Rain, Rain Go Away...

Come again another day! Right now we are in the condo getting showers and resting. We were at the pool but it started raining, we tried to tough it out but the rain was SO cold. It has passed now so i'm hoping it stays pretty for the rest of our 4th of July!! So anyways I don't really feel like explaining our past two days so i'll post about it with pictures :) Here you go:

Abby on the beach the 2nd day, I love this one..

Knocked out, so sweet :)

Sitting out on the balcony all dressed up and ready for the night.

One of many from our family photo session..

She wouldn't give us a smile but I think this is cute..

They had a concert for the kids out at the wharf..

Riding the carousel, kinda blurry but the expression on her face is priceless..

This floaty thing is the BEST, worth every penny!

Lets her swim all by herself for the first time without going under..

Well thats all for now, hope everyone has a wonderful 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July!

We are here at the beach for ours, Gerald's parents have a condo in Sandestin, Florida and it sure is beautiful down here! There are all kinds of things to do because it's like two seconds away from the baytowne wharf (like a little village) with lots of restaurants, bars, tons of stuff for kids, and cool shops. Abby hasn't been since she was six months old so it's basically her first time to really take it all in and she is loving it. Yesterday we went to the beach and there was no sign of oil, just beautiful water and HUGE waves! Everyone was riding the waves, I even gave it a try..usually I NEVER get in the ocean but I went pretty far out. Not for long though I will say because I am not the best wave rider. The first time I walked out there I got a mouth/nose full of salt water and it was GROSS! It was fun to watch the others do it though...

Here is Gerald and his dad crashing into each other, that happened alot!

Here is Ben, Gerald's bro-in- law, surfing a wave!

Here are some more of our day on the beach:

So thats it for now, hope everyone is having a great 4th of July weekend and check back for more posts on ours!

Point Mallard

Today was Abby's first trip to Point Mallard!

She was VERY overwelmed at first, plus it was REALLY crowded -like its amazing how many people go to that place! I would never wait in lines that long if I was a kid haha! Anyways, we went with Gerald's sister, Tasha, and her kids, Kayli and Chase! Their family blog is here.


Abby started to warm up pretty quickly, see:



and here she is on the swing which she really liked:



She went on the slide a few times too, but I didn't get a picture of that :(


Over all it was a very fun day and i'm glad we got to go with them! Abby could've just laid on in the wave pool for the rest of the day


but she got VERY cranky and we headed home. Tomorrow it's off to the beach!! Post on that coming up next =)


Love,
Tiffany


p.s. my cousin  Katie got a blog, yay! You can read it here.

First Day

So today was my first day at work, I didn't really do much but listen to someone tell me all of my duties, the rules, and they also gave me a tour of the salon, etc. I really think i'm going to love it though and i'm pretty excited to actually getting started doing stuff next week.

On another note, Abby is doing REALLY good this week with potty training. She really wants to wear "big girl panties," so hopefully we are on the road to that. Not having to buy pullups is going to be awesome! I am so proud of her though :)

Oh yeah, we are going to leave for Destin thursday, can't wait! Abby is so so excited, she keeps telling everyone she's going to the beach and she's going to see the ocean and build sand castles! This will be the first time she has gone since she was six months old. Also i'm excited because the 4th is extra special to me, it's my pawpaw's birthday. He was my favorite person and I love to remember him when all of the fireworks are going off, but the down side of that is when the fireworks are going off it also gets me emotional too.. but a happy emotional I guess you could say haha! Anyways, i'm really looking forward to this weekend and will try to post all about it, along with some good pictures!

Love,

Tiffany

I'm A Horrible Blogger

This is going to be a boring update because I still have no camera, & hate blogging without pictures.

So I have an update.. got a job at Shine Salon, my favorite salon in Decatur since highschool.. so i'm so excited about that! I'll post more on that after I start. Abby is growing faster and faster, she amazes me everyday at the things she says. Oh my gosh like when she said a cuss word the other day copying my cousin. I asked Abby what our neighbors name was, then Katie mumbled "dumb ass," really quietly. Then Abby said "Thats dumb ass." We could not help but bust out laughing, so Abby continued to say it (thinking it was funny).. Finally I was able to get serious and explain that it was a bad word which she wasn't too happy about! Another update is that i'm starting school this fall at Calhoun, i'm very excited but also even more nervous. Working, planning a wedding, being a mommy, AND going to school (plus without a car) is going to be a HUGE change for me and Gerald (he is going to start school in January). Especially when I still haven't gotten anything done for the wedding, it stresses me out thinking about wedding plans. We might not be able to have a reception because we just don't have the money for it (I seriously never knew weddings were SO expensive it's ridiculous). Maybe something will work out so we can have it but it's not looking good (the court house is starting to sound like a really great idea!!) Enough about that because my mind is starting to get stressed about it by just typing it haha.  Anyways, I think we are going camping tomorrow night in Tennessee, maybe! I will post about it if we do, wish I was able to take picturs though!

Love,

Tiffany

Kidless

Gosh I never write on here anymore...it's just no fun with no camera to post pictures, but i'm trying haha! Anyways, this weekend we are kidless, we met gerald's sister in Jasper yesterday for her to go spend the weekend with them in Birminghamd. I miss her but I know Abby is having a blast, she loves Christen and Ben (and of course all of the rest of the family) haha but she was so excited to go she kept saying "so exciting!", "oh my goodness". Abby is talking SO much now and its pretty clear to understand most of the time, she is getting so smart! She is just the sweetest little thing her favorite color is purple... she lovesss to say "oh my goodness" (like prissy with her hand over her mouth). She also loves to fake laugh, that is also another prissy thing she does. OH and I wish I had a picture of her new bad habbit.. I don't know how but somehow she has learned to like stick her little booty out, shake it, and pat her butt, and pose like she's taking a picture... the first time she did it I could not help but laugh so of course now she thinks its funny and always does it.. my friend Krista has a picture I will have to get one from her to embarrass her when she's older ;)

Anyways, since we didn't have a kid last night we took advantage of going out with friends we haven't hungout with in a while.. we went to Maria Bonitas, the bowling alley, and Clay Womack's house. Me and Gerald never go out, so it was a bad idea to drink alot..but we did and i'm not feeling so great this morning. Hope it gets better by later today so we can get things done!

I'll try to post more often.

Love,

Tiffany

Busy, Busy, Busy!!

I know it has been a long time since i've updated this thing but we have been SO busy and I never feel like it!

We are busy because we set a wedding date!!! Yay :) October 3, 2010.. i'm so excited, but gosh I didn't know this would take so much work. The place we're getting married at is on the Arsenal called the Rustic Lodge, it's over looking the river.. but it needs alotttt of decorating since it's so old and rustic I guess you could say, and i'm not good at decorating AT all! I have a friend helping me out though so hopefully we will get some ideas and everything will turn out wonderful. So thats the reason I haven't been updating much.

Today me and abby are going to huntsville with a couple of my bridesmaids and i'm going to get my wedding dress :) It should be a fun day, I love hanging out with Katie and Krista!! For an update on Abby, she is talking SO much now, allllll the time... and boy is she sassy, ALL girl :) Yesterday she was laughing at Krista with her hand over her mouth like all proper and you could tell it was sooo fake and she would say "thats hilarious" and then throw her hand out in front of her like prissy you know? haha it was sooooo funny! She just is her own little person now and she's really fun!

btw I probally won't have any cute pictures on here for a while because I lost my camera :(

I'm going to go get ready for my day though, have a great weekend!!!!

Painting!!

We decided to start a little painting project today and it turned into us painting ALL of our bedroom furniture. Over the past few years me and Gerald have been together we have gathered a lot of furniture that was given to us from family members, none of it really matching. So you can only imagine how our bedroom was starting to look and it drove us crazy. Here is a picture of what we did to it though for only TWELVE dollars..nothing too special but it looks 100% better and we are so proud we did it for that cheap:)

I didn't take a picture of what they looked like before but they were just a wood color and didn't match. We did our bed too but I haven't gotten a picture of it because we're still in the process..just taking a break. I'm exhausted!! Oh yeah, got my hair cut short yesterday and I love it. SO much easier to get ready now which means everything with a 2 year old :)

Well gotta go finish putting our room back together...that should be fun right?

Happy Hump day everyone!

My Joy In Life

February 1, 2008

Abigail Leigh Newsom was born :)

"The moment a child is born, a mother is also born. She never exsisted before. The woman exsisted, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new."

She is pure joy and i'm so thankful to be her mommy.
Even though most people say it is not right to have a kid at our age, I know that God blessed us with her for a reason. Don't get me wrong, it was very hard to adjust, but I am a firm believer in EVERYTHING happens for a reason, and wouldn't change a thing! 


Abby can make anybody smile, I am so happy that me and gerald are her parents and get to watch her shine as she grows up :) Speaking of growing up..I can't believe this is my third Mother's Day! She has already grown this much:

Daddy helped her write this

She picked these for me from my aunt Kim's house!
When she walked in the door with them she said
"Happy Mother's Day Mommy" ♥
haha they are a little dead looking but it's the thought that counts right ;)

"Virtue and Happiness is mother and daughter." -Bejamin Franklin


"Making the decision to have a child - it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart going walking around outside of your body." -Elizabeth Stone




I love you with ALL my heart Abigail Leigh and
I hope all the moms out there have the BEST day tomorrow :)

Finally Fixed

So Gerald has been working on our friend Hollywood's boat for a while now. He bought it from a young guy that let it sit out in the rain without a cover, it was brand new and it totally destroyed the interior, but other than that it's a pretty nice boat. Seriously who would be so careless to not take care of a boat, some people just take things for granted.  Well anyways, Gerald took it to his brother-in-laws house the other day so he could give it a try because he's a mechanic. Well they finally got it fixed and we were able to go ride on it today. I love being on the water and haven't been in a very long time so it definately made my week :)

Tomorrow, we are getting up really early and taking a little fishing trip on the boat. We've been going fishing a lot here lately. So far I really like it! Abby went with us the first time we went and she loved seeing us "catch the fishies". I caught my first fish ever that day..haha I never have had ANY luck in the past. Also it was the first time for me to do any of the fishing things.. like putting a cricket on the hook, taking the fish of the hook.. stuff like that. I was clueless but thankfully I have a Gerald. He is such a outdoors guy, he knows a little bit - to a lot about EVERYTHING, seriously!

I caught so many, and would post a picture but my computer is messing up so maybe later. They were all little except one. It was pretty big but it broke my line because I was too excited and somehow messed it up reeling it in... Gerald wasn't too happy about that ;)

Well i'm gonna get to bed.

Hopefully I catch a big one tomorrow,

if so i'll be sure to post a picture! :)