ALL PARENTS!!

 Just copied and pasted from a friends blog ... 

WATCH THIS VIDEO IF YOU OWN A SMART PHONE!!!

A friend sent me this link, and I encourage you to watch it! It talks about how to disable a setting on your smart phone so that people can not track where you took your picture.

The Greatest Show on Earth ..

Tonight we are going to the Ringling Brothers Circus!

It is coming to the Gwinnett Arena and I am PUMPED!


As a kid, my DaDa (my moms dad) took us alot and I have such awesome memories! I cant wait to see Colemans' face when we get there. He knows we are going .. but I dont think he has ANY idea what it really is ..


Definitely a post to follow ... leaving now .. YAY!

Thankful Thursday

I am thankful to be blessed with an amazing child who loves me more than anything. He brightens my day and makes me want to better myself. Seeing him grow and learn more each day is so amazing to me.

I am thankful for a boyfriend who loves me unconditionally. Even when I am not at my best, he sees it in me.

I am thankful to have two Grandparents who love our family so much. Seeing them makes me realize how strong our family bond really is.

I am thankful for the amazing friends I have. They really are my rock. I cant say much else.

I am thankful for TOMS and how when you buy one pair they give a pair to a child in need. VERY worth it!

I am thankful for my job. Well, to just have a job for one. But also for the job itself. I travel for Northeast Georgia Medical Center and pretty much everyday is the first day of work for me. I dont see the same thing everyday, same people, etc. It is GREAT!

I am just thankful!

FINALLY!!!

I JUST NEEDED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT I AM NOW A STUDENT OF .....

Classes start May 9! I am SOexcited and super pumped to get the show on the road!

Before you know it I will be Emily Griffin, RN BSN!!!

Please pray that I can slip back into school mode (one that I have been out of for 7 years) easily and that I do my best! Also that I am able to balance my time between school work, spending as much time with Coleman as I can, and also maintain an amazing relation with Aaron, my family, and friends. It is going to be SO hard .. but I am ready for the long road!

Life is too short ..

Life is too short to wake up with regrets.


So love the people who treat you right.

Love the ones who don't just because you can.

Believe everything happens for a reason.

If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands.

If it changes your life, let it.

Kiss slowly.

Forgive quickly.

God never said life would be easy.

He just promised it would be worth it.

She got her hair did ...

Thank you to Anna Rose at Siggers Hairdressers in Tucker, GA for transforming my nasty horse hair into this .. LOVE IT!!

Cupid came to Esther Drive ...

Cupid stole my heart this year .. green plaid bath robe (rove as Coleman says) and all :)

GOT HER!!! :) How could you not love this little man?!?!

Its ok to be bored ..

I have been noticing lately that it has turned into a crime for kids to be bored. It is totally annoying to me that kids walk around with their noses in a Nintendo DS or 8 year olds carrying their iPhone 4 around in their real Coach purse.


Side note .. you should not be able to own a REAL Coach purse until you are old enough to AT LEAST shave your legs. But that is for another blog post on another day.


Driving down the road you look to your left and then right and all you see are kids either watching a DVD in the car, playing with theirs or their parents phone, or playing a video game. What ever happened to counting the cars, making shapes of the clouds, reading a book, or heck ... just RIDING. I dont know why I find this so annoying but it just strikes a nerve with me.


I feel like technology is consuming so many childhoods that kids are not kids anymore. They go from womb 15 years old over night.


I have made a huge effort this week to keep Coleman away from the TV. I am not going to lie, I have been one to get off from work and be totally exhausted, pop a movie in or turn on some cartoons and bring on the peace and quiet! I don't know about your kids, but whenever mine is in front of the TV he is ZONED OUT!


I think he started to associate being home with watching TV .. that EVERYTIME you are home you should be watching TV.Which is SO not ok! Forget about the thousands (ok maybe hundreds?) of dollars worth of toys in your room .. he rather watch TV.


Maybe this all has to do with this winter being SO cold you just cant get outside and do anything. So I'm hoping it will all turn around when he starts t-ball in a few weeks and we actually have a schedule.


Ok.. my ranting and raving is done =)

Coleman-isms

Favorite thing Coleman has said to me recently ...

Setting the scene ... Sitting at home watching TV and a Proactive commercial comes on ..

"MOMMY .. you need some of that!!!"

"OH i do? Why is that?"

"B/c you have booboos all over your face"

"Yeah youre right buddy .. but I dont have money for that"

"I will give you $45 from my piggy bank and you can get it"


What a sweet generous boy but seriously? Is it THAT bad?????

Mountains, Miracles, and Milestones

Yes yes I know we have been MIA for the past couple of months .. Thats what working for three months in Blairsville will do to a girl! Getting up at 5am, getting yourself ready, then trying to fight a VERY sleepy four year old out the door is not the most fun thing at 6:15am .. then to hour and a half drive to and from work over a large mountain is the icing on the cake! OH yes, did I mention I would leave at 6:15am and not get home until 6:45pm? Thank the LORD that is over!!

On to a WAY better note ...

Since you last heard from me my Coleman turned four, started Pre-k, and got signed up for a t-ball team ... WHAT?!?!?! Seriously, how many more emotional things do I have to go through in 2 months. I know every mother says "I cannot believe how fast they are growing up" .. or "it happens before your eyes" and I have never found that to be so true. I mean did I seriously just sign my baby up for tball... it should not be time for that yet!! He is beyond excited. He will be playing in Braselton through the Braselton parks and rec dept. I am so excited for him to be a part of a team and start playing sports. But I am also sad b/c I know this is the start of like 14 years of sports, school, homework, practices, games, etc .. It starts now and wont stop until he graduates which makes me SO SO sad!! But I am so blessed to be his mommy and to have him as MY child. He continues to amaze me everyday with the things he knows and is learning. He is one smart cookie .. dont let him fool you!



Some wonderful things have happened recently ..

My bestfriend in the entire world just had her perfect world completed .. She graduated in May with her Bachelors in Nursing, got married in October to her perfect man, and just got her DREAM job as a Oncology nurse with Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta. She is SO blessed beyond belief and I am so proud to call her my bestfriend. Now all we need is a baby Garner :)


A friend of mine who lost her beautiful baby boy to SIDS a little less than a year ago just announced that she was expecting. WHAT A BLESSING! I am so excited for them I cant stand it! No one deserves to be blessed more than them right now! Prayers were definitely answered!


We have moved into a great new home about 10 minutes from our old house. It is 2 times as big as the other house and we have the space we needed. FINALLY! Our relationship is definitely going in the direction that we both dreamed of and I cannot wait to spend my life with the man of my dreams! Everything seems to be falling into place just the way it was supposed to .. which makes me smile :)

Mom, Coleman, and I at the Stone Mtn Christmas

Coleman's birthday breakfast .. look at ALL that food .. AND the birthday ice cream sundae (at 9:30am)

My handsome man with his tux on that he wore in Ashley's wedding .. HOT STUFF!!

Coleman and I watching the parade at Stone Mtn Christmas

I will be making an effort to blog more and more because I have deleted my facebook page. So bare with me ..  :)