she wants to brush her teeth but pointing at the sink and saying "brush"

*has a ton of vocabulary (much more than I thought she would at this point)

*is super sweet and a cuddle bug

*is strong willed and naughty ;)

We enjoy everyday with this sweet little girl. She shows us what love is all about. It is still amazing to me to be a mom. The challenges and battles just make me into a better person. I strive each and everyday to be the best mommy to this little girl that I can possibly be. Maybe just maybe one day she will get a brother or sister to play with!

another spring fashion show pic ;)

PS: I have a new commenting system.. think it is going to be super fun to be able to interact with yall more! Let me know what you think

I think I did it!

**Updated.. yet again**
Thanks to some super wonderful bloggy friends the kinks have been ironed out! YAY! Thanks so much girls.. you are the best :)

**UpDaTe**

A total goober here! Thought I had it all figured out and now I dont think you can comment at all on my blog... nice! will work on it...ooops!

Alright I have been wanting to switch up commenting systems for a while but was really not sure about disqus (since it had been having some issues lately). So my bloggy friend Mama M gave it a shot and seems to really be enjoying it! Then Kate joined in and is loving it as well. I decided to give it a try! I think it will be fun to be able to interact with you all more. It will finally help solve the confusion of "should I answer her question here or go to her blog and answer her question!?"

Try it out and let me know what you think! So excited. Not to mention it was easy to install.. and that is saying alot since I tend to be blog challenged some day :)