Just the 4 of us...

We are getting settled into our new house and we are all loving it! Charlie loves going up and down the stair case, playing in her 'its still blue' bedroom and running around outside. Addison is sleeping all night again and really enjoys having us chase her all over the house as she crawls everywhere. The house has 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms upstairs and a 1/2 bath downstairs. The kitchen is fairly big too w/ a lot of cabinets, so I should have enough room for all of my kitchen stuff! The house is on the corner and has a very nice size front and backyard. We met several of our neighbors and there are a ton of kids of all ages. Charlie will have several little girls to play with and has already made some new friends. Every time I've seen kids out playing I've grabbed her and marched on over and introduced ourselves. Its pretty funny, but its good for all of us. After this weekend we are finally starting to feel settled in. I was able to go to the grocery store, so now we have food. Janette's friend Sue gave us a pot and some bowls, plus a kitchen table. So now I can cook and Charlie can sit down and eat. She was standing on her stool and eating off the kitchen counter. I bought some plastic plates and silverware. We don't need anything fancy or much for that matter. Just enough to get us by for a few weeks. We borrowed some towels from Janette and the girls of course have everything they need. We even got TV installed this weekend. LOL, I enjoyed not having TV but Scott is glad we have it again.
My Mom booked her flight for the end of October. We are very excited. She'll be able to watch the kids as Scott goes back to get our stuff. Plus, with her here Scott can work full time which will allow for us to save some money and then we can afford day care. We just need to get up a little bit and we'll be fine. We are so excited! Charlie Mae can't wait. She talks about her Yaya all the time!
The weather here is starting to cool off and the leaves are changing. All that green is slowing turning to beautiful reds, oranges, yellows and browns. Its amazing. The view is incredible... Color as far as the eye can see. We have seen so many deer in the last 2 weeks, its unreal. They are just grazing along the road and highways. We even had a buck in our backyard. We have found a church community that we like and Charlie and I have been going to Sunday school. Scott meets us there for the service w/Addison. That way she is only in the nursery for an hour. Everyone there of course loves the both of them and Charlie Mae has charmed them all with her words. Today her lesson was how 'Jesus heals' and she told them that she 'gets sick sometimes and her tummy will hurt when she pushes out her poops!' Yes, kids say such wonderful things! - I think I'll end on that one...
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Just a trim, please.

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Addison has 4 teeth!

Baby Addison is almost 9 months old and has 2 top teeth and 2 bottom teeth... Plus, she has the cutest gap bucked teeth, you'll ever see! Such a beautiful smile. Heck yea, I'm bragging! She's a adorable!
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Hello beauty shop!

Charlie Mae got her 2nd haircut this weekend. We had them cut about 2 inches off... She wants long hair like her mommy, but agreed to get a trim. She looks great!
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Addison's action shot of the day!

This was her first time feeling the grass and it was hilarious! She would touch it and then look at her hands w/ a funny look on her face! She just couldn't figure it out. She finally started to crawl in it after sitting and touching for about 10 minutes.
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Addison enjoying the grass...

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'I'm not afraid of BIG slides anymore!'

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Charlie Mae at the park.

She climbed this ladder type stairs all by herself. I was impressed. This was at her friend Ava's birthday party today. They go to the same school, but Ava is in a different class. They get along great and have a blast together. The party also had one of those great BIG bounce houses, and Charlie loved it!
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We have KEYS!

We just picked up our keys to our new house... Yeah! On our way as I'm soaking up the beautiful fall drive, we see 2 deer! The route is amazing! So many tall trees full of leaves that are starting to change color. The air is cool and crisp and the wind is screaming 'fall is here'! I of course am freezing! Ha ha!! We love our house and we can't wait to move in. It is such a quiet little neighborhood and our house sits at the end of the street. Hopefully we can move in soon!! California, here Scott comes!!
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Our NEW house!!

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Busy week!!

I have had the best week! I'm exhausted, but I was very successful. I have been on 9 appointments this week and I have 3 scheduled for tomorrow. I'm on a roll with activity and trying really hard to get off to a running start! Last week I got 4 contracts and this week I got 1. So I have had a lot of busy work designing and bookings ads. I still love it and I'm working really hard. I got an email from the VP of the company congratulating me on my hard efforts and successes I've had in my short time. That made me feel great. I'm hoping to have a big 4th quarter! Plus I sold my first Nashville LifeStyles ad which is a hip magazine and that was to Hard Rock!
Baby stepping to this weekend! We signed our lease and are getting the keys this Saturday! We can't wait to move out of this condo! It is going to feel so great to be settled and have our own things. We still need to go out to CA to get our things and are hoping to have them by the end of the month! Please email me for an address to mail donations to! LOL!

Addison is crawling, biting and pulling herself up! She is a BITER? It hurts too! She crawls all over the place and she is so FAST! It has only been for about 2 weeks and now she is pulling herself up! She has so much balance & coordination. And the baby can throw. She is her daddy's girl for sure, but I think that's my smile even though her hair is blond & those eyes are blue, I'm claiming her. And she waves when she see's you. Its just too cute! Everyone all over town is falling in love w/her. She is still smiling from ear to ear all the time. Addison is the sweetest and happiest baby ever!

Charlie Mae got in trouble this week at school. The teacher told me that I 'wouldn't have to worry about her, that she's all girl on the outside, but she is tough on the inside!'. I guess she was arguing w/a boy over a letter! And she was ready to fight! She wanted to duke it out. Each child gets 3 fuzzies for the week and if you have 3 fuzzies pulled you get a sad face reported to your parents for the day. She had 1 fuzzy pulled. The teacher did tell me it wasn't a big deal and that she definitely gets the concept while most of the kids just think its a game. So I guess there is a positive! She told us right away about the situation and understood she got in trouble. She also told me, she never wanted that to happen again... She told me today she is going to be a cheerleader, which couldn't make me prouder. She also said she's going to college. A football game came on TV and she grabbed her pom poms and said 'its gooooo VOLS time!'. Poor kid doesn't realize she's going to UCSD and they don't have a football team! Ha ha!! She loves her pom poms! Thanks Jennifer and Brett!! They have been so great and send the girls packages all the time! Charlie just loves getting mail too! She is so funny! She talked to her cousin yesterday and told her 'you can come, get on an airplane and my daddy will come pick you up!' How funny! Another funny thing she said right when she was going to go take a nap, 'I'm going to go wait for my prince & he better have a white horse!' Damn Snow White!! And now her knew thing when I say 'no' is, 'that breaks my heart' and 'don't be rude!'. She will be on fall break for about 2 weeks! We are still trying to figure out day care so Scott can work full time. We just haven't been able to work it out. Hopefully something will open up soon. I've asked the few people I know, but haven't found the right place yet. I'm sure it will all work out soon... I know Scott's cabin fever has kicked into high gear! He is a worker bee and needs to get out there!
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Who are they?

They say that people will come and go. They say that life is too short. They say live and learn. They say look for the positives. They say people make mistakes. They say don't let challenges define who you are. They say rise above. They say change is tough, but good. They say we are all equal. They say knowledge is power. They say trust takes courage. They say love conquers all. They say always try your best. They say the unknown can be fearful. They say time mends. People will hurt you. They say you can't change others, but if you change yourself, your view of those who hurt will change. They say tomorrow is a new day and yesterday is the past. This girl is about to change.
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Candid Camera?

Ok, so last night we decide to go out to dinner in Lebanon. We thought we'd try somewhere we hadn't been before and I was craving mexican food. We find a place to try and from the moment we walked in, we thought it was a joke! It was a nice, super clean and cutely decorated restaurant, but NO ONE was in there. A gentleman came & sat us down w/out saying a word. We laughed at the menu because it was super cheap! Very very cheap! A woman finally came after about 15 minutes and took our drink order. Than about 10 minutes later another woman came and put chips and salsa down on the table then immediately picked them up and said 'sorry' as she walked off. About a minute later the 1st woman came back and took our drink order again! Then the 2nd woman came back with the chips! It was hilarious!! So now we are going to order and the menu says all over 'no substitutions, order by # only' so I decide to ask her if they will make me a burrito my way? She rolls her eyes and says no! She then proceeds to say, 'what do you want on your burrito?' I tell her what I want and she says 'hold on'. She goes and asks and comes back and simply says 'ok'. Scott looks right at her and says '#5'. It was hilarious!! Then they bring our food out and give Scott my burrito and me his plate. They are too freaking hot to switch. I call Scott a dork because he answered 'yes' when they yelled 'burrito'. The guy who brought the food totally thought I was calling him a dork and he scoured off like I broke his heart. The food was so awful and absolutely tasteless my burrito was not even what I ordered... We did manage to make light of it and laugh it off. Then we got our check and it wasn't even $18. We both had a full meal, and cocktails for less than $18. Where was the camera?? We kept waiting but it never came out. I hope this isn't one of those stories that's only funny to me! Ha ha! Had to be there...
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Neyland Stadium

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Tennessee Vs UAB

We won!! Thank goodness! So we got up this morning and headed out to Knoxville. Now this wasn't always the plan... I got the tickets free from work on Wednesday, but I wasn't going to go. I wanted to stay home this weekend and spend some quality time with Charlie and Addison. Charlie and I had plans to bake a cake and I was going to take her by this dance studio in town that has openings. Anyways, she decides to go with Ernie and Janette to West Memphis, Arkansas. Janette's sister Gloria is in town from Florida. So with her going out of town Scott figures he'll take one of his friends to the game. Well, none of his friends or cousins can make the game on such short notice. So he is pretty much thinking he's going by himself. We had thought about taking Addison to the game, but the website and info hot line said all ages need tickets!! Of course we didn't want to pay for a baby!!
I of course change my mind and decide to go ahead and go at the last minute. So we pack up Addison and head to Knoxville. We had an awesome parking pass and were able to park super close in a garage. I carried Addison in the sling and proceed to the gate. My diaper bag is searched, but they don't find Scott's hidden pocket knife, LOL! Then there it is, the woman looks at me and says 'I need 3 tickets!' Ah man!! I couldn't believe it... I had just witnessed a man give away 2 tickets to a stranger and now I'm being told I need to 'go buy a ticket'. I see a young kid, probably a student holding up a ticket. I ask him if 'it is an extra and if he wants to get rid of it?' I proceed to tell him that we were just told we need to buy a ticket for our baby! He said 'that's ridiculous!' He then decides to sell me his ticket for $10! Ha! Gotta love capitalism! We really did have an awesome time and Addison was the cutest cheerleader ever! She was so good and the day couldn't have went any smoother! She stayed in the sling a little more than half the time. She even snuggled on me and fell asleep. Everyone was astounded by how good she was. She never cried and she just enjoyed sitting on her mommy's lap. At one point I got up to go to the restroom and I was stopped by several people to tell me how lucky I am to have such a good and happy baby! These are probably the same people who judged me when I walked in for even bringing a baby! Ha! We were nervous, but it was perfect and so was Addison! Oh and the Vols won in double overtime!! As they say 'life is orange and white'... And let me tell ya, I saw some orange! Knoxville is a pretty cool college town. It has a rad vibe. The school itself is beautiful. Old brick buildings and just smelled like education! There were tall, beautiful trees surrounding the area. We had a blast... The 'Pride of the Southland' marching band was amazing! It was awesome to watch all of their formation changes. They even played me some 80's Bon Jovi! I left with only one question... Is a football really made from pigskin?
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