Picture Update...

Trip to Birmingham Alabama


16th Street Baptist Church



Arts Museum in Birmingham



Botanical Gardens





Vulcan Statue



View of Birmingham from Vulcan Statue




Birmingham Temple





Back in Atlanta

Playing at a Playground


Getting ready to go down a slide.


1st Time on a Swing and she loved it!!!


Such a sweet smile!


Daddy lets me go high and I like it!

Downtown Decatur






Atlanta Zoo


They had a petting zoo and Abi was not to sure about it.


Looking at the gorilla's

Wow... it has been a while since my last post. Sorry everyone! So much has happened it the past few weeks that I have not had the time to sit down and post things on my blog and then when I did have time it was not enough.

So here are a few things that have happened over the past couple weeks.....

Abi's Birthday!!

We were so lucky to have family come and celebrate Abi's Birthday with us! Grandma, Aunt Melissa and Aunt Liz all made the journey to come here and party with us. This was such a fun time and such a breath of fresh air. I don't mean that rude, we have loved living here in GA, but we have missed family a lot!

While they were here we were able to go do a lot of fun things. We went to the Botanical Gardens (thanks Lori), Stone Mountain, Decatur Farmers Market, Mary Mac's, Chilli's ect. Of course while they were here I wasn't very good at taking pictures but my sister did so when I get them from her I will update you on that.

We also were able to celebrate Abi's birthday on the last day of them being here. I cant belive my little munchin in one! The past year has flown by so fast!! Abi loved her cake. It was so cute, when we put it in front of her she started picking at it with two of her fingers but then after a while mommy decied to put her whole hand in. She loved it.

Here are some pictures of the cake and birthday party...


Cute cake provided by Publix. :D On the way home Big Bird took a nose dive into the cake. I guess he couldnt wait.


Abi with her own Birthday Cake. As you can tell she was one tired little girl. We had worn her out for sure... :D




Abi in her cute birthday outfits from Aunt Liz and Grandma.


Daddy and Abi in the gardens at Botanical Gardens. (I think this is the only picture I took while my family was here... oops.)

Daddy is no Longer a First Year Pharmacy Student!!

Due to Kris being done with school and passing all of his classes with flying colors we have been spending alot of time together doing lots of fun things. After my family left Kris had one more test to take and then after that test we have been playing alot! Abi has been so happy to have her dad back and so has mommy. It is nice to have a husband to be with that isnt thinking about the next test or assignment. :) Here are some pictures of things we have done.

Lots of Swimming Time.....






Abi loves her new lady bug float! Thanks Grandma and Aunt Melissa!!

Fishing with Daddy and Finding Turtles...



Facing Forward in the Car!!



Finding New Things to Play With.....





Mothers Day..


Mothers Day was great! Kris bought me a bamboo plant. I know kinda silly but I really wanted one. I enjoy watching the bamboo grow. He also cooked me a wonderful steak and potato dinner. Yummy! :D

Abi learned new things.....

Funny Stories...

So this week I officially became a mom of a big boy! ha ha ha. No I am not pregnant and no Abi is not a boy. Here is the story that makes me a mom of a big boy.

As Kris and I were driving around to different places on Saturday and I looked over and Kris had a little piece of a white booger under his nose. So the mom instincts kicked in and instead of telling him he had a booger, what do think i did? Yes.... I leaned over and picked his nose. After I did this Kris looked at me with the weirdest expression on his face and he said "did you really just pick my nose?" Okay I know gross you may say but I guess I have done this so much with Abi I didn't even take a second thought about cleaning up Kris' nose either. ha ha ha


So here are a few pictures of the fun times we have had in our house this week....



FHE Swimming at the Mercer Pool



Walks with Abi when Daddy is studying...



Catching A Big Bee in my HOUSE! Yes he is in this cup.



Abi falling asleep after lunch....



Abi getting the sticker pocks from Daddy...

Easter Times

The sun has been out here for the past few days and it has been really HOT! (Like mid 80's) The pollen is out and so are the bees!! I swear I have never been around so many HUGE Bees! If you know me, you know I HATE bees with a passion! The Video below will give you a good laugh.... We were out at our apartment complex making dinner on the BBQ's and I deiced that it would be fun to get some pictures....






Here are a few pictures of the tree's here! I LOVE spring time!





If you look close on this picture you can see the roads are covered in pollen. It almost looks like snow with the tire tracks.



Here are some pictures of my cute Abi on Easter!

She just took steps!!!

Abi just took 5 steps all by herself and we actually caught a video of it. (make that 12 as daddy is still playing with her) :D As Abi and I were playing this morning I scooted away from her to see what she would do and low and behold she took two steps toward me all by herself. So I called Kris and he was able to come home for lunch and see her and we were able to catch the second time she did it on tape. Here it is!!! Our Little Girl is Growing Up!!!

Quiet Time

So as I sit here alone in the dark with Abi sleeping and daddy off to study for a final tomorrow I got to thinking about the past posts I have done and how I have not taken the time to talk about life in general. Sometimes I tell yah it seems that the days and hours just fly by!!

Lately I have been thinking a lot about the responsibilities of being a mother. Since we have moved out here to GA I have had a lot of people ask me what I do all day since I don't have a full time job. I also had another person talk to me about her experiences when she had her first child and how awful it was to be at home all day with a child and she would never want to do that again. When she told me this I almost wanted to cry. How could someone think being at home with your child being AWFUL?

I just cant help but think how blessed I am to have a husband who values a stay at home mother and how blessed I am to be able to be at home with my darling sweetheart!!! I couldn't imagine not being home with her!!! Being able to be home with her has been such a joy for me. It has been so fun to watch Abi grow and learn new things. I tell you its the little things that she does that can brighten my darkest days. :D I understand that there are situations where mothers are not able to be in the home all day but I just couldn't understand how someone could truly feel like it was AWFUL to be home. It was hard for me when she told me this because all I could say back to her is that I have loved every minute of being at home with my daughter. Yes, I admit there are times where my strings are very thin and I need a break and some fresh air but I wouldn't change being home with her for the world!!!! I love you so much Abi and thank you for being my joy and my little sunshine. :D

Here are some recent pix and videos for you.... Thanks for reading my thoughts......


Daddy put my diaper cover on my head!


Donno what it is about this picture but I love it!!!


Here is a great picture of Abi's smile!! :D


Look what the Easter bunny brought to our house early!!


Abi liked it! :D


Messy face but hey she is happy!


Mommy and Abi just hanging out. Daddy got both of us to smile.

So I have to tell a story about the next picture and video. So our church is from 10-1 which is right when Abi's morning nap is so Sundays have become hard days for us. Well on the way home from church Abi will usually fall asleep in the car which is fine but since we get home at 1 she hasn't eaten lunch yet. So the picture below is after Kris had taken her out of her car seat and put her in her boster seat to eat but in the meantime Abi is still FAST asleep. The video below will show what happened next. :D Enjoy!





Last Video is of her laughing at daddy dropping his sock on my head. I have to admit her laugh just cracks me up whenever I hear it. :D