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Monday, April 25, 2011

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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

A work in Progress

This weekend Mark painted Caroline's nursery! I was so proud of him for doing it all by himself. It was really special for him to think about doing all that hard work...for her. We both can't wait to meet her and can't believe that she will be here in just over 5 weeks! Amazing. She's moving around so much these days. It's extraordinary to know that there is this unique little person growing inside me. What a miracle. I am in awe of the perfect way that God created each and every one of us.

Here are a few pics from our work so far! There is definitely a lot more to do but we're getting there. We still need to put together a bookshelf, hang the chandelier, take the plastic of the lamp, paint the black chest and find/make some window treatments. But that all seems very manageable in the coming month!









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Monday, October 5, 2009

Birmingham Baby Shower

This is a post in progress... Tonight I'll add some info & details about how amazing this weekend was but for now I thought I'd put up some pictures.

UPDATE: So, it's now many weeks later and I definitely didn't live up to my promise to update the blog "tonight". The shower is Birmingham was so amazing. I'm so grateful to my mom, my aunt, and my cousin for putting on such an event that made me...and Caroline...feel so special and loved. It was amazing and I'm very thankful! We had the yummiest treats from Edgar's Bakery in Birmingham. Seriously, if any of you are ever in the area...go to Edgars! Yum. And Caroline and I were showered with beatiful and useful things that I can't wait to use when she arrives in just over 5 weeks!



















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Monday, September 28, 2009

Such fun!

Mark and I just got back this evening from a great weekend in Virginia with his family. It's quite a long drive up to Christiansburg but it's always so worth it to go.

We had our first shower for baby Caroline and it was such fun! It was a co-ed shower at Mark's sister Melanie's home. Everyone was so generous and Mark and I are so grateful!







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Thursday, September 10, 2009

SEC vs ACC

Here's hoping they don't match up Virginia Tech and Alabama again anytime soon! Mark and I went to the game this past weekend in Atlanta...along with my entire "Roll Tide" family and 2 of his "Hokie" friends. It was a great weekend all in all but during the game I was definitely a little stressed out. I am an Alabama fan BUT my husband who I love dearly is a dyed in the wool VT fan. Normally during football season we get along perfectly. Our teams are in different conferences and the games they each play rarely affect each other. And it's really fun generally to have 2 teams to cheer for! Go Hokies & Roll Tide! But when they play each other in the opening game of the season, it can be a little intense. Basically, the entire game I was just hoping that it would be a close, close game no matter who won. I just wanted peace in the family. So it would go like this....note that I'm sitting in between Mark and my dad....Alabama would score...Dad jumps up and down cheering and yelling for Alabama...VT would score...Mark jumps up and down yelling for Tech...a bad call for one team or the other and either dad or Mark would jump up and yell about the bad call....all the while baby C and I are sitting there just hoping the game stays close! And in the end, I basically got my wish. It stayed close til the end and Mark was such a GREAT sport about the outcome.

The craziest part came after the game. First let me describe our group a little so you understand why this all became such a big deal. There were 6 of us that had to get back to our hotel in Buckhead after the game was over. (Mark's friends left on their own.) And here's a picture of the 6 of us that needed to get back there--Me: 6 months pregnant in neutral white, Dad: hairline fracture in his ankle in Alabama colors, Clayton: wearing Alabama colors too and hobbling around b/c of a muscle injury in his leg, and the remaining 3 are Mom & Clayton's friend in Bama colors and Mark in his VT jersey. Dad had reserved a private car to get us back from the Ga dome to the hotel but before the game, Mark and I convinced him to cancel it b/c it was too expensive and we thought we could get a cab back for much less. Oops. Boy were we wrong! We walked & walked & walked to try to find a cab...and remember...we had some injured folks in our group. But to no avail! Then mom talked to one of the private drivers waiting on the side of the road and they could take us but my dad was missing and our cell phones weren't working. (Thanks AT&T!) So we missed that opportunity. So I said, "Let's just take the MARTA." Nope, the lines were CRAZY long and my dad has a fear of crowds and with this whole H1N1 scare out there he didn't want me to be in a crowded space like that. So, we waited...and nothing. Finally after waiting for a good while, we agreed that MARTA was our only choice, so we took it. It was pretty crowded still and my dad was VERY uncomfortable...and worried about me and Caroline. But it was really ok. Then after we had to switch trains to get to the correct stop, we got on a train with a bunch of drunken college students yelling obscene things. I could see my dad's blood pressure rising just by looking at his face! Oh man. But we (Dad, Clayton and I) hobbled back and Mom & Mark walked back to the hotel and got there safe & sound. Remind me not to encourage my dad to do something he doesn't want to again. I definitely should have let him keep that private car no matter how much it had cost. Lesson learned. Listen to dad's wisdom and don't think you know better. :)

On Sunday, we had a yummy breakfast together and then headed to Ikea to spend some money! I had done lots of research to find 2 things that we really needed to use space wisely in our little house. So we came home with a sofa bed for our office and a wardrobe so Mark & I can fit all our clothes in our bedroom. Love it!

And we made it back from Atlanta in 3.5 hours. Yep. Even with a pregnant lady in the car!

Here are some pics from the game...




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