Won't You Follow Me?

So, I finally added the followers gadget to my blog! 

Right now I have 10 readers...but I know there are more of you out there!  DON'T BE SHY! 

Seriously, it's crazy how many people tell me that they read my blog or saw something on the blog or have friends who read my blog and I had no idea.  I don't hear from so many of you or even know that you are out there!  So, humor me and let me know!!! It's super easy...just look over to the left on the sidebar where is says "FOLLOWERS" and then sign in to follow.  Or, you could leave comments....those are super fun!  

And because posts are so much better with a picture (or 2 or 3)...I leave you with proof that I will soon have 3 mobile and active children!

Abigail is scooting and about to crawl!!!! AHHHHHHH!!!  I just want it to slow down.  I can't believe how quick and fast she is growing.  It makes me think I might just have to try for a 4th. Ha!!!! Not ANYTIME soon though and probably not ever...but it just makes me sad sometimes that she could be (and probably should be for my sanity) the last.  

These 2 were cheering her on the other day when she first started her fun new skill and actually asked for me to take their picture (remember the quality is not so good because of my broken flash)

So, don't forget the original reason for this post...

FOLLOW ME!!!  Please?  Pretty please?

In My Free Time...

I pimped Julia's blog for her!!!!  Ya know...in between unpacking from the beach, laundry, feeding babies and children, cleaning up poop accidents (sigh), and making my grocery list...I decided it would be WAY MORE FUN to design a new background and header for my sweet friend Jules. We went to college together and she is definitely one of my best friends.  Love ya girl and I hope you like your blog!!! 

Go HERE to visit Julia and her cute cute family! 

And just for kicks and giggles, here is a pic of me and Julia WAY back in 2001!

Show Us Where You Live Friday!

This week is children's rooms and/or nurseries!! YAY!!!
Enjoy the tour and let me know if you stopped by!!!

You are going to have to bear with me cause I have a lot of pictures to post. I can't help it...I do have 3 kids!

Abigail (6 months), Samuel (6 years), and Ellie Kate (2 years)

Also, we have been doing a bit of rearranging in regards to these rooms and about a week ago, my oldest 2 started sharing a room. So, I'm not exactly thrilled with their room cause I had to merge 2 rooms (that didn't match at all) together. Anywhoo...it's still cute and they love sharing it. So without further ado...

Samuel and Ellie Kate's Room

looking in the door


Samuel's bed


Ellie Kate's dresser with a painting I made for her
the dresser was my grandparents and it's really cool!


Glider that some friends gave us so we could keep the comfy chair in the nursery


another cool piece of furniture from my grandparents and fun shelves (bathroom to the left and out into the hallway to the right)


Close up of the shelves with some special things


The CHOSEN picture was given to me at Samuel's shower before we adopted him and the plate has 1 Samuel 1:27 which is what he is named after...much like Hannah, I wept and waited a long time for my special boy and gift from God! You might also see some Ukrainian nesting dolls that we got in Ukraine while we were there finding Samuel.

Ellie Kate's shelf holds the picture frame I made her, a painting that was given to her, and a beautiful engraved silver cup from her grandmother (Jeff's mom). Inside the cup is a silver spoon that was given to me from my fertility clinic after I got pregnant with her from IVF!


Close up of some more picture frames/ pictures I painted for their rooms

Now, Miss Abigail's room

Poor thing got all of Ellie Kate's hand me downs (she better get used to it I guess). I did do some new paintings for her though. Now, she originally had the brown curtains that are now hanging in the older kids room so I had to just put these pink ones (I already had them) that don't match up until I can get some more brown ones. It really looked much better with the brown curtains.

View from the hallway




Close up of the paintings


I LOVE this pink dresser! We had an old dresser down in our basement and when I was preggo with EK, I painted it pink and put the glass knobs on it. It is one of my favorite pieces of furniture...as it was really ugly before and now it's just beautiful!


Changing table and another painting I did
it's driving me crazy that the baskets are crooked:)

Okay! Hope you enjoyed the tours!!! That was a lot of pictures!!!

Hang in there...I'm not finished! I have to post the original nurseries.

This was Samuel's room right before we left for Ukraine. I had SO MUCH FUN coming up with his room...I had been waiting a LONG time to do it! It's a smaller picture because it was ions ago on my 5 megapixel piece of crap camera (ha)!

And here is my favorite part of Ellie Kate's nursery (this was her room when we lived in Athens, GA). I wanted to do the dots again at this house, but just didn't have the energy when we moved last summer.

More Fun in the Sun!

We are continuing to enjoy beautiful weather and lots of fun at the beach. And it's actually been somewhat relaxing! The kids have slept good and played well together. I'm so thankful for a wonderful time and I don't want it to end!

We had a walk on the beach last night and it was so peaceful. There is nothing like the sound of ocean waves to just calm your spirit and make you forget what's going on in the rest of the world. The kids enjoyed looking for seashells and the water was almost like a lake it was so calm.

Gotta love some sand dune pictures!

I really wish my legs still looked like hers!

Samuel has loved catching some little fish and sea urchins

My cute little surfer girl

They really love the pool. It has a zero entry with fun little fountains!

And one last pic of my handsome buddy...I mean seriously, could he be any cuter?

If you are wondering where pictures of our little snuggle bug are...well, I haven't been able to get many because the sweet thing has been sleeping a ton! I'm not complaining, but just wanted you to know that she is alive and well and still the best baby (obviously)! I'm talking 13 hours straight at night and 4 hours of naps at least! During the few hours she was awake yesterday, we hit a huge milestone! Abigail started scooting a little and getting up on all 4's. Not sure I'm ready for that...but it sure it adorable to see them just all of a sudden start doing it.

Beachin' It!!!

After a great weekend spent with my family, we drove down to the beach to spend this week with Jeff's family. So far, we are having a fabulous time and I took 300 pictures our first day! Here are just a few...

Fun at the Pool