Family Birthday Party

For Heath's 1st birthday, I decided to have a "family party" on his actual birthday, and also a "family & friends" party on the Saturday after his birthday. For the family birthday, we made BBQ grilled chicken, potato salad, baked beans, and chips. I also made a birthday cake and two cupcakes- one for Heath and one for his cousin! These are pictures from his family party.

Getting pushed in his new truck!

Heath received a ton of toys! Including a set of 100 balls...kind of like the ones we used to play in at McDonald's.

The birthday boy with his special hat on!

Here is Heath eating his cupcake

Heath and his cousin..

Heath surrounded by all of his new toys...with cake all over his face!

A sweet family shot- just me and my boys :)

and yes, those are balls flying through the air. The adults used them as ammo in our "ball war"
that lasted about an hour!! SO much fun :)

My tropical getaway!

Now that it is officially summertime....
I want to be in one of these places......

Unfortunately, that costs $$$$........

So, until we can really go somewhere sunny and nice.........

I redid this.......

My cluttered, boring laundry room...............

to look like this.........

and this..........

and the best part?

It cost under $10!

Wall paint- $5 "oops" can

Storage boxes- I already owned them... just used some spray paint I had on hand!

Storage Labels- Cut up a Lilly Pulitzer greeting card my sweet Aunt had sent me
My own personal "getaway"- PRICELESS! <>

Heath's 1st Birthday!!

Today is the day that my sweet little boy turns ONE YEAR OLD!!! Exacly one year ago, I went to the hospital at 6 am to be induced. Heath was born a few hours later, at 12:23 pm. I cannot believe how fast this year has flown by. We are having a little family get-together tonight with the grandparents and aunts and uncles. Then, on Saturday, we will have a little party with all of our friends! Ryan and I are so blessed to have such a fun, loving, and healthy TODDLER who we love more than anything in the world!!! Happy birthday Heath! We love you so much!

movin' in

Hey guys, I'm back! I have missed reading about all of y'all and am so glad that our computer is back in service!!!

We have had a very busy couple of weeks. Most notably, WE MOVED!!!(this weekend actually!!) We sold our house and moved into a new house! The new house is a 4 bedroom, 2 bath house. It feels so much bigger. Probably because it is :) I have had no problems unpacking because it seems like there is a place for just about everything!

Since move-in day on Friday, we have finished unpacking the kitchen, our bedroom, and are working on the kids' rooms.

We only had a few "disasters", like our brand new refrigerator not cooling, a small leak from the washer, and of course our dishwasher that won't work. Thankfully, everything has been resolved. (except for the dishwasher, but they repair man comes tomorrow!!)

(Right now, Ryan is giving our dog Roxy a tour of the house and just told me that they are literally running from one end to another! )

I will keep all yall updated on every project that is sure to come! (and will post some pictures once I get all the camera cords unpacked!)

vacation

Wow! What a great week it has been. On Thursday, Ryan, Heath and I headed down to Garden City, SC to stay with Ryan's family. While we were there, we played in the sand, played bocce ball, and played putt putt. This was Heath's first real time to the beach where he could enjoy playing with toys in the sand! He even ate crab legs for the first time!

Then on Sunday, Heath and I headed to Edisto with my parents for a few days. Here is a picture of Heath eating some Edisto sand!

I am so excited for this warm weather. Hopefully we will have many more fun days at the beach this summer!!

hey stranger!

Hey guys! I have been without a computer. at all. whatsoever. For about 3 weeks now. I miss it terribly, and miss reading about all my fellow bloggers even more! There has been a lot going on in the past three weeks. so I will try to recap:

Heath got his first ear infection at 10 months old. It made him feel bad, but he cuddled A LOT which he never does. So it wasnt so bad for me!

We SOLD the first flip house!! Like, someone has already moved in all of their stuff and LIVES there!!

As the weather is getting warmer, more people are coming to look at our house and we have an Open house tomorrow!

The new flip house is about 2 weeks or so from being completed! It looks amazing, and I know I promised pictures, but i dont have any and didnt take any before pictures either. sorry about that. My husband is amazing and can do amazing things! I am so proud of him!!!

I am so excited about spring weather. I have gotten some cute, spring-y maternity clothes and am super happy about all of the flowers and plants that are showing some color!!

I am about 23 weeks pregnant with a LITTLE GIRL!!! We are so excited about her...I cant wait until July when she will be here! Its not too far away :)

Heath has been doing some more walking, and is learning more and more every day. He is growing so fast. I will be starting to plan his 1st birthday really, really soon.

I know how to make meatballs now. A few friday nights ago, we watched Julia & Julie and then we went to sleep. Then i had this dream about meatball subs (which, by the way I have never eaten or found appealing) I woke up and had to make them exactly as they were in my dream. And they were delish! and that is the story on how i learned to make meatballs. I think that pregnancy - cravings/ watching cooking movies could be the culprit.

And that is all of the stuff i can think of that has happened in the past few weeks. Hope yall are all having a wonderful Saturday!!

BABY #2

Baby #2 is.......

ITS A GIRL!!!!! We just found out today!! We are so excited! More updates to come later :)