Wordless Wednesday - Birthdays!

July 28th is a pretty spectacular day!

Happy Birthday to the best Mom I could ever ask for!

Happy Birthday to the most awesome 3 year old I know!

I'm in L-O-V-E ...

with the produce stand in town. Do not waste your money on grocery store produce if you don't have to. You will spend way too much money and most of it is pumped full of crap to keep it 'fresh' longer.

i originally went there for ingredients for dinner tonight ... grilled chicken salads. All I needed was romaine lettuce, one tomato, and a few small cucumbers. Wellll .... I got a bit more. Shocking, I know.

Here is what I walked away with:

bundle of romaine lettuce
2 tomatoes
4-5 small cucumbers
small bag of red potatoes
2 large zucchini
large yellow onion
2 garlic clove bundles
2 avocados

Ready for my grand total?

$11.50

I mean, c'mon, you can't get those deals at the store! And it wouldn't be nearly as fresh.

I L-O-V-E our local farmers and the produce stand.

A Surprise 60th Birthday Celebration!

This year is a big one for my Dad ... he is turning 60 on August 1st! Mom, Leah, and I got together to plan a day he will never forget. Yesterday, Andrew and I had the Raynor family over to help celebrate the big 6-0! It was a complete surprise for my Dad. My Mom told him that we were going to celebrate birthdays at my house but he had no idea his brothers would be celebrating with us. It was wonderful to have them all over with their significant others and children too. We all had a great time and plenty of pictures were taken to capture the day. Hope you all enjoy the Smilebox I created ... I am officially addicted to it! (working on one from my second shower!)

This free digital scrapbook generated with Smilebox

My Hometown Baby Shower

One of my Mom's dear friends, Melody, and her daughter, Emily, hosted such a special baby shower to celebrate Baby Rudy! I had such a great time spending time with my Mom's friends, my family, and my closest Davie County friends. Melody created this awesome Smilebox design with some great pictures from the day. I've downloaded the program so I can create some of my own. Hope you enjoy!

Make your own digital scrapbook

Wordless Wednesday

So, remember my birthday post?

And I wrote that I was having an awesome birthday? Well, I received the best birthday present ever! Andrew and I found out that morning that we were going to be parents!! And ever since then our life has been a whirlwind of excitement.

I do apologize for taking such a long break. My first trimester treated me pretty well ... a lot of exhaustion but very little nausea. By the time I hit the second trimester, I was well on my way to feeling good and getting back to my old self. Ever since then we have been getting ready for the baby and I haven't even really thought about blogging. And that bothers me ... I have so badly wanted to document this experience and I haven't done much at all to do so. Shame on me.

But I am back ... with a strong desire to keep this blog of mine (ours) going.

Just wanted to say hello for now ... I'll be doing some photo updates, posting pictures of our nursery and of me, and writing a few catchup posts all about Baby Rudy.