Yesterday

These were the good ol' days, the dating days.  The days when we were so care free.  These days are the ones that brought us here to today.  It's why we are a "we", an "us".  We have new reasons for smiles and laughs today, but it's yesterday that give us such warm memories.

Katie and Toby

Young and Beautiful



Many moons ago

Remembering when

Theses were the days when I could count on a PB&J sandwiches, a bag of chips and a capri sun to be in my lunch box.  Math homework began to be a thorn in my side.  I didn't (nor did anyone else in my class) know what the internet was yet.  Some of us did our book reports using erasable ink pens.  I no longer rolled up the legs on my jeans, but I probably wore Keds.  I rode my bike in the yard for hours as a form of fun.  In fact, I spent hrs outside for fun.  I got phone calls from friends on the weekend but before I answered it I didn't know who was calling.  We probably even still used Microfiche in the library.  My parents traded in one of their vehicles for a van because although she's not in this picture, my youngest sister Katie would soon be born. 
 Good memories, good times

Picture Baby Monday

Another "My Monday" has arrived.  And so, I have my second post of me and baby at 16 weeks!
I'm in that in-between stage of my clothes.  In todays pic, I'm sporting a maternity shirt but regular pants.  It's often the other way around.  So here we are: (I swear I look bigger than I really am in this picture!)



              



The house that built me

There is no going back, so I will try not to dwell on the past and the decision we came to then to leave.  But some of my very best memories were made in this very kitchen. This is 116 Edinburgh Dr.  And in this picture my family and I are making oatmeal cookies.  Something Reese, Logan and I did on many occasions.  Only this time we had a photographer in the room capturing the moment because we new we were nearing the end of our days in this house.  The moment was bitter sweet for me.  I love the pictures but I hated why were taking them. 

 My husband and I got married on a beautiful day in late May and this was our new residence.  We started out lives here.  We began being Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Mickey right here in Dundee Est.  It was a beautiful beginning in more than one way.  A couple of years later, we started our family here.  I will never forget the day we brought each one of our children home from the hospital.  We shared Thanksgivings with the family, birthday parties, and summers in the yard splashing in the kiddy pool.  Our family roots started right here on that pine straw covered soil.

  But my roots began to form in this house long before my marriage.  This was the home of my very best friend and her family while we were growing up.  I spent nights watching movies, eating popcorn, staying up late with Shay laughing, and talking.  Ate Hardees biscuits in the morning that her dad were bring for us.  Stood around the piano listening to Rick and Shay playing.  Here is were I would try to learn as Shay's family would teach me to Shag to beach music.  Shay and I would sit on her parents bed talking with her mom about what our future as a young adult might hold.  My roots began there long before I even new it.  I never dreamed that one day I would actually own the very home that help build me.  A blessing I will never forget. 

 Although I can't change the past, leaving was the hardest thing I've ever done.  Letting go is a process that I'm not yet done with.  But I do have memories, pictures, and the warmth of knowing that more love and support imaginable was created in that home and I was blessed enough to receive more than I deserve.

365 Project

Our girl, Rosie



Happy New Year!

I don't really have any "New Years Resolutions"  Of course any beginning is a good time to start doing things better, healthier, etc.  So here are a few thoughts and wishes for the the new year instead:

*Looking forward to a new house probably the most

*Looking forward to the birth of this child too (having our own house would make me 100% excited it)

*I wonder if I will get my Thank You notes for Reeses' birthday and Christmas out before the end of next week :)

*Oh, Reese starts school this year!  Having mixed feelings.  I'm very excited for her and at the same time kinda of dread it and then I'm excited again and then sad and then happy and then tears....

*I really do want to be in better shape, preggers or not!

*Getting rid of older toys and clothes we don't wear feels so good

*Can't wait for warmer weather and the shinning sun all day long!  I wanna plan trips to the beach with the kids.  I wanna take Rosie for walks everyday.  Having picnics in the park with the kids is always a good time.  Yeah, bring on the spring and the summer!

Happy New Year everyone!  I'm going to take some time to reflect, hopefully keep the positive of this past year and make better the areas in my life that need it.  I'm hoping and praying for a happier and healthier family and as always when I go to bed at night, I'll count my blessings instead of sheep.