let the countdown begin...

georgia's first birthday is days away. 10 to be exact. so what better time for
a countdown.
a favorite picture from the last year.
a top ten list of things i've learned in the last 355 days.

and to top it all off when we've reached number 1...
a giveaway. a really good one at that. {more to follow about that so stay tuned}

so here we go...

lesson #10

there was no need to waste all that time wondering when she'd sleep. or eat. or get teeth. or drop a feeding. etc. etc. etc. this whole world works on a good night's rest and 3 meals a day. period. and everyone gets there at some point. even little people.

our weekend away

we are just returning from a very special holiday weekend at the lake. so in no particular order...

the whole clan. all 17 of us.

it rained like crazy for the first 3 days so we had to find other things to keep us amused. wii rockband delivered. please notice harold's face during his 'roxanne' chorus AND that my sister had to take off her house slipper to play the drums. we are some serious about wii rockband!

then it was my brother's turn to take the mic. he sang a beastie boys hit. if you know my brother then you know why harold is laughing so hard he's crying.

and here's sweet walker ready to fish with her fleece one-piece pjs, her stuffed panda bear and leather flip flops. she makes me want to be 4 again.

and these two. busy busy. always up to something. just look at that face on my child.

and us
and here is kristie {my sister} and courtney {sister-in-law} and me {taking the picture} while we are stuck in the middle of the lake in the POURING rain. we kept trying to ski during the rain breaks, but we got caught in the middle of this one

not for long though. hello from yours truly :)

and have ya'll ever had pinch me cake? if not, the recipe is on the side. do yourself a favor and make it soon.
and don't yall play naked foosball around your house????

here are the night fishers. i am WAY too impatient for fished. plus the worms are gross and the fish stink.

but max on the other hand is quite the little pro. he caught a fish everyday we were there.

and georgia LOVED the water. loved it. it was freezing and she didn't care one bit. she stayed in this little float for a least an hour. would have stayed longer if i would've let her. i'm so glad she's not afraid of the water. that will make for very fun lake trips ahead.

and if pinch me cake wasn't enough {or the other 100 things we had to choose from} we made homemade ice cream too. but it was for a special occasion...

we just so happened to be celebrating my sister's 40th birthday too. happy bday dana!

3 of my favorite people

and another one of my favorites. on her first ever boat ride.

and getting lots of love from all her aunts

and is she not just the cutest thing ever. gosh.

so that's all folks. hope you enjoyed your weekend as well. be back soon.

our weekend away

we are just returning from a very special holiday weekend at the lake. so in no particular order...

the whole clan. all 17 of us.

it rained like crazy for the first 3 days so we had to find other things to keep us amused. wii rockband delivered. please notice harold's face during his 'roxanne' chorus AND that my sister had to take off her house slipper to play the drums. we are some serious about wii rockband!

then it was my brother's turn to take the mic. he sang a beastie boys hit. if you know my brother then you know why harold is laughing so hard he's crying.

and here's sweet walker ready to fish with her fleece one-piece pjs, her stuffed panda bear and leather flip flops. she makes me want to be 4 again.

and these two. busy busy. always up to something. just look at that face on my child.

and us
and here is kristie {my sister} and courtney {sister-in-law} and me {taking the picture} while we are stuck in the middle of the lake in the POURING rain. we kept trying to ski during the rain breaks, but we got caught in the middle of this one

not for long though. hello from yours truly :)

and have ya'll ever had pinch me cake? if not, the recipe is on the side. do yourself a favor and make it soon.
and don't yall play naked foosball around your house????

here are the night fishers. i am WAY too impatient for fished. plus the worms are gross and the fish stink.

but max on the other hand is quite the little pro. he caught a fish everyday we were there.

and georgia LOVED the water. loved it. it was freezing and she didn't care one bit. she stayed in this little float for a least an hour. would have stayed longer if i would've let her. i'm so glad she's not afraid of the water. that will make for very fun lake trips ahead.

and if pinch me cake wasn't enough {or the other 100 things we had to choose from} we made homemade ice cream too. but it was for a special occasion...

we just so happened to be celebrating my sister's 40th birthday too. happy bday dana!

3 of my favorite people

and another one of my favorites. on her first ever boat ride.

and getting lots of love from all her aunts

and is she not just the cutest thing ever. gosh.

so that's all folks. hope you enjoyed your weekend as well. be back soon.

yesterday was a good day...

on a time crunch again this morning but wanted to post about yesterday. georgia had her first trip to the zoo and her first trip to the pool {the real one}. don't have pool pics but thought i'd show you her favorite part of the zoo...the water feature in the children's area.
she looked for a long time debating whether or not she wanted to participate.

finally she got up the nerve and wondered over there to see what that water thing was all about.

she found out all right.

i had a soaking wet little baby on my hands. she just laughed and laughed and kept going back through. it was good times! the weather was perfect too. i wonder if Heaven will be 70 degrees, sunny with a slight breeze. surely right???

and to top the day off right...i had a first as well. see all this:

my friends dede and sherry use coupons and save TONS on groceries each week. and while i admired their effort i really didn't think i had the time/patience/energy to really get in to it. well...i'm a convert! last night in the checkout line my total was over 74.00. BUT using coupons and the publix bogo {buy one, get one free} i got all those groceries for 29.63! my savings were over 45 dollars!!!!!!!!!!!!!! can you believe it? i still can't.

there are lots of websites that make it easy to coordinate the deals with coupons. one of them is www.once-upon-a-coupon.com another is www.fiddledeedeemom.com

okay, i've spent 13 more minutes than i expected here so i gotta run. love from bham....

yesterday was a good day...

on a time crunch again this morning but wanted to post about yesterday. georgia had her first trip to the zoo and her first trip to the pool {the real one}. don't have pool pics but thought i'd show you her favorite part of the zoo...the water feature in the children's area.
she looked for a long time debating whether or not she wanted to participate.

finally she got up the nerve and wondered over there to see what that water thing was all about.

she found out all right.

i had a soaking wet little baby on my hands. she just laughed and laughed and kept going back through. it was good times! the weather was perfect too. i wonder if Heaven will be 70 degrees, sunny with a slight breeze. surely right???

and to top the day off right...i had a first as well. see all this:

my friends dede and sherry use coupons and save TONS on groceries each week. and while i admired their effort i really didn't think i had the time/patience/energy to really get in to it. well...i'm a convert! last night in the checkout line my total was over 74.00. BUT using coupons and the publix bogo {buy one, get one free} i got all those groceries for 29.63! my savings were over 45 dollars!!!!!!!!!!!!!! can you believe it? i still can't.

there are lots of websites that make it easy to coordinate the deals with coupons. one of them is www.once-upon-a-coupon.com another is www.fiddledeedeemom.com

okay, i've spent 13 more minutes than i expected here so i gotta run. love from bham....