It has started!

I am trying to keep up with some foods that I like to eat more than others!

My top want would be... coke freezes!! or icees... whichever we can find!!

I also like:

Sour skittles,

Starburst,

salads especially from the Japanese restaurant with the ginger dressing (YUM!),

rotel,

Oriental chicken rollup from Applebees,

Gatorade and

Captain Crunch cereal

That's all for now... but now that I think about it... some turnip greens and cornbread sure sounds good! Hah!  I am pretty sure that my appetite is coming back! YAY!

Well.. Well...

A lot has changed since I last blogged.  Stacey and I finished our photography class and I learned a whole lot about my camera!! Which is a good thing - leading to my next exciting news!

TJ and I are expecting a little bundle of joy in November!  November 23 to be exact (my dad's birthday)!  We have heard the heartbeat twice and the doctor says everything looks good.  We got back on Friday to find out if it's a boy or a girl!  We can't wait!  I am not sure if it's because we are finding out or.. if it's because this will be our first sonogram!  We are ready to see our miracle and get pictures!  

Other news:  TJ finished the nursery last week!  I am so excited!  I saw a picture of a nursery that I really like and so I have been begging TJ to paint me brown and white stripes... He said he will never do that again!  Hah!  It looks wonderful!  Below are some pictures!

Excited!!

Well... I guess you can say now that I am pursuing my photography interest.  A friend from work and I are going to take a photography 101 class at Holmes starting in April!  I am excited!  I have always said that I wanted to take a class or something and I am so glad that I have someone who has the same interest that sits right across from me!  She is the one who found it and honestly.. I didn't even think about Holmes having a class... I am glad she did!  I think the first class is mainly to get acquainted with your camera.. which I definitely need because since I got my new camera, I know nothing about it :o(.  Then from there... we will go to sites and use what we learned!  YAY!

We had Alison's bachelorette party this weekend and we had a blast!  A lot of good food, fun and a bunch of laughs!! Alison's sister, Lindsay cracked me up trying on Alison's little body suit!! HAHA!! Too funny!

This coming weekend.. we have a Couples shower for the happy couple... then the next is their wedding!  YAY!  

There are a lot of exciting things happening in the months of March and April.

Mrs. Rhonda's birthday, my birthday, Robert and Alison's wedding, becoming an aunt again!, taking my photography class.. I can just go on and on!  Can't wait to us my newly learned photography tips on my nephew!!

Will write more later!

It's a set!

Well, I some time on my hands in between washing, drying and folding clothes for this weekend... so I made another burp cloth to go with the wipe cover and the other burp cloth!  The burp cloths are really easy and fun to make!  As you can see, I had a lot of giraffe print left over from my pillow case!  I put a blue outline to give it some other color.. anyways! 

I am so glad that tomorrow is Friday!  Can't wait to see some of our friends that we haven't seen in a while!  We're gonna have a blast! 

My sister went to the doctor today and they said everything is on track... and they are thinking he is going to be a big baby. Maybe he will be born on my birthday!  Or Easter!  Can't wait!  

Oh well.. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!  And don't forget that if you know anyone having a baby or who needs to get a baby gift!  I will be glad to whoop something up!  I have plenty of burp cloths, just let me know the fabric and ribbon color! 

In my spare time!

In my spare time.. which, by the way, I have a lot of it... I like to try new homemade projects!  In earlier posts, I started making minky blankets for family members around Christmas time.. well now, I am on to more projects!  Since my sister and brother-in-law are expecting in April, I started making burp cloths and tried to make a baby wipe container cover.  It was very interesting to make to say the least.  The hot glue gun and I do not get a long.. period.. end of story.  I thought I did a pretty darn good job considering it was my first try.  We will see.  I am not sure how much spare time I will have in the weeks to come.  TJ's best friend from college is getting married the 2nd to last weekend in March.. so from now until then, we will be some busy bees.  I also have some gifts to make for a couple of my sister's showers since I won't be able to attend.  It would be way too much traveling in one weekend.   Here are some pictures!

New camera

I have long awaited for a DSLR camera and I was FINALLY able to get it with my Christmas money!  I am so excited.  I have been sewing lately, so I haven't been able to play with it!  I got a Canon Rebel XSi... and I LOVE it!  I am still new at it, so bare with me!!  As everyone probably knows, Jack (TJ's dog) and I have a love/hate relationship.  He's gotten a whole lot better since we got him fixed, but he still can irritate the tar out of me, that's for sure.  Anyways.. on to my story, he was my only cooperative subject at the time, so below are a couple of pictures I took.  Can't wait until my new nephew arrives, so I can take lots of pictures.  Until then, nature and Jack are my subjects... Sewing takes a lot of my time lately!  Got my first order for a pillowcase! YAY!  I hope they like it!  Well, nevermind, I will add the pictures later. TJ is playing some type of game online and when I try to upload my pictures, it goes very slow. Grrr.  

Until then! 

 

Let the holidays begin!

This was yet another busy holiday season for us, but we so enjoy spending time with family!  

We started it off the weekend before Thanksgiving at TJ's parents house for his birthday celebration and Thanksgiving at their house!  I definitely ate way too much.

We spend Thanksgiving Day with my mom and her side of the family.  It is so good to see everyone because they live so far away.  We cooked everything on an open fire and the day could not have been more beautiful! 

Then, Thanksgiving weekend, we headed to Corinth to see my grandfather and for the guys to do a little hunting and PJ and me to do a little shopping!!  And, of course, the guys had to burn something (long story.. but ends with 3 fire trucks and 2 or 3 acres burned...)  When we got back from Papaw's, it was time for another work week and for TJ and me to celebrate our 1 year anniversary!!! Wow!! 1 year!  

Then, we headed back to Southaven for Jen and John's wedding and we got to hang out with Robert and Alison, which it felt like we haven't seen in a while!  So much is going with my their wedding fastly approaching!!

I think the next weekend, Shanon, a coworker and fellow seamstress, and I headed to my mom's office to finish up some loose ends on our sewing adventure!  We spent practically all day and we had so much fun sewing our blankets, stockings and learning how to make bows!

The weekend before Christmas - Saturday, we had Christmas with my mom, stepdad and his side of the family and Sunday, we headed to Lambert to visit with TJ's grandmother and his dad's siblings and their families.  One of his aunt's made some divinity that was to die for!  Too bad we don't have the right weather in the south.  But it might be a good thing!

The week of Christmas was a short week for me at work.  Luckily, this go around, I had some time off saved up and was able to take Christmas Eve off so we could spend more time in Southaven.  We headed up there Tuesday afternoon and ate with TJ's grandparents and swapped gifts!  We always love spending time with his Papaw and memaw.  

They have a Christmas Eve tradition at their house where everyone opens their gifts that night with just us there.  Adams was able to join us later that night after spending it with his family. 

We got up early Christmas day morning and headed back to Jackson to go spend the rest of the day with my Dad, sister, Ben and Addison!  Santa brought her a trampoline! We had some fabulous food and enjoyed each others company while watching Mamma Mia!!

Saturday after Christmas, we trucked again to my mom's to spend the day with my aunts, uncle and cousins to celebrate the reason for the season!  My grandmother was missed dearly, but we know she was looking down on us watching enjoy each other's company.

The next few days went by fast because I was off for New Year's and Robert and Alison came down to spend some time with us.  We went to dad's and had a blast shooting fireworks, cooking and playing guitar hero.  

New Year's Day seemed to go by real fast!  Went to visit mom for our New Year's tradition of eating peas, cabbage and ham!  I also found out that day that Morgan and Adams got engaged!! CONGRATS to them!  I wish them the best and hope he comes back safely from Iraq.

That's all for now.  Will post more later