It's time to take a break....

This will be my last post on our blog for quite a while. Not sure if this break will be a couple of months or a couple of years, or possibly even forever, but I have been convicted that I need to take a break from it. I have never "loved" blogging, but did it because so many of my friends had a blog and I felt as though I needed to do one just because they were. I saw it as another thing on my "to-do" list and it often took away precious minutes from my child, now children:) There have often been several times that it came before my time with the Lord because I just wanted to get it done and that caused my time with the Lord to be cut short and rushed.

Having said all of that, I am saying good-bye to the blogging world for a while. Thank you to all of my bajillion fans that followed my blog for the past several years. :) I made our blog into a book today thanks to blog2print.com and I am sure that our family will often enjoy looking back over the memories that we shared on our blog.


Good-Bye Blog World!

MY LOVES!!!

Just thought I would share with you three of things that I love so very much.......

Thank you Lord for your sweet blessing in my life. My cup runneth over....

Sweet Little Fairy Princess:)

We had a great little Halloween with the sweetest little princess that we ever did see. We went trick or treating at a local shopping mall on Saturday and then we went to visit Papa Steve and Momma Dawn on Halloween night. Thanks to Sassy for the fairy costume!

 Me and my girl!

We got to take a break from trick or treating and enjoy a puppet show! B LOVED IT!!!

Thrilled about seeing ELMO, but didn't want to get too close:)

B with her

Momma Dawn!

Greeting some trick or treaters with Papa Steve and Momma Dawn.

Thank you Papa Steve for my Halloween treats!

October Fun!

I often struggle with what to share/write about on our blog, so I thought I would just simply share what B and I did this morning.......

First, we wrote Get Well cards to our favorite Gamecock. Brantley will tell you that she wrote a card to the "sick gamecock".

Next, we made yummy Rice Krispy Treat Pumpkins!

We pulled out all of our ingredients from the pantry. Rice Crispy cereal, mini marshmallows, butter, mini candies, spice drops, orange food coloring, green icing, and an adorable 2 year-old.

Next, the adorable 2 year-old tasted the mini marshmallows while Mommy melted the butter and the remaining marshmallows.

Then we mixed the crispy rice cereal into the orange colored marshmallows. We then covered the mini chocolate candies with the rice cereal mixture. (sorry, there are no pictures of this because my hands were a mess and so was my 2 year-old)

Finally, we put green icing and a green spice drop on the top for the stem and vine. 

Of course, I then let her have one:) We had so much fun doing this together. Of course, it was super messy and I put her in bath right after doing it, but we had the best time celebrating Fall!

As promised....

Here are a few pictures from Aiden's room. Please notice the precious 2 year old that tried her hardest to be in each and every picture:)

It's Official!

I am the world's worst blogger! I love to read other people's blogs, I love how it reflects their heart and what is going on in their life and family. I love to talk to the computer screen as I read their blogs and say how much I enjoy reading their blog or wish I could cook like them, or was creative like they were, or could decorate like they can and how much I am  usually in the same position that they are in when it comes to raising a 2 year old. But, when it comes time for me to sit in front of the computer and write something on MY blog, I can't think of anything interesting to type or anything worth sharing on the World Wide Web! All I can think about is other people's blogs and how I wish I would have thought about writing what they wrote.


I am really good at posting pictures though.......especially when I have this adorable little girl to take pictures of (and the HOT hubby too!!!)........ We  enjoyed a nice Saturday together as a family of 3(well, i guess you could say 4. Aiden tagged along as well) last weekend with breakfast at Cracker Barrel and a visit to the Zoo! ENJOY!!!!!!!!

I have two last things to hang on the wall in Aiden's room and then his room is complete. I promise to post pictures as soon as they get on the wall. :)

Aiden's Room

I have been busy making lists, shopping, and getting things organized around this house for weeks to be all prepared for my little boy's arrival in December. I pretty much nest during the entire 9 months of pregnancy and LOVE it! We decided to name our boy Aiden Jakob. Aiden is just a name that Eric and I both liked and agreed upon. It means "little fighter". Jakob is Eric's middle name and we knew that we wanted it to be our son's middle name because Brantley has my middle name, Renee.

My mom came and stayed with Brantley and me this weekend so we were able to get several projects completed for Aiden Jakob's room. My mom is probably one of the most talented people I know on the face of this earth! Thought I would share a couple of our completed projects with you! I will post more pictures once the room is complete.

These are simple frames and I just covered the plain, boring, white mattes with some leftover curtain and pillow fabric.

 Box valance for the window in the room.

 Personalized pillow for the rocker.

 A couple of pillows for the crib. Don't worry people I am not keeping them in the crib when the kid sleeps. They are only in there for decorations right now.

 These are embroidery hoops that we spray painted an almond color and then put several different coordinating fabrics in them to put on the wall above the crib. I got this idea from an adorable store in Colorado that my friend, Christy, and I visited.

Happy Birthday B!!

Happy Birthday to the little girl who brings joy and laughter to our hearts! We hope your birthday was great fun and that you enjoyed being around all of your family and friends! We love you so much Brantley Renee!

Please stop growing up so fast!

Love,

Daddy and Mommy

IT'S A........

BOY!!!!!

Eric, Brantley, and I are thrilled to announce that we will be welcoming a little baby BOY into our family around December 3rd. We had our ultrasound this morning and after about an hour of checking out each and every little part of his body and watching him move all around, the announcement came that it was a precious and healthy baby boy! Everything looks great and he weighs about 11oz. so far. Below are a few of the bajillion pictures that they gave us of our sweet boy! We do not have a name 

right now, but hope to share one in the next couple of weeks. 

Thank you for praying for all of us and rejoicing with us in this miracle:)

 Here he is saying "Hi" to his big sister!

  Two of the sweetest little feet I have ever seen!

Showing off his muscles for Mommy and Daddy!

MIA

I apologize that I have been away from the blogging scene for so long. Our summer has been great fun, but very busy. I thought I would share a couple of pictures to hold you over a little longer until things slow down just a bit.


My sweet almost 2 year old (sniff!sniff!) LOVES bubbles and being outside. She doesn't seem to care that it is a 100 degrees outside!

We find out on July 11th if sweet Baby Soong #2 is a boy or girl! Until then........

"Baby Belly"

That's what you will hear my little almost 2 year old (sniff sniff!) say if you are to ask her what is in her Mommy's belly. If you take it a step further and ask her if it is a baby brother or baby sister she will quickly respond with, "baby sister". Well, we will just have to see about that one in a couple of months.

Eric and I are thrilled to share the news that we will be expecting our second sweet little bundle around December 3rd. I am 11 and a half weeks pregnant as of today. Things are going wonderful. Thankfully I had a really smooth pregnancy with Brantley and so far this one seems to be taking the same path. I am not showing yet, but I certainly have those moments during the day that I just feel fat.

Eric and I (and my mommy) have known since the first week of April, but wanted to keep it on the hush hush until we were able to take a first glimpse of our precious baby and hear the wonderful sound of a heartbeat. We were able to take care of all of that last week and have been sharing the wonderful news ever since. Brantley even got to wear her" I'm going to be a BIG SISTER!" shirt to church on Sunday.

Here is the first of many pictures of our second little blessing!

( I am so sorry for the sideways picture. I have rotated it a bajillion times, but it insists on being this way!)

"YEAH, I did it!!!"

"Yeah, I did it!" This is a common phrase heard around our house from our 1 and a half year old. Anytime she accomplishes something or does something that we ask her to do, it is usually followed by a very excited and joyful, "Yeah, I did it!!!". Today this phrase was coming out of my mouth as I crossed the finished line of my first ever race. I participated in the Providence Heart and Sole, Women's 5 miler this morning. There were TONS of women. All different ages, different sizes, different shapes, and different goals for the morning. Some women were there to walk a 3 mile, others were there to run it. Some were there to walk the 5 miler and others (me!) were there to run it. I had the great privelege of being able to run this race with my sweet, dear friend, Jenna! She is a much better runner than me, but she stuck beside me the ENTIRE time. She cheered me one, she pushed me when I really wanted to stop and walk up the most awful hill EVER, she encouraged me. (Thank you Jenna! I love you!)

When the race first started, I turned my music on and just stayed with the masses. My goals were to run the whole thing, not be the last person, and finish with an average of an 11minute mile. After our first mile, Jenna turned to me and said, "Megan, we just ran a 9 1/2 min. mile." I had no idea, but with all that adrenaline going through me and masses of women around me, I wanted to stay with the best of them. Of course going up that awful hill, I slowed down to a 12min. mile, but I am okay with that this time, especially since most of the women around me stopped to walk. The end of the race is going straight down this huge, glorious hill straight into the finish line.  I don't even remember running that part because I was so happy and looking for my sweet hubs and baby girl on the side. I spotted them quickly, waved, smiled the biggest smile, and yelled, "YEAH, I did it!!". I finished the race in 54mins.

Great day!!! Already on the search for my next race. Who wants to join me?