Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Weekend Excitement!
I have been ready for this weekend all week! After having a sick baby last weekend, I felt totally exhausted!
I have been coughing my head off, so last night, I decided to take some night time cough and cold meds, but it appeared to have the opposite usual effect on me. I was awake most of the night and when I drifted off to dreamland this morning, Grady decided he needed to snuggle with mommy. When he woke me up, I started coughing again. Gave up and just got up!! Now that I've had my coffee, I'm feeling much better.
Today is opening day of youth hunt in Mississippi, so Chris & Skyler hit the woods about 5:30 this morning & are currently sitting in their shooting house waiting on the "big one" to come through! They enjoy this time together & I'm glad they can share this "sport!" Grady is dying for his turn to go.
Tonight, Chris is sitting on the ordination council for a local church. Tomorrow he has been asked to preach the ordination service, so we are combining our congregations for the morning service! They are having a potluck afterwards-the ladies in these country churches can cook! Yummy!!!! I'm excited for the opportunity to fellowship with not only our church family, but also theirs as well-they have a sweet family!
I'm hearing a little girl calling my name....let's get this day rolling!!!
I have been coughing my head off, so last night, I decided to take some night time cough and cold meds, but it appeared to have the opposite usual effect on me. I was awake most of the night and when I drifted off to dreamland this morning, Grady decided he needed to snuggle with mommy. When he woke me up, I started coughing again. Gave up and just got up!! Now that I've had my coffee, I'm feeling much better.
Today is opening day of youth hunt in Mississippi, so Chris & Skyler hit the woods about 5:30 this morning & are currently sitting in their shooting house waiting on the "big one" to come through! They enjoy this time together & I'm glad they can share this "sport!" Grady is dying for his turn to go.
Tonight, Chris is sitting on the ordination council for a local church. Tomorrow he has been asked to preach the ordination service, so we are combining our congregations for the morning service! They are having a potluck afterwards-the ladies in these country churches can cook! Yummy!!!! I'm excited for the opportunity to fellowship with not only our church family, but also theirs as well-they have a sweet family!
I'm hearing a little girl calling my name....let's get this day rolling!!!
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Changes....
So many changes since my last blog in February.....
but the biggest change will be on November 30. I will officially be a stay-home mommy! I am so excited. I have not had this opportunity in 9 years, so to say we are all a little excited is a slight understatement!
Grady & Abby Cate will only be in daycare through Thanksgiving week, so they only have 3.5 weeks left until they get mommy all to themselves during the day!
Skyler is also excited because mommy will be home just in time for her 2 week Christmas break & she has already started planning all of the cool things we are going to get to do then as well as her next summer break!
We can't really explain other than we have been praying that the Lord would make a way if He wanted this to happen, and throughout this year, small things have happened to aid in this dream becoming a reality for us. The Lord has been asking us to make small baby steps of faith along the way this year leading up to this major step of faith! We are so blessed!
One of our other major changes is that Chris & I decided that this year was the year we were going to get serious about our health and weight loss. I started a program with the hospital where I work back in March and was able to drop 13 lbs. during the 12 week program. All I did was cut my calories way back - after the program ended, I was able to drop another 7 lbs. bringing my total weight loss to 20 lbs. in July. End of July, Chris decided he wanted to join me & we began working at it together. We joined a gym and began tracking every single calorie that went into our bodies. Together we have lost over 75 lbs. My total weight loss is around 42 and I have dropped from sizes XL & 16W to sizes S/M & 12. I have not seen this weight or size in around 6-7 years, and Chris has not been down this low since well before we were married. We both still have roughly 20 lbs. each still left to be at our first major goal. After that, we will both be working on toning and maintaining.
We are coming around to celebrating our 3rd year here in Corinth with our church family! What a blessing they are to us and we love them all so much! We lost one of our faithful families in August due to a move to South Carolina. We miss them so much, but we know that God will use them where He has planted them.
I'm hoping that once I am home full time, I will be able to make a successful attempt at blogging! Stay tuned....:)
but the biggest change will be on November 30. I will officially be a stay-home mommy! I am so excited. I have not had this opportunity in 9 years, so to say we are all a little excited is a slight understatement!
Grady & Abby Cate will only be in daycare through Thanksgiving week, so they only have 3.5 weeks left until they get mommy all to themselves during the day!
Skyler is also excited because mommy will be home just in time for her 2 week Christmas break & she has already started planning all of the cool things we are going to get to do then as well as her next summer break!
We can't really explain other than we have been praying that the Lord would make a way if He wanted this to happen, and throughout this year, small things have happened to aid in this dream becoming a reality for us. The Lord has been asking us to make small baby steps of faith along the way this year leading up to this major step of faith! We are so blessed!
One of our other major changes is that Chris & I decided that this year was the year we were going to get serious about our health and weight loss. I started a program with the hospital where I work back in March and was able to drop 13 lbs. during the 12 week program. All I did was cut my calories way back - after the program ended, I was able to drop another 7 lbs. bringing my total weight loss to 20 lbs. in July. End of July, Chris decided he wanted to join me & we began working at it together. We joined a gym and began tracking every single calorie that went into our bodies. Together we have lost over 75 lbs. My total weight loss is around 42 and I have dropped from sizes XL & 16W to sizes S/M & 12. I have not seen this weight or size in around 6-7 years, and Chris has not been down this low since well before we were married. We both still have roughly 20 lbs. each still left to be at our first major goal. After that, we will both be working on toning and maintaining.
We are coming around to celebrating our 3rd year here in Corinth with our church family! What a blessing they are to us and we love them all so much! We lost one of our faithful families in August due to a move to South Carolina. We miss them so much, but we know that God will use them where He has planted them.
I'm hoping that once I am home full time, I will be able to make a successful attempt at blogging! Stay tuned....:)
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Two weeks in....
Well, I have completed the second week of my new job. I LOVE it! I have put gas in my car once (as opposed to 3 x's a week) in the last 2 weeks, have been able to take Skyler to school, and pick up the babies from preschool in the afternoons - some things I haven't been able to do in over 2 years due to my long days of traveling back/forth to Memphis! Our home and family structure has been so much smoother. I can feel a tremendous difference physically because my body is able to get a full 8 hours of rest at night - & I don't go to bed dreading getting up and driving in the morning. This change has brought about such a "freeing" feeling - I can't even describe it! I love being able to zip home for lunch with my hunny every day and having dinner on the table by 5:30 every night!
Abby Cate had her 12 month checkup today. She is 19 lbs. 1 oz. and 29.5" tall. She is in the 14th% for weight & the 57th% for height - we've definitely come a LONG way in one year!
I'm loving this warmer weather. Chris is going this week to get Grady signed up for t-ball! Can't wait for those breezy nights at the ballpark!
Abby Cate had her 12 month checkup today. She is 19 lbs. 1 oz. and 29.5" tall. She is in the 14th% for weight & the 57th% for height - we've definitely come a LONG way in one year!
I'm loving this warmer weather. Chris is going this week to get Grady signed up for t-ball! Can't wait for those breezy nights at the ballpark!
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
what's been going on...
My last real post was the week of Christmas. We had a great Christmas! We left on the 23rd, heading to KY, and spent a few days there with my inlaws. On the 27th, we left and headed to Nashville and spent Abby Cate's first birthday as well as the New Year with them. We headed home on the first. It was a great trip, but 10 days was a long time to be away from my bed!
January has been a whirlwind of excitement an activity. Our biggest news this month is that I now have a job in Corinth. I have been blessed to be a part of the company I am with, but driving almost 200 miles daily is wearing on my car....and on me! I will be just about 5 miles from home now! It will be sad to leave the company I am with - they are like family after so many years, but I am excited for this much needed change (my family is excited too)!
Abby Cate is sick - wheezing and coughing. She went to the dr. on Monday for her 12 month checkup and immunizations, but she was wheezing so bad, the dr. said "no" on getting her immunizations. She is now on 3-4 breathing treatments a day, cough meds, and oral prednisone. They also gave her a shot in the office - it was for her nasal congestion, so I am assuming it was a child's version of the adult sinus cocktail shot?! Everything together is helping really well - hopefully, in a few days her breathing will be sounding perfect.
January has been a whirlwind of excitement an activity. Our biggest news this month is that I now have a job in Corinth. I have been blessed to be a part of the company I am with, but driving almost 200 miles daily is wearing on my car....and on me! I will be just about 5 miles from home now! It will be sad to leave the company I am with - they are like family after so many years, but I am excited for this much needed change (my family is excited too)!
Abby Cate is sick - wheezing and coughing. She went to the dr. on Monday for her 12 month checkup and immunizations, but she was wheezing so bad, the dr. said "no" on getting her immunizations. She is now on 3-4 breathing treatments a day, cough meds, and oral prednisone. They also gave her a shot in the office - it was for her nasal congestion, so I am assuming it was a child's version of the adult sinus cocktail shot?! Everything together is helping really well - hopefully, in a few days her breathing will be sounding perfect.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
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