I am exhausted today. I tried to nap some while Aaron was napping, but I think I might have dozed for maybe 30 minutes. Sleep is so essential right now, and I just can't get rested. I'm sure it's part excitement/anxiety/discomfort from carrying this baby girl, etc. Either way, things are getting down to the wire. I can't believe I only have 4-5 weeks left. Eeeekk!!! I keep on looking at her chunky face from her 3D picture and falling more and more in love with her. I wonder if she'll come out with tons of long, black hair like her big brother; heck, she might come out blonde, red, or even bald (although the ultrasound tech showed me her hair). Bless it. Her room is coming together, and I've decided I will only post a pic once everything is officially ready. Adam painted my old dresser a pretty, matte pink and we are getting new hardware to replace the old, rusty knobs already on there. I bid on a Pottery Barn Kids chandelier on Ebay and won (yes!) so we still need to get that installed. We still have some wall pieces that have yet to be hung, I want a pretty rug for her floor, I want a skinny book shelf stand next to her closet, and we still need to get her car seat/base installed in the car. I absolutely love her room. It's so girly and pink, and as soon as you walk in it immediately feels like her. We've been so lucky that basically everything we needed for her, we got at showers through gifts or gift cards. The only thing left that we need is a swing. I don't know why I never thought about a swing until now! Adam and I are such last-minute people (which is totally not a good thing) so I'm sure we'll be collecting these items, and finishing all these "to-dos" up until it's go time. I ordered some pretty pj's and a bathrobe to wear in the hospital so I'm more comfortable, and I can promise y'all that I will have my makeup bag, dry shampoo, and my curling iron on hand and ready. Call me prissy, crazy, whatever, but I want to look halfway decent in those hospital pictures! Priorities, people. ;)
Aaron (finally) starts back school next week. Last night
was his orientation, and today he met his two sweet teachers at Open
House. I hope he has a great year. I can't believe my monkey is
growing up so fast! It's so sad how fast time flies by. We popped over
to his old teacher's classroom to say hello and she couldn't believe
how big he is. Last time he was in her class he was only 1; toddling
into her class- just a baby. Tear. It makes me cry. I would post a pic, but that would send me into a full-on melt-down. He's such a little man now, and I'm so proud of him. My sweet, big boy.
Enjoy your weekend, friends! I'll try to update at some point. Tomorrow starts UGA football, and my hubby is acting like it's Christmas Eve tonight. Ha! Can't believe it's already that time!
~LL
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Friday, August 30, 2013
Saturday, July 13, 2013
The sun will come out....tomorrow??
I'm in major countdown mode right now. Counting down the weeks until I give birth, counting down the weeks until my baby showers, counting down the days that I have to get my mostly-empty house ready for a baby shower to be hosted at our home.....you get the point. This morning, I was seriously counting down the weeks until Aaron goes back to school. Don't get me wrong, I adore my child, but as I've stated before: mama needs a break. Yes, I'm in major countdown mode and won't deny it. I know you're supposed to live each day as if it's your last....yada, yada, yada.....but sometimes you just need to freakin' count.
I posted yesterday about my weight gain, and how my Doc (and the friendly worker at Subway) both informed me that it was time to cut back. I got some really nice feedback on FB from dear friends that made me feel better about my new preg bod. Thank you, loves! Anyway, last night around 2AM I turned over to lay on my left side and.....the bed broke. Seriously. Well, more like collapsed. I just laid there in a daze; embarrassed because I am obviously an elephant. Adam, half-asleep said, "what happened?" Um, I broke the bed. Sorry...I'm a fat ass. Turns out, the slats gave out, and therefore the mattress fell down. My poor hubby, he was giving me every excuse in the book to make me feel better. I spent the rest of the night worried that any movement might cause the bed to fall through the floor into our basement. Therefore, I slept maybe 3 hours. No sleep=a rough day. I even had to take a Zofran for the first time since first trimester today; I've felt terrible. I'm blaming all of this on lack of sleep; I just began third trimester yesterday- this can't be the standard for the rest of this pregnancy. Tonight, I'm going to bed when Aaron goes to bed.
Third trimester has also brought back my distaste for coffee. I've attempted to drink a cup every day, and after two sips ended up dumping it down the drain. I just want something cold to drink when I wake up. My fellow Keurig friends, do they make ice-coffee k-cups? This is probably a dumb question considering all I need to do is make a regular cup, and pour it into a glass with ice, but I thought I'd ask anyway.
I hit up Marshall's early this afternoon for some home decor. Have I ever said how much I love this place?? I bought a black entryway table for our foyer, a canvas for our den, a vase of pink (artificial) roses for our dining room table, some yellow and gray throw pillows for our bed, and some new dog bowls for Sophie May. I could have spent at least two more hours in that place. This is going to be fun!
Off to order Chinese. This overcast weather give me no drive to whip up anything in the kitchen. Looks like a couch/movie night for us. Enjoy your evening, friends!
~LL
I posted yesterday about my weight gain, and how my Doc (and the friendly worker at Subway) both informed me that it was time to cut back. I got some really nice feedback on FB from dear friends that made me feel better about my new preg bod. Thank you, loves! Anyway, last night around 2AM I turned over to lay on my left side and.....the bed broke. Seriously. Well, more like collapsed. I just laid there in a daze; embarrassed because I am obviously an elephant. Adam, half-asleep said, "what happened?" Um, I broke the bed. Sorry...I'm a fat ass. Turns out, the slats gave out, and therefore the mattress fell down. My poor hubby, he was giving me every excuse in the book to make me feel better. I spent the rest of the night worried that any movement might cause the bed to fall through the floor into our basement. Therefore, I slept maybe 3 hours. No sleep=a rough day. I even had to take a Zofran for the first time since first trimester today; I've felt terrible. I'm blaming all of this on lack of sleep; I just began third trimester yesterday- this can't be the standard for the rest of this pregnancy. Tonight, I'm going to bed when Aaron goes to bed.
Third trimester has also brought back my distaste for coffee. I've attempted to drink a cup every day, and after two sips ended up dumping it down the drain. I just want something cold to drink when I wake up. My fellow Keurig friends, do they make ice-coffee k-cups? This is probably a dumb question considering all I need to do is make a regular cup, and pour it into a glass with ice, but I thought I'd ask anyway.
I hit up Marshall's early this afternoon for some home decor. Have I ever said how much I love this place?? I bought a black entryway table for our foyer, a canvas for our den, a vase of pink (artificial) roses for our dining room table, some yellow and gray throw pillows for our bed, and some new dog bowls for Sophie May. I could have spent at least two more hours in that place. This is going to be fun!
Off to order Chinese. This overcast weather give me no drive to whip up anything in the kitchen. Looks like a couch/movie night for us. Enjoy your evening, friends!
~LL
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Lots of catching up to do!
Hey! Do you remember me?? I have a blog titled "Laughing Lolly." Ever heard of it? If you haven't, I'm not shocked because there's been zero bloggage in what, three weeks?? Sorry, y'all. We moved into our new house two weeks ago, and we just got Internet yesterday. I wish I was kidding. Let's just say that next time we make a move (which we're not planning to do for a long time) we might rethink the AT&T relationship. Not impressed.
Anyway, we are all moved in to our new house and loving it! We've never had this much room since we moved into our first home in December 2006. More room=lots of empty spaces which we'll have to build upon as the time goes by. The new house things I'm super stoked about are: a separate laundry room, separate master bathroom, carpet (yes, I know I'm crazy), and the fact that I have a foyer. I haven't been able to access Pinterest that much over the past couple of weeks, but since things are finally settling down and since we finally have internet I plan to get my pinspiration on. I'll post pics of the house soon, I promise. My hubs is super pumped about the fact that we have a partly finished basement that's the size of the house. His own personal "man home." Oh, the things we have planned......can't wait to put these plans into action!
The most important "to do" right now is getting Harper's nursery ready. I am so lame that I haven't even picked out nursery bedding yet. That's cray. I'll be entering 3rd trimester this Friday (28 weeks- whoop!). By this point in my pregnancy with Aaron the bedding was already chosen, and Adam was painting the nursery. The only excuse I have is the fact that we just moved, and haven't had much time for nursery planning. I do have my eye on some precious bedding from Pottery Barn that I will most likely purchase this week. Once I do, I'll give y'all a sneak peek. I feel like once the bedding gets here, the creativity will take over.....hopefully. Her walls are already painted beige, and I'm fine with sticking to that color. My main color is pink (duh), and I feel like I can pull in all kinds of fun colors with that as the base.
Speaking of baby girl, we went for her Fetal Echo two weeks ago Friday, and her heart is healthy and normal!!! Ahhhh.....relief. Like I've said before, I've felt pretty confident from our past two ultrasounds that her heart was normal, but it was music to my ears to hear from a pediatric cardiologist that her sweet heart showed no abnormalities and is normal. We are so blessed.
This Friday is my Gestational Diabetes test (the glucose screening) where I have to drink the yucky, orange stuff. Not looking forward to it. However, I am looking forward to the 3D/4D ultrasound of Harper Beth next month! I just want to see if she has hair. Aaron had tons of it. I've been plagued with heartburn again this pregnancy so I'm taking that as a good sign. My Aaron Mo came out with tons of black hair, that had basically grown into a rattail it was so long. I could not believe I grew all that hair in my belly.....hahah! Guess we'll see!
Since it's been forever since I last blogged, and a lot of things have happened since I'm just going to let my photos document the past few weeks:
My girlfriends and I went to see NKOTB/98 Degrees/Boyz 2 Men a few weeks ago. Y'all, we had a blast! We started out in the nosebleed seats at Phillip's Arena, but ended up on the second row right before NKOTB took the stage (thanks, Lori!). I know we're totally tweens, but I'm just going to put it out there and say: NKOTB put on a great show. We even lingered behind after the show was over trying to get a glimpse of Joey and Company. My sweet friend Brooke and I even tried to pimp out our pregnant bellies to get backstage access and all we got was a set list from a nice guy that was working production. Oh well, it's the little things! Here's a video of the guy's singing "Tender Love;" an old-school love song that I've been obsessed with forever!
The next day after the concert, we closed on our house! Here's a pic of the front of our new casa:
We were only in our new home for a week before we headed to Destin for our family vacation. With the exception of the last three, rain-drenched days of vacay, we had a wonderful, relaxing time.
We took our annual boating trip around the Gulf to Crab Island and Dewey Destin earlier in the week due to the terrible rainy weather at the end of the week:
Sadly, I didn't get as many pics as I would have liked to, but like I said before, it rained. A lot. Boo. Oh well, there's always next year!!
Enjoy your Tuesday, friends!
~LL
Anyway, we are all moved in to our new house and loving it! We've never had this much room since we moved into our first home in December 2006. More room=lots of empty spaces which we'll have to build upon as the time goes by. The new house things I'm super stoked about are: a separate laundry room, separate master bathroom, carpet (yes, I know I'm crazy), and the fact that I have a foyer. I haven't been able to access Pinterest that much over the past couple of weeks, but since things are finally settling down and since we finally have internet I plan to get my pinspiration on. I'll post pics of the house soon, I promise. My hubs is super pumped about the fact that we have a partly finished basement that's the size of the house. His own personal "man home." Oh, the things we have planned......can't wait to put these plans into action!
The most important "to do" right now is getting Harper's nursery ready. I am so lame that I haven't even picked out nursery bedding yet. That's cray. I'll be entering 3rd trimester this Friday (28 weeks- whoop!). By this point in my pregnancy with Aaron the bedding was already chosen, and Adam was painting the nursery. The only excuse I have is the fact that we just moved, and haven't had much time for nursery planning. I do have my eye on some precious bedding from Pottery Barn that I will most likely purchase this week. Once I do, I'll give y'all a sneak peek. I feel like once the bedding gets here, the creativity will take over.....hopefully. Her walls are already painted beige, and I'm fine with sticking to that color. My main color is pink (duh), and I feel like I can pull in all kinds of fun colors with that as the base.
Speaking of baby girl, we went for her Fetal Echo two weeks ago Friday, and her heart is healthy and normal!!! Ahhhh.....relief. Like I've said before, I've felt pretty confident from our past two ultrasounds that her heart was normal, but it was music to my ears to hear from a pediatric cardiologist that her sweet heart showed no abnormalities and is normal. We are so blessed.
This Friday is my Gestational Diabetes test (the glucose screening) where I have to drink the yucky, orange stuff. Not looking forward to it. However, I am looking forward to the 3D/4D ultrasound of Harper Beth next month! I just want to see if she has hair. Aaron had tons of it. I've been plagued with heartburn again this pregnancy so I'm taking that as a good sign. My Aaron Mo came out with tons of black hair, that had basically grown into a rattail it was so long. I could not believe I grew all that hair in my belly.....hahah! Guess we'll see!
Since it's been forever since I last blogged, and a lot of things have happened since I'm just going to let my photos document the past few weeks:
My girlfriends and I went to see NKOTB/98 Degrees/Boyz 2 Men a few weeks ago. Y'all, we had a blast! We started out in the nosebleed seats at Phillip's Arena, but ended up on the second row right before NKOTB took the stage (thanks, Lori!). I know we're totally tweens, but I'm just going to put it out there and say: NKOTB put on a great show. We even lingered behind after the show was over trying to get a glimpse of Joey and Company. My sweet friend Brooke and I even tried to pimp out our pregnant bellies to get backstage access and all we got was a set list from a nice guy that was working production. Oh well, it's the little things! Here's a video of the guy's singing "Tender Love;" an old-school love song that I've been obsessed with forever!
The next day after the concert, we closed on our house! Here's a pic of the front of our new casa:
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| Wish I could say the white BMW was mine also, but sadly I cannot. Dreamers can dream! |
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| Best news of the week!!! |
We were only in our new home for a week before we headed to Destin for our family vacation. With the exception of the last three, rain-drenched days of vacay, we had a wonderful, relaxing time.
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| The night we arrived. Heaven. |
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| Crab Cakes at The Crab Trap. My mouth is watering. |
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| The Captain & his Skipper ;) |
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| We're on a boat, y'all! |
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| My boys enjoying Crab Island. The water was a little green this year, but nevertheless beautiful! |
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| Mi familia |
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| Our last night dinner at Whales Tail. See you next year! |
Enjoy your Tuesday, friends!
~LL
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
What's Going On
It's Tuesday! The past few days have completely bypassed me. Things have been busy in the Mosely hacienda! First things first.....catching up:
It's looking like we'll be moving this weekend (fingers crossed!). We're getting our ducks in a row, and hopefully we'll be closing this Friday. Yay!! As soon as I know something more concrete, I'll be posting. In the meantime, you might not be hearing much out of me over the next few days. Still have a good bit of packing left to do and ends to tie up. I'll try to post again this week, but if not don't be surprised. I promise to get back at it as soon as I can devote more than 15 minutes to it.
Enjoy your week!
~LL
- Ashley's baby shower for Baby Brooks was this past Saturday at Basil's, a great restaurant in Atlanta. The restaurant was adorable, the food was delish, and the company was even better. Brooks is sure to be a handsome little guy- he got tons of super-cute outfits. It was such a nice shower, and I was so happy to be there!
- Last night me and my fellow Gemini friend, Lauren, celebrated our June birthdays (I'm the 10th, she's the 17th) with 8 of our closest girlfriends at Carrabas. Again, the food was amazing and the company was wonderful. We both got surprised (thanks, Jess!) with a huge piece of their "Chocolate Dream" dessert and I cannot stop thinking about it today. So delicious! I swear, I've had the biggest sweet tooth this pregnancy. Anyway, truly a great night with great friends. I'm truly blessed. Here's a pic:
- True Blood came back on Sunday. Whoop!! I am so excited for this season!! I'm most excited about the fact that we're already getting the sad/"I'm in love with you, Sookie" looks from Eric. I.Heart.Him. I think if I were her, I'd be all about re-living Season 4 (y'all know what I mean) all day long. Holla!
It's looking like we'll be moving this weekend (fingers crossed!). We're getting our ducks in a row, and hopefully we'll be closing this Friday. Yay!! As soon as I know something more concrete, I'll be posting. In the meantime, you might not be hearing much out of me over the next few days. Still have a good bit of packing left to do and ends to tie up. I'll try to post again this week, but if not don't be surprised. I promise to get back at it as soon as I can devote more than 15 minutes to it.
Enjoy your week!
~LL
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Hump Day Musings
I might be speaking too soon, but I feel like I've hit some stride with my packing capabilities. I woke up this morning, drank a big cup of coffee (decaff, of course), and literally, hit the ground running. I haven't finished my list for today yet; however, I knocked the hardest things out first. The rest should be a piece of cake. Yay! My new friend is bubble wrap. I love it. Being the major priss that I am, I hate packing with newspaper. It gets all over my fingers and then transports to my plates, glasses, etc. I can't stand it! I know this is weird, but whatevs. Bubble wrap has been a lifesaver. I've already gone through the huge roll that I bought last week, so I'll be heading back to Lowe's tomorrow for more.
This blog post is way too exciting, y'all. We're discussing bubble wrap.......YES!!!!! ;)
Last night I rented Safe Haven off of the Redbox. Surprisingly, it was really good! It seems like when those Nicholas Sparks books get made into movies they're a hit or miss. Of course, Josh Duhamel is gorge. And the fact that he's play a widowed father of 2 kids? Major turn-on. I won't go into too many details for those that haven't seen it, but lemme' just say, the make out scene against a tree was almost too much for these pregnancy hormones to handle. If I weren't such a buddha right now, I would've totally rolled myself off the couch to grab the remote for a rewind, but I'm just way too big for quick movements like that right now.
I decided to bite the bullet and purchase JT's new album last weekend. I'd already bought "That Girl" off iTunes a few weeks ago (fave summer song right now), and after listening to his station on Pandora it was confirmed: I must have the whole album. Not to mention: I'm seeing his fine a$$ in concert in December- whoop!!! Myself and six of my friends will be heading up to the A for this event. Cannot.wait. I will be 2 months post-pregnancy and will probably be packed into a full body spanx suit. Do I care? Hell no. I'm dropping this shh.. like it's hot. And then I'll probably need someone to help me back up. Ha! Anyway, I love this whole album. My new favorite is "Spaceship Coupe" and although it sounds awful, it's kinda hot. I just can't even handle him.
True Blood comes back on Sunday! Agh!!!!! I truly hope it's better than last season. Last season was just so disappointing in my opinion. I want Eric. Lots and lots of Eric!
Btw, have y'all heard the dirty, nasty rumor that ASkars really is dating Ellen Page? Wha??? I seriously don't know what to think. Part of me wants to cry, and part of me wants to high-five Juno (Go gurrrl!). My pregnant brain can't even process this right now.
Alright y'all, enjoy your Hump Day!
~LL
This blog post is way too exciting, y'all. We're discussing bubble wrap.......YES!!!!! ;)
Last night I rented Safe Haven off of the Redbox. Surprisingly, it was really good! It seems like when those Nicholas Sparks books get made into movies they're a hit or miss. Of course, Josh Duhamel is gorge. And the fact that he's play a widowed father of 2 kids? Major turn-on. I won't go into too many details for those that haven't seen it, but lemme' just say, the make out scene against a tree was almost too much for these pregnancy hormones to handle. If I weren't such a buddha right now, I would've totally rolled myself off the couch to grab the remote for a rewind, but I'm just way too big for quick movements like that right now.
I decided to bite the bullet and purchase JT's new album last weekend. I'd already bought "That Girl" off iTunes a few weeks ago (fave summer song right now), and after listening to his station on Pandora it was confirmed: I must have the whole album. Not to mention: I'm seeing his fine a$$ in concert in December- whoop!!! Myself and six of my friends will be heading up to the A for this event. Cannot.wait. I will be 2 months post-pregnancy and will probably be packed into a full body spanx suit. Do I care? Hell no. I'm dropping this shh.. like it's hot. And then I'll probably need someone to help me back up. Ha! Anyway, I love this whole album. My new favorite is "Spaceship Coupe" and although it sounds awful, it's kinda hot. I just can't even handle him.
True Blood comes back on Sunday! Agh!!!!! I truly hope it's better than last season. Last season was just so disappointing in my opinion. I want Eric. Lots and lots of Eric!
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Btw, have y'all heard the dirty, nasty rumor that ASkars really is dating Ellen Page? Wha??? I seriously don't know what to think. Part of me wants to cry, and part of me wants to high-five Juno (Go gurrrl!). My pregnant brain can't even process this right now.
Alright y'all, enjoy your Hump Day!
~LL
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
I might need to get a job....
To pay for all the adorable girly things I keep seeing everywhere! I knew girls clothes were much more abundant than boys, but dang- it's really not fair. Walking into Dillards last Thursday the whole section was dominated in pink, ruffles, and frou-frou. There was one (maybe 2) racks of boys clothes. And I know it's not just there. I've got to keep it all in perspective. If I don't, I'll go bankrupt. Luckily, Harper has grandmother's that love shopping so we might not get into too much trouble. It also helps that friends who have girls have been so kind as to offer their hand-me-downs. If you read this, thank you, thank you, thank you! I have already learned by having one child that they don't have to be in smocked bubbles/jumpers/and Kelly's Kids latest trends every day; Aaron wears Walmart and he always looks like one of the coolest dudes in the room. ;) Harper will have some Mud Pie dresses and Matilda Jane jumpers, but I won't hesitate to snatch a dress off of a Sock Shoppe rack if I like it.
Speaking of clothing, I ordered more maternity clothing today. I got so excited to see an email from Loft this morning saying that everything was 40% off, until I went to their site and saw that even if I used my 40% off promo code, I'd still be paying at least thirty bucks for a shirt. Um, no thank you. Old Navy it is! I think my look this summer will be simple clothing in solid colors. Nothing flashy or busy. 1- I'll be big as a house and don't need anything else to make me look bigger; and 2- It's going to be hot as h*ll. I ended up going with 3 tops and pair of denim cut-offs. Total (with their promo code) was $65. Not too shabby. Another prego friend of mine told me that Ross has a maternity section so I'll probably be checking that out, too. At first I was kicking myself for getting rid of all my maternity clothes awhile back, but I guess it doesn't really matter now. When I was pregnant with Aaron (and sweet Luke) I was pregnant during the cold months. This bambino is going to have me sweating as soon as I walk out of the house. Therefore- as little clothes as possible- ha! All worth it in the sweet end. :)
I hope y'all had a good weekend! Between looking at houses and going to baby showers, my weekend flew by. I'm so excited because I think I might have found our house. Adam hasn't seen it yet, so we're going back Friday. It would be perfect for our growing family. Perfect size and beautiful, huge backyard with a deck. Harper could probably have her wedding reception back there. Just praying and crossing my fingers that it'll work out. If Adam likes it, then we'll probably put an offer in. I'll keep you posted....
Have a good Tuesday!
~LL
Speaking of clothing, I ordered more maternity clothing today. I got so excited to see an email from Loft this morning saying that everything was 40% off, until I went to their site and saw that even if I used my 40% off promo code, I'd still be paying at least thirty bucks for a shirt. Um, no thank you. Old Navy it is! I think my look this summer will be simple clothing in solid colors. Nothing flashy or busy. 1- I'll be big as a house and don't need anything else to make me look bigger; and 2- It's going to be hot as h*ll. I ended up going with 3 tops and pair of denim cut-offs. Total (with their promo code) was $65. Not too shabby. Another prego friend of mine told me that Ross has a maternity section so I'll probably be checking that out, too. At first I was kicking myself for getting rid of all my maternity clothes awhile back, but I guess it doesn't really matter now. When I was pregnant with Aaron (and sweet Luke) I was pregnant during the cold months. This bambino is going to have me sweating as soon as I walk out of the house. Therefore- as little clothes as possible- ha! All worth it in the sweet end. :)
I hope y'all had a good weekend! Between looking at houses and going to baby showers, my weekend flew by. I'm so excited because I think I might have found our house. Adam hasn't seen it yet, so we're going back Friday. It would be perfect for our growing family. Perfect size and beautiful, huge backyard with a deck. Harper could probably have her wedding reception back there. Just praying and crossing my fingers that it'll work out. If Adam likes it, then we'll probably put an offer in. I'll keep you posted....
Have a good Tuesday!
~LL
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
This DIY thing is hard....
Happy Tuesday! Today has been a pretty good day. With the exception of crazy dreams last night, I woke up and actually enjoyed a cup of coffee. This made me really happy. I haven't been able to drink coffee this whole pregnancy up until a week ago. I forgot how much I missed it, until I poured some Hazelnut creamer into my coffee cup this morning. Ahhh....it's the little things, y'all.
Whilst enjoying my cup o' joe this morning, I watched Kelly and Michael. Disclaimer: I'm only able to savor a cup of coffee AND watch Kelly and Michael at the same time when my son is at preschool. This only happens twice a week, so you better believe I enjoy every second. Kate Hudson was on their show today and I adore her. Like major girl crush adore her. I love everything about her: her hair, style, attitude- like she's probably one of my most favorite people in the world. Seriously. If this a boy I'm totally naming him Bingham and calling him Bing.....okay, not really but she can just do no wrong in my book.
In other news, the last I updated about the house we had gone to Lowe's, picked out our kitchen flooring and new cabinet knobs. Our flooring had to be special ordered, so it won't even arrive until later this week. Adam went ahead and took off the old cabinet handles this weekend and added the silver knobs. They're great......however, they would look much better if the previous handles hadn't left horrible rust stains behind. To get an idea of what I'm talking about here's a pic of our kitchen:
This picture was taken 4 years ago so of course, table and decor have changed, but you get where I'm coming from regarding the cabinet handles. Anyway, those handles have been on those cabinet doors since this house was built 50 years ago. After removing the knobs, Adam sanded the cabinets and then went over the stains with primer. A couple of times. This is what we're working with now:
Adam says eventually the white will fade, but it's just not working for both of us. Yeah, the knobs aren't super fancy but these cabinets need color. Especially now that there's a two-toned white dominating the canvas. We've decided that we'll pick out a color once we get the new flooring in. That should be within the next two weeks. Do y'all have any suggestions? Here's another picture of our flooring:
I'm kinda digging the idea of bright, colorful cabinets. Adam thinks we need to stick to beige/brown. Thoughts?
Enjoy your day!
~LL
Whilst enjoying my cup o' joe this morning, I watched Kelly and Michael. Disclaimer: I'm only able to savor a cup of coffee AND watch Kelly and Michael at the same time when my son is at preschool. This only happens twice a week, so you better believe I enjoy every second. Kate Hudson was on their show today and I adore her. Like major girl crush adore her. I love everything about her: her hair, style, attitude- like she's probably one of my most favorite people in the world. Seriously. If this a boy I'm totally naming him Bingham and calling him Bing.....okay, not really but she can just do no wrong in my book.
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In other news, the last I updated about the house we had gone to Lowe's, picked out our kitchen flooring and new cabinet knobs. Our flooring had to be special ordered, so it won't even arrive until later this week. Adam went ahead and took off the old cabinet handles this weekend and added the silver knobs. They're great......however, they would look much better if the previous handles hadn't left horrible rust stains behind. To get an idea of what I'm talking about here's a pic of our kitchen:
This picture was taken 4 years ago so of course, table and decor have changed, but you get where I'm coming from regarding the cabinet handles. Anyway, those handles have been on those cabinet doors since this house was built 50 years ago. After removing the knobs, Adam sanded the cabinets and then went over the stains with primer. A couple of times. This is what we're working with now:
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Adam says eventually the white will fade, but it's just not working for both of us. Yeah, the knobs aren't super fancy but these cabinets need color. Especially now that there's a two-toned white dominating the canvas. We've decided that we'll pick out a color once we get the new flooring in. That should be within the next two weeks. Do y'all have any suggestions? Here's another picture of our flooring:
I'm kinda digging the idea of bright, colorful cabinets. Adam thinks we need to stick to beige/brown. Thoughts?
Enjoy your day!
~LL
Friday, April 19, 2013
It's all happening
TGIfreakin'F. I hope y'all are enjoying this rainy afternoon as much as I am. We have been super productive today, surprisingly. My two boys and I headed up to Lowe's to pick out our new kitchen flooring. Exciting stuff, and I'm being totally serious. Adam and I were convinced we were going to do sheet vinyl based off of web research, but once hitting up Lowe's we realized that vinyl tile was less expensive. Who'd a thunk?!? We ended up going with this pattern (it's actually browner in person). We both love it, and still cannot believe it was cheaper than sheet vinyl. After hitting up the cabinet hardware aisle, we picked out these plain silver knobs for the cabinets. Nothing fancy. I'm so excited Adam's on board with this plan. His pockets can be a little tight sometimes (and who can blame him- he married me!), but he seems just as excited about this kitchen redo as I am. Next up: our hall bathroom. I know in the previous post I kept on referring to it as our master bath. This is not true as the master bath is located in the master bedroom, right? (I am seriously so dumb since getting knocked up; I mean more dumb than pre-pregnant Hayley.) Well to clarify what I said earlier, our hall bathroom is our next project.
Geez....somebody give me a drink already. (Kidding! A little bit...)
BTW, I watched Snow White and the Huntsman last night as Grey's and Scandal were old eps. I liked it, y'all. I almost forgot what a lil' hooch KStew was while watching; the keyword being almost. Anyway, I'd totally forgotten that Sam Claflin was in this movie and I just have to post a pic of me and my brush with fame when Mr. Claflin himself happened to be staying at Atl's downtown Marriott last October: Poor guy:
One last thing: my mom sent me a link to this hilarious blog post today and I haven't laughed this hard in a long time. Please check it out as this mom is totally keeping it real and speaking real mom truth. Love it!!
Enjoy your weekend!
~LL
Geez....somebody give me a drink already. (Kidding! A little bit...)
BTW, I watched Snow White and the Huntsman last night as Grey's and Scandal were old eps. I liked it, y'all. I almost forgot what a lil' hooch KStew was while watching; the keyword being almost. Anyway, I'd totally forgotten that Sam Claflin was in this movie and I just have to post a pic of me and my brush with fame when Mr. Claflin himself happened to be staying at Atl's downtown Marriott last October: Poor guy:
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| Thank God for Bachelorette parties & liquid courage! |
Enjoy your weekend!
~LL
Thursday, March 21, 2013
House Hunting
If you've been reading my blog over the past few years, you know our housing situation has constantly been up in the air. Currently, we are living in Macon and have been since 2006. We had a brief stint back in Griffin in 2011, but moved back to Mac-Town in early 2012 to focus on selling our house. Selling? What a joke. I know that I'm definitely not the only one dealing with the depressing after-effects of the housing market crash in (whaddya know) 2006. Adam and I have always said that had we known how bad the real estate market was going to get, we definitely would not have bought a house seven years ago. Now don't get me wrong, I love our house. I'm actually the one that found this house when we began the pursuit of our first home. We got engaged here, we started a family here, and it's home. Our sweet, little love shack. ;) We live in a great location, have awesome neighbors, and honestly, if it weren't for the need for more room, we very well would wait this housing craziness out until we could sell it for what we bought it for. However, there are some changes coming to our family this year (good changes that I'll elaborate on very soon), which makes moving somewhere else the best decision for our family.
Lately, Adam's job is requiring him to work in Atlanta more often which is great. With that in mind, we've decided to move (again) closer to the Atlanta area. Which means back to Griffin. Since we're planning on settling for awhile we've decided to buy and I'm so excited. I know Griffin's been catching a lot of flack lately; however, that was where I was born and raised and many of my happiest memories involve growing up in that small town. Luckily, Griffin's close enough to metro Atlanta where Adam will be able to come home most nights that he works and that sounds great to me. So begins the home search!
Except we haven't found anything that we're in love with....yet. We have an excellent realtor (April English at Southern Realty- look her up!) and I have complete confidence in the fact that she's going to help us find our dream home. We've only been seriously looking for a month now and we have a good 5-6 months before we have to make a move. I just want us to find "the one." You know, the house where you pull in the driveway and you say "this is my home." (As a side note, I got that phrase from April and it rings so true.) So, the search continues! We would like to find a somewhat newer home (even if it's an older home that's been remodeled); we're not interested in a fixer-upper. As of right now, that's mostly what is available in the area we'd like to be in. I'm definitely not saying anything is wrong with a fixer-upper; if we had all the money in the world we'd gladly take one of those lovely homes built in the 50's-70's and go to town. Right now it's just not something we're interested in. There are several homes out there that I love, but the pricing is way out of our league. I know things will work out. Just trying to be positive and confident in that feeling when my obsessive-compulsive nature kicks in!
Anyway, I hope all of you are having a great week! We have a busy weekend ahead. We're having Aaron's 3rd birthday party at Mickey D's this weekend. Am I crazy? Probably. However, the thought of having several toddlers running around my house destroying everything in it's path led me running for the hills (ore more like the phone book) for another solution. Voila- McDonald's! I'm taking it back old-school and I'm kinda digging it. I mean, weren't birthday parties at the Golden Arches all the rage back in the day? I'll post some pics.
Sunday I'm meeting up with some of my besties for lunch, and Monday we have Aaron's 3 year pics. Lord help me- I'm dreading it. Not the pics, but trying to get a very head-strong/stubborn 3 year old to pose for pics (i.e. smile- not complain) is an act of God. I'm already exhausted just thinking about it.
If I don't update this weekend, have a good one!
~LL
Lately, Adam's job is requiring him to work in Atlanta more often which is great. With that in mind, we've decided to move (again) closer to the Atlanta area. Which means back to Griffin. Since we're planning on settling for awhile we've decided to buy and I'm so excited. I know Griffin's been catching a lot of flack lately; however, that was where I was born and raised and many of my happiest memories involve growing up in that small town. Luckily, Griffin's close enough to metro Atlanta where Adam will be able to come home most nights that he works and that sounds great to me. So begins the home search!
Except we haven't found anything that we're in love with....yet. We have an excellent realtor (April English at Southern Realty- look her up!) and I have complete confidence in the fact that she's going to help us find our dream home. We've only been seriously looking for a month now and we have a good 5-6 months before we have to make a move. I just want us to find "the one." You know, the house where you pull in the driveway and you say "this is my home." (As a side note, I got that phrase from April and it rings so true.) So, the search continues! We would like to find a somewhat newer home (even if it's an older home that's been remodeled); we're not interested in a fixer-upper. As of right now, that's mostly what is available in the area we'd like to be in. I'm definitely not saying anything is wrong with a fixer-upper; if we had all the money in the world we'd gladly take one of those lovely homes built in the 50's-70's and go to town. Right now it's just not something we're interested in. There are several homes out there that I love, but the pricing is way out of our league. I know things will work out. Just trying to be positive and confident in that feeling when my obsessive-compulsive nature kicks in!
Anyway, I hope all of you are having a great week! We have a busy weekend ahead. We're having Aaron's 3rd birthday party at Mickey D's this weekend. Am I crazy? Probably. However, the thought of having several toddlers running around my house destroying everything in it's path led me running for the hills (ore more like the phone book) for another solution. Voila- McDonald's! I'm taking it back old-school and I'm kinda digging it. I mean, weren't birthday parties at the Golden Arches all the rage back in the day? I'll post some pics.
Sunday I'm meeting up with some of my besties for lunch, and Monday we have Aaron's 3 year pics. Lord help me- I'm dreading it. Not the pics, but trying to get a very head-strong/stubborn 3 year old to pose for pics (i.e. smile- not complain) is an act of God. I'm already exhausted just thinking about it.
If I don't update this weekend, have a good one!
~LL
Monday, December 3, 2012
The rundown
It's Monday, y'all! I'm still recovering from our busy weekend in the Big Apple. We had such an amazing time. It was so nice just being away from everything and everybody for a couple of days. I am so proud to be married to such an amazing, wonderful man. 5 years! Wow.
We arrived in NYC around 4 pm Friday afternoon. The crazy thing was, it was already dark by 4:30. So what was really 5pm felt like 8pm. I'm guessing it's because of all of the tall skyscrapers and such. Anyway, it was breathtaking. All of it. I've been to New York twice before and stayed on Times Square both times, and still the sights/sounds/smells never cease to amaze me. You truly feel like you're in a whole different world. Anyway, with all of the traveling we were hungry, so needless to say, we found a local burger joint in a side street off of Times Square and had a drink while munching on buffalo wings. Afterwards, we were ready to explore. We ended up walking. We did A LOT of walking. I have finally figured out how Gisele, Miranda, Alessandra, and the other Victoria Secret baby mamas are able to shed the baby pounds in enough time to fit into a diamond-encrusted bra and panty set for the Christmas Fashion Show: they live in NYC and walk everywhere! Geez. If I lived there I'd be a freakin' size 4. Well, maybe not, but I'd definitely be a size 6! (wink!)
Anyway, we walked over to Rockefeller Center and saw the huge Christmas tree. Breathtaking. Walked all the way to Radio City Music Hall. Beautiful. The Christmas decorations were massive. We ended up stopping at an Irish Pub for dinner, and then headed back to our room to warm up, and take a break before our next outing. It was only 7pm but felt like 10 pm! After gearing up for a second outing with a cup of coffee, we were ready. The plan was to hop on the subway to head further downtown to see the Empire State Building. (As a side note, we didn't take cabs at all. Well, I take that back, we took one cab ride from the airport to our hotel. It was $60. At that point, we decided we'd either walk everywhere, or take a page out of JLo's book and hop "On the 6." Ha!) This is where the planning should have been better. You see, if you don't study a NYC Subway map before hopping on said subway you will be confused. As hell. Adam and I bought MetroCards, then hopped on a random train thinking it would take us to our destination and we ended up in freakin' Brooklyn. Um, no thank you. After an hour spent walking around the Subway station trying to get our bearings, we agreed to start over Saturday, and made the trek back to our hotel.
The next morning we were ready to take on New York. Once we had gotten back to the hotel the night before, we made a plan: wrote down everywhere we wanted to go, the train(s) we needed to take, and the paths we needed to walk. We learned that once you get the hang of the subway system, it becomes A LOT easier. Our fist stop: SoHo/Tribeca. We headed to Bubby's for breakfast per my in-laws recommendation. I'm so glad we did because it was delicious. All organic. All "free-range" this, and "fair-trade" that. We split a breakfast plate of pancakes, eggs, and bacon and we both agreed that the pancakes were better than any IHOP combo we'd ever had. After we left, we walked at least two miles, if not three, to (you guessed it) Dash- the Kardashian baby. Upon hitting Spring Street (their boutique location) I immediately broke out into a sweat, and my heart started thumping like it was going to pop out of my chest. "What if Kimye's in there? What if Kourtney has those presh babes in there? What am I going to do??!" I was freaking out. FYI, as celebrity-obsessed as I am, I'm not the psychotic fan that's going to attack you. I'm the psychotic fan that cries and has a panic attack when I see you. I honestly don't know which is worse.
The doorman (who oddly looked just as excited as I was to be at a Kardashian shop- stalker.) opened the door for us and there we were, in Kardashian territory. And I was unimpressed. The clothes were beautiful; you definitely could tell which sister picked out which piece. The prices were weird, though. You would pick out a dress thinking it was going to be $700 and it'd be $300. On the other hand, I found just a simple white tee with Dash embroidered on the front and it was sixty freakin' bucks. What??! Knowing that it was one wash cycle away from shrinking I put it down and walked out the door. Again, I was not impressed. Not impressed with their super smug employees and not impressed with their weird prices. The one thing I regret is not getting a picture of the store. I was so frazzled! Moving on...
We left from there and made our way to the Financial District in Manhattan. We were both wanting to see the World Trade Center Towers and how much was rebuilt. It is still a very somber place. So much has been rebuilt, yet so much still needs to be done. I just kept on seeing the pictures in my head of these terrified people running down those same streets 11 years ago as I walked in the very same location. We didn't have passes to the World Trade Memorial, but I was glad that I finally got to see the rebuilding of these massive buildings. It truly was extraordinary.
Since we had basically done everything we wanted to do in the SoHo/Tribeca area (which is so utterly cool by the way) we got back on the subway and headed uptown to Fifth Avenue. We went from an area where the locals/celebs live and hang out that's not crowded at all to an area where we were once again shoulder to shoulder with every other person. Major switch-up! We walked past Harry Winston, the St Regis Hotel, the Trump Towers, Bergdorf Goodman, The Plaza. Ahhh.....I felt like I was in a movie. Absolutely amazing. We stopped at FAO Schwarz and picked Aaron up a collector's box of Hot Wheels. Talk about panic attack. FAO is HUGE (2 stories large) and there were no less than a 700 people in the store- no kidding. I totally felt like I was in the Hunger Games arena Adam and I walked out breathless, sweating, and grateful we were still alive. Where's the Xanax when you need it?
At that point we headed straight to Central Park. Ahhh....paradise. It was as beautiful and peaceful as it looks in the movies. As soon as Adam and I got there I started crying. I don't know if it was because we had just escaped the zoo at FAO, or because it was so amazingly gorgeous, or even because I felt so incredibly blessed, probably all three of those things to be honest, but in that moment I felt like the luckiest girl on the planet. It was my favorite part of the trip by far.
Afterwards, Adam and I walked the 10 or so blocks back to our hotel and ended up eating a late 2 pm lunch before heading back to the hotel to rest and watch the SEC Championship game. We were truly exhausted. I'm not kidding when I say we walked at least 5 miles that day.
That night, we went to see The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. It was my second time seeing it; Adam's first. We were in the very top row of seats, nosebleeds, but the performance was still awesome. And surprisingly, Adam loved it. I wore my leather-coated leggings from Fab'rik and felt very New York chic. I even got a compliment from a local....winning! ;) All in all, a wonderful night with my hubby.
We had to be out of the hotel by 6 AM Sunday morning to make our 9 AM flight. It was excruciating. Then once we got back into town yesterday, we had a family photo shoot late afternoon. Oh my goodness. Between flying, dealing with a wine hangover, and trying to get two toddlers to cooperate on a two hour shoot- it was insane! Needless to say, I'm still recovering today.
I'm so glad Adam and I were able to take this trip. Our official anniversary isn't until next Saturday, and with Adam's work schedule we celebrated a little earlier. I will never forget one second of our trip.
Check out my Instagram or Facebook for pics. If we're not friends, friend me!
I heart NY.
~LL
We arrived in NYC around 4 pm Friday afternoon. The crazy thing was, it was already dark by 4:30. So what was really 5pm felt like 8pm. I'm guessing it's because of all of the tall skyscrapers and such. Anyway, it was breathtaking. All of it. I've been to New York twice before and stayed on Times Square both times, and still the sights/sounds/smells never cease to amaze me. You truly feel like you're in a whole different world. Anyway, with all of the traveling we were hungry, so needless to say, we found a local burger joint in a side street off of Times Square and had a drink while munching on buffalo wings. Afterwards, we were ready to explore. We ended up walking. We did A LOT of walking. I have finally figured out how Gisele, Miranda, Alessandra, and the other Victoria Secret baby mamas are able to shed the baby pounds in enough time to fit into a diamond-encrusted bra and panty set for the Christmas Fashion Show: they live in NYC and walk everywhere! Geez. If I lived there I'd be a freakin' size 4. Well, maybe not, but I'd definitely be a size 6! (wink!)
Anyway, we walked over to Rockefeller Center and saw the huge Christmas tree. Breathtaking. Walked all the way to Radio City Music Hall. Beautiful. The Christmas decorations were massive. We ended up stopping at an Irish Pub for dinner, and then headed back to our room to warm up, and take a break before our next outing. It was only 7pm but felt like 10 pm! After gearing up for a second outing with a cup of coffee, we were ready. The plan was to hop on the subway to head further downtown to see the Empire State Building. (As a side note, we didn't take cabs at all. Well, I take that back, we took one cab ride from the airport to our hotel. It was $60. At that point, we decided we'd either walk everywhere, or take a page out of JLo's book and hop "On the 6." Ha!) This is where the planning should have been better. You see, if you don't study a NYC Subway map before hopping on said subway you will be confused. As hell. Adam and I bought MetroCards, then hopped on a random train thinking it would take us to our destination and we ended up in freakin' Brooklyn. Um, no thank you. After an hour spent walking around the Subway station trying to get our bearings, we agreed to start over Saturday, and made the trek back to our hotel.
The next morning we were ready to take on New York. Once we had gotten back to the hotel the night before, we made a plan: wrote down everywhere we wanted to go, the train(s) we needed to take, and the paths we needed to walk. We learned that once you get the hang of the subway system, it becomes A LOT easier. Our fist stop: SoHo/Tribeca. We headed to Bubby's for breakfast per my in-laws recommendation. I'm so glad we did because it was delicious. All organic. All "free-range" this, and "fair-trade" that. We split a breakfast plate of pancakes, eggs, and bacon and we both agreed that the pancakes were better than any IHOP combo we'd ever had. After we left, we walked at least two miles, if not three, to (you guessed it) Dash- the Kardashian baby. Upon hitting Spring Street (their boutique location) I immediately broke out into a sweat, and my heart started thumping like it was going to pop out of my chest. "What if Kimye's in there? What if Kourtney has those presh babes in there? What am I going to do??!" I was freaking out. FYI, as celebrity-obsessed as I am, I'm not the psychotic fan that's going to attack you. I'm the psychotic fan that cries and has a panic attack when I see you. I honestly don't know which is worse.
The doorman (who oddly looked just as excited as I was to be at a Kardashian shop- stalker.) opened the door for us and there we were, in Kardashian territory. And I was unimpressed. The clothes were beautiful; you definitely could tell which sister picked out which piece. The prices were weird, though. You would pick out a dress thinking it was going to be $700 and it'd be $300. On the other hand, I found just a simple white tee with Dash embroidered on the front and it was sixty freakin' bucks. What??! Knowing that it was one wash cycle away from shrinking I put it down and walked out the door. Again, I was not impressed. Not impressed with their super smug employees and not impressed with their weird prices. The one thing I regret is not getting a picture of the store. I was so frazzled! Moving on...
We left from there and made our way to the Financial District in Manhattan. We were both wanting to see the World Trade Center Towers and how much was rebuilt. It is still a very somber place. So much has been rebuilt, yet so much still needs to be done. I just kept on seeing the pictures in my head of these terrified people running down those same streets 11 years ago as I walked in the very same location. We didn't have passes to the World Trade Memorial, but I was glad that I finally got to see the rebuilding of these massive buildings. It truly was extraordinary.
Since we had basically done everything we wanted to do in the SoHo/Tribeca area (which is so utterly cool by the way) we got back on the subway and headed uptown to Fifth Avenue. We went from an area where the locals/celebs live and hang out that's not crowded at all to an area where we were once again shoulder to shoulder with every other person. Major switch-up! We walked past Harry Winston, the St Regis Hotel, the Trump Towers, Bergdorf Goodman, The Plaza. Ahhh.....I felt like I was in a movie. Absolutely amazing. We stopped at FAO Schwarz and picked Aaron up a collector's box of Hot Wheels. Talk about panic attack. FAO is HUGE (2 stories large) and there were no less than a 700 people in the store- no kidding. I totally felt like I was in the Hunger Games arena Adam and I walked out breathless, sweating, and grateful we were still alive. Where's the Xanax when you need it?
At that point we headed straight to Central Park. Ahhh....paradise. It was as beautiful and peaceful as it looks in the movies. As soon as Adam and I got there I started crying. I don't know if it was because we had just escaped the zoo at FAO, or because it was so amazingly gorgeous, or even because I felt so incredibly blessed, probably all three of those things to be honest, but in that moment I felt like the luckiest girl on the planet. It was my favorite part of the trip by far.
Afterwards, Adam and I walked the 10 or so blocks back to our hotel and ended up eating a late 2 pm lunch before heading back to the hotel to rest and watch the SEC Championship game. We were truly exhausted. I'm not kidding when I say we walked at least 5 miles that day.
That night, we went to see The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. It was my second time seeing it; Adam's first. We were in the very top row of seats, nosebleeds, but the performance was still awesome. And surprisingly, Adam loved it. I wore my leather-coated leggings from Fab'rik and felt very New York chic. I even got a compliment from a local....winning! ;) All in all, a wonderful night with my hubby.
We had to be out of the hotel by 6 AM Sunday morning to make our 9 AM flight. It was excruciating. Then once we got back into town yesterday, we had a family photo shoot late afternoon. Oh my goodness. Between flying, dealing with a wine hangover, and trying to get two toddlers to cooperate on a two hour shoot- it was insane! Needless to say, I'm still recovering today.
I'm so glad Adam and I were able to take this trip. Our official anniversary isn't until next Saturday, and with Adam's work schedule we celebrated a little earlier. I will never forget one second of our trip.
Check out my Instagram or Facebook for pics. If we're not friends, friend me!
I heart NY.
~LL
Friday, November 9, 2012
Thankful
- I'm thankful for my son. My sweet, happy, wild, adventurous, spirited, Thomas the Train-loving two year old. Each day when I hear "Mommy" over that monitor, and I walk into his room and see him grin a huge Sponge Bob smile at me, I know that God gave me the best job on the planet.
- I'm thankful for my hubby. He loves me and our little family so much. He works tirelessly to provide for us. He is the smartest man I know. He is the kindest man I know. I often ask him, "What did you do before we met? It must have been something awful." because, bless his heart, he got stuck with me (ha)!
- To add to that, I'm thankful that my hubby has a great job that allows me to stay home with our son. After going back to work for a very short period of time earlier this year, I realized that being home with our child is where I'm needed. And for that, I'm thankful for the jobs I did have, because had I not taken those positions I would not fully appreciate being able to be a stay-at-home-mama! With all of that being said, yes, if I were to have a great career where I made good money and truly loved what I was doing, I would be thankful for that opportunity. I truly believe everything works out for a reason.
- I'm thankful for parents that offer me and my family all the love and support that we need and my sister- the Tia to my Tamara!
- I'm also thankful for my incredible friends. It's true, the older you get the smaller your circle becomes. However, my circle is beautiful, hilarious, fun, creative, loving, and I could not be more blessed for these relationships.
- I'm thankful for dry shampoo. Without it, my day 2 hair would resemble KStew circa 2009:
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- I'm thankful for: RyGy, ASkars, and JHutch, and (lately) Adam Levine because you make my dreams so, SO sweet.
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- I'm thankful for weddings because without them we wouldn't have Bachelorette parties and without Bachelorette parties we wouldn't have a good excuse to listen to old-school Kilo Ali and wear feather boa's.
- This week, I'm especially thankful for Mint Oreo Fudge Cremes as I have already consumed 3 of them.
~LL
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Sporadic
Alright, let's get down to the gritty. I know y'all have heard about the Mariah/Nicki throw-down. Wow. I am so totally not surprised. I mean, did AI producers really think those two were going to play nice? Or maybe that was the plan the whole time..get these two on the show and see who wins. My money's on Nicki. I would not mess with her. She's from the ghet-to. She hangs out with Lil Wayne and Drake (who's brawling with Chris Brown "at da club." Way to keep it classy, AI.
And in other random celebrity news, I never thought I would ever say this in my entire life but.....I think Lady Gaga is looking naturally pretty these days. Check this photo out from People:
Love her as a brunette. Plus, I'm liking the fact that she's put on a few healthy pounds and looks real. Go gurl!
And since I'm going with the "this blog is all over the place" theme today, my hub's has a job interview this afternoon for a job where he'll be able to work from home. Yay! Please send some good vibes his way- we could really use this opportunity.
Enjoy the rest of your hump day!
~LL
And in other random celebrity news, I never thought I would ever say this in my entire life but.....I think Lady Gaga is looking naturally pretty these days. Check this photo out from People:
Love her as a brunette. Plus, I'm liking the fact that she's put on a few healthy pounds and looks real. Go gurl!
And since I'm going with the "this blog is all over the place" theme today, my hub's has a job interview this afternoon for a job where he'll be able to work from home. Yay! Please send some good vibes his way- we could really use this opportunity.
Enjoy the rest of your hump day!
~LL
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Can I just go back to bed & start over?
Blahh....today feels like a Monday. Actually yesterday was better than today. I'm in such a pissy mood. I mean, I planned for it to be better- it just didn't work out that way.
I woke up extra early this morning to drink a big cup of coffee and surf the net without a toddler tugging my hands. When my little guy woke up, I was in such a chipper mood I told him I was making bacon and eggs for breakfast. First mistake of the day. I burnt the freakin' bacon. How do you burn bacon??? My house still smells like a grease pit, and my Yankee candles are not doing their job. The eggs turned out to be digestible, thank goodness.
As soon as I dropped Aaron off at preschool, I came home, and instead of doing laundry, or planning dinner or cleaning the kitchen, I sat on the couch sulking. The following is the breakdown of my thoughts:
So, I decided to pray. And although I still have a major case of the Monday's...............
Every thing's gonna be alright.
~LL
I woke up extra early this morning to drink a big cup of coffee and surf the net without a toddler tugging my hands. When my little guy woke up, I was in such a chipper mood I told him I was making bacon and eggs for breakfast. First mistake of the day. I burnt the freakin' bacon. How do you burn bacon??? My house still smells like a grease pit, and my Yankee candles are not doing their job. The eggs turned out to be digestible, thank goodness.
As soon as I dropped Aaron off at preschool, I came home, and instead of doing laundry, or planning dinner or cleaning the kitchen, I sat on the couch sulking. The following is the breakdown of my thoughts:
- Will Adam ever have a job where he's at home with us every day?
- Will I ever lose these 10 pounds that I've been talking about losing for 2 1/2 years now?
- Will I ever get pregnant again?
- Will I ever find a job that I love without having to go back to school and/or taking a huge pay cut?
So, I decided to pray. And although I still have a major case of the Monday's...............
Every thing's gonna be alright.
~LL
Monday, October 1, 2012
Up All Night
Hey peeps!
How was your weekend? Mine was great. Since the hub's is working in Atlanta, I dropped Aaron off at my parents and headed to The A Saturday night. It was so fun to get away for the evening, even if it was spending the night in a hotel room with my hubby.
When Adam goes out of town for work he always gets a rental car for the trip. So, as we were walking out of the Marriott Saturday night, Adam whipped the keys out and cranked up a 2011 Silver Yukon from the sidewalk. Y'all, we felt so high class. Usually his rentals are a nice, reliable, good gas mileage car. Needless to say, we were loving driving around a big gas guzzler Saturday night. I was hoping if I told Adam how hot he looked driving it, he might be interested in making a purchase, but it hasn't seemed to work thus far. We'll see how that goes...
We ended up driving to North Marietta to see my sister and her husband's new home. It was, of course, beautiful. I'm ashamed to admit, but I have a jealousy streak that's a mile wide. It's not a great quality, but at least I'm owning up to it. Anyhow, when we pulled into the driveway in their fancy subdivision, and I laid my eyes on her wonderful new home, all I could feel was happiness for her and Dillon. No jealousy, no envy, just pure joy. It was so nice walking into her home, and not comparing, nor feeling sad because Adam and I don't live in a fancy neighborhood, with a Homeowners Association, and a garden tub. Right now, we're good in our cozy, little brick home. Maybe we'll have that one day...maybe we won't. Among the many blessings we do have, the most important one is asleep in his little room, snuggled up with his "night-night," and that makes me feel like the luckiest girl in the world.
With all of that being said, I am SO ready to move to Atlanta after this weekend. I absolutely loved being there amongst it all. The good restaurants, the great shopping, the convenience of everything, the fact that I might run into JHutch at any moment (because he is filming Catching Fire in Atlanta right now). I loved it. It's no secret that my hubby's looking for a job closer to home, and if that job takes us to The Atl, I wouldn't mind one bit.
Enjoy your Monday, friends!
How was your weekend? Mine was great. Since the hub's is working in Atlanta, I dropped Aaron off at my parents and headed to The A Saturday night. It was so fun to get away for the evening, even if it was spending the night in a hotel room with my hubby.
When Adam goes out of town for work he always gets a rental car for the trip. So, as we were walking out of the Marriott Saturday night, Adam whipped the keys out and cranked up a 2011 Silver Yukon from the sidewalk. Y'all, we felt so high class. Usually his rentals are a nice, reliable, good gas mileage car. Needless to say, we were loving driving around a big gas guzzler Saturday night. I was hoping if I told Adam how hot he looked driving it, he might be interested in making a purchase, but it hasn't seemed to work thus far. We'll see how that goes...
We ended up driving to North Marietta to see my sister and her husband's new home. It was, of course, beautiful. I'm ashamed to admit, but I have a jealousy streak that's a mile wide. It's not a great quality, but at least I'm owning up to it. Anyhow, when we pulled into the driveway in their fancy subdivision, and I laid my eyes on her wonderful new home, all I could feel was happiness for her and Dillon. No jealousy, no envy, just pure joy. It was so nice walking into her home, and not comparing, nor feeling sad because Adam and I don't live in a fancy neighborhood, with a Homeowners Association, and a garden tub. Right now, we're good in our cozy, little brick home. Maybe we'll have that one day...maybe we won't. Among the many blessings we do have, the most important one is asleep in his little room, snuggled up with his "night-night," and that makes me feel like the luckiest girl in the world.
With all of that being said, I am SO ready to move to Atlanta after this weekend. I absolutely loved being there amongst it all. The good restaurants, the great shopping, the convenience of everything, the fact that I might run into JHutch at any moment (because he is filming Catching Fire in Atlanta right now). I loved it. It's no secret that my hubby's looking for a job closer to home, and if that job takes us to The Atl, I wouldn't mind one bit.
Enjoy your Monday, friends!
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Hellur!
Oops, I did it again. I haven't blogged in weeks! What's wrong with me? Well, I can tell you what's wrong with me; I'm obsessed with "Eric Northman" (ASkars) and have done nothing but read all of the Sookie Stackhouse books, and catch up on all season of True Blood. I'm exhausted. Can I please just meet this gorgeous man?! Can I please just have his beautiful Swedish babies??! I think Adam will understand..... ;)
In other news, I got a job (whoop!) and we're moving. A lot, isn't it? I should have blogged weeks ago, but between the OCD over my Swede, and trying to pack up a house (again) I haven't had much time. Maybe I can start blogging at night when Aaron goes to bed?? Anywho, I got a j-o-b at Allstate (just like my hubby) and I'll be a Claim Adjustor. I start this coming Monday.....YIKES! I'm excited, nervous, and scared all at the same time. All I've done is be a mommy to my presh baby love for going on two years now. I'm excited for this opportunity; it's so true that when God closes a door, He opens a window. I'm excited at the fact that there will not just be one income, but two. Adam and I can save money! We haven't been able to do that in years. I can get a new car (shhh....keep it on the low-low, haven't told Adam yet), and we can actually go on a vacation of our dreams, and for goodness sakes, I can give my Aaron Mo the best of the best. I'm nervous and scared, too. Scared about not spending most every minute of the day with my lil man. I'm nervous about putting him in daycare, and I'm afraid he'll feel that I just dropped him off and left him. That scares me to death. All I can do is trust that we're where we need to be. This job literally came out of nowhere, and I know there's a reason for it. We'll see where this next chapter takes us...
As for moving, it is what it is. All we can do is focus on getting back and selling the house. I will always have a special place in my heart for the house, but our family has outgrown the place. We'll see what happens..
Okay, since I've clearly sucked at not updating as often, I'm going to make a promise to update at least three times a week. Don't give up on me yet! ;)
In the meantime I leave you with this. Yes it's old, and yes I'm a dork that enjoys watching fan-made videos on YouTube, although this is not. I will meet him one day.....this is true, my friends.
Puss, Puss! (Kiss in swedish. I'm SO ready!)
In other news, I got a job (whoop!) and we're moving. A lot, isn't it? I should have blogged weeks ago, but between the OCD over my Swede, and trying to pack up a house (again) I haven't had much time. Maybe I can start blogging at night when Aaron goes to bed?? Anywho, I got a j-o-b at Allstate (just like my hubby) and I'll be a Claim Adjustor. I start this coming Monday.....YIKES! I'm excited, nervous, and scared all at the same time. All I've done is be a mommy to my presh baby love for going on two years now. I'm excited for this opportunity; it's so true that when God closes a door, He opens a window. I'm excited at the fact that there will not just be one income, but two. Adam and I can save money! We haven't been able to do that in years. I can get a new car (shhh....keep it on the low-low, haven't told Adam yet), and we can actually go on a vacation of our dreams, and for goodness sakes, I can give my Aaron Mo the best of the best. I'm nervous and scared, too. Scared about not spending most every minute of the day with my lil man. I'm nervous about putting him in daycare, and I'm afraid he'll feel that I just dropped him off and left him. That scares me to death. All I can do is trust that we're where we need to be. This job literally came out of nowhere, and I know there's a reason for it. We'll see where this next chapter takes us...
As for moving, it is what it is. All we can do is focus on getting back and selling the house. I will always have a special place in my heart for the house, but our family has outgrown the place. We'll see what happens..
Okay, since I've clearly sucked at not updating as often, I'm going to make a promise to update at least three times a week. Don't give up on me yet! ;)
In the meantime I leave you with this. Yes it's old, and yes I'm a dork that enjoys watching fan-made videos on YouTube, although this is not. I will meet him one day.....this is true, my friends.
Puss, Puss! (Kiss in swedish. I'm SO ready!)
Friday, January 13, 2012
Ch, ch, ch, ch, changes.......
I haven't posted since Sunday- five whole days. Rut-roh. I promised to do better, and I will get better. I'm seriously bringing "the blog back," slowly but surely.
First of all, I want to say thank you to the people that responded to my last blog. I had some friends email me to say that their preacher had preached a sermon that day about trusting God and listening to His plan. (I knew I should have gotten my rear out of bed that morning for church!) After speaking with them, and peeking at their notes about listening for His plan, we got an answer to our prayer.....
Adam and I are moving back to Macon at the end of this month. We are both happy and sad. Happy because we have friends and family there that mean the world to us; happy because we are eager to sell our home and wash our hands of it. We are sad also; sad to leave my parents and good friends; sad to leave this house that we've fallen in love with. But hey, that's life! We prayed for God to give us an answer about where we needed to be, and he gave us an answer. All because we gave it to Him, and we listened. I won't lie, it wasn't the answer I wanted. We have settled here, and although staying in this house and in this town was certainly not a long-term goal, we at least wanted to stay here until I finished school in December 2013. But obviously, God has other plans for us and that's okay. We'll make it- we've definitely been through much worse.
I think I might have some exciting news to share with y'all soon. A possible business venture....whoop whoop! Once I get all my ducks in a row I'll let y'all know what's going down.
Okay, moving on to fun things:
Gotta get back to the real world....aka: grocery shopping. Have a good day!
~LL
First of all, I want to say thank you to the people that responded to my last blog. I had some friends email me to say that their preacher had preached a sermon that day about trusting God and listening to His plan. (I knew I should have gotten my rear out of bed that morning for church!) After speaking with them, and peeking at their notes about listening for His plan, we got an answer to our prayer.....
Adam and I are moving back to Macon at the end of this month. We are both happy and sad. Happy because we have friends and family there that mean the world to us; happy because we are eager to sell our home and wash our hands of it. We are sad also; sad to leave my parents and good friends; sad to leave this house that we've fallen in love with. But hey, that's life! We prayed for God to give us an answer about where we needed to be, and he gave us an answer. All because we gave it to Him, and we listened. I won't lie, it wasn't the answer I wanted. We have settled here, and although staying in this house and in this town was certainly not a long-term goal, we at least wanted to stay here until I finished school in December 2013. But obviously, God has other plans for us and that's okay. We'll make it- we've definitely been through much worse.
I think I might have some exciting news to share with y'all soon. A possible business venture....whoop whoop! Once I get all my ducks in a row I'll let y'all know what's going down.
Okay, moving on to fun things:
- Looks like "Bey had her beybey!" Blue Ivy. What a horrible name. Bless her heart. I'm sure shes beautiful. She'll be a rapper and a dancer. Nicki Minaj betta' watch out! As a side note, I read that the maternity ward patients are complaining about B and J taking over a whole maternity ward, and security guards blocking off the nursery so they couldn't see their babies. Do I think all of this is true? No. Do I think Beyonce's a diva and some of this is true? Yep. I guess we'll see.....
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| This is what Bey's hospital room looked like. Are you serious?? This is nicer than any house I've ever been in! |
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| Diva. |
- Justin Timberlake is engaged. Sadness. I can't believe Jessica Biel gets to have his babies- that was supposed to be ME!!!!! ;) All jokes aside, if Ryan Gosling marries Eva Mendes I'm literally throwing myself off a bridge.
- The obsession with Eric AKA Alexander Skarsgard from True Blood has moved to next level. I'm now on novel four of the Sookie Stackhouse series and I cannot.get.enough. Ahhh!!! This is the way more fun (and sexay) version of Twilight, folks! If you haven't jumped on board, do it NOW!!!!! I mean, the obsession has gotten serious. Rpatz has been dumped. Let's compare, shall we:
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| Um, hell yes. |
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| This is pretty hot, too. |
~LL
Sunday, January 8, 2012
How do you know?
Uhhhh.....today has not been a good day. It's not been awful, it just hasn't been good.
It started out promising. My in-laws kept Aaron last night, so although I should have been in church, I slept in until 9:30. I had a good cup of coffee, and caught up on all of my Words with Friends games (as a side note, I'm obsessed). I took a leisurely bubble bath, and actually was able to perfect the wavy hair look with my curling iron; it totally would make Sienna Miller jealous. But still, my mind has been on a million different things.
You see, Adam and I are in a little bit of a predicament as far as our housing situation goes. We are living in a house that we love in a town that grows on us every day, but we are renting. The house we own is not occupied. We had a fabulous tenant that moved out in December, and we are in the process of looking for a new tenant to take up residence in our home in Macon. We have until the end of this month to find a tenant, and with that being said, a good tenant.
We have settled into our life here in Griffin. I'm going to school, Aaron's going to preschool, and Adam's working. Life has been good (aside from the past couple of months). Although we've definitely had a rough go over the last few weeks, I feel that we have yet another hurdle to cross over the next few weeks, and that's figuring out what we're going to do if we have to move back to Macon. Yes, we've been through worse, but I don't want to take Aaron out of a preschool with teachers and friends that he loves. And with me being back in school, I'm not ready to move away at the very beginning of the semester and start over someplace else. Why does our lives always seem to be all over the place??
I was talking about everything with my mom, and trying to figure out what would be the best decision for our family when it hit me.....it's not my decision, it's God's. He decides where I'm going to go and what I'm going to do. It's just up to me to listen to what He wants.
I've always been real good about listening to what I want. I didn't want to take college seriously over ten years ago and I ended up with a degree in communications that has led me nowhere because I'm back in school at 29; I wanted to move back to Griffin so bad last year that I found a tenant and moved out without thinking about the repercussions (i.e. what we're going through right now). For goodness sakes, I got pregnant last summer without adequate planning and because I could, and now I've lost a child. Let's just be honest here, I've been ALL about what I want, but what about what God wants for me? Do you think I've taken just a moment to listen? Not really..
So that leads me to my question, how do I listen? I mean really listen for Him to tell me what He needs me to do. How do I know when He's told me His plan?? I'm confused. I want to make the right choices, and I want Him to tell me what He needs, but how??
How do you know what His plan is for your life?
It started out promising. My in-laws kept Aaron last night, so although I should have been in church, I slept in until 9:30. I had a good cup of coffee, and caught up on all of my Words with Friends games (as a side note, I'm obsessed). I took a leisurely bubble bath, and actually was able to perfect the wavy hair look with my curling iron; it totally would make Sienna Miller jealous. But still, my mind has been on a million different things.
You see, Adam and I are in a little bit of a predicament as far as our housing situation goes. We are living in a house that we love in a town that grows on us every day, but we are renting. The house we own is not occupied. We had a fabulous tenant that moved out in December, and we are in the process of looking for a new tenant to take up residence in our home in Macon. We have until the end of this month to find a tenant, and with that being said, a good tenant.
We have settled into our life here in Griffin. I'm going to school, Aaron's going to preschool, and Adam's working. Life has been good (aside from the past couple of months). Although we've definitely had a rough go over the last few weeks, I feel that we have yet another hurdle to cross over the next few weeks, and that's figuring out what we're going to do if we have to move back to Macon. Yes, we've been through worse, but I don't want to take Aaron out of a preschool with teachers and friends that he loves. And with me being back in school, I'm not ready to move away at the very beginning of the semester and start over someplace else. Why does our lives always seem to be all over the place??
I was talking about everything with my mom, and trying to figure out what would be the best decision for our family when it hit me.....it's not my decision, it's God's. He decides where I'm going to go and what I'm going to do. It's just up to me to listen to what He wants.
I've always been real good about listening to what I want. I didn't want to take college seriously over ten years ago and I ended up with a degree in communications that has led me nowhere because I'm back in school at 29; I wanted to move back to Griffin so bad last year that I found a tenant and moved out without thinking about the repercussions (i.e. what we're going through right now). For goodness sakes, I got pregnant last summer without adequate planning and because I could, and now I've lost a child. Let's just be honest here, I've been ALL about what I want, but what about what God wants for me? Do you think I've taken just a moment to listen? Not really..
So that leads me to my question, how do I listen? I mean really listen for Him to tell me what He needs me to do. How do I know when He's told me His plan?? I'm confused. I want to make the right choices, and I want Him to tell me what He needs, but how??
How do you know what His plan is for your life?
Thursday, December 29, 2011
My sister, The Bride
Before I conclude my writing for the evening, I wanted to do a special blog dedication to my baby sister. She is nothing short of remarkable, and the way she has loved and taken care of me over the past month seriously blows my mind. I love her so much, and I am so lucky we share the same mama. ;) So here's to you, Meme- I love ya!
Although, most of the end of this year has (to be frank) horribly sucked, some of it has been wonderful. The wonderful part? My sister, Meg, got married to her high-school sweetheart, Dillon. Here they are in my favorite picture of the night:
Megan has loved Dillon forever. And when I say forever, I mean forever. They met when she was a freshman in high school, and from the way she tells the story she fell for him immediately. Not that I can blame her, he's definitely quite the stud. ;) As luck would have it, they dated off and on for a year, and were pretty serious.....until they weren't. They broke up, as most high school relationships never lasted that long and moved on. Time passed, and as fate would have it, they reconnected in early 2008. To be honest, I didn't really know how to feel about Dillon when they got back together. Meg had just ended a long-term relationship with a great guy, and I thought Dillon was too much too soon. Boy was I wrong. Meg knew he was the one from the beginning....I just had to catch up!
Dillon is an amazing man. He's handsome, smart, funny, driven, ambitious, and just in general, a good guy. He loves my sister so much, and that's just one of the reasons why I love him. He's a keeper and he's a cowboy. A good mix. :)
They got married on Saturday, November 12th at Glendalough Manor in Tyrone, Georgia. The day was absolutely beautiful and the weather was perfect. I won't go into all the details, but I will say that their sweet, perfect love was felt by every one. He's always been hers, and she's always been his. That's what love is all about.
As maid of honor (okay, I was matron of honor but I hate that word!), my job was to be the Bride's best friend, sounding board, confidant, partner-in-crime, but just most of all, her sister. When Adam and I got married, Meg made this amazing video for Adam and I. It was basically pictures of our life until we met. I still watch that video to this day and bawl my eyes out because it's so special to me. So, in turn, I made her and Dillon a wedding video that I got to play for them at their rehearsal dinner. If you're interested in viewing, here it is: (Warning: It's almost 15 minutes long.)
Hope you enjoy.
Although, most of the end of this year has (to be frank) horribly sucked, some of it has been wonderful. The wonderful part? My sister, Meg, got married to her high-school sweetheart, Dillon. Here they are in my favorite picture of the night:
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| Image courtesy of the fabulous Graceology Photography |
Megan has loved Dillon forever. And when I say forever, I mean forever. They met when she was a freshman in high school, and from the way she tells the story she fell for him immediately. Not that I can blame her, he's definitely quite the stud. ;) As luck would have it, they dated off and on for a year, and were pretty serious.....until they weren't. They broke up, as most high school relationships never lasted that long and moved on. Time passed, and as fate would have it, they reconnected in early 2008. To be honest, I didn't really know how to feel about Dillon when they got back together. Meg had just ended a long-term relationship with a great guy, and I thought Dillon was too much too soon. Boy was I wrong. Meg knew he was the one from the beginning....I just had to catch up!
Dillon is an amazing man. He's handsome, smart, funny, driven, ambitious, and just in general, a good guy. He loves my sister so much, and that's just one of the reasons why I love him. He's a keeper and he's a cowboy. A good mix. :)
They got married on Saturday, November 12th at Glendalough Manor in Tyrone, Georgia. The day was absolutely beautiful and the weather was perfect. I won't go into all the details, but I will say that their sweet, perfect love was felt by every one. He's always been hers, and she's always been his. That's what love is all about.
As maid of honor (okay, I was matron of honor but I hate that word!), my job was to be the Bride's best friend, sounding board, confidant, partner-in-crime, but just most of all, her sister. When Adam and I got married, Meg made this amazing video for Adam and I. It was basically pictures of our life until we met. I still watch that video to this day and bawl my eyes out because it's so special to me. So, in turn, I made her and Dillon a wedding video that I got to play for them at their rehearsal dinner. If you're interested in viewing, here it is: (Warning: It's almost 15 minutes long.)
Hope you enjoy.
Sunday, July 24, 2011
30 years is a long time!
Last night, my parents celebrated their 30 year Wedding Anniversary. Isn't that awesome? 30 years. Sometimes I wonder if Adam and I will ever make it to 4 (kidding, kidding). But seriously, 30 years is an amazing accomplishment. When they got married in 1981 my mom was 20; my dad, 23. Can you imagine getting married so young and actually staying married? I know, I know, marriage shouldn't be looked upon as something that you can get in and out of so easily. But let's face it, many people do get married and get divorced two years into their marriage. Now, I'm not saying there aren't good reasons for divorce and that people who get married should stay married forever; however, I am saying being married for three decades is a long time and something that one should be proud of.
My sister, Megan, and I managed to surprise them last night with a dinner party of friends and family. We contacted everyone about two weeks ago (such late notice), and luckily, with the exception of a few couples, everyone that we invited were able to attend. It was truly a wonderful night! Surprisingly, Meg and I were able to pull of the surprise (We just knew my Mom would find out- she can be a little nosy sometimes. Love you, Mom!) and it was a hit! Here are a few pics to document the night:
All in all, perfect evening! Of course, the hubs was missing but he was definitely there in spirit.
I hope all of your weekend's have been just as sweet!
My sister, Megan, and I managed to surprise them last night with a dinner party of friends and family. We contacted everyone about two weeks ago (such late notice), and luckily, with the exception of a few couples, everyone that we invited were able to attend. It was truly a wonderful night! Surprisingly, Meg and I were able to pull of the surprise (We just knew my Mom would find out- she can be a little nosy sometimes. Love you, Mom!) and it was a hit! Here are a few pics to document the night:
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| Baby love |
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| My cute parents and of course, Aaron |
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| The Mamakat & me |
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| Just some of our lovely guests. As a side note, I suck at taking pictures. This coming from the girl that told my husband I would like a Canon Rebel for my birthday. Wth?? |
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| Ahh, he's gorge! |
All in all, perfect evening! Of course, the hubs was missing but he was definitely there in spirit.
I hope all of your weekend's have been just as sweet!
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Weekend Round-Up!
Hey dolls! How many of y'all are lovin' this gorgeous day (OR rainy- don't want to leave anyone out) today?? After Aaron's nap is over, I fully intend to pack his chunky self up in the stroller, and get my fitness on. After consuming a Philly Roll and Fried Rice for lunch, my bootay does not need to be laying on the couch waiting for "Kourtney and Kim Take New York."
Since hubby is working, A and I had the pleasure of attending not one, but 2 birthday parties yesterday! The first party was Aaron's cousin, Jaxson's, first birthday party. So cute! Here's a picture of the precious birthday boy and Aaron Mo:
After the party was over, I left realizing two things: 1) Aaron is a major mama's boy; and, 2) I want Adam and I to build a house, or at least live in a brand spankin' new house one day. The party was held at the home of my brother and sister-in-law, and the house is GORGE. Beautiful, spacious rooms, an amazing kitchen, hardwoods, and a bathroom bigger than our master bedroom. Unbelievable....and a little nauseating that we will probably never be able for afford something so nice. So, after leaving the firstbeautiful home birthday party, we headed to the second birthday party to celebrate my good friend Laura's son, Kade's second birthday. I would have taken a pictures; however, we did not stay long. Aaron (bless his baby heart) is learning how to walk, and after trying unsuccessfully to push a baby grocery cart around, he fell down and busted his lip open. :( Sadness. I honestly don't know who cried more, me or Aaron; probably me. After that incident, I packed us both up and went home. What a day!
I watched The Black Swan last night. Omg, Natalie Portman is a little freak. The movie was not as disturbing as I thought it would be, and to be honest I was a little disappointed. As a side note, I now have a girl crush on Mila Kunis. Her eyeliner method needs to be documented.
Ciao!
~LL
Since hubby is working, A and I had the pleasure of attending not one, but 2 birthday parties yesterday! The first party was Aaron's cousin, Jaxson's, first birthday party. So cute! Here's a picture of the precious birthday boy and Aaron Mo:
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| Cute! |
After the party was over, I left realizing two things: 1) Aaron is a major mama's boy; and, 2) I want Adam and I to build a house, or at least live in a brand spankin' new house one day. The party was held at the home of my brother and sister-in-law, and the house is GORGE. Beautiful, spacious rooms, an amazing kitchen, hardwoods, and a bathroom bigger than our master bedroom. Unbelievable....and a little nauseating that we will probably never be able for afford something so nice. So, after leaving the first
I watched The Black Swan last night. Omg, Natalie Portman is a little freak. The movie was not as disturbing as I thought it would be, and to be honest I was a little disappointed. As a side note, I now have a girl crush on Mila Kunis. Her eyeliner method needs to be documented.
Ciao!
~LL
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