GREAT first swap!

I was recently in my very first swap, The Sweet Lady Liberty Swap, which was hosted by Amy from Bumble Bee Lane and Linda from COUNTRY PICKN'S was my swap partner.I had so much fun and I have to say I was completely spoiled! 

I was so excited when I got home this evening and saw that Andy picked up the mail and this package was here!

Look at all of this GREAT stuff!

Some delicious smelling bath salts, candle melt, and wax tarts.  I just love that star canister!

These americana print rag balls and the americana pillow.  These all will go PERFECT in my americana dining room!

Finally, this absolutely ADORABLE doll.  I just can't get over how much I love her!  I even found the perfect spot for her on my new favorite find.

Thank you so much again Linda for making my first swap so perfect, I love everything!  Also, thanks again to Amy for hosting this swap.  I look forward to many more swaps!

Family Photo Shoot

Good Monday Morning!

I mentioned that while we were in Ohio we had a family photoshoot with my sister and her family.  Since it's Monday and the beginning of another work week, I thought I'd share pictures from it because they cheer me up.  I can't wait to see all of them again in June! 

Beware, lots of pictures ahead! :)

The group!  The guy in the far right is who took all of these great photos.

My Beautiful Sis and Brother in Law

I Miss These Kids So Much!

My 2 Men!

We had this picture blown up on a canvas and we're giving it to my dad for Father's Day :)

Again, sorry for the picture overload but I can't help but smile when I look at them and think of how lucky I am to have these wonderful people in my life! :)

Have a great Monday!

Ohio Travels and Noah's 1st Easter

Hello There!
We just got back from our trip to Ohio on Tuesday and this is the first time I've had free time to post.  Lot's of catching up at work and unpacking at home.

The trip was such a great trip!  Noah did amazing on his first extremely long road trip.  We left super early so he would sleep most of the beginning of the drive.  Everytime I visit home, it feels less and less like home.  I guess it would since it's been 3 years since I lived there.  However, it's always nice to see family and friends.  Noah got to meet lots of new people too.  All in all we had a great Easter vacation.

Talking to the trees as we were driving on the highway and telling them some obviously funny stories.

He enjoyed being able to get out of his car seat and stretch his legs a bit at the rest stops.

Noah with Papaw Chuckie

And Mamaw Debbie

Oh yes and his little protector, Isabella

He met new people who's hair he could pull instead of mommy's

And of course one of my best friends and his adopted Aunt Shelly

Noah excited to see what the Easter bunny brought!

It's easy to say he was spoiled.  And so was I. I got that nice basket for the living room to put his toys in.

His favorite Easter gifts and his first chit chat with the bunny himself.

We got to see all of my aunts, uncles, cousins, my grandparents, plus many more throughout the trip.  But one of the highlights was getting to spend some quality time with my sister and her beautiful family. 

This is a sneak peak at a photo shoot we had at the flower garden in the park.  We had such a GREAT time!  We also got to spend a night with my sister and as I expected, we stayed up until the early hours of the morning catching up.

I also can't believe how big my youngest niece has got.  This was us in the morning as we were both getting ready and doing our makeup : )

Since I've been itching to do some crafts and since I've learned how to crochet but have yet to finish anything.  I made it my mission to make something.  Since her big sister and mom both have crochet blankets, I'm making her one in her favorite color, PURPLE.

This is the start of what I got done in the car on the way home.  I'm hoping to have it done by the time we go back in June for my friend's wedding. 

When I got home and checked the mail, the nice bowl I ordered from Amy at Bumble Bee Lane was in.

It's perfect for my homemade potpourri!  Thanks for shipping it so fast, I love it!

Now it's time to get back to work and start catching up on lots of reading!

Today is My Friday and I've Been Slacking!

I'm so happy to say that today is my Friday and nothing exudes excitement better than Andy's face on Christmas morning!

Tomorrow D family is packing up and heading to Ohio to spend Easter with my family.  This little break is much needed after the whirlwind it's been these last few weeks.  Plus we haven't been there since last July when my belly was consuming my body.  I just started packing last night.  Who knew a 6 month old needed so much stuff? 

I can't wait for Noah to meet more of his family and see his mamaw and papaw and aunt Becki again!

 He's definitely grown since they last saw him!

I'm also excited to go because we will finally be able to do some ghost hunting since Noah's been born. 

My parent's house has had many unexplainable things happen and we've investigated it on muliple occasions.  I've mentioned quarters flying off counters and flashlights going on and off on command by themselves before and that's all happened there.  Sadly, we have only caught this stuff on voice recorders and not on video yet.  I'm hearing things have started picking up again so hopefully we have success! 

I have to admit that I've also been slacking on house tour pictures and just completely putting the house together in general.  Besides our bedroom, one of the rooms I've been slacking on the most has been the dining room.  Since we moved during winter and the heat doesn't flow well through to the dining room, it's kind of been last on our list (next to the spare room).  So we just shut the door to keep from having to heat that room and from letting the cool air from that room into the rest of the house.  So needless to say, I've just started putting it together since we've had hints of warmer weather.  So here are a couple sneak peak pictures of it so far.

There's my newest thrift prized pocession!

I think I'm coming to the conclusion of making this an Americana themed room.  Still so much to do but I can't wait.

There is still much to do in other rooms as well.  But with traveling in the next week and my recent laziness, this room along with the others may still be waiting a bit to be completed.