Sweet P turns 2!

My Sweet P is 2 years old ya'll!
Oh man is it bittersweet to say that.

We had a great day besides the fact that she had hand, foot, and mouth and the AC went out about 30 minutes before her party.  (Yes, this momma was stressed.)

But everything went well, and our Sweet P was well loved.

Goodness my kid is cute!  

The countdown begins...

In case you haven't noticed it's November!!!
That means I get to start counting down till Thanksgiving and Christmas!!
I lurve the holidays.  I mean lurrrvvee.  For reals.

I have already bought some new Christmas ornaments for our tree and even watched Elf one evening.  Lurve.

So this year, Mr. T and I are making Holiday goals/list - things that we want to make a point of doing as a family for Thanksgiving and Christmas.  (Rest assured that the movie 'Christmas Vacation' will be on that list.  Oh, cousin Eddie...) List coming soon.

Anyway, I wanted to share a few photos from a pumpkin farm we visited a couple weeks ago.  So much fun!

PS.  Follow me on instagram to see my 25 days of things I'm thankful for, starting today.  

Professional Photos

So...

Mr. T randomly decided to enter into a facebook contest for a free photo shoot a couple of months ago that was being given away by a photographer that was moving to the area and trying to beef up her business here.  And, well, we won!

Ya'll it really is a God thing.  When we first got pregnant, one of the things I knew I wanted was professional newborn/family photos once our little one got here.  So we saved up some mulah, but once Sweet 'P' was born, and we realized that she would be in the hospital for a while, the photo idea was dismissed and I honestly wondered if 'P' would ever be able to leave the hospital and have her picture taken.  As you know, she is home, and we were able to finally have pictures taken, for free!  Can I please tell you the wonderfulness of the situation?  Come to find out the photographer was once a NICU nurse at John's Hopkins and was now a stay at home mommy, so she knew all about our kind of situation because of her past job, but she didn't know anything about 'P' before she choose us.  How crazy is that?

So for real, ya'll need to check her out.  Not only is she a great photographer, but has now become a new mommy friend.  Give her some love, and tell anyone you know that needs a photographer about her website.  Christmas is almost here and you know you want some family photos done in front of the Christmas tree.  Here is her info: www.kristinsolomonphotography.com

Thank you Kristin!  We love the photos.  You did an awesome job!

Piper Grace: Two Months

Today my Sweet P is two months old!  I never thought during my pregnancy that I would feel the many different emotions that I do today about my daughter being two months, the biggest one being thankfulness.  Todd and I are so thankful that God has been so gracious to us to give us Piper.  We are so in love and think she is the most beautiful girl in the world.
Here is my proof:

The Best Birthday Present

Yesterday was my 30th birthday.  Wow.  I'm still not sure that I believe it.  The last few years of my twenties have been very exciting with some big life changing, memorable events, and I am looking forward to my thirties.

But that was not the highlight of my day.  The best thing about my birthday was the fact that I got to spend the entire day with my Sweet P....at home!  
Yep, she was able to come home late Monday evening.  We are so thankful that God has answered our prayers.  The last 48 hours have been a little crazy, and I am running on little sleep and lots of coffee (so if you see spelling errors, forgive me) but sitting here watching her sleep as I type this, makes it all worth it.  
A week and a half ago I told her Dr. I wanted her home by my birthday.  Well, I guess she listened.  

Leaving the hospital!

(Hat via Bearhug Creations)

 Finally at home and resting

 Hanging out with mom on her birthday :)

 Watching mom blog

Have a great day!

Mother's Day!

I got to celebrate Mother's Day!!  You have no idea how much it makes my heart happy to be able to say that I'm a mommy to a baby girl.  I know that she is not born yet, but given the journey that I have been on to get here, I will enjoy every second of being pregnant and the fact that I'm going to be a mom.

My wonderful husband made the whole weekend amazing.  On Saturday I got to celebrate Piper with my first baby shower, and then Todd took me to Cheesecake Factory (one of my favorite restaurants).  Man, was it good.  Then Sunday morning, he woke me up with gifts and breakfast in bed.  (Whew, I love that man.) 

I had picked out a couple of neckalces on Etsy that I liked and Todd choose to get me this one. 

I lurve it!!  Seriously have not taken it off since Sunday.

He made me cinnamon buns.  I think I may have licked the icing off the plate.



I had such a wonderful Mother's day!  I am so thankful to God for blessing us with a little girl.  He is so good.  I am also thankful for the wonderful examples that God has put into my life of what a mom looks like.  My own mother left a legacy for me to imitate, and later I was blessed with another mom in Carol. Then two years ago, God blessed me again with the best Mother-in-law ever.  All of these women have had such a godly influence on me and shown me what it is like to be a godly mom, in an ungodly world. 

Here is a quick snapshot of what 32 weeks looks like. 

Todd, thank you so much for giving me such a wonderful Mother's day.  I love you so much and I'm so thankful to be having this little girl with you!

Maternity Photos

I just wanted to post some photos that Todd took of me at the beach.  We are wanting to get some professional shots done, but I think some of these turned out well enough that we may just save the money. Plus we are going to the beach again in a few weeks and will probably take a few more photos. What do you think?