Our Weekend

Our weekend hasn't really been beginning until Saturday because I don't usually get home until around 7pm on Fridays :( Adam has been picking up supper for us, usually Subway. We eat, feed E, put her to sleep then try to watch a movie together, but usually I don't make the movie ha! This friday was no different. Saturday, Addie worked. E and I hung out at the house until Daddy got home. I cleaned. Adam watched E while I rested some. Then we got ready for a HOT date. But didn't go as planned. Adam's parent were going to keep E while we went out but Dad has been struggling with kidney stones. Not fun! And bless his heart, Mom had to take him to the ER on Saturday night. But we had a nice family dinner at the BBQ Barn instead of going on our HOT date :) It was such a nice dinner, E cooperated and the food was yummy! We've decided that buffets are the way to go. There is no wait time to be seated or a wait to get your food. You are in and out in a hurry so there is minimal time for E to have a meltdown ha!

She crawled off her play-mat to get to my shoes...what can I say? She loves shoes like her Momma :)

Sunday was Mom's birthday! Happy Birthday, Mom!! I am super blessed with a wonderful MIL who is a great friend, shopping partner, advice giver, shoulder to cry, babysitter and my partner in 'dumb and dumber plumbing' (inside joke)! I went to Church early for the Baby Dedication meeting. We didn't make it back to Church because E was sleeping and she hasn't been sleeping well :( So we let her sleep then we went to Grandma's for lunch which was super great because Tiff, Chris and the boys came :) Then we went to Mom and Dad's for her bday party. We had pizza and icecream cake. It was a great day! Everyone kind of snuck out early so it was a nice restful day!!

Cousins-Lathan and Ella Jae (poor Lathan and his shiner from a pool ball)

Our little sleepy-head!

Looking forward to another week to quickly pass us by so our little family can have our weekend back to ourselves :)

Happy 3-year Anniversary!

Today is mine and Ad's 3rd wedding anniversary! It feels like we have been married for much longer (but in a good way)! Our relationship has really evolved in these last 3 years. We've gone from honeymooners living on cloud nine to living a life that we always dreamed of. We have a marriage that I am so proud of. It isn't always rainbows and butterflies, but we work on it because we have 'a love worth fighting for.' Adam is a great man. He is truly a man among men. He has so many wonderful qualities that make him so special. Sometimes it is easier to focus on what someone is not rather than focus on all that they are. God showed me that last night. I have learned recently that it is important that we still make time for us now that we have a little one, which is what we plan to do tonight. Adam has something planned for us tonight and I am so excited! We also have a cruise planned at the end of September to celebrate our 3 years of marriage!

Happy Anniversary, Addie! I love you more and more with each passing day. Thank you for loving me when I least deserve it! I look forward to our future together!

It is going to be a great one!

Love is not a place

to come and go as we please

It's a house we enter in

then commit to never leave

So lock the door behind you

Throw away the key

Work it out together

Let it bring us to our knees

Love is a shelter in a raging storm

Love is peace in the middle of a war

And if we try to leave;

May God send angels to guard the door

No, Love is not a fight

but its something worth fighting for

To some love is a word that they can fall into.

But when they're falling out

keeping that word is hard to do

Love is a shelter in a raging storm

Love is peace in the middle of a war

And if we try to leave;

May God send angels to guard the door

No, Love is not a fight

but its something worth fighting for

Love will come to save us

If we'll only call

He will ask nothing from us

but demand we give our all

Love is a shelter in a raging storm

Love is peace in the middle of a war

And if we try to leave;

May God send angels to guard the door

No, Love is not a fight

but its something worth fighting for.

Cause I Will Fight For You

Would You Fight For Me

It's Worth Fighting For.

Struggles and a blessing

So I know I have been MIA lately mostly because I have little free time in between working and being mommy and wifey. I have had a lot of things on my mind lately and been struggling with some things. Last night, I had a little breakdown. I guess everything just kind of came to a head and I just had to let it all out. Thank God I have the husband I do! He is such a blessing! God knew I needed him in my life. Through all the tears and the mumbling I was doing, he said "Amber, pray with me." My husband sat with me on the bathroom floor and prayed with me. He prayed the sweetest pray. One that I will never forget! All my worries went away in that moment because all I could focus on was the man that God blessed me with and how grateful I was that he is strong enough to be there for me. Thank you Jesus for the blessing of marriage!

Anniversary cruise coming soon!

Adam and I are going on a Royal Caribbean cruise for our 3rd Anniversary! I am so excited and cannot wait for this trip! We were planning on Jamaica but with the price of passports and when we found out we could take a cruise for half the price, our minds were easily changed. We still have to purchase the passport to go by boat or land but it is way cheaper than the other! We may even go with my sistacuz, which would be super fun. We went on a cruise for our honeymoon and it was awesome, but we said if we did a cruise again we would want it to be atleast with one other couple. So hopefully they will come, too. I am super excited! A cruise is always the best way to go. Although I do want to do an all inclusive resort sometime in the future...Hawaii, maybe?!?!? So for now, I will continue to get excited about our Bahama Mama cruise :)

What I am thankful for today...

::Thankful for working half days on Wednesday.
::Thankful my handsome heaven-sent hubby who has a half day today, too.
::Thankful for a MIL who keeps our sweet baby girl on Wednesdays.
::Thankful to be able to spend an afternoon with my husband for a much needed day-date, his suggestion :D
::Thankful for the health of my sweet baby girl-her reflux is almost unnoticeable when she is given her medicine.
::Thankful for E sleeping through the night. Man do I sleep like a baby myself these days.
::Thankful for family night on Wednesdays.
::Thankful for all the MANY MANY blessings that the Lord showers me with daily.

E in crawl position

Ella Jae got in the crawl position today! She has been scooting since she was weeks old and rolling over contantly, but crawling at 4 1/2 months...oh my! It looks like I am going to have to start baby proofing the house sooner than I thought. My Mama captured the moment with her camera and emailed it to my phone so it is a bit grainy but...priceless!! I cried ofcourse! Hopefully I will be there when she actually has success on all fours!

Slack blogger

Ok, so I feel extremely guilty in many areas of my life right now and blogging is one of those areas. I have been extremely busy with work and I hate to say it but when I get home from picking E up, fixing dinner, cleaning up dinner, getting E fed and down to sleep, I am exhausted and barely have time to catch up on the blogs that I love so much. Sometimes I skip getting on the cp at all at night. It is sad. I even barely have time to take pictures of E much less download them to the cp then onto the blog or to FB. How do working mothers do it? Slowly with time I guess I will find how to manage it all but right now I am finding it quite difficult. The days seem to run together and fly by.


E is growing so fast and doing so many new things that it seems to be a daily thing and I just can't keep up. I am trying my hardest to document it all. She is loving chewing on her teethers and toes right now :)

"Amberkuh"

I celebrated my 25th birthday on July 5! This year was extra special because I got to spend my birthday with my precious girl and because my husband gave me a week full of gifts aka "Amberkuh!" It was a wonderful week filled with lots of my favorite things and things that I wanted for so long. Needless to say I have the best husband, EVER! I am truly blessed!! We ended the week with a bang during a Fourth of July bash and birthday celebration all rolled into one. Many many years I have celebrated both on the same which is totally good with me because I get to do many things I love all in one day. I typically celebrate my birthday at the beach but this year was a little different, a good different. We celebrated it by the pool instead at my in-laws. It was a great day!

Our week in pictures

(please excuse picture quality...al take with me phone.)

Monday-
Happy Birthday, Grandama! My family took my Grandma to Beef O'Brady's for her birthday. The service was terrible but the food and company was great!!


Everyone lovin' on Ella Jae


Tiff and Me...life made us cousins, love made us sisters.


Me and my little Bake-Bake

Tuesday-
We went to eat supper at Mom and Dad's. Nicholas and Megan came. We enjoyed our time. Little E didn't get to enjoy much of the party. She slept 11.5 hrs that night.


E enjoying the car ride to Mem and Poppy's

Wednesday-
Wednesday is family night at Mem and Pep's. This family night was special because we celebrated Erica's birthday. Happy Birthday, Ricci!! We love you!



Thursday-
I didn't to work because Ella Jae had a stomach bug. So went to the doc. Poor thing she is going to hate going to the doctor. It is never a pleasant experience when we go. That afternoon, I went to see ECLIPSE with the girls! We had such a fun time! I laugh like crazy with these girls!! They are the best! We went to the movies, Starbucks and then to Krispey Kreme...definitely enjoyed myself a little too much :)


Me and E hangin' out waiting for the doctor.


Keila, Erica and Me waiting in line for popcorn...we started to get a little crazy because the line was so long!

Friday-
No picture yet. We don't any plans for today. We will probably hang out once we get off work. Order in maybe. We have a super busy weekend so we need to rest up for it. It is my birthday weekend!!! Excited to spend my birthday weekend with my favorite people! Saturday we are going to a cook out at Tiff and Chris'. Sunday we will celecrate the 4th by going to Church, Grandma's for lunch then a birthday/4th cookout at Mom and Dad's!! Monday is happy birthday to me!!

One year ago today...

I took this test and it was positive!!! Adam and I were were thrilled beyond belief! We had no idea what would soon be instore for us, and now we couldn't be happier or more blessed! We love our little snickerdoole more than life!