BORN....RAISED......and perfectly content with STAYIN'

This past weekend.........65 degree weather..................The reason I am a Southern Girl............

As my fellow blogger says.........."It don't get no better than this!!"

Life bloomed this weekend............

As I was teetering on the edge of WINTER INSANITY.......God sprinkled a little bit of spring our way.........Now, you know better than to start planting because we will surely get another freeze before Easter but it was NOT too early for Popsicles and a little vitamin D.........SUNSHINE!!


My mixed tennis team kicked some butt this season and we made it to the playoffs on Saturday.....Now, our butts were equally kicked back as we were eliminated day one but it left Sunday open for a major family day.........And Mommy and Daddy even snuck in a date night with fellow tennis friends and had a great night (Thanks Emily & David).......no pics, but dinner and drinks at 5 Seasons Brewery was fantastic and I almost felt like a cool and hip couple...almost!

We finally got to enjoy our "park" that Santa delivered in our backyard and this will surely be a source of fun all spring and summer!!



Thank heavens for our yard workers..........AND we don't even have to pay them!

Big Papa and I decided to leave the yard work for the workers, we were just going to enjoy our afternoon and our popsicles!!

Check out my little poser........I guess after 4 years of life with a camera and a very camera happy mama, she's gotten the hang of this!!

Sleepy head........

Sweet slumber...........Sweet little girl.................

That blanket has been apart of this little girls life since she was 14months old when she just up and stopped sucking her thumb.......And as much as she loves this blanket, although not a fabulously fancy one, she truly loves one little corner of this blanket........Rubs it between her finger and her thumb on a daily basis.......which is a bit of a step up from rubbing it under her nose which was done for several years!!

She's never been a great sleeper.......And you know, all of the mothers around me that talk about how their babies just slept 12 to 14 hours a night, I used to cringe at them, secretly wishing just one night of what I had.........And why do they tell me?? One look at me and you could tell I was an angry, sleep deprived mom......Do I really need to hear their babies LOVE to sleep........HELL NO!!

And even though it is a live Supernanny Episode here nightly trying to get her to GO TO SLEEP.........I think about how blessed I was to have spent those quiet little nights, every two hours, snuggling with that sweet baby girl........And as she got older, singing one more song, per her request, or rubbing and patting her back JUST ONE MORE TIME.......

As she gets older, and the pitter patter comes down the hall, the debate begins.........Let her in our bed? Send her back to her room? Boy, that girl sure can snuggle..........and sleep sideways and kick...............

Sweet slumber................MY sweet little girl.................

Tag teamed................

damn it.................

Was close to the mall today and ran in to grab something for my cellphone. The guy at the kiosk was gone but would apparently be back in an hour..........

And then it happened...........

I was accosted by two "fabulous" frenchies or latin or WHATEVER..............They got me.

I even knew it was happening.................

Wow, I love your shoes.......one of them said

And your skin is so nice...........the other one chimed in

While you are waiting on mr. phone man, let me look at your skin..........

No, Thank you, I quickly said........UhOh...........Not me, not getting had by these suave guys and their skin tight jeans and gucci shoes..........NO WAY............Not me............

but I sit.......... in their chair......................and he begins to work his magic...........All the while, I am perfectly aware of what he is doing..................

Convincing me that if I care even a little bit of how I look, I MUST use this make up!

From one to ten, how important is your face..........Rico says.............

hmmmm, let me think about that..........Tight economy, two kids, mini van, awful mom jeans, UMMM, I'd say a two!!

WRONG ANSWER mademoiselle, you are so beautiful it certainly must become a ten....It is the only face you have......................

sucker.................


So here it is............Although I must say, he gave me an unbelievable deal that I am sure he has never given to anyone else, right?? And I did NOT buy the primer, or the eye shadow, or the mink brush that is simply the only kind of brush to have, oh no, not me, I am too tough for that!!

Well, at least until next time...........uuuuuuuuuugggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh

P D A..............

Back a few weeks ago, I went to an open house at a newly opened school near our home. Mostly because the self inflicted pressure that I am feeling as other mommies chat about their future scholars education.........You know, how the future Harvard graduates are all interviewing currently for preschool.........And without the finest of fine scissor and glueing skills, how will they ever gain acceptance into the Ivy League schools?? Anyway, off I went..........friend in tow.........

After a brief welcoming speech by the principle, it was time for their SPILL.........Class sizes, curriculum, and other interesting things...............

Like..................

PDA !!

Now, I am sure my mouth dropped and sweat began beading on my forehead!! What? They are only 4 years old, I am soooooooooooo nooooooooooooot ready to talk about........

Public..........Display..........of..........Affection!

Well, that's what PDA stood for back in my days....oh yes, I really did just say that......BACK IN MY DAY.......

What? I'm looking into kindergarten!! I don't want to talk about kids making out in the hallways..............

Oh, that's not what they were talking about!!

Personal Digital Assistant...........Apparently, they aren't allowed at school.......Well, that's good.

Now, what about kissing in the hallways??????

SALE SALE SALE

A friend of mine, Erin, is having a giant childrens consignment sale this weekend!!!

It's in a new location this year but promises to be the best year yet!!

It's always a great mix of new and "very gently" used kids clothes, etc. Check it out :)

Green with Envy

FEBRUARY 18-20, 2010
2/18: private pre-sale (for consignors/volunteers)
2/19: 9am - 7pm ~ everyone welcome!
2/20: 9am - 5pm ~ 30% off many items!
SHARON GREENS SHOPPING CENTER 1595 PEACHTREE PARKWAY CUMMING, GA 30041



Here is a picture of Emme in one of the dresses I got last year!!

Happy Hearts all around...........

We have a wonderful Valentine's tradition around here...............One that started when our daughter was one.........and one that has been so fun to continue...........

What is it ???

Pottery Painting!!

And this year was no different!

"Glazy Days" was this years location and boy was it fun........We even got some last minute additions to our family outing........

The girls painted kittens and the boys painted lions..........great distractions while Moms painted the "Family Heirlooms".....................And Dads, well, Dads refilled paints, waters and Mommy's "beverages"................

I love this tradition...........and I can't believe I am going to say this.........BUT............I think this is way better than roses and chocolates!! Especially this year.........Having my family together doing our regular traditions warms my heart.............It is certainly starting off 2010 on the right foot!!

Thank you Hubby for a very special day..................

Also thought I would include a few pictures from Valentine's Day past............Since I didn't jump on the Blog bandwagon till WAY TOO LATE...............

Enjoy.......while I sniffle over how quickly time is passing.......

Valentine's Day 2007.......Here we are at "Art from the Heart" which unfortunately closed after we had Emme's 3rd Birthday party there!

Valentine's Day 2008.......Again at Art from the Heart but with our new addition!!

This handsome boy was 3 months old while his big sister was 2 years old!


Valentine's Day 2009..........Now we moved to "Kiln' Time" and although much pricier....we were just glad to have found a place to go after our favorite one closed!!

Cute cute boys..........Thank you, God, for these special memories, but would it be possible if you could slow time a little bit??? PLEASE????

We're so SASSY..............................

Even our SnowGirl is SASSY.................






AHHHHHHHHHH..................Plenty of Sass all around !!

playing with some photo editing....

Before..............


After........

Do we like?

My kinda blizzard...............

The kind that makes everything beautiful.............Sends everyone to the grocery...............Closes school...................But will be gone by tomorrow :)

Our neighborhood is stunning!! And as fabulous as my camera is, it can't capture just how stunning these old trees look draped in snow!!



Here's Mary Reese's house .............Check out the adorable snow babies they built!! Great job

And here are our little monkeys plus madison (mommy got stuck in snow jam 2010 so we brought her home from school) !!

Yummy..............


Lots and Lots of snowballs were thrown!



The funny thing is this swing set that Santa brought has gotten more use today in the SNOW than it has since Santa delivered it!!

Hope everyone has a great SNOW DAY!!

A little kitty love....................

At our old house, the kitties got relegated to the basement which was separated from the house by a baby gate.........it really was sad..........they would both hover on the top stair and just, well, STARE..............

I tried to explain to them that they were actually much safer...........it was best that the little devils, I mean darlings, just couldn't quite reach them............

Well, at our new house, they are in the kids play room...........

SO GAME ON, KITTIES!!

Birthday party pics.............

Ok, I will get to the Engagement anniversary post but first............we have been to a few parties and wanted to share some pics.......................


So a couple of weekends ago, we went to 2 different birthday parties! One was at Kangazoom (aka...jump for germs, hence the sinus infection and colds) where we celebrated Rylie turning 4 and the other was in Newnan where we celebrated baby Addy turning 1.............

Here are Kate and Emme..........Let the jumping begin!

And here are Amelia & Emme "posing"

More posing..........

And even more posing!!

The last time we came here, baby girl would NOT go down this slide by herself...........Didn't blink an eye this time.............


Here we are in Newnan at a really neat lodge/hunting camp. It was beautiful and I did a terrible job taking pictures..........Didn't even get one of the birthday girl.........but don't worry, her mama is sending me a pic !!




Note to self..........must monogram outfit :)