Updates & Random Pictures

So, I've been terrible about updating our blog since we moved into our new house! I wish I could say I've been spending our time organizing, decorating, and the like, but I can't! We've been busy with BBQ's, weddings, birthdays, and the list goes on. I have been able to get a few pictures along the way so I'm finally posting them. Do not judge me, each of these pictures came from my BlackBerry! We have a better variety of quality pictures on our Mac at home, but when am I ever on that computer?? Never.


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Yesterday we got up early and headed to the Zoo for the morning! We hit it just right. Got there right as it opened up and didn't have too many people to compete with near all the animals. We got to see the Elephants wake up and get their morning treats, and got to see the Lions wake up for a quick yawn, then fall back asleep on the huge sun rocks they were sunbathing on. Alex LOVED it. I love that he's old enough now to recognize the animals.












Off to the beach for the day! I always forget how great it is there. It took Alex a few minutes to get used to walking on the sand, but by the end of the day he loved it so much he was even trying to put fist fulls of sand in his mouth!







Pool party in the backyard!







Loves!!





With Great Grandpa Guillory (GGG), watching the cars go by...




Soon to be camping buddies.





Bathtime!




This is how he woke up one morning. I'm thinking he was a little uncomfortable!




Getting ready to help Mama paint.

Home Sweet Home

We have finally moved! After 3 offers, and 2 rejections, the third time was a charm, and I'm very happy with how everything turned out. Here is a quick picture of our new place!



As of now we still have boxes everywhere in the garage but the house it looking better and better each day. We definitely need to paint but other than that we don't have to do anything on the inside. Which feels great, considering we've lived in a fixer-uper for over 3 years. Gussie is loving our new back yard and antagonizing the neighbor dogs already. And Alex is enjoying all the new places to explore!

Happy Birthday Baby Boy

It all started a year ago today. My water broke at 3am and I haven't slept since... j/k! I love my little boy so much it hurts. Watching him turn 1 is very exciting and very sad at the same time. I miss the tiny tiny person that I held for hours upon hours. But I also love the boy he's growing into, so happy and curious. I'm not super sentimental, but I'm pretty sure I won't make it through this 1st birthday without crying.


















Thanks to my amazing cousin, Shonda Barlow Photography, I now have a new family photo, 1 year later.

Alex

Does this look familiar to anybody...


Thanks Whit ;)

Updates..

Although the first few months of the year always seem to take the longest due to the weather, we've been super busy lately!

Right now we are in the middle of selling our home, planning Alex's first birthday (ahhh, 1 year already) and just finished our visit with Uncle Casey who was home on leave from Afghanistan.

More updates to come shortly! =)

Greed

Greed

"We suffer, often unknowingly, from wanting to be in two places at once, from wanting to experience more than one person can. This is a form of greed, of wanting everything. Feeling like we're missing something or that we're being left out, we want it all. But being human, we can't have it all. The tension of all this can lead to an insatiable search, where our passion for life is stirred, but never satisfied. When caught in this mindset, no amount of travel is enough, no about of love is enough, no amount of success is enough.

I am not saying that we shouldn't explore our curiosity and venture into the unknown. I very much want to experience the world and love to encounter new people in my life. What I'm referring to here is that seed of lack that makes us feel insufficient, and then, somehow, to compensate, we start to race through life with one eye on what we have and one eye on what we don't.

Greed is not restricted to money. It can work its appetite on anything. When we believe we are behind or less than, we somehow start to want more than we need, as if what we don't have will fill in our pain and make us feel whole, as if the thing we haven't tasted will be the thing to bring us alive. The truth is that one experience taken to heart will satisfy our hunger to be loved by everyone".

- Mark Nepo


Wanting to be in two places at once.... ha, this has become the story of my life! I thought I'd share this little message that I read last night. Somehow God always sends me the encouragement I need to make it through my days.