Help!

A decorator I am not. This is what our fireplace and the space around it looked like when we moved in. This is still what it looks like almost a year later. I am in need of some decorator expertise! I know we need a large painting over our fireplace, but we are not yet in the position to shell out that kind of money. I want to put something on the mantle but I have no clue what to do. I am so jealous of all my blogging friends who have such great taste and know exactly what to do with a boring space! So please offer your suggestions, advice, etc. We are having a party here in 2 weekends and I would love for it to look a little better by then.

Happy Easter

I have been meaning to post a picture of this. My mom made this with the help of my Daddy B many years ago. It used to sit in front of my parents door with all of our names on the carrots. Well our family has gotten bigger and there weren't enough carrots for all 11 of us (including pets) so my mom repainted the carrots for me to put in front of my door. Bentley even has one too, you just can't read his because of the handle. I think it is so cute!

We had lunch with my parents after church today. My mom had the idea to put Will in a basket and take his picture outside. These were the best that we got. He was hungry and tired! :)
Couldn't resist posting this one. John says he is crying because he just realized how he was dressed :)

Next weekend is Greek Easter, so we will do it all over again!

One Day Vacay Details

John and I are exhasted!!! Having a baby is definitely the most fun, but the most tiring job I have ever had. John put it this way last week as we were laid out on the couch, both feeling like we had been hit by a truck..."It's like we go to work and then we come home and work..." Yep, pretty much. That is why I am a firm believer that stay at home moms have it much harder than the rest of us working parents! Anyways, our 3.5 year anniversary was last Wed. We never celebrate the half year and most years it usually goes by without even us noticing. But we felt like it would be fun to get away for just a night and that gave us an excellent excuse. Yesterday we dropped Will off at Kiki and Pop's house and headed to the Renaissance Ross Bridge Resort. I have only been here one other time when me and the girls went to the spa. It is super nice! I get a deal since I am a member of the Retirement Systems of America or something like that. It was a significant discount!! At any rate we left Will for the first time overnight and had a blast. Our original plans were just to order room service for dinner and breakfast and rent some in-room movies. Well we did order dinner but I was asleep by 7:30 so we didn't watch Fireproof or Slumdog Millionaire (those were the movies we have been dying to see and both were available to order). This morning we were okay with that since they cost $14.95 EACH!! We slept in this morning and decided to go to the breakfast buffet downstairs. It was delicious. Then we headed home to pick up our sweet boy. He did so good which we are so happy about because it makes us comfortable leaving him overnight in the future. For all the new parents out there, I highly recommend a one day vacay!!!

One Day Vacay

My husband +
=PURE RELAXATION

Lifesaver

Last weekend when we were at the McKinnons, we laid Will down on Kate's activity mat. He has one similar, but Kate's has a thing at the top that lights up and plays music. Will's mat has an aquarium looking thing that lights up and plays music as well, but it is on the side and it never caught his attention. Today I decided to try and hook it up to the top so he could lay there and watch it. WHY HAVE WE NOT THOUGHT OF THIS BEFORE!!!!????

The sweet boy laid there for a good 45 minutes before falling asleep. We were able to prepare dinner, eat, and then just watch tv for a little bit. John and I kept looking at each other going, "Can you believe it? It is 7pm and no one is crying and no one is holding him!" It was crazy. Will was mezmorized by it!!! I highly recommend a light up/musical activity mat with the thing at the top-you will not be disappointed.

*On another note, please pray for precious Kirkley Muncie. They have been having some issues with her elbow/shoulder. It was put in a sling on Tuesday. They had to go to the emergency room today because she had been running a fever. It appears her inflammation levels were too high. Right now she has been put to sleep so they can stick a needle and see if any puss comes out. If it does, they will open it up immediately and flush it out. I know this is a lot of info, but I wanted to be sure you could pray specifically. They will definitely be staying in the hospital tonight. And if you are wondering why my blog looks so janked up...Holly was working on a new design for me when all this started happening. I have no idea how to mess with html codes and what not and Kirkley is way more important, so the blog may look a little weird for a short while. Pray for the Muncies!
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Shredded

This is what I picked up yesterday (along with some hand weights...) I fully intend to look like this in 30 days! HA! Well at least I'm trying. Shealy had this video at her house this weekend. I have been dying to get back to doing something, but I just don't have an hour or more to drive to the gym, work out, and get home. I just can't justify leaving Will after being gone all day. But this I can do. I started day 1 today and lets just say that I am about to die. It took me a good 10 minutes after I finished to catch my breath. I don't think I have been to the gym since I was 3 months pregnant so that means it has been about 9 months since I have done anything over than walking. The best part about it is that it only takes 22 minutes total. Jillian has this 3-2-1 system-3 minutes of strength training, 2 minutes of cardio, and 1 minute of abs. You repeat this 3 times (with different moves) and then have a 2 minute warm up and a 2 minute cool down. Definitely enough to get my heart racing and sweaty! I'll let you know how I fare after 30 days.

Another Venture to Auburn

This makes Will's fourth trip since he was born! This time it was to celebrate Kirkley Muncie's 2nd birthday. She had an "Aubie" themed party and everything turned out very cute. John though this was the only way a birthday party should be done-lots of orange and blue! We absolutely love going back to visit our friends, especially now that there are babies involved! Will was a great traveler...except on the way home. We fed him at Shealy and Clayton's before we left, but ended up hanging around for about 30 minutes afterwards. We should have known better. We made it to Dadeville, him screaming the whole way, and had to stop at a gas station to calm him down and feed him again. Since I cluster feed at night, he is hungry every 2 hours. He hadn't been a great eater all day so it caught up to him on the road. Our fault, lesson learned. But I loved every minute we got to visit with Shealy, Clayton, and that sweet Baby Kate!

The moms (weird!), Will, and Kate, with the birthday girl!

Love at second sight!

An attempt at a family picture

Such cute party favors! Holly slaved over making AU crayons...These will be tucked away for Will to use when he is big enough. I know he'll love them! Tuckered out after a long day. Thank you Muncies! We had such a fun time. Next time we hope Will is old enough to jump in the bounce house!!