Meet Jack

We hopped in the car Saturday morning and drove to Charlotte to visit with Whitney and John and meet baby Jack! Jack is three months old and such a sweet little baby! Jimmy III had a great time and loved staying in the hotel room. I wished we lived closer, but I am so happy we got to see them if only for a short time.




He is obviously a bit upset about Virginia's loss. He'll get used to it.

Happy Birthday Papa!

Starting with Amelia in September, we have a string of birthday celebrations. Cecilia is October, Ginny's new baby (gender unknown!) will be Nov, Jimmy III and my mom are December.

We celebrated Papa's birthday this past weekend. Happy Birthday, we love you!

This is why I love blogs.

Yesterday, Jimmy and I were pretending to be superheroes. His cape was a Toy Story pillowcase tied around his neck and he made me wear the Toy Story sheet as my cape. While I do love the imagination of using a pillowcase and sheet, I thought it would be fun to get him a real cape. I was about to look on the internet for a Superman or Batman cape and I decided to check my blogs first, just to catchup. I was reading my new fave Kelle Hampton and I saw these: custom capes from Pip and Bean. Awesome. And that is why I love blogs.





Little girls can be superheroes too!


Photo credit: Pip and Bean

Art!

I love art, and especially art from local artists and SCAD grads. I've added these two beauties to my collection. I've admired Katrina Schmidit-Rinke for a while and glad to have two of her "Rinke Dinks" in my guest bath. To see more of Katrina's work go HERE.

Here are a few photos of the art and our bathroom redo. The pictures are pretty terrible but it was the best I could do with the terrible lighting. I know enough about photography to know if the lighting is bad but not enough to know how to fix it!





The pictures really distort the wall color which I LOVE. It's Carrington Beige (part of the historical colors collection) by Benjamin Moore. I know it is only beige but I think it is the perfect beige!

Happy Birthday Amelia!

Amelia turns 2 today! We had a fun time celebrating on Sunday!

Coming up for air

The past two weeks have been CRAZY!! Too much working and not enough fun. I wanted to share some pictures of Jimmy's first day of school. He is in the 3-year old class and goes to school on Monday, Tuesdays and Thursdays. On Thursdays he gets to take his lunch and stay an extra 2 hours. He LOVES it!





I really haven't taken many pictures lately. Here are a couple of Cecilia in her crib and the new bedding. Don't worry, we've lowered the mattress if anyone is wondering.! In less than ONE month she is going to be one year old! It has gone by way to fast. Although, she doesn't look too happy in these pictures she really is a sweet easy going baby. She just thought I was putting her to bed. Doesn't she know I was just trying to get her to pose for a picture?




It is now my favorite time of year in Savannah! Fall! The heat is fading and cooler weather is ahead!

The PROOF!

Some may have doubted that I actually ran a 5K so here is the proof.



My outfit is a little scary. It is a cross between "I want to be a serious runner" and "these are the only running clothes I have." The running shorts are huge. I think they were Jimmy's at one point, but they are comfy and I just discovered the little pocket on the inside to hold your key. GEINUS! I am so a BEGINNER! I did invest in a much needed sports bra , which fortunately you cannot see, but definitely kept everything in place. The dri-fit shirt was an on sale purchase so color choices were limited. My shoes, well, you can't see them, but they are sad. I wouldn't let myself buy a new pair until I actually finished a race or two.

This was at mile 3 and I figured that I might as well look like I am having the time of my life when what I really am thinking is "When am I going to get out of this forest and to the finish line? I think that I would rather give birth. How much longer? Maybe I made a wrong turn? Is 3.2 miles REALLY this long?" and a lot more other things that I plan to keep between myself and myself because we really had quite a few conversations along the way. Some of them went like this:

Me: I really want to stop and walk.

The other Me: Do NOT walk. You would be so mad at yourself.

Me: I am running so slow I might as well walk.

The other Me: You are still technically running and your goal was to run the whole time.

Me: No one would ever know...

The other Me: Just keep running.

and so I did. The other Me is so much more positive. Both Me and the Other Me agree that I should try it again in 2 weeks. Stay tuned!