IT'S FRIDAY!

Y'all....  The Oly.mpics start tonight!!!  I LOOOOOOOOVE the Oly.mpics!  Can you feel my enthusiasm?


Luckily I am married to a man that loves them as well.  The summer ones are our favorite although we do enjoy winter as well.  It is totally on my bucket list to go to the Oly.mpics someday.  


I think my favorite event is the gymnastics.  I like swimming and diving as well.  I always have to close my eyes a little on the diving because I am nervous they are going to hit their head!


Do y'all watch?  What is your favorite event?


Lonnie is off next week...couldn't be more excited about that.  He has been working so hard lately and is super stressed.  He really needs some down time.  We plan on watching tv, sleeping, and going on the boat.  That's about it....should be fun!


And now for some random fun phone pics from this week!

• I finally picked out my mommy necklace.  I went back and forth a zillion times unable to decide exactly what I wanted.  But I finally settled on this...

Etsy shop here

The pea in the pod is perfect.  I have called Blakely pea pod from the beginning...not sure why though?  She is probably going to think that is her name.  Jokingly, people will ask me if that is what they are going to call her in school and I say yes...First name Pea, last name Pod.  :)  When we have another baby I won't get another pea in the pod because that isn't why I have that charm.  I will just have to get a different charm for whatever we call that baby! I love it and so does Blakely!

• I actually got some mommy time!  My MIL came on Wednesday to watch B while I did whatever I wanted.  I decided to get a mani/pedi with Sarah.  

This is what I went with....very hard decision!  

• Blakely will now give kisses.  It is the sweetest damn thing ever.  I know she loves me but when I say "kiiiiss Mommy!" and she leans in to give me a kiss I nearly die every.single.time.  

• I bought B a few new hats for our upcoming trip (more about that later).  They are a little big but still ridiculous amounts of cute.  My future gangsta baller....  

• Can someone please tell me how my child got this big?  I can't even believe it!  She takes up most of the crib!  

And AND she has been sleeping through the night for the past 5 nights....WOOOOOHOOOO!

Happy Friday everyone!  I hope you all have fabulous weekends!

Pics of the week 5 and Blog Award

First of all I want to apologize for being a bit absent from the blog world this week.  My internet has been in and out because of the storms.  It has taken me three days to get this post up!  I have been reading all your blogs from my phone but it wouldn't let me comment from my phone...very frustrating!  

I did not take the first two pictures.  If I would have seen this I am pretty sure I would have had a small heart attack or passed out.  This was the first tornado that hit us Monday afternoon.  This one was about 5 miles from my house.

This was the second and larger, more devastating tornado that hit us.  This one hit just a mile or two away from me.  Ummmm.....scary????  I just can't believe all of the devastation that has occurred across the southern states because of these tornadoes.  It just blows my mind.  I am so thankful that we were unharmed because there were so many people that were not as lucky.  It just breaks my heart.  

The only damage we had at our house from the storms was that our dock broke away and floated off just a few feet.  It would have sailed off down the lake but we had it tied up to a tree.  Our neighbors had their dock tied to a tree as well and the current was so strong that it pulled the tree down.  And, no, we would have never thought to tie up our dock but we learned the hard way.  Two years, ago on Christmas Eve we woke up and our dock was no where to be found.  It had floated off down the lake and cost us a frickin' fortune to get them to bring it back!  So here is our dock with our first baby in it which we can't get to...  

This is the walkway that had detached and was on the bottom of the lake now.  It could have been much worse for sure!

During the night the water came up all the way over our seawall and into our yard.  This is a picture of all the fish that got trapped behind the seawall when the water went back down.  There were probably 50 fish like this just lining our seawall.  It did not smell good....

A couple of days after the storm it was finally a pretty day.  We decided to try to take the jeep for a ride.  We had to charge the battery and that is why the hood is up.  Lonnie is putting on our new antique license plate that you may remember me talking about here.  Jeepin' is what we call it here in the south :)

This is sweet Darwin hiding during the storms.  All you can see is his nose!  

This picture probably won't mean much to anyone that doesn't know this little dog.  She is my Grand's dog and her name is Katie.  She weighs 5 pounds and is mean as hell.  Oh not to Grand....just everyone else.  She will snap at you if you try to pet her and it will scare the crap out of you even though she is tiny.  Lonnie was determined for her to like him.  On Easter this is what I found.....they were snuggling...although he does look a little nervous, doesn't he?

I couldn't resist adding this picture.  Lonnie needed to fix the sprinkler intake pump and it is in the lake.  It is shallow but he was still going to have to get wet above his ankles.  So, I had the bright idea that he should wear my rain boots!  Doesn't he look cute?  His feet were so smashed in there...it looked very uncomfortable....

Ok and now on to the award!  Bridget from Our Lost Stork gave me this wonderful award.  

I am so happy that I found her blog because we are very close to each other in our pregnancies (along with a few others!).  No one in my real life is pregnant so it is nice to be able to share things and see what everyone else feels like!  Thanks again, Bridget!

So, here's how it works:

1. Winners grab the image and put it in your blog.
2. Link back to the person who gave you it.
3. Tell 10 things about yourself
4. Award 15 recently discovered bloggers.
5. Contact the bloggers you have awarded to let them know they have won.

Ok so here are 10 random things about myself.

1. I really love flowers and plants but I always end up killing them....
2. When I was a senior in high school my fast pitch softball team won state...we were badass...
3. I love candles....Bath and Body Works has some awesome ones but I only buy them when they are on sale because they are so expensive!
4. I wear contacts and can't see crap if I don't have them in.  
5. I love roller coasters and I can't wait to ride them with my kids.  (my husband hates them!)
6. On my first date with my husband I got locked in the bathroom and couldn't get out.  I about had a panic attack wondering what the heck he was thinking about me being in the bathroom so long.  Turns out you just had to turn the handle upward instead of downward.....I have been terrified of getting locked in a public bathroom since then.
7. I enjoy reading about history and wish I did it more.  I wanted to be a history major but all I could really do with that is teach and that was not for me.
8. I watched the Royal Wedding and cried....whole post about that coming up :)
9. I love mindless reality TV....Teen mom, Rock of Love, 16 and Pregnant, Jersey Shore, etc.  It is awful and I am not proud of it.
10. I have a younger brother!

OK and these are the blogs I am giving this award.  I know I am not going to make it to 15 because I am going to try to not double up.  Here goes...

1. Write, Baby, Repeat
2. The Johnson's Journey
3. Crossing My Fingers But Not My Legs
4. The Journey to Baby Belgard
5. B and R plus 1
6. Still a Guest Room...
7. The Hardest Quest

That is all I have today people!  Happy MAY!!!!

Pics of the week 4

Its time for my pictures of the week!  

Have any of you ever had these?  I just discovered them and they are fantastic!  There is no added sugar and they have so much good stuff in them.  I really like having one mid morning because they really fill me up and then I can make it until lunch time to eat a meal.  I highly recommend them!  Oh and they have plenty of other flavors these are just the two I had left.  

 This is Greek Chicken that I made the other night.  (I promise there is some chicken under all of that!)  Jessica from The Southern Belle Baby posted a recipe for Greek potatoes and I wanted to try them...they are great by the way!  I wanted to make some chicken to go along with it and I found this recipe.  It is yummy and pretty healthy....chickpeas are always good for ya!  If you want to check out the recipe, here's the link.  The only thing that I did different was instead of diced tomatoes I used sun dried tomatoes.  It also makes for great leftovers....

This is our baby...before our real baby!  We live on a lake and this is the 4th summer we have had this boat.  We absolutely love it.  We just recently got it out of storage so our first boat ride was this week.  Oh so relaxing!  

My friend, Keisha, got me these little Arkansas Razorback booties.  Baby will be born during football season so these will be put to good use!  This is the very first baby item that I own.  Kinda crazy.  Can we just reflect for a minute on how stinkin' cute they are?  I mean......

I am trying to drink enough water every day but it has been hard because I don't really know how much I am drinking.  I bought this water bottle (jug?) at Walgreen's.  It holds the amount of water I am supposed to drink every day.  I can't really drink out of it BUT I can fill it up with  my filtered water from home.  Then I can take it with me to work and just fill up my regular cup out of the jug.  Then I know how much water I drink!  The cup on the left is the cup I carry around all day every day.  It has a lid and a straw if I need it.  

I have been like obsessed with painting my nails this week.  If you know me in real life you know how weird this is.  I think it is because my nails are so awesome right now!  I bought these three colors...all very similar, I know.  I think bright colors make my hands look funny.  Also, I am not supposed to wear any polish at work but I feel like I can get away with it if it is really light.  My fave so far is the one on the right.  It is just barely pink so it almost looks like you have a French manicure.  Fun!

And this is me trying to get some sun on our deck.  Please notice how unbelievably pale I am. Must...get...tan...soon....

Hope everyone had a stress-free Monday!

Pics of the week 3

First picture is obviously not one that I took but I feel it is important!

I am sure all of you have heard about their campaign and I am not going to waste much time weighing in.  I 100% agree with what all the bloggers have been saying.  I think they are assholes but I thought this before their newest stunt.  They do things like this to get attention.  I feel like this was summed up best here.  They have taken down all references to NIAW and I feel that is a victory for the infertiles!  You can read the response Christa got here.  

Oh and I am an animal lover whose dogs are neutered....just so ya know....

OK!  Enough about that crap!  Here are my pics of the week....

The first one is a picture I tried to take of Darwin while my husband was out of town.  These are the steps leading to the downstairs part of our house.  Our bedroom, kitchen and living room is all upstairs so we don't go down there much (that will all change in October).  He stayed sprawled out on the top step the entire time my husband was gone.  It was like he was trying to protect me from anything that tried to come up.  It was pretty cute.  Of course I couldn't get a picture of him lying there because the second I even look at him he wants to play....so this is kind of an action shot.

These are the automatic toilet seat covers at the Chicago airport.  I mean.....I'm just not sure I can trust this thing.  It could very well just be rotating the same two covers ALL DAY.  I'm suspicious.....

Like I said in this post, we stayed at Trump Tower in Chicago and it was AHHHHH-mazing!  The mini bar was huge and there was a selection of about 6 different types of water you can try.  This water was called Tasmanian Rain.  It says that is it made of pure rainwater collected before it even hits the ground.  We had to try it right?  You don't wanna know the price....  We tried it and it was ok....it had a little bit of a honeysuckle aftertaste...kinda bitter.  

This was what I got for room service one night and I just had to take a picture.  If you know me in real life then you  know that my comfort food when I am sick, sad, angry, or whatever is macaroni & cheese mixed with peas.  Everyone thinks that this is disgusting, especially my husband.  But he knows when to come home with the stuff to make it!  Apparently Trump agrees that it is a match made in heaven.  Of course, his is a little more on the gourmet side than mine.  

I can't tell you how excited I was when I saw that the shaved ice place on my side of town had opened this week.  I love these things.  They remind me of when I was growing up.  Me and my friends have shared many laughs and tears while chowing down on these.  This was my first one of the year and I have had to force myself not to get one everyday on the way home.  This one is pina colada with cream.....

 And we are going to end with the best picture yet!  This is my sweet little baby at 12 weeks 1 day.  Look how big!  We took my mom up to the hospital so she could see the baby in real time instead of just pictures.  He/she was just moving all over the place....amazing!

Happy Friday! 

Pics of the week 2

Well, a lot of my pictures this week are related in some way to food.  I think it is because my appetite is back and food sounds awesome!

I have gotten food from The Purple Cow to go a couple of times this week.  They have a tuna melt that I like and a good rueben.  But mostly they have amazing malts.  I may have had a few one this week.

I was getting my oil changed and while I was waiting I got crazy thirsty.  I got a water out of the vending machine and this is what pops out.  Really?  No label?  Is this safe to drink with no label?  I was too thirsty to even think about it....I mean look how frosty and cold it looks!

This is an eggo waffle....with peanut butter....covered in syrup.....it is wonderful....don't judge....

I stayed the night with my mom Saturday night while Hubby was out of town.  The next day when I went to go get in my car there was a bird (a robin) flying into my mirror continuously.  I mean like a thousand times.  The bird couldn't be bothered to crap on the driveway....just on my black car....  The craziest part was there was a chickadee doing the same thing on the other mirror!  Birds have small brains....

So remember how I was talking about spring and how excited I was that it was here?  Well I guess winter got jealous because he is back this week and it is COLD!  Yesterday I was sitting here watching basketball and I heard it thunder a few times. Then all of the sudden it was this huge HAIL storm.  I mean it was loud!  This is my deck.....Normally you can see the lake but it was hailing so hard you can't even see it.  

I really enjoyed this weekend.  I really didn't do a thing.  I spent some time with my mom and we watched college basketball.  I don't know if any of you girls watch basketball but it is March Madness and the games have been really good.  I did wake up on Sunday and couldn't turn my head to the right or look up.  I have some sort of muscle spasm or something.  I have been spending a lot of time on the heating pad and it is getting better.  Basically I have been super lazy for the past 3 days.  

I hope everyone had a great Monday!

Pics of the Week

I thought I would start doing a weekly post with pictures that I have taken throughout the week.  Random pictures of stuff that I like or things that are happening that week.  It is just a way to document what is going on in my life but also a way for you guys to get to know me a little better too!  Some weeks may be more interesting than others and some weeks may have more pictures than others.  I will really try to do this once a week.  I should probably designate a day each week and that would help.  Megan from In This Wonderful Life does a weekly post like this and I thought is was a great idea.  


So here goes!


As I have said before...I love Spring!  Well the Bradford pears have been blooming and this is what they looked like at the beginning of the week with their beautiful white flowers.  This is in our backyard.  

Here they are today.  Most of the white flowers have fallen off and they are just so green and pretty now.  You can see the piles of white flowers on the ground.  

We got our carpets cleaned this week!  I am so happy with the results.  This is a pic of my living room...with all the furniture out of the way.  The best part was, in order for them to clean the carpet our closet, I had to take all of the clothes out.  This was the perfect opportunity for me to do a little downsizing.  I gave away almost 3 bags of my clothes and we are still working on Lonnie's side.  I'll post pictures of it when we are done.  For some reason the carpet looks pink in this picture...hmmmm.....

Thursday was my birthday and the girls at work got me these cupcakes.  Of course there were more but I couldn't get a picture until we all scarfed a few down.  My mom, Jenni (my aunt), and my Grand also got me a super cute Italian cream cake but I forgot to take a picture!  

My Grand got me these stemless wine glasses that I have been wanting.  Much harder to spill these.  I will say you miiiiiiiight could fit half a bottle of wine in each one...they are huge!  I will be putting these to good use...after about 7 more months.  Until then I am sure my honey will enjoy them for me :)

Jenni got me this beautiful plate.  I am not sure what I am going to do with it yet.  It seems too pretty to sit on the counter and collect our keys and change.  My mom got me a flower pot and an awesome solar stake light to put in the pot.  I will post a pic of that when I get some flowers in the pot.  

This is a picture of me and my niece, Syble.  We went to my mother-in-laws house Friday night to hang out with my husbands brother, Marshall, and his twins, Collier and Syble.  My sister-in-law, Kristen, couldn't come.  I think she and I sat in this chair and played games on my iPhone or the iPad all night.  She loves me.  I love her.  :)

We decided to tell them about our pregnancy.  They live about three hours away and we really wanted to tell them in person.  We were sad that Kristen couldn't be there but we had to go for it or it could be another couple of months before we saw all of them together.  


When we got there we took the kids (they are twins and almost 6) into another room and told them we had a surprise for them.  We asked them if they wanted a baby cousin.  They nodded.  I said that the surprise was that Uncle Lonnie and Aunt Kelly were going to have a baby.  They both started smiling and then Syble said "You know what Aunt Kelly?  We have been praying for you every night to have a baby!"  This nearly brought me to tears.  Marshall and Kristen have known about our struggles and I just find that so sweet.  So then we told them that their daddy didn't know yet and we wanted them to tell him.  So Syble went into the kitchen and whispered to Marshall that he was going to be an uncle and Collier then handed him our most recent ultrasound picture.  He was beyond excited.  He gave Lonnie and I a huge hug and we all cried.  It was so special.  Then the kids called their mom and told her she was going to be an aunt.  She was super excited and I talked to her on the phone for a while about all the details.  It was all really, really, really fun!  I am pretty sure that is all we talked about the rest of the night!  


This is a picture that Syble drew of me.  I am holding my baby....how cute!

(kinda looks like I have a penis but we will just ignore that!)

It was very exciting to be able to tell them since we haven't been able to surprise anyone in our family with the news.  It made it feel even more real.  It did make us a little nervous but I am not focusing on that.  I am just focusing on being excited!  


Hope it is a beautiful weekend where you are!


AND happy first day of Spring!!!