Best Buddies!

Ok, I know I know, it will NOT always be this way, but I love how much Caleb and Emily love to play together right now! This is not to say that it is always this GRAND, but most of the time they do enjoy each other! Here's some moments from the past few weeks...

Emily reading Caleb his bedtime story... he sits still for the whole story (I don't think he's done that for me or Steve yet!!)



Coloring together...

They built a "house" in Caleb's room...

One of Caleb's favorite books is Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and Emily loved to read it to him...check out this video

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My baby is growing up too!

Ok so Caleb is growing up too, but I must admit as a Momma, this one leaves me a little sad! It is fun to see him discovering new things everyday, but he's my BABY!

A few weeks ago, he started in his new 2 yr old room at preschool. He was so excited about school and he was determined to carry his own backpack, even though he could hardly walk with it on.... he was so cute!

My girl is growing up and I love it!

A few of you may remember our ear piercing disaster last year....

If you haven't heard it, it's a long story, but I learned "the hard way" that Emily was not quite ready for ear piercing yet and we left the mall with 2 holes in her ears, no earrings and a girl in tears!!

Well a few weeks ago while at a mall in Nashville, Emily declared I would like to get my ears pierced again! I reluctantly said, "Are you SURE?" She confidently told me "Yes, Mom I am ready!"

So we went into Claires, sat down in the chair and a few minutes later, came out looking like this...

No tears, just smiles! She is definitely growing up, but I'm loving every minute, I love hanging out with my girl!

Operation Serve 2009 - WOW!

Ok, so if there is anyone still reading this, you are probably thinking where did Christy go??


Well I have been immersed in Operation Serve 2009... it is an awesome day that our church does each year. We serve our community in over 50 projects during this event.

I spent lots of hours at work in preparation for the event, but it was worth each and every minute to see the lives changed on Saturday. We typically have an average of 1500 attendees on a Sunday and we had over 1200 volunteer on this day.... to me that is AMAZING!

We had projects all over the city... the Safehouse, Salvation Army, Hope Pregnancy Center, Loaves and Fishes, Nursing Homes, several local elementary schools etc...

One of the biggest projects of the day were the 17 homes that made up our "Extreme Neighborhood Makeover" project... these homes were in some cases, the worst of the worst in this city. For the families that lived in these homes, their lives were forever changed on Saturday as teams of people converged on their homes in what looked that something we usually only see on TV...

Steve worked at one of the home sites and Emily & I were on a team that made dinner and cookies for these families as well as taking them a new plant for their "new" home. The first few hours we mixed casseroles, decorated cookies and planted flowers, but the last few hours were the best part as we delivered them to the homes where the other teams were working. These people were so grateful for the tangible love the people of Grace showed them, truly touched that someone would do that for them.

I am so glad to be a part of a church where my child can see these things first hand, she loved interacting with the kids at each house and I truly think she came away with an appreciation of the blessings that we have and the desire to help others in need. It was a tangible way for her to see how to show God's love to others, how cool is that!

Our local paper covered the day here and here's a video we compiled...

Mommy Daughter Day

Emily and I had a fun Mommy/Daughter day today! Dad wasn't feeling well and Caleb was spending the weekend with Aunt Debbie so we just had a girls day. We started off our day at church, and it was great day at GCC! Mr. Adam hit a home run telling the story in Cross Street today and they sang some of Emily's favorite songs!! Then we went to Raffertys for lunch, she had her favorite potato soup and I had my favorite salad and we had yummy croissants!! Then the Hope Pregnancy Center here in Clarksville hosted a Mother/Daughter Tea, it was a great event with singer Natalie Grant. All in all a wonderful time with my sweet girl, it's so fun to hang out with her! Looking forward to all our fun times to come...

It's Back to School Time!

Well, we made it through the 1st Day of School, we had the new outfit, new backpack, new teacher and she was ready to go!!!

She was most excited that she had her OWN DESK in 1st grade! In Kindergarten, they had to share tables!

Here's my monkey when I picked her up from school!

Tennis Camp

Emily tried her hand at a little tennis before School started, she was actually pretty good at it, so we might continue with Tennis for a little while and see where it goes...

Here's my girl in her tennis gear...is she cute or what?

Summer Vacation

We vacationed in late July with my family in St. Simons Island! So FUN!

My sisters, my mom & some of my nieces and nephews joined us, we had a great time!

Swinging with Aunt Judy

Hanging out with Uncle Rob

The Water Park with Aunt Sherry and Debbie

Our Family Bike Ride - A Bicycle built for 4!

Summertime Fun!

Went to BiCentennial Mall/Farmers Market in Nashville today and had alot of fun!!

Check out the pics...

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A special Father's day Cake

We had a blast making this cake for our dad!!!

My baby is TWO!!

We're having his birthday party on Saturday, but we did have a little cake on his actual birthday!

He is so much fun right now...everything is an adventure!!!

Wow, sorry it's been so long, lot to catch up on!

Ok, well I've definitely been a blog slacker... if you are my Facebook friend, you have been hearing from me, but my blog friends have missed out!



Well since I haven't posted since March, let's see....

• It is becoming very obvious that Caleb is almost two, the "terrible twos" are definitely upon us... he is in CONSTANT motion and is very mischievous, he is into EVERYTHING! Even doing laundry with him in the room is interesting...
  
  






• Easter was fun... Emily liked teaching Caleb how to hunt for Easter Eggs and we had a good time with Nana, Grandad, GG, Papa Tom and Aunt Debbie & Granny!

• Emily has started playing Softball and she loves it... she is actually quite good, but I am a little biased, it is quite fun hanging out at the ball park, Caleb even likes it!
  
  
  
  

• Emily has finished up Kindergarten.... WHAT my baby is going to be in 1st grade, I am in denial!!! She finished the year with Field Day and a great picnic, she has a wonderful teacher, thanks Mrs. Evans!
  
  

• Caleb finished his 1st year of preschool... he had wonderful teachers, thanks Mrs. Pam & Mrs. Andrea for loving on my little man!

• And last but certainly not least, my big girl went from...
  

THIS SMILE

TO THIS ONE!! You have to love it, she's growing up