As you can see, I pretty much do not update my blog very much!! I just do not like getting on the computer that much during the week. After we got home from work and cook/clean its my bedtime!! Not much has happened since the end of October. Mama and Cherish came to visit! We went to a Haunted House in Nashville, which did its part in scaring the crap out of us!! Pretty much they keep in you the dark for some reason the whole time, and if you know me, you know I am SO scared of the dark so I was holding on to Cherish and Mama for dear life! And not to mention I thought they were going to steal Cherish from us!! They all kept messing with her! So I REALLY held on to her!
Mike ended up getting sick for almost two weeks, it was some kind of weird cold, and of course we had our Financial Peace University class. Which by the way, we are proud graduates of!! We graduated this past Sunday night! Graduating does not mean you are past all the baby steps, in fact we are far from it but we completed every course and are VERY motivated to get everything paid off! Every time we see our Lily it makes us want our own babies even more! :)
We are so excited about the Holidays! (well I am) We are going to his mom's for Thanksgiving and back home to good ole' T-Roy for Christmas! BUT as for Black Friday Shopping Lexi and I are hitting the the stores! Mike first told me HECK to the NO so I thought I had to go by myself but Lexi is going to come back with us after Thanksgiving and we are going to have a girls day of shopping!! I can't believe she is 14 almost 15, makes me feel so old, but both her and Austin are growing up too fast - Austin is now my height and its weird but I am proud of both of them!
Mike's dad is stationed in Germany right now so we won't get to see them for the Holidays, but maybe we can soon! We cannot wait to visit them WAY over there and getting to see his step-siblings! As for Christmas, Mike and I are trying to make Christmas list for ourselves, its hard to think of things that I want! At this point of the year I am thinking of everyone else's presents!! Last year Mike and I did not do Christmas for each other, we just decided to buy a Wii, which I have probably used maybe 10 times and it sits in the computer room - and we had nothing to open on Christmas morning, we will NEVER do that again, I hated it! SO things are going to be different this year and I cant wait!
One more thing and I am done rambling. Mike is thinking about joining the Army - this is a big well HUGE decision. However, I 150% support my husband in anything he does! He grew up with the Army life and loved it, his dad has been a pilot for 25 years (I think) so Mike has a taste of what Army life would be like, me on the other hand, well I just watch the show "Army Wives". He wants to join and become a pilot, the Army has SO SO many benefits, i.e Health Insurance for one thing, and I could go back to school to be a nurse, like I dream about DAILY and maybe even stay at home some. AND most importantly my husband would have a job that he loves and that he can actually show his true talents with! He is so smart and can do SO much, but when you have bills and a life you have do what is best. We have always wanted to travel (I would like to visit Sitka, Alaska) and this would be the perfect opportunity. SO please keep us in your prayers as our lives may be changing to a crazy path but we are ready! I promise to keep everyone posted more often! I am not off to fold laundry - oh what fun!! :)
First, I need to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHERISH!!! Today is my big sister's birthday!!
Mike and I had a great weekend! We left for Atlanta on Saturday not realizing they are an hour ahead until about 30 minutes before we left our house, so yeah our first day was not what we really planned but it all worked out! When we got there we decided to go to the Atlantic Square, it is basically an open air mall just really spread out and makes no sense, BUT I did get some new clothes which I was really excited about! We then headed to dinner, we are at Maggiano's Little Italy - it was SO GOOD! But VERY pricey!! We are so not use to spending money anymore but it was worth it! I got the dessert that was the sampler, which was SO delicious!
We stayed at a SUPER nice hotel which I forgot to take a picture of, but for some reason around 1:00 AM it was like the flood gates opened!! Everyone decided to come back at the same time and SLAM every door on the floor, which then caused Bella to bark at every little sound she made! But other than that it was one of the nicest places I have ever stayed!
<-Moe The next day we got up pretty early and headed to The Georgia Aquarium, I think I love every Aquarium - I wish they had penguins though, I wish we had one for a pet, and so I could have sent Alisha a picture of them! I did get to see the turtle though - which I just happen to name "Crush" I name every turtle Crush though, thanks to Finding Nemo.
After we left there, we went to one of the places I have dreamed of going and I know it is cheesy but if you knew me and my love for Coke-a-Cola then you would understand. THE COKE MUSEUM!!!! It was so much fun!! We took a picture right in front of the building with the man(well not really) but the man who invented Coke!! I had so much fun, Mike knows that I would likve to have an antique Coke-a-Cola room in the house, I just love everything about it! However, I no longer drink soda's at all I broke down and tried every soda I could!! I also got a Christmas Ordiment that will match our tree!!
So that's enough about our weekend - this week is pretty boring, Mikey is on night shift all week training someone and starting next Monday he will be on day shift FULL TIME!!!! This is such a big excitement for me, he has pretty much been on night shift since we have lived in Tennessee- which for him has been over 5 years so yeah I CANT WAIT! Honestly, we have had very few Friday nights together!! I can't wait until Thursday! My Mama and Sister will be here!!!! I am so excited, I love when they come visit!! We are going to the Corn Maze, Haunted House, and me and Cherish are going to hand out candy to the kiddies in our neighborhood!!! I have never given out candy after living on my own, I have always been scared b/c I was normally here by myself so YAY!!! We are dressing up and everything, yes we are dorks but I DONT CARE! I am sure I will have pictures posted!!
This has been a GREAT week!!! To start off with, me and my hubby celebrated our two year anniversary on the 20th!! 
It does not feel like it has been two years since we have been married, time goes by too fast sometimes!! It has been an AWESOME two years!!! He is such a great husband and is always there for me! Everyone always ask, so whens the baby? - We will one day hopefully more soon than later, but speaking of babies, OUR NIECE IS HERE!!!! Lily Brooke was born October 21st, 2:38 PM she was 7 pounds 4 ozs and the most beautiful little girl I have EVER seen!! Even before we got to the hospital, his mom sent me a picture of her and it was instant love, we have been waiting over9 months (bless Alisha's heart) to meet her and she is finally here! This is a new kind of love I cannot even explain, I saw her just over 24 hours ago and missing her already! Alisha did an AWESOME job, I am so proud of her! I have never seen her more happy than I did last night and she was even in a lot of pain! She is going to be a great mom and I can't wait to give Lily a little cousin to play with!! :) Mike was a little nervous to hold her a first, she is so tiny, but when I passed her over to him I think I am going to have to share his heart with Lily! He is going to be a great Uncle, already really protective over her, and did not let me hold her very long each time! Oh well, I am sure I will have plenty of opportunities. We have all been blessed with this little girl!! Here is my very first picture with my niece! :)
I will admit, I was a little nervous to hold her, they are just so tiny and fragile. I am going to post a few more pictures of our beautiful niece! We are going to Atlanta this weekend to celebrate our Anniversary so I am sure I will have more pictures to post soon!!
Mike holding his baby niece!
Mom, Alisha & Lily Pad!
It has been so rainy here, and of course it had to start raining at 5 PM today just when it is time to commute 45 mins home! Anywho - So, Auburn lost - we didn't get to watch much of the game but we did get to see some, but what does it matter, they played like they were in high school! But moving on.... we had a busy but good weekend!! Our niece has still not made her grand appearance, but we are thinking it will be VERY soon! Saturday was nice - Dustin is married, we got to see my father-in-law's family AND Wesley and Alisha stopped by Mom's! Sunday was pretty uneventful, we ran some errands, went to lunch and then to Church for our Financial Peace University class (Dave Ramsey). We are taking the class to teach us about finances, how to really benefit from your own money and to be DEBT FREE! We are paying things down so we can have our own babies!! We are doing really well so far and we are so proud! Not much is going on this week, same ole - work work work - we are both so busy at work these days and exhausted when we get home. Anyway, here is some pictures from this weekend! Hopefully Lily will be on here one day! I will probably post a lot this weekend, Mike is going on a "guys weekend" trip - fun fun! (well for him anyway). Hope you enjoy the picures!
This is Mike and I at his mom's before the wedding!
I also wanted to share some pictures of his family - the first one is one of Austin, Lexi, Mikey, Mom and Justin. The second one is of Lexi and Mike (I love this picture)!
I am only posting this for Mike. We love Auburn Football and it looks like we are going to miss the game! War Eagle!!!!
Oct. 10, 2009
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So, this is our first blog. Well really it's just Tara editing. I am a little addicted to this thing now so you will probably see post of us a lot. We are going to have a very busy weekend! Mike's step-brother Dustin is getting married to Megan! YAY! :) I love weddings, it makes me think of our wedding day and how great it was! Makes me want to marry him all over again!! AND the most exciting part is our niece Lily Brooke will HOPEFULLY be here!!! Alisha (Mike's little sister) is preggers and is due on the 11th! I am so excited about having a niece close by - we can't wait to meet her! Lisha Poo is going to be a great mommy! We are getting up early and heading up to Clarksville to hang out with the family before the wedding! Mike is at work right now, boo :( I get so bored on Thursday & Friday nights, on week days we have Monday-Wednesday together, he is a great husband, working split shift is not easy but he does it to spend time with me! So SWEET! We normally come home from work and cook dinner and watch TV and now that its fall time (MY FAVORITE) all of the good shows are on!! He isn't so much a TV person but I am so will watch my shows with me, i.e. GOSSIP GIRL! This is my absolute favorite show, I wish I could be Blair Wardolf sometimes, anywho I am rambling now so I am going to log off for now - hope you enjoy! I will post pictures from this weekend soon, and hopefully pictures of our Lily!! :)
- Mrs. Apple
