Being "2"

Two years ago today, I would have told you it would be an eternity until my sweet baby I was holding for the first time would be turning a whole two years old.

Oh, how time flies!

The past two years have been an adventure.  A great adventure, I must say!  I look forward to the future years, watching my little girl grow and develop into a young, Christian woman. 

But for now, I'll relish in all her 'two-ness'.

 

Happy Birthday Makayla, my little chugga!



Winner winner, chicken dinner!

Congrats to Wendy for winning a $20 e-voucher to Firmoo!!!  You guys..I could have gave away 5 MORE of these vouchers but nobody entered!!!!

Don't Forget!!

If you might of missed it..I have a GIVEAWAY going on and it ends soon!!  Up for grabs are 6 $20 e-vouchers for some nice sunglasses from the kind people over at Firmoo!!  Just make sure you read the rules..and enter before its too late!!

Good luck!!

Something new...

Last week was pretty darn exciting in our household!  Why..you ask?  We got ourselves a brand new sectional for the living room!  Anyone who follows me on facebook knows all about it..but for my blogger friends..I wanted to share the joy with y'all as well!

I was beyond thrilled when we did our income taxes this year.  Actually, in tears.  With the really rough year we had in 2012 with Damon's unemployment for the majority of the year, plus some personal stuff (you know how that is!), I figured Uncle Sam would stomp us in the ground a little bit more.

Like we needed it.

To my suprise, we came out of the H&R Block office in very high spirits!  We were in desperate need of a new couch and I knew exactly how our payoff was going to be spent. 

I didn't take photos of our old couch..but it was in shambles.  Two holes had developed in the last couple months on one of the top cushions (no hiding it) and everytime you tried to lay down on it you could feel the bars (the ones that are built in for the reclining mechanism) through the cushions.  Even though it wasn't THAT old, it might as well of been.  Blame it on cheap design!

But this is what is now gracing our living room..and oh my..it is comfortable and soft!!



A Minnie Mouse birthday!

Yesterday we celebrated Makayla's 2nd birthday..even though she's not 'officially' 2 until this friday.  With it being so close to the Memorial Day weekend, graduations, and the fact that Daddy works evenings now, we figured having it early and on a sunday would be better!  She had a blast!  I'll let the pictures speak for themselves....



 

Toodles!

The pictures I don't post

You know how it is when you have a toddler.  Pictures tend to be a blur.  Literally, about 90% of them.  Thats how it is for me anyways!  But you just get a good one now and then and those are the ones you have developed and/or post on the internet.

Wanna see the ones I don't post?? 

Damon w/his eyes closed & Makayla looking at something fascinating apparently

Trying to hold a 'wiggle worm'

Notice I'm telling Ravey to look at the camera, while Makayla FOR ONCE is actually looking right at it!

Ah yes, the toddler scream/yell/I'm-happy-so-I'm-loud

And my favorite, mommy is being mean and trying to take pictures with me

 

 Feel any better about the pictures you take?  I thought so!

 

And don't forget to enter my firmoo sunglasses giveaway!! Six chances to win!



My Momma's Day!

Around here.."Momma's Day" was a 3 day celebration!

On saturday, Damon, Makayla, and myself all went to Beckley for the day.  I would give Makayla credit for picking out my 'big' mother's day present..but she was with me when Daddy got it!  Gotta say..my man still has amazing taste!

 

Sunday was church, as usual.  Our church always gives out flowers to all the mothers in attendance, with the oldest and youngest moms receiving a hanging basket of flowers.  Even though we have a VERY small church, I had never won for the 'youngest' mom.  Someone always showed up that was younger than me (after all, I am in my 30's).  This time though, me and my friend Margaret were both in attendance.  We are extremely close in age.  Like weeks apart, literally (with me being older).  So I figured well, Margaret will win this year.  She is very deserving of it though, she does alot for her son and is always putting his needs above her own.  She is a great example of how a mom should be.

 

So it was a huge suprise to me that when everyone was trying to determine who was older, Margaret let me win.  She was trying not to make a big deal about it (everyone was getting VERY confused!), but I later learned from her that she had it planned that way all along.  Coming to church that morning, she knew what was going to take place, and she wanted me to win.

 

Even though it was 'just' a basket of flowers, it made my day.

 





These flowers mean a great deal to me.  Why, you ask?  For years (yes, years!) before I became pregnant with Makayla, this particular church service always tugged at my heart.  I wanted to be a mom deep down for longer than I sometimes give myself credit for.  After each mother's day service would end, year after year, I kinda just pushed the feelings I would have aside saying to myself 'its just the emotional factor that mothers have playing on me'. 

Being a mom, I've found, has been the most greatest blessing in my life aside from becoming a Christian.  There is no words to describe how much I love being a mom, how much I loved carrying a child within me, and how much I love my child. 

 

 

 

On monday, I celebrated with my own momma!  We just made it simple, with some homemade mango carrot cake for dessert.  I love my mom, I don't know what I'd do without her sometimes!!

 

 

 

I hope all of you had a wonderful momma's day too!