Rock-A-Bye......

baby, in the treetop

when the wind blows, the cradle will rock

when the bough breaks, the cradle will fall

and down will come baby, cradle and all

baby is drowsing, cozy and fair

mother sits near, in her rocking chair

forward and back, the cradle she swings

and though baby sleeps, he hears what she sings

from the high rooftops, down to the sea

no one's as dear, as baby to me

wee little fingers, eyes wide and bright

now sound asleep, until morning light.

Why the lullaby?

Well, August 13, 2009 brought magical news. News that will make a difference everyday of our life! We found out that I am pregnant! Yes PREGNANT! A matter of fact almost 6 weeks pregnant! I have been waiting for this moment. The moment where I see two pink lines show up in a window of a pregnancy test. The moment that I get my blood work comes back with levels shooting through the roof. The moment that makes me want to eat anything that I can get my hands on. The moment that I get my first ultrasound (which will be September 4, 2009). We are oh so very excited for the moments that we will get to experience.

Our little bean is growing......oh so fast and before we know it we will have a bundle of joy to love on!

Moving Day

Today was it! We moved lots and lots of boxes. We moved lots of furniture. I cleaned and watched Veda moo as Brad was so nice to offer a helping hand. We tried to beat the afternoon thunderstorms that grace Southwest Florida this time of year. With luck, we basically did. Although we moved we did not move into our new home we had to get out of the townhome since we have a renter for the townhome. We are living in two different places......our belongs scattered all over North Naples! My parents house is buckling at the seams with furniture, televisions, clothes, pillows, and other things that I probably won't realize I have when we move once again and for the last time! Our clothes and sleeping arrangements are at Drew's parents house. Our new home is holding mattress, box springs, desks, boxes, and who knows what else as we are trying to finish up so we can move!

Tomorrow we only have about two car loads left of miscellanous items that really don't fit in a box or that was just awkard to pack. Drew and I will get those items and then we will bid a farewell to our first home. The home where Drew proposed, The home where we slept on our wedding night. The home we brought Gigi to. The home that opened so many doors and have created so many memories in! I will miss that house......but for now we are moving onto bigger and better times!

For now we are in limbo but it will all be worth it when we move into our new house that we can grow, laugh, live, and love in!

Thank you Mom, Dad, & Brad for helping us move today! We couldn't of done it without all of your help!

Memories

For about the last year and half I have been searching for one particular item. One item that will hold all of our memories. One that will be completed on a yearly basis. One that will be passed down for generations to come. One that will share with the world how much love Drew and I hold for each other and life as we know it. A book that I will be a tell all to anyone who reads it. I have been on the hunt for an Anniversary Book/ Journal. I went to every store you could possibly think of.......even every Hallmark store that is in the greater Southwest Florida region in hopes that one of them would just so happen carry something a little different. No one carries a book or journal that allows you to write in memories of each year of your marriage. I found all sorts of other books/journals but not an anniversary one. After reading a friend's blog a light bulb went off in my head. I could make my own Anniversary Book. With the help from Kelly she gave me a couple websites where I can create my own digital scrapbook pages that I can print out and add to beautiful book.





Finally I have completed our 1 year anniversary pages and I am in love with them! No more stopping at stores to search for something they don't have. Now I can make my book personal and let it reflect a beautiful life that is being loved.

Boxes and Boxes

I started packing today. Its rather overwhelming. Just the thought of where to start......made me not want to even begin. Hence the reason why I went to Suzanne & Brad's house and sat on their couch and watched tv.....then talked Suzanne into going to the mall with me yesterday. I know in the back of my mind that I need to get on the ball with packing before school starts up but I just don't have any motivation. Probably because I know that the house isn't ready and I don't want to move twice in a weeks of each other. Unfortantely, we don't have a choice but to pack and move before the house is ready. With God's grace we have a renter for the townhome!!!! YEAH!!! So needless to say we need to be out of here before Aug. 29th. With choas, school starting, and a bridal shower to attend we simply have no time what so ever!

So I made my self pack today. I forced my self into the garage and grabbed a few boxes. Opened up the office closet and just stared. We have so much stuff. I mean how do we accumulate so many thing-a-ma-bobers. I told myself.......if we haven't used it since we have moved here (2 years ago) than its going in the garage sale pile. So that is exactly what I did........I robotically picked up items and either placed them in the box or the "has to get sold" pile. (Speaking of if you are looking for any free-bies come to my house before Saturday........take what you want!)

After getting about 4 boxes done and having to run a couple errands for my Aunt my little phone sang a tune. Brad and Suzanne called to offer some help! YES~ I had four more hands to help me do what I really didn't want to do. They brought me an ice cold sweet tea from McDonalds and we got drove head first into more boxes. Well actually Brad did.......Suzanne needed to watch the Season Finale of Tori and Dean that I had Tevo lastnight! She watched to episode and Brad working in the kitchen. I emptied a hutch that was full of candles ( I simply love candles ~ I am always buying them!) After the episode was done Suzanne cleaned out an oak chest that sits at the end of my bed that is filled with my childhood memories. We had so much fun going through my scrapbooks and looking at some of my old school activities ( I actually kept one out to have my students do this year!) We laughed so hard.......Brad came up and shook his head at us because we were playing rather than packing! Oh sweet childhood memories! After that we hung out while Brad and Drew moved a couple of pieces of furniture into Drew's truck to that we can get them to my parent's house for the garage sale!

I think we made a pretty good dent in the packing up.........

Garage Sale Pile....

Keep Pile (so far).....

Drew and I really appreciate all of your help Brad and Suzanne! We know we can count on you all the time!!!! Thank you for being such amazing friends!

A Celebration of Life

A party if a glorious event. It brings friends and family together. Laughter and conversation run through the walls of the house that buckles at the seams because so many people are there. The burning charcoal floats through the air and carries the sweet smell of baby back ribs, corn on the cob, and jumbo shrimp through the groups of people. Outside the boys are in a heated game of basketball and the kids are jumping, running, climbing, and swinging on the jungle gyms and trampolines. There is music bouncing off of the speakers and echoing through the masses. Some people are singing and dancing others are enjoying the music.

What is the reason for this gathering? Its for a special person that touched every person that filled that house. On June 28, a little girl was born. A little girl that would grow up to be this trusting, loving, caring, sister, friend, mom, and loved one. Every year for her birthday we would end up at a loud, crazy, night club to do what she loved to do: dance! After shutting the club down we ended up at Denny's or IHOP or the closest food joint that was still open. We took over the restaurant and settled our cravings in hopes of not waking up in the morning too sick. This party included all that she would loved.......food, music, friends, and family! I can't wait to have another celebration for her next year!

Craziness

I know it has been a long while since I have blogged but its been a little crazy. With trying to get the townhome rented, the new house finished- before we get the townhome rented, my tooth getting pulled, getting sick from the overdose of pain pills that I took, and just wanting to live up my last few moments of summer vacation bliss~ I honestly just wanted to take a little vacation from the blog. I have missed it though. I have missed the overwhelming relaxation that takes over my body when I begin to write. I have missed looking at the pictures that I took to capture our little moments through out the day. I have missed reading all the comments from my devoted little readers.....even if there are only a few of you out there.

Just because I haven't written in a while doesn't mean the I have stopped taking pictures. I mean I love my camera. If my camera could talk and eat noone could ever get a hold of me. It would be me and my little camera.......attatched to the hip. Drew would have to get used to it sleeping with us!

Over the last few weeks we have had so much fun! Since my parents bought a boat we have taken advantage of all of our "free" moments to go out onto the wide open water and soak up the little spots of heaven that not everyone gets to enjoy. We have taken it out randomly, wether it is for a Thursday night sunset or a Sunday afternoon joy ride. Its that one place where you can relax and temporarily forget all about lifes potholes that have recently popped up out of nowhere.











Last week I had to get a tooth pulled. Not like a wisdom tooth but one that you use all the time. I never realized how often I needed my back chompers......and now that I have a tiny whole where my implant will soon rest I feel akward. The stitches are helping the fact either. Not to many people know this but I still had a baby tooth......to me, for the last 25.8 years I have refered to it has a baby tooth but dentist call it "tooth k". That makes it sound so unimportant. I mean that little guy hung in there for a long time..........who would of know that I would have had to part with it after 25.8 years? I was sort of attatched to it. I know you are probably thinking.......what she still has/had a baby tooth? What in the world? Well here is my philosophy on it: when God was creating me he focused so much on giving me all of these wonderful characterisitcs and kind of forgot to add that last grown up tooth. So all in all I had to have it removed last week. The removal was not easy to say the least and I had to take hydrocodine to manage the pain. Needless to say I didn't feel any pain for 2 days, but I payed for it on Sunday morning when my body was fiening for some more. I slept all of Sunday away in hopes of not getting sick anymore and sleeping away my "how bad I felt for ditching on Brad, Suzanne, and thier friend" (sorry one more time for that).

On another note Drew and I found a great renter for the townhome!!!! YEAH!!!! She will be moving in at the end of August and that means that I will be spending the next two weeks of my vacation packing the house and moving boxes to my parent's house. We are so blessed to have this person and we have thanked God numerous times! We are well on our way to moving into our new home with less financial worries now!

(If you feel like helping my doors are open for any hands that are willing to lend me some love!)

Before we know it.......when we think we are going to be able to rest the world opens a gate that allows for all sorts of hills, rivers, mountains, plains, and oceans to come rushing in. We are so thankful for all of blessing and we wouldn't change it for the world!