There is some big news in our house!!!

This news has nothing to do with something that will cry, eat, and poop in the next 9 months.

Ben got a NEW job!

I am so excited about this I can hardly stand it. He got an offer yesterday & today...he got the job! He will now be working at the Susan Cannon Cancer Center in downtown Nashville (where his heart is..of course!) and it sounds like a great opportunity!

Perks:

• Downtown where he wants to be
• Basically the same pay
• Better insurance
• NO MORE WEEKENDS!! cue the Hallelujah Chorus...
• NO MORE NIGHTS!!!! He will work Monday-Friday 8:00-4:30. Perfect.
• I get to see my husband!!!

Cons:

• I can no longer text him and tell him to pick something up from Walgreens before he comes home.
• Hmmm...no Walgreens discount.

He starts in 2 weeks and I am so looking forward to having him all. weekend. long. This will also help us get more involved with a church home. Right now he works every other weekend which just is no fun at all. I'm glad he will be able to go to church every Sunday! That's our news...we are pretty excited!

snowed in. again!

We woke up to snow again! It has officially been snowing for 3 days now. Today it is snowing harder and sticking more...I love it! Come on Leiper's Fork...ice those roads so we won't have school on Moday! :) Hmm..I just had a 3 day week...am I being selfish?

There is a really big civil war era house in our neighborhood (random, I know) and I love that we can see it all winter long. It is right behind the treeline that is in front of our house. Doesn't it look pretty in the snow?

Casa de la May!
I am SO excited because the package I have been expecting arrived yesterday! I ordered some dog stockings off of Ballard Design's website after Christmas. They were in the clearance section AND they monogrammed them for free! I am so excited for our furbabies to have cute stocking next year.

They turned out great...only 350 something days until I get to use them! :)

Stay tuned for some exciting news for our little family!

baby, it's cold outside.

Look what we woke up with!!!

This boy loves the snow!

Like our port-a-potty? It's our 4th bathroom.

Ellie's first time with snow...she loved it, too!

Making sure he doesn't eat any yellow snow.

Some action shots of the "biggies" playing like maniacs!

If only he had a mug of hot chocolate...:) Smart dog!

How did I miss this???

Somehow I missed the memo about a blog that is hysterically funny and REAL. Yesterday I discovered http://www.theheirtoblair.com/. This girl is great! She just had a baby and is wanting to shed those extra pounds so she started something that makes me laugh. I'm totally hopping on her bandwangon. I missed it yesterday (forgive me) but allow me to welcome you to...

McFatty Monday!!!

I need to lose weight. I need to be in shape. I would like to do both of these before we have a baby...because while those babies sure are cute & cuddly, I hear they also contribute to some weight gain! I absolutely do not need any more of that. I recently bought a Weight Watchers cook book and have been cooking most meals from that. I am also going to be working out at the gym 4 days a week. Oh, and drinking a ridiculous amount of water. I'm not putting a number goal in my head because I don't want to disappoint myself. BUT, I do plan on shedding some poundage. Every McFatty Monday, (I laugh every time I think about this title) I will update on my progress & share if I have lost any weight. WISH ME LUCK!!!

Ringing in the New Year!

Why hello there, 2010! (Two thousand and ten...NOT twenty ten...I refuse to hop on that bandwagon!) I have to let you know, first of all, that it is 24 degrees right now. Oh, 24 degrees and windy. And miserable. So I am literally 12 inches away from the fireplace as I type this.

My parents came up this weekend to celebrate the new year. Ben was working so it was nice to have someone to hang out with! We rang in the new year with dinner and scrabble. How old am I? 96? Who cares. It was fun! Yesterday we ate at the Loveless Cafe in Nashville. It was my parents first time...well worth the wait! I absolutely LOVE their biscuits. Carol Fay (biscuit maker extrodinaire..did I spell that right? Please pretend that I don't teach children how to spell on a daily basis..) had a throwdown with Bobby Flay because of her biscuits!

Now, I am sitting by the fire sulking because I am a) cold and b) I don't want my house to be de-Christmasfied. Don't spell check that one. I made it up. It is indeed in Loma's dictionary. I hope everyone is having a much warmer 2010 than I am having!!

100th Post & 9 in '09!

First of all, this is my 100th post! Woohoo! Even though I only have like 5 people that read this thing, I still love my little online journal!

I am copying Hicks on her "9 in 09" post. Great idea, Special K! These are the 9 things that I remember most about 2009.

1. Losing Nana. This was definitely the hardest part of our year. However, I really think it brought the whole family together.
2. I started my 2nd year of teaching! I feel like I learned a lot during my first year that helped prepare me for this year. Not to mention all the amazing people I have met with this job!
3. One of my best friends got engaged! I am so excited to celebrate at the Kent/McGraw wedding in February! SO close!!
4. We added a little girl to our family. Ellie joined our family (ahem, ZOO) in May & has made our lives very fun! She is a great best friend for Huddy!
5. We built a house! I love our first home and look forward to all of the memories we will make here.
6. Discovering Leiper's Fork. I love driving around and I discovered this little gem of a community earlier in the fall. It is beautiful (AND the country music people live out there!) and our dream is to own a house with land out there...eventually:)
7. Babies. Babies. Babies. Lot's of these happened this year. 3 first grade teachers are currently pregnant and 2 of my cousins are pregnant. Apparently I missed the memo about 2009 being the year of the baby!
8. This is for Kristy & Mary...2 words: Justin Bobby!!
9. I celebrated my 1 year anniversary with my husband & I love him more than ever!

What is your best memory of 2009?
Okay 2010...bring it! :)

It was Merry...VERY!

Finally..a Christmas post! Better late than never, right? Gosh I have been so busy since we back with cleaning the house (um, right...), seeing friends, and running errands!

We started our Christmas on the 22nd and we packed it up like the Beverly Hillbillies and made our way to Florence. We did spent a day with Ben's family & went out to dinner and opened presents with them. I have been sick for the ENTIRE month of December and the bonus of having a MIL that is a nurse is that she medicated me:) This is the best picture of me and the hubby the entire Christmas week..

We got Thomas this huge Alabama picture for his new Bama themed room. Ben was a little jealous..
Here is my sweet mother-in-law!

We drove to Lousiana on the 23rd to spend Christmas with my whole family! It was a LONG drive but well worth it!

Here is Nana's tree with only some of the gifts...I forgot to take one before we started opening!

You may remember back in February I bragged about this little girl being born. Baby Brooke is BEAUTIFUL! Seriously...how can you resist those big blue eyes?! Ben is a natural with babies. I can't wait to see him with our own little ones!

Sweet Princess Hailey with her new baby doll. This is a girl after my own heart. She LOVES her baby dolls just like her aunt Laura did:)

Brady and Hailey love eachother. Hailey is 3 and Brady is 2. Brady now lives in Norh Carolina but they are still best friends when they are together! We had so much fun watching them play. How sweet is this picture? Hailey wanted to put on her new wedding dress and Brady helped her with the high heels. Little Prince Charming...

Told ya...they are best buddies!

I foresee this being in a wedding slideshow in 20+ years!

A glimpse into the future?

My family!

the WHOLE Lousiana gang!

I hope your Christmas was as great as ours!