Hey there

Tonight I am humbled. I spent an hour trying to get Abbie to go to sleep, and was losing my patience with her. Finally she went, but I came out of her room frustrated. Until. I went online. And saw that a former co-worker of mine passed yesterday after a long battle with cancer. And checked Stellan's blog, only to read that he is not doing well again and this courageous baby and his family are not sure what's going to happen to him tonight, tomorrow, a week from now. I feel like I've been kicked in the gut. I thought my problems of not getting Abbie to sleep in a timely manner were bad, hopeless, whatever. Seriously. My problems do not compare to what else is going on in other's lives tonight, the lives of people I know personally and people I know through the blogger world. I pray for all the families out there that are suffering tonight, that have lost loved ones, or who don't know how long their's will be here on earth. Thanks for listening.

A Few Words

It's funny how life is. You are going along, day to day, nothing new, almost thinking things are pretty boring (other than chasing a 14-month old around all the time) and WHAM! things change with a few simple words. In a conference room. It almost feels like a break-up to me. Someone I have been with for nearly 8 years. The door is shut...for now. Of course, as doors shut, others open, because God is good like that. So now it's time to refocus, see where this new direction leads. In the meantime, I have this little girl named Abbie to love on more, and that is just fine with me!!
Stay tuned.

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Then you will enjoy seeing these pictures for the first time!
Funny story that happened tonight - Wes and I were in the kitchen, and he was hugging me, and Abbie was in her high chair. I could see her over his shoulder, and she was just staring, and then all of a sudden she yelled out " I love you!!" It had to be the cutest thing ever.

Two things I have learned this summer...

1) That one piece bathing suits for Abbie are very cute and modest, but don’t work so well when we are trying to change from regular diapers to swim diapers quickly, because we have to take the whole suit off, rather than if she had a two-piece on, we could just do the bottoms…which leads me to my next lesson of…

2) Swim diapers are not meant for wearing long after swimming….Uncle Brett could speak for this one …he got peed on by Miss Abbie in Hilton Head when I left the swim diaper on too long….

So yesterday I purchased a darling 2-piece suit from Children’s Place for only $7.99! We are headed to Murphy which means lots of lake time so I will post more pics next week.

Hope you all have a happy 4th!!

ALMOST double digits!!

Yesterday was Wes and I’s 9th wedding anniversary!! Yep, 9 years ago we were celebrating with everyone at Little Brasstown Baptist Church, then the Gathering of Angels reception site, near Murphy, NC. What a fabulous day that was!!

Now here we are, still married and I think we have done pretty well for ourselves!! It hasn’t always been easy, but Wes has been a wonderful partner, friend, and now father, and there is no one else I would rather have by my side than him. I love you sweetheart!!

Lately...

Ever since we have been back from the beach, I feel like our life has been SO busy! We had my family up for Memorial Day weekend, which I realized I haven’t even posted any pictures of, and then we have been taking advantage of the long summer days by going on the lake as much as possible. When I say “the lake” – it’s not like we have one in town to go to, so it’s more like about an hour or so drive to Lake Keowee, which we have realized is the closest. And this weekend we went to Wes’s parents, so we were on Hiwassee Lake. It is wonderful to be able to enjoy our boat again…it makes me feel a little better about the payment we make on it each month… a little better.

In Abbie news, she hit the 13-month mark on Saturday. And I haven’t even posted her stats from her 1-year check up – which were 18 lbs 14 oz, and 27” long. OK, I have a confession - I am totally guessing on the length. I mean, it sounds right, but I lost the paper so don't quote me on that one. Anyways, I digress. Dr. Morgan said she was talking and annunciating like a 2-year old. Yep. She is a smart one, that child of MINE (oh yea, and Wes’s)!! I counted at least 45 words that she says the other day!! She is practically running everywhere now, and is just doing all kinds of new things. She can also help me count to ten – I started doing this to distract her when I was changing her diaper. But she won’t say one – I say one, she says two, I say three, she says five and so on!! I am trying to teach her to say how old she is, but every time I say one, she says two – you get the picture! Also her newest thing is to put the cell phone up to her ear and say hello. It’s so cute. She can say nose, ears, mouth, eyes, and hair and point to them all. Let’s see, what else? Oh yea, teeth. She has four on the bottom now, and her top two are finally coming in. She has one poked through and I can see the other one. I am hoping to have a little break from this soon, because her sleeping is being affected. And I swear it messes up her stomach too. She did sleep through the night Thursday and Friday, but she is like a little rooster, sometimes waking up at 5am!!! I seriously PRAY all the time that she will start sleeping just a little later!! Someone told me that by the time they go to school you are having to drag them out of bed – well, right now I am looking forward to that, because I don’t even have to set an alarm clock to get up for work in the mornings!

Well, I have written enough. Here are some pictures over the last few weeks…

Kissy Kissy

So apparently since Abbie is now 1, she thinks she should have a boyfriend or something. Mrs. Pam, her fabulous sitter, tells Wes and me that Abbie and Nash, another precious one-year old, kiss all day long. Friday morning when Wes dropped her off, Nash was there, and gave Abbie a very sweet smile, and Abbie proceeded to get out of Wes’s arms and hobble over to Nash so she could kiss him. Now I haven’t seen this first hand, but she has been opening her mouth lately when she kisses me, so I assume that is what she is doing to Nash too. Oh well. At least she’s not kissing Emily or Addison, the other girls there, right??!! She definitely takes after her Daddy. Mommy never behaved like this….