Meet Pippa

We now totally understand what it is like to be real parents. (Yes, I know we don't "totally" understand.. but it's pretty close to it).

We are sleep deprived, and constantly chasing this little pistol around the house- 

Meet Pippa....

We went to get the little rats on Friday, and they were thrilled about their homecoming...

Pippa on the left, and Sophie on the right.

We were a little worried about how they would act when going to a new home, meeting a new yorkie that looks like their mama- who is a spoiled needs nerve pills type of dog, and then meeting a completely dominant overweight, so ugly she's cute  chihuahua. They did great! They walked/ran/hopped around that house like they have been there forever. Tootie (the precious chihuahua) is a great mama to them. She is very protective and is watching their every move at all times. Milly (my 1st born) is not so sure. She does not like for them to get anywhere near her, and they are now getting a hoot out of running past her and grabbing her hair, then quickly bowing down because they are scared to death. Sneaky 'lil things. 

7 weeks vs. 12 years.

Love those girls!

I have told several people lately that I don't understand how women have more than one child. I have felt extremely guilty about getting Pippa. I think I have held Milly more than I have Pippa so far. I know she will get used to her, but I feel like I have let her down. This shall get easier. Tim claims Pippa anyways, so he tends to her a lot... he's a sucker for a puppy :)

The past 2 days have been very fun and tiring. The two sisters love to play fight and bite each other constantly. They are so cute together. I quickly remembered how having a puppy is also. She can find any piece of trash/crumb/plastic/string in the craziest places! She is loving chewing on our rugs and hiding from us. When I say we are like parents, I mean that miss thing wakes up every 1-2 hours and pitches a t-total fit. Not whining or crying.... Howling and Barking! It is almost impossible to go back to sleep, and when we finally do- she is ready to get up again. At 6 am, she is ready to be up for the day so we have been getting up and feeding her then. I know that she is fine in her crate, but I can't stand to here her that upset, and our house is not big enough to drain it out- at all. 

We even find ourself trying to keep her up late in the afternoon/ no napping.. so she will sleep more at night. Wow- glimpse of motherhood!

We are loving having her cute little self around, its been a while since a puppy and we are loving every minute :)

Pathetic. 2 months since my last post. I have no excuse- except for the last time I tried to update, I typed a long blog that took FOREVER and when I went to publish, it lost everything. Needless to say, I was not happy and have banned the blogging world since. We literally do not sit down in our home, with my computer, ever- so, I figured I would update since its only 9:00 and I have some time to spare before bed.

Here we go- prepare yourself for the boringly long post about nothing you are probably interested in.

So- What have we been up to? 

In April----We helped our friends welcome 3 beautiful baby girls into the world.

First was Nathan and Lindsey's sweet little bundle of joy.

 Of course, this was just the other night when I got to spend some quality time with her. She is so precious and looks just like her big brother- which is awesome, because he is a little doll himself!

The next baby girl was from one of my good friends at school, Candice. Maddie is also a baby sister to a precious little boy. She is a sweet little chunk who is oh so lovable. 

Maddie attended our kindergarten party this past week, and she was very entertained!

The last and most recent new addition to our group of baby girls is from one of my best friends- Kendall Gunter. Emerson has finally arrived and I am so excited for their little family! 

She is so loved already. I have not gotten to spend as much time with this little precious as I have wanted because of crazy school life and Kendall and her hubby living in the big ole town on Ninety Six (Ahem--- I wish they would move on back here!)

All of these babies are absolutely precious and perfect little miracles. So excited to watch them grow :)

Now, since I do not have a human baby yet- I am proud to announce that this little gal....

is going to be a big sister. 

To a yorkie puppy. 

Don't know how I will ever choose which one is the right one for Tim and I.

The runt- with the sweetest little round face.

The wild one. She is a complete mess, already.

 You see, My mom and I are getting both females, the sisters. This is going to be so much fun seeing them grow together and watch them play. So excited. We will be getting them soon, they are now 6 weeks old :) Should be exciting around the houses!

Now onto the house projects.... just a quick photo dump of what we have been doing around our little home.

Mother Day gifts 2012. We enjoyed making these for our moms. They are the best, so we wanted to do something that we enjoyed together and something that wasn't just bought. 

Can you say OCD? I am completely overboard about organizing these days. I. LOVE. IT. 

Hey- my addictions could be worse, right?

Weekend project we just completed. Started last night, and finished tonight. I am very excited about the way it turned out... I am going to make different signs for different holidays/ events also.

SO- There's a bunch of rambling about the past 2 months. Maybe with school almost out for the year I will have more time to keep this updated. 

Until next time....

MILKaholic...

It has been nearly a month since I last updated my blog. Life has been busy. 

Today I, along with one of our friends hosted a shower for one of my best friends- Kendall Gunter. She will be a wonderful mommy to Emerson Adele Gunter next month. So exciting. She is going to be such a good mommy, and I can't wait to see this precious little girl. We had so much fun planning this shower for her. Those of you who know Kendall know that she loves details, and she can throw an AWESOME party/event/anything. She puts so much time into anything she does- so that is the least I could do for her. We have been planning this shower for about 2 months now, and if I say so myself, I think our hard work paid off. It was a laid back, fun little shower!

Here are a few pictures I captured between running around the house like a mad woman before it began. I had high hopes of getting more picture, and better pictures- but time didn't agree with that. So, this is what I got.....

Cheesecake shots... These were simple and a pretty presentation. They had a mini fudge stripe cookie in the bottom with cheesecake filling and crumbled oreos on top. Everyone seemed to like them!

Cookies sitting on an old scale 

Traditional chocolate chip cookies 

My lovely mother made these. They are so good- and of course, a Pampered Chef recipe! 

Abby made these Oreo balls... they went with our black and white theme and were oh so good.

Some of the milk from our milk bar. We also had sweet Tea and Pink lemonade for those who don't like milk.

Table Display

Again.

Prob. one of my most favorite decorations. The onesie banner. I know it is done all the time, but it just added so much to my little den. The clothespins were a nice little touch too.

On the coffee table we had sweet Emerson's latest 3D ultrasound picture. The guest could write a note for Kendall and Danny to open when she is born. We also had the book "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie"... this was used like a guestbook. Everyone signed it. (Each person brought their favorite children's book to the shower today along with their gift).
You know the teacher in me loves the idea :)

Favors. Cookie Crisp in a mason jar...

The mantle. A few books- my two favorites "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and "Brown Bear, Brown Bear". We also framed the invitation to display.

Door decor. We took black foam board, cut it, and hot glued Cookie Crisp cereal to make her monogram.

Me with the perfect Mommy to be!


This shower was a lot of fun, and I love doing things for people. It can sometimes become overwhelming when everything else in life is busy, but it is always worth it... I wouldn't take anything for the memories made today with Kendall's closest friends and family around to shower this special little gal with gifts. and she got some cute ones!

Emerson, "Jame Jame" can't wait to meet you!

It seems that I can only blog once a week. Not sure what the problem is, but this is the way it works I guess. We have had a crazy fun week all while I have been hacking my lungs up. I have had this nasty cough/sore throat/sinus/headache/etc.... for about 2 weeks now- I'm. OVER. IT. But life goes on, so I hosted a few events at our house this week that were planned pre-sickness. 

Tim's birthday was on Monday so we all went to eat, and then the family ventured over to our house for cake and presents. It was a lot of fun, yet weird being at our own house, not sure when that will sink in. 

On Thursday, I had all of the kindergarten teachers/assistants/friends over to our house for our monthly party. We always have so much fun, I am so thankful to work with such a wonderful group of people! We showered Rebecca and her 2nd baby boy on the way with some diapers, wipes, and goodies also!

Friday night we had some friends over to eat and celebrate again. We had so much fun! It was a house full, and we did lots of laughing!

On Saturday, we went shopping in Greenville and then went to look at some furniture that my dad's friend is getting rid of. We are very excited about getting some of it. I love to get furniture anyways, but there is something special about getting furniture that has a history. 

I also snagged these cute things up.......

I love Kirklands! So much wonderful stuff, and at such good prices. This little wall/outside of the counters needed a little something, it's one of the first things you see when you walk in our back door.

So- Today has consisted of me sleeping late because I got no sleep last night because of coughing. We went to my parents for lunch and then came back home to show our house to our family friend (same one who is giving us the furniture).

I didn't go to church tonight because I am literally coughing every few seconds, didn't figure that would be too lovely in the service. I have been laying on the couch, and then realized that some stuff I wanted to get done was not doing itself so I began organizing.

Got some new baskets at Target yesterday so I went through and got some things together. I have began establishing a little "stock pile" since I am now doing coupons! Pretty excited about that.

One of these days I will have something exciting to talk about- but for now, it seems to always be boring house stuff, Sorry folks!

I am now waiting on Tim to come home with supper, then I will take my cough medicine and I am hitting the bed. Night :)

More Weekend Accomplishments

This weekend, I was determined to get to work on our guest bedroom. I know this isn't a huge deal, but you see- our guest bedroom is kind of a cut through in our house. Every time I would walk through, I hated it... like made my skin crawl. Something about it was not working for me. I wish I would have taken a "before" picture, but didn't think about it... and honestly, I didn't think I would like the "after" as much as I do! We didn't touch any of the paint, but it looks like a completely different room! My lovely parents helped us take down the queen size bed we had in there, and we put a full bed instead. I know it is not much difference in the sizes, but the headboard on the queen was R-I-D-C-U-L-O-U-S. It's a pretty bed, but it just took over our room. So, after putting the full bed in there, Mom and I ventured out shopping last night while the men watched TV and I snatched up this new bedspread.....

I love it.. and it was a cheap fix!

I also took a bookshelf that had been sitting in the room without hardly anything on it and so I decided to put it to good use. I want this room to be a bedroom for our friends/family if needed, but also serve a purpose (SPACE) for us. We have two sets of built in bookshelves in our living room, so I didn't see the need in making this bookshelf look fancy and collect dust. So.......

This is now my craft organizing shelf! I'm obsessed. 

Mom and I went all over town today looking for these crazy baskets....... like 5 places to begin with, and we ended up at a dollar store to run up on these little beauties! 

FYI- When I get one of those brainstorming thoughts in my head, I HAVE.TO.DO.IT.THEN. I admit, it's an annoying habit- ask my dad and my husband, but hey.... it gets things done!

So, needless to say I feel much better about our room now, and I can walk through it without getting chill bumps.

Let me note that I did not purchase anything to put in this room except the baskets and the bedspread. Everything else was things we have had that we bought before the wedding, and things that have not had a home before now. I also went and pull some of my old bedroom decor from years back and worked that into the room (topiary shelf, candlesticks, turquoise/brown lamp, etc.)

*That's why you never throw stuff away or give it away too soon- hence why I'm married to Fred Sanford himself.

Speaking of my sweet hubby, he turns 25 tomorrow! Yay! I will update with that soon!

Weekend Work

So here are the lovely pictures of some work we did over the weekend...

Note: I did this wreath a few weeks ago, BUT the 1 fell off. I had to re-secure it and it is still hanging successfully today, so that's a plus.

I found a wreath similar on Pinterest I loved, but could not find anything to work with in the big town of Greenwood. So, I made do and finished off with this. It is a grapevine wreath with greenery wrapped around it (attached by floral wire and hot glue) and the number 106 is our house number!

The plan for the front porch was to buy 2 black rocking chairs. Love the idea. Don't love the fact that rocking chairs are about $100/ piece and who knows if they could even stand the weather.... So- that brings me to the plastic on our front porch. They are not exactly what I had in mind, but they will work.

These window boxes were meant to be for the front porch, but after much arguing and being hard headed deliberation, they were moved to the back of the house. I much happier with them back there, but don't tell Tim I said that.

This is our "stand alone garage"/mancave/shed/workplace/Tim's future project

We added a little feminine touch with the window box, and the T is from our wedding. Just can't seem to let go of that one!

When it gets warmer, there will be a fern hanging from this, but until then.. the hanging basked with pansies will have to work.

We have several events/showers/gatherings coming up at our house, and the outside just needed a little TLC. 

Thanks to my mama for helping me plant flowers and being a huge help this weekend with this! She never knows what she is going to be roped into with Tim and I involved... even a 3 hour Lowe's trip can be made interesting :)

It's Spring in January

How come the weekends always fly by? I could use another one. now. So this weekend the weather was amazing, which was much needed after a week of rain. I love gorgeous days, but I can say that I miss the January weather like we had last year. 1 full week of snow was ah-maz-ing. Being out of school for an entire week awe-some. 

This picture was taken at the beginning of the snow. Gentlemen, THIS is what it should be like in January. Not 70 degrees. But, what we can we do about it... absolutely nothing. 

So, instead of playing in the snow- Tim, my mom, and I were planting flowers. Yes, flowers... pansies to be exact. We went and bought 3 more window boxes and 2 chairs for our front porch. 

Spring fever?

Maybe.

But not happy about it.

Yep, planting flower instead of this---

Can you tell I'm bitter?

Oh well, since it's dark outside I cant snap a picture of what we did, so I will do that soon.

We didn't make it to church tonight, because Tim is under the weather. Nasty sinus mess... So, we are laying low and being lazy on this Sunday night, something we never do. I'm excited to get in the bed early tonight and begin reading my newest purchase.....

Thanks to Scotty and Megan I have been on the search for this book. And instead of being smart and ordering it online, I have been waiting and I found it at K-Mart tonight! So excited to begin reading it!

Night guys :)