Trying...

August 20,2013

As a married couple one of the most frequent question asked to the happy couple is "When will you start having babies?"

After loosing my appetite, having strange stomach pains, a scary hot flash after grocery shopping, and an MIA period we decided to take a pregnancy test. Steve and I had been trying for over a year so I am no stranger to the home pregnancy test. Never before having a positive result I kind of put it off as long as I could. Waiting till Steve was out before taking one in case it wasn't happy news.

After the longest 3 minutes of my life this far this is what I got...

Steve and I are beyond ecstatic and of course that night I couldn't sleep with all the thoughts running through my head of what the up coming months will bring.

as of 8/20/2013

She's Crafty

Tuesday, May 14, 2013,

II like to think of myself as a pretty crafty person. I have always enjoyed making things our of scraps whether those scraps be paper{Christmas cards}, wood{height ruler}, or yarn{wreaths}.

         

I've been scoping our my next DIY project on Pinterest and I think I've found the one I would like to do next. You see I've been looking for a way to get a chalk board like the one on the Little Baby Garvin Blogg. {Isn't Harpsicle the cutest? I love reading Jessica's blog!} I don't want the exact one but I've wanted something similar. I believe I've found the answer to what I've been looking for. In reading some of my favorite blogs I stumbled upon this little gem. Just so happens that Sherry from Young House Love was dreaming of a chalk board too when she was pinning! I hope to get the materials needed to make this in the next couple of weeks.

Material list

• 1 - 68"x21" of partical board
• 3 - 1x6 boards
• 2 - 29.5"
• 2 - 63"
• Magnetic Primer
• Chalkboard paint
• Stain
• Screws

Do you have any DIY projects coming up? Do you plan your projects out or just kind do as you go?

Home Sweet....Apartment?!?!?

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

When Steve and I found out we were moving I was excited {or so I thought}. "How am I going to find a place for us to live if I've never been there, and don't know anyone that lives there?" I found myself asking everyone this question. "Just look online...duh" seemed to be the resounding answer. I had been looking online and had come across some prospective places but without knowing the area I didn't know which area of town was best and where to stay away from. I wanted to make sure it was close to Steve's job so it made it a little easier to narrow in where. I would Google "What are the best schools around Memphis", thinking if they had top ranking schools the area would be family friendly. Little did I know that Memphis only has two school districts besides private options either Shelby County Schools or Memphis City Schools. Steve was in training with someone who was from the Memphis area so he told us to look at Moscow, TN {too long of a commute to Steve's job}. Finally I just had to decide I couldn't do it before being there. 

At the end of March 2012, Steve was going to be in Memphis for work and I had decided I was going to stop working at the same time to get things in order for the move and to be able to travel with him till we had found somewhere to call home. During that week Steve's cousin Adrian watched Bailey so I could drive down to meet Steve. While Steve was at work I was looking online and in person at potential places to live. Luckily for us the extended stay hotel we were booked in at was in the areas I had been researching. I must have visited/drove by a dozen apartments. The biggest determining factor of finding a place was if they would allow Bailey. Steve and I narrowed it down to three places. Inevitably it was up to me to decide. I chose the place that made me feel safe and I couldn't get out of my mind. I loved the huge kitchen, the fireplace, the large bedrooms, and it was the largest in square footage we could afford.

It has been a struggle to adjust back to apartment living. I have the urge to paint the walls a different color every time I blink it seems. We make the most of it and look forward to the next visit from family and friends. In the mean time look at this adorable face...how could you not want to cuddle with him.

egg bunting from Target

and life goes on

Saturday, April 13, 2013

I apologize for the LONG gap between post there have been a lot of family things going on. With that being said there was a request from family for the weekend we had Steve's family down to visit which was in February so my account of details might be a little more then rusty.

I love having people visit and we had been looking forward to this visit for a while. Not only were Steve's parents coming but so was his sister and our nephew!!! When we lived in Ohio we were all together (plus the sister-in-laws husband) at least once a week for a family fun filled day of yard work, dinner, and game night. This weekend was to be no exception...well maybe without the yard work with us living in an apartment.

When they showed up it was around 10 at night so we grabbed a pizza or two and had a late dinner before all heading to bed. The next day us ladys plus Austin went for a little adventure to downtown Memphis to try and go to the Mud Island-Riverwalk. Once we got down there we discovered it doesn't open till April. It wasn't a bust though we got to see giant statues of BB King and Elvis.

Just so we could say we went to Arkansas we drove over the mighty Mississippi and then turned right back around. I know we should have stopped somewhere but ain't nobody got time for that. That night I got to find out why we don't play Monopoly. In the seven years I've been with Steven we have never played Monopoly and I have about 5-6 editions of Monopoly. The claws come out with this family...people where called the devil and there were plenty of tears. 

Needless to say the rest of the time was much happier we went to Graceland, Beale Street and the Civil Rights Museum

It was a great weekend and I can't wait for the next one. I leave you with these amazing pictures my sister-in-law took of Austin and Bailey.

Knock Knock....Part II

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

With Steve headed out of town on Sunday for work it was up to Brittney, Jason and myself to find things to get into. First though we need our breakfast...enter Gibson's Doughnuts. Brittney and Jason were nice enough to go get them for us while Steve and I finished packing him up. Unfortunately I don't have a picture to add for them because they went quick and were very big.

One thing I have wanted to do since getting down here was check out Beale Street. Steve has never really expressed any interest and has been down there for work.  With that being said we went after we dropped Steve off at the Memphis airport. It was early enough in the morning that there wasn't really anyone down there, so we took our time and checked out the menus of a couple of the restaurants and stopped at some of the souvenir shops for a magnet and shot glass. The FedEx Forum is also down off beale. Aren't the little balls around it cute?

We didn't eat on Beale. We are saving our Beale trip for next time when Steve takes us all to Rendezous. This isn't because the food didn't look good or smell good (my mouth is watering just remembering some of the food served on Beale); But we had some shopping to do as well as catch a football game. 

For lunch I took them to a restaurant Steve and I had been wanting to go to. I know this will be a frequent haunt for Steve and I. Since we left Ohio Steve has been looking for something to take the place of Winking Lizard. Last year he did the world tour of beers at Winking Lizard with some amazing friends including Jason. When we FINALY (remember I'm still new to driving around down here so I don't always know if I should turn right or left...hahaha) got to The Flying Saucer I got a stamp of approval from Jason. Look at this bar...

I know what your thinking...and yes when you come to visit we will take you too. Not into beer? me either so when I say I'll go back you know its not just pup food. Brittney and I split a saucer (their pizza) with Avocado, Bacon and Tomato as well as some Spinach and Artichoke dip and loved it. Jason got a burger of some sort and he also got a pint of Straight to ale Lilly Flagg milk stout.

Something that the Flying Saucer does that I really applaud is the way they serve the beer. They promise to not allow their customers to purchase more than an average of two pints per hour, and no one will be permitted to consume more than six pints per visit. NO ONE should drink and drive and this makes me feel a lot.

We went home to watch the football game (Ravens vs. Patriots) and to get ready for the next round of food. Corkys is right up the street from our place so it wasn't to far, and it was more BBQ for Jason to sink his teeth in. I like to get the BBQ Pork Nacho's. Corkys was the first BBQ place Steve and I tried when we came to Memphis and helped us discover we like dry rub better then wet. Brittney got the Bar-B-Q Pork Dinner that said she was going to get a half pound of pulled pork...there is no way that was a half pound...it looked closer to a pound and a half. Jason fallowed me and got the nacho's but feel in love with their dried spices. 

To finish up the night of course we went to YOLO!!! I love that place and can't wait to show our next visitors!!!

I hope you didn't find these post to drawn out. I really like to keep you all in the loop with whats going on with Steve and I and with us having friends/family coming down over then next couple of months I hope to share these visits too. Is there anything you would like to see on here? I'm very open to adding other tid bits of our lives to share with you... please leave us a comment with what you'd like to see in the up coming post.