Sweet Caroline

You can't really tell much from this picture, the shirt hides everything. But, I had to go to court today, so I had to wear something I could put a suit jacket on with. Blah. Boring outfits. How far along? 18 weeks Size of the baby? A sweet potato/large mango. Maternity Clothes? Not yet. Still wearing regular pants/skirts, haven’t busted out the bella band quite yet…but I do unbutton my pants sometimes when sitting at my desk all day, definitely about to have to need bella band. No worries, my office is private and no one can tell:) Stretch Marks? Not yet. But, my mom had them and I hear they are hereditary, but she said hers went away fairly quickly. I’ve been using Palmer’s and Bi Oil several times a week. Movement? Not yet. Hopefully soon. Sleep? Still sleeping good. Food Cravings? Nothing really yet. I crave Lucky Charms, but I always randomly crave those. I just love Lucky Charms and have always gone in spells where I will eat it for a week the...

So...I'm going to be the BIG 2-8 on Friday. Depressing. I do not like getting older. But, anyways...such is life. Technically I've already received my "biggest" birthday gifts....sigh. Haha, kidding...I am VERY thankful for these gifts. Mikey got me/us the I-pad 2, woohoo!!! Our old computer had just about had it, it was time. We love it, although I swear he is on the thing WAY more than me. Too many games/apps that he loves. My parents are getting me my new bedskirt and euro pillows for our bedroom...how exciting!! No, really...I am actually VERY excited about this. Mom and I went and picked the fabric the other day...it's a gorgeous turquoise duralee fabric, I think it's going to look beautiful. She bought all the fabric and is having those things made for me...can't wait to see the finished product:) So...from whoever else is interested in buying (hint hint, hehe) these are some other things I have been wanting: I think I decided on these ...

One of my best friends, a fellow preggo (yayayayyay jenn!!) sent me this neat little letter that talks about what changes when you have a baby. I loved it and want to remember it always: 1. You finally stop to smell the roses, because your baby is in your arms. 2. Where you once believed you were fearless, you now find yourself afraid. 3. The sacrifices you thought you made to have a child no longer seem like sacrifices. 4. You respect your body...finally. 5. You respect your parents and love them in a new way. 6. You find that your baby's pain feels much worse than your own. 7. You believe once again in the things you believe in as a child. 8. Your heart breaks much more easily. 9. You think of someone else 234,836,123,456 times a day. 10. Every day is a surprise. 11. Bodily functions are no longer repulsive. 12. You look at your baby in the mirror instead of yourself. 13. You become a morning person. 14. Your love becomes limitless, a superhuman power. 15. You finally realize th...

WE ARE HAVING A BABY GIRL!!!!! We are SOOOO SOOO excited, (admittedly, maybe me a tad more so than daddy!). I pinky promise I would have been super excited EITHER way, especially for the first child...and Mikey is excited...I think he is just a little scared. Momma's going to be spending WAY too much money on this little girl;) Our reveal party was perfect. I am so glad we decided to do that, everyone had a lot of fun. I had gotten cute pink and blue tablecloths and had the outside all set up with tables and white chairs, lanterns, and hanging lights...and then BAM. The sky fell. Literally, it DUMPED rain for over an hour. A tree fell on the house across the street, so BAD storm. Poor Mikey had to grill under an umbrella...we waited it out a bit, but it wasn't going anywhere and we had to grill our burgers at some point. Our families arrived around 5 and we just enjoyed each other's company for a bit. Meanwhile, the cake was just SITTING. AAAhhhhh!!! We cut t...

I'm gonna be honest, I'm not huge on fall like a lot of people....only because in my mind, it just reminds me that winter is next. HATE winter. I don't do pumpkin spice anything, I much prefer summer dresses to leggings and sweaters and Halloween is my least favorite holiday. BUT, with that being said...one reason I do love fall is because it means FOOTBALL. More importantly, GAMECOCK football. Summer is definitely my FAVORITE season without a doubt, but I do enjoy a break from the 100 degree days. I do enjoy decorating my house for fall, buying fun colored mums and pumpkins for the porch, and a football game that isn't 100 degrees. (Our first few games are always WAY hot, even though we randomly had a cold spell last weekend and at our first home game people had on jackets. Crazy, that NEVER happens. Normally, we are sweating our tails off.) To get me in the fall spirit, here are some of my favorite "fall" like pictures: all pictures from google images...

Not much has changed...the bump is getting more visible:) I either don't want it there at all, or I am ready for it to look like a "pregnant" bump and not just like I've put on a few lbs. How far along? 17 weeks. Size of the baby? A turnip Maternity Clothes? Not yet. Stretch Marks? Not yet. But, my mom had them and I hear they are hereditary, but she said hers went away fairly quickly. I’ve been using Palmer’s and Bi Oil several times a week. Movement? Not yet. Should be within the next few weeks! Sleep? Still sleeping good. Food Cravings? Nothing really yet. I crave Lucky Charms, but I always randomly crave those. I just love Lucky Charms and have always gone in spells where I will eat it for a week then not buy it again for a while. What I Miss: Drinking. Ha. Sorry if I sound like an alcoholic, but it’s HARD to be around people enjoying cocktails and you not being able to. Football season is going to be SO hard, and two of my bes...

I feel like I haven't been able to keep up with all the fun events going on lately because WE HAVE NO INTERNET at our house right now. Soooo annoying. We switched providers and it is just taking a few weeks to get everything straight. It is supposed to be getting installed today though, thank goodness! I have lots of pictures to upload! We celebrated my best friend Becca's engagement party this past weekend. It was an unseasonably COLD night but everything was absolutely gorgeous and they had awesome heaters outside for us. So...Becca's getting married March 17. And I'm due March 1. AAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Thank goodness we can wear whatever black dress we want as bridesmaids, because I'm sure mine will still be HUGE:( I have no idea how this is going to work or what exactly will go down, but I just want to BE there. Whether I have to sit down the whole night, or leave every hour to feed a NEWBORN, my best friends only get married ONCE and I wouldn't miss t...

Woah. Get your mind out of the gutter, not that kind of sex party. We find out the sex of little Glenn this weekend and are having a cook out with our family to celebrate! I CANNOT wait. Mikey and I are going for the "sex" ultrasound on Friday morning...but are immediately taking an ENVELOPE to the bakery and getting them to do either a cake or cupcakes for our big reveal. Think we can do it? It's going to be SO hard waiting from Friday to Sunday night for the cook out...but I really want to do something fun and we both like the idea of finding out with our families. This isn't the first rodeo on either side of the family when it comes to grandchildren...so we decided we needed something a little extra to make it fun for out little bean:) Do you have an idea of what it is? What do you want? First off...sorry folks, I don't buy into the whole "mother's intuition" thing with determining the sex. I have NO clue what is growing inside of me......

Lots going on around the casa lately. My absolutely WONDERFUL daddy just finished our china cabinet. It's beautiful. Made of true heart pine, a piece that I will treasure forever. I love it. I started playing around with my china in it last night...still have some re arranging to do and another plate stand to buy, but for now I loooove it. I'm currently getting my drapes made for my dinning room, once those are done...that room will be complete! Yay!! Okay, well maybe not. I still want to update the lamp on the buffet piece and get something else for the center of the dining room table. Sigh....nothing is ever finished I guess. This is a glimpse into our new master. I am OBSESSED with the color of the walls and my beloved egret print. I'll have to take some better pictures later with my camera that actually show the beautiful colors in the print. Everything is coming together. I've picked out the fabric for the bedskirt and some euro pillows...so exciting!

I feel like I've been pregnant forever sometimes and then at others, it still feels so new!! I'm ready for my belly to "pop" so I'm out of that in between phase. Right now it just looks like I'm carrying around a little too much "beer gut." Ugh. We get to find out the gender NEXT week, can you believe it?!? So freaking excited. We go for the ultrasound Friday, but want to find out with our families...so we are having a cook out Sunday night for the big reveal!! I'm ready to start shopping:) This is going to get me in big trouble. I'm still so nervous, ready for that 20 week BIG ultrasound so they can really check out the little bean. Not too much longer...praying for a healthy baby. How far along? 16 weeks. Size of the baby? An avocado, these fruits crack me up! Maternity Clothes? Not yet. Stretch Marks? Not yet. But, my mom had them and I hear they are hereditary, but she said hers went away fairly quickly. I’ve been...

How we told the family. Everything was so much fun!! I was DYING to tell our families...we had known for about two weeks, but wanted to go to the doctor first before we spilled the beans. My family- Granddaddy and Lolly: I had it ALL planned out. And you know what happens to the best laid plans....yeah. So we decided we would use our precious little niece Belle as the way we surprised my family with the news. We bought a little t shirt, we attached the ultrasound picture to it and put on there " I am getting a cousin." The plan was this: we were driving out to Chapin (where my parents and Mikey's dad live) to take Milly to his dad's house for the weekend. I called my mom casually asking if they wanted to meet for dinner. I knew they had Belle that day, mom was randomly keeping her for the day...so that part of the plan was easy. I knew at least, that my parents and Belle would be available to meet for dinner. Unfortunately my brother and SIL had had a real...

I have so many emotions going through my head during this time. I like to reflect back upon this picture though, for some reason...this is what I like to think of when I think of that awful day. To me it shows the true American spirit. I was in my first week of classes as a freshman at Carolina....sitting in some awful elective class, when some guy yelled out that we must turn the tv on immediately. I remember being so confused. Our teacher dismissed us and we all ran back to our dorms. I can vividly remember my roommate and I staring, bawling at the tv for hours on end. To be honest, I was 17; I had no idea the full ramifications of this...only over the next several months did I start to truly understand what this meant for our country. Most of us will NEVER understand the hatred that some people feel for our beloved country, I most certainly will not. I will NEVER EVER understand the need to attack innocent people. What I do understand is that these people who were responsibl...

BUT...we are having a BABY!!!!!!! I cannot believe it. These past couple of months have been CRAZY. It is such a bizarre feeling; there are so many different emotions I have gone through...EXCITED, SCARED, WORRIED, GIDDY, etc. The details: I took a pregnancy test on Monday June 27th. I wasn't even technically "late" yet, but ummm...it was the first month we started trying and I had a test at the house...so I figured, why not?!? *All the while thinking to myself...there is NO way it happened on the first time and Caroline,...if this is how you are at month one, what in the world are you going to do if it takes a long time...drive yourself crazy, that's what!!* Anyways...I had one of those digital tests that reads "pregnant or not pregnant" ...I'm telling you it wasn't even 15 seconds later that it read PREGNANT!! I was floored. Mikey was at his soccer game, so I ran up to Rite Aid and bought two more boxes of tests...a little much, you think? ...

Yes, I am just now getting around to re-capping our fourth of July weekend in Beaufort. I've been a little busy I tell ya. But, I know that when I look back on this ole blog in a few years...I will want this to be here. A big group of our family headed down to our house in Beaufort for the long holiday weekend. There isn't much better than spending time with loved ones on the water. This weekend didn't disappoint. We played, laughed, ate (tooooo much), swam, sunbathed, took boat rides, bike rides, naps, etc. We covered it all. We invited neighbors and friends over on Sunday night for a big meal...so that was the only night we got cute enough for some pictures. So, I took advantage! Love:) My cute momma and Aunt with their "lime-ations" Best parents ever. Sweet girls. Bro and SIL. Love this cute boy! Belle during firework time! My wonderful daddy, he's like a little kid! Love this picture of my SIL. Gahhh...doesn't that just make you smile? Belle an...