10/10/2010

Today has been great! For the most part we were all at home enjoying each other! What more could I have asked for?! Keller has her appetite and a little of her sass back! ;-) I'm kidding! She's such a sweet girl! Fever free, vomit free, and she's off to sleepytown now! We spent a few hours out in the front yard today and visited with our wonderful neighbors and played on our picnic blanket. We then came in and whipped up some lunch for all of us before Tyler got home from church. He walked in and the chicken was ready to hit the grill! The sauteed okra was almost done, the biscuits were about to come out of the oven and the lima beans were simmering! He finished the chicken and the only thing that made the meal even more fabulous was the sweet potato butter my mom made last week! OMG! It was soooo good!

Check out the recipe here:

http://paletteandcanvas.blogspot.com/2010/10/sweet-potato-heaven.html

We visited a while with my sister who stopped by for a bit and then it was off to the grocery store for me! It's been a while since I've grocery shopped without Keller! It was a bit strange! Oh, how I love that girl! I came back and fixed us a turkey sandwich and everyone is about to be off to bed! I'm currently downloading all of the pictures from my mini sessions yesterday! Can't wait to get to work on those! We had a blast! But for now, I'm off to bed! Lots to do tomorrow at the office! G'nite guys!

It's Finally Friday! (and gettin' close to quittin' time!)

I hope everyone is having a fabulous Friday! It's after lunch and we get outta here at 4:00 on Fridays! Keller will be getting here around 3:00 so I'm pretty excited! All is well at the White house today! I think Keller may be over her crud or whatever has been wrong the past few days.. We think she's teething, but I think she may have had a touch of a virus on top of that or maybe too much drool mixed with her formula caused her to PROJECTILE vomit all over me last night! I always thought "I will throw up if she throws up on me!" I have a weak stomach when it comes to raunchy smells.. However, I did great! Applause!! I guess when your baby is going through something they've never really been through before it scares them and you feel helpless! Keller will be 15 months old next Wednesday and she hasn't thrown up/spit up since she was itty bitty! Thank you, Jesus! Soon after all of the mayhem she was smiling and laughing just as she was prior to! I'm so blessed to have such a happy baby girl! She woke up this morning fever free and happy as a lark! So, I'm guessing we'll have a fabulous weekend! The in-laws are coming in tonight and staying through the weekend, so we'll be busy! Saturday consists of mini photo sessions until 3:00 that I'm very much looking forward to! Other than that, I'll leave you on this note! Roll Tide! =)

Say Cheese!!!

Those of you who know me know I love, love, love to take pictures! I love to capture every little detail of every little thing. My husband upgraded my Nikon D40 to the Nikon D5000 a year or so ago and I absolutley love that thing! I took pictures of everything! People, architecture, nature, etc, ect.. I, about 6 months ago, ventured out to start a small "business" called Soulshine Gallery. I have done many portraits and a couple of weddings so far and although it's a "job" it's been fun so far! I'm very much a "people-person" so that makes things a little easier. I have a lot of encouragement from friends and family, so I push on full speed ahead! I actually have 7 mini sessions scheduled for this Saturday! It's be a fun and exhausting day! I pray this passion and hobby never turns out to be something I dread.. Which reminds me, I really need to take a few more of Keller before she turns 2! lol! I rarely take good pictures of her..it's normally with my iPhone! (some of those are priceless though!) You should check out my photography blog! http://www.soulshinegallery.blogspot.com/! (it's on facebook too!)

Ya know... It's really a huge release to blog.. It makes me feel better after I do. I don't know why.. I guess to know that one day my family can look over it and smile at my happy moments and cry through my sad ones! =) I'm thinking of posting a list of "things that make me smile!" It just makes me happy thinking about it! Also...I was thinking about this last night and thought it would be different and potentially really fun! A purse swap! Everyone would bring a purse that you no longer use, but that you wouldn't mind still using (not something raggedy) and it would be kind of a "dirty santa" game thingy to swap them! Like I said, something different and fun! What do you think? Would you be game? Leave a comment here or email me at jennifer@metroglass.net to let me know what you think! It would probably take place on a week night maybe next month!

Peace and Blessings!

Pandora -- as in the jewelry...not the internet radio!

Lookie lookie what I started! I'm so excited to get my first Pandora bracelet started! I'm trying to keep it simple...no danglies or outlandish beads... that way I can wear it with everything and it won't be to casual or too dressy! So far so good! I was going to go for the leather band, but the girls at Objects said I could only put about 8 beads on it.. humph.. so I went for the classic silver instead! Here's to another adventure! =)Yesterday was absolutely beautiful on the gulf coast! I spent the day with Keller as we cleaned up the house and did a little galavanting around town! We decided on a whim to go visit Tyler (across the bay) and shop around the Eastern Shore Center for a bit. We also visited a couple of little shops in West Mobile.. First one being Marcie & Me on Dawes Road. I put Keller in her little umbrella stroller and we proceeded to shop...or so wo thought.. I could barely maneuver her around in the dang stroller!! I was planning to start my bracelet there, but when I walked in and boxes were all stacked in front of the display I thought twice. =/ They have cute things there! So..on with our adventure! We went across the street to Freckles! I found an adorable old green window that had been redone with chalk/cork boards! I'm planning to hang it in my kitchen to hang Keller's future fabulous artwork on!

It was then that we decided to hit the Eastern Shore Center! Objects over there is my all time favorite store in that area which is where I started my new fetish!! (I welcome other ideas as to where I should try next!) We visited Tyler while we were over there, then we decided Keller needed a short cat nap in the car, so we made the trek back over to Mobile where I needed to pick up my check from Kidz Klozet which was my first consignment adventure! I made over $500! Holy CRAP! I never expected that! Then off to Big Time Diner for dinner with Keller, mom and Tyler!

Monday Monday la la la la.....

Tomorrow I'm off work and I get to spend the day with my lovely Keller-bug... What to do... what to do... I'm NOT a homebody, so on beautiful days, especially if it's anything like it has been the past couple of days, we're going outdoors! Whether it's downtown to have brunch at Spot of Tea (and no, I'm not ashamed to go sit and eat at a restaurant with just me and Keller) or to the Eastern Shore Centre to shop and have lunch with my hubby.. We'll be doing something where we can enjoy this lovely fall weather! But for now....It's 5:00!! Wahoo!! Heading to pick up the munchkin then home to make chicken and dumplings with my bestie and watch The Event!

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood!

Well, today I found myself reading over the older entries of this blog and needless to say there were a lot of things that I missed out on writing about! It's kinda sad to me! I enjoyed reading about her milestones even before she was born! I MUST DO A BETTER JOB OF BLOGGING!

So... We had a fantastic weekend! The weather was absolutely BEAUTIFUL! I got to spend all weekend with Tyler and Keller! Woohoo!

To begin... Friday night Tyler, Keller and I went to eat dinner with some fabulous folks! Janet, Jamie, Garrett and Mary Claire! We all went to Rocky Creek Catfish in Lucedale! We had a great time and laughed our faces off! And I thought I was crazy!! =) Here's a picture of the gang courtesy of Garrett's phone!

Saturday we had brunch at Spot of Tea in Cathedral Square, then we went to scope out a new spot to do next Saturday's mini sessions since a wedding popped up at MBG.. This place is going to be fabulous though! I can just feel it! =) Then we went and got some PUMPKINS! Oh, fall...how I love thee!! Then off to Shoe Station where Mark met us to bless us with buying some shoes for us all! Then off to the house to get some dinner ready for the Bama game! But first, hang out outside and blow bubbles with Keller! She loved them! We had some fabulous steaks cooked by Chef Tyler! ...and Bama stomped on the Florida Gators! Roll tide!

Sunday was just a great! We went to the early service at church where Bro. Dick spoke about his new book "Season of Glory" (Can't wait to start reading it!) Then Keller and I went home and cooked some soup and had a picnic in the front yard! Tyler got home and joined us for an hour or so and then it was nap time! All of us crashed! Keller first though, sitting up playing with her toys! We then took a walk around the neighborhood and had some more soup! We then got to meet Lindsay's boyfriend, Carlton! Then off to sleepytown! Wow! after re-reading that we really did a lot this weekend!

How many legs does an octopus have?

EIGHT!

Keller cracks me up with this! She has all kinds of bath toys, one being an octopus! A couple of weeks ago I started asking her "How many legs does an octopus have?" She would look at me and kick her legs and I would say "Eight!" Well, the other night when I was giving her a bath, she was putting all of her little animals on the side of the tub. I decided to ask her what each of them were... Hippo, elephant (roll tide), bear, duck, frog, seal, octopus... She named every single one of them! When I asked her how many legs the octopus had she shouted "EIGHT!" Yep, proud mama here! =) Does she know what it means? Probably not..but we're learning! She amazes me everyday with something new! I could kick myself for not keeping up a journal of all of these first time things, but being a mom is a lot busier than I thought! New found love for my own mom! {{hugs}}