I have been so bad about posting. I worked for the AG this summer and am still working there all while taking 16 hours in my last year of law school!!! To say the least, I am extremely busy!
Oh and the other BIG news!! We are having another little girl, Addison Elizabeth (Addie) and she is due on February 14th! :)
We are so excited and very busy with life! Ella Kate is walking and talking and becoming very independent! This weekend we were watching Alabama put a clinic on against Arkansas and my little Bama fan clapped and got so excited everytime Alabama scored! It was so great having a mini-me watching the game! We are so excited about what Coach Saban has done with the team and are looking forward to the next few years of Bama football! Along this note, Stephen and I were able to go to the Georgia Dome for the Alabama/ Clemson stomping... I mean game and it was AWESOME! Stephen won husband of the year for getting those tickets! It was an unbelievable atmosphere and hopefully we will make another game this year! ROLL TIDE!
That is really all I have to ramble on about now, but promise to make a better effort of blogging! I hope to put up some more recent pictures of Ella Kate too!
Monday, September 22, 2008
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
So I have fallen off the face of the planet...
Wow it has been a long time since I posted. We have been very busy around here. I went home for two weeks and then came back and then flew to Atlanta for my aunt's 50th b-day, boy was that some fun! Then I started my summer clerkship. It has been a busy month.
Yesterday was Ella Kate's first day at her new day school. She was not such a big fan of me leaving her somewhere new, but when I went to pick her up yesterday she was having a blast. They had just had popsicles on the playground, now what kid does not love popsicles after playing on the playground. Our little girl is growing up..... it is crazy how fast they change. I even had to get her a kindergarten mat for her to sleep on, which she does not like very much considering she napped for only 45 minutes total yesterday.
What I really like about the day school is that when you oick your child up they give you this piece of paper that tells you everything your child did that day. I am talking diapers, food, and then a little note about their personality. I was very happy to see that Ella Kate's note was "Ella Kate loves to give kisses.." Aren't I so lucky to have the kid that loves to give kisses, rather than the one who loves to bite, etc! Now, I am not going to count my chickens before they hatch, because there may be the day that I do get that note, but I am a wishful thinker!
Speaking of all of that, Ella Kate is entering the wonderful toddler world where the independent personality comes out and as my parenting magazine says she starts to "experiment" with disobedience, or hitting or biting, etc. Well Ella Kate has mastered shaking her head "no" (Thanks Moms!). So everything is no! Whether she really means it or not! Oh the joy of toddlerhood! Seriously though, it is really fun! Especially now that summer is here and we can play in the pool or at the park with her! Parenthood is wonderful and we are so blessed!
Yesterday was Ella Kate's first day at her new day school. She was not such a big fan of me leaving her somewhere new, but when I went to pick her up yesterday she was having a blast. They had just had popsicles on the playground, now what kid does not love popsicles after playing on the playground. Our little girl is growing up..... it is crazy how fast they change. I even had to get her a kindergarten mat for her to sleep on, which she does not like very much considering she napped for only 45 minutes total yesterday.
What I really like about the day school is that when you oick your child up they give you this piece of paper that tells you everything your child did that day. I am talking diapers, food, and then a little note about their personality. I was very happy to see that Ella Kate's note was "Ella Kate loves to give kisses.." Aren't I so lucky to have the kid that loves to give kisses, rather than the one who loves to bite, etc! Now, I am not going to count my chickens before they hatch, because there may be the day that I do get that note, but I am a wishful thinker!
Speaking of all of that, Ella Kate is entering the wonderful toddler world where the independent personality comes out and as my parenting magazine says she starts to "experiment" with disobedience, or hitting or biting, etc. Well Ella Kate has mastered shaking her head "no" (Thanks Moms!). So everything is no! Whether she really means it or not! Oh the joy of toddlerhood! Seriously though, it is really fun! Especially now that summer is here and we can play in the pool or at the park with her! Parenthood is wonderful and we are so blessed!
Thursday, May 8, 2008
So I have been tagged! It was a few weeks ago, but give me a break I finished my last law school exam today! I am now officially a 3L. One more year and pending a little thing called the bar I will be a lawyer.
What was I doing ten years ago...
I was fifteen and a freshman in highschool running into things with my mom's car because I "knew" how to do everything. I did not have a care in the world and me and Laura S. used to walk all the time and talk about when we got our driver's licnenses things would be so different, and they really did change, no more long walks! :( Come to think of it I miss that, a good long walk with a friend is so wonderful.
5 things on my to do list:
sign up for the bar
re-organize my closet(sorry mom)
get some much needed rest and relaxation
spend more time with hubby and ekt(exams have kept me away)
work-out (also been neglected during exams)
5 foods i love:
toast with butter and jelly
pancakes
chicken salad (most any variety)
my mom's spaghetti
poopyseed chicken from the KD house in college
Where do I see myself in 5 years:
a successful attorney with ella kate plus 1 or 2... whatever God has planned for me. In Ms still, pending no big changes, or back home. Either way hopefully happy and healthy.
Favorite TV shows:
(first of all, I need to say that I would not survive without my DVR)
Days of our lives * while this seems cheesy, it has gotten really good again, and I have watched it all my life
So you think you can dance (it is about to start again!)
Lawyer shows: Shark, Boston legal. Eli Stone (new show and it is GREAT!)
and Stephen and my personal favorite.... CSI: MIAMI
Things I need to work on:
not wishing my life away, or parts of it now that EKT is here and I don't want to miss anything
patience, patience, patience
procrastination though I think that it is an attribute that most lawyers possess
New things I love:
going to Wednesday night supper and bible study
waking up in the morning and walking into EKT's room and her smile and excitement
What was I doing ten years ago...
I was fifteen and a freshman in highschool running into things with my mom's car because I "knew" how to do everything. I did not have a care in the world and me and Laura S. used to walk all the time and talk about when we got our driver's licnenses things would be so different, and they really did change, no more long walks! :( Come to think of it I miss that, a good long walk with a friend is so wonderful.
5 things on my to do list:
sign up for the bar
re-organize my closet(sorry mom)
get some much needed rest and relaxation
spend more time with hubby and ekt(exams have kept me away)
work-out (also been neglected during exams)
5 foods i love:
toast with butter and jelly
pancakes
chicken salad (most any variety)
my mom's spaghetti
poopyseed chicken from the KD house in college
Where do I see myself in 5 years:
a successful attorney with ella kate plus 1 or 2... whatever God has planned for me. In Ms still, pending no big changes, or back home. Either way hopefully happy and healthy.
Favorite TV shows:
(first of all, I need to say that I would not survive without my DVR)
Days of our lives * while this seems cheesy, it has gotten really good again, and I have watched it all my life
So you think you can dance (it is about to start again!)
Lawyer shows: Shark, Boston legal. Eli Stone (new show and it is GREAT!)
and Stephen and my personal favorite.... CSI: MIAMI
Things I need to work on:
not wishing my life away, or parts of it now that EKT is here and I don't want to miss anything
patience, patience, patience
procrastination though I think that it is an attribute that most lawyers possess
New things I love:
going to Wednesday night supper and bible study
waking up in the morning and walking into EKT's room and her smile and excitement
Friday, April 25, 2008
Happy First Birthday!!!
Today in just a few short minutes at 2:39 my little angel will turn 1! She is wearing her little birthday girl suit and looks adorable! Tomorrow will be here first birthday party! We cannot wait and I promise to post and put pictures up after the party!!!
We love everyone and miss those who cannot be there to celebrate with us!!!
We love everyone and miss those who cannot be there to celebrate with us!!!
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Stephen and I have been attending Wednesday night church at our local First Methodist church (the same denomination that I grew up in). The food is AMAZING and the menu is always 1st class. For example, last night we had crawfish etouffe, squash casserole and broccoli and romaine salad! YUM!!! It is only $4! You cannot get food like this at a high class restaurant and especially not for the price. What we also have come to love is the adult Bible study after dinner. Stephen and I have really learned so much in the last four months. When we moved a few years ago it was my goal to get into a Bible study because I knew how much I really needed one. Well, life got in the way, but we finally are in a great one.
Last night the study was particularly pertinent to what is happening in our lives. The passage we talked about was Psalms 23 "the Lord is my Shepperd, I shall not want... everyone knows this from funerals. It lead us to the most pertinent to our lives Matthew 6:25. It is so remarkable how God knows exactly how to make you get through tough times with his word. We are truly blessed to have our family and our health and know God will get us through this time.
I encourage everyone to read this passage and try to apply it to your everyday life. Now, when I find myself worrying I will think of this passage and I have faith that God will take care of us all!
"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life[a]?
28"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
Last night the study was particularly pertinent to what is happening in our lives. The passage we talked about was Psalms 23 "the Lord is my Shepperd, I shall not want... everyone knows this from funerals. It lead us to the most pertinent to our lives Matthew 6:25. It is so remarkable how God knows exactly how to make you get through tough times with his word. We are truly blessed to have our family and our health and know God will get us through this time.
I encourage everyone to read this passage and try to apply it to your everyday life. Now, when I find myself worrying I will think of this passage and I have faith that God will take care of us all!
"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life[a]?
28"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Happy Anniversary!
Two years ago on this date, Stephen and I were married. Since then we have embarked on many new life experiences. We moved six hours away from our families to a new state, I started law school, and the most life changing and wonderful life experience of all being the birth of Ella Kate last April.
April will always be a very important month in my life. Obviously the weather is generally beautiful in April and everything is in bloom. My mother was born on the 3rd of April so I should have know long ago that this would always be a special month in my life.:) My wedding was on a beautiful Saturday afternoon after some awful storms had come through that morning (not unlike the storms last Friday). Then last year Ella Kate was born in April. What a wonderful month full of blessings!
I cannot believe that it has been two years since my wedding day! People have asked me "does it seem that long?" My answer is "no" which I think is a good thing and reflects a strong marriage. Watching Ella Kate grow in this last year, I wish I could slow these years down. I know I cannot so I plan to enjoy these wonderful April celebrations in my life!
April will always be a very important month in my life. Obviously the weather is generally beautiful in April and everything is in bloom. My mother was born on the 3rd of April so I should have know long ago that this would always be a special month in my life.:) My wedding was on a beautiful Saturday afternoon after some awful storms had come through that morning (not unlike the storms last Friday). Then last year Ella Kate was born in April. What a wonderful month full of blessings!
I cannot believe that it has been two years since my wedding day! People have asked me "does it seem that long?" My answer is "no" which I think is a good thing and reflects a strong marriage. Watching Ella Kate grow in this last year, I wish I could slow these years down. I know I cannot so I plan to enjoy these wonderful April celebrations in my life!
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Biscuits....mmmmmmm.....
This morning Stephen and I wanted to go out for breakfast. Since there are not that many places to choose from and since most of them are in Ridgeland where there is no power from the horrible storms yesterday, we decided to go to the favorite Chick Fil-A and have a chicken biscuit. (side note, to all our friends effected by the storm yesterday you are in are thoughts and prayers)
On the way out the door I realized that we had not breakfast food for Ella Kate and even though I am sure that she would not know the difference I just could not give her spaghetti for breakfast. So we decided that she would probably like the biscuits as much as we do and thought now was as good a time as any to let her start trying "big girl" food. Also, we are weaning her off formula and starting to give her milk. Well let me just tell you that she loved every minute of her "real milk" and biscuit. It was so cute to watch her pick up the little pieces that Stephen and I had torn off for her and put them in her mouth, then pick up the bottle and drink her milk. I on the other hand am in shock that my little baby can eat real food now and drink real milk. I find myself asking where the time has gone.
In just a few short weeks my baby will be a one year old and a toddler. CRAZY!!! She is the best thing that ever happened to Stephen and I. Now, a whole new world of fun is upon us. Teaching her to eat with a fork and spoon and seeing what "real food" she likes. I can't wait. She does something new every day. It is so exciting seeing the little girl she is becoming. I will say that she is a pretty good combination of Stephen and I. She has just enough sass and loves looking at herself all dressed up with a bow in her hair in the mirror, but she also loves the deer that hangs in our guest room/office and loves it when her Daddy does turkey calls. So we have collectively decided that she will be a sassy outdoorsy little girl. Thank God for living in the south where those two things can go hand in hand!
On the way out the door I realized that we had not breakfast food for Ella Kate and even though I am sure that she would not know the difference I just could not give her spaghetti for breakfast. So we decided that she would probably like the biscuits as much as we do and thought now was as good a time as any to let her start trying "big girl" food. Also, we are weaning her off formula and starting to give her milk. Well let me just tell you that she loved every minute of her "real milk" and biscuit. It was so cute to watch her pick up the little pieces that Stephen and I had torn off for her and put them in her mouth, then pick up the bottle and drink her milk. I on the other hand am in shock that my little baby can eat real food now and drink real milk. I find myself asking where the time has gone.
In just a few short weeks my baby will be a one year old and a toddler. CRAZY!!! She is the best thing that ever happened to Stephen and I. Now, a whole new world of fun is upon us. Teaching her to eat with a fork and spoon and seeing what "real food" she likes. I can't wait. She does something new every day. It is so exciting seeing the little girl she is becoming. I will say that she is a pretty good combination of Stephen and I. She has just enough sass and loves looking at herself all dressed up with a bow in her hair in the mirror, but she also loves the deer that hangs in our guest room/office and loves it when her Daddy does turkey calls. So we have collectively decided that she will be a sassy outdoorsy little girl. Thank God for living in the south where those two things can go hand in hand!
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