Giveaway!

Go to the Links to Check Out section of my blog and click on Natasha's Cakes. All you have to do is leave a comment and you'll be entered in her giveaway for any of her designs. She not only makes beautiful cakes but gorgeous jewelry too!

Some Life Changes

School is almost out! Yaaah! I am very excited that Friday will be our last day, but it is a little bittersweet for me because I turned in my resignation on Friday. This was much more difficult for me to do than I thought it would be because I really do love my job, but after much discussion and prayer Adam and I have made the decision for me to take a few years off work and stay at home with our boys. I'm looking forward to being with my children every day and to not have the stress that comes with being a working mother, but I know that being a stay at home mom won't be a cakewalk either. I will miss being around adults every day and will miss many people that I have gotten close with at work. If anyone has advice, let me know!
We have also put our house on the market and this is a little stressor for me because I don't know what we'll do if it sells! We can stay in the home that was Adam's grandmothers until we find something else or build, but I really dread moving again!
We are going on a short vacation next week to Gatlinburg, so I'll post some pics from it when we get back. I am ready for a vacay! (As I'm sure everyone else is too.) My big sis Brandie had her birthday May 1st and I forgot to post a happy birthday message to her, so happy belated birthday B!

Day Out With Thomas

Here is Ian the day we went for our ultrasound. He is wearing his new "It's Cool to Be a Big Brother" t-shirt! This picture was taken in front of Emily's house. We went there afterwards to see her since she lives so close to the doctor's office.

We took Ian to Chattanooga to the Tennessee Valley Railroad last Saturday because they were having a "Day Out With Thomas". You get a 30 minute train ride and they have all kinds of Thomas themed activities for the kids to do. Ian had a great time, despite a few incidents...

Adam will kill me for telling this, but we both had a moment of pure stupidity. Our train was scheduled to leave at 2:30, so we decided to get there at 1:30 so we would have plenty of time. BUT, did we remember that Chattanooga is 1 hour ahead of our time???? NO. Adam realizes this as soon as we get there, so I take off with Ian to try to catch our train while Adam is parking. I was more than willing to ditch Adam as long as Ian got his train ride! It was really hot that day and after running and not seeing the Thomas engine anywhere, I finally asked someone that worked there and sure enough, our train had left! I was almost in tears at this point, but a nice man that worked there said he would try to get us on the 3:30 train. After telling Ian to look really pitiful, we got to ride that stupid train! I have never been so relieved.

Here is Ian posing in front of one of the train posters. They also had a petting zoo and mini golf. It ended up being a great day!

Well......

IT'S A BOY!!!!!!


We are extremely excited to be having a little boy. I'm glad that Ian will have a little brother to play with and that the baby will have a big brother to teach him things. We are definitely blessed. Our #1 name at the moment is Elliot. Thank you everyone for the well wishes. I have 2 sisters, so I need advice from anybody with boys!!!

My Big Boy!!

I am so unbelievably excited because last night Ian pee peed in the potty for the first time! He has been resistant to potty training, so lately I haven't been saying anything to him about it. He has been occasionally mentioning something about using the potty and has sat on it one time. But last night after he got out of the bath, he said he wanted to sit on the potty. He likes to play with the toilet paper, so I let him set there and put some paper in the potty. Sure enough, after a few minutes he peed! I never thought I would be so happy to see a little boy use the restroom. Of course, we praised and rewarded him (with his favorite thing in the world, chocolate).
Also, today is our ultrasound appointment at 3:00, so I will be posting soon to let everyone know if the baby is a boy or a girl! I would like to have a girl, but honestly a healthy baby is all I really care about. We also went to see the real Thomas the Train in Chattanooga this past weekend, so I will be posting pics from that also.

Easter Photos

The Lord blessed us with beautiful weather on Easter Sunday! My mother helped Ian hunt for eggs, and by this time he was getting the hang of it! My parents invite the kids from their church and our family over for an egg hunt and snacks every Easter. We all had a great time.

We had our egg hunt at Adam's mother's house on Saturday. It was cool so we had to bundle up. Ian did not want to pick up eggs... he acted like it was a chore. When he found candy, he just wanted to stop and eat it. I can't blame him!

Here we are on Sunday... It is hard to get Ian to cooperate for a family photo! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday, I know we did. It is much more fun now that Ian can understand what is going on and really enjoy it.

The Big 2-9

Okay, so tomorrow is my 29th birthday, ugh. I am so close to being 30 and am already getting depressed! I know that it is better than the alternative, but still. The saddest thing to me is that birthdays aren't really exciting anymore. I heard someone say that today is the 15th and I thought, "Oh wow, tomorrow is my birthday". In the past, I would count the days in April until the big day. Is it just me or is it normal for us to not get excited anymore? I guess my excitement comes through living through my child... Ian's birthdays are more exciting to me than my own! I guess all holidays are like that now.
Speaking of... I hope everyone had a great Easter! We sure did. Ian got tons of candy which I am now trying to give away because I have found myself on the couch eating way too much of it. The Easter bunny also brought him a Max & Ruby DVD which he already has memorized and a bunch of Cars toys. I will try to post pics tonight!