Happy Birthday, Daddio!

Happy Birthday to my Dad!! I love you!! Can't wait to see you. Hope you enjoyed your birthday present. Did Mom and Boudin treat you right today?!?

Happy September

Its finally September!!! Ready to say goodbye to summer! So tired of the heat and sweating all day! Yuck! I hate it. The only thing I like about summer is swimming and the occasional snow cone. Anyway, just thought I would take a moment to tell you my favorite things about September:

1. Fall decorations! I have been wanting to get them out since August but have held off so far. I did tell Stephen that I will get them out next week. As soon as I pack up my white shoes (Not that I actually have white shoes- well one pair of flipflops), I have to pull out the fall decorations! Im very excited about my new door hanger that I recently purchased. Don't worry, I will post a picture as soon as it is up.
2. Cider: This one is for Stephen. He drinks this ALLLLLL the time when the fall hits! He is crazy for it. I can't keep it in my house. I only drink it at home due to my stupid allergies now. I have to know whats in it. Oh and by the way, can I just say how much ginger is in all fall foods! I mean come on!! I have even made my own pumpkin pie spice so I can make recipes that call for it but minus the ginger. Grrr! I guess it does keep me from eating a few things I should not eat anyway:

3. Fall Baking! Love all thing pumpkin. I made pumpkin cookies last year that were a hit. Think I need to do that again. Also want to make a pumpkin cheesecake this year.


4. FOOTBALL!!!!!!! So ready for some SEC football. We are watching the first game now (Southern Miss and S. Carolina). So excited to go tailgate with the Blakes and see Bama play this year. Know that we are definitely going to go to the Florida/Bama game. So ready!!!


5. Scarves: I love scarves and have added so many to my collection this past spring and summer when they were on sale. I know I got at least 3 more and did not pay over $5 for any of them. I love how they can make jeans and a plain shirt look so different. Ready to pull them all out and wear them. Wish they went with scrubs! Ha ha!
6. Sweaters and sweat shirts: I live in them when I'm not in scrubs! I need to add some new sweaters to my wardrobe this year. We got Stephen alot of new clothes last winter. Think this may be my year. Ha ha! With my budget shopping, I could get a whole new wardrobe for less than $100. I need to start the hunt for some deals!

7: Christmas shopping: What?!?! Did I just say Christmas!??? Yes I did!! I love shopping early! Last year I was completely finished and had everything wrapped before Halloween! Seriously, it greatly decreases the stress during November and December. I can focus on baking and just enjoying the season and not rushing around buying gifts. Plus I love being able to put them all under the tree as soon as we put it up the weekend after Thanksgiving. The only way to successfully shop this early is to stay very organized. You must have a list with a budget or you will forget what you bought and how much you have spent. Also, I keep the list because sometimes they are wrapped so long I forget what I have bought people. Ha! This year, I'm going to see how many gifts I can buy online to cut down on the trips to Tuscaloosa and Tupelo. I have already bookmarked several things on Etsy.com. We will see. Stephen was rolling his eyes just today when I was fretting over where we will put the tree this year since we have more furniture this year and a very heavy treadmill that Stephen said is not movable no matter how pretty it would make the tree :( Guess I need to really think it out because he says once he gets it set up, I cannot change my mind and move it. Oh well, I still have time to work out these very important details. :)

I know its a little early but, HAPPY FALL Y'ALL!!!!

Everywhere you look...

Everywhere you look, you see BABIES!!! Ahhh! Ha ha! Sorry just a little overwhelmed by it. This week, my friend Stacy FINALLY had her sweet baby Hunter! I was in charge of her first baby, Zoey on the day of the delivery. She was totally confused to see me and kept looking all over the house for her momma and would come back and look at me and say "where did she go?"

Zoey "Are you my mommy?"

Baby Hunter the night he was born (Sorry so blurry- it was texted to me and then saved from my phone)

I went to the hospital the next day to finally meet him. He was so cute! He just slept in my lap for awhile. I have heard he even has dimples! I have not seen them yet though. Guess Ill have to go over and play with him some more to see it for myself.

Mommy giving him his first manicure. He was so far along that his nails were extremely long! We filed them down because his dad said he was looking too much like a girl :)

On another note, I decided to take a walk on the wild side and shake things up a bit. I painted my toes a bright blue! Ha ha! Just wanted to show them off.

Last night we decided to go to Tuscaloosa with the Blakes. They needed to get their baby registery started at Target and Im always up for a shopping trip and spending other people's money.

P90X update: We have made it 8 days! Yea!! We have stuck with the diet having one cheat meal last night ( we needed some Mexican!). We are both very happy with our results this week. I cannot believe how many more push ups I could do today versus last Sunday. And by that I mean I could actually do several push ups today and could hardly do one last week. Ha Ha! Success!!

Finally!!

This weekend we finally got to find out what Jim and Tara's little baby is going to be. We went to dinner Friday night and had a little gender reveal party. Here we are with our cupcakes. We decided to do dessert before we went to dinner since the secret was hidden in the cupcakes. Here we are not being patient at all:

ITS A GIRL!!!!!!! (showing off the pink icing that was hidden inside)

Checking out Ruby Claire's latest photo shoot:

The boys trying to figure out what they were looking at in the money shots. Stephen has given up completely on trying to read an ultrasound.

Headed to dinner at Harvey's..Yum!

After dinner, we headed to Sonic (and parked on the cool side to hang out like the cool kids do)

Then we lost to the boys in Cranium. This NEVER happens. We always win! I think it was because I had to leave early to get to bed so I could go to work. Sorry girls, I let you down!

Besides the gender reveal party, I worked Saturday and Sunday. Plus, Stephen and I started doing P90x. It is kicking our butts!! Im so sore! I wanted to take a bath tonight but knew that if I sat down in the bathtub I would never be able to crawl back out. Haha! If you don't know what it is go to YouTube and type in P90X and watch a few videos to see what we have decided to put ourselves through.

The Duggars are back!!!

Sorry, cant say much because my favorite TV family is BACK!!! Yea!!! I love me some Duggars! Im watching the first new episode now. The second one comes on in a few minutes. And, Im recording them. Love my DVR. Ha ha! Im so sad. I have every episode saved. Is it sad that I will re-watch the episodes!?! I may have a problem, a Duggar size problem.

Fabric Flower Obsession

So I saw a blog post on one of the blogs that I like to stalk. I sent the link to Leigh and she said she would make a couple of these super cute headbands. She mailed me on a couple weeks ago and I loved it. Chatting with Tara, we decided we needed to make a few of our own. The guys were gone this weekend to The Grid Iron Conference in Tuscaloosa so we had a girls' night and busted out the glue guns:

And we lined up all our supplies that we got for a great deal at the trusty Walmart and The Dollar Tree:

And we got started ripping up fabric and braiding and gluing and sewing and having a blast:

All I have to say is A.N.T.M.:

Tara's final collection:

My final collection:

I love this color combo. I actually made this one for a friend:

Of course we had to make a few to wear to the Bama games this year:

This is what our very organized table looked like by 1 am. Haha:

I add this one to my shirt this morning for church. Yes, I cropped by face out. no make up and the hair was not done yet.

We went to Hobby Lobby yesterday and dug through the fabric scrap bin. We will def have to make some more. Especially, if Tara finds out she is having a girl. We will have 1,000 made by the time the baby gets here!

My G'momma

This is my G'momma (was originally grandmommma but we decided she was too cool for that and needed a more "street" name so it was shortened to G'momma). She recently retired from Woman's Hospital in Baton Rouge, La. She started working there as a nurse on the Labor and Delivery floor. She later became an Administrative Supervisor. Here are a few things her co-workers had to say about her:

Peggy is a wonderful lady who gives freely of her time and talents. She is an asset to the hospital and a pleasure to work with.

Peggy has an extremely pleasant attitude and has a wonderful gift of knowing something personal about everyone, and will graciously inquire about things when she sees you.

Peggy’s professional manner sets a great example for all of Woman’s Hospital staff.

What a great legacy she is leaving in the nursing world. I know she was a big influence on many young nurses, including myself. I really look up to her and her experience and knowledge of the field. G'momma, I am so proud to call you my grandmother and also my fellow nurse. I love you! Happy Retirement! Now we need to pack our bags for another trip!

My nursing school graduation: