Oh YOU make me smile ;o)

This is my ABSOLUTE favorite picture of Aaron and I to date! This was a picture taken from our vacation to Saint Simons Island in July 2009.This was the trip that means SO much to be. Its where we really fell in love and on the way home he told me he loved me. Sappy and annoying I know, but it was such an amazing moment. I LOVE HIM! <3

School ... AGAIN?!?

So I am going to do it ... go back to school to get my RN.

Yes, I said it! I. AM. GOING. BACK. TO. SCHOOL.

I never really thought I could do it, honestly. My best friend just graduated from Mercer and I looked at her the last 3 years and thought there is no way that I have the time to devote to it. But what I really realized is that I could MAKE the time, I was just scared because I did not think I was smart enough to do it.It was always a wish in the back of my head but never something I thought I could actually do.

It was not until I got the job working for the hospital that I started putting that thought into action. Everyone around me was encouraging me to go forward with it because they saw potential in me. Don't get me wrong. no one in my family ever discouraged me or put me down in any way an are ALWAYS very supportive of any and everything I want to do, but families can be biased sometimes. It was just nice to get those encouraging words from people you respect and work for.

My plans are this...

I am doing the rest of my prerequisites at Perimeter College and then I am going to transfer to North Georgia College and State University into their ASN (associates of nursing) program. It is a 2 year program from start to finish going to school full time. It is nice because you can take your prereqs along with the nursing classes and go to school everyday all day OR you can get all your prereqs done at youe leisure and then start the program and just have class on day and clinicals. Meaning, you can still work and go to school.

Which is my plan...to work full time, go to school full time, and be a mommy full time.

THIS IS OFFICIALLY GOING TO BE THE HARDEST THING I WILL EVER HAVE TO DO.

PERIOD.

But I have to do it. I WILL do it. For my baby. ALL for my baby boy.

Wish me luck. Words of encouragement. Prayers. It is all welcomed with open arms.

LOVE TO ALL.

EM




 

The little things ...

Coleman and I were drawing pictures late last Friday night and he asked me to draw him and smiley face. I frew just the eyes and the mouth and he drew the head. I was SO proud! This is the first thing he has drawn that hasnt been intentional scribble.

I left the room and came back and he had drawn the bottom smiley face complete with legsm and hair!

I MEAN HOW CUTE IS THAT??

House does not always equal HOME...

It totally amazes me how you can have everything you own in a house and everything still seem so foreign. I mean pictures on the walls, walls painted, nick nacks here and there, and something was still missing.
Well here is my HOME!! It finally feels like a home to me. Thanks to sweet neighbors for selling me their couches at an amazing price. I just love them and they fit perfectly!!!

To Infinity ... and BEYOND!!

To

My big boy laying in his new Toy Story bed! (and his new big boy boxers)

Waterfall Walks

Wow .. awesome picture of Coleman .. not so much me! We went to a waterfall thats down from our house it backs up to a nature preserve. It's a LONG walk... probably about a 2 miles round trip. He was a trooper though. He is too heavy for me to carry so we pushed our buttons on our chest for our wings to pop out (just like Buzz Lightyear people) and we flew all the way back home. Making flying noises and all. Give me a break, thats the only way I could distract him enough to make him walk and me not have to tote him home.

New big boy bed!!

I know this picture is dark but I LOVE it. His first night in his big boy bed. Sleeping like the angel that he is.

Adios Coach ... hello poopy truck!!

Having a child is honestly the best thug to EVER happen to me. Not to mention the best feeling in the world.

I am a pretty special gal to be blessed with the precious angel God gave me.

How can something half your size make you so angry one second for crumbling up styrofoam all over the carpet and then turn around and completely melt your heart by wrapping his little arms around you and saying in that precious little voice, "I love you mommy".

Man, has he got me wrapped around that little finger and little tighter than he should .. And boy does he know it. (by the way, Aaron reminds me of that everyday as well) but you know what, it's not going to hurt anyone!

My philosophy is to try to make everyday the best day of his life. If I have learned anything lately it has been to not take one single second for granted. To cherish every single moment I have with the people I love, especially my Coleman. And if that means I have to do without the new Coach purse or have my roots showing about an inch more than I'd like (hence the new brown hair) just so he can get a special toy for pooping in the potty then so be it. I'd trade anything to see that smile and huge expression of excitement.

What it all comes down to is I cannot get enough of my little bug. I might be the only mommy in the world to say this, but he looks so sweet when he is sleeping it takes everything I have not to wake him up and hold him bc he is so sweet when he first wakes up .. For about 8.5 minutes ;)

I love love love him!!!!!!

A Lifetime of Happiness ...

"A lifetime of happiness lies ahead of you"

I hope this is true ....

LET FREEDOM RING!

The 4th of July could quite possibly be my favorite hoilday! There is just something about summer time, fireworks, cookouts, and family/friends time that absolutely gets me!

We had an amazing, yet uneventful, long weekend. Coleman was at his dads from Saturday morning until about Sunday around 3ish. I went and picked him up and we went out on the boat on Lake Lanier. It was a great plan (in our heads) to go out and swim, fish, take a boat ride out to Lake Lanier Islands and watch the fireworks from the water. Well us and everyone else in the northern part of Georgia.

It was fun, a rough ride, but fun. We saw fireworks from every different side of the lake. We could barely see the LLI fireworks but we saw enough of everyone elses to satisfy our need.

Moving on to the boat we were in... the funniest part of the sitatuion was that we were in the SMALLEST boat on the lake. Now, Aaron's boat is not small, for a bass boat. But apparently, we were the ONLY ones on the lake in a bass boat going to watch the fireworks. So as you can imagine the ride felt like we were in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean running head first though a hurricane. It was bad!!! We quickly realized that we needed to get out of the cluster of 250+ boats we were in before everyone started to leave a we got run over! It was a madhouse out there!

All in all, we had a GREAT weekend. Just what we needed .. just to be together.

Pictures to come!!!

Blessing for the day

"Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass. It is about learning how to dance in the rain"

Sometimes we just get so sucked into our world and our problems and issues are like huge weights hanging over our shoulders. Then something always happens that makes you snap into the reality of someone, somewhere has it WAY worse than I do. I am sitting here worried about what I am going to do for the 4th and why I cant get this outfit when others are wondering where they are going to get money to feed their children, clothes to put on their backs or shelter over their heads.

We are all very blessed in many different ways.

Make the most of it. Be all you can be. Live your life. Make an everlasting inprint on the world and those around you. Anyone can leave a footprint in the sand, but it's only those that are larger that are remembered.

Afterall, there is only one YOU.

The lovely couple.

My master fisherman and the master fisherman in training :)

My. Whole. Heart.

Jersey Shore .... yikes?

I absolutely am intrigued by the MTV show Jersey Shore. Even though it's a few states up, it feels like another country. They have a whole different language, body type, style, etc. I can not get enough of it bc I have never seen anything like it before.

It is hilarious how into themselves the guys are. What the heck is a Guido anyway?!?

and the girls ... who wants be to orange year round? and that poof has GOT to go!!! If it hits the top of the door frame when you walk in.. too much!
I know I am not the only one who feels this way.

I guess that's my ignorance coming out... oh well.

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Getting sucked in .. for real this time

Ok people, I am officially going to start a blog and KEEP it going. (PRAY for me) hehe!

There has been so much going on these last fews weeks it has been a madhouse. Between friends children passing away, friends mothers passing away, finding out my sister is getting married and then moving to Germany, and working my booty off... I am a little overwhelmed. But am dealing with it accordingly.

I have learned SO much about myself from The Copponexs' situation. They lost their 2.5 month only baby, Tripp, about 3 weeks ago. Their strength has been so inspiring to me. I cannot even imagine being in their shoes. It was an instant slap in the face to me sitting there listening to them at Tripp's service and they were truely a witness of God. His light was shining through their eyes so bright it blinded me. Rachael and Greg Copponex have been warriors through this past month and are only getting stronger. I will always pray for you guys. Forever.

On to a lighter note ...

Coleman is now COMPLETELY POTTY TRAINED!!
Yes folks, you heard me right. I said completely potty trained. So much so that he slept last night without a pull up (we normally do pull ups at night just in case)!! I am SO extremely proud of him I dont have enough words!!! I LOVE YOU LITTLE MAN!! You make me prouder and prouder to be your mommy every day!!

I will post some pictures later this afternoon.