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 :)