New Love

Oh my goodness, I love my new cellphone. I have had the standard flip phone forever- I always have the basic everything while my husband has the newest and best technology always. Tables have turned and I've got the cool accessory now! His blackberry is ok, but not as awesome as my iphone. My flip phone broke right before Christmas (so convenient) and I usually end up buying my own Christmas gifts (to get what I want) anyway, so...I love it, recommend it and even though I had hardly ANY reception in Pine Mountain GA...well, how often am I really in Pine Mountain?

On a side note, I saw It's Complicated today and can I hire Nancy Myers' set designer for my new house? Come on!

2010 - Bring it on!

Christmas is over. Presents opened. Trash fills the garage. Guests have left. Leftover cookies, nuts and candy now disposed of in the garbage. I love getting ready for Christmas but hate (HATE!) having to clean it all up. And to add to the stress we are about to put our house on the real estate market. So as many usually purge old toys, etc. we have to eliminate even more clutter so our house looks more desireable to that perspective buyer. Of course right when you decide to sell your home, you really realize how much you love it! This is the house we brought our kids home from the hospital, where we made those first memories with our children, where we shared so many good times...but unfortunately the house that is far from Dad's job, club and most importantly, not in the most desirable school district. I just hope whoever buys our house will love it as much as we have. Here is a photo of what is looks like covered in snow (last year).

Simply Havin' a Wonderful Christmas Time

It's here! The week of Christmas. It takes forever to get here it seems - especially when I'm asked daily by my kids if it is tomorrow. Let's see...

Christmas cards addressed, stamped and mailed- check!
Visit with Santa - check!
House decorated - check!
Kids out of school - check!
Callaway Gardens Fantasy in Lights - check!
Christmas with the McArthurs - check!
All gifts wrapped and under tree - check!

Nine dozen cookies baked and packaged - check! Oh yes, tomorrow is the 5th Annual Christmas Cookie Exchange I've hosted for ladies on my street- I'm so excited to see everyone and their kids. Thankfully I've arranged for my housekeeper to arrive about an hour after to tidy up before the Davis's arrive on Tuesday. As if we weren't busy enough, we close on our Willow Knoll house tomorrow at 3 p.m. It's strange to think we will own 2 houses in the same county for awhile. Anyway, just wanted to wish everyone (or the 1-2 people who actually read this blog) a very Merry Christmas! Many changes headed our way in the new year- very excited about it all!

an early toast to changes

Wow. Ok. So some of you know that we tried to sell our house last year and move to what we thought was our dream house in Sandy Springs. The real estate market during that time (after we negotiated the contract) TANKED and we (thankfully) didn't sell our Vinings Estates house- so things always happen for a reason- and they do. We are so so so glad that it didn't work out, we stayed where we did and everything ended up like it should be. Since then, our name came up on the Atlanta Country Club (ACC) waiting list so we took the plunge and joined the club. We all enjoyed the pool over the summer and of course Kyle continues to enjoy playing golf out there as much as possible. ACC just happens to be in one of the top school districts in the state (Sope Creek/Dickerson/Walton) and the thought of Holy Innocents' tuition for 2 kids for 13 years makes us want to choke. We've been watching the housing market over there for about a year and have made a couple of offers on a couple of teardown properties. One has worked out and pretty much sealed us building a new home in that neighborhood next year. We are going to be leasing the property back to the current owners through June - after that - construction will probably begin! We've pretty much have a houseplan; we definately have our builder. I am so nervous about building a new house- nervous excited- I know it is going to be a labor of love and hopefully a home for our family for a long, long time. We are going to miss Smyrna so much but will only be a hop skip and a jump away (from West Cobb to East Cobb)! So if you see decorating stuff on my blog from here on out, this is why!

Around the house

I like getting the house ready for Christmas, but I love it more when it is done and we can sit back and enjoy. Here are just a few photos around our house of nothing in particular but things that I find lovely...

Full Circle

I started taking ballet lessons when I was five from one of Macon's finest- Ms. Jean Weaver. She was THAT ballet teacher, we were scared of her but she was the most beautiful older lady that we'd ever seen (she still is by the way). Part of being in her inner circle meant that you pretty much had a sure shot of securing a coveted role in the Macon Nutcracker. I spent years fulfilling various roles- from a toy soldier, angel, young lady at the party in the opening scene, snowflake...you get the picture. Just hearing the music makes my insides smile and I have dreamed of the day where I could share this experience with my own daughter. This year (this Sunday!) I am taking Caroline to see the Georgia Ballet's Nutcracker in Marietta. Just the two of us and we will be sitting front row center (yeah I know the Fox is the BEST, but front row just doesn't happen at the Fox). I hope to not only start a new tradition but to give her the love of Clara and her magical journey.

Thanksgiving down south...

Part of Thanksgiving in Dublin involves a mule (golf cart like thing for all of you city slickers) ride out to a friend's farm to visit the animals. Here is a sampling of photos & our new/old animal friends. The baby roosters were so cute, bunnies so sweet but our all time favorite has to be the Shetland ponies (which Caroline says she is getting for her birthday)! Happy Turkey Day!

Sanity check

Our dog Guinness has had ongoing health problems for what seems like forever, but really semi-serious for about 18 months. We finally got referred to an animal dermatologist here in Atlanta who after looking at him, doing bloodwork and taking several biopsies has discovered that he suffers from an autoimmune disease. At one point during this journey, he was taking up to 18 pills a day to get better or at least somewhere near normal. He is now on - and weaning off of - some heavy duty steriods. He looks a little better but now he has a seriously awful side effect- uncontrollable urination. It has become so bad that as he is laying on his bed (or any place else) he will just urinate and just lay in it. He will start to urinate and then walk all over the house (as a constant steady stream is coming out). Needless to say, I have almost completely lost my sanity. My entire upstairs carpet (mainly master bedroom) will have to be seriously chem dry-ed when this is done. My foyer and kitchen rugs have gone to the cleaners and will not be put back out until this is over. Our main family room rug may have to go away for a cleaning too. My house reeks- after me completely cleaning the floors at least 2 times a day - yesterday I left a note for my cleaning girl Sarah for her to give special attention to my downstairs floors- still reeks! ugh. All I can hope is that it gets better. Until then, the poor dog is living outside and in our garage. I just hung up with the dermatologist and we are going to taking him down even more off the steriods so hopefully he will be back in the house very very soon!

Other than that, I've been crafting. yes, me, crafting. I've got barely 15 minutes to myself and this is what I've decided to do. I've been making some special pillowcases for the girls in our life and painting tee shirts. Here is a photo of Miss Caroline's shirt. I think it turned out pretty cute for an amateur like me!

Tiny Prints & Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

I've used Tiny Prints for years- for baby shower invitations to holiday cards, they really are the resource for great quality at an amazing price - plus they print on recycled paper with soy ink! Tiny Prints has even gone a step further to benefit Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Go to CHOA's website - www.choa.org/tinyprints for more information and to link up to the tiny prints website. If you click through CHOA's website to get to tiny prints, CHOA will get 15% of your purchase from tiny prints! But be SURE to access tiny prints thru CHOA- it has a way of "tagging" you as a CHOA benefactor! I've already started looking and have narrowed it down between 4 or so cards (so many cute ones!). Only a few more days until Halloween and then you know what happens after that: Target will be stocked full of fake trees and lights!

Happy Autumn!

Just about anyone who knows me knows that I consider autumn to be the most magical time of year! For me it is all about the changing of seasons, changing of wardrobe (I get so sick of my summer clothes, my kids' summer clothes), candy corn, pumpkins (pumpkin pie!), my birthday, my wedding anniversary, halloween, thanksgiving, etc. I love the fun of dressing up for halloween and the excitement from the kids. Thanksgiving is so special because it is all about being together as a family. Plus, my nephew will be one this fall! yay! And wouldn't you know that I am writing this wearing my patagonia pullover and jeans while drinking a hot cup of coffee and eating a huge slice of pumpkin bread smothered with pecan pumpkin butter! I mean, it doesn't get too much better than this! :) Happy Autumn!

P90X - the results

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We are done with 13 weeks (well 14 if you include the week Kyle made us redo) of the P90X workout and here is my review. I think that it is a great program for a total body workout. I am stronger and leaner than I was before. We've redone our fit test and of course I've improved in every area. I've lost inches, weight (4 pounds) and body fat (about 3%). Not drastic changes but I definately see and feel a difference. My clothes fit better and actually I've had to buy new, smaller clothes. I will say that we followed the diet to a T with a few exceptions: I did have coffee daily- I had to. We also had the occaisional beer/glass of wine. I mean, come on, we are human! What saved us: protein shakes- yummy, we will continue to have for breakfast or the occaisional lunch. Also skinny cow desserts- 100 calories and so good! Not sure why but my after photos came up first (on top). Not a drastic change but change. And yea, no makeup...not smart on my part.

Jackson the soloist

Who would have thought that Jackson, our more timid child, would stand up in front of his class and sing a song all by himself?! Well, he did today!! And he sang it for me when he got home and I caught it on video. Here it is! The translation is (I think): "We, we, we work together, we work together in unity and love". It is one of their chapel songs. Enjoy!

my favorite things - summer

Summer is almost over (well we will still have plenty of warm days here in Georgia, but school starts back for us next week so...) and I wanted to share a few of my favorite things from this summer.

First, I found this face sunscreen that I absolutely love. It's by Coppertone - called NutraShield 70+ with Dual Defense. Claims to have sun protection and nourishing antioxidants to promote natural skin repair. I am a huge proponant of sunscreen, especially a high SPF on the face. With two kids we had alot of pool days, afternoons at the baseball field and being outside in general so a good sunscreen was needed. Who wants to look older than they are? I'm just hopeful to look like my current age (ok, maybe a little tiny bit younger).

Second, I will admit that I do wear a much lower SPF on my body, therefore my face stays protected while I get some color on my body. So after I shower off from the pool, I apply Clarins liquid bronze self tanning on my face. I cannot say enough about this product! I have tried many many self tanners over the years and my main complaint has been the awful stinky smell. This Clarins product is always top in the magazines but I never bought it because of the price tag (around $35). Well, I caved and got it this spring. It's just awesome. Your skin absorbs it almost immediately and there is almost no smell at all. You can tell from the photo that it doesn't take much and I have plenty left for the rest of this year and next summer too (if it is still good, which I hope that it is)! Love it.

Third, I opted out of my tomato bed garden (went for a cherry tomato container on the deck) and instead planted two zinna beds. I planted one in two different locations to test where they would grow best. They both produced plenty of flowers but one of them definately did better than the other. They have provided me with fresh cut flowers all summer long. Little pops of color spread through the house makes for a happy house! I will be definately have a little cutting garden from now on every summer. FYI - The photo does not do complete justice - I had just cut flowers a couple of days ago.

Fourth, P90X! I may have complained but really the bottom line is this program delivers results. We all have our problem areas - all of us- mine has always been my tummy and muffin top around the back of my hips. This program really took alot of that away and then some. I would highly recommend it to anyone in relatively good shape. We are 3 weeks from being done and have decided to start it up again next February to be ready for next summer.

That's it! Just a few things that made my life a little bit happier, brighter, better this summer. And no, I'm not trying to be like Oprah.

On to Phase 3...

Today is the last day of phase 2 of the P90X program. I can honestly say that the past 60 days have been well worth it - clothes are loose, self confidence up and I'm looking forward to kicking the workouts into high gear again tomorrow. Also tomorrow my nutrition plan changes again - probably more like what my eating was like before-p90X workouts began. Less protein, more carbs. I have to trust the program and know that our efforts will continue to pay off. Of course there are things that I have missed - sweets, alcoholic drinks, our favorite mexican resterant to list a few- but when I hit the Nordstrom Anniversary sale last month and was able to wear sizes that I haven't been able to wear in a least a decade- wow, what an incredible feeling! And now that I've bought some really cool new clothes for the fall, I've got MAJOR incentive to keep this up~! I'll post all of my before/after stats after we've completed the whole program about a month from now.

Reflection on 5 years

Five years ago was a busy time for us. We had just moved into our new house, adopted a new dog and were on the brink of the most life-changing event one can experience: parenthood. I remeber those early days (which were a complete daze) and wondering why people kept telling me that it goes by really fast? The days and nights were long and hard, yet it really was a magical time. I learned so much about myself, my spouse and my newborn baby during that time - it is so hard to believe that that little newborn is about to be five years old! For some reason all of the prior birthdays came and went with not much thought to how big my boy was becoming, but five just seems so big! What will I do when he is turning 10, 15... 20!? Happy early birthday to my favorite boy! I love you!

Early July

We spent the 4th as we always do, with our favorite family - the Davenports- Matt, Deneshia, Ellie and Kate. Jackson and Ellie have been together since pretty much birth and that goes for the younger siblings as well. Here are some photos from our festivities this year.

Kyle and I just returned from a weekend in Nashville. So fun! We just enjoyed our down time- shopping, seeing movies, visiting with friends (shout out to Elizabeth and Derrick!) - and lastly seeing one of our favorite R&B artists, Maxwell! The venue, The Ryman was formerly known as the Grand Old Opry and it was amazing! He put on an amazing show! Left us definately wanting more! Us and about 3000 other women that were there, haha.

Gearing up for Jackson's FIFTH birthday now, party is on the 25th with his classmates from school at American Adventures. Why does 5 seem so old?! 2, 3, and even 4 came with excitement and wonder- but 5 seems like, so big to this mom. sigh. I guess it only gets worse as they get older. The time really goes fast- it didn't seem that way when you had a screaming newborn but now it just flies!

P90X update - week 4

So I was practically forced into doing the P90X program to "support" Kyle - reluctant as I was I cannot believe the results after just 3 full weeks of eating according to the program and the daily workouts! I've lost about 5 pounds - which honestly is alot for my body- but pretty much I feel like I've just lost 5 pounds of pure fat! We all probably know what our operating body weight is- I've been at mine for years, the weight in which I can eat/drink whatever I want (within limits) and moderately work out and still maintain. My body looks different and feels different. I've complained about the eating but really you get used to it. This is our recovery week - alot of yoga and core exercises - and the following week the diet plan changes up a bit. A little less protein for me and one extra carb (yay) a day. Once the 90 days are over, I do think that I will keep some of the diet changes for the long term. I did really eat more carbs than I needed to and could use more protein in my daily diet.

On another note, Jackson and I just returned from a sunny week on Cumberland Island with the McArthur clan. We got to spend quality time with my Dad's side of the family - but most importantly with my nephew Daniel (it was his first beach trip). Summer is in full swing here with pool visits, keeping cool and keeping busy. Jackson had his first private swim lesson today and it was a HUGE success! Amazing what one on one attention can do for some kids. Caroline just spent our Cumberland week with Mimi where she slept every night in a big girl bed. So now, of course, she wants her big girl bed. I'm meeting with Bobbi and Dana at precious cargo tomorrow to start working on the transformation. She is inheriting my old bed that I got when I was 2 years old. It's in need of some sprucing up so that's on the to-do list as well. Who said summer was a time to slow down? We are busier than ever it seems!

Chips, Salsa & a Margarita

It's all I want right now. Let's just say that I am craving some serious carbs and sugar! What I would give for a lazy afternoon watching the kids play in the back with a margarita in hand. But alas, I can't do it because I am committed to this P90X workout plan. I am day 11 into my first 30 days which is the hardest part. The next 30 days I will get a little more carbs so maybe I can save up for that mexican fix.

I've had a great week with Caroline spending our time doing girl things. Jackson is at Vacation Bible School in Dublin wih Mom this week. We pack up and head down there tomorrow. Then on Saturday, Caroline is staying with Mom (Mimi) and I'm taking Jackson down to Cumberland Island for a week. So after my week of princess tea parties I will be getting back to boy basics with insect hunting and fishing!

Summer of P90X

Summer is officially here and things are going really well! I honestly was dreading the long summer days of not knowing how to keep everyone occupied but so far we've been busier than ever. We spent all of last week down near Seaside, FL in the resort area known as Watercolor. It was so nice just to get away and of course always great to come home too. Jackson spent his mornings this week at art camp at his preschool which gave Caroline and I some really good quality time together. We spent most afternoons at the pool, napped and then played outside until bedtime.

But the lazy days of summer will not be happening for Kyle and myself. We started the P90X workout program this past Monday and it has been challenging. Every day we get up around 6:30 and do our workout- which is a different DVD every day. It keeps it interesting and challenging. But really the hardest part is the nutrition side to the program. The first 30 days is the "fat shredder" month - which means ALOT of protein and a little of everything else. For a girl who doesn't eat a ton of meat, this has been a struggle. I can honestly say though after 5 days I am getting used to the changes to my diet. The following 30 days it will get better (little less protein, adding in more carbs) and then the last 30 days we will be eating normally again (because the food structure is pretty much how we already ate). So, I'll have to update the blog with our progress. I'm not trying to lose weight, maybe 5 pounds, but adding lean muscle. I will say though, it's really hard not to sneak a cookie here and there while feeding the kids!! And we haven't been drinking alcohol during this - which isn't that big of a deal because we don't drink alot but I'm about to be on a McArthur family beach vacation where I will be watching everyone drink beer all day! I may have to take some low carb beer along for a splurge...don't tell Kyle!

Happy 60th Papa!

We've been trying to email a special video to Kyle's Dad to wish him a happy 60th birthday but neither of our email accounts will hold the file. So I'm now uploading it to the blog. We (Kyle, myself and the kids) are down at Watercolor- Kyle's parents are in Tahiti and only have internet access.

Happy Birthday Papa! Hope you are having the most special birthday! :) Wish you were here or better yet, we wish we were there!

What a week!

Wow. The last week has been so bad and good all at the same time. Here's a recap-

The bad: the whole family got hit with a stomach bug. It affected each person on a different day (I guess that is a good thing?) and lasted 48 hours each time. Definately the kids were able to bounce back quicker than us adults- we still are being a little cautious with our eating/drinking.

The good: We got a new puppy!! She is 22 months young and came from a breeder in McDonough. They were keeping her to breed, but she had not gone into heat so they had to let her go (thankfully, to us, we love her!). Her name when we got her was JuJu (like the bean) but we weren't crazy about it and renamed her LuLu (tried to keep it close to her original name). It's going quite well- Guinness has accepted her and the kids get along with her really well. She is so sweet and still has a lot of puppy playfulness.

The good and bad: Caroline spotted a "pink princess potty throne" at Target this week and promised that if I bought it for her she would go pee-pee on it. I did buy it and told her that when she was ready to use it we would open it up, but that it was not a toy for us to just play with. Well, we got home and she immediately wanted to show Daddy (who was home from work with his stomach bug that day). We brought the box in and she immediately held herself and said that she needed to go pee-pee. So we opened it and sure enough, she did! The rest of the day went great and I thought we were on our way. Well, the next couple of days were crazy with end of the school year stuff for Jackson and mother's morning out for her so we were out of the house and the potty zone for awhile. I just couldn't get her back to the potty- which is completely my fault by not staying home for a couple of days straight and really working on it- but there was just no way with our busy schedule, the new dog and sickness going around. So after about 12 pee-pee accidents within 2 hours and a pee-pee accident on MY bed, I decided to put the potty away. I'm hoping this summer we will be able to bring it back out and devote a couple of days to really staying home and working on it for good.

Little Miss Fashionista

Caroline has become so funny about her clothes, shoes and accessories in general. She is insistent on what she wants to wear day or night. We argue over pjs, hairbows, sock color, shirts, pants, dresses...the list goes on. Most days I am just lucky if her top and bottom match. Other days I choose to let it go completely. This whole thing though is crazy to me- Jackson still will literally put on ANYTHING I lay out for him. It could match or not (but since I'm a nice mommy it does always match).

Today she has decided to wear the pants that match her baby doll (that is named "baby" according to the little mama). Here are the photos of that and a few other funny ones...

I will also add that on top of buying and having tons of new shoes, Caroline gets hand-me-down shoes from our friend Dailey Gillies (in return Dailey's brother Austin gets Jackson's shoes). Well, I had some of J's old Crocs that I begged and pleaded for C to wear to swim practice this spring. She would have rather gone shoeless than wear those blue mickey mouse crocs. Enter Miss Dailey with the purple crocs for her - Caroline has gone crazy over these purple crocs and wants to wear them every day! According to her she loves pink and purple, not blue shoes. We are SO in for it!! haha.

Thank goodness that while I'm battling the fashionista each morning, Jackson can independently (did I spell that right?) put on 100% of his clothes including socks and tennis shoes! I'm learning to not sweat the small stuff - and be thankful of the things that my big boy is learning to master!

Gardening newbie

Being from South Ga, or even just Ga in general, people might assume that I have a green thumb. My parents do, each one having mastered successful vegetable gardening techniques. When we moved into this house (being our first real house and all, not just a townhouse with a maintained yard) I decided to try my luck at potted plants and vines. The vines mainly to cover fence and sheild us from our neighbors. I've found what potted varieties grow best where and my vines have done amazing. My favorite is my alabama crimson honeysuckle (being a dawg fan this made it hard to love this plant but it is so pretty when it is bursting with it's red suckles!). Pretty easy task and I think I've managed it pretty decently. Now that I've got that under control I'm ready for my first real garden. Jackson loves tomatoes and I love the zinnias that my mom has growing at her house all summer long- so that's what we are starting with: A tomato garden bed and a separate bed for zinnias. Sounds easy enough, eh? Well, being a novice, I'm just going to follow Southern Living's March issue on how to build and prep garden beds. I wish one of my knowledgeable parents were here to help me but I'm too far away. Maybe I'll gain some deep rooted satisfaction of knowing that I did this all on my own. Wish me luck! I hope as summer goes by I can post lovely photos of my creations...

Here Comes Peter Cottontail...

We had a great Easter weekend- attending the annual neighborhood hunt and all that goes with that. The Easter Bunny did visit early Sunday morning (Jackson swears he saw the downstairs light on during the night) and everyone was happy with their goodies. Along with candy, the kids both received new rainboots and umbrellas. Jackson wore his all day today (Monday) because it was a rainy/wet day.

We went to Popsi and Momsi's house (my Dad and stepmom) in Macon on Easter Sunday to celebrate with our large extended family. We got to meet our new second (?) cousin, baby Ava Laine whose mom is my cousin Anna. Here are some photos- including one of Caroline with a gift from Nana and Papa (Kyle's parents). They took the kids to get photos done while we were in Mexico a month ago. Isn't that the best gift ever? Cute photos of your kids?! We love it!

Clothes Lust

Oh will Spring just go ahead and get here?! And STAY! We have had the craziest weather here this winter (and so far spring). I am so ready to break out my spring/summer clothes (and to see my kids in their new clothes too!). I've already been wearing my flip flops pretty much daily (even with jeans and a sweatshirt - actually I was standing in line at Doc Green's the other day and a guy next to me was like, "flip flops? really?"). Yes really.

I'm currently lusting after a few things for spring.... Here's one- these look like the perfect go-to shoe for the summer from Boden of course. http://www.bodenusa.com/en-US/Womens-Shoes/Sandals/AR392-TAN/Womens-Tan-Leather-Sandals.html which I will want to wear with this (also from Boden) http://www.bodenusa.com/en-us/Womens-Tunics-and-Kaftans/WA223/Womens-Super-Sunflower-Tunic.html

And while I'm at it, someone please buy this dress for me too from J. Crew-
http://www.jcrew.com/AST/Browse/WomenBrowse/Women_Shop_By_Category/dresses/knitdresses/PRDOVR~13612/13612.jsp I tried it on the other day it is so cute!

And one last clothes plug for those of you in Vinings, Franchesca Collection in the Jubilee is awesome! Reasonable prices for trendy, workable pieces. Check it out.

New Cute Kid Photos

Not going to be a party of five...

We had the pleasure of keeping our nephew Daniel over the weekend while his parents helped host a shower for some friends here in Atlanta. Daniel is 4 1/2 months old and a very good baby. But having him with us for those hours made me realize that could not handle having one more. I'm sure over time the moms with 3 figure out how to make it work and probably have very hands-on husbands that can handle the other 2 kids while cooking/cleaning up after dinner. Not me, I don't think I could be a good mom to 3 and keep my sanity. It was however very fun to see my own children's reactions to the new baby in the house. Caroline was like a little mom, so worried and concerned when Daniel was crying before falling asleep in his swing. She actually was crying louder than he was and trying to get him out of the swing (afterwards we had to step outside to keep her away from him so he could settle down). Jackson had fun making funny faces for Daniel. While I had all 3 kids up on our guest bed while I was changing Daniel, Jackson asked me if I had a baby in my tummy. He then said, "it looks like you do". Gee, thanks son, I know now my 7 months on consistently hitting the gym has paid off. It was fun having him and also nice to get back to normal today.

We are looking forward to Mimi coming this week. I'm touring the Pre-K at Holy Innocents' on Tuesday morning and then morphing into a bunny mom for Jackson's class Easter party on Wednesday. Caroline is having her 2 year checkup tomorrow (a month late) and will be on Spring Break all week (not that it changes our schedule too much - she only goes 2 mornings a week). We are also anticipating a visit from the Easter Bunny himself!

Let's Start Over!

Ok. I've let this whole blogging thing go way far to the wayside. I was looking at the date of my last blog and I think it's right about the time that I joined crackbook, I mean, facebook. I'm resolving to update our blog at least once a month (I mean, come on Brooke!). Update? The short version is...Our house is not on the market, we couldn't sell it and actually we think it has worked out for the best (considering the uncertain economy right now). Actually we are refinancing which means we will be here for several more years to come (which is great since we love our house, neighbors). The only real downside is the commute to work and school. Next year Kyle has promised to help take Jackson in the morning which will be awesome! Caroline is starting 3 days a week next year at Jackson's old school, Vinings Creative Learning Center. Speaking of school, he loves his school and is looking forward to Pre-K next year! We are just busy living life and doing all of the crazy things that families with 2 kids under the age of 4 do. Jackson is obsessed with Star Wars and Caroline is currently obsessed with her Lelli Kelly shoes and anything pink! Kyle is working hard for his clients and taking time to have fun on the side. I'm looking forward to spring and summer- and have been working out alot this winter (which went to the wayside last week in Mexico, but that's ok- working out is not my idea of a vacation!). So anyway, I'm starting over with this blogging thing. Please check back often and I will try to do my best with the updates!