Wonderful Weekend Part 2

Sunday we invited Jay's sister Jill and her family over, Bailey was excited to spend the day with her cousins Lauren and Sarah. As you can tell from the picture below, the dress up clothes were the big hit. These girls played for hours, they were so cute! Jay and Keith went out in the woods later in the day and hid various toys of Baileys (stuffed animals) along a trail near our home, once they were back the girls loaded up in the truck to go on a "scavenger hunt" , I thought this was super sweet of the guys and while they were out with the girls-Jill and I went to town making Valentines and hair bows. Jill is a lot like me (well actually she is a lot more creative she is of course an art teacher) she likes making cards, and all sorts of crafts! We had a great time...here are a couple of items we worked on- I had more pictures but since I have had my new camera, it takes my computer FOREVER to load !!

Lauren, Sarah, & Bailey
Eating out on the porch, having a good ol' time

mini diaper fold valentine

Hershey Bar covered, a gift for Laurens teacher

Bigger diaper fold valentine, the pink heart is a hair bow- these are what I am doing

 for Baileys class...I think??

Bad picture but cute idea-My friend Franne showed me the m&m valentine-these bags are really cute. We made these for Lauren's pre-k class down south, of course she has hair bows too as toppers!

Another shot of bigger diaper fold valentines

Sweet tart candy filled in mini bags-Made these for my friend Wendy, thought her son may like the ornage and blue ones for the boys in his class (she doesn't know I did this, hope she doesn't care)

           The hair bows, I love these as toppers. Thought... the little boys who get these on their valentines, could pass it to their moms as a little gift from them!

Well I am off to make more hair bows for the girls in my class and for who ever else wants some, really thinking of opening a little shop on etsy :)

Good night, Christy

Wonderful Weekend Part 1

I had such a wonderful, relaxing, jam packed weekend! Seems like I did so much in such in a short time so I am going to have to post multiple post.

Friday, Jay and I decided to stay in for the night hoping to give Bailey one more night of recovery (she has been battling a crazy cough since December 13th, went for x rays on wed and doc able to determine not pneumonia just a bad case of bronchitis, by the way after 5 days of meds she's different woman!) we stayed up watched movies and talked about everything we had so much fun just laughing and hanging out.

Saturday I met up with one of my friends for a fun trip to Hobby Lobby (one of the greatest places on earth), Michaels and of course Chic Fila. Together we shopped for Valentine ideas and Baileys upcoming fairy garden party!!! After shopping and gathering ideas and materials, we came back to my place to begin working on Baileys fairy tutu. I found a really sweet party on a blog last year and have been looking forward to Bailey's next party since. Check out TomKat Studio, if you have never before visited this site you are going to go crazy. She is amazing, one of the best party planners I have found. I used her candy theme set for baileys Super Sweet 3rd Birthday last year and today ordered her fairy invitations from her as well!
Ok, back to the outfit- I only bought five yards of tulle for the tutu but apparently you need a lot more, we only were able to complete about 1/4 of the project. So after eating some dinner and cleaning up and everyone leaving i got ready for bed, but couldn't sleep. I couldn't stop thinking of , my friend telling me how she got rid of some things of her daughters and really organized her room. Well lets just say I was inspired , anyone who knows me knows that  I tend to not keep things very long ( I am always changing and rearranging, ask any kid in my class!) The only items I tend to keep around very long are bailey's toys, I always feel so guilty when I try to get her to part with toys, tears begin to fall and I hear the same line "Mom, I play with that all the time, its my favorite" Well, guess I wasn't feeling to bad this night I condensed all of Baileys toys to one shelving system and a couple left in her closet! It looks awesome, I am happy with the end result! The next morning she was so excited, proably because she never knew up underneath all those toys was a bed!Maybe now she will start sleeping there...YEAH RIGHT!



No, this is not how my house normally looks but I pulled everything into my kitchen and living room to sort. Does anyone besides me have a problem with buyingto many buckets and baskets? I am addicted!



 This is the computer room/playroom/craft room/throw your stuff in-room

! Of course Baileys toys fill the majority of space within this room!

End result of room above

End result of her bedroom

Clean and simple!

 Sunday I spent the day making valentines, hairbows and birthday favors. I wil post more tonight, right now I am headed back to Hobby Lobby for more tulle!!! :)

Horse Party

 Bailey with the birthday girl

This weekend we went down to see Jay's family and celebrate our niece's 5th birthday. We had such a great time, the horse theme was a success! We were all out at ones of our friends farm and the kids had a blast running around. Bailey of course cried when we had to leave the horse, this child is afriad of nothing! Here are a couple of pics from the weekend.

Snow Days

Monday we headed up to Tennessee to see Jays grandmother. We were so excited when we pulled up into her yard to see snow everywhere! Bailey was so excited, after eating some lunch with the family we put on a snow suit and headed out the doors. Jays Aunt DD pulled out a sled for us and that was it, Bailey was slipping and sliding for hours. Although her cheeks were red as ever she refused to admit that she was cold or wanted to go inside.

After hours of fun and spending time with the family we headed into Gatlinburg to get checked in to our hotel. The hotel was beautiful and right on top of a mountain! Now getting up there I was a bit nervous to say the least! However I was forced to over come my fear of heights since my husband booked the only hotel straight up, on the edge, of a mountain. Our trip was amazing, we had such a great time and I am so excited that Bailey was able to experience all the fun the snow brings. She was able to make a snowman, sled down hills, get into a snowball fights and sit by a camp fire as snow surrounded her and drink hot cocoa ! I don’t normally make new years resolutions but I am this year. This year I will enter 2011 making it a point to" ENJOY THE SIMPLE THINGS IN LIFE!" Happy New years!!

Whoo's Cute???

My little angle making an angel.

Bailey and I outide the hotel, thank God for this rail because it dropped right off!





The pool at the hotel, look out the window!

Bailey and Lauren striking a pose!

This did not just happen!

I am so excited about our upcoming trip to the mountains, I have been cleaning for the past couple of days, folding laundry, packing and just trying to get things in order. There was one thing that I didn't have together though..shoes. I went out today looking for some boots and was really excited when I found the cutest pair at TJ Maxx. I don’t normally find a lot at stores where you have to "dig" but these perfect boots were just sitting in the aisle, it was like they were meant for me. I tried ONE shoe on and it was perfect! They were mine. I was so excited to get home and try them on for Jay, you can imagine the disappointment and frustration I was feeling when I realized that they were both a left shoe and the other one was a 9!! So…………. I called the store, the sales lady was so sweet she went throughout the store looking for my other shoe, but only found them in a size 8. As if I wasn't feeling bummed already as she was hanging up she said " Yea, those are some cute boots" YIKES!!!

Seriously, I have been online trying to find these boots and so far have found them in every color but tan not only that but my boots were on clearance for $25.00 and these are priced anywhere between $49-69. Oh well guess that’s what I get for not paying attention to details! My advice for the day...always try both shoes on :)

Christmas Cheer

What an amazing Christmas our family had this year! Christmas is always an extra busy time of year for us as well as many other I am sure, but I made it a point this year to enjoy ever minute, even the stressful times! Jay, Bailey and I started the holiday season off the week before Christmas by joining my brother and sister and their families at my moms house. Its always something crazy over there, like the dart board that has been re-gifted and passed between Jay and my brother for the past 5 years! Our my brother and I dueling it out over Jeopardy and wheel of fortune (we sound like our grandparents).



Christmas eve we spent time with his family at my brother n laws place down south, we always have a great time and the food was amazing. Bailey was blessed with MANY< MANY toys and lots of dress up clothes. She even got a MONKEY, ok she actually told Santa she wanted one!!



Once we were home that evening we got our baking gear out and made Santa some cookies and poured him a glass of milk. The look on her face when she woke up that morning to see an empty glass was priceless. She was so sweet opening her gifts, she made it a point that after each gift she would look at us and say "Thank you, this is wonderful". Which was pretty cute when she opened the shirt that by the look on her face she didn't like and still managed to say "Thank You this is Wonderful". Got to love her!!! God bless you all I hope you had an amazing Christmas and have a wonderful New Year!!

On a side note….I celebrated my birthday on the 21st which was also our last day of school before the winter break! My kids were so sweet ,I loved how one of my little girls made me a special birthday hat and then said" you are 21 right?" and of course I said "Yes honey, I am ". My husband surprised me before going to school with a Canon Rebel T1i, which totally shocked me. I was even more blown away when he told me he let go of a bike (he mountain bikes) to get this for me! He really is an amazing guy!

Georgia Bound!

Jay, Bailey and I returned today from a family trip to Georgia.. We had the best time, Friday we headed to Mulberry Gap, a little camping area up in the mountains of Ellijay. I felt like we were really roughing it, little cabin no bathrooms (in room) super cold, until I looked out the window to see all these campers on the ground sleeping in the freezing cold. The setup was so super cute, everyone at the camp site ate in the mess hall, supper and breakfast were cooked by the owners and we all just sat around and talked. This area is where Jay goes often to mountain bike (which he did get to do while we were there) so I earned some major wife points! Saturday we drove to Buford, Georgia where we just happen to be staying across the street form the biggest mall in Georgia- it was neat but way crowded! Sunday we spent the day in Macon, if you have never been...GO! It was so beautiful to me, Bailey was in aw of all the "castles". The weather was gorgeous, the trees were amazing and the time we were able to spend togther and the memories we made are priceless! Hope everyone has a great week!

Bailey and I outside the cabin

helping daddy get ready to go bike

Bailey with Mandy, the camp dog she invited into our cabin!

the bathrooms (how cute, love the sinks)

Bailey was obsessed with the elevators!

the trees were amazing!

more hairbows I worked on

Bailey and Daddy

Too cute!

Church in Macon, this place was gorgeous


More pics to come.......................