Spring Break...

This week has been so nice! We didn't go anywhere for Spring break and it was actually very relaxing. Grady is definitely out of his normal routine and is sleeping until 10:00. That has been really nice since I have been staying up until midnight or later. Here is a recap...

Monday: Relaxing Day...went and visited baby Brayden at the hospital.

Tuesday: We went to the Lookouts game with our friends, Lisa and Rodney and their two boys.

Wednesday: Grady and I took off to Kennesaw to meet Josh and went to Atlanta.
We ended up at Northpointe mall in Alpharetta which was so nice.
I got my new Iphone! (It's even better than my old one)

Thursday: Lazy Day.
Went to Boot Camp.
Had a girls night out with girls from my boot camp.


Friday: Met Amy for lunch.
Went with Brittney to pick out her doors for their new house.
Helped get all of Amy and Lee's closet moved.

Saturday: Had a realtor show our house for the first time!
Went with Josh and Laurie to buy him a dining room suite.
Helped move Amy and Lee

Today will be a relaxing day with Grady and Asten. I do have to submit an assignment by midnight tonight, though. :(

Grady is really trying to walk...as I type he is "free standing" with nothing around him. Still hasn't taken those first steps.

Back to our regular routine beginning tomorrow. I have CRCT Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday...so it will be a stressful week.

Snow in April...

I can't remember the last time it snowed in April. My kids were so excited to see it snowing this morning. We walked out into it for a few minutes to settle their nerves. :) I need to take Grady to the mall to see the Easter Bunny before he is gone. I think we will go tomorrow (no boot camp).


Easter is this Sunday. We are really excited because I think Grady will love the eggs...even just to play with them and his basket. We are going over to Asten's grandmother's house at 2:00 on Sunday for lunch and then to our friends Lisa and Rodney's for dinner and an egg hunt.


School is so much right now...I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to drop out. However, I don't have it any where in me to be a "quitter". It's just not who I am. So I will endure the next 6 weeks of this. Hopefully I will have two new professors this summer who actually realize we have a life outside of grad school. :) I will stop venting!


Grady cut his 10th tooth. It is his top right molar. It seems so weird to see the molars in there. But with the food he is eating, he definitely needs some chompers.


Asten's truck broke down on the freeway this morning and he had to have it towed. Pray that it isn't anything serious. He's not due for a new car yet! :)


Have a great week!

Happy Birthday to me...

Today was my birthday and I had a wonderful day.

I went to work and to my surprise some of my students' parents came last night and decorated my classroom. So sweet! :)

Asten sent me the most beautiful arrangement of spring flowers from him and Grady.

Then, my class threw a party for me at 1:00 with the help of their parents!

We went to dinner at Provinos and I had way to many calories, but it was yummy.

Another great birthday!

Thanks to everyone for making it so special!

Easter's on its way...

My step-mom, Laurie, took Grady up to some family land in Cleveland for some Easter Pictures. They turned out soooo cute....

He still isn't walking, so I'm not sure what we will do about an egg hunt this year. Maybe we can hide some and he can crawl around to get them...we'll see.

My birthday is this Thursday. It is really hard for me to believe that I will be 25. It seems like yesterday I was 15 and began dating Asten. Time flies.

I hope you all have a great week!

Sorry it has been so long...

I'm sorry it has been a while. I have just been crazy. Where to start?

Grady's birthday party was absolutly PERFECT!!!All of our friends and family were there to celebrate and he got so many wonderful gifts! The rain held off just long enough for the kids to go out and enjoy the zoo. Thank you to everyone who came!

His adorable cake!

His messy self after eating his cake.

We had our first grade PTO program Thursday night. We have been prepping for it for the last three weeks and it finally came together. The kids were so cute and the parents love seeing them in it.

Boot Camp is going good, hard but definitely working!

This Friday is our spring carnival at school. My classroom will be the duck pond. I am excited to take Grady for everyone to see.

School is still so much. I have seven books I should be reading, but I choose to spend time with my family instead. I will pull an A no matter what. But Grady and Asten come first!!!

Easter pictures to come...

It's So Cold Out....

The party is this Saturday and we are so bummed because there is a 60% chance of rain. Luckily the party itself will take place inside a cabin, so that will be ok. I just hate it for the kids, because they won't be able to go through the zoo to see the animals. I am praying that it rains like crazy tomorrow so that we at least have a clear day, Saturday.

Nonetheless, the party shall go on! Grady will be O-N-E next Tuesday. Everyone is asking me what he "needs". I am so thankful to say, that there isn't anything he "needs". We are very blessed.

Our diet is going really good. I have already lost 6 pounds. It's so good to not be hungry and just be eating the right stuff and still see results. I hope it continues to be this easy.

Grady is completely on milk and table food. Which is great and much cheaper! He is also off the bottle and only taking a sippy cup at breakfast and dinner. It is so nice. But, the formula was really convenient on the road, as we can't carry a sippy cup with milk around all day.

See you guys this weekend!!!

DWTS...

(DWTS) Dancing with the Stars is back!!!! I love this show and there is such a great cast this year. I am rooting for Melissa, from the bachelor. We'll see what happens!

Not much to update you on. We took Grady to the park tonight. He loves to swing. I wish we knew if we would be staying here because I would love to invest in a nice swing set. I just don't want us to get it together and then move.

I have a friend/personal trainer who is starting me and Asten on a "lifestyle change" not a diet :). I really hope we can stick to it. So far so good.

Week Ahead...

Well, I finished my paper! Yay...no school this week. I will start two new classes next Sunday.

Grady's party is Saturday! I think we have everything ready, hopefully everything will go great!

We spent the evening with some new friends, April and Daryl, cooking out. The weather was so nice today and we had a great time!

Grady will be 1 in 9 days. Here is a picture of him with his first cake. He had fun playing with it.

A lady that works at my school made his cake. Isn't it so cute? She will make his big cake for Saturday.

Hope you all have a wonderful week!

Beautiful Weekend

Grady spent some time with Asten's parents last night. Josh came in town and we met Lisa and Rodney at Carrabas for dinner. I still have some running around to do for Grady's birthday party, so we picked up a couple of things at Target. Then we all went and saw a late movie, Taken. It was good...a little too much fighting for me, but the guys liked it.

The weather should be great this weekend! My friend Kim is having a BonFire/Cookout tonight for her 37th birthday tomorrow, so we are going to drop by there tonight.

Looking foward to Grady's party and so thankful he is finally better. I hope you all got his invitation. If not, please let me know. We hope you can all make it.

I will add pictures soon, I am still trying to finish this huge paper that is due TOMORROW...aaaa!

Should be working on my paper....

But, the Bachelor is on! I have waited for tonight all season!!! I think he will choose Molly but I like them both so we will see! :) Grady is great! I trimmed around his ears tonight. His hair is really growing! I saved it and have it in his baby book now! Today was Dr. Suess' birthday and also Reading Across America Day. I am in the middle of two books. New Moon, the sequel to Twilight and Nicholas Sparks latest, The Lucky One. I don't have time to read right now when I have a 20 page paper due this Sunday. But anyway, hope you are all doing well. We are great! :) Grady's Birthday is in 15 days and it is so hard to believe he will be ONE!!!