It's a.... GIRL!!!! (Nov/Dec 2015)

So... I'm about 22, well almost 23 weeks prego! Time is flying by it seems! I can't believe it is already DECEMBER!!!!
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I ran the BoroDash that morning and my goal was to just finish & not walk.. YAY! I did it! It's a 4 mile run through M'boro. Blake & Ella Cate came to cheer me on! I'm so glad that I decided to do it!



Rewind.. On Nov. 17th, we went to the doctor for our 20 week appt. Everything looks healthy with baby. We were worried that we may not be able to tell the gender because baby was all curled up in a ball. The tech wanted me to walk up and down the halls, cough, and lay on my side, and finally she was able to tell that it was a .... GIRL!!! We are so excited for Ella Cate to have a sister just 2 years younger than her. We hope & pray that they are best friends :)

We had a gender reveal party, and let's just say that it didn't turn out EXACTLY how we had it planned. I took the sealed envelope to Party City after the doctor's appt and handed it to the girl working there. I think she was possibly from a different country. She almost started blowing up the pink balloon before I even left the store and she hadn't even looked at the envelope yet! That was my first red flag!! When I finally came back to get the box, I asked if she had done a reveal before and she said this was her first one, but it was really fun, and it is a creative way to announce the gender!! haha!! Not sure she even had a clue still!

Anyways... people at our house, people watching live streamed on the internet and we open the box to find BOTH pink & blue balloons!!! AHHHH!! What in the world??!?! We knew it wasn't twins, but poor girl. She didn't understand! Good thing she put the envelope from the ultrasound tech back in the bottom of the box, because that is the only way we knew for sure!!! So I pulled out the envelope and read "I'm a GIRL" on it!!! Such a fun night!!! We are super excited!!!

MORE PINK! MORE DOLLS!! Blake is REALLY outnumbered now! haha

NEW POST!!!

NEW POST!!!!

I don't even really know where to start. It has been almost 3 years since my last post! HAHA 

A lot has happened....

• We had a baby girl, Ella Cate. She is 17 months old now.
• I'm a stay at home mommy now! I work one day a week on Thursdays teaching a homeschool class. Ella Cate goes to Mother's Day Out while I teach. 
• We bought a house and did a lot of renovations to it. It's in a small older neighborhood in Murfreesboro. We love the neighborhood and our neighbors so much!

It has definitely been different staying home now and not working everyday. I love staying home, but my everyday pace of life looks completely different. It was def. an adjustment at the beginning and I'm not totally sure I am all the way adjusted to it, but I am very thankful that I get to stay home.  I love slow lazy mornings at home or staying in our pjs all day! ;)  Some other days we get an early start and are gone most of the morning. We are very involved at our church, New Vision and are really beginning to feel more connected and a strong sense of community here in M'boro.  Building friendships, community, and close couple friends definitely takes time to develop. I am realizing that more as I get older- friendships take time and it is harder when life is busy!!

I am loving this FALL weather!!! PUMPKINS, FOOTBALL, MUMS, PRETTY LEAVES, HAYRIDES, APPLE CIDER, JACKETS, PUMPKIN BREAD, AHHH!!!! ALL THINGS PUMPKIN!!!  

Also, my WHOLE family (17 or so of us) are going to Rosemary Beach in a week for Fall Break! We have never alllll been on vacation together for that long of a time! We will see if we all get sick of each other by the end of it! HAHAHA

The last NEWS.... WE ARE EXPECTING BABY #2!!!!! We are due April 4th, the same due date we had with Ella Cate! SO FUNNY! We are super excited! Ella Cate is obsessed with baby dolls so we will see how she does with a "real baby!!" She loves changing her babies' diapers, pushing them in her stroller, and she even says "ssh ssh" to them and says "shoo wee" if she thinks they have a dirty diaper! SO FUN! She is at a very fun age right now! She is becoming more independent and wanting to do things by herself! She keeps us on our toes and keeps us laughing! 

That's all for now! I have to go cheer on my Alabama Roll TIDE!!! :)