Halloween, better late then never..

Ok, I know we are 8 days until Christmas. But, like I said I have been busy. So I am getting caught up with my pictures for the last few months. Halloween, was so much fun with Kinsley. She would go to the houses and hold out her bag and say "Trick or Treat". She acted like you do this kind of thing everyday. Too cute. She was a cupcake princess. I made her dress and trick or treat cupcake purse. Hannah made the lovely bow. It is one of her favorite bows. She wants to wear it everywhere.

It is about time for some pictures.

Well I have been very busy lately. I think it is time to post some pictures. Chris, Kinsley, and I got to go to Athens and watch Georgia play. Super fun. It was Kinsley's second time, if you count the time I went when I was 5 months pregnant. I absolutely love being around Bulldawg fans. It is something that is hard to explain. But if you are a dawg fan you understand.


Kinsley watching the "dawg walk".

Kinsley loved seeing UGA.

Walmart

Well I am sure everyone has crazy things that happen to them at Walmart. Or you see crazy people. I think there should be a book about the people you will run into at that store. Well today Chris, Kinsley, and I went grocery shopping. I sent Chris to get something and this is what happened. There was tons of people so it was hard to get into the different aisles. Well a older man(in his late 60's) was going the same way I was. So I decided to let him go ahead of me.
me: "Go ahead"
old man: said something under his breath
me: "excuse me"
old man: "I shouldn't of said it."
me: way confused "Huh"
old man: "It was more fun to see you walk from behind."
me: "Ha ha" running away as fast as I could
So I was weirded out by the old guy trying to check me out. My shopping is all done and it is time for the check out lane. By now Kinz has had enough shopping, so Chris takes her to the car. This is what happened with the check out guy.
Young teenager with really gross facial hair: "How are you today?"
me: "Good"
Young teenager with really gross facial hair: "You smell good."
me "Huh Thanks"
Young teenager with really gross facial hair: Smiling really weird.
Ok so I think in one trip to Walmart I had the young and the old weird me out. And then as I am walking outside, there is a boy playing a tuba. What a fun trip to walmart today. :)

I am sick of being sick..

I hate being sick. I hate it when Chris and Kinsley are sick too. It seems like for the past month we have been getting sick, feeling better, and then back sick again. We took Kinsley to the doctor yesterday to find out that on top of having a cold she has an ear infection too. So I think, what I want for Christmas is for all of us to feel better.

My Little Sweet Pea is 2...

Kinsley turns two today. I can't believe it. My little girl has changed my life in so many ways. I always say being a momma is the hardest thing you can do, but it is the best too. I love my little girl so much. Kinsley have a wonderful Birthday. May all of your wishes come true.

It has been awhile

Every morning I wake up and check my favorite blogs. I get really disappointed when there are no new posts. I always want to hear the latest news. So does that make me a hypocrite, when I haven't posted something in about a month. I think it does. Well I have been very busy. I am so into my business right now I think I am about to go crazy. Don't get me wrong I love it, but I hate it. I love the part when people want to buy my things and tell me how cute they are. I hate the part staying up to 4 every morning sewing. I went to Hodge Podge on Signal Mountain two weeks ago. I did great. I sold out of almost everything the first day. Great news right... Not really, I had nothing to sell the next day. So I tried to stay up all night to get some inventory done. Kinsley had another idea. She was up all night with me. So I got no sleep and really nothing to show for it. I am grateful that my things are selling. I still have that little dream, that one day I will have a cute shop. Who knows it could happen. So basically that is what I have been doing the past month working on my business. Nothing too exciting, but it does keep me very busy.

Dave Ramsey Live

Chris and I got to go see Dave Ramsey Live . He is a get out of debt guy. It was so much fun. It has been awhile since Chris and I had some alone time. Dave is so motivating and funny. We started our debt free quest back in January. We were doing great until summer vacations started. So I am excited to say we are back on the wagon. It is going to be so nice to scream " I am debt free."

Busy Busy Bee...

I am still alive after a very busy two weeks. I just finished a vendor show at Jack and Jill. I did awesome. I sold out once and had to make more. That is a good thing right? I am so excited that my little company "Lazy Bee" is doing so well. It sure keeps me busy. But to be honest I am having so much fun. I like the idea of people wanting to buy things that I have made. My dream would be that one day I could own a little shop. We will see...

Two posts in 1 day..

Ok, I know I hardly ever post twice in one day. But I need to let everyone know, I have finished reading Breaking Dawn. All I have to say is that I loved it!! I want to thank everyone that peer pressured me into reading it. :) I am now torn between Harry Potter and this. I am thinking I might like Twilight books better. More romance is ALWAYS better!

The first craft fair of the season..

Last Saturday Hannah and I sold our cute things at the Downtown Dalton Market. It was lots of fun. We both sold more then what we expected and we got to meet some really cool people. The Market is twice a month until Oct. 25th. I am definitely coming back and doing it again before it ends. Hannah's bows went quick. My hot item was the "See what I see" game. It is like a I spy game for kids of all ages. I have a few pictures down below of them. But I will get some better pictures and put them on Etsy. We also had a boutique interested in us. Which is always good news. We are talking with her today. So I hope she wants all of my stuff. That is wishful thinking for you. I had a blast Saturday. I think I might become addicted to this craft stuff. :)

Pajamas off + diaper off = pee in crib..

Every Sunday morning I try to take a shower before Kinsley wakes up. As I am getting out of the shower I hear a scream coming from her room. It is not crying it is screaming. Which can only mean two things. First she has hurt herself. Second she must have seen a bug. (She is deathly scared of bugs thanks to me.) By the way I do not let bugs in my house, so I thought she has hurt herself. I run into her room to find this..... Her pajamas shorts on the floor. Her diaper on the floor. I look up and she is backed into the corner of her crib pointing at the other end. I soon found out that she was screaming because she decided to pee in her crib. When did she learn how to take off her diaper? Over Night? Wonderful.. I really couldn't get too mad because I think she was already upset enough about it.

Lazy Bee

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Number 16 is here!!!

Baby M(no name yet) is here. Stephanie did a wonderful job. He is very handsome too. This is the 16th grandchild in our family and I am an aunt 15 times now. WOW. I think by the time we are all done having childern there will be over a 100. I love big families :)

Braves Game

About two weeks ago we went to see the Atlanta Braves play. It was hot and the Braves lost. But we got to spend some time with Jonathan, Rachel, and Benjamin which was nice.

Peer Pressure... I love it, but hate it.

I will make a long story short. Because I can hear Kinsley starting to wake up. Anyways we have a "girl's night", which is once a month all of the cool ones get together and have tons of fun. Well the last girl's night was a surprise birthday party for Kristi . Everyone could only talk about was the new book coming out "Breaking Dawn". I normally love to join in conversations especially about a great book. But I couldn't I had not read the Twilight series and I kind of didn't want to. So I was peer pressured into doing it.:) Well I really wasn't but everyone told me that I had to read it, because at the next girl's night it will be the topic of conversation . I did not want to be out of the loop anymore. So I started it. Took me three days to read the first one. It took me two days to read the second one. I told myself that I cannot start to read the third until this weekend. I have to get things done around the house and things made for Lazy Bee. I LOVE them. I cannot believe that I waited so long to read them. My goodness when I am reading I don't want to stop. I don't want to sleep, eat (which might be a good thing), or clean. Chris just laughs at me. I will have the last two read probably by Monday or Tuesday. I can't wait.

The Winner is...

I had tons of fun doing the bloggy giveaway. But there can be only one winner. And the winner is JenP. She is a huge dawg fan and is going to have a little dawg (baby) in January. Congrats JenP. To all that didn't win, I will be doing more giveaways. Thank you for playing. :)

Give Away!!

Ok this sounds like fun. I want to join the hundreds and yes I did say hundreds. There are tons of bloggers that are doing give aways. So I am joining the Bloggy Giveaways. Post a comment as many times as you want and I will pick a winner on August 4th. Just that simple. You may ask what will you win. How about a bulldawg snuggly! FYI they are a hot item right now. Please check me out on Etsy.

Go Dawgs!!

Check out the new Bulldawg Snuggly. I am ready for the football season. Can you tell? Go Dawgs. I have it ready for all of the little dawgs on Etsy. :)

Lazy Bee on Etsy

I want everyone to know that Lazy Bee is on Etsy now. Go to www.lazybee.etsy.com to check it out. I don't have tons there yet. But I am working on it.

She is too young..

I love Target. I have had this love affair with the store for a very long time. I can shop for hours in there. I had many hours of Target therapy when Kinsley was very little. We would walk the aisles and look at almost everything. There was a time I would go at least 3 times a week. And then the budget started. I had to stop the visits because when you have an addition you can not put yourself back into the place. I am better now. I can go and look, but not spend. I have come very far and my checking account thanks me for that. Well I don't know why I am surprised but Kinsley loves the store too. When we pass it she cries and points to it. So I have started to avoid driving by Target because I don't want to hear her cry for the next 10 minutes. But it has gotten worse now. If I come to a street that leads to the store, she knows. She will point in the direction of Target. How does a year and half girl know directions that good? She is too young to start this. But I guess it might be half or all my fault. :)

Trading is a great idea.

I love the idea of trading. My very talented friend Natalie gave me some earrings (which I love) for a "snuggly" that I made. Natalie I love the earrings they are beautiful. Check out Natalie's talents here.

I am so happy!

I am very excited about Lazy Bee. There is a boutique that is going to start selling some of my items. The boutique is called Sweet Dreams and Lullabies. It is located off of Cloud Spring Rd. I am also in the process of making some new items. I will post them soon on Lazy Bee's site. Keep an eye out for them.

You have to check it out...

I am so excited. I have finally made a website for Lazy Bee. It is still in the works. I don't have everything on it yet, but it is up and running. I also have business cards. Yes I am so professional. So now I just need to get my name out there and see if people really want what I am trying to sell. So tell everyone. The site is Lazy Bee . Thank you Thank you. :)

Heavenly Father, just knows.....

Heavenly Father KNOWS who I am and what I need. I love when simple truths like this hit me so hard. Lately it has been really hard to parent Kinsley. I feel that I lose my patience too much. I feel that I am constantly putting her in time out. I don't like to raise my voice and I feel that I do it too much. Do you ever at the end of the day wish that you didn't focus so much on the mess and focus more on your child? Well I have been feeling that way for the last couple of weeks. And last night My Heavenly Father showed me that he knows what I need. It first started when I was reading my scriptures. I came across a letter that I haven't read in months. This letter was so important to me. The letter was written by my sister Lisa on the day Kinsley was blessed. I was going through a very hard time after Kinsley was born. I felt so disconnected with her. I felt like she didn't know that I was her mother and that she didn't want me to be it. I know it sounds crazy to put all of that on a month old baby. But when I looked at her that is what I felt. So last night I am reading the letter again. All of the memories came back. The moment when I felt connected for the first time with Kinsley. The part that stood out this time was "You and Chris have brought a very special person here to this earth. She will bring you more happiness and joy and more pain and worry than you will ever know. She is so small now it is almost impossible to imagine her putting on her own shoes to go out and play.There will be moments to come where you will look into her eyes and you will feel connected." That is what I needed to hear. I have come so far from the time I thought I couldn't do it anymore. My little girl has changed in so many ways. I need to know that there are going to be hard times that happen and I will lose my patience and I will tell Kinsley that I will sell her on eBay.( I would never do that, but she doesn't know that.:)) But there are so many great and wonderful times. Heavenly Father has blessed me in so many ways. I truly feel that Kinsley is here to help me become a better person. And I can't and won't let her down. Well after realizing that I have come so far from the mom of a baby that was a month old to now a momma of a baby that is 19 months old. I went into the living room and told Chris it was time for bed. He was reading our blog. We both started to read other blogs. I came across Kristy's and she talked about coming across this. The blog belongs to a woman that is amazing. I don't even know who she is, but she has helped me so much. Her little baby girl died. I came across something that she said that made me want to run into Kinsley's room and wake her and just hold her. "So I guess my message for the day is -- Love your little ones--even the ones that drive you crazy. If you could see them the way God sees them -- you would be astounded at their glory." So that is what I will do. I will see Kinsley as Heavenly Father sees her. I love her so much. She is waking up right now and I am happy to start a new day with her.

It is in the works...... "Lazy Bee"

Ok, I know I haven't posted anything in like a month. I know it is terrible. But I have been very busy working on things. I have started a little business for myself. Like I wasn't busy enough during the day. Well I am really excited about it. I am also nervous too. I want it to do really well and I hope it does. So here are a few pictures of the things I have been working on. They are all hand knitted. They are all different sizes too. Tell me what you think and also if you want to make an order. I promise there will be more to come. :) Oh the name is "Lazy Bee".

Dollywood Trip...

We went to Dollywood this past week. We had so much fun. Kinsley loved it. It was so much fun watching her have fun. Here are a few pictures of Kinsley riding some of the rides.

Kinsley and Benjamin riding the bees together. It was nice that we got to spend time with all of the family.

This picture is of Chris and Kinsley after riding "River Battle". I think Kinsley liked this ride the most because she got so wet on it. :)

Happy Birthday Chris!!

I just wanted to say a Big Happy Birthday to Chris today. I have gotten to spend 7 Birthdays with him. I am so lucky! I love you baby, I hope your day is wonderful. :)

We "survived the Utah trip of 2008"

I can't believe that May has come and gone. Well almost gone. Kinsley made her first trip to Utah this month. It was so nice to see family that we haven't seen. Kinsley got to see Chris' parents for the first time. We also saw Lisa and her family. We had lots of fun talking about our lives. I wish we could all live closer. Maybe in heaven.:) Daniel took our first family picture. I want to say how talented he is. The pictures are wonderful. I will post them as soon as we get them. Thank you thank you Daniel. So after a very busy 4 days, it was time for us to fly back to Georgia. I love visiting Utah, there are so many great things there. But Georgia is always "on my mind". It was nice to be home. So yes we did "survived the Utah trip of 2008". Lisa I will make t-shirts for you.:)

5 Years

Saturday, Chris and I had our 5 year anniversary. Wow 5 years. It has gone by so fast. I am truely blessed to have him in my life. I am very lucky that I married my best friend. Chris is such a wonderful husband. He is caring, loving, very helpful, and best of all very patient with me. When I am around him I want to become a better person. Chris I love you so much and I look forward to the future. :)

I am motivated.

I went to Enrichment at church last night, and I loved it. I am motivated to change things in my life. I am super excited. The two classes were on cooking with food storage( that has always scared me) and de-cluttering your life. I am going to actually start buying some food storage and start using it. I am also going to start taking all of the clutter out of my life. I have so much stuff that I don't even use. For the past year our little home has become smaller and smaller. I have told myself, it is because I have a toddler now. Well I think it is because we have too much clutter. It is time for a change. I was so excited about cleaning I even started last night when I got home from church. It only lasted an hour and then I was tired, but I have started. I will keep everyone posted on my de-cluttering adventure. I hope, I stay motivated until I am done. :)

The last 2 weeks.

I have two seconds free so I am going to post something. The past two weeks have been so full. Kinsley got attacked :) by some mean ants. That is what I told her, that those ants are so mean. She was being "a southern baby" outside without shoes. Well she stepped right into some ants. Poor little girl ant bites everywhere. The next day was a trip to her doctor. The next day after that was a trip to Columbus,GA. My grandfather had passed away. I have only been to 2 family funerals in my life. This was the first funeral that I was close to the person that had died. I will miss Granddaddy so much. It makes me happy to know that we will all be together again. I am so grateful for the gospel. It was nice to be around family for a few days. Chris was a huge help. He helped me so much with Kinsley. (Thank you baby!) We are home now and I would like to have a few "normal" days. But really how normal can things get when you have a almost 17 month old baby named Kinsley. :)

Lola

Well I haven't posted much lately. Nothing much has been going on. Kinsley and I just hang out all day while Chris is at work. It is getting warmer here so we have been going on walks everyday. Which I love. I am trying to lose some weight. Kinsley does really good for the most part. The goal is to get most of the walk done before she wants out of her stroller. I think her favorite part is feeding the ducks. She calls them "Lola" (our dog's name). She calls everything Lola. We live near some cows and she always says Lola when we pass them in the car. I think it is funny and she does too. Because every time we say "no Kinsley it is a cow, moo moo." She just laughs and says "Lola".

Kinsley all done

Kinsley had enough of the Easter egg hunt. She was ready to come inside.

Easter

We had a fun time this year for Easter. Kinsley loved her turtle Easter basket. I love this time of year. I love everything coming back to life. I love thinking about Jesus. I was talking to my mom about Jesus the other day. She had hurt her knee really bad and I just had a Root Canal. So we both were in pain. We were talking about how Jesus knows all of our pain. That includes our physical pain too. I am truly grateful for a savior. It is nice to know that when you think, nobody knows how bad you feel, he does. I look forward to tell Kinsley more and more about Jesus. I know she will be excited to learn about his life. Here are a few pictures of Kinsley looking for Easter eggs. By the end of the hunt she had dye all over her mouth from putting the eggs in her mouth. I wonder when she will grow out of putting everything in her mouth.:)

More pictures of Chuck E Cheese

Some more pictures of Kinsley having fun at Chuck E Cheese.