Craft Time

fter I so diligently finished my school work and budget reports for today- I thought I would spend some time relaxing and just do something fun (as much fun as you can have in the office), so I downloaded these little crafty fellows and went to town cutting and pasting them together. It was actually quite therapuetic and they are really cute! Now all the ladies in the office want one to exhibit on their desk ;) It's the new thing ya know?! The little owl and bird came from here and the Halloween cutie came from this site. Have fun!

Love at First Car Ride

ove at first car ride? Sweet baby Lila Kate celebrated her first birthday this past weekend and Judson Bailey took his first toy car ride ever. They were adorable together! Lila took Judson's arm and put it around her shoulder- sweetest thing I have ever seen! Just after I was thinking of a potential future wedding... baby Lila decided to jump ship and get out of there! lol oh well! We still have time ;)

My Punkin' at the Pumpkin Patch!

Mini Mummies

Cutest little Halloween treat you ever did see....

Mini Mummies !

All they are is cocktail wienies and Pillsbury crescent rolls cut up- just the Halloween version of a pig in a blanket. You can even do regular hot dogs and have larger mummies ;) The kids will eat them up!

Cute Purses!

I thought this was so neat... 1154 Lill Studio is a website that will let you design your own purse or pillow. Kinda pricey, but really cool!

Happy Anniversary!

Two years ago today, I was already up and anxiously awaiting the events that would unfold on that beautiful Saturday. Our rehearsal dinner went well despite the fact that the slide show I had worked hard on for six months could not be shown to our family and wedding party because the machine turned up missing that day. I was very upset to say the least, but the food was incredible and everyone was able to make it. We had a really good time!

My sister in law and my baby sister spent the night with me that night and we stayed up late learning how to do the some dance that I can't even remember the name of now (but at the wedding, I kept accidentally doing the electric slide for some reason! lol)
The next morning I woke up to my sister staring at me smiling and my sister in law running and jumping on my bed. It was the day!! Our wedding day! We got showers and went by Cassie's mothers house to pick up my niece Hartleigh and then went to my mom's hair salon (at the time) to get beautified :) and boy were we! All of my bridesmaids were just gorgeous! Did I mention that when we picked Hartleigh up, Cassie's mom introduced me to a little concoction called the Lemon Drop, which we started sipping on at 7:30 that morning.
After we were all beautiful we headed to the Promise Land which is a beautiful piece of property in Irvington, Alabama with a mansion and lake sitting on it. When we pulled on the property and I saw all of the caterers and florist running around getting things ready, it hit me that this was seriously about to happen- I was about to marry the man of my dreams. Jimbo is everything I could wish for- a true gentleman. That evening in the bride's room was filled with best friends, liquored filled chocolate covered strawberries, chips and dip, stuffed celery, and for me.. lots and lots of water! We laughed, we cried, and above all I was surprisingly calm. Hartleigh who was one at the time followed me around everywhere. She was just precious.

Occasionally I would peak out the window to see who all had arrived. My biggest fear was that no one would come to my wedding, but they did! They really did! Then it was time! I stood behind the long line of bridesmaids waiting on my turn to walk out. I felt like I could just run down that isle. I couldn't wait any longer to marry him. Then when it came my turn my Dad had an episode. My daddy has inner ear problems and has actually had all sorts of tests ran to see what is actually wrong, but he gets really dizzy and sometimes will pass out. He had been feeling bad all afternoon and right as we went to walk down the isle he turned white as a ghost! Here comes the bride played at least 4 times before we were able to get him okay enough to walk. Scared me so bad! It is actually pretty funny now, but it was very scary that day! My mom and I pretty much walked my daddy down the isle. We like to pick on him about it.

After my nerves calmed down and I was able to concentrate on my husband- I got all giddy like a little kid and I could not help but think about when I was little and used to have pretend weddings in our back yard. It all happened so quick! Before I knew it we were husband and wife and dancing our first dance!

One thing I will never forget about that night was when Farren broke down right before we were leaving. She lost it and it was the sweetest, most raw moment I have ever had with her. When we were driving away (my new HUSBAND and I) we just kept looking at each other and laughing! We could not believe the wedding was over.

We stayed at the Battle House Hotel that night and after much begging.. I finally talked my mom into coming there and cutting all my hair off. There was no way I was going to Cancun with all that mess on my head! I woke up at 4:30 a.m. saying omg where's all my hair.. and oh my goodness.. I have a husband! lol

We flew to Cancun and stayed at an all inclusive resort that was just fabulous and had the time of our lives (despite me having to call home trying to make sure my homework was taken care of!). It's been two years and although so much has happened including a baby, I still get nervous around him, love taking care of him, and absolutely adore him! Happy Anniversary to the love of my life!

A Wonderful Weekend

This weekend was a good weekend... Saturday, my husband Jimbo and I took Judson to his friend Sawyer's 1st birthday party. Despite the heat, we had a really good time!

Mine and Jimbo's 2 year wedding anniversary is Tuesday so my parents kept Judson for us last night and we went to dinner at Felix's Fish Camp which was wonderful by the way. I got the broiled stuffed flounder (can you believe they don't have salmon, lol) and Jimbo got fried crawfish tails. Yummy!

When we were leaving, I noticed a voicemail on my phone. My childhood friend Serena was in labor with her first child. I called back and she had already had him! In 1 hour!! Then she was texting me which was really funny because she just gave birth to a beautiful baby boy and she was already texting, lol! What a proud mommy!

After all of that baby excitement, I put my attention back on my hot date ;) and we went to the movies and saw "Couples Retreat" which was really funny! Just about anything with Vince Vaughn is good. Go see it!

What's funny is that on the way to the movies Jimbo and I got all excited and thought... oh, since we have a babysitter we should go get a drink (which we never do) after the movie was over, BUT since we are oldies we were fighting shut eye all the way through the movie (even though it was really good). People please keep in mind this was a 9:45 movie! Just pitiful. So, we skipped the drinks and came home and crashed! I slept until 9:30 which is so late for me. It was wonderful!!!

After we came out of our coma's this morning, we got dressed and went over to my brother's house. He just bought him and his fiance, Jamie Lynn an old farmhouse which is so neat! I just love it. They are working on fixing it up right now so I am excited to see what end result will be. While we were there, I took this pic of Judson with his future Aunt Jamie.

Then we came home and while I cleaned house, Judson Bailey played in his crib like a good little boy :)

THE END

FUZE

Yummy... Yummy... Yummy! FUZE Healthy Infusions drinks are wonderful. I have been drinking them for a while now.. usually I drink the "Slenderize" ones because they basically have nothing in them, but taste like kool-aid. BUT since it is Breast Cancer Awareness month, Fuze has Goji Wild Berry which is an "empower" one. It is the best one I have ever had and for every purchase of these delicious "empower" drinks, FUZE will donate 10 cents to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Oh.. and the bottle is sooo pretty!

October's Book of the Month

Since I have had several people contact me about the Suzanne Collins books I wrote about on here, "Hunger Games" and "Catching Fire," I decided that I would do a book of the month every month. I'm always looking for good reads.. so I thought I would share some with you. :) My pick for this month is: Mommywood by Tori Spelling.

"My own Mommywood is full of drama (an awkward encounter with a former costar at a children's birthday party), tragedy (the death of a diva pug), horror (when poo meets pool), and farce )being the only one in costume at a Halloween party), but at the end of it is the greatest love story I've ever experienced, greater than any love story on the small or silver screen, the same amazing love story that all mothers go through with their children."

This chick has issues, but I like her! The book was really cute and funny. Gives you a look into a celebrity who longs to be the average stay at home mom's life. This is a good book for new or expecting mommies.

NieNie goes on Oprah!

As most of you know- I was contacted by the Oprah Winfrey Show about a letter that I wrote her several months ago concerning the NieNie Dialougues. They were undecided whether or not they were going to let me and several others read our letters via Skype on the show. Unfortunately, they contacted me again and said they would not have time for the letters to be read, but they are having NieNie (Stephanie Nielson) on the show! I am very excited about it and even more excited that it aires tomorrow afternoon!!! They are also having the Billings daugher (the murder case in florida) on the show to tell about her parents and how all of the children are doing now. I will be DVR-ing! So excited!

The Weekend

Saturday morning my husband Jimbo, my mom, Judson, and myself went to Kidz Klozet, which was here from Thursday to Saturday this past week. It was awesome! I had never been until this year and I got so many good deals! If you have never been . . . you should definitely look into the next dates they will be here because I got boocoodles of clothes, books, a baby bouncer chair, shoes, toys and more for my little pooh bear. :) The first day I went on my lunch break and there was tons of stuff... the last day I went and there was still lots of stuff, but not as much. The good thing about the last day is that everything is half off!!!! They even have maternity clothes there. I asked the lady that rang us up, what they do with all of the merchandise left and she said that they have a huge yard sale where the merchandise is marked 75% off and all the money raised goes to the American Cancer Society. Even better!!

Saturday evening- we celebrated my sister-in law's promotion and I got to see my niece Hartleigh Jade. If she only knew how much I love her. Anyway- she helped me with Judson Bailey all night and was such a good little helper! She held him and made sure his pap was clean every time he spit it out (which was a lot) and put it back in his mouth. She helped me change his diaper and she played with him for the first time on a blanket. His is 6 months old now, so he is beginning to play and roll all over the place. He is not quite crawling yet, but will be soon! He tries! Needless to say- they just love each other and had a good ol' time together :)

The Mystery Has Been Solved!

Our office mystery fruit was a "Ponderosa Lemon." It just had not turned yellow yet! :)

Name That Fruit :)

WOW! A sweet little co-worker of mine came into the office this morning with this massive piece of fruit! It has been the talk of the office today- mainly because we are wondering exactly what it is. As you can see it is taller than a regular sized highlighter. It looks like a pear, but smells like a lemon. Her husband found it last night while he was working downtown. It had fallen from a tree. He is going to try and find the location again and see if he can get a pic. I would love to see this tree! No one wants to taste it yet because it's so neat to look at it. Anyone have a clue?

Scrap Tree

It's inevitable- the fall season just brings something out of me! All I want to do is cook and make things! There is this urge to do creative things that takes over me and will not stop until I start working on at least a dozen different projects at home. One of my dearest friends, Toni, called me early this morning just bouncing off the walls with ideas for things to make. Toni and I think alot alike. That's what I like about Toni, lol. My first project this fall was canning homemade apple butter, now my second project was making a scrap tree :) So much fun and so cute! I just took old fabric scraps and cut them into various "scrappy" shapes and used fabric glue to stick them on a regular artist canvas. I have an old dramatic/vintage looking frame that I am going to put it in and hang it in our house. It reminds of the leaves changing in the fall. I love it! I got the idea from a mum made of fabric that I saw on pierone.com. It was for sale for $75. Mine was much cheaper :)