Today

...is Monday, August 1st.  Where has this summer gone!?  Oh, that's right.  We've had a new baby so everything is moving at lightning speed.  Long days, fast weeks, even faster months.

...we are recovering from a very busy, but very wonderful long weekend.  We had some dear friends from New Orleans come in town Saturday, so we've spent the past two days visiting with them and having lots of fun in the pool and on the lake.  Chrissy and I grew up together in church at Lakeview Christian Center.  It's so funny that we used to be two young girls, and now we are both married with children who spent the weekend playing together.  It was so much fun and so good to be around them!  I just love and am so thankful for lifelong friendships.

...I have a mountain of laundry to conquer.  We were not home all day Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday.  The kids and I spent Thursday at Geegaw and Granna's house because it was Geegaw's birthday, Friday we went to Dollywood, and Saturday and Sunday we spent at the Bradshaws because they graciously let Chrissy and Ryan and their kiddos stay at their house since we couldn't fit everyone at our house.  So, basically for the past four days we have been gone all day only to come home just in time for bed, dump everything in my bedroom, sleep, and then get up to go again.  My bedroom is in shambles and our laundry situation is out.of.control.  But, I have begun the descent down Laundry Hill and should be fully finished by tomorrow.

...I decided that two weeks or more withOUT Chick-fil-a was long enough.  The kids (all three of them) and I headed out for some "chicken and fries" for lunch, plus I have been longing for a good sweet tea!

...I had an hour and a half conversation with my momma today.  I love days when that happens.  She is a school teacher and is still off for the summer, so while the kids played and Stella napped, we got to catch up on all kinds of stuff.  Love my momma!

...I discovered that Liam likes to smell Stella.  I don't know what it is about that boy, but he just can't keep his hands off of his baby sister.  It's like this overwhelming desire and sensation inside of him that if he is within five feet of her he just.has.to.touch.her.  He can't help himself.  So sweet!

...I am over the ants that seem to have taken residence in our house....in the kitchen, in the kids' bathroom, and in the dining room by the back door.  We have to get these critters out of here soon!

...I really love this song:



and I REALLY love this new worship song we have sung the past two weeks at church:



...I am going to try to finish up a few projects I have been wanting to do on the computer:  Stella's 2-month post, baby announcements, and downloading some pics!  Stay tuned!

....And at the Dinner Table.

Brotherly/Sisterly Love

May I Not Get This Wrong...

Never Before Seen Videos

I whipped out my video camera today to get some footage of the kids playing and dancing and being all cute. I am so bad at doing this and catching on video the things they do that we love so much. And, in a moment of randomness that I do ACTUALLY remember to get video, it is rare that I sit still long enough to put the videos on the computer to then upload them to Youtube! I am a slacker, what can I say!

Anyway, this afternoon, I took some time and sorted through some old videos. I mean, these go way back to last spring. There are some adorable videos of Nora at 18 months that just break my heart. I mean, at 18 months, I thought she was such a big girl, but now that she is two (almost two and a half, thank you!) seeing her at 18 months is like looking at her as a baby. **Tear**

Ugh, anyway.

I thought I would do a rendition of Never Before Seen Videos. Here are a few that might make you smile.

I call this one:

"Atleast that hill is good for something!"


Timeframe: April 2009
Location: Bradshaw backyard
Occasion: Cookout celebrating the impending arrival of Baby Liam

Next on the list is:

"Because we're too cheap to purchase a sprinkler."


Timeframe: August 17th, 2009 (right before Nora's 2nd birthday)
Location: Bradshaw backyard
Occasion: Daddy watering plants turns into Nora's fun in the water!


And then there is:

"Chick-fil-a...teaching them young!"

Timeframe: January 29, 2009
Occasion: Lunch with Daddy at his office for his birthday

And finally:

"The Mooch"

Timeframe: March 2009
Location: Our dining room
Occasion: Daddy's lunch turns into Nora's 2nd lunch


And just because I love my boy more than my luggage, here's one of Little Liam:

Timeframe: September 23, 2009
Location: Granna and Geegaw's house
Occasion: Liam @ 4.5 months

Dare You Not to Smile at This...