All is calm, all is bright

Life and marriage go on in the wake of the developments in Athens last Saturday...we sat through the rain and I got to see the Jackets break the streak. Ski pants are wonderful for rainy, cold games fwiw! I had the Stay Puff Marshmellow look going but oh well!

The half marathon was lots of fun although I will say it is hard to change your running pace. However we had great weather and my brother loaded my Ipod with lots of rockin 80-90s hair band music (with a few current tunes mixed in...gotta have some Soulja Boy and Britney, right?). I hope I didn't look too funny singing Bon Jovi as I ran down Peachtree.

I head to Va for a quick work trip next week and then I can really focus on getting ready for Christmas. Unfortunately there will be some last minute shopping in the mix for me but I have ordered some stuff online so it shouldn't be too frantic.

I had to share this picture of my happy toddler. It just makes me smile.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Woo hoo, only 3 days of work. Thanksgiving will be a low key event for us as just my mom and brother will be here for dinner. On a whim I've decided to run the Atlanta 1/2 marathon Thursday morning with a girlfriend of mine that has been training very hard for her first big race. She has been dedicated and I am so excited for her, so I want to be there for support. This will not be about a running the race in a certain time for me (for a change), it's just about having fun. I made it through 10 miles Saturday morning and declared myself ready. Not really, but again this one is for fun and friendship. I can't wait.

We head to Athens on Saturday and I can't help but wonder if this could be "the year"...should be interesting...my marriage has not been tested by a Tech victory yet...:)

Hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving!

Let her eat cake!

Y'all know me...this was hard to watch. I just wanted to start cleaning IMMEDIATELY. But I refrained. For a little while :)

Looking back and looking ahead

What a blur! That is what the past year feels like to me. Which makes me a little sad, as I want to remember every moment of being Hadley's mom. I do know it has been the best year of my life. And while I will shed a tear or two (or several) over the next couple of days, there is much to look forward to and more memories to make. I am humbled and grateful for the opportunity to be a parent. And thankful everyday to spend time with my wonderful little girl.

We'll celebrate the big day tomorrow but just hanging out at home and playing with our new Fisher Price kitchen! Sunday we'll smash/eat birthday cake with a few friends and of course both grandmothers.

Happy 1st Birthday Hadley! We love you!

The Final Countdown...

to 1 YEAR...Hadley turned 11 months old yesterday. Now I need to really get going on planning a little celebration for her big day. It will be small - mostly family - but if I don't start now it won't get done in time! We took Hadley to pick out a pumpkin on Sunday; she wasn't sure what to think of the big orange round objects. Of course she had to suffer through lots of picture taking too:) We won't be here for Halloween, as we'll be on a mini vacation down at Amelia Island for a football game (Julie - don't tell Brian - ha ha!). So we won't have a costume this year...hopefully Hadley won't be too disappointed.

Next week I travel to Virginia for our company golf tournament, then Marsh & I are taking a quick one day trip to the lovely Baton Rouge, LA ("Operator won't you put me on through"...just had a flashback to 4 girls in a car to Houston...). Then we turn around and head to the beach. I always complain about being stressed but as you can see we do it to ourselves with this traveling stuff...Everyone take care and enjoy the rest of the month!

The Hunt for October

As I sit here and review my calendar for the month, I am pretty much just kissing it goodbye and moving on to November. I sure love the fall season but gracious it's a busy time! Plus September just flew by...our trip to Arizona, planned for over a year...already over...just craziness.

Work is busy, running is so-so (nagging heel pain)and the golf lessons fell by the wayside. I have a full time nanny as of last week and so far it's going very well. It's hard though as I feel like someone else is doing my "job" but I am also walking away from work at 5pm and not jumping back on the computer again in the evenings, which makes for a more enjoyable time with my family!

Plans for this "off" weekend (my apologies to Tech, we aren't making the trip downtown) - buy Hadley some long sleeved pjs, a jacket and some socks and also go pick out some pumpkins for the front porch. It's nice and cool so a pot of chili may be in order! Church on Sunday and a little football watching throughout both days. Sounds glorious...just 2 more days!

Busy bees

Just wanted to say hello quickly as the weeks are flying by and I haven't had much time to post. Next week Marsh is in San Diego, the week after we go to Arizona, then I turn around and go to Virginia. I am tired just thinking about it. Arizona will be nice although I am already missing Hadley. I know I am going to cry when we leave the house. The longest I've been away from her is about 9 hours so far.

In between the craziness I finished reading The Shack. This book, along with 3 Cups of Tea (thanks Jules!) are probably the 2 most thought provoking books I've ever read. I will move on to some lighter material for now though...it was quite emotional. And since I am in a hurry I can't research how to make these titles look like links - sorry! For a techie I am not computer savvy at all. It's sad.

Hadley is busy too getting into as much as possible. My window treatments now have teeth marks in them:) Her 8th tooth is coming in now so she has a mouth full of pearly whites. While she loves to stand up she doesn't seem to interested in taking steps quite yet which is fine by me!! I am not quite ready to chase her yet - she crawls around fast enough.

OK I haven't watched the new 90210 yet but it's waiting on me via DVR. Some parts of me just can't ever grow up ;)

Take care everyone!