Josie's Nursery...

Josie's nursery is complete and I realized I haven't posted ANY pictures of it!

So here you go...

After Christmas, Asten got our spare bedroom all emptied out!

I forgot to take a picture until it was empty.

Here it was...

Asten painted it a light green color that we matched from her bedding.

Then, he hung a creme chandelier that we bought from Home Depot.

This was me (at 28 weeks) back in January before we moved her furniture into the nursery.

I ordered a canvas with her name painted on it to hang above her crib.

A lady from South Carolina (The Peanut Paintshop) painted it for me and I just LOVE it!!!

I ordered her bedding from Polka Tot Designs in Mobile, Alabama right after Christmas because it took 6 weeks to make!

We got her "Vanilla" colored crib and changing table from Children's Fair here in Chattanooga.

After receiving SO many hairbows from my showers, I ordered a bow holder from the same lady who painted my canvas.

I can almost fill it up! But, I'm taking a lot with me to the hospital because you never know which one will go with which outfit!

This is me last weekend looking scary white and big at 37 weeks!

...and this would be Josie's closet!!!

I think she has enough outfits to get us started! ha!

We go Monday at 1:00 to find out when she will be making her arrival.

I THINK we finally have everything ready to go!!!

We can't wait to meet our sweet baby girl!

Grady's 3rd Birthday...

We celebrated Grady's 3rd birthday yesterday at Learning Express Toys. He wanted a Diego themed party so that's what he got! I am 9 months pregnant right now, so I was exhausted after a successful party yesterday!

I got his cake from Publix this year.

Learning Express Toys took care of everything! I just supplied the extra Diego things.

He wasn't sure what to think when he first walked in.

The kids played Pin the Nose on the Lion.

They also made candy necklaces.

They had a pinata for Grady but he had never played this game before. He didn't realize there was candy inside!

He still managed to find some suckers and tootsie rolls!

Amy and McCoy Kate came. She was too small for the big kid games, but she enjoyed watching them play.

They served Gigi's cupcakes.

They also painted lions and each child created a 3D animal.

All the crafts and games were so cute! They did a great job and I love that they entertained the kids. I do it all day every day and LOVE it when someone else takes charge!

He got way too many gifts (as always) but we've enjoyed letting him open one gift at a time yesterday and today. He still has about 5 or 6 that he has yet to open. This way he really can enjoy playing with each one.

Thanks to EVERYONE who helped us celebrate!

It's hard to believe he is 3!!!!
We love you Grady!

Baby Shower for Josie Claire...

On February 26th, my sweet friends threw me a shower.

It was Amy's house and was just perfect!

They had these adorable monogrammed cookies by Lisa's step-daughter, Laurin!

All the details were just perfect!



This picture below is so funny! Chandler, Layla, and McCoy Kate stealing their mommies attention. We're quickly adding a lot of kids to this group!

My co-workers and great friends!

Lisa, Kim, Me, Theresa, and Leigh Ann

Lots of gifts for Josie!

Josie's only cousin, Avery Rose made her appearance!

Josie's first tutu!

Amy and McCoy Kate

Thanks to all my sweet friends for a wonderful shower!!!

All of her gifts are put away and ready for her to arrive!!!

Snow Storm 2011...

I'm WAAAAYYY behind in blogging. But just for documentation purposes, I wanted to get pictures of our huge snow on here. It snowed on a Sunday night in January and we missed a full week of school & work. It was fun the first few days but it got old pretty quick after that!

We ended up with about 9 inches! This is the most we've had in years!

Daddy and Grady built a Grady-sized snowman.

We only let Grady stay out for about 20-30 minutes at a time because it was soooo cold. It didn't seem to bother him a bit!

On Day 2 of the snow, Asten went over to his parents house (which is probably 10 minutes away) and drove his dad's four wheeler back over going down all the main roads! He's so crazy!!!!

Grady was THRILLED to borrow his papaw's "four nenner" for a couple of days!

This past week, Grady developed pneumonia and we are FINALLY on the mend! He is still taking breathing treatments every 4 hours until we finish his antibiotic next Thursday. He's feeling much, much better!

He and I are in Winter Break beginning Monday. While we have no big plans for the week, we're looking foward to being lazy around here.

We go to the doctor Monday to see Josie Claire and find out just how big she is! We still have about 6-7 weeks if she stays in the whole time!

Christmas 2010...

I really don't have an excuse for my absence of blogging...I just haven't been in the mood! We got a HUGE snow last Sunday night that kept Grady and I out of school ALL WEEK LONG! By mid week, I was really getting cabin fever but Grady has had a ball. He told me he "wants to stay home with momma everyday". It will be hard getting back into our routine on Tuesday. Tomorrow is MLK Jr. Day so we have one more day to be lazy.

Let's go back to where we left off...

Christmas Eve we always go to Asten's grandparents house. We had a great time eating, opening gifts, and playing our "White Elephant" game. I didn't get many pictures. Here is one of Grady with his uncle Will and daddy.

We came home and got cookies and milk ready for Santa.

We get up super early...5:00 am early. Asten and I exchanged our gifts alone so that Grady could have 30 extra minutes of sleep.

Look what Santa brought:

Grady was so much fun to open gifts with this year. He really got into it and it was so cute!
We always open stockings last.
We have to get up SO early because we go to Asten's parents (Nana & Papaw) house at 7:00 am. It started snowing on the way to their house! It hasn't snowed on Christmas in many years!


Such a cheesy grin!

He got a Harley Davidson from Nana and Papaw that he keeps over at their house to ride on.

We came back home around 10:00 am to exchange with my mom (Nani) and my brothers and sister in law. I did not take one single picture!

Avery was here this year and it was fun to buy for her.

After we exchanged, Grady was dying to try out his four wheeler.

He wanted to go show his buddy Myles.

We always celebrate with my dad and Laurie (Poppy & Gigi) the day after Christmas. It's the only place we go on this day so it's nice not to rush.

Grady got a Buzz Lightyear wing pack.

He didn't understand when we would say, "This is from Poppy and Gigi" he kept asking "For me? For me?". Maybe he'll understand next year who got him what.

Our Christmas was so special and we are so thankful for all that we have. Grady may be spoiled rotten and get more toys than he could ever need but we never forget the real reason for celebrating Christmas!