Moving.

This weekend is going to be a tough one for us. We will be moving out of our third story apartment.Yikes right?! I am absolutely dreading it, and I'm sure Gerald is too. He hurt his knee pretty bad yesterday morning. While getting out of bed he stood up, and his right leg (the one he's had ACL surgery and other things removed from) was still asleep. It immediately popped backwards and sideways, dropping him to the floor. It was so loud I woke from my sleep to see him on the floor in major pain. It was awful, and I felt so bad for him. Poor baby =(. So I don't think me and him moving all of our stuff on our own is going to be a good time, but we HAVE to be out by then. One good thing we can focus on is being able to move into a new place within the next week or so. As long as we can find a cute rental we both love thats a reasonable price. The sooner the better. Oh, and guess what!?! We have decided to move to Hartselle!!! I am so excited, and Gerald is too. After all it was his idea. I can't wait to start fixing up our own place, and be in a new city. Even if it is close by it's still new to us. And, Hartselle is so cute with that country kind of feel to it that we both love. So basically the next couple of weeks are going to be super busy for us.

We have also started to plan our wedding which is so much fun. It is going to be super simple, cheap, and DIY. I've already got my dress, now I am starting on the DIY fun stuff. Each pay check Gerald gets, I get a wedding allowance to go get things to make my decoration ideas for the reception (which will be in a family members backyard). I love that it's going to be in a backyard during the Fall, it is my favorite time of year. We have decided on October 7th, which is only three months and two weeks away!! Not long at all. If anyone has any christmas lights, mason jar, small white candles, old wooden 2 by 4 scraps, fishing line, a chocolate fountain, and karioki machine we can have/borrow.. it would be GREAT! Contact me if you can be any help with those items.

Hope everyone has a great weekend! Please pray that we have an easy move this weekend, for Gerald's knee to get better, the weather cooperates with us, and we are able to find the perfect place for us in Hartselle. =)

xoxo
Tiffany

No Camera

Wow, it has been too long since I have updated this blog. My car was broken into a couple of months ago, and unfortunately someone stole my camera. I still get so upset when thinking about it. How do you break into someone's belongings, go into their purse, and throw it on the side of the fence? Makes me cringe. Karma will get them though. Anyways, I will give an update on Abby. She has absolutely hit the attitude stage. I thought the terrible two's were bad, but boy was I wrong. No one ever told me there was a terrible three's too?!?! LOL. I'm just kidding, I love you Abby, but you are kind of a handful right now. Things are starting to get better, but for a while there she really acted about thirteen towards me and Daddy. Now I will brag some on her so she doesn't hate me for saying that when she is older ha ha. Her speech is really getting better, and she is so smart. I am staying at home with her right now, so I get to enjoy every minute of her day. Today I was talking to her about me and Daddy's wedding (yes, we're finally getting married), and she said, "I'm not ever getting married. I want to be a baby forever." Ha ha I thought it was the cutest thing. Then I asked her if she would marry Justin Beiber. After seriously thinking about it, she said, "No way!". Ha ha..Abby is really a lot of fun at this age, even if there is a slight attitude. We have had a blast swimming this summer...... welllllll sometimes. Since we are currently living with Gerald's parents, we have a huge pool in our backyard, which is amazing. However, for some reason Abby has been terrified of the water this summer, and she will not get off of the steps. The only time she has enjoyed swimming this summer, was at Point Mallard last week. Gerald, my mom, and I took her to play for the day, and she had so much fun. She swam in the Wave pool by herself, the Olympic pool, and even went down the slides. It was a great time, me and Gerald even had a blast going down all of the big slides. It had been a while.

So a little update on me. Like I said, I am staying at home with Abby right now, but my days are not a piece of cake. I am constantly doing school work, or taking care of her. Not sure if I've posted about spring semester yet, but I finished with all A's and have a 4.0. I'm sure no one cares, but it makes me so proud considering I dropped out of school after tenth grade!! Right now I'm taking a Math class that is hybrid so I have to go to class twice a week from 5:30-7:30, but all of my work is done online. Makes no sense to me. ha ha. And, I am also taking a completely online English class. The English class is pretty easy.. all I have to do is write five compositions, and I'm done. Although they do all have to be 300-500 words, and one is a research paper, which I have never written in my life. I'm learning summer classes are definitely harder and take more discipline, but overall I am still doing good. 

An update on me and Gerald. We have started going to Epic Church, and it is doing some amazing things in our lives. I know it sounds crazy since we have only been going for a couple of months, and just became members of the Dream Team two weeks ago. But, we have really changed! I am so much happier, and I cannot believe how much better our relationship is. We still have our moments like every other couple our age, but our connection and care for each other has grown a lot! Like for instance, Gerald asked me last week if I wanted to go ahead and get married, and he had talked with the church about it. Turns out it is free to get married there, and we are going to do it! We're going to pay for everything extra ourselves, well actually I can't take that credit because Gerald is the one working to pay for it. I wish I could help out, or my mom had a lot of money, OR even my Dad had stuck around and been there for me. When it comes to stuff like this I really get sad about not having him in my life. But, I am so THANKFUL for Gerald because he really wants to pay for it and doesn't mind at all. We are going to keep it simple, family and close friends, a small do it yourself reception, and spend the majority of money on our honeymoon (which I'm excited to see what all he plans for that).As of right now we are shooting for the beginning of August, but we still need to meet with the church to discuss the date and details. I cannot wait to become Mrs. Tiffany Newsom!!! :) Ahhh!! It's about time, oh and this time there is no way we're pushing it back. Lol..Gerald says if the wedding doesn't happen by the date we set, I can leave him. (He was KIDDING of course, because I would NEVER do that lol)

Wow! This was a really long post ha ha..and I will try to keep this updated as often as possible. Hoping to also post some pictures in a little while.

xoxo,
Tiffany

Easter Weekend

We had a really relaxing Easter weekend. Recently we moved into Gerald's parents house to rack up some savings in the bank. So we have been around his family a lot here lately, which is nice. The Saturday before Easter we went to his nephew, Chase's, baseball game at Pointe Mallard ballfields. He is really a great player, and there team is still undefeated to this day. (I am pretty sure that is right?) Abby had a great time watching him, and we all love going to his games. This one was great though because the whole family was there, and right when we walked up Chase hit a homerun!! I have heard he has had quite a few homeruns this season. Definetely sounds like all-star material to me=) Here are some pictures of that game, and another night game we have gone to.

Abby and her Great Grandaddy, so sweet.

After the game, we hit some balls at the batting cages. I hear from everyone Gerald was a REALLY good baseball player back in the day. I always tease him about how we could be rich if kept it up, and went pro. ;)



After Chase's game, everyone came over for dinner. We spent a lot of time on the back patio, and the kids played until dark. They also dyed eggs, and this was Abbys first year to dye eggs. She did a good job, and really loved it. Who doesn't like dying eggs?

Aren't they the cutest cousins ever? Pretty soon there will be another little girl in there. (Christen's baby) How exciting!

Concentrating hard.



Now on to Easter day:

On Easter morning we went to the service at Epic Church. We have visited this church over six times now, and we absolutely love it there! Everything is so layed back, and there motto is "No perfect people aloud". Ha ha. I really like that, because we are for sure not perfect people. They also have an awesome band, and great preacher. The things he talks about are so relatable. After church, we came home and hunted the eggs the Easter Bunny hid for Abby. Here are some pictures:

(Sorry for the REALLY long post.)


 
 
 
 
 

Playing Catch Up

I have been slacking very badly on my blog here lately. So therefore I am going to be doing some catching up. One exciting thing that I haven't posted about yet is Gerald's sister, Christen's, baby shower! Basically my sister-in-law because we are basically married lol. So I figured that would be a good place to start catching up.

The shower was SO cute, and everything was very girly, of course, because that is what she's having. Her due date is coming up fast, and I cannot wait to meet the sweet baby girl! I will let my pictures do the rest of the talking.

Is that watermelon not so cute? His other sister, Tasha, made it at home! Tasha is super creative.

Abby being silly before the shower started.

New Pet.

This is Abby's new pet fish, and there is also a sucker fish in there somwhere. She has not named them yet, any suggestions?!

Real Earrings!!

Abby got her ears pierced yesterday, Sunday, March 13th, 2011. She sat in my lap, and harldy even flinched (actually I don't even remember her even flinching). They look super cute, and she loves them! Yayy Abby:)

Sitting and waiting on the piercing lady to get ready.

Making the marks on her ears before she pierced them. This was a long process lol, because mommy was kind of picky. ;)



One down, one to go!

All done! Such a big girl!

Of course she got a bunch of prizes for being brave, and that made her so happy! Her ears are doing great so far, and they are not even red. Lets pray they stay like this! =)

xoxo,
Tiffany



Painting.

Abby is getting a "big girl room". Seriously, the baby bed is down =(. Including all of the furniture, I am starting from scratch! My aunt kim made her a DIY cloth headboard to go above a twin size frame/mattress (still working on that though). Today I painted an ugly glass picture frame with chalkboard paint. That stuff is so cool, and I also painted her new drawers!!
Here are some pictures:

Here are the drawers before..

and after.

So that previous pic, is a picture of the overall progess so far on her room. Can you tell I just started today? The other side is so empty right now. Her new bookshelf will be here tomorrow, and the bed in the next week or so. There is still so much to do, like pictures, paintings, etc. Here are a couple more pics of some wood I just painted on for fun, but they turned out being kinda cute.

"Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart"- Pooh. =)

New Schedule

A lot has changed around our household here lately. Recently Gerald was hired on to work for Southern Cable, and I am so excited for him! So I am now sitting at home being a "stay home mommy". My days consist of watching The Little Mermaid and The Carebears mutiple times per day, every single day (btw which is not helping on getting a bikini ready body lol). We need some more children movies asap! I do not plan on Abby watching TV everyday for long at all, but I have had school work to do here lately. We did get out and go for a walk at Adventure Park the other day, and afterwards Abby played in the sand. She said it was like the beach...boy did I wish it was really the beach! School is going great and I am doing very well in my classes. I know thats silly to get excited about considering this is just my first semester (easy stuff), but I am very happy! I met with an advisor this week to kind of get a schedule of what to take each semester. If all of my grades go well, and I pass every class with hopefully an A, or B (definitely striving for all A's though). Then I will be done with my classes by Spring 2012, and eligibal to appy for the Fall 2012 nursing progam. This really excited me and I have an extra boost of encouragment to make straight A's. Please pray that I do well, this means a lot to me =)

Anyways, since I have had some free time on my hands around school, I have decide to learn how to french braid. It is something I have always wanted to learn. This site on youtube is helping me A LOT!
Here is a few pics of Abby's hair that I have been playing around with. They are not the best pictures, or braiding.

 Yes, she still has Beiber Fever...

I clearly have some practicing to do on my french braiding skills, lol! have a great weekend!

xoxo,
Tiffany

"I'm Your Baby Mommy"

I don't have anything exciting to share right now because work and school has taken over my life. I am not complaining though. Although, I do feel bad sometimes because I have to study so much, and it is a big change for me. So sometimes it kind of feels like I'm neglecting Gerald and Abbygirl. I can't wait for him to start school this summer so we can study together, maybe that will help my problem lol. I try my best to spend every second I can with them, but it's getting hard now that test/essays are becoming more frequent. We had a snow day yesterday, and I definetely needed it. I am pretty tired of the snow, but it gave me extra time to do some cleaning and studying. Once again I felt like I was ignoring my family while studying, but then Abby came up to me, and she MADE my day! She hugged my leg, and said "You're amazing Mommy, you're the best Mommy in the whole world, I'm your baby mommy" :) I was seriously shocked, and it made me so happy just to hear her say that. Abby is the sweetest little girl I know, and I am so thankful to have her cheer me up like that.

Here is a picture after she said that, I had to capture it because she was being SO sweet! She is still in her pj's since we were having a lazy snow day.

I just wanted to share that so I can always remember, and look back when I'm having a bad day. =)

xoxo,
Tiffany

Party Pictures

Here are some pictures from Abby's party!!

The story behind this sad face. I lit the candle without thinking to tell her to wait to blow it out. So Abby blows it straight out before everyone got to sing Happy Birthday. So I lit it again and everyone sang, but Abby was not too happy. I think we scared her the poor girl. Oops! Totally mommy's fault, but she was over it as soon as she took a bite ;)

There are more that I want to post to look back on someday. So more to come :)

xoxo,
Tiffany