Sweet Caroline

So, yeah.  We are MOVING.  Holy, NUTS.    Was our house on the market?  NOPE.   Was this even a thought in the back of our heads a week and a half ago?  NOPE.    Yeah, it all happened that fast.   So, let me explain.   Basically, what started as a joke with a good friend of ours who is a realtor turned into an offer on our house that we couldn’t refuse.  Cue, panic.  There were lots of tears shed and lots of prayers sent up in the 48 hours it took us to make our decision, but in the end it’s the smartest move for us financially at this time in our lives.  This move is going to allow us to pay off a large amount of my student loans from law school, which if any of you have student loans, you know what a blessing that is.  We will be able to BREATHE much easier over the coming years and with TWINS on the way, it would have been just plain DUMB not to take this opportunity to do just that.  It’s still very bittersweet.  I said it before and I’ll say it again, this wasn’t our forever home,

Mikey had a long, BIG weekend at a bachelor party in New Orleans... So it was just my girl and me all weekend long. We had the best time. I took Friday off so I had an extra long weekend of snuggles and play time. And play we did.... We went to the neighborhood playground every day.... She loves it!! I took her to chick fil a Friday night.... And she had a blast playing with the big kids there. It was a beautiful weekend and we spent lots of time outside. I spent nap time cleaning and organizing the house and even got C to help me put out some new pinestraw!! Child loves being outside:-) I did attend a wedding shower Saturday night so C had some good grandparent time:-)  ....and it's Friday. Time for another weekend. Light posting this week as we've had some CRAZINESS occur. Details on Monday. My brain is still processing it all. Happy weekend!! Xoxo

21 weeks.   And things are getting real.   Size of babies :  length of a carrot/12 ish ounces   Size of mama :  Growing day by day.  No, really…I think by the minute. Ugh. Work bathroom selfie. Excuse the static in my shirt I've been wearing my suit jacket:-)   How I feel :  I still feel pretty good most of the time.  It’s more when I exert myself or have a long day on my feet/cleaning/doing chores/chasing a toddler…you know, just living life; then I get SORE (back) and feel the PRESSURE.  I’m still trying to walk a good bit.  I definitely busted out the heating pad the other day….and I still have 17 (give or take) weeks of this?!?  Scary.   We had our 20 week ultrasound/scan last Friday and both little boys looked wonderful.  SUCH a HUGE blessing.  I obviously know there are still plenty of things that can come up, and as a momma will FOREVER worry about those things, but it was a relief to have them both check out healthy at this point in time.  They each measured about 12 oz. on

Whew!! What a busy weekend. That's what happens when you have THREE birthday parties and a baseball game to attend.  Per our norm lately, we did nothing on Friday night.  Cooked some burgers and played with C bug.  Saturday morning......was a different story. Birthday party number one started at 11:30...it was a football theme, and you were encouraged to wear your team colors....so naturally C had to wear her GAMECOCK cheer uniform;-)  Lots of our friends were there and Collins had a blast! ! My girl clearly gets her love of sweets from me.... We sent the daddies and girl to a friend's house for naps while the momma's enjoyed lunch out and a little shopping.  It was BEAUTIFUL outside Saturday...and it was so nice to sit outdoors and enjoy the weather at lunch.   Birthday party number 2 was in the afternoon, at another park!  Again, the kids all had a ball together.   ...and my child is sitting spread eagle...... After the birthday party n

It's been a while since I've updated on our house.  Collins' room was one of the first officially done (way back in July 2012)....clearly because I already had EVERYTHING.  We did purchase the matching bookshelf for this room as opposed to my dad building another built in, like he did in her FIRST NURSERY .  It pretty much looks the same...but with carpet.  I do LOVE a bedroom with hardwoods, but that's just not what you are going to get in a newer house.  We couldn't fit the toy chest my dad built in here, but it's in the room over/future playroom...which makes sense.  I l love her room, and plan on keeping it this way as long as possible! Walking in the door. The new bookshelf we bought. The reason we have less room/wall space for the toy chest is because these bedrooms have full wall closets...nice for storage but clearly takes up a lot of room/wall space. Her christening dress and one of my baby dresses.   An

What a gorgeous weekend we had here. We took full advantage!!  Friday night was spent at home. Pizza, playtime with our girl and then more Downton Abbey.  Silly bath time fun.  Sweet girl.  A little naked reading time before bed. We headed to the zoo Saturday morning! It was too pretty not to be outside doing something.  Me and my girl.  After the zoo, we went to eat lunch at one of our faves, and the best deck in columbia! The salty nut:-). Then it was time for a birthday party. Collins had tons of fun! We hung out with friends on Saturday night and grilled out. Collins and Julia Collins had the best time together and little Kemper enjoyed watching the big girls! After church and naps on Sunday, we headed to the park to try and take some "2 year old" pictures of C. We will be lucky if one is good!!  Every time she sees a camera she wants to say cheese and that just doesn't result in a good face!!!

Once again, Mikey and I were truly amazed at how loving and supportive our family and friends are. The day really was so much fun and we are so thankful for all that came to help us celebrate! We are especially thankful for all the hard work Lolly and Mimi did helping us prepare:-) So many wonderful friends C gets to grow up with! Our only true family picture that day and of course Collins isn't looking/looks annoyed bc we pulled her off the bounce house for the picture!! The art table was a big hit! Sweet friends  Yay! Love this:-) Yippeeee! aunt Christie clearly makes the best cupcakes around..... Cheesin' Again. Running wild  Bounce house fun  Fun guests!! More friends  Hey Annie! Time for presents!! Showing off her TWO blue beads for twin brothers!! Such a fun party!!!  Happy weekend. Xoxo.