6 Years With TJ!

It's so hard to believe that TJ and I have been married for 6 years! It's just crazy... and we have two kids! Who would have thought on the Sunday after September 11th, TJ (shaved head with earrings) would have met me (wet hair & in my pj's) and thought I was cute! :) And who would have thought that it would have taken me over a month to finally agree to go have coffee with him! And who really would have thought 5 months later we would have been engaged and then 6 months later married! It was fast, but PERFECT!

I am sorry to all you ladies because I do believe I have the BEST husband in the world! The past 6 years have been amazing and I am so blessed to be TJ's wife. He is totally giving and selfless and does so much for me and our children. God knew exactly what He was doing when He put us together. TJ was not my "type" (no hair and earrings really where not my thing!) and I don't really think I was his "type" either (I think my comment about wanting my MRS. degree scared him a little) but I am glad God knew what we NEEDED instead of what we thought we wanted. Thanks TJ for 6 amazing years! I love you!

Rehearsal...

The dip kiss...

Our wedding party...

Cutting the cake...

Honeymoon in Jamaica! I want to go back!


*We are still on our trip. I scheduled this post to be published so no I am not blogging while on our trip! :)
** No comments on how I thin I was compared to now... I had two kids people! Give me some time! I like TJ's brownies too much to be that thin right now! :)
*** HAPPY BIRTHDAY NATALIE! It was fun getting married on my best friend and maid of honor's birthday!

I Almost Forgot... Pictures and Videos

Well, I was clearing my memory cards on my cameras getting ready for the trip and realized I forgot to post these pictures from Emily and Ryan's and some videos... here you go!

Karoline LOVES this car... I think we are going to have to get one of these one day!


Karoline loves Mr. Ryan.

Ryan reading the girls a story.



Videos of Anderson


Videos of Karoline

Boys Will Be Boys= TOTALLY Different From Girls

Okay, maybe it's because I have a non-adventurous little girl, but Karoline and Anderson could not be more different. I know I have said before but Karoline is totally drama queen, girly girl and Anderson is a little walking, climbing, crawling everywhere monkey. He is into getting into the diaper bag, the cabinets, behind furniture, digging in dirt, getting stuck, etc... things I really never dealt with with Karoline. It's fun to see how different they are. I love my little man... so much so that I never take my eyes off him! :)







Here are some other pictures from the past few days...






Mom is coming TOMORROW!!!! I am so excited! TJ and I leave for a trip on Saturday. This will be my first time away from the kids overnight! I am so nervous but I can do it!! Pray for my mom though! :) I can't wait to tell the blogging world where we are going and why but I'll have to wait until we return. Some of you might have already figured it out :) It's our anniversary weekend so I can't WAIT to get away! It's been 6 years!! Hope everyone has a great rest of the week and weekend...

Girls Night Out With My Bible Study

Sunday night my Bible study went out to dinner at a place called Fondue Fred's in the heart of Berkley. I just LOVE these ladies... they mean SO MUCH to me. We are all different ages ranging from 19 to 36, some married, some not married, some with kids, some without kids, totally different life experiences and it is WONDERFUL! I love learning from these ladies. God has transformed their lives and it is awesome to see! They have made such an impact on my life.

Everyone in our Bible study...

Mercy holding Isabel and Emily

This was my favorite... Fiesta cheese fondue! YUMMY!!

Bethany and Myca

Tisha (expecting #3), Tammie, and Me

Me and Jessica (Shasta's mom)- she sings with TJ in the worship band and has an amazing voice! She is expecting #2, a boy!

Baby Isabel was the only child allowed to come :) She was precious!

Fall and Food...

Fall:
I saw this picture on a blog that I read often and oh how it made me laugh... I hope it makes you laugh too! I LOVE fall and it's my favorite because of AUBURN football and all the yummy candy and holiday food.

Mourning Now Were Cooking:
We ate our LAST NWC mean on Thursday. I cried (okay I was faking it but my heart was really breaking inside!). Karoline looked at me and said "Don't cry mommy!"... NWC is going to come out with a cookbook so I hope to start making some of my favorite recipes again soon!

What To Do Now:
Well, now that NWC is gone and my mom is gone I have had to cook like regular people! BUT I found these great Macaroni Grill boxed dinners in the grocery store. I LOVE Macaroni Grill but we don't go out to eat often at all. They are really good and I recommend them but I did do a little adding to what the box says. I added some pasta b/c it does not come with much and sometimes I add some wine. Be creative...

My favorite fall candy...
I LOVE LOVE LOVE candy corn time! I know you can buy it year-round but I usually only buy it during the fall. Karoline likes to call it "special candy"... YUMMY!!

Bacon Wrapped Filets:
Last night we had bacon wrapped filets at Emily and Ryans house... no picture but they were SO GOOD! We had a great time with them but I'll post the pictures of the girls later. They are on my smaller camera.

It's hard to do a post without pictures of the children for the grandparents so here you go...

Friends

Karoline had a great day today...Avery and Isabel (and Emily) came over this morning and Shasta (and Shane and Jessica)came over tonight. She really enjoyed playing with her friends! Anderson had fun too but he always goes with the flow anyway :) Karoline gets super excited when friends come over to play! Here are some pictures with our friends today...
Karoline really enjoyed holding Isabel...


Karoline and Avery enjoying looking at books...

Shasta- Isn't she SO cute!?

I found them all in the bathroom... all three really enjoyed playing together!

We really tried to get them to hug :) Shasta was trying to give kisses and Karoline would laugh! It was cute!

Little Man...

Here are some other pictures from this week...

That's Huggums bottle... not going to get any milk from that Anderson!



Karoline's favorite thing to to do outside is get Dora and Huggums and play with them on the swing set.


I hope everyone has a great weekend and I really hope Auburn wins! War Eagle!

11 Months Old!

11 Amazing months with our little man
10 Steps in a row when walking alone
9 Million kisses from mommy a day
8 Little monkeys jumping on the bed... his favorite song
7 Teeth in little mans mouth
6 Times a day he gets stuck trying to climb
5 Stories at bedtime
4 Bottles a day to keep little man full
3 Bibs a day to catch the drool
2 Naps a day to keep him at his best
1 Set of baby blue eyes to melt your heart


I cannot believe my Little Man, my Monkey, my Ander Buddy, my Buddy Buddy, my ANDERSON is 11 months old! It's absolutely crazy! He is so amazing and I am so thankful for my sweet baby boy. I can't believe he is going to be a toddler soon.

Videos

I have not uploaded videos in a while so I had a lot today... I did not edit them much at all since I don't have a lot of time but I know the grandparents will enjoy them. Two new posts are below the videos...