ATL Bound!!

Todd and I love when we get the opportunity to visit Brent and Leslie in Atlanta. This October we made a visit up north! Having friends that live in different cities is great! It's like a mini-vacation with awesome company!

In our second life, we might consider being city dwellers.

We made it to an Atlanta Brave's playoff game, which was awesome! I hadn't been to a game since Todd's family took us to one when I was 14!

Love Him! :)

I spotted this pink Brave's bat, knowing Brent wouldn't be able to leave without it! Sure enough, little Addi now has her very first pink bat! If she's anything like her daddy or her uncle todd I'm sure she will have MANY MANY more where that came from!

Florida State Football

So I've finally found a pro {against all my cons} to living in Tallahassee . . . Florida State football games and more importantly FRIENDS coming to visit for games!

Stadium is gorgeous!

Chief Osceola!

Me & Kel before the game :)

Hello World

It seemed like Todd and I missed the memo on the whole {pregnancy} thing! Both of our best friends found out they were expecting, just months apart! After thinking and thinking and tons of contemplation, we decided to wait to jump on that tRaiN! {In all actuality, there was no thinking involved. . . definitely not an option for us two, not quite yet :) } Instead we'll keep spoiling our precious - sweet - angel of a dog - - Quixote!! We met both of their bundles of joy & spending time with them does make you think ;) {Brig don't get too excited!}

My best friend Brigid and her beautiful baby girl Shaylee {oh & studly hubby Bud}

Seriously, how stinkin' cute is she?

I love them both so much and can't wait to watch her grow and become a beautiful young lady like her mother

The Robinson's and their precious baby girl Addi

"Braxton, meet your future girlfriend Addi!" . . . I can tell he's excited about her already :)

Todd and I had the pleasure of having Brent, Leslie and Addi spend the week with us and we just adore her! We kinda adore her parents too ;)

Back Blogging

It's been some time since I've sat down in front of the keyboard to recollect our relentless, never-slowing-down life. But after hearing about my inability to keep up with blogging, I figured I would back blog some of what has happened in our lives over the last couple months, in preparation for the exciting months to come! :)

We celebrated a couple {special boys} Birthday's!!

Mr Zachary turned 6 this year . . . So crazy! I just love him SO!

Might be the coolest 6 year old I know! I mean, he might have the coolest parents I know! Seriously, who has a play house like that??

Love Muffin!

And Sweet Baby Braxton turned 1!! Is he not gorgeous? I might be a bit biased, but truthfully he's BEAUTIFUL!!

Chicken Wire Memory Board

I got these two lovely pictures from the local Goodwill . . . Goodwill is a great place to find things for DIY crafting projects. I went in looking for two picture frames that were similar and a good size. I had no idea that I'd find exactly what I wanted! It was meant to be. And to be honest when I got the frames I wasn't exactly 100% sure what I was going to use them for, but I had a couple things brewing...

Gave them a good coat of Hierloom White spray paint, and they looked GORGEOUS! Really made me think of all the things I could probably buy or that I already have and could refinish and give them a new life!

Luckily the mom-to-be has a yard full of chickens so I knew exactly where I could snatch some chicken wire to finish the project off!

I just loved how they turned out at the shower. I clipped baby pictures of the parents-to-be on the chicken wire with baby clothes pins.

DIY Paper Lanterns

I'm slacking terribly with sharing all the details of the baby shower. Through each new idea or crafting project that led up to the big day, {i tried} to document as best I could. It's been a while but I've got a couple more things for you all.

First . . .

Paper Lanterns . . . DIY style!

I bought 3 packages of the picture above from Hobby Lobby {the BEST place on earth!}. It was 3 paper lanterns 3 different sizes - small, medium, & large. I got them in probably like April or May right when their summer garden theme decorations came out. I knew I wanted to do something with paper lanterns, and I obviously knew she wasn't going to be decorating anything with bright yellow or green, but for $5.99 {+50% off} I had to get them and take the chance that a little spray paint would work in my favor.

So my husband got me all set-up outside our apartment and I hung the lanterns from a string and went to town spray painting. . . . HOPING for the best!

Quixote was helping! :)

Luckily, spray painting paper turned out to be genius! I spray painted them two of the colors she was using in the nursery . . . Silver & Heirloom White {best color spray paint, which I used on almost everything!}

It's a good thing my husband is as anal as I am. We are a perfect match! He helped me hang them, until we were completely satisfied with their hanging orientation.
Here they are in the room. I hung them right above the gift table. You could only tell they were once yellow and green if you got right underneath them. I was very happy with how they turned out, & the price made it even more fantastic.

Labor Day Weekend

Last weekend Todd and I packed up the car and headed west, destination . . . Panama City Beach. How exciting, right? Well, it started out on a sad note having to drop our poor Quixote off at the boarder for the weekend. :( I'm telling you what, if having to leave your kids for the first time is anything like how I felt Friday when we said goodbye to her. . . Well, let's just say I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to EVER leave my kids! After we got over our sadness of having to leave Quixote for 4 days, {I took a nap and Todd sang sweet country love-songs} and we were there!! I'll have to be honest, I enjoy all things NEW so when we travel to a place we've never been and I have to look in to finding a place for us to stay, lots of time and energy are put in to finding the perfect place! Let's just say that after this past weekend Todd has given me the right to pick our place-of-stay for the remainder of our vacations!! Our resort was AWESOME!! We had such an enjoyable time together and since we learned after we checked in that DOGS are allowed, we will definitely be returning next year. . . Hopefully, with family and friends in tow! I hope everyone else had an enjoyable long weekend.