Lindsay and Arron get married!

My cousin married the love of her life a this month! We got to host some of our extended family at our place and have a ton of family time on the days surrounding the wedding. I intended to get tons of great pictures but of course my camera went dead. So here are the pictures I got before that happened.

My sister and I before the wedding. It was a super hot day and my aunts planned ahead by making fans out of pictures of the bride and groom. BRILLIANT.

Josie made it through the ceremony but just barely. Daddy followed her around the park and we kept her entertained  with cheerios and water bottles.

Bride and her dad walking (it was a long walk but the park was beautiful and everyone was so relaxed and happy. It was a great thing to witness!)

The groom waiting for his bride. I love catching a glimpse of the his reaction no matter what wedding I'm at. There's just something about seeing the anticipation and joy in their faces. Arron was no exception. He looked nervous but so happy.

My aunt officiated the wedding and she did an awesome job. I couldn't get a good picture because of the angle we were sitting at, but the wedding was so unique! They did everything in their own style and it was truly original.

After the wedding, Congratulations Lindsay and Arron! We were so happy to celebrate with you on your big day.

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Wondering where I've been lately? Me too. Truth is, we've been feeling a little under the weather over here. General cold, runny/stuffy noses, sore throats. Just meh. Nothing crazy but it's left me and my little sidekick kind of moody and gloomy. 


It's been a slow week. Not a lot accomplished, no ambition evident. I'm ok with that as long as it's not permanent.


On a good note, I passed my glucose test! No gestational diabetes for this girl. Hooray. I wasn't all that worried, but it's just nice to know that I don't have that to think about too.


I can't believe we are already at 25 weeks.Excuse me when did that happen? 

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Bragging about Jo...indulge me

Jo Jo Bean, as my family so affectionately calls her, has been rocking my socks the last couple of weeks. She is so silly, so smiley, and so cuddly. Remember when she wasn't like that at all? Now that she has more independence, she isn't fighting for it so much. It's fun to watch her play by herself, but then seek me out to play with me or just check in.


She lets me kiss her right on the face and sometimes leans in to "kiss" me back. She runs as fast as she can and jumps on me to get bear hugs and sometimes just sits on my lap to chill for a couple of seconds. Only seconds, mind you, but they are the best seconds of the day.


Her toothy grin looks even cuter now that her two top teeth or showing more and more. Her hair is almost long enough to tuck behind her ear. She's learning to run.


There is just so much going on with this girl. Little things that most people don't care about, but that fascinate me to no end. Her dad, too, is completely fascinated with everything she does.


It's fun to watch her interact with her new baby cousin, and this last weekend she was able to interact with her old second cousins (almost two and four years old). She still charms all of the adults and even when it's way past her bedtime, she manages to win over any crowd.


 It's a great thing, to be the mom of this girl, and I pray that I can do it the way God wants me to, that I don't hold her back with all of what God has planned for her. She's the best (moms have to think it, but I would anyways!)

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Nothing like a little motivation

Drinking my homemade iced coffee after a mad dash around the house making it mostly presentable, I thought I'd just take a second to sit down, watch Live with Kelly (no surprise there, eh?), and reconnect with  this little blog.


There's nothing like company coming to motivate us into the "clean, organize, rearrange entire house" mode. I knew all week that I had a bunch of ideas and things I just needed to do this week, but really didn't do any of it until I got motivation last night around 9:30 PM. I give myself credit for going at it before 10:30 because come on. That is the normal bedtime and you know how the motivation hits as late as possible.


It's silly, really, how we do this. Our "guest room" has had the bed and dressers in it ready to go for people to stop by anytime, and we have had it used numerous times. Point is, it works. It does the job it is meant to do. But there was just other...stuff... that we were storing in there too. A treadmill that never gets used, my grandma's paintings that are super valuable (to me) but too big to put up in our little house, boxes of storage, all of our gift wrapping stuff, more exercise equipment. Really, it was bursting at the seams.


I have decided to sell the treadmill since I've used it maybe 5 times since getting it. It's too big and bulky and doesn't work the way I want (although it does work just fine). Mainly we just don't have room for it. Since we took it out? The room looks so much more comfortable. We also moved the bed and dressers around to maximize the floor space and leave room to get all around the bed (what a luxury!). There is even a chest that fits at the end of the bed to store our guests' luggage. Fancy pancy. Luggage storage AND a private bathroom next door? This is better than a hotel, right?


We got done before 11:00. I'd call that a win. But the best part is that I woke up motivated to keep going. I made a list last night and didn't do a thing on it this morning, but I did manage to get the rest of the place picked up (conveniently not items on the list) so that there is way less pressure to get those list items done.


I love lists and I love crossing off those pesty items, but I really hate doing them. Lucky for me, the lack of pressure that is in place now is leaving me almost...excited... to get them done. We have a lunch date and then nothing until 7:00 tonight. Our house has never looked so good! 


And just in case our guests read this...don't feel guilty. I love me some motivation and our house needed it!



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