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Sunday, September 19, 2010

A Week of Events!


The past week Hadley and I took a road trip to visit some family. Andrew had a very big test this past Monday and another one tomorrow so we thought we would go on a trip to give him some quality study time without worry about not spending time with us. =)
Our first stop was Bentonville/Rogers where we visited my family. We had a fun day of shopping and Hadley got to spend some quality time with her cousin Audrey. In this picture they were taking turns screaming as loud as they could. It really was a 'fun' game.

Of course they needed to play dress up. Hadley was Cinderella, pretty cute.
Then it was on to Searcy to visit Andrew's family. We met up with Hadley's cousins Trey and Addison (Addy) and played at the "Ole Mac Donald" PlayPlace. Trey was really enjoying his free ice cream cone.Addy had a blast!"Podshee" (PJ) was thrilled to have some playtime with the kiddos.And of course while we were in town we had to schedule a playdate with a girlfriend! Thanks Addi E for hanging out and for the entertaining lunch date!
We're home now and it didn't take Hadley long to walk in the door and run to her room saying "night, night." She loved spending time with friends and family and is totally worn out.

Thanks for checkin' in!

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Saturday, September 18, 2010

How 'bout Them HOGS!!

I'll be honest I was getting a little nervous there at the end, but they pulled it together and boy am I pumped. GO HOGS!! Hadley was also excited about the game and demanded to wear the adorable new cheerleading dress we got her from Hays.
I also wanted to post on my other new purchases from Hays. I got a new pair of TOMS and a new watch! The watch I've been looking for for weeks and found it really cheap at Hays, HOORAY!


Hope you enjoyed the Hogs game and my new purchases as much as I did! Have a great evening! Pin It

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Updates on Hubby & Hadley

Yes, I realize I just posted like 5 minutes ago, due to my terrible blogging over the last few months I feel the need to catch up. So much has been going on, especially now that Aandrew has started school. I'll start with my hubby updates first:
  • In week 4 of med school
  • Passed first 2 tests (Biochem: 89% & Anatomy: 85%)
  • Studies like a mad dog (M-F: 4:30am-5:00pm at school, Sat.: 6:00am-5:00pm) we really don't see him much
  • He's LOVING every minute even though its stressful!

Hadley(16M) Updates:

  • LOVES Little Mermaid "Mermaid"
  • Has a very wide vocabulary: Jake, Momma, Daddy, Mimi, Pap-pa, Cece, Podshee (PJ), Jo (Jolene), Ry (Ryan), Audjie (Audrey), T (Tamra), J (J.O.), Trey, Addy, Ree (Rachel), Ada(Adam), Arper (Harper), Yonie (Jonathan), ball, pee-pee, puppy, snack, juice, chichen (chicken) and duct (duck)...just to name a few
  • Sprinting where ever she is headed.
  • Is pee-peeing in the potty (sometimes)
  • Finally getting what some may call HAIR!!!!
  • Loves "shooce" (shoes)
  • LOVES to dance and she really has some rhythm for a toddler.
  • Still in the 90% for height.
  • Can't believe my little girl is so grown up!

Hope you feel caught up, sorry for the delay. Have a great day!

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400 Channels....Bwaaa?!?!?!

So Andrew and I have been living in the dark ages for about a year now. That is, no cable. Well seeing as though its football season Andrew couldn't go much longer without it. We looked at Dish and DirecTV and then the AT&T guy came by our house and told us they were rewiring for their internet and satellite cable. For those of you looking for something this is where its at. All the wiring is done under ground so when its cloudy, storming, even a tornado... YOU WILL HAVE CABLE. The guy said the only way it will go out is if the cable is broken or cut. If the power goes out, obviously your TV won't work but the internet and home phone still will.

I was excited to have some fun channels for Hadley to watch too. There is actually one channel where your child can watch 4 shows at one time, a bit overkill but still!! Hadley was excited just for Little Bear.

I feel like such a dork for being excited but seriously no cable for a year. Honestly, I'm mainly excited we'll be able to watch all our football games at home!!! HOORAY FOOTBALL!!! Hope everyone is having a great day! Pin It

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

I can smell fall...

When it comes to seasons I'm what you would call a tweener. I enjoy those seasons inbetween the the big winter and summer. Don't get me wrong, winter brings Christmas and summer brings swimming so they're still pretty far up there but my favorite would have to be fall.

For some reason I think there are more scents that bring on the feeling of fall. Like cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and pumpkin. Every one of those smells puts me in my happy place. Because of these smells I usually end up gaining weight during the fall, but hey... that's what winter and spring are for.

I know its not officially fall but last night I did make my first banana bread in a while. My entire house was flooded with the smell of cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar streusel and baking banana...YUM!


All I have to say is, "In my house fall is officially here...let the baking begin!!!"
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Wednesday, July 7, 2010

July 4th

Well as some of you may know Andrew is gone this entire month for Commissioned Officer Training in Montgomery, AL. That being the case Hadley and I have mapped out our entire month as to keep ourselves as busy as possible so that maybe we won't miss him as bad. Since my parents have a big July 4th bash every year we decided to go to their house for the first portion of the month.
It was such a great day. My parents got a JumpJump which meant Hadley and Audrey were pretty much entertained the entire night!!
Not only was that awesome but we had tons of wonderful all American backyard BBQ food! Including but not limited to: brats, burgers, hot dogs, homemade potato salad, homemade baked beans, BBQ potato chips, brownies, fruit pizza, and of course S'MORES!!!! We had the ever so famous game of bocce being played (if you don't know what this is: 1. look it up, 2. play it, 3. love it) as well as a couple rounds of volleyball.
To top the evening off we had an AMAZING display of pyrotechnics in our backyard!!! I LOVE THE 4th OF JULY!!!!!!

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Monday, June 28, 2010

So we moved to Tulsa, OK!

Yes, I realize its been like a million years since I've posted anything, but I'm doing it now. Instead of writing a crazy long post about everything thing that has happened over the last million years (3 months) I will just break it down into subjects, today's being: We Moved.
This is a picture of our adorable home that I am so in love with. Its a work in progress but we're almost there and its really started to feel like home. Since living here we have discovered some interesting/fun/exciting things.
1.) Sharing a Bathroom: As I said I love our home but there is one down side...one bathroom. You know there's the usual who's going to get to go first after you've come home from church or from being out for a while and then its a race, but there's also sharing a tub. Let me start by telling you up until the last week most of our showers consisted of being in ankle deep water due to our drain not working. After getting a plumber to come check it out it turns out Hadley had stuffed one of her wash cloths down the drain. (Huh, no wonder 2 bottles on Drano didn't work!) Tonight I got in the shower to find spaghetti noodles, because Hadley had spaghetti for dinner and I put her straight in the tub. I can tell I'm really going to enjoy this...
2.) Rolly Pollies: I remember as a kid rolly polly's were the coolest. You just sit there and watch all there little legs moving like crazy to get them going or pushing them over and watching them go like crazy to flip back over. (that generally never worked out for them) I also loved touching their backs and they would curl up so fast and then I would wait for them to uncurl and do it again. Well Hadley has also become fascinated with the rolly polly although she thinks when it rolls up its the perfect opportunity to pick it up and see how fast she can put it in her mouth before I stop her. *This is not limited to rolly pollies. I have also spotted moth eating and finger smashing ant, followed by finger in mouth.
3.) Electricity: Yes we currently have electricity, but........ All the outlets in the front portion of our house are not working due to there being a short between 2 of them. Who knew that would take out 6 outlets. So in order to have our TV working in the living room we have an extension cord running into the sunroom. In order to have internet we have the router plugged into the phone jack in the hall but due to the fact there are no outlets in the hall we are having to plug it into one in the kitchen, which means there's a cord running across our hallway. The electrician has come but it is going to take him going in though the crawl space, with an extra person, to fix it so that has yet to be done. In the meantime Hadley has tripped over the cord atleast once a day since we've had internet. It wouldn't be so bad except she sees it as an obstacle and wants to walk over it none stop. Dear goodness let it be fixed soon.
4.) Sprinkler: Last one... So now that we have a yard and a child we decided its time to get a sprinkler. Toys 'R' us was having a sale on them so my mom and I picked one up while they were in town last weekend. We were both so excited when we got home we unwrapped it and got Andrew and my dad to come outside to watch Hadley's first sprinkler experience. Mom had the video camera, Andrew had the regular camera, dad was setting up chairs for us to watch and I was turning on the water. So me being in charge of the water go over while mom and Hadley are standing next to the sprinkler. I turn it on and since there's that hesitation between turning the water on and it actually coming out I ended up turning it full blast...oops. Moments later I hear my mom screaming and turn to see her running away and Hadley following bellowing out the most terrifying cry ever. Meanwhile the sprinkler has fallen over from the force of water and is flopping around. My dad is trying to get it under control as I go back to turn the water down a bit. Afterwards Hadley is still crying so we all end up running through the sprinkler to try to counter act this terrible first sprinkler experience for Hadley. Ultimately she loved it and now every time we go outside she runs to the sprinkler and starts talking to it. Pin It