God is So Good!!!!

Well today I got great news!!! I AM EMPLOYED!! God is so Good!

For a few months I have been led down dead ends in the job search. I have some major bills to pay and a wedding to save for. I know that this is not a huge deal like some people who have been out of jobs and are on the verge on foreclosure, but in my current life place it was a big deal. God has always provided just enough money every month for me to meet my bills so I have learned to trust Him. He would provide me a job that He wanted me to have when He wanted me to have it. I was telling a guy at church I know the other day, in my life right now I am just letting God pave a path a little at a time and I am just following it. It has been an amazing time of discovering Him more!

Today as I was working at Mother's Day Out with the babies and contemplating my plan of action for teaching the preschool Enrichment class I got a call.

This call made my day! Medical Transcriptionist job opportunity! Full time! It was all I needed to hear. They even wanted me to start today. The place that helped me get this job sent me my congratulations email and I was so ecstatic. They told me the place wanted to know if I could start today!!! So, after working out the logistics of having to leave with my boss and supervisors at Mother's Day Out, I came home and got ready for training!!!

This email just got me so excited!
So as I got off this afternoon  I went to Walmart and bought the scrubs I needed. I also went and ordered my glasses. I have needed to order my glasses for months just put it off since I have my contacts. However, I learned today that staring at a computer screen causes your eyes to get dry and your contacts to come out. No bueno. :( So after a small shopping spree today I am ready for my first full day tomorrow and my new job! The colors are slightly distorted in this picture, but my start of my scrub collection :)

 I love that scrubs are so comfy but sometimes I wish they were a little more flattering. Business casual and business dress just aren't for me 40 hours a week though. I love gettig dressed up but i think doing it 40 hours a week takes the fun out of it, and let's face it...who wants to get all dressed up to sit at a computer and stare at the screen all day....NOT ME!

Funny faces and Mini celebrations!

Today was full of happiness for me. i got to go hang out with big sis and Little Miss again :) Day brightener! Little Miss made some funny faces today and we mini celebrated her being one month old! We even got some cute pictures!

Little Miss had a moment and series of faces which just about made sis and I fall on the floor laughing. The laughter did stop long enough due to lack of breathing though. So over a 5 second period of time these are the pictures that occurred. Lets see if you find them as humorous as we did.

I shall leave interpretation of these faces open to the viewers...but we were certain we were going to have a stinky baby on our hand, alas, it never happened. Just a silly series of faces we guess. Can't deny it is too stinkin cute though.


We also had a little photo shoot with Little Miss today for her one month pic. Big sis bought some cute little month stickers to stick on her onsies for cute little photos every month. Today we did her one month pic. I think her daddy needs to try for some photos too because me and sis are def. amateurs at pic taking. Anyway here are a few cute ones i caught on my phone. on my favorite pic she is covering the one though. Stinker Little Miss is she either always had her eyes closed or was covering the sticker.  Oh well she is just  a month old. Here is to 2 months being more successful. still so cute. Here are a few shots.

 I love this little lady and her family :) They warm my heart.

On a separate but random note. There are only 157 days left until Eric and I get married to my best friend.

Also, 6 days until he gets home!!!

I scheduled our engagement photo session today for May 23! I am so excited! Our photographer is super laid back and is so helpful in this process. I can't wait to work with her during our wedding!!!

Exciting Tuesday!

Today was such an exciting day for several reasons.

1. There are only 7 days until Eric will be home! I am so excited! Although I know that Eric will be very sad to leave (and I understand) I am very happy he will be back in the same town. Long distance relationships arent as hard as I thought they would be, but I'm not asking for any more time in this one lol.

2. Eric got an awesome recognition today! At the Grand Floridian they give out Quarterly Awards for outstanding employees every quarter. Well Eric was presented with one today!!! I am so incredibly proud of him!!!! I know he has put in many extra hours in OT and much enthusiasm into his job. He even worked over 16 hours one day to help! That's commitment! I know Disney is truly his passion and I am so glad God has allowed him the awesome opportunities he has had there. Eric really does have his foot in the door for a great company where he wants to be.

3. This seems so silly, but my shutterfly stuff came in! I have been going Shutterfly crazy lately!!! I have giftcards I am trying to use before they expire, in fact I ordered some more stuff today! I just love seeing that orange envelope in the mail (no I am not addicted)

4. I got to babysit sweet little Eli today. I enjoy my weekly Tuesday play dates with Eli! I tease Eric that he is my second boyfriend! Tis little boy has stolen my heart! We played today and his smile and silly giggles just brighten my day!

5. This evening I got to watch Little Miss while her mom and dad went out for a much needed date night. She is 1 month today and loving life! Her smiles also brighten days and she cracks me up with all her crazy baby talk. :) So glad I get to be this little girls aunt!

6. This shoudl have come at the beginning of my blog post. I started off my day at the gym.This is exciting today because it is my first day back in a week and a half since I was fighting yet another bout of bronchitis!

So there ya go, a bunch of silly exciting Tuesday happeneings.

Silly Monday

Mondays and I do not really get along well.

Stormy mornings and I get along very well.

So I was in a dilemma this morning when Monday morning met Stormy morning. I did NOT want to get out of bed. However, I got the call at 7:30 this morning that they needed a teacher for Mother's Day Out at 9:00, so, despite my want to just snuggle and listen to the thunder roll , I drug myself out of bed to get ready. I did get a few pretty pics of the storm clouds rolling by on the way to work.

I love the ladies at Mothers Day Out that I work with. I mainly work in the baby room, but on some days I get moved around to wherever they are short a teacher that day. I love all ages.

Today was extra special because I got to work with a precious lady, Mrs. Joyce.

Mrs. Joyce is special to me because when I was 4 I was in her class at Mother's Day Out, and today I got to help her with the 4 year olds she has now :) I was so excited to wear a decently cute shirt today instead of a t-shirt (which i normally wear..because lets face it...the babies don't care and I would rather let the tshirt get dirty.) so Today I got to dress up a little and it felt awesome.

I learned upon getting there that it was Mother's Day/Open House for Mrs. Joyce's room so I was super excited to see wht the kids had been doing the whole year ( in comparison to what I remembered.) There was a cowboy theme so all the kids were dressed up in cute little outfits. I had some kids today that I took care of when they were in the infant room a few years ago.

The kids sang some songs for their moms and then we all ate lunch together. My big job was helping to prepare lunch today. We had white beans, cornbread, and green onions, with brownies for dessert.

I am not normally a white bean person, but man oh man were these great! I am a southern girl at heart with my eating habits so I guess I can add another southern thing to my list. The meal was complete with sweet tea in Mason jars. (Mrs. Joyce thinks of everything.) All in all it was a wonderful day!

Excited about tomorrow because I get to start back at the gym since I finally finished my steroids and am almost finished with my steroids!!!

During the day my big sis was sending me pics of her baby Little Miss, which really made my day. My original plan had been to go out to Somerville and spend the day with them at their house, but work called. So the pics she sent me really made me smile and feel good. Here is just one that she sent that I just about fell on the floor when I saw. I can just picture the sound that was coming out with this precious little face. :)

Hope everyone has had a great Monday!

Little Miss A is 4 weeks.

Today I got to visit with my great big sis and see her precious little bundle of joy! She is 4 weeks today. i have loved being able to watch her grow these past 4 weeks. She is precious and a joy to her mother and father, and a joy in my life too! So HAPPY 4 WEEKS, Little Miss A!

Proud Momma!

Proud Aunt Ally

And of course Little Miss celebrated her 4 weeks of life by doing what 4 week olds do best :) napping!

I can't believe it has already been a month since my amazing big sis gave birth to her beautiful little girl. I have seen so much love already in this precious little family and can't wait to see how their little family unfolds in this new journey they are one. Love you guys!

Poll time

Today's blog post involves a simple poll. I am trying to figure out the pros and cons to using real flowers or artificial flowers for mine and Eric's wedding. I was wondering what y'all have used and why you preferred that way versus the opposite.

Paving Paths and Exciting New Futures.

I have been learning over the past few months that I am going to have to let things go and move on soon. From examples as silly as, I should probably move on and put my teddy bear away (after all I am 22) to serious stuff such as I am going to have to start saving more money and having to get more responsible about certain things as Eric and I are planning a wedding. I feel like yesterday I graduated from high school and now my man is going to graduate college and hopefully we are going to move to Orlando. WOAH WAIT?!?!? Moving? I always thought I would be a boring person who stayed in Bartlett my whole life (not that ppl who stay around are boring), now it seems I am about to depart on this amazing journey involving Orlando, Disney, beaches close by, and a whole new place to explore. I am so excited. I can't wait to see what God has Eric and I embark on in this journey He is paving for us.

Likewise, things in my life are beginning to change. I am excited about these changes. i am really having to claim Ecclesiastes right now and remembering that there is a time and season for everything. God puts me where He wants me when He wants me there. While I can't always understand His reasoning I can look back and remember that He has never caused me harm. He has ALWAYS proven Himself faithful to me. He is such a GREAT GOD.

So as I go through this time where friendships change, habits change, and I feel like I am becoming a little more of a grown up, I can look back and remember God has always been faithful. I just have to be willing to follow the path that He is paving for me and follow it trusting Him.

Confessions of a Soon to be Bride/ Sickly Girl

1. The wedding is in less than six months. (162 days to be exact.)

2. I had my first meeting with the wedding coordinator at Bellevue today. it was so helpful and I am so thankful for having such godly ladies to keep us informed about everything church wise for the wedding.

 3. Eric comes home in 12 days! I am so excited!

4. I have almost all of the Save the Dates sent out!

5. I have bronchitis for the 4th time this spring....Really?

6. The steroids they have me on to help with the inflammation in my airway keep me up and wired all night! (Hence the 3 am blog post)

7. Because of the steroids lowering my immune system they put me on an antibiotic (which makes you burn when you are in the sun)....no tanning for me right now.

8.Something has given me hives and this is no bueno (add benedryl to that med list)

9. I DO NOT like being on all this medicine.

10. Our registries are just about done I believe.

11. We have had so many people pour love on us in this journey already. I am so excited!

12. I got to see my long lost friend Miss Madison tonight. We went to the movies.

13. I am addicted to Shutterfly!

14. SUPER ADDICTED TO SHUTTERFLY

15. I have $220 worth in gift cards to shutterfly so my addiction is being fed well :) ( alot of this is being used for engagement stuff and wedding stuff)



Well that about finishes this short post up.   The steroids I am have me wired and I have the attention span of a fly!.