Thanksgiving

I have SO much to be thankful for however the stomach virus on thanksgiving is not one of those things you really want! Yes, I have some sort of nasty virus and fell HORRIBLE! I did manage to get myself up and over to my parents (literally laid in the recliner the entire time!).

 

• I'm thankful for a husband who made deviled eggs and planned to take Karlee Grace to my parents house even without me.

 

• I'm more than thankful for such an amazing lil girl!

 

• Thankful for a little sister that captured a few pictures for me.

 

Karlee Grace's personality shining through!

 

So much to be thankful for but at this moment I'm thankful for the couch and lifetime movies! LOL

 

Life Lately

We have been having a lot of fun lately!

 

Who says you can't blow bubbles INSIDE at 8pm! LOL, you only live once!

 

As you can see it was fun!

 

Check out the dollar tree book's I picked up! Karlee Grace loves books and you can't beat the dollar tree!

 

Lil drummer practicing with the pots. She thinks this is so fun.

 

I have NEVER put a tree up before Thanksgiving but there is always a first for everything. We got a new prelit tree that has pinecones attached and spins (I'm excited about the new tree!). And Karlee Grace has a mini white tree in her bedroom. She was quite excited about the tree's. She didn't touch however she pointed and squealed.

 

Now let's see how long we can make it without her pulling the tree down!

wet butt.......

So Monday night we went to Country's for dinner. I dressed KG up so cute (sorry no pic) in some fall colored chevron pants and a top. We go to leave and Josh picks KG who is TOTALLY soaking wet! I was like OMG how in the world! So we go out to the car and all I had was a bag of clothes I had planned to give to goodwill (stuff that had been passed down that I THOUGHT would never get worn). After digging through the bag and finding a not so cute outfit I proceed to change KG. SOMEHOW only one butt cheek had made it in the diaper when she got changed before we left the house, LOL! I have no idea how this happened but the diaper was almost on sideways!!!!! HAHAHA, I guess I was in a hurry. So poor girl get's changed and cleaned up. I wanted to run to Kohl's and Hobby Lobby. I just knew we wouldn't run into anyone............boy was I wrong! My poor child looked like she was wearing some ugly pj's! Guess I need to throw an extra cute outfit in the car just incase something like this happens again!

 

**To the people we ran into out shopping, I PROMISE Karlee Grace dresses WAY cuter than that! LOL**

 

Oh and to top it off Josh was walking around Kohl's with KG while I was looking around and when we met back up her cute lil hair bow was MIA!

 

Not a good night but it will def be one I remember! LOL

Wait..What....We are going to Kentucky!

Every year since I was little we would go my great uncles (my grandma's brothers) farm to hunt. It's family property that has been passed down for years. Josh and I typically go every other year but decided we would not be able to go this year..........or so we thought.

 

As we went to see my parents and sisters off I hear Josh keep saying we should go. We say our goodbyes and they hit the road. On the oh so long (5 miles) drive back to our house Josh is still mentioning us going. 30 minutes later we are packed and going to print Josh's Kentucky hunting license and on the road! My parents were stopping in north Alabama for dinner so Josh was determined to catch them. I on the other hand was just determined to get as far as we could with KG before stopping. We end up passing my parents (that's right!) and keep on moving, still waiting on KG to stop. FINALLY I made the decision to stop because we were starving and it was becoming obvious that KG was continent. So somewhere in Tennessee we stopped ran in McDonalds (my child DOES NOT eat McDonalds, her choice! but I'm good with that!) and were back in the truck within 30 minutes. Back on the road again. My parents have passed us now but not for long, lol. Ice cream stop (my dad of course) and this gives us the time to catch back up. As we approached the exit in Kentucky we saw the lights of the trailer and we exited off the interstate at the same time.

 

It was such a fun trip and if we never go back atleast Karlee Grace got to go! The first few days were bow season and EVERYONE saw a TON of deer. My favorite is Saturday morning (opening gun season), laying in my warm bed and hearing the gun shots go off.  I like to guess who shot and the group text messages are so funny.....who shot......sounded like Josh.....Josh did you shoot......no not me.......somebody is hunting the property line right beside me..........

 

 We spent our days with Aunt Judy
watching mickey mouse

Daddy took Karlee Grace for her first four wheeler ride

 

Then later papaw took her.

 

A little lunch time visit with her daddy before he headed to the woods again!

 

 

Spent some time in the sun getting some of that fresh air.

 

 

Playing with Sadie.

 

Love this picture of these too!

 

Even got in some cousin lovin.

 

May not look like much to you but to me there are many memories!

 

AND of course all the excitement happens after we leave. My sister shot this monster deer, 15 point with a drop tine weighing in close to 300lbs!

 (she might as well retire from hunting, they don't get much bigger than this!)

 

 

When it was all said and done Josh shot a jacked up deer (missing half the rack), Heath shot a doe, Calvin shot a 4 point, Katie shot a 10 point, dad shot an 8 point and of course Michelle. It was a successful hunting trip.

 

 

I could go on and on with the pictures! It's absolutely beautiful farm country!

 

 

This was taken November 2008

 

Same location 2013

 

I love making memories with my family! Hope to make many more in Kentucky.

 

13 Months

13 month birthday was spent traveling home from Kentucky. My next post will be about the awesome last minute trip. My lil baby is becoming a pro-traveler!

 

 

 

Weight and Height:

No idea! Below is the 12 month stats. 19 lbs. 12 oz. - 50%
28 1/2 in. - 25%
 

Clothing Sizes:

9 month onsies.

6-9 month sleepers.

Some 12 month outfits and leggings.

Dresses all depend on length.

Size 3 diapers.

 

Eating Habits:

3 sippy cups of milk a day

1 full sippy of a half apple juice/half water.

All table foods.

Favorites are ANYTHING that includes cheese (grilled cheese, quesadilla, mac n cheese, cheese, cheese and more cheese!

Other food include pickles, grapes, bananas, oatmeal, carrots, pizza, gold fish, graham crackers, salami, pepperoni, ham, turkey.

 

Sleeping Habits:

Sleeping7:30 p.m. - 7:30 a.m. and then takes two one hour naps a day! Morning naps have been lasting over an hour and afternoon naps are a struggle!

 

Favorites:

MICKEY MOUSE Clubhouse!

Minnie Mouse cell phone (she even puts it up to here ear and talks, lol)

Pushing and walking behind anything she can move (cozy coupe, walker, ottoman)

Walking around all the furniture.

Waving bye bye to people.

Clapping and dancing.

Pointing at the deer.

She loves to laugh at her daddy and her brothers (the dogs).

Vtech baby pad is one her favorite toys currently.

Wink at the lil cutie and she blinks back, so stinkin cute!

 

Words:

Dada or daddddddy

ip - Skip

bye bye

bebe - baby

meeska - yes, like meeska mooska mickey mouse!

I have a hard time picking out words

 

Still NO teeth! Karlee Grace is very active and follows my every step.

One of the cutest things she does is start clapping when I sing "If Your Happy and You Know It".

Life Lately

I have a confessional........this stay at home mom RARELY stays at home! LOL

We are always on the go but it's fun.

 

Here is a glimpse in today what has been going on.

 

Spent a some time at the park with friends.

 

Teaching her young, lol.

 

My high school best friend and her boys came to trunk or treat at the church.

 

I'm in love with this cute little outfit Josh's sister Jennifer bought!

 

Check out the cute gold shoes! Thanks to Stefanie for the help!

 

I can't resist! I can't even go in WalMart without buying for Karlee Grace!

Found these pj's on clearance for $3, who couldn't resist!

 

Morning's with Mickey.

 

Creative Crazy dinner's for this lil girl but whatever it takes! Pepperoni and Pickles!

 

And lastly I am a neat freak clutter freak! Everything has a place and I like for things to be in those places. I think I am consistently picking up after Karlee Grace, not sure why! I need to stop wasting time and just pick up after she goes to bed, lol.

 

Goal for the day: Stay at home mom actually stay at home!