Easter... and remembering" Memaw "

Well, we had a very eventful easter .... my parents had decided to come visit for several days because we had not seen them since Christmas ( too long!) - and we had such a long weekend planned . Sadly, on the tuesday before easter and the day before they were to arrive, my "MEMAW "(mom's mother) went to be with Jesus. Long story short, we spent the weekend making funeral plans and were in Knoxville all day saturday. It was a really sweet service and we were able to see lots of family that we do not see regularly and that was very special! We had lots of fun talking about childhood memories and were able to laugh in the midst of sadness. Memaw brought so much Joy to our family and she will be missed. All that to say - Easter looked different and the Lord had other plans... but my parents ended up driving back to Nashville for Easter to be with us which was SO FUN and such a blessing. ( especially because my mom is the most AMAZING COOK and she made 2 pies while she was here!!) lucky me ! Here are some sweet pics of Georgia after church on sunday. Thank you Lord for the cross and your redeeming love for me!

Baby Ward # 2 ... on the way !

We are officially headed into the 2nd trimester with baby #2 and we are very excited and blessed! We went for our 12 week ultrasound last week and just watched in amazement at the tiny little life growing inside me. Pretty crazy how at 8 weeks the baby looked like a small "blip" on the screen and then at 12 weeks ( just 4 weeks later) it looks like a BABY! We did not find out the sex with Georgia, but I think we will find out this time - we just can't stand it! GOD is so amazing and so good .... and we know that children are a GIFT from HIM!

Guys and Dolls

Valentine's Day was a 1920's party this year " GUYS AND DOLLS" ... and we celebrated with our dearest and sweetest friends ( and some family too ) We were all in our choice of 1920's attire, had dessert, hor 'derves, and virgin martinis ! ( the cigarettes are not real either but they sure were hilarious! ) We ate and played the game "mafia" until midnight!! We all had so much fun we decided to make it an annual Valentine's Day tradition .... we are so THANKFUL for the friendships we have here in Nashville! * we also had NEW names , we had to be in character right? ha! ha! Here are a few pics...

Sammy and Aaron - aka : Johnny "tight lips" and Frankie

Yes - she DID finger wave her hair !

Rose and Thurston ( John and Laura)

Johnny "tight lips" and Eleanor ( me and sammy!! )

Rocco !!! (Anthony )

Eleanor and Bitsy

THE GUYS and DOLLS !

Happy Birthday Georgia Love

Happy Birthday to our sweet Georgia Love! I feel like it was only yesterday when I held her for the first time... and thought " oh my goodness.... what is my life going to look like now" ?!!? Life certainly looks different, but it certainly is BETTER than ever. When we named her Georgia Love and dedicated her at church , we knew that she would be a lover of people and a lover of Christ. We prayed that her love for others would attract people to the Lord ... and we are already seeing that sweet gentle spirit and a heart for worship. Her favorite song to sing is "Jesus loves me" .... and every now and then I will walk past her room as she is playing and she will be singing that song - priceless. We had a birthday party planned for her last weekend but the winter weather ruined our plans ... so we will have the party this weekend and post pictures from that as well. Here are a few from her actual birthday at home DIVING into her cake!! A true girl loves her sweets!!
Some fun things that Georgia loves these days are : playing dress up , dancing and singing , she loves Jack's Big Music show and Yo Gabba Gabba, and she loves macaroni and popcorn ( from target!!) ha! She is altogether LOVELY!
oh yea... check out her outfit in the last photo- jammies with a snow hat, dress up earrings and high heels!! ha ha!!

School of Worship

Our dear friends Nate and Sarah Sallie have started a business that is blessing SO MANY families and giving them a chance to learn and study music, dance, and voice in a faith- based environment. Georgia has been taking a toddlers music class for a few weeks and she just LOVES it! I hope this is only the beginning of her heart for worship and that she will take classes here for years to come! Check out the website- http://schoolofworshiponline.net

Here is Georgia rockin' it out!

Snow beauty

We had the coldest week in a LONG time ... most mornings were in the teens last week and we had about 3 days of light to moderate snow! SO Pretty! For those of you who really KNOW me, know that I am a huge winter lover and I love to be cozy! Georgia and I went out and played in the snow a few times and she loved stomping around in her boots and catching snow flakes on her tongue. Then, we would come in and sit by the fire and be COZY again! It was so great... just wish it would stick around a little longer.... Here are some pics of my little snow beauty !

Christmas 2009

This picture of Georgia pretty much sums up Christmas ... Joyful, sweet, warm, and lots of laughter! We spent Christmas with my side of the family in Raleigh, NC! We had a wonderful week of shopping, eating, card playing and made some wonderful memories! I took several photos during all the festivities and .... well.... we all looked pretty rough so I thought I would spare you from the Christmas morning "bad hair " !! ha ha! I think my family might thank me for that one! I love my family- I am one blessed girl !! thanks mom for hosting all of us and cooking all week- what a treat! I guess it's back to reality in January.