Friday, July 31, 2009

YoBaby giveaway!

I saw this giveaway on Jenna's blog. (click on her name to read all about it). I found her blog from reading Kelly's all the time so she is my other daily read. She is too cute for words. When I saw this giveaway, I knew I had to enter. Now I've never won giveaways but I still love to try!

Show us your life Friday!!

I just love doing these tours! It's Show Us Your Life FRIDAY!! Woo Hoo!! We are continuing on with our wedding days. Today's feature is all about the wedding ceremony, people in the wedding, etc. Enjoy the tour :) Click HERE to see Kelly's blog where you can view a few hundred weddings - I'm not kidding, hundreds!
My sister, my maid of honor, me, & my mom. I LOVE my sister's black dress with the hot pink flowers. My mom's dress is just lovely. I picked it out for her but she wasn't sure if she would like it on....I was right! :)
Dad and I getting ready for the walk down the aisle. The men wore traditional black tuxedos. Dad's was different in that it had a white shirt under the black jacket, instead of a tan color that the groomsman wore.
My pretty bouquet on the table at our reception where the table cards wore. We had a seating arrangement for all of the guests with their name on the card, along with their table. The tables were named after places Todd & I had been. We had around 115 guests at our wedding. The perfect amount of people to us - not too small and not too big.
The church we were married at - Ivy Creek Baptist Church in Buford, GA. No real emotional meaning on this. My parents joined the church a couple of years ago but have since moved on to somewhere different.
The altar and inside of the church was really pretty. They had beautiful crown molding and new stain glass windows. The church was also new & our wedding was the 1st to be performed there.
My bridesmaids. L-R are Brandi (cousin), Kenna (cousin), Amber (high school friend), Lindsay (sister), Andrea (friend that I worked with at a Young Life camp), & Jamie (college sorority sister). My girls picked out their own black dresses. I wasn't picky - long or short. I totally didn't care. I love how the pictures turned out & I love that I wasn't responsible for someone being uncomfortable, HA!
2 gorgeous bridemaids...and I mean gorgeous with a capital G. Kenna (click on her name. It looks funny when I try to link the name) & Brandi. They are cousins but really more like sisters. I just love them.

***I couldn't find a good picture of the groomsman. What's up with most men not smiling for the camera.***
***These pictures were taken by Ella Rue Photography. Danielle is my cousin's wife who owns this company. She's wonderful!

Friday, July 24, 2009

Show us Where you Live Friday -wedding dress style

It's show us where you live Friday!!! Hop on over to Kelly's blog to see all of the other posts! Instead of the home tours (I skipped a few so I'll update later), we are now moving on to Life things such as wedding venues, kid's parties, wedding dresses, etc. Here are photos of my wedding dress!

Sister & I before the big walk down the aisle. My bridesmaids all picked out their own black dress. I was NOT a high maintenance bride at all so I truly didn't care. I was all about comfort!
The awesome veil I borrowed from my cousin, Kenna. It was beyond perfect for my dress and it was my something borrowed.
Meet my dad. His nickname is RayRo, as in JLO from The Wedding Planner. He planned my wedding & it was Fabulous, with a capital F.
Father/Daughter dance to My girl. This was an insanely fun dance of lots of dips and twirls.
Todd & I trying to get everyone to dance. Our reception was the most fun I had. We had sit down dinner, open bar, tons of appetizers, chocolate fountain, and an AWESOME Dj! My dad did one heck of a job planning. RAYRO at this finest!
Showing the back of the dress.
My sweet friend Caroline & I. She is a friend I don't get to see often but one I could talk to forever and pick up right where we left off. We met our freshman year in college at GA College & State Univ.

***Blog friends, who knows how to fix my photos? They are small and when you click to enlarge, they are still small. Why? They don't look like that on facebook.

Monday, July 20, 2009

Hi Penguins

This video was taken during our visit to the TN aquarium, here in Chattanooga. The penguin exhibit was Lauren's favorite so we had to buy a season pass :) She was trying to "pet" the penguins, like she does Bellie girl. (petting = lovey dovey hitting)

Lauren playing in the tub

Bath time is very fun in this house. Lauren LOVES her bath and gets so excited every night when take her into her bath room. It's like she knows what's coming! We totally caught her standing for the first time by herself on camera!!!

Quack Quack

Here is little squirt at bath time. She especially loves it when her tub makes the Quack Quack sound!!! 

Shopping is Hard

This is what Lauren thought about shopping at Target.....soooo ready to leave OR take a nap, you pick!

Friday, July 17, 2009

Sleeping beauties

I was getting ready to run errands with the fam today and this is what I found when I finished getting ready, HA!

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Many faces of Lauren

Lauren has many funny facial expressions throughout the day. Here are some great examples:
Incredibly excited to be shopping at Target. This was the first time she had ever actually been in the front of a cart.
A little puzzled about what's for dinner
She's not sure about this oatmeal mommy wants to feed her
Excited for a yogurt melt instead

Monday, July 13, 2009

1st visit to the aquarium

We took Lauren to the Chattanooga aquarium for the first time today. She loved it so much that we bought a season pass!
Waving Hi to the diver that was cleaning the shark tank...SCARY
Amazed at the shark swimming by
YIKES Daddy and Lauren in the shark cage.....ewww I would never do that in real life!
Trying to "pet" the penguins
At the penguin exhibit
My girl hanging out with Mr. Penguin
Daddy and Mr. Penguin
Posing with my girl
Lauren hanging out with the fishies. She totally wanted to pet them
So cool!! A tunnel you climb in to see the fish tank with a 360 degree view. Lauren was reaching out to touch the fish
Look it's nemo! 
Banging on the glass to tell the fishies hello
"What's up fishies"

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Chit Chatting

Video Clip of Lauren and her mommy having a chat about the days events.

Please come to Boston......

We decided to not go to Hawaii. I know I know, why?!?!?! But in all seriousness, we felt very uncomfortable going with all this crazy stuff going on with North Korea. So I gave Todd a list of 5 cities to chose from & he chose Boston! I had been a few times before but he had never been so off we went....without Lauren. Sad but true!!! We hated leaving her but knew we needed some alone time, she loves her Grammy, & it would have been a pain taking her to such a busy city. We missed her like crazy but had fun too! 

Go Red Sox!!! $60 for tickets at Fenway = not too shabby!
Fenway!! Such a cool place.
Some important monument on the Freedom Trail. Too bad I'm horrible at history. This is Buckner Hill I believe. 
When in Boston, you must have fresh lobster.
Hanging out in Quincy Market = my favorite part of Boston.
Fireworks on the water in Boston = A.W.E.S.O.M.E but crowded! PS: We totally got into the area where the Boston Pops were. After getting there at 2:30pm for an 8:30pm show and it already being PACKED, we totally punted that idea. We walked around Harvard the rest of the day and watched the fireworks elsewhere. 


My own street in Boston
Some fancy famous park....forgot the name of it. It's where the swan boats are.

Pink and Green

I just love this cute dress. Our sweet neighbors bought this dress for Lauren and it's so darn cute!!!

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

My girl is crawling!!!

Lauren and her BFF

Lauren thinks her puppy is just so cool! She is always wanting to crawl to her and "pet" Belle. Thank goodness Belle is very tolerant!
"Hmmm, I think I will pet Belle"
"Can I sleep with you Belle?"
My girls!!!