sweet fingers

on a cold march afternoon...
my little punkin and her sweet little hands creating a masterpiece...or two...

a trip to callaway gardens

on a beautiful sunday in late february, mom, dad, katy, molly, nat and i took a trip down to callaway gardens to enjoy the free pass during february...natalie had a ball and we had an awesome time having a picnic by the lake and enjoying all the little spots that katy and i enjoyed growing up!

tiny little sprinkle

I'll be fifteen weeks pregnant on Saturday.
15 weeks!
We were so excited on New Year's Eve when that little test came back positive. I honestly couldn't believe it! Another Sprinkle was on the way...
I'm sorry I've been quite absent from the blog lately. The last few weeks and months have been hard. I've been really, really sick. But it's getting so much better now. Things are looking up! God is gracious and I am so grateful to feel well again. Despite [all day, not morning] pregnancy sickness, a horrible stomach virus attacking the household, several colds, sinus infections, two courses of antibiotics and some good 'ole pink eye, we've made it this far! I couldn't have made it through without my husband and our sweet family. Dave has been so amazing...cooking dinner, cleaning, taking the lead with Natalie. What would I do without you, babe? And this weekend when I was so sick, my parents rescued Natalie for the weekend and she had such a wonderful time with them, my grandparents, bigma, aunt katy, uncle lonnie and cuz molly.
I am so grateful that God has blessed us with another little miracle. It truly is amazing to realize that there is a little life growing inside of me again...I love him or her so much already, and pray for his/her safety, health and protection.
So, hopefully I'll be back blogging again soon.
We can't wait to welcome this little bit on 9/4/2010. Hopefully this one won't be as stubborn as little miss Natalie and wait another 10 days past their due date to make their debut!
please keep the tiniest sprinkle in your prayers!

snow!

love isn't love...

until you give it away...you end up having more!

you st. marks alumni will remember that song...nat nat and i made cookies on monday and gave (half of them) away to the neighbors to wish them a happy valentine's day from natalie! natalie certainly enjoyed munching on the others throughout the week :). happy valentine's day!

january catch up

it snowed! natalie and her daddy go out on a snowy night...

natalie got some new barbie high heels and has loved clomping around the house in those boogers...

she also LOVES putting on all "her" jewelry

loving her sweet pappy

she loves to take everything out of the cabinets and arrange them in different ways!

It's been a crazy month...I've been done a poor job of picture taking and hopefully will do better next month! Hope everyone is doing well and thanks for checking in...

baby brook chases nat nat

natalie gets a huge kick out of baby brook chasing her around (via daddy of course) and she always wants the baby to hop on her back...hope this makes you giggle!

a little tradition...

Taking a picture on the First Baptist church steps is a little tradition in my family...in cold, early January, Gam decided it was time to take Natalie up to the church to take her picture. She wore the same coat that I wore in my picture...Bigma made the little navy coat and it is still as cute as can be 28 years later!!

Gam on the church steps when she was a little girl (above and below)

Me on the church steps when I was a little girl (above and below)

And sweet Natalie on the steps at 2 years old...

nat's birthday party