tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82150383650710762372024-02-20T04:25:57.572-05:00us & our girlsKatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097339162076240507noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215038365071076237.post-74848830906752785792011-09-18T21:46:00.000-04:002011-09-18T21:49:52.718-04:00easter 2011 ~ part 1(the problem with writing about this in september is i can't remember all the details- believe it or not- but i'll give it my best shot : )
my parents live in a great neighborhood that had a fun easter celebration and egg hunt at their clubhouse. there was a bubble machine which you can see from the pictures, one little brunette THOROUGHLY enjoyed... then inside there were yummy easter goodies and crafts which marni seemed to enjoy the most with her LOVE for all things scrapbooking, etc : )
afterwards, we enjoyed going back to my parents' home for a wonderful meal together where my mom outdid herself with beautiful decorations and personalized candies for each of us!
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097339162076240507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215038365071076237.post-51337652133159767742011-09-18T21:34:00.001-04:002011-09-18T21:36:30.937-04:00ava's baby dedicationava was dedicated at buckhead church in the same format as bella, which i love!! we had (2) tables that were assigned to us and we were able to invite family and friends to come celebrate with us. jason and i were asked by the church to prepare some thoughts, comments, etc to share with our guests. in addition the church shared blessings with each of us, pictures of the children and sweet treats. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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-ariel & me
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-jason's aunt lou ann from ct was able to join us!
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-loved that marni & pepere were able to be there!
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-this is the picture we chose to have on the slideshow during the dedication
Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097339162076240507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215038365071076237.post-88211029006112895882011-09-18T21:16:00.002-04:002011-09-18T21:24:13.998-04:00it's about timeis what i keep saying to my self as i type this entry... where have i been you ask??<br />-working MORE than full-time in our business<br />-taking care of (2) VERY busy but sweeter than pie baby girls<br />-caring for my wonderful husband who is still very dedicated to training for triathlons <br />**Have to brag on him for a minute-- he's LOST 40+lbs since he's been training-- go baby!!<br />-attempting to get our dining room back in order after jason & alfonso finished building our new table<br />-spending time (not as much as i'd like) with family & friends<br />-going on trips (dominican republic just J & me, SSI w/ our family & my in-laws, & our staycation)<br />-trying to get my home organization notebook organized : ) (includes family budget, weekly meal calendar, party/design ideas, etc)<br />-cleaning out closets and the girls' playroom<br />-preparing to lead our small group<br />-our first time volunteering in waumba land at buckhead church<br />-and i am sure much else that i am forgetting...<br /><br />so, no i am going to try to do a few posts w/ pics and more specific details.Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097339162076240507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215038365071076237.post-33976635013271213522011-01-22T14:15:00.005-05:002011-01-22T14:26:32.260-05:002 thought provoking...and VERY wise posts that i read this week:<br /><br />1. http://infoforfamilies.typepad.com/blog/2011/01/one-mothers-powerful-and-insightful-observations.html<br />2. http://itsalmostnaptime.blogspot.com/2010/02/i-dont-want-my-children-to-be-happy.html<br /><br />i am looking forward to wrestling w/ these some more both in my own heart and mind, as well as w/ some friends. i hope to come back to them as well, so i wanted to make sure i posted about themKatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097339162076240507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215038365071076237.post-57829632704103188512011-01-21T23:12:00.002-05:002011-01-21T23:33:03.811-05:00where to start?!?!i feel like i won't ever be able to get caught up, so i might as well not even try... but i am trying to fight those feelings and remember that while i definitely don't need to put additional stress on myself, it will be so fun years from now to read what was going on! <br /><br />so because i am tired and a lot is going on, i think bullet points will serve me well right now.<br /><br />-deedee is officially keeping the girls on a consistent schedule week to week and i am working full-time. our usual routine is the following: monday- school & then deedee picks them up, brings them home and hangs out. tuesday- deedee has them all day. wednesday- the girls and i go to CBS and then deedee picks them up from Bible study and takes them home and hangs out. thursday- school & then deedee picks them up, brings them home and hangs out. friday- we have time just the three of us girls either at the house, running errands or playdates. so far the girls are adjusting great! deedee watched them a good bit previously and they L-O-V-E her so it's not too much of an adjustment.<br />-jason & i are staying very busy with work and are so thankful<br />-we are now leading our small group thru our church. we so enjoy each of the couples in our small group. we just finished "The 5 Love Languages" and are getting ready to start "Radical"<br />-jason just signed up for a half iron man in september so he is starting to train for it<br />-i love CBS still and am getting ready to join/start a monthly book club with some of my favorite girls<br />-bella is as sweet as she can be... every once in a while, just like all of us, we have some melt downs... but she is constantly making us laugh and amazing us with what she is learning. she is officially potty-trained. only wearing pull-ups at night time and bed time. she is also officially done with pacis (praise God!). both changes happened over the holidays. christmas eve she put her paci on the plate w/ the cookies for santa to take it to baby Jesus... we talked about how baby Jesus needed it more than she did. for the first (3) nights or so there was some adjusting but after that she did fabulous and now it is just a memory. as far as potty training- we just picked a day at home and switched to panties... we had a few accidents... but picked up the concept pretty quickly. i believe we are now on our 3rd week and she didn't have any accidents, even at school, church, CBS, etc. (except one little one at home while watching Dora-- who doesn't forget everything around them while under Dora's Spanish influence?!?!). <br />-bella LOVES dressing up in her princess outfits... heels, crown, wand, dress w/ tutu underneath and all... the outfit is simply not complete w/out each component. if she is not dressed as a princess, she is dressed as minnie (her halloween costume this year). she has the minnie shoes, ears and dress... jason and i just laugh when we hear her prancing around in her minnie heels... she loves puzzles, books, singing, her sister and is now really developing quite the imagination. so fun to see!<br />-ava is our sweet babe who keeps growing so quickly. she has no desire to have baby food but would rather go straight to "big girl food" like her sister. she gets so happy when sissy shares her goldfish. she is sitting up by herself really well and attempting to kind of army crawl/scoot... but not crawl quite yet... she is still toothless, but i think her bottom (2) are getting close to coming in. she loves being tickled and playing w/ big girl toys. she's a great sleeper both at night and at nap time. she is one of her teachers favorites- both at school and at church in waumba land. <br />-we are so blessed and even though we have had some pretty big challenges in our lives lately, we know GOD is so faithful and praise HIM for bringing us through, one day at a time.Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097339162076240507noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215038365071076237.post-50633747092770601222010-11-21T20:16:00.002-05:002010-11-21T20:24:34.957-05:00my bella... such a little mamaso i am recording this now so i remember for later... sweet bella in her 2 and 3/4 yrs of life never fails to crack me up... yesterday was more of the same. she & i went to do some errands/shopping and had a great time. we went to tuesday morning where she quickly found multiple "treasures" she wanted to buy. some of those treasures includes bright pink flip flops w/ polka dots for her and a "lovely" bright yellow pair of flip flops at least 2 sizes too small w/ 2 in. heels that she insisted were for mommy... when checking out i snuck the yellow ones to the cashier and he tucked them away so as not to let her know that mommy wasn't a huge fan of her fashion choice... bless her heart : )<br /><br />then later while en route to pick up sissy's cake for her dedication the next day, i began hearing her making this sweet little noise with her mouth... i kind of looked in the rearview mirror and couldn't figure out what she was doing... well after about a minute of this noise, i finally turned around and asked what she was doing... she quickly proceeded "feeding my baby my booby... she hungry, mama"... sure enough her shirt was up (she had managed to pull it up under her carseat straps) and she had assumed the position w/ her baby doll. after running in to grab the cake and getting back in the car, she proceeded to tell me "she all done... her night-night"... and pulled down her shirt, patted baby doll's back and acted quite sleepy herself. HA! i couldn't contain my laughter and had to call jason to share the sweet story... my sweet girl... such a little mama : )Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097339162076240507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215038365071076237.post-88643930912162564602010-11-15T08:00:00.003-05:002010-11-15T08:07:21.219-05:00nani's birthday part 2then on saturday we all headed up to nani's residence in buckhead- atria... we brought cake, flowers, balloons and celebrated with her and some of her friends from atria. side note on the balloons- bella & i went to pick out the balloons earlier in the day and bella insisted on getting nani the princess balloon... needless to say we selected it for her and then decided on some others for nani : ) <br /><br />bella thoroughly enjoyed the festivities- esp. helping nani blow out her candles and then eating the cake. afterwards bella spotted a georgia bulldog statue in one of the courtyards and made a beeline to give it kisses and hugs : ) go dawgs!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ZLCOCeV2HHT85hHFrcXxw-5IEvXgZOsqphtoI2UpydcNua12G4kK2twYI6e8maCB5Q6V1I9vbYF39aYq7Npkcg86p3LRQV6Cp-KEEb0dZSMZSihwWn8_kQhq-OTWwvSjkqgysCyC5Vk/s1600/DSC_0629.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 251px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiz72P14AddzY7K8qpZEl5QiHWQDaaR6JDzoJ4F6VJtWjimX1CbDCyhiBp_CHk5SGYTsEkrl2abAT7iHiPWjPmyf_FAOVc1oPbQ7n22DHcYus4OEEn5g7jYvv3rc1KQvomQXOAaudDk0Y/s320/DSC_0658.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539761738323530802" /></a>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097339162076240507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215038365071076237.post-85292255102484236202010-11-15T07:53:00.003-05:002010-11-15T07:59:33.059-05:00nani's birthday part 1nani (my grandmother on my mom's side) turned 83 on Nov. 4th... my mom and her two sisters worked hard to make it a wonderful celebration for her! on her actual birthday we went to Emory's Hotel & Conference Center for a ladies luncheon in her honor. we all had a wonderful time and nani seemed to really enjoy herself! <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj04HnxaJkH8MysFj-f9WlM-jrV7Y-twA-F5dk430czxhB1jaC8l8zDvE7owiIEmZ9JF5C89LXQBLTlZGQe4dxCIhkekOO7soFhn-M1-F6NJskwIZlv9cN2xSsHp-5mKPY-8neGmL6BSsQ/s1600/DSC_0617.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 191px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu7Uvr_SxUuS_mVYEWkdJTKo8IA3IKyxRVH6T1IaIAudcNJO4149MdwYlIcERK4ss_pG6biTRVGDj6A7F_gXE0L2WDldv55tJ9xg9xxkwhYFWod3QmiySTPguXt6-AX535snXdmwyFSH4/s320/DSCN0770.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524753079683032034" /></a><br />we had such a fabulous time over labor day weekend. jason & i had decided that we wanted our family to do something "out of the box" so we booked (3) tickets to nyc and did just that... and now, i am hoping it becomes a family tradition!<br /><br />david (my brother) is in his 2nd year at NYU law school and then jason has family (his aunt lois, uncle joe & cousin chris) who live in long island and then many more family members who live in CT... so we decided we would go and spend time with everyone.<br /><br />we left on thursday morning and the girls did really well in the airport and on the plane... cousin chris picked us up at the airport and they both took great naps on our way to aunt lois' house. mommy & daddy were so thankful!!<br /><br />friday we woke up and took the train to nyc to meet up with david... we had a GREAT day... jason and i kept saying it was like "a kid's dream day on steroids"... first we walked around central park, then we went to FAO Schwartz and looked all around and played on the life-size piano that is in the movie "Big"... then we had lunch, headed to the petting zoo in central park where bella had no fear- she petted each of the animals, gave them kisses and fed them non-stop... then teri (david's girlfriend) met up with us and we headed to dylan's candy shop (ralph lauren's daughter's shop) for AMAZING sundaes, candy, etc... the decor in this place was so fun!! i wish we lived there so i could have the girls' birthday parties there. after finishing our heavenly treats we headed to the village to see NYU, walk around some more and then eat some pizza. at that point our family of 4 headed back on the train to long island. <br /><br />saturday david and teri headed over to us and we all went to some local outlet malls. we really enjoyed our time and found some fun things... in addition we found bella's halloween costume- an adorable minnie mouse costume. can't wait to share those pictures! we took bella to a play ground at the pier near aunt lois' and then went back to their house and ordered greek take-out.<br /><br />sunday we headed to port jefferson to meet up with our family from CT... we enjoyed a delicious brunch on a patio area and then walked around the downtown area. afterwards everyone came back to aunt lois' house where we enjoyed hanging out more and then ate dinner together. after everyone had left to head back to CT i suggested that we go to friendly's... cousin chris was immediately on board : ) friendly's is one of my most favorite places... i was so excited to go- i always remember my childhood fondly when digging into a friendly's sundae : )<br /><br />monday we headed back to atlanta... it was such a great time. we are so thankful for such amazing family!!Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097339162076240507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215038365071076237.post-74088527492333303732010-10-04T21:45:00.003-04:002010-10-04T21:55:41.281-04:00where to starti am noticing a theme... i keep thinking/saying that i am going to get back on this blogging train and somehow it keeps leaving the station without me... somewhere between raising (2) little girls, attempting to love my husband well, doing a weekly Bible study, a weekly small group, working multiple hours a week, laundry, cooking dinner, play dates and more, blogging just seems to take a backseat.<br /><br />anyways, i am looking thru the pictures that are still not up on the blog and thinking i'd like to catch up a bit tonight.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEY3gMWYtDRJNHSAAtzXlRHM7E0JgViJKYgh_wKPn8MDYfgtwtRnfy2tcv__szg8LIhXEjPnfVIp0dPyuQim4o8AnOlZrDsJXZjOeFfPcZXqj1qNj5VnZ0jfQAw-bzpaL0MtalKeNjEz8/s1600/Bella.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 203px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEY3gMWYtDRJNHSAAtzXlRHM7E0JgViJKYgh_wKPn8MDYfgtwtRnfy2tcv__szg8LIhXEjPnfVIp0dPyuQim4o8AnOlZrDsJXZjOeFfPcZXqj1qNj5VnZ0jfQAw-bzpaL0MtalKeNjEz8/s320/Bella.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524374171448818754" /></a><br />my sweet bella starting at Decatur First United Methodist Mother's Morning Out<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHcyQUMwKKBS4AnIkXAjo7BS7AwMk979uXERz3jp8MfvNKWpci5uerFEXAZWI37SzJuKd-llfZOY1JU2kSYbr07KckytijWmtyheWBcZLYH8R7x0PcRM1KTYRCXAidcuTHLwNNxw9XlsY/s1600/Ava.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHcyQUMwKKBS4AnIkXAjo7BS7AwMk979uXERz3jp8MfvNKWpci5uerFEXAZWI37SzJuKd-llfZOY1JU2kSYbr07KckytijWmtyheWBcZLYH8R7x0PcRM1KTYRCXAidcuTHLwNNxw9XlsY/s320/Ava.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524374168111713938" /></a><br />ava just along for the ride : )Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097339162076240507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215038365071076237.post-90789447386496102312010-08-25T22:47:00.007-04:002010-08-25T23:09:25.069-04:00the housebefore ava's arrival i went crazy (as some might say : ) with organizing as well as redecorating, etc. some of the rooms in our home, but i THOROUGHLY enjoyed it & have even done a little more, which i will post about soon... you can see some of the before pictures here:http://theizzyfam.blogspot.com/2009/12/redecorating.html></a>
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<br />and now, here are the after pictures:
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<br />our master bedroom- love the new sitting area
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<br />master bedroom- jason built our bed!
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<br />the girls' bathroom (had the shower curtain made)
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<br />the guest room converted to bella's big girl room
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<br />another view of bella's roomKatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097339162076240507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215038365071076237.post-88621122608188337902010-08-25T22:31:00.003-04:002010-08-25T22:47:05.301-04:00my birthday celebrationmy sweet mom arranged a little birthday celebration for me... one of my all time favorite desserts is strawberry pie so she made one for me, along with a nice dinner.<br /><br />jason was out of town so it was great to be with my family and have some extra hands- esp. considering ava wasn't even a month old yet.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6pulyL15cKRCvCmt3Bn2CZExZ1FTohjg70fFFO3BuficuqCiNI0jzhz-1yeon0FZBgY5tRSlLY7Ri8rpxXyRceSDRL85qTVdJcJsTzjMNge6tLsHDE_O-hkWHwhcsnAVm6BqB490FG60/s1600/IMG_4351.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6pulyL15cKRCvCmt3Bn2CZExZ1FTohjg70fFFO3BuficuqCiNI0jzhz-1yeon0FZBgY5tRSlLY7Ri8rpxXyRceSDRL85qTVdJcJsTzjMNge6tLsHDE_O-hkWHwhcsnAVm6BqB490FG60/s320/IMG_4351.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509542903898838194" /></a><br />my mom & i with the girls<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht9RcK-IW80oKLYNt5ZLx-QhXvbx9odgWZjtI0MSxXsxV6owODSbm3hWKSWi2aNphCJl2ZhPxamZ9GSXXNt9SfkQs_00J3nbVGaVyrES5QmcWvye-z_Me6ZIJj5oUpzC_p4P0-CkMvKvk/s1600/IMG_4344.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht9RcK-IW80oKLYNt5ZLx-QhXvbx9odgWZjtI0MSxXsxV6owODSbm3hWKSWi2aNphCJl2ZhPxamZ9GSXXNt9SfkQs_00J3nbVGaVyrES5QmcWvye-z_Me6ZIJj5oUpzC_p4P0-CkMvKvk/s320/IMG_4344.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509542890349420434" /></a><br />4 generations ~ my mom, her mom (the girls' nanni), me & the girls<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOtSnm9WRNEceHAVpbd9dh5sRsQII9VvL1GdN6wgTApjtFhpO-QJtRfrpskmFBukwwOQ6Mx-isoDZyEYptckDBq5ZCkQUiW8IqsMiS5iECKvIclA39Q4PWedoUqw24Prxis4UknRzdGWg/s1600/IMG_4324.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOtSnm9WRNEceHAVpbd9dh5sRsQII9VvL1GdN6wgTApjtFhpO-QJtRfrpskmFBukwwOQ6Mx-isoDZyEYptckDBq5ZCkQUiW8IqsMiS5iECKvIclA39Q4PWedoUqw24Prxis4UknRzdGWg/s320/IMG_4324.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509542880466072306" /></a><br />nanni enjoying her time with sweet ava<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3GVi-HGjIpCebpsJozHt6q1PzKE_RBXg4bGp0YVx0f3WcxW74LJDUTXnolS2tQLukckYXVC5O_Onm-mSZjVCLFgzLcPUgNTPqv3-_uqlIS3oU3iSN_UA8kyLpe4mP3qY8H_wKulyQCWk/s1600/IMG_4366.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3GVi-HGjIpCebpsJozHt6q1PzKE_RBXg4bGp0YVx0f3WcxW74LJDUTXnolS2tQLukckYXVC5O_Onm-mSZjVCLFgzLcPUgNTPqv3-_uqlIS3oU3iSN_UA8kyLpe4mP3qY8H_wKulyQCWk/s320/IMG_4366.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509542879700801906" /></a><br />getting ready to enjoy dessert!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1vEmu2ITFcefb41PA9h_ysLbk1yrJDUNzb10hPcnSMEhT3gXtVsT3tLcV2I7RkqMvodICnQPWGLRUXt0tKikls4fBFNng3dRcu_WUsrAPn0Msb_RQXTlF7fjFG5sXw7D68ClM9o04CPM/s1600/IMG_4367.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1vEmu2ITFcefb41PA9h_ysLbk1yrJDUNzb10hPcnSMEhT3gXtVsT3tLcV2I7RkqMvodICnQPWGLRUXt0tKikls4fBFNng3dRcu_WUsrAPn0Msb_RQXTlF7fjFG5sXw7D68ClM9o04CPM/s320/IMG_4367.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509542868187743170" /></a><br />one word ~ yum!!Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097339162076240507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215038365071076237.post-77526769012449209752010-08-25T22:09:00.003-04:002010-08-25T22:30:25.220-04:00bathing beautyone of the weeks i had poppa's camera daddy & i took pictures of sweet ava during bath time...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGZUQVgJqvz4AF5_NVzY5-s7iD4xSR4mj6pU5-sHF1-7XMT8s9xyWDVOx_ip1C9fwpgja0z3hUBxNOyk9CHyCymf9QJQv50z4CVk3Y7c6f8O7mH-ofjrk4cFa2_4DTGMJO-wDcEomyUiU/s1600/IMG_2347.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGZUQVgJqvz4AF5_NVzY5-s7iD4xSR4mj6pU5-sHF1-7XMT8s9xyWDVOx_ip1C9fwpgja0z3hUBxNOyk9CHyCymf9QJQv50z4CVk3Y7c6f8O7mH-ofjrk4cFa2_4DTGMJO-wDcEomyUiU/s320/IMG_2347.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509540123882570418" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdova1XZjyrcTdIt4lz4Iz32WZcUzU7-GjM5xwX8u01SksTAc-6RqeuNJX21C7LhI2MBUBAorpdPOeb9EoYCqOw5pImmrDhJeeOjYzKDKBvGwOaJciuKA6UnaEwszUt7M5noazxmwp8cA/s1600/IMG_2343.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 293px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdova1XZjyrcTdIt4lz4Iz32WZcUzU7-GjM5xwX8u01SksTAc-6RqeuNJX21C7LhI2MBUBAorpdPOeb9EoYCqOw5pImmrDhJeeOjYzKDKBvGwOaJciuKA6UnaEwszUt7M5noazxmwp8cA/s320/IMG_2343.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509539848854343890" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieAXzBPXVeg06h7UnTl26K83uKQLMMs3_ZUFDrsf4CpJFpU1Amy4-H21b3pK941RDy76wRS0FzAOP5TN2J7E9DAbk978JSDmT4JB6RQHOk8wwRsWX7QHCch88vk1iPYVjvOfa7zb_-2MI/s1600/IMG_2341.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTCHDDMH3x-yc_Z5JF0kup2UfpiCv3MGxQsOrFxRLW8bRuDikKXrThAe3PqmDYtCT638slWMxkoVboazeHAg2aZ4-AqCLxS2gmsGgBn7wJxltVq4J1RNCMcRonY9VfSuZVxeHrZU2bzw8/s320/IMG_2333.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509539820005928322" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyeSyRbNJRuCB6IUCfe6sT8g2-BwDbs3UQOjShDuiFa_F8ODFAyLQC_326bjehH5BWw7a_v8k4uIhCBibRWS1E0vjWqXl_sLnvJbl95QBNzhtqb9fmev3l91tjy4bny6PvJ0eN_mMCPdY/s1600/IMG_2332.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyeSyRbNJRuCB6IUCfe6sT8g2-BwDbs3UQOjShDuiFa_F8ODFAyLQC_326bjehH5BWw7a_v8k4uIhCBibRWS1E0vjWqXl_sLnvJbl95QBNzhtqb9fmev3l91tjy4bny6PvJ0eN_mMCPdY/s320/IMG_2332.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509539815572195458" /></a>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097339162076240507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215038365071076237.post-73536798357097585592010-07-22T21:19:00.004-04:002010-08-25T22:21:54.769-04:00back with a vengeancewell... where have i been you ask?!?! and i ask too : ) between our family growing to 4 with this sweet babe ~<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg_1xssISKHFiLP9Klt2MhJYfvRNH3QStGB0XcvS0vktNep4atS1JtVFKQ2u4g17yt7HaZabQQjTZUv3xEb4NXR_ajCD2VZ93LfkNGcESUCa8oeJyN310lA5hRr9gYfZoGVYMUb1FQ6HE/s1600/IMG_2322.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg_1xssISKHFiLP9Klt2MhJYfvRNH3QStGB0XcvS0vktNep4atS1JtVFKQ2u4g17yt7HaZabQQjTZUv3xEb4NXR_ajCD2VZ93LfkNGcESUCa8oeJyN310lA5hRr9gYfZoGVYMUb1FQ6HE/s320/IMG_2322.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496905410014375314" /></a><br /><br />and the business continuing to stay busy, hiring a project manager, having lots of family in town throughout the summer, going to the beach, our camera needing a new part (was at the "camera doctor" for 2 mths and is still not fixed- a big shout out to poppa for letting us borrow his camera so much!!), etc. LIFE HAS BEEN FULL! Not to mention that i have had a complete blonde moment w/ the blog the last few times i have considered updating- i couldn't seem to get pictures to upload... but i have figured it out ~ yay!! i am determined to be more consistent with updating. life just passes by too quickly and i want to remember these sweet moments & capture our memories as much as possible!<br /><br />so with this whole preface- here comes a lot of catching up!Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097339162076240507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215038365071076237.post-43436704323897752952010-06-03T14:57:00.002-04:002010-06-03T15:03:08.930-04:00powerful quotesso the other day we went to the outlet malls. my brother is in town for just a few more days (on a break b/t finishing his first year of law school and starting his summer internship) so he and i went along with my mom and ava. upon meeting up my mom gave me an email that i sent her back on 2-16-07... and any of my JFBC friends know this is right after our annual women's retreat... anyways my email included 4 quotes that i were shared at the retreat that really spoke to me... and now more than 3 years later they still do and i want to document them and share them...<br /><br />~ "Pain & suffering legitimize our testimony. Authentic compassion is often formed in the kiln of ache."<br /><br />~ "Suffering gives you something to share."<br /><br />~ "On my worst, whiniest days, God doesn't leave... He is not a fair-weather Father."<br /><br />~ "May we not go through the Refiner's fire coming out burned and smelling of ashes, but rather smelling of the sweet aroma of Christ." ~ LOVE this one!<br /><br />thanks, mom, for sharing these with me again...Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097339162076240507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215038365071076237.post-7706250990058039682010-05-14T19:36:00.003-04:002010-05-21T22:39:30.674-04:00her storyso around 2:45 am tuesday, may 11th, i started having contractions... i couldn't tell if it was just back labor so for a few minutes i tried to endure the pain myself... about 15 minutes later, i decided jason needed to be awake with me : ) so... we started timing and the contractions seemed to be very regular. at 3:20 am or so he was sure we needed to call becky (aunt becky to bella, our fabulous neighbor who had middle of the night duty), my mom & his mom... i was a little nervous about the phone calls as i didn't want to wake anyone if this wasn't indeed true labor... well, thankfully jason was thinking clearly and insisted he was calling... about 10 or 15 minutes later becky was at our house, jason was showered and we were finishing our packing for the hospital... becky said we needed to hurry as it seemed my contractions were closer than every 5 minutes... i was sure i was fine and said we'd leave in just a minute- i just wanted to make sure everything was where it needed to be for jason's parents who were coming to get bella, etc...<br /><br />we'll we got in the car and jason seemed to be "hauling bananas" down dekalb avenue- i asked him to slow down as i felt like i was on a roller coaster- his response "babe, i have one job to do- get you to the hospital in time"... how does one respond to that?!?! other than clutch everything in the car in severe pain as yet another contraction comes.<br /><br />eventually we arrived at the hospital and i still had thoughts in the back of my mind that they were going to say i was in false labor- HA! were we in for a surprise! i was 8 cm dilated, fully effaced, etc. my first question/concern was what about the epidural... the nurses assured me that there were no concerns- i would still be able to have one and that they would start the bag of fluid immediately... well that was a funny joke- it took (2) nurses, one of whom seemed to dig for over 5 minutes to find a vein for my IV... they said i had "tiny veins"... whatever that means ~ all i knew was that i was in INTENSE pain and that time was of the essence... something it felt as if they were missing... i believe it was when the first nurse left to find another nurse to find another to locate my vein, i said that i was pretty sure i needed to use the bathroom- however, that was actually my water breaking- upon making the nurses aware of this they began to seem a bit concerned/unsure of whether i would really be able to get an epidural- one of the nurse's responses to me was "i don't know" regarding the epidural... talk about being nervous and upset... i literally didn't know what i was going to do. before i knew it the dr was in the room, i was told i was 10 cm, her head was coming and there was NO TIME FOR AN EPIDURAL... WHAT?!?!?! this was NOT MY PLAN!! i was quick to tell them that i didn't want to do it... i didn't know how... and that "damn it, i want my epidural" ~ the last comment was followed up w/ an apology to the nurse- i told her i don't talk like that normally and feel so awful to be so rude, but this was completely freaking me out... and in jason's words i became possessed for the remainder of the delivery... the dr did do a great job helping me (thankfully she had delivered her 2 children naturally so she knew first hand what i was going through)... when asked if i wanted to touch ava as she was being delivered, i quickly answered, "NO, i just want her out of me!!!!!!!!!!!" <br /><br />when all was said and done i had delivered a beautiful baby girl and jason and i agreed he can never, ever, ever say that i don't have a high pain tolerance : ) and now we like to joke that if we go for #3 (and please note, that is a HUGE if) we will just need to leave for the hospital the minute my first contraction starts if i don't want jason delivering him/her on the highway!!Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097339162076240507noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215038365071076237.post-60810169660623686152010-05-11T21:01:00.002-04:002010-05-11T21:07:07.005-04:00she's here!!we are so blessed!! God is SO good!! the story to come tomorrow. In the meantime, see her sweet picture on the right.Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097339162076240507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215038365071076237.post-65124415652093711052010-05-04T21:11:00.005-04:002010-05-04T21:23:09.811-04:00toe toesyes, that is what sweet bella refers to her toes/tootsies as ALL the time ~ and i just LOVE it!! she cracks me up when she says it : )<br /><br />anyways, on easter sunday i polished her toe toes for the first time and she loved it... then this past sunday while we were getting ready for church she spotted the polish underneath my vanity... she proceeded to take off her shoes and say "toe toes mama, toe toes mama"... i told her we'd have to wait as we needed to leave... but i am planning to make time in the next few days so she can enjoy them being polished again ~ doesn't every girl love a fresh pedicure?!?!<br /><br />(i am bummed b/c i have the cutest pics to post but there is some sort of error message ~ have to get the hubs to help me out later)Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097339162076240507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215038365071076237.post-41630610235886173292010-04-14T16:21:00.005-04:002010-04-14T16:38:22.401-04:00easter<div>only a few days late : )<div><br /></div><div>we had a wonderful easter! we attended the Good Friday service at buckhead that was phenomenal ~ as always! then we had dinner with teenie & poppa...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">saturday we headed over to my parents in the late afternoon to enjoy an easter celebration dinner with my mom & dad, grandmother & my parents' neighbors. the food was delicious and the company was great ~ we all enjoyed our time!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">on sunday we were ready in record time and picked up becky, grabbed coffees and headed to church to make sure we were able to get a good parking space, get bella in her class and save great seats all before the big crowds arrived... thankfully we were fairly successful!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">after amazing praise and worship and a great message, we all- jason, me, bella, becky, teenie & poppa, todd & staci, christian, noah, emerson and jonathan & elizabeth- headed to wahoo grill for a delicious brunch buffet. by the looks of bella's dress after eating, she thoroughly enjoyed it too : )</div></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq8KSZEJSfZgMwEB7gPchNZ9kv6BTSbPESuofVq_64BjW8q9X4TjcUvEYCkoOSlEOKRWwQJU6y7ILKYcjn-CQyNzz1W4_k4scgPteADMw_W1HqYznCiM2vz1Y_aRP1TxY5GxotLYLspVE/s1600/DSC_0549.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 302px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq8KSZEJSfZgMwEB7gPchNZ9kv6BTSbPESuofVq_64BjW8q9X4TjcUvEYCkoOSlEOKRWwQJU6y7ILKYcjn-CQyNzz1W4_k4scgPteADMw_W1HqYznCiM2vz1Y_aRP1TxY5GxotLYLspVE/s320/DSC_0549.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460094289897564546" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">precious bella just waking up</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5bLctopmuWmKzEbTSieL-LSiySvzHszzdHfg-8KdXIBGoAOxqgYgz7RFRCBhNaKkUndAbFz48YCXcSy8Bbyo5xrRgDBds5nTZYcZQ7pAreQpllQreF17mXExBtZCv2OGW6kJ1lXr-Ls/s1600/DSC_0554.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5bLctopmuWmKzEbTSieL-LSiySvzHszzdHfg-8KdXIBGoAOxqgYgz7RFRCBhNaKkUndAbFz48YCXcSy8Bbyo5xrRgDBds5nTZYcZQ7pAreQpllQreF17mXExBtZCv2OGW6kJ1lXr-Ls/s320/DSC_0554.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460094270230564434" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">her easter goodies ~ notice the picture of her on the right side w/ the bunny ~ so sweet!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR9_XtEmYgP_kuzhyphenhyphenz1dpjS2HKmYuBn2-RnzyXEuCxMSVpABnmrH0zoelKVlwgnJoN6_a03-cFYMfKeob6r0IQ8Vr7v56nigTKSwv5Hxem1xhUdzHXydVkS9g3OefF3Gjv2Gv2Z3bDz5w/s1600/DSC_0556.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 236px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR9_XtEmYgP_kuzhyphenhyphenz1dpjS2HKmYuBn2-RnzyXEuCxMSVpABnmrH0zoelKVlwgnJoN6_a03-cFYMfKeob6r0IQ8Vr7v56nigTKSwv5Hxem1xhUdzHXydVkS9g3OefF3Gjv2Gv2Z3bDz5w/s320/DSC_0556.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460094261058650962" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">finding her dora ball in her easter basket</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHCPPLKguubvhBJH6z9qG-CCUCG1195BGPv-PHjY6dcyOvawWMYf6cSrcVkML1e4a7n6epgtSPcH23ItVvzKdsujqjk071X5Sgg3crjpoIehTFhYNePD4e31eN-xpvwHaCOHuBwMjUblE/s1600/DSC_0557.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHCPPLKguubvhBJH6z9qG-CCUCG1195BGPv-PHjY6dcyOvawWMYf6cSrcVkML1e4a7n6epgtSPcH23ItVvzKdsujqjk071X5Sgg3crjpoIehTFhYNePD4e31eN-xpvwHaCOHuBwMjUblE/s320/DSC_0557.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460094251020264674" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">me & my hubs</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEaTCY3E_kp8as4AIzeQVjN353d6dfnB0Kg3DF0Tfvu5LdvmewDwj0XKT0DoAFxG407nQAcmuOEDQq5zSQvB4dR9PPRFrMPxPYZqRRXmiM10DVuShxeD0gtoZlkMePgdG2WXNasNmmRfE/s1600/DSC_0560.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEaTCY3E_kp8as4AIzeQVjN353d6dfnB0Kg3DF0Tfvu5LdvmewDwj0XKT0DoAFxG407nQAcmuOEDQq5zSQvB4dR9PPRFrMPxPYZqRRXmiM10DVuShxeD0gtoZlkMePgdG2WXNasNmmRfE/s320/DSC_0560.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460094241145877058" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">our family </div><div><br /></div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097339162076240507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215038365071076237.post-55232816500163304742010-04-05T21:59:00.004-04:002010-04-05T22:14:34.461-04:00ava's sprinkle<div style="text-align: justify;">my sweet friends got together on saturday at the swan coach house to celebrate ava's coming arrival!! we had such a wonderful time and i am so blessed by God to have each of these precious friends in my life. we laughed, talked, ate LOTS of wonderful food and received some wonderful gifts.</div><div><br /></div><div>**and the sweet picture of bella & aubrey is right before ariel & i left and they were enjoying their "special cups" that ariel & chris brought them back from their cruise**</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4vtF1KMUtK8e3IIkdPk6oeMQwLYzxLJwE6zwYeEmOUlvVK3yUwtuqTYuODiSCKwLJZjnUthp2Knifp73KL_1fcpWNcjeKQrq3jz9sihlh0YwDVzcOWlzPnnj-6qC3x1PmFaN3MarFm-w/s1600/DSC_0532.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4vtF1KMUtK8e3IIkdPk6oeMQwLYzxLJwE6zwYeEmOUlvVK3yUwtuqTYuODiSCKwLJZjnUthp2Knifp73KL_1fcpWNcjeKQrq3jz9sihlh0YwDVzcOWlzPnnj-6qC3x1PmFaN3MarFm-w/s320/DSC_0532.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456840257044769762" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizow3UXF8OFRbDi857XkkQJrkVl160AWxqUyT8bC6tdds2t0UM4hZAO6zZBBZCqJAyVPy1UBw4eyWF6GxWIyTMcZQSCnd-w8DbLj7wxibqJfohqZmRdiiqxSU3Kl52nn0vDik2tkM8A8U/s1600/DSC_0540.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizow3UXF8OFRbDi857XkkQJrkVl160AWxqUyT8bC6tdds2t0UM4hZAO6zZBBZCqJAyVPy1UBw4eyWF6GxWIyTMcZQSCnd-w8DbLj7wxibqJfohqZmRdiiqxSU3Kl52nn0vDik2tkM8A8U/s320/DSC_0540.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456840243630361522" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">heather franklin & me </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0G3R9_DWH3Ddd3oXIy3OCEpzhz5AjSz8HGbvHWZF_e8ZyCv2wbJDq_Wes2PPeuOc99x9InNnuHVouDULpycmBrdMaNBlGPXr_0oAQwmk_MXBMdYFAVN9WMDBwLOqXpxaXYLrE3-XS_jo/s1600/DSC_0541.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 314px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0G3R9_DWH3Ddd3oXIy3OCEpzhz5AjSz8HGbvHWZF_e8ZyCv2wbJDq_Wes2PPeuOc99x9InNnuHVouDULpycmBrdMaNBlGPXr_0oAQwmk_MXBMdYFAVN9WMDBwLOqXpxaXYLrE3-XS_jo/s320/DSC_0541.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456840231178357634" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">me & heather hayes</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKe5Hkn9Aj1nJE-BpsD6c_75dd0dg2UlwCl2Sjoc-d4B5AS6aHbabg1Awbsu5jb_S-H19HFJ8Jb8qbYXtw2UWZwldsOwhaeUKs0WCi0QQ-z1pEoR-A7R_fWAgyM7cDhzlNK-gnPXEhJOM/s1600/DSC_0542.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKe5Hkn9Aj1nJE-BpsD6c_75dd0dg2UlwCl2Sjoc-d4B5AS6aHbabg1Awbsu5jb_S-H19HFJ8Jb8qbYXtw2UWZwldsOwhaeUKs0WCi0QQ-z1pEoR-A7R_fWAgyM7cDhzlNK-gnPXEhJOM/s320/DSC_0542.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456839589989169394" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">kirstin & me</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSuuNSN9oUuk5qceR2UnN-pUAruuXhlax-N7Wk0liyhGK0MchCnkYDUTHYEwZBHiKo2Tof6CXrhX-40_bSAbuUfdCkDnsb7rli2iRdfCM2G1LibH_GCoyPo92TJU8NWqFpChAcBrQDUrI/s1600/DSC_0543.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSuuNSN9oUuk5qceR2UnN-pUAruuXhlax-N7Wk0liyhGK0MchCnkYDUTHYEwZBHiKo2Tof6CXrhX-40_bSAbuUfdCkDnsb7rli2iRdfCM2G1LibH_GCoyPo92TJU8NWqFpChAcBrQDUrI/s320/DSC_0543.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456839582408226514" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">mary & me</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY9ByEKUp3Nsf04FArzC9PgmNvn0Zic5C2EY0gogmAB5szhFuGWUYnrnt3TbhCo93XTQh_ILO1sKu228AHkvOU0MnIzMTQVhiFhpKGEQxQhddIIDcYGUGKeKZjRN7HJp6SkJLcLWyTWsc/s1600/DSC_0544.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 308px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY9ByEKUp3Nsf04FArzC9PgmNvn0Zic5C2EY0gogmAB5szhFuGWUYnrnt3TbhCo93XTQh_ILO1sKu228AHkvOU0MnIzMTQVhiFhpKGEQxQhddIIDcYGUGKeKZjRN7HJp6SkJLcLWyTWsc/s320/DSC_0544.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456839559739375602" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">me & ariel</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZh-vzZtfXxIkA1beeOV7ZPfqnQdOfESH8VLPHZn-XiAODssOi75GNs6y-bjCSJUNvC1zdJ60P0pO8OcRHfXALQrangL10BsACGWRndxkIX_3shWSgzY6znPEP46G3zfX-muugEN35cqA/s1600/DSC_0545.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZh-vzZtfXxIkA1beeOV7ZPfqnQdOfESH8VLPHZn-XiAODssOi75GNs6y-bjCSJUNvC1zdJ60P0pO8OcRHfXALQrangL10BsACGWRndxkIX_3shWSgzY6znPEP46G3zfX-muugEN35cqA/s320/DSC_0545.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456839551471863250" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">me & katie</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM4QhDfrZWv3DtsBJFRJEhxMf_pGLK_-Q1ZwFW4hUWyNxPXb7vlmhjtv6yOfZ8YW6zdJMaDZ7b37IlkJFcgYor33GiyG-S7UOJj-L-BdVGJayMYsNzcNQiHism_sYBej76jVBNgWM34CM/s1600/DSC_0546.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM4QhDfrZWv3DtsBJFRJEhxMf_pGLK_-Q1ZwFW4hUWyNxPXb7vlmhjtv6yOfZ8YW6zdJMaDZ7b37IlkJFcgYor33GiyG-S7UOJj-L-BdVGJayMYsNzcNQiHism_sYBej76jVBNgWM34CM/s320/DSC_0546.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456839538302646834" /></a>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097339162076240507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215038365071076237.post-73600786022234578512010-03-28T20:52:00.006-04:002010-03-28T21:38:23.817-04:00a little babymoon in savannah, ga<div>is what jason and i just got home from... and we had such a wonderful time!!</div><div><div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">we left friday around 9:30 am and met teenie half-way to drop bella off... then jason and i made two stops- one at a motorcycle store for him- and the other at a local store that has the BEST snack ever ~ peanut butter filled pretzels... can you say yum?!?! jason ran in and came out w/ 4 big containers : ) should hold us over for a while...</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">we arrived in savannah around 4 pm... we checked into our bed & breakfast ~ olde harbor inn...</div></div></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ucqWUXJsLSGcyMSBmFDEfPpoX0b1WCBw4sDkPWnuwXY1eRVcbWJt1urQvqbs6zTE7fihlqci6hPxWBEpWnec4aHz0VWG5Bt9X4RtbLb2Q_pYRMd1rs0R64gewzj5-7mbn6HkWkm_IsU/s1600/DSC_0546.JPG"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 278px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ucqWUXJsLSGcyMSBmFDEfPpoX0b1WCBw4sDkPWnuwXY1eRVcbWJt1urQvqbs6zTE7fihlqci6hPxWBEpWnec4aHz0VWG5Bt9X4RtbLb2Q_pYRMd1rs0R64gewzj5-7mbn6HkWkm_IsU/s320/DSC_0546.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453861952534585058" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">me & my man</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFcn7Ice7v-mFXe_-jF6XN7kl1YJia1IxbTPMRHog4lMcCdsm_9JCr8rGF5y6tq230OuYRbrBLeYqAsCu-evy24jnx-zVsIdZyFkRhuu4OpcGYdKKwmF-xGQoJiol1izHrAytUV55cza4/s1600/DSC_0545.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFcn7Ice7v-mFXe_-jF6XN7kl1YJia1IxbTPMRHog4lMcCdsm_9JCr8rGF5y6tq230OuYRbrBLeYqAsCu-evy24jnx-zVsIdZyFkRhuu4OpcGYdKKwmF-xGQoJiol1izHrAytUV55cza4/s320/DSC_0545.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453861392466811842" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;">our inn~ loved the location ~ we could walk almost anywhere... </div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">after unpacking, we headed out to river street where we walked around for a while and then had dinner at the cotton exchange restaurant. afterwards we hit up savannah's candy kitchen for some fabulous treats ~ they had ice cream, homemade salt water taffy, old school candy (pop rocks, fun dip, etc.) and all kinds of fudge & "heaven dipped chocolate"... we headed back to the room, watched a movie, ate our goodies and hit the hay by 10:30 pm...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdmgxaH16eIWRpn1OAmZz15BxSW_PH-kkeXCwL0i2ua31_kcyyTaITs7-obTt3PzcsR4avAIwJgc8v7wOEu_dv8xqlGkSh5cAc2otbcK8q-WFL6nUnr_Y8XTNimKQ8K7zhyR91m1s9P2s/s1600/DSC_0538.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 255px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdmgxaH16eIWRpn1OAmZz15BxSW_PH-kkeXCwL0i2ua31_kcyyTaITs7-obTt3PzcsR4avAIwJgc8v7wOEu_dv8xqlGkSh5cAc2otbcK8q-WFL6nUnr_Y8XTNimKQ8K7zhyR91m1s9P2s/s320/DSC_0538.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453860690179726866" /></a><div style="text-align: left;">saturday we woke up, ate breakfast at our inn & went for a great trolley ride throughout the entire city... we saw some beautiful architecture, gardens, etc... it turned out our friends, kathi & louie, where in savannah for a weekend getaway too, so we met up w/ them for lunch after the tour at a little greek place.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">following lunch, jason dropped me at the savannah day spa for a prenatal massage, while he went cycling throughout some historic neighborhoods... when we got back to the room we enjoyed some downtime and i napped for a bit and then we browsed through some antique shops before dinner at cilantro's, a little mexican place. afterwards we shopped for a little bit, and then went back to get our car ~ which wasn't there!! we quickly realized it must have been towed, which made NO sense... we had a special city parking pass from our inn & there were cars parked in all the surrounding spots ~ none of them had "special permission" and they didn't get towed... needless to say, the guys who had towed it were pretty sketchy, so we just paid the fee and were glad to get our car back! and, of course, because i couldn't live w/out it, we hit up the candy shop again : ) and, since it was our last night, we went BIG... jason tried chocolate covered oreos & a "gopher" as they called them... i got a chocolate covered s'more... and some jelly bellies... we enjoyed another movie and our goodies... it was a GREAT day!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">today we slept in and jason went cycling again before we met kathi & louie for brunch. afterwards we drove around a bit more to take in the city and then headed home to pick up sweet bella bean... boy we missed her!! but we also had such a wonderful time away and are so thankful that we had the opportunity before our family grows to 4!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">7 weeks from today, sweet ava is due to grace us with her presence!!</div></div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097339162076240507noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215038365071076237.post-1551756498687094612010-03-12T10:38:00.002-05:002010-03-12T10:44:39.521-05:00petite & perfect<div style="text-align: justify;">basically sums up bella's 2 year appointment... thank you Lord for your blessing of this precious girl!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">height ~ 2' 8.25" & weight ~ 25 lb 6 oz</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">she did great and didn't even cry when she got her shot... the drs & nurses were amazed! but we did all get laughing b/c about a minute after the shot all she kept saying was "ouchee" and letting everyone know that her leg hurt : )</div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097339162076240507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215038365071076237.post-92095834260217117892010-03-12T10:29:00.003-05:002010-03-12T10:36:29.233-05:00come on spring!!<div style="text-align: justify;">we are all so ready for spring ~ between the unusually cold atlanta winter and all the rain we've had, we are so ready for sun & temps that are a bit warmer... when spring decided to give us a sneak peak this past sunday we all headed to the park, including max, and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgHovNOJ52pmk8NBHoIWd0bcEDdIAQ0VJ88uWhUo9SXr3dYl5-8XuN4rKqxODtDYh-oSmu4DIC9BdmTx2DUtXmds7C7mwYFRe5MoQFP4j7ulj7QVdjbgzDH0fq457eliAb9fchUdZuQqM/s1600-h/DSC_0548.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgHovNOJ52pmk8NBHoIWd0bcEDdIAQ0VJ88uWhUo9SXr3dYl5-8XuN4rKqxODtDYh-oSmu4DIC9BdmTx2DUtXmds7C7mwYFRe5MoQFP4j7ulj7QVdjbgzDH0fq457eliAb9fchUdZuQqM/s320/DSC_0548.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447770884616221218" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">pure joy!!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRpC6rhth6RL41R40ndHkrTc28XdvaBcjhCdHIAjkdhbo2ZcuGmkPYGNKRkOL5wzy1rXuK_T6mosPwpHSmxQNGvuThiSUAHTyXxQ-wvAYswhdHgXSrDWl8Iond6lnFapSoXlRNJWz7APo/s1600-h/DSC_0538.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRpC6rhth6RL41R40ndHkrTc28XdvaBcjhCdHIAjkdhbo2ZcuGmkPYGNKRkOL5wzy1rXuK_T6mosPwpHSmxQNGvuThiSUAHTyXxQ-wvAYswhdHgXSrDWl8Iond6lnFapSoXlRNJWz7APo/s320/DSC_0538.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447770872081198386" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">LOVES the slide</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpYZxIRrfzTlV6GOJlEBKYamSV3o0wHvo0mhTqse32xq0IbN1jQbwb8v98XaaHNuPPq1zvBNBFNCtB3He9tiZ7UagZ-TUr1LSm17MgFz1oA-ymazU9ySYZcAUMshnjepioaMzs_Euyozg/s1600-h/DSC_0536.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpYZxIRrfzTlV6GOJlEBKYamSV3o0wHvo0mhTqse32xq0IbN1jQbwb8v98XaaHNuPPq1zvBNBFNCtB3He9tiZ7UagZ-TUr1LSm17MgFz1oA-ymazU9ySYZcAUMshnjepioaMzs_Euyozg/s320/DSC_0536.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447770866895378386" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipJEgGtxwZXGGm86VedA3roJ0bk6eD1mYeZZhJpGeLzttYLaP-LGZBxp_caqy8J_rOaR3Zte8iO3gUsNTdxuYddsKlX3yUceo-X8hYRxF6xcE_EGO4EmwLZsIT8SiYrTbxPLWXpbfQdKY/s1600-h/DSC_0533.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 313px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipJEgGtxwZXGGm86VedA3roJ0bk6eD1mYeZZhJpGeLzttYLaP-LGZBxp_caqy8J_rOaR3Zte8iO3gUsNTdxuYddsKlX3yUceo-X8hYRxF6xcE_EGO4EmwLZsIT8SiYrTbxPLWXpbfQdKY/s320/DSC_0533.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447770857234690674" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">so proud of herself for being able to climb without any help!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNlZX4rBxCHa9P1eTi__igQDw3dL6eDJEHImzguWX0iq2uLsErJ4G4-0ZtTQ4yqssPKPWU08ZnQKjGBUef_sLuQdCEza5WBwFsleQUE9wGS4qvr8LV2OempowLdSkcVpQpIKH0PNDXxlg/s1600-h/DSC_0532.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNlZX4rBxCHa9P1eTi__igQDw3dL6eDJEHImzguWX0iq2uLsErJ4G4-0ZtTQ4yqssPKPWU08ZnQKjGBUef_sLuQdCEza5WBwFsleQUE9wGS4qvr8LV2OempowLdSkcVpQpIKH0PNDXxlg/s320/DSC_0532.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447770854357181618" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">bella's friend, abby, who lives in our neighborhood</div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097339162076240507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215038365071076237.post-52948011179486497792010-03-12T10:03:00.003-05:002010-03-12T10:19:30.384-05:00bella's 2nd birthday celebration<div style="text-align: justify;">we still can't believe our little girl is now 2 ~ everyone always says time flies but it really is true!</div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">since we went all out & as some might say- overboard- for her first birthday, we decided to keep this year's a little more low-key esp. with ava coming soon, etc.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">we had family and a few close family friends over for a steak dinner, strawberry lemonade (yum~ one of my key cravings this pregnancy) and delicious birthday cake. bella seemed to have a blast and even blew her #2 candle out all on her own!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">we didn't do a fabulous job of taking pictures, it is so easy to get distracted w/ hosting, etc... but here are a few.</div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5xjM9bLvVG99R8JAQXI0GsXsWml1OshqWmQ9aiz4URdVEMaix_dftuhdN2mpnOPceeeWau-76sODuUvCUzZmCBR3m7wEh0zhyphenhyphenrEbLYYWOOMjndTx_1tq0bA0m5MOSXGAYhYii4p5ZwLk/s1600-h/DSC_0551.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5xjM9bLvVG99R8JAQXI0GsXsWml1OshqWmQ9aiz4URdVEMaix_dftuhdN2mpnOPceeeWau-76sODuUvCUzZmCBR3m7wEh0zhyphenhyphenrEbLYYWOOMjndTx_1tq0bA0m5MOSXGAYhYii4p5ZwLk/s320/DSC_0551.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447766151143388034" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">blowing out her candle</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-S1ZlbL3gb4z1Wkn925Cm3TljNz02ZgyyUZRYOEUqDYLiMdi8CJWg2wghzaesWDnvG9bMmH7mwHlYuGUHMrTRyI1cpkYWzJOpublL7Sr9KRy8BIlFTPtAb6GmeJzN0NJSEFFdGKNbm4s/s1600-h/DSC_0549.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-S1ZlbL3gb4z1Wkn925Cm3TljNz02ZgyyUZRYOEUqDYLiMdi8CJWg2wghzaesWDnvG9bMmH7mwHlYuGUHMrTRyI1cpkYWzJOpublL7Sr9KRy8BIlFTPtAb6GmeJzN0NJSEFFdGKNbm4s/s320/DSC_0549.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447766142028501362" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">teenie, poppa and cousins all helping bella celebrate!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp2cKqRzlZP8A-gk5ZtQQHyrCYbvgjem0V2VoP7MwY4gb4sSypDknWNpfiGUG-229bJkaVufYY_2Eav8hzLZ68FbYhilF_eZuJjRJYUYlHqSdsWN-gJrSHeRA3MD0Xq_EwVSd2_2T_Qvg/s1600-h/DSC_0547.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 162px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp2cKqRzlZP8A-gk5ZtQQHyrCYbvgjem0V2VoP7MwY4gb4sSypDknWNpfiGUG-229bJkaVufYY_2Eav8hzLZ68FbYhilF_eZuJjRJYUYlHqSdsWN-gJrSHeRA3MD0Xq_EwVSd2_2T_Qvg/s320/DSC_0547.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447766138989880738" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">the beautiful birthday girl</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1rXPwQpTT0EXkO6Mw5dzZDfr2n8lp1DVCp2NvUvNhaZAt05SXavRhTchBWw7_ncBRw4Hx_w47Fw0dbK2AM10wdblyF5yVZA6Xo8ZAZjGX-FOsrug-Br-ylsY146lfKp3QIJoaptSVyBk/s1600-h/DSC_0545.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 293px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1rXPwQpTT0EXkO6Mw5dzZDfr2n8lp1DVCp2NvUvNhaZAt05SXavRhTchBWw7_ncBRw4Hx_w47Fw0dbK2AM10wdblyF5yVZA6Xo8ZAZjGX-FOsrug-Br-ylsY146lfKp3QIJoaptSVyBk/s320/DSC_0545.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447766133732364866" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">aubrey & ariel</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWw7h4n9ZNsLreno86CNHT6HxP6IMZgsZMijCQsosgqNEOp0yYelFO2EmLPDHmMGeVrmy3q73mwH6DoUowMmvjlNwgokM-GbGMpWjYyXwZYvYuhumglMp_M1vm9bWt-JxfwmuSfxfcuD0/s1600-h/DSC_0542.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWw7h4n9ZNsLreno86CNHT6HxP6IMZgsZMijCQsosgqNEOp0yYelFO2EmLPDHmMGeVrmy3q73mwH6DoUowMmvjlNwgokM-GbGMpWjYyXwZYvYuhumglMp_M1vm9bWt-JxfwmuSfxfcuD0/s320/DSC_0542.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447766121561142674" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">the pink polka-dot birthday cake ~ marble cake w/ butter cream frosting ~ yum!!</div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097339162076240507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215038365071076237.post-32856034231850258502010-02-13T22:13:00.004-05:002010-02-13T22:30:50.705-05:00lock-in<div>yesterday we had a big snowfall - at least for GA... i think it was around 3 pm that it started to fall... jason checked in on our friends, chris & ariel, to see what they were up to and to see if they might want to come hang out with us and spend the night...</div><div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">ariel's bosses were a bit reluctant to "release" everyone from work so it wasn't until around 6:15 or so that jason, who went to navigate them, along with chris, ariel & aubrey (or as bella calls her best friend- "bobby") showed up... while bella and i anticipated their arrival, we made a cake and started making spaghetti & meatballs, and garlic bread, all the while talking about how bobby was going to be over soon... she was quite thrilled, esp. because she is really starting to enjoy the kitchen and helping me stir and prepare things as much as possible...</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">we all enjoyed a big meal together and then the girls had a blast in the tub together. afterwards they went to bed and us adults carried out our tradition when it is the 4 of us... the guys play playstation 3 & us girls watch a chick-flick and fall asleep... so this night was no different... the guys played and we flipped b/t "you've got mail" & the olympics' opening ceremonies... then everyone went to bed...</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">this morning we enjoyed a big pancake breakfast and just relaxing... then we got the girls dressed for a snow adventure with their daddies and some of the neighbors.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">we had such a great time together and are so thankful that God has blessed us w/ such awesome friends!</div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIoozk-S4n8eYYfIpHGiJKRHjCfWlpRACcT0d0uUrhzo7mamcqvfz7M9JpWmDcBXs0uRRo8owaBYHMtOrwSrQGcZz5TpSnaLLg1TFhBLBZKRdJHliEDEiOC7yRZ8mSEl5C-oE-QeHQtuQ/s1600-h/DSC_0568.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 279px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIoozk-S4n8eYYfIpHGiJKRHjCfWlpRACcT0d0uUrhzo7mamcqvfz7M9JpWmDcBXs0uRRo8owaBYHMtOrwSrQGcZz5TpSnaLLg1TFhBLBZKRdJHliEDEiOC7yRZ8mSEl5C-oE-QeHQtuQ/s320/DSC_0568.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437935650248329458" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">chris, aubrey, bella & jason</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLGwbVhLNd0s27FbJS5Q5FLpJY1VwrykV7rg7OoeQbWq0foikubxsfnXcX4LlWmieX8vk3wOC8Er1Smtz4uGf1AM7csrCuFarjXWbvKnm5OTcZJ-XnE84TH_gYN74nEMg17TiXalnMuMA/s1600-h/DSC_0560.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLGwbVhLNd0s27FbJS5Q5FLpJY1VwrykV7rg7OoeQbWq0foikubxsfnXcX4LlWmieX8vk3wOC8Er1Smtz4uGf1AM7csrCuFarjXWbvKnm5OTcZJ-XnE84TH_gYN74nEMg17TiXalnMuMA/s320/DSC_0560.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437935643602400594" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">little snow bunnies ~ bella & aubrey</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKSNGmFpSIK6HhRBtbgCqZhvgZp2beIZ8uFRM8l_z5x6E_cYB8YwY1ShiZLZV7OCGHXM0NWOj3-GaVgD2jg6J7yv0okkaSO2w4awJDpGHgBl4YYnkJ-KUXzxcczJd8AiHa316OhGYOhDA/s1600-h/DSC_0550.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 274px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKSNGmFpSIK6HhRBtbgCqZhvgZp2beIZ8uFRM8l_z5x6E_cYB8YwY1ShiZLZV7OCGHXM0NWOj3-GaVgD2jg6J7yv0okkaSO2w4awJDpGHgBl4YYnkJ-KUXzxcczJd8AiHa316OhGYOhDA/s320/DSC_0550.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437935256320938642" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">getting all clean</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimG5RJiJmmh5qWAmk4w6u_Wu5u27FDVdHEkfhiOnz8yfcY_QNsg-vQ_Org09zm-tESaccrjtkpmpebBG1gT4zMo8nBmX_k8ULYjGzi-NcDZOHMxlUJHnV7XNgHoQgKN28ZsnoiHAM9AR4/s1600-h/DSC_0548.JPG"></a><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimG5RJiJmmh5qWAmk4w6u_Wu5u27FDVdHEkfhiOnz8yfcY_QNsg-vQ_Org09zm-tESaccrjtkpmpebBG1gT4zMo8nBmX_k8ULYjGzi-NcDZOHMxlUJHnV7XNgHoQgKN28ZsnoiHAM9AR4/s1600-h/DSC_0548.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 233px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimG5RJiJmmh5qWAmk4w6u_Wu5u27FDVdHEkfhiOnz8yfcY_QNsg-vQ_Org09zm-tESaccrjtkpmpebBG1gT4zMo8nBmX_k8ULYjGzi-NcDZOHMxlUJHnV7XNgHoQgKN28ZsnoiHAM9AR4/s320/DSC_0548.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437935246195139426" /></a></div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097339162076240507noreply@blogger.com0