Im back!

I have been gone for awhile I know!  Life around here is a little hectic right now.  As we all know school started back, which means I am in full swing of babysitting.  I have two extra kids all day everyday, one is 13 months and the other is 16 months.  I also have another little boy that comes Tuesday and Thursday until noon and he is 22 months!  Did I mention that I have a two year old running around????  Lets just say my house is always a mess with toys, we have lots of screaming going on, and lots of time outs around here!!

My photography business is kinda crazy as well.  I didn't really think it would take off like this but it sure is keeping me busy.  It is a little overwhelming at times because I am with the kids all day and then either have a photoshoot in the evening or have to work on pictures.  I am a little overwhelmed at times and very sleepy!!! 

Bailey is growing up to be something else!  She talks ALL the time!  She talks back too!  Thats really great!  Some Bailey sayings:

She walked into the kitchen this weekend and looked at Jason and said "I wanna go shopping"  I taught her well!

She asks all the time "What chu doing?"
We were walking downstairs and looked at a pile of laundry and I asked her "will you do laundry for me?"  She replied with "I do laundry when I'm older"
Everytime you ask her if shes sleepy, or mad, or anything she replies..."NO I'm happy"

She has really gotten into playing with our phones.  It was a fight all day and evening for her to play games and watch videos on our phones.  So we decided to get her an IPOD touch!    She loves the thing.  She calls it her phone.  She knows how to go in and out of different games and play some of them better than me.  She can go into youtube and watch different videos.  The kid really amazes me with the things she can do on there.  It definatly was worth the money! 

Children are so life changing

Do you ever sit and wonder what you did before you had children?  I do all the time and think how funny it is how having a child can change your life in so many ways.  Don't get me wrong I love my life as a mommy and would never go back to the old days, but it sure is nice to reminisce of those fun times.

Jason and I lived in VA beach for about 2 1/2 years.  Our apartment was about 10 minutes from the oceanfront.  We normally didn't go down there because it was always crowded.  We went to a small beach called "Chick's Beach." (The spelling could be wrong)  We would get our cooler and head over to the grocery store.  There we would get all necessities for a long day at the beach: water, magazine or two, beer, bread, lunch meat, and a bag of chips. We would sit at the beach, just the two of us, and drink beer and just enjoy each other and of course soak up the sun.

On days it was cloudy or cold we would lay around the apartment.  We would blow up the air mattress and watch any type of marathon that was on TV that day or lifetime movies.  They were lazy and uninterrupted days.

If we were traveling somewhere for the weekend it was so easy.  I could pack Thursday night for a weekend trip and not forget a thing.  Where ever we were going we would meet up with friends and hang out until the wee hours of the morning.  Our biggest worry was if the dogs were OK staying wherever we were. Oh yeah the other worry was that we weren't too hung over to drive back home.

I remember when we could go shopping for what we wanted and get it and leave.  There was no getting the stroller out of the car, making sure we had diapers and wipes, a bottle and formula or the sippy cup . Don't forget the snacks to help ya get through the trip without being asked a millions times if they can get out!

That brings me to my purse.  I have always carried a large purse.  It has always been full at all times.  Right now it is full with my wallet, change purse, cell phone, diapers, toys, wipes, sippy cup, a smashed cereal bar, and goldfish crumbs at the bottom. Honestly, I have no clue what I carried before to make is so heavy and full before.

I remember we were sitting at the apartment the Christmas before we got married.  We didn't go to either of our home states that year to visit, but I don't remember why.  We were having a conversation about how bored we were and it didn't feel like Christmas.  I said, "Think of how much fun it would be if we had a kid running around and a bunch of toys." 

Well here we are with our weekends full of chasing around a little girl with no TV besides Elmo and Mickey. I even tape things on the DVR and forget to watch them or just don't have time. If we have the air mattress out its for jumping and flipping on.

 If we travel I start a week before just so I don't forget anything.

I spend more money shopping because I get so sidetracked (ooops).

Our Christmas morning is full of toys and smiles with just the 3 of us!!!

I wouldn't have it any other way!!! 

Oh yeah if your hungry just check the bottom of my purse there's always something there!!!

YES my windows are always that that dirty please ignore.  They the pefect height for little fingers to touch all day long.  Doesn't matter how often I clean them!  I always say they are the best entertainment in the house!!

Fun from PA

Jason's family came in a few weeks ago.  Bailey loved having the company and always someone to play with.  We went shopping and to a flea market with everyone.  I almost had Jason talked into buying Bailey a pet rabbit.  They were so cute and tiny, but decided I didn't want the mess of cleaning its cage.  I think the frog we have is a hassle enough.  Anyways, Nanny (Jasons mom), Aunty Eash, and Gam brough stuff to make cookies with.  We all know the closest to homemade cookies around here come from a package.  Bailey loves to help anyone cook, so she was right in the middle of everything.  Here are some pictures of her helping out.

She loves to stir things.

Taste test....

APPROVED!

Can you tell by the look on her face she hates for her hands to be dirty?

Beep Beep

My dad got us VIP tickets to the international auto show here in Charleston.  In my sister and Jason's eyes it meant FREE alcohol. We thought why not lets go its free and its not like we had anything else to do that evening.  We walked around looked at all the cars all the dealerships had brought it.  There was a lot of people walking around in tuxes and fancy dresses while I was in my tights, dress, and UGG boots.  Thats about as dressy as it gets for me unless I am going to a wedding.  Anyways we all looked around and found the cars that we wanted.

My sister found a camaro and the free beer.

Bailey decides she likes the camaro too.

She thinks it drives pretty good too.

I wanted a picture of us and she was to into the cars!

Mamaw Nette found a Honda that she wanted.  Bailey had to test it out too.

Then I found the car that I really really want. A GMC Denali.  Jason says I have to get a job first.

But Bailey really likes it...PAAALEASE????

Jason wasn't into getting in the cars, but I talked him into a picture before we left the mall.

I have only had 3 cars that I have actually owned.  My parents always told us we could get a car when we could afford the car and the insurance.  So I didn't get a car until and I was 21 years old.  I had friends that had cars and I could drive my parents when they weren't using theirs (which was pretty often). I had my first car for about a year and a half, my second for about two years, and the one I have now for almost a year.  After going up to the car show I really am wanting a new one already.   I am always wanting something different because I get bored! 

I also want to thank to very good blog friends of mine.  I have received awards from both of them one recently and one a few weeks ago that I haven't thanked her for! Sorry Trish!  Go check out both of their blogs when you get a chance.

Trish blogs about a little bit of everything.  Right now she is showing us pictures of her house that her and her hubby built themselves. 

Tesa  blogs about her life as a mom to two preschool aged kids.  She always has funny stories these two youngins' have done or said!  She also has great reviews on different products.

Boring days and a package

Wish I could say something exciting has been going on thats why I haven't posted anything.  Jason got home on Friday and was tired from traveling.  We sat around all evening and had a really lazy Saturday.  Well actually we did laundry all day, so it wasn't that lazy.  Sunday we ran a few errands and then went to my parents for dinner. 

Guess what I got Monday??????  A new lens for my camera.  I have been debating for months whether or not I wanted to get it.  I have read several different blogs saying that its their favorite and highly suggest it. Its not like I am a professional and need all these lenses, but I love taking pictures!! I finally caved in and bought it with my Christmas money.  I have been playing with it all day.  So there will be lots of pictures coming up that I have been taking because I am totally obsessed.  I don't really know exactly how to use it that well yet so some pictures are a little blurry! 

We also got a package in the mail today!

YAHHH Thanks Nanny!!  First off Jason has decided to stop smoking.  Jasons mom sent us the start up kit of chantix and the next few months.  This has been a long battle to get him to stop, but hopefully it will work.

 She also sent Bailey a little something in the package and she loved it!

100th Post

ITS MY 100th post!!! I started this blog over a year and a half ago to keep family and friends up to date with my pregnancy and pictures of Bailey.  Just recently I got more into blogging more often and reading other blogs.  There are so many blogs out there that I love reading.  Sorry this is so long but I know how much you are dying to know fun and interesting facts about me!!!! 
100 things you may or may not know or care to know about me! Enjoy!!!!
1.  I am a mother to one little girl who is 18 months old, Miss Bailey Shae.
2.  I have been married for 2 1/2 years to one of the best guys in the world...hes pretty lucky himself too!
3.  I am the most sarcastic person ever.

4.  I was never allowed to have pets growing up except a fish.  Now that I have dogs I dont know what I would do without them even though they drive me insane most of the time.
5.  I have never broken a bone before...Knock on wood.
6.  I always want something new whether I have the money or not.  I will complain until I get it. (Hope this doesn't rub off on Bailey)
7.  I am a messy person.  I blame my mother because she never made me or my sister clean.  We could make a mess in our room go to school and BAM its clean when we get home!
8.  I love love love TV!  I have a complete schedule every single night of the week.
9.  I would like to have 3 or 4 kids.  Jason claims one more and we are done.  (Refer to #6)
10.  I am also addicted to the internet.  I am always googling something on here.
11.  I am always trying to find a way to make some money without working. 
12.  I hate cold weather and everything that comes with it--sweaters, coats, boots, etc! 
13.  I could wear flipflops all the time if it didnt get so cold here.
14.  I wish I was more open about things.  But I feel the need to bottle things up and act like everything is alright!
15.  I like things my way pretty much all the time. haha I am really not bratty about it just prefer things that way.
16.  I love taking pictures of Bailey and everything she is doing.
17.  I am not a risk taker at ALL!  I do not like riding in fast cars, roller coasters, or motorcyles. 
18.  I am always paranoid I am doing something wrong or someone is mad at me.
19.  This is a lot harder than I thought it was going to be.
20.  We have lived in our house for almost 2 years and its the longest Jason and I have lived in the same place since we have been together. I still look every day for a new house.
21.  I would rather have something salty over sweets any day.
22.  I wish I was much more creative than I am.
23.  I am 4'11& 1/2"....I have never reached the 5 foot mark!
24.  I met my husband while trying to trade in an engagement ring.

25.  We moved in together 3 months later.
26.  Four more months after that we were engaged! 
27.  We picked out  Baileys name before we knew we were pregnant and it was actually the same weekend I got pregnant.
28.  I complain all the time of not losing my baby weight but I HATE HATE HATE to excerise and LOVE LOVE LOVE to eat!  See a problem there??
29.  I hate arguements and tension.
30.  I believe in punishing your children the way you believe is right. (nothing harsh)
31.  I love shopping and everything that comes with it.
32.  I really love giving gifts but never have enough money to do it that much.
33.  Right now my dream car is a Tahoe or Suburban....that may change next month. 
34. I gained 34lbs while pregnant and lost the first 24 within the first 2 months.  Its true the last 10 are the hardest to get rid of.

35.  Christmas is my favorite holiday.
36.  I never ask for money no matter how desperate I am to pay for something.  Unless its for little things and usually only from my parents and its only for Bailey.
37.  I have the best parents ever who have never given up on me and always stood by me through thick and thin.

38. I have the wackiest sister ever that never shuts up but she would do anything for anyone.
39.  My grandmother is amazing and helps my family in more ways than some people know.
40.  I dont like to talk on the phone.  With one exception...my BFF Lindsey.  We dont call each other unless we know we have at least an hour to talk. 
41.  When Lindsey  (my BFF) is on summer break we talked every single day at lunch time.  You would think we would run out of things to talk about.  WRONG!!
42.  I wait to the last minute to shop for any occasion because I am bad at giving gifts early.
43.  I can never decide what to do with my hair.
44.  Anytime I am sick I think I have the worst thing possible. 
45.  I have worn glasses/contacts since 3rd grade.
46.  I wear a size 5 shoe.
47.  I like to root against all my husbands favorite teams...healthy compitition.
48.  I dont like to clean.
49.  I always say I am going to bed early and never do.
50.  I love HGTV.
51.  I really want to get away for a weekend...SOON!

52.  I make really good scalloped potatoes.
53.  I lived in Virgnina Beach for a year and a half...10 minutes from the ocean.
54.  I miss getting up on a Saturday to go to the beach.
55.  I had naturally curly hair until I got pregnant and now it wont go curly at all.
56.  I check my facebook a million times a day.
57.  I am addicted to my blackberry.  I take it everywhere.
58.  My husband works from home therefore we are together A LOT!!
59.  I very rarely wear heels.  I love my flat shoes!!
60.  I am also a fan of hoodie sweatshirts and sweatpants!!!
61.  I can't stand my fingernails painted, I feel very suffocated if they are.  Unless they are acrylics.
62.  I also bite them a lot.
63.  I have really bad issues with my sciatica nerve since being pregnant.
64.  I used to go out ever single night, drink a lot (before kid duhh), stay up really late and work every single day.  Now if I go to bed past 12 I am worn out the whole next day.
65.  I just went through my clothes and got rid of LOTS of clothes. Skinny girl clothes :(
66.  I boxed up 45 pairs of dress pants/jeans.  Still left my favorites in the closet...JUST IN CASE!
67.  Bailey is my life.  I couldn't imagine life without her.

68.  I never leave her with a babysitter. I know I have said that before but just in case you forgot.
69.  I have the best friends anyone could ask for.  A lot of them live far away but we never skip a beat.
70.  I can not believe how addicting blogging can be.
71.  I get really obsessed with reading others blogs.  Its just nice to hear other peoples stories and get ideas.
72.  I went to Marshall Univeristy for 5 years.
73.  I managed retail for 2 years after that and actually really enjoyed it, even the holiday hours.
74.  I haven't worked since I was 20 weeks pregnant.
75.  I had all day sickness from from the day I hit 6 weeks prego until the day I delivered.  Obviously I was medicated for it.
76.  I was in labor for almost 5 hours and pushed for 25 minutes.

77.  Bailey has been such an easy baby.  Never been sick until this week, never teethed, hit all her milestones early, always a happy baby, never cried, never HAD to be held, slept in her crib from day one, slept through the night at 2 months, and stopped the bottle at 1 year and never looked back and I could go on.
78.  All of the reasons above are why I am scared to have another baby.  I am pretty sure I was too spoiled the first time.  The next one is probably going to be total opposite.
79.  Don't ask when I am having the next.  It is one question we get asked daily and probably one of the most annoying. 
80.  I am a very private person in some ways.  I will let ya know when we are having another one when there is a postive test.
81.  I love taking naps.  I honestly try to take one every day.  Doesn't always happen, but at least I make the attempt.
82.  I was in a sorority while in college.  Alpha Xi Delta!  Some people claim its all about paying for your friends.  I think it was one of the best experiences ever.  I am still best friends with a lot of my sisters!!!

83.  I believe everything happens for a reason.  You may not know the reason at the time, but one day you will.
84.  What was I thinking making this list??? I am running out of facts fast!!  I made it this far better not stop now.
85.  I really have the itch to repaint and redecorate every room in my house.  I am trying to come up with ways to do it with little money.  I saw someone call it something like redecorange or something like that.
86.  I can not read anything that is further than about 6 inches from my face without contacts or glasses on.  I am not exaggerating.
87. I have never eaten deer meat.  We now have a freezer full of it and Jason thinks he is going to make me start eating it.
88.  I love getting mail!  Especially catalogs or magazines!
89.  I am totally obsessed with Lady Antebellem right now.
90.  I babysit for one of my bestfriends babies, Jackson.  He is 7 months old.

91.  We went from living in a one bedroom apartment to a four bedroom house that is crammed full of stuff.  I just dont understand how we accumulated so much stuff in a short amount of time.
92.  I have had gray hair since I was about 20 years.  I hide it so you will never know. Unless you are reading this.
93.  We bought a house plant when we first moved in the house and it wont die!!!  I can not water it for weeks and it still keeps a kickin!  We finally sat it on the back porch and are hoping the frost kills it.  I have such the green thumb.
94.  I can make a killer apple margarita!!
95.  I watch way too much Nick Jr.  Sometimes I catch myself watching it after Bailey has walked out of the room just to see what happens.  I hate missing the ending to shows.
96.  I do the same thing with books.  If she walks away from me reading it I continue reading to see the end.
97.  I don't know how I ever lived without DVR!!!!
98.  I probably skipped a number or 2 and I really dont care.  I am not going back through to make sure. 
99.  I don't think there is anything else you could possible want to know about me.
100.  You probably didn't care about half of this but thought I would give you 100 facts on my 100th post!

Santa came early!!

**Warning**This post could possibly be a lot of rambling so I am going to go ahead and apologize ahead of time for that.  These pictures are what my house looked like after returning home and the reasoning behind the lack of postings.  They don't even include the luggage and bags of shoes and bathroom things and all the other random things I packed.

(The laundry basket is full with toys that I am moving out to make room for the new.)
 It was a crazy/busy few days.  We went to visit Jason's family in PA and ran and ran to see everyone.  We also had a funeral we had to attend while we were there for his uncle.   On top of doing Thanksgiving with all sides of his family up there we also did Christmas with them.  Yahh for presents!!! I like to be at our own house for Christmas because we get to spend lots of family time with just the 3 of us.  So we usually do christmas a little early with them there.

(I have a dining room table there somewhere)
I wish I had all kinds of fun pictures to put up from our trip.  I didn't get the camera out of the car once.  Can you believe it??  Since I got this new camera I take pictures of everything.  I even took the smaller camera that takes short videos and we didn't get either out of the car. 

(Trish this picture is for you.  You told me the only thing that was missing was the tree.  It was there in the mess too!!  IT is now up and decorated!!  Pics coming later
)
Bailey had a blast the whole time.  She loved playing with so many different people.  Sometimes she would act shy at first but that only lasted a little bit.  Then she was running around and playing and laughing.  We didn't get back until Sunday evening and the whole 5 days we were gone she only took one nap.  She would take 10 minute naps here and there in between stops, but other than that nothing.  In case you don't know I am a firm believer in naps....LONG naps.  She naps every day and I work my schedule around that nap.

(These are just some of the toys she got)
We had no intentions of shopping on black friday but ended up Jason of all people wanted to go.  He just wanted to get out and do something or maybe I am making a shopper out of him after all.  We get up and and get ready after Bailey gets up and no we weren't one of you crazy people that were up and at the store at 4 in the morning or earlier! 

(She got this playpen for her babies.  Right now it is crammed full of anything and everything that fits)
Jason is showering and I am trying to get things ready to get in there after him plus get Baileys things together so he can get her ready.  I go to put my first contact in and I felt the worst pain I have ever felt.  My eye felt like it was going to melt out of my eye.  I immediatly take the contact back out.  I have no clue what the problem was.  I have put a contact in before and it bothered my eyes and I wait a bit and then try again and I am over it.  Not this time.  My eye bothered me all day.  I ended up having to wear my glasses for the day.  I was thinking well by this evening everything will be fine and I can wear contacts again.  WRONG! I am not one to go to the doctor for many things.  I may complain a lot and be very sick, but I don't go to the doctor.  I just don't like too!!  Well it got to be around 9:00 that night and it wasn't getting any better.  I honestly thought I was going to wake up and be blind in my right eye.  OK I know this story is getting way too long.  I end up going to the ER because it burnt so bad when I closed my eyes.   Well I didn't scratch it but they believe there was some type of bacteria on my contact on the case or there could have been something wrong with the solution.  They gave me antibiotic drops and told me to wait a couple days to wear contacts.  Needless to say I was not a very happy camper for a few days.  Note to any doctor that is going to be working close to a patients face....BRUSH YOUR TEETH!!  I had two different doctors looking in my eye and wow could they have used a good brushing!!!

Thanks to everyone for all the presents and letting us stay with you.  I am now taking donations for a place to store all these toys.

I'm back...almost

I am trying to get caught up with all blogs and stories from our trip while we were away.  Not only am I trying to catch up on here I am trying to get unpacked!  This is just the couch upstairs and after I had worked in the living room for an hour.  I am working on a more detail blog and try to get it up later today.  Did I mention we were doing Christmas this week while were there????

Fall in the Forest

Why oh why do the weekends have to end?  It seems as if the past few weekends we have had something going on.  It so nice to not to be on a schedule or have a million things to do.  We didn't do much at all this weekend.  Saturday was just one of those days where Jason let me sleep in....well he's pretty good at letting me do this almost every weekend.  Today we decided to go to Kanawha State Forest to try and get some more fall pictures.  Yeah I know I am way too obsessed with the camera.  The sun was really bright in some spots and it was really hard to get good pictures without it glaring in our face and making us squint or there just being a huge glare on the picture.  Oh well didn't stop me from snapping away.  Anyways here are some of the pictures.

This is the sign going into the National Forest.  Theres a glare because I was taking it from the car.

Ahhhh....Gotta love the mountains in West Virginia this time of year

This is my side  of the family...parents, sister, and grandma, plus hubby and baby

Up close......

4 Generations....Mamaw..Dad..Granddaughter..Great Granddaughter

Daddy and his babygirl walking

Watching Daddy swing

My family!!!

Playing in the leaves

Sisters....

My parents and sister...

Me and the Hubby

If I would take the time to learn how to use photoshop I may be able to do something cool with my pictures.  But I always seem to have something better going on to do that.  Enjoy.  There are tons more I will post them later.