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Charlotte Skyline! :)


Our August has been full! but so much fun! as I mentioned in my last post, the first of the month Brian & I were supposed to head to Charlotte to see our best friends Todd & Courtney, but I got the Vestibular Neuritis and was down for the count for several weeks, but finally that cleared up enough at the END of the month, on my birthday weekend, that we got to go up there and spend 3 or 4 days.....and had an absolute blast!! It was such a relaxing long weekend, we had NOTHING planned except a day at the wineries, and we got to REALLY enjoy our visit and VISIT instead of feeling like we were running 90 to nothing! It was WONDERFUL! and for Pete's sake they introduced me to Trader Joe's, I am forever changed and in love! :)
It was great to see Court, I have missed her so much, and boy, was it hard to leave too. Crying is an understatement, B kept saying "don't do that!" when Court was leaving for work on our last day! and like I miss Court, I know B missing having a beer buddy in Todd!!

Todd, thank you so much for showing B all the beer selections and enjoying a few with him too!
Court, thank you for helping me shop for clothes and panties! ;)

Thank you guys so much for having us and for all the sweet things you did for me for my birthday and Brian's and for Baby B! The cupcakes were DELISH and all our presents so perfect! It couldn't have been a better trip!!! We love you so much!!!!


Some of DownTown, or UpTown Charlotte!


Some vine on their trees! ;) you know I was fascinated!!!
and speaking of fascinated, they have some cedar trees in their back and side yard. Court was describing their backyard to me one time on the phone and she is like "oh and we have trees that line the yard" when I finally got to see them, I was like "Um, they aren't just trees they are MUTANT trees!" HUGE I tell you! I couldn't even get the WHOLE thing in a picture to SHOW you how big they were!!!! :)



Our birthday and Baby Shower Banner

cuppy cakes that were soooooooo good!!! Baby & Birthday themed! So special!!!!




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Our Winery Trip! :) It was so much fun and they had their very own DD for the WHOLE trip! I loved it!!!! :) they were all so quaint and in very pretty country side! I definitely want to go back when we go and visit again!!


Raffaldini's! our 3rd winery stop!! SO PRETTY!!!!!! they were having a wedding there that night, such a PERFECT spot!!!


RayLen, our 2nd winery stop! We had a picnic looking over the vineyards! It was GORGEOUS!!!!




Childress, our 1st winery stop! Such a cool gift shop!!!!!




MONROE!!!!!!

I couldn't get enough! TONS of pictures of him! I just love him! and John wants him! I told Todd & Court if Monroe goes missing, to check Paris first! ;)

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Remake of our beach trip! :)

Monroe even went for a swim!!!

the swim tuckered him out!! :)

What the boys were drinking on our "beach"!


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When we got home, Momma told me about Daddy having troubles with his breathing, failing some test and needing more test & procedures done........long story short, he had to go to St Thomas for a "looky - loo" into his heart.... thankfully, it is just a small blockage, that hopefully can be treated with meds! so, lots of stress, but then good news!
Hopefully he is on the up and up, I want him to be! :)



The baby bump! B looked at me one night and was like "man, it is out there isn't it? Just all of a sudden!" and then a couple of nights ago he proceeds to poke me in the belly button when he discovered it was trying to inch its way out! Ouch, did it hurt! it is tender! The little things you don't know about! He felt bad!! ;)

6 months today! :)

or 24 weeks for those that can understand the week thing, because I CAN NOT, it is SO HARD for me! I need to make myself a card to carry around every week! ;) so finally today, I can tell people in MONTHS, for at least this month! ;)
Today I had a patient say....."Oooo, what are you cooking up in there in the belly?" and I laughed and because I guess I didn't answer right off she says "Ohhhh, I am so sorry, you aren't cooking anything are you?" (and she was probably freaking out in her head saying "OH CRAP, I have just told a CHUBBY girl that I thought she was pregnant!") I laughed and said "Oh yea, I am cooking something alright, you are ok.....a little boy!" she was like "Whew! So, you are like 4 months" and I said "NOPE, 6 months TODAY!" It was ALL quite funny!!!
but since this past week and a 3 days I have been struggling with some vertigo..... I am not taking a picture this week, but here is me at 23 weeks!
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August 7th, 2010
Marion & Robert's wedding!
She was gorgeous, he was so handsome, the flowers were beautiful, the church and reception place was magnificent, the music was fun and the drinks were a flowin'!!
Happy Wedding!!!



and I ran up too her and said "you know I have my camera!" and she said "of course!" ha!! I am gonna miss rooming with her at the CF Conference, we had such a good time last year! :)

I'm gonna miss going to CF Conference with these fun peeps too!!! :) and the tie Dr B has on, Marion and I picked out at LAST CF Conference! :)

the Pink Palace at night! Such a neat place for a reception!






I finished the blanket that me and MeeMaw started together! :)


Baby N's blanket!


the REVEAL of the bedding........ :)

Good People = Good Deeds

B & I found out, this week, that some of the baby furniture was available for pick up, and of course we are pick-up truck-less.....so we had to ask some friends for help!
Robert was our helper that volunteered! :) I was able to get him a 6pack of beer before the whole fiasco, put a Thank You Note on it and a bow!!!

Friday night, after work, we all headed to Baby R Us to see what all could fit in what vehicles. The armoire fit perfectly, like a glove, in Robert's van, but the crib was not going in the Jeep, unfortunately. I sent the men on their way with at least one piece of our furniture in their HOT suits to unload & I go back into the store to find out how to get the crib back in their stock to wait for me to find a truck in the next few days to be able to come back and get it.......

The manager says to me "that man said he would take it for you" and I just looked at him like "yea, whatever" and I went on asking the 9 million questions I felt I needed to ask to make FOR CERTAIN that my furniture was NOT given to ANYONE else in the next few days!

and I hear "Ma'am, WHERE DO YOU LIVE?"
I turn around and see this pregnant girl saying "Where do you live? We have a trailer, we are picking up our furniture too, we could just drop it off there for you!"
I say "Oh no, that is OK, I live off of Old Brownsville Road, it is kind of far out..."
and she says enthusiastically "WE LIVE OFF OF OLD BROWNSVILLE TOO!"
I say "are you sure?"
the husband, soon to find out his name is Brad, looks at me and laughingly says "Yes, if it doesn't fit on my trailer then something is wrong"
and of course, on the drive to the house, with them following, I cried....there are good people in the world.

So, long story short, God sent this wonderful couple into our lives that day to help with a long awaited headache to come.....
I found out their names are Tammy & Brad, they have been married for 14 years, they have been together for 17 years, they met when Tammy was a Senior in High School, they are both originally from Memphis, they don't really live THAT close to us, but still went out of the way for us, this is their first child, Brad works for a doctors office (I believe), close to where I work, Tammy is in IT for the 7th largest IT company in the country, they like to hunt, her Uncle & Aunt used to have a lake house in Paris, they are having a boy like us, thinking of the name "Matthew" because of the meaning - "a blessing from God", and she wouldn't give me her address, but I did find out her last name, and said "just pay it forward" (and then she told me about how she had just been at WalMart and a few 20 something year old adults helped her load her purchase into her car, she of course cried too! ha!)
BUT - I found them in the phone book....I told her I would find her! and I am sending them a card with a little happy in it!!

Poor Robert sweated to death in his suit trying to unload all this stuff into our garage!
THANK YOU SO MUCH Robert for your help! It means the world to us and we appreciate your friendship more than you will ever know!!! :)
You definitely get a Good Deed button for Sweating It OUT! :)

B & I were able to dolly the pieces of furniture up into the house and get it parked for the night....and Saturday and today have been a whirl wind of "getting it together" I am sore! ha!!!
but it is all starting to come together and we are so excited!!!!

Just a few pictures of the progression!!! :)



Mr Bill being able to help put it together!

TOGETHER!! ;)



and an update on my Night Blooming Cereus.....I believe it bloomed this day that I took this picture WHILE I WAS AT WORK....I mean, what is UP with the name NIGHT BLOOMING if it is gonna bloom during the day???? Geez! I missed it again! I feel like Mr. Wilson!!!
but I bet it was beautiful!!!


My monthly flowers in a piece thrown by Lori! :)
I thought it looked really peaceful!