Guess-timation Time

Alright my peeps. We are 5 weeks away from finding out the gender of our baby. I found this game on another girl's blog and wanted to try it. It is a game where your friends guess what you are having. I believe this girl didn't find out gender until delivery so I will have to tweak this a little. Go ahead and guess though, it will be fun! Maybe I can even think up a prize for winner! Ha!

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Crazy Weekend

and that is how I like it! This weekend we crammed full of activities. It started on Friday when we had lunch with the ladies from church at Dale's Southern Grill, then Kate and I went to visit my grandmother. I love seeing Kate with my grandmother. I adore my grandmother who is 82 with a broken arm. Even though she is down she is not out. She is still trying to take care of us and feeding us all her food. :) Kate and I drove home in hurricane rain to get ready to head down to NorthRIver Country Club (In Tuscaloosa) for dinner with our friends (who are members). It was suppose to be out overlooking the lake but the rain changed the plans again so we ate inside. We had a good time catching up with our buddies Heath and Ashley and I was a zombie by the time we got home.

Saturday, we headed up to Cullman, AL and had lunch at AllSteak. It is wonderful food if you are ever in Cullman. For lunch they have lots of veggie choices and at dinner they have nicer entrees. They also have famous orange rolls that they serve with their rolls. I always have to bring those home because I am SO stuffed. We left there and headed to mom and dad's new lake house. The house is almost completely finished from what you can see from the outside, the inside is however a shell. It will probably take until next summer to completely finish it because mom and dad are trying to bite off a little at a time. It is super nice though and they are really trying to set it up so we won't have much maintenance up there. The screened in porch overlooking the lake is where we will spend all of our time. There was a nice little breeze out there Saturday and we spend about an hour and a half out there letting Kate run around with toys Mamey brought her before we headed home. On the way home I talked Don into stopping by the place that we were to have a baby shower for a friend the next day. Even though my friends Kelly and Keri said they would do the setup, I figured I better drop by to show support. They had already done a ton but I stayed for a little while as Don drove Kate and Petey to get dinner.

Sunday was church then a quick lunch at Moes before heading back to "Engaged" where the baby shower was to be for Brooke Williams (mother of Caroline Williams, due July 10th). The shower was decorated SO cute and Brooke was really happy with everything. She completely racked up on gifts for Caroline. I don't have any pictures on my camera but as soon as Kelly post some, I will post. :) Then back to church Sunday night.

Monday, Don headed back down to NorthRiver with Heath to play a round of golf. Kate and I also headed down to NorthRiver with Ashley to try out the gigantic outdoor pool that NorthRiver has. We had SUCH a good time. The pool was great and we were completely entertained. The lifeguards had games for kids every 30 minutes, so there was always stuff going on. They also had a baby pool that Kate was able to walk around in with other kids her size. She loved that.

I think that wraps up our busy weekend. We laid low yesterday but we plan to meet up with my mom today. We might go to that Alabama Furniture Market in Calera today. We have plans for the zoo tomorrow and Friday with 2 different groups. :)

Kate's Bestie

Baby Blue...

are the color of her eyes (and the Destin sky)! We just got back from an amazing trip to Destin Florida. It was the Farm plus my parents. We were only there 4 days, 2 full days but we truly enjoyed it. I really wish we had one more day down there. Kate really started liking it our last day. She made some friends in the surf and was jabbering up a storm. That girl is extremely social! Don had such a good time dunking her in the surf. Both of them were smiling from ear to ear. So sweet! Seriously, Kate is at the cutest age ever. She is super happy most of the time, extremely social, and sugary-sweet! We could just eat her up! I took some video of her on the beach. As soon as I find one of my cords, I will upload it. We plan lots of water time this summer between the lake and the pool.

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The Simple Things

Let me tell you why I love being a mother...

1) Kate's little hand reaching up into mine when she is walking up an incline, unsure about the area, or just wants closeness. So sweet!

2) Kate dancing to Barney's Mexican Fiesta music (on t.v.) but swaying vigorously from side to side with elbows up.

3) Kate wanting to sit in my lap as she drinks her milk or outside playing in the grass.

4) Kate saying mama to everything. Even though she probably thinks "mama" means "get me that", I am glad I can be a helper to her.

5) Watching Kate waddle around, seriously, it is the cutest thing I have ever seen. I want to take more video of it soon before it gets better. :)

6) Kate's face when she just wakes up from a nap and her face is red and her little curls are popping out on both sides of her head. She has real full cheeks. She reminds me the most of the Gerber baby then. It doesn't get much cuter then that!

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Cowgirl Up

This past weekend was our friend Ella Southern's 4th birthday. She had a cowgirl party and there were pony rides! Kate was a little under the weather but we took her anyway knowing that she would stand off and observe and be well entertained. She did just that! She also loves ELLA! Her whole face lights up everytime she sees her at church. I am not sure if it because they are eventually going to have the same energy level. Yikes! We all love Ella (and the Southerns) so much and are so glad we could be there to celebrate with her. No joke, there were like 30 kids in their backyard. They are quite the social family. Here are a few pics. I will have to steal one of Ella once her mom posts some. :)






A very sweet family - The Drewerys



Mamey's Birthday celebration