New Deck!

Old Deck

 New Deck

Chris and his dad tore down our little old deck and rebuilt a new bigger deck.  Isn't it fantastic???  The old deck was basically a square with a long flight of steps to the left of the door and the grill.  New one is HUGE, has a few steps down to the grilling deck (I got Chris a new charcoal grill for his birthday which is why there is a grill on the big deck too). 

Memorial Day fun!

Memorial Day Weekend was a tease of what summer was going to be like.  No real plans, just lots of fun in the sun.  It was also Chris's birthday on Saturday :)  We started the weekend at Zach and Lindsay's new house.  They had a "Before" cookout.  They wanted to show everyone the house before any work was done to it.  They've since taken off the week to work on it.  We went there today to check out the progress... looking good. :)  Saturday after dinner we went to Big Lots in search of a pool.  We came home with two.  One is more of a playmat and the other is big enough for adults too.  We haven't broken it out yet, but I'm thinking this weekend it might come out of the box.  Sunday we got the play mat up and "runnin." NC just squealed and giggled and loved splashing around in it.  We also got in it on Monday too.  Lots of fun :)

Catching Up

I had every intention of posting about our Easter but it seems a bit pointless now, 3 weeks later.  :)  Needless to say we have been busy.

Easter weekend was GREAT fun.  Chris and I celebrated our five year anniversary by enjoying an evening just the two of us.  NC spent the night with my dad, while Chris took me to Pura Vida in the Highlands YUM!  Easter day, we went to church, had an egg hunt and lunch at my dad's.  It was just a lovely weekend.

The following weekend, we took Nancy Carolyn to her first Braves game this season (we went to one last fall so not her first).  We stayed the whole game and she had great fun cheering for the Braves.  She also cheered for the Cardinals (we're working on that... watching the Phillies today she did say UhOH when the Phillies got a hit).

We also ran with the Girls on the Run team from my school.  THAT was the best thing... so great to see all those young girls running!  :)  And we've had swim lessons every Saturday, as well... We're just staying busy.  I LOVE my life! :)

Happy Easter!

Yes, I know I'm TWO days behind... but we've been busy.  Here's our family picture this year.  More to come on egg hunts and baskets :)

15 months

Yesterday, NC was officially 15 months old.  We actually had our check up too, so stats are below.  The doctor commented on how curious Nancy Carolyn was and how comfortable she was being there.  She checked everything out, from Dr. R's stethoscope to her toes!  :) She is starting to say more words- cat, dog, truck, up, down, uh oh, I think she even has a sound for "yes"... plus a few more that I know I'm missing.  Nancy Carolyn LOVES to look at books.  I'll be working on dinner and she'll get quiet in the other room... I'll go check on her and she's sitting in her chair looking at a book.  :)  She has mastered the "ladder" on our little slide and LOVES to climb up it and then slide down.  NC also loves to watch me blow bubbles.  She's starting to sort things and loves to take food off her plate and then put it back again.  She just does more and more each day and it's amazing!  SO.MUCH.FUN.

Stats:  Weight 22 lb 2 oz - 35% (we jumped up a little!)
          Height 30 3/4" - 40%

It's been CRAZY, It's been FUN, It's been a ZOO!

We've had a FANTASTIC week.  I LOVE being home with my precious girl!  We have had beautiful weather all week... Praise Jesus!  :)  And we've just HAD fun!  We decided to stay an extra night at Pop and Granma's, so we returned on Monday.  Tuesday, it was cooler here, so we stayed at home pretty much and did the necessary "chores."  Wednesday we had our annual Spring break lunch with Rebecca and made a trip to Babies R Us for some goodies.  And yesterday... yesterday we went to the ZOO!  Below are a few of my favorite pics from the day.  We met up with a bunch of my friends from school and their "littles."  GREAT fun!

Spring Break WOOHOO!

A much needed break!  We are beginning our break visiting "Granma and Pop."  A nice, relaxing weekend with my in laws.  We don't have much planned for the week ahead, which is awesome.  I hope I have some time to get a little more organized at home, but mainly I plan on spending a lot of good, quality time playing with Nancy Carolyn.  Of course, I will probably spend more time playing than getting organized. But that's what it's all about right?  I'm also going to try to be better about blogging on a regular basis :)

Nancy Carolyn these days is a LOT Of fun... I know I say that every post, but each day she is more and more fun.  I also know that all of you with kids know exactly what I mean.  She is talking more and more- saying actual words (or they sound like words to me).  She likes to dump all her toys out and plays with something for like a... second.  She LOVES to read and LOVES to be outside.  I'm hoping this week is nice so that we can spend a lot of time outdoors. I'm ALSO hoping to take her to the zoo one day. 

I've been spending a LOT of time thinking about next school year and ways I can go ahead and prepare to make life easier.  I've started a wish list of items I want need  for going back  into the classroom.  Anyone want to donate to me?  :)


And because no post is complete without a picture...

This was last weekend at cousin Ellis's first birthday party.