in late september we got together with my family to celebrate dad's birthday at my brother's house and to watch the state game there. we had a great time hanging out with everyone and celebrating another year in dad's life! these pictures are all with the girls and caleb in the backyard so i'll have to get some of the birthday boy to post on here later. we love you dad and thanks to taylor and betsy for opening your home to us!
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
our first anniversary in september
caleb and i celebrated our first anniversary on september 8th! we are so blessed and this year has been a great first year for us! its crazy to think its been a year and 3.5 months already! caleb took off a couple of days and we enjoyed a long weekend together. we stayed at the westin in charlotte before going to the breeder and getting rouge (our big anniversary gift), and on our actual anniversary went to dinner at a new restaurant on glenwood south called solas. here are some pictures we took afterwards enjoying our wedding cake!
being married to caleb is so awesome and i am a blessed woman and enjoy our life together so much :)
being married to caleb is so awesome and i am a blessed woman and enjoy our life together so much :)
Rouge
over the past few months i've been taking so many pictures of cute rouge but haven't sat down to post them. there are SO many (and more i have on my camera, which i am looking for since the move) on C's phone i am using this player to make it faster. she's grown quite a bit since some of these were taken in the fall from September-November -- i can't believe she will be 6 months old two days after Christmas!
Thursday, December 18, 2008
We're here!
...and are officially living in raleigh! what we thought would take one weekend to move has proved itself to take much, much longer--almost a month bc of many factors i don't care to go into! we are finally moved, and still finding places for everything, but we love it here for the time being and find new things to love every day. this move has taught me so much and looking back on it all i consider the trials (and there were many) to be a blessing.
i've just finished my decorating and started playing Christmas music this week and even though it's later than most years i'm actually enjoying this time more because its new, which has been exciting! tonight was our first normal evening in so, so long: caleb came home from work as i was making dinner, we enjoyed a tasty meal while listening to relaxing Christmas music, headed over to Starbucks afterwards, now he and rouge are asleep on the couch while i'm typing this. Ahhh, normal life is so refreshing! thank you to so many people for your listening ears and your encouragement too. we love you all!
i hope i can get around to posting pictures of our place and our Christmas card rejects with rouge, which are HILARIOUS.
MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS FRIENDS & FAMILY!
i've just finished my decorating and started playing Christmas music this week and even though it's later than most years i'm actually enjoying this time more because its new, which has been exciting! tonight was our first normal evening in so, so long: caleb came home from work as i was making dinner, we enjoyed a tasty meal while listening to relaxing Christmas music, headed over to Starbucks afterwards, now he and rouge are asleep on the couch while i'm typing this. Ahhh, normal life is so refreshing! thank you to so many people for your listening ears and your encouragement too. we love you all!
i hope i can get around to posting pictures of our place and our Christmas card rejects with rouge, which are HILARIOUS.
MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS FRIENDS & FAMILY!
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Cary you've been good to us!
we're moving in a couple days and we're so very excited! as thrilled as we are, it's also been sentimental because this is our first home and we have so many good memories here. don't get me wrong we are ready to be in raleigh, but your first place is always sentimental in my opinion. so in honor of our year, plus some change, in our first place i want to post some pictures from around this time last year just a few months after we had been married. you may notice Christmas and Autumn decorations out...i was so excited about having a home to decorate for the holidays i started in october, ha! enjoy these pictures and i'll be sure to post ones of our new place once we get everything in order!
turkey please...
many couples have everyday norms and one of ours is the grocery store. usually i will go during the day, but sometimes we go together at the end of the work day and split the list. caleb usually picks up the same things every time we go cereals, milk, eggs, etc. while i pick up items like salad dressing, deli meats, produce, cheeses, etc. and then we meet up and it always works out in the end. there are occasional times where c has gone to the store with a detailed list that i've written.
with caleb's permission i am sharing this funny and sweet story. well, this past saturday i was busy packing for our upcoming move and asked him to pick up what was on the grocery list one of those items was turkey for sandwiches. easy enough. well he comes home and has forgotten the turkey- oh well, no big deal to me and life goes on.
so the next afternoon, caleb feels bad for forgetting the turkey so he goes to the store again. the grocery store was totally out of the turkey we like so he comes home empty handed...again.
well, late monday evening he is feeling really bad about not getting that turkey for us (i had not mentioned it since, so he's just that sweet) so he goes to the store for the third time in 3 days on a mission to get me that turkey as a surprise! he comes home and i am putting food away and lo and behold....he accidentally bought HAM! oh my goodness this is classic.
so i'm still holding out for some turkey but its a good thing thanksgiving is only two days away! :)
with caleb's permission i am sharing this funny and sweet story. well, this past saturday i was busy packing for our upcoming move and asked him to pick up what was on the grocery list one of those items was turkey for sandwiches. easy enough. well he comes home and has forgotten the turkey- oh well, no big deal to me and life goes on.
so the next afternoon, caleb feels bad for forgetting the turkey so he goes to the store again. the grocery store was totally out of the turkey we like so he comes home empty handed...again.
well, late monday evening he is feeling really bad about not getting that turkey for us (i had not mentioned it since, so he's just that sweet) so he goes to the store for the third time in 3 days on a mission to get me that turkey as a surprise! he comes home and i am putting food away and lo and behold....he accidentally bought HAM! oh my goodness this is classic.
so i'm still holding out for some turkey but its a good thing thanksgiving is only two days away! :)
Monday, November 17, 2008
C-U-T-E
if you know me you may have noticed i say the word, 'cute' to describe almost anything all the time (so much so that sometimes i annoy even myself!) you can usually overhear me in most any store saying, "oh that's so cuuuuute!"
in honor of my favorite adjective, here are some things i think are cute.
my husband, of course.
little kids with glasses like Aaden from Jon & Kate plus Eight
photo from tvguide.com
and lastly anything from my favorite, The Paper Menu
photo from lemontreepaperie.com (another personal favorite)
well you may notice some updates around here to spiff up the blog a bit and all i can think to say is--CUTE! so bare with me while i get it out of my system...
i found this super cute thanksgiving background last week or so from www.thecutestblogontheblock.com which carries some of the best backgrounds around.
rouge has a permanent spot on our family roll call to show off her definite cuteness. [side note: rouge surprised me when she just jumped so high she landed ON the couch mind you she's under 10 inches tall, oh my]. down rouge down!
and lastly the cuteish (if that's a word and you'd consider music players cute) player at the bottom of the blog by playlist.com. they have thousands of songs you can search for, FREE accounts, and best of all they take care of the 'rights' to the music so you don't have to pay any of the fees! anyone remember napster, eek?!
so that's it for cuteness around here...
in honor of my favorite adjective, here are some things i think are cute.
my husband, of course.
little kids with glasses like Aaden from Jon & Kate plus Eight
photo from tvguide.com
and lastly anything from my favorite, The Paper Menu
photo from lemontreepaperie.com (another personal favorite)
well you may notice some updates around here to spiff up the blog a bit and all i can think to say is--CUTE! so bare with me while i get it out of my system...
i found this super cute thanksgiving background last week or so from www.thecutestblogontheblock.com which carries some of the best backgrounds around.
rouge has a permanent spot on our family roll call to show off her definite cuteness. [side note: rouge surprised me when she just jumped so high she landed ON the couch mind you she's under 10 inches tall, oh my]. down rouge down!
and lastly the cuteish (if that's a word and you'd consider music players cute) player at the bottom of the blog by playlist.com. they have thousands of songs you can search for, FREE accounts, and best of all they take care of the 'rights' to the music so you don't have to pay any of the fees! anyone remember napster, eek?!
so that's it for cuteness around here...
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
In light of Thanksgiving...
As we approach Thanksgiving, I am reflecting on so many blessings of this year. I'm thankful for Caleb, our families and friends, an amazing first year of marriage, a great church, God's plan for us (what we see and don't see yet), jobs that we love, the little and big ways God provides, and lastly our puppy dog aka Lil' Roo as she's known around our household.
Rouge, however, is still learning what it means to "give" thanks in our family (as you see below.) We are hoping she will have a better idea of it all by the time there's food on the table... :)
**Disclaimer: This is not one of Rouge's good days a month ago when she was around 3 months, so don't be fooled by her inability to listen, sit, or give. :) Please excuse the 'I'm talking to my puppy really high' voice too.**
Rouge, however, is still learning what it means to "give" thanks in our family (as you see below.) We are hoping she will have a better idea of it all by the time there's food on the table... :)
**Disclaimer: This is not one of Rouge's good days a month ago when she was around 3 months, so don't be fooled by her inability to listen, sit, or give. :) Please excuse the 'I'm talking to my puppy really high' voice too.**
Friday, November 7, 2008
oops
well, it's good to know we've been missed while on our sabbatical from blogging. thanks for all the friendly reminders....we're well rested and mentally prepared for the journey ahead of us: updating you on the past two months of our lives!
rouge should have her own blog with all the videos/pictures i have of her and she's grown so much! she's doing lots of tricks and lots of teething, ha. she's still under 3 lbs. we took her to the vet this week, which was successful, but honestly those people should go into sales with all the stuff they tried to sell us. did anyone know a dog increases its chance of getting cancer by 200% every time they go into heat?!
home sweet home. we are moving back to raleigh in 3 weeks which is a huge answer to prayer! it was unexpected, but the timing is perfect with our current lease and when the old tenant is moving out. we're going to be in a condo near fletcher park, very close to caleb's job and our church so we're very, very excited! we'll be updating a lot of the interior to fit our style but looking forward to the task ahead. can you say wallpaper??
loozieloo: i've been hired by a childrens designer in london to make all of the bows for her line so that is keeping me busy on top of the show i'm doing in early december. i'm not doing as much for her line until after Christmas because of the move and the other show i'm in called holly days. i'm packing all the time now and making bows too!
caleb's job is still keeping him super busy, but it is a great fit for him and we are so thankful. i'll have to get him to update for you. he's also been making games for the iphone and is always thinking of new ideas, which is so fun to be a part of!
soooo that's us in a nutshell. i'm not promising any routine posts at the moment, but this weak attempt should do for now.
also, i have a very big announcement!! no, not us...i know what you're thinking! anyway, we found out two of our good friends are pregnant!! ashlee and jereme are expecting in early july! ash and i have been friends since freshman year at meredith and have done so much together since then. when they told all the girls at dinner i screamed in the restaurant! i'm going to be an aunt again!!! yay!
rouge should have her own blog with all the videos/pictures i have of her and she's grown so much! she's doing lots of tricks and lots of teething, ha. she's still under 3 lbs. we took her to the vet this week, which was successful, but honestly those people should go into sales with all the stuff they tried to sell us. did anyone know a dog increases its chance of getting cancer by 200% every time they go into heat?!
home sweet home. we are moving back to raleigh in 3 weeks which is a huge answer to prayer! it was unexpected, but the timing is perfect with our current lease and when the old tenant is moving out. we're going to be in a condo near fletcher park, very close to caleb's job and our church so we're very, very excited! we'll be updating a lot of the interior to fit our style but looking forward to the task ahead. can you say wallpaper??
loozieloo: i've been hired by a childrens designer in london to make all of the bows for her line so that is keeping me busy on top of the show i'm doing in early december. i'm not doing as much for her line until after Christmas because of the move and the other show i'm in called holly days. i'm packing all the time now and making bows too!
caleb's job is still keeping him super busy, but it is a great fit for him and we are so thankful. i'll have to get him to update for you. he's also been making games for the iphone and is always thinking of new ideas, which is so fun to be a part of!
soooo that's us in a nutshell. i'm not promising any routine posts at the moment, but this weak attempt should do for now.
also, i have a very big announcement!! no, not us...i know what you're thinking! anyway, we found out two of our good friends are pregnant!! ashlee and jereme are expecting in early july! ash and i have been friends since freshman year at meredith and have done so much together since then. when they told all the girls at dinner i screamed in the restaurant! i'm going to be an aunt again!!! yay!
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