I decided it was time to get rid of my Christmas blog design and sprite it up for summer. So, this is my first 10 minute attempt to clean up & simplify the design. Back to a basic - no design - blog for now, but I will be creating a new design for it soon(as soon as I am inspired, not working and it is not 1:30 AM - so it may be a while :) ).
Night night!
Friday, June 26, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
This makes me laugh everytime!
Someone has a little poo in the pants....
btw, take a look at our beautiful new house in the background of the video; great lighting, lots of space and just the right pop of color. Ahhh....I wish ;)
When we move home Wade is going to say "where is my pool, where is my trampoline and where are all my playrooms." We are definitely enjoying it while we can.
btw, take a look at our beautiful new house in the background of the video; great lighting, lots of space and just the right pop of color. Ahhh....I wish ;)
When we move home Wade is going to say "where is my pool, where is my trampoline and where are all my playrooms." We are definitely enjoying it while we can.
It has been a while
Well, it has been quite a while since I have made a post to my blog. Life has been so busy around here! I will give a quick recap of what we have been up to over the past month and a half or so.
Wade and I took a trip to Birmingham for a whole week in May. It was so nice to be at home and spend time with my sweet mom. I can never get enough QT with her these days. We did just about everything(mostly for Wade's entertainment): the McWane Center, the Zoo, Homewood park with wonderful high school friends and their little ones, Emmit O'neal Library, the Hoover library, and the carousel at the Galleria. I got lots of web design work done, and it felt so good to be ahead on my work! We definitely missed Michael while in Bham, but I'm sure he enjoyed a slow relaxing week without us around as well.
McWane Center - Wade thought this was a ride.
Michael and my brother Chip competed in an Olympic Triathlon in St. Simons last month. They both did really well and are training for another race that is coming up in a few weeks. Wade and I will be traveling with them to cheer them on this time. I may have to make some posters(shh. dont tell). I'm so proud of them....what a great accomplishment. I could never have the discipline(exercise wise) to train everyday, as I am pleased with myself when I work out 2X per week.
What else.....well, Michael and I went to a wedding on Amelia Island over Memorial Day weekend. On this trip we realized what party poopers we are. We were ready to go to bed by 11pm everynight when all of our buddues stayed up till moning light. I guess we have just deemed ourselves as responsible parental units that must act responsible at all times, even when not in the presence of our baby boy. Oh well, we had fun reguardless. Michael's parents took care of Wade while we were gone. We missed him so much! It felt weird to be on the beach for hours with no one to take care of.
This week, Wade has been so sick! He had a 102-103 degree fever for 4 days, then broke out in a rash all over his body. The rash is still present and itching and he keeps saying his eyes and mouth hurt. He can hardly drink anything without grabbing this mouth and crying. We took him to the doctor, and it took 4 people to hold him down so that the doctor could look in his ears and mouth. They were like, my... you have a strong child. He has been in my arms day and night for the past week and just wants to hold his blanket, suck his pacifier and watch Barney. We had almost gotten rid of that pacifier for good before he got sick....DARN! It has been so nice to snuggle with him so much, but I hate that he feels so bad. I do think he is on the mend.
We are still living at Michael's parents house and are hoping that re-construction(due to a tree fall) on our house will start this week. Please! We are waiting to obtain a building permit from the city of Atlanta. So, hopefully our application for the permit and house drawings haven't fallen into a large black "city of ATL" hole. Which, considering our experience with the city of Atlanta trash and water services, I would not be surprised to learn about a mishap. The good news is that from the time re-building starts, it should only be 3 months until we can move back in. I can't wait to pick out all new paint colors and buy new furniture for our room. Also, Wade is getting a new room, so it will be fun to decorate his room with cars, trucks, planes and boats...all his favorite things. Maybe even a big boy bed for Wade.
Well, that wasnt the quick recap of the past month that I had planned on typing, but there you go.
A few recent pics below.
Climber
Loves tomato soup
Trying on shoes
Being cute
Being cute
Mom's sunglasses
Cashiers
Wade and I took a trip to Birmingham for a whole week in May. It was so nice to be at home and spend time with my sweet mom. I can never get enough QT with her these days. We did just about everything(mostly for Wade's entertainment): the McWane Center, the Zoo, Homewood park with wonderful high school friends and their little ones, Emmit O'neal Library, the Hoover library, and the carousel at the Galleria. I got lots of web design work done, and it felt so good to be ahead on my work! We definitely missed Michael while in Bham, but I'm sure he enjoyed a slow relaxing week without us around as well.
McWane Center - Wade thought this was a ride.
Michael and my brother Chip competed in an Olympic Triathlon in St. Simons last month. They both did really well and are training for another race that is coming up in a few weeks. Wade and I will be traveling with them to cheer them on this time. I may have to make some posters(shh. dont tell). I'm so proud of them....what a great accomplishment. I could never have the discipline(exercise wise) to train everyday, as I am pleased with myself when I work out 2X per week.
What else.....well, Michael and I went to a wedding on Amelia Island over Memorial Day weekend. On this trip we realized what party poopers we are. We were ready to go to bed by 11pm everynight when all of our buddues stayed up till moning light. I guess we have just deemed ourselves as responsible parental units that must act responsible at all times, even when not in the presence of our baby boy. Oh well, we had fun reguardless. Michael's parents took care of Wade while we were gone. We missed him so much! It felt weird to be on the beach for hours with no one to take care of.
This week, Wade has been so sick! He had a 102-103 degree fever for 4 days, then broke out in a rash all over his body. The rash is still present and itching and he keeps saying his eyes and mouth hurt. He can hardly drink anything without grabbing this mouth and crying. We took him to the doctor, and it took 4 people to hold him down so that the doctor could look in his ears and mouth. They were like, my... you have a strong child. He has been in my arms day and night for the past week and just wants to hold his blanket, suck his pacifier and watch Barney. We had almost gotten rid of that pacifier for good before he got sick....DARN! It has been so nice to snuggle with him so much, but I hate that he feels so bad. I do think he is on the mend.
We are still living at Michael's parents house and are hoping that re-construction(due to a tree fall) on our house will start this week. Please! We are waiting to obtain a building permit from the city of Atlanta. So, hopefully our application for the permit and house drawings haven't fallen into a large black "city of ATL" hole. Which, considering our experience with the city of Atlanta trash and water services, I would not be surprised to learn about a mishap. The good news is that from the time re-building starts, it should only be 3 months until we can move back in. I can't wait to pick out all new paint colors and buy new furniture for our room. Also, Wade is getting a new room, so it will be fun to decorate his room with cars, trucks, planes and boats...all his favorite things. Maybe even a big boy bed for Wade.
Well, that wasnt the quick recap of the past month that I had planned on typing, but there you go.
A few recent pics below.
Climber
Loves tomato soup
Trying on shoes
Being cute
Being cute
Mom's sunglasses
Cashiers
Monday, May 4, 2009
Life with the Kellers
I can not believe that it has been three full weeks since we have been living with Michael's parents. It has been fun having big family dinners every night. Wade has loved getting to swim in the pool everyday and jump on the trampoline. Im afraid he wont want to go home. Im so thankful we have Michael's parents and that they are putting up with us :) They are wonderful.
No news on our house yet, we are still talking to our insurance company about the extent of the damage. Hopefully we will get everything settled with them this week and reconstruction will start soon.
Below are some pictures of Wade helping with the Keller's yardwork. I dont know how they can manage the yard with out him :)
No news on our house yet, we are still talking to our insurance company about the extent of the damage. Hopefully we will get everything settled with them this week and reconstruction will start soon.
Below are some pictures of Wade helping with the Keller's yardwork. I dont know how they can manage the yard with out him :)
Friday, April 24, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
Packing up and moving out
So this has been quite a eventful week for us. A huge 40-50 ton living oak tree fell on our house during a wind storm Monday morning, causing a large amount of damage. Here we are on Friday moving out of our house for 3-6 months(hopefully not longer).
This is how our week started: Wade was winding down in his crib for an early nap. I had just got off the phone with Michael telling him how crazy the wind storm was and that I felt really uncomfortable about the tree outside out bedroom. I don't normally get scared about this tree, it is living and healthy, but in the last month Michael and I had started talking about "what if the tree fell." Michael told me to go to his parents house to let Wade nap there. I hung up the phone with Michael and decided to finish my sweet potatoes, then take Wade to my in-laws. Too late. About 1 minute after I hung up with phone with Michael, CRASH! The tree had fallen directly into our bedroom, which is right beside Wade's room where Wade was resting. I sprinted to Wade's room and as I did, I vaguely remember getting a poof of attic insulation in my face and looking into our room to just see a cloud of dust. I grabbed my unharmed, terrified and screaming baby out of his crib and sprinted to the opposite end of the house from where the tree fell. I paced in circles for what seemed like 5 minutes(probably 15 seconds) with Wade in my arms deciding our best exit strategy. I didn't know if the tree was done falling or if it could continue falling into our house at any time. We couldn't go out the front door, I saw brick tumbling off our house and our front columns dangling. I opened the back door and only saw branches, but decided we had to dash through them to get out. I covered Wade's head with a jacket and ran out of the house. Thankfully the jacket had my phone in it and I immediately called Michael. I looked up at our house and saw that the tree had fallen directly on our chimney. If it had fallen anywhere else, we would have been hurt and our house would have been totaled, but that is not what happened. Thank you God.
I have never heard a louder crack in my life. It felt like my head had cracked. The tree removal company said that it was the largest fallen tree that they have removed in at least 6 months. We are all moved out and all of our clothes are now at the cleaners. We will be living with Michael's parents.
Thank you so much to all our family and friends who have overwhelmed us with support and offers to help us! We are so so so thankful for you.
Also, I am so sorry to anyone else who was effected by this storm. I dont know who you are, but Im praying for you.
Dangling columns.
Backyard.
Our bedroom.
Our bedroom.
The tree removal guys worked from 4pm until 10pm Monday night and got this far. Monday night was like a street party on our street. Cable was out, so everyone brought their lawn chairs and camped out in front of our house to watch the removal of the tree. It was actually a really fun night of bonding with our neighbors.
Michael said was slightly sauced by the end of the night.
The tree was completely off the house by about 6pm Tuesday.
Daddy and Wade watching the crane.
The good news is that no one was injured and our beautiful window boxes survived.
This is how our week started: Wade was winding down in his crib for an early nap. I had just got off the phone with Michael telling him how crazy the wind storm was and that I felt really uncomfortable about the tree outside out bedroom. I don't normally get scared about this tree, it is living and healthy, but in the last month Michael and I had started talking about "what if the tree fell." Michael told me to go to his parents house to let Wade nap there. I hung up the phone with Michael and decided to finish my sweet potatoes, then take Wade to my in-laws. Too late. About 1 minute after I hung up with phone with Michael, CRASH! The tree had fallen directly into our bedroom, which is right beside Wade's room where Wade was resting. I sprinted to Wade's room and as I did, I vaguely remember getting a poof of attic insulation in my face and looking into our room to just see a cloud of dust. I grabbed my unharmed, terrified and screaming baby out of his crib and sprinted to the opposite end of the house from where the tree fell. I paced in circles for what seemed like 5 minutes(probably 15 seconds) with Wade in my arms deciding our best exit strategy. I didn't know if the tree was done falling or if it could continue falling into our house at any time. We couldn't go out the front door, I saw brick tumbling off our house and our front columns dangling. I opened the back door and only saw branches, but decided we had to dash through them to get out. I covered Wade's head with a jacket and ran out of the house. Thankfully the jacket had my phone in it and I immediately called Michael. I looked up at our house and saw that the tree had fallen directly on our chimney. If it had fallen anywhere else, we would have been hurt and our house would have been totaled, but that is not what happened. Thank you God.
I have never heard a louder crack in my life. It felt like my head had cracked. The tree removal company said that it was the largest fallen tree that they have removed in at least 6 months. We are all moved out and all of our clothes are now at the cleaners. We will be living with Michael's parents.
Thank you so much to all our family and friends who have overwhelmed us with support and offers to help us! We are so so so thankful for you.
Also, I am so sorry to anyone else who was effected by this storm. I dont know who you are, but Im praying for you.
Dangling columns.
Backyard.
Our bedroom.
Our bedroom.
The tree removal guys worked from 4pm until 10pm Monday night and got this far. Monday night was like a street party on our street. Cable was out, so everyone brought their lawn chairs and camped out in front of our house to watch the removal of the tree. It was actually a really fun night of bonding with our neighbors.
Michael said was slightly sauced by the end of the night.
The tree was completely off the house by about 6pm Tuesday.
Daddy and Wade watching the crane.
The good news is that no one was injured and our beautiful window boxes survived.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Wade is famous!
Well, not really, but he did win third place in the Whole Foods "Baby's Favorite Food Contest" and we got a smacking $25 gift card to Whole Foods. We were at Whole Foods one day and an employee saw Wade gobbling down watermelon. She told us that we should send in a picture because he was a cute eater. So we did.
Check it out the Whole Foods Website.
The first place winner is absolutely adorable and makes me smile.
Wade is on his way to stardom. Ha!
Check it out the Whole Foods Website.
The first place winner is absolutely adorable and makes me smile.
Wade is on his way to stardom. Ha!
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