Eva and Karis...

Kari and Eva were in town this week and I thought it would be fun to get Karis and Eva together! Karis loved playing with the "Eba" and was very sweet...for a while. She then realized that Eva could play with some of her toys (Laney can't do this yet), to remedy this dilemma, she simply took the toys away and hid them in another room and came back to tell us the baby couldn't play with them anymore. Nice! This definitely made me wonder what it will be like when her baby sister is born at the end of the month! We had a lot of fun though and I of course loved getting to spend some time with my niece and siesta-in-law!! Here are some pictures of Karis showing some love (before she realized she had to share)...and there is also a pic of Karis in the dress I made for KA...I brought it to see how long I need to make hers, however, she did not quite understand that it was not for her and walked around saying "Where's mah dress?!" lol!!





She's hiding so I won't take off the dress...so cute!!!

If I had a nickel for everytime I...

Thought about Greg, thought about kids, wanted to go on a diet, thought about teaching, said "true", let the dogs out, thought about school...

...I'd be rich!

That was today's prompt!

One Minute Writer...

Katie made a post today about One Minute Writer where you are given a prompt and you have one minute to complete it...here we go...

...to finish this semester, to get my degree, for Greg to finish school, for Chance to be fully house trained, for James to be here, for my own kids to be here, to go to bed, for school to start on Friday, to load the pictures I took today

Done!...The prompt was "What are you waiting for?

Another sewing adventure...

Today I went to Katie's house for a sewing lesson on how to make these adorable pillowcase dresses! She was an EXCELLENT teacher and we had a lot of fun sewing and chatting! This was my first time making an actual outfit and although it took forever, the hard work paid off in the end, because now Katie Anne has a cute new dress! I plan on making several of these for my other niece Eva (these are better dresses for walkers...she's almost there) and Karis as well! They look SO cute on and I can't wait to see KA in it! I'm so glad Katie showed me how to make this...now I just have to hope that when I have kids, I have a girl because by that time I'll be AWESOME at it haha! Here are some more pics of the fun!

Sewing fun...

Hard at work...

But of course we have time for pictures!!

The master...

The grasshopper...

The finished product!

Chance's first haircut...

Before...

After...

Is he not SOO cute?! He definitely looks like a schnauzer now! The black is completely gone (besides a tiny bit on his sides that they left longer). We've had a great Saturday! Chance got a haircut, we got all of the Christmas decor down AND put away, a few loads of laundry done, a few purees finished for next week's meals, I'm about to start on a new sewing project, AND we went to a movie. We went to see Marley and Me...oooooomg. SOOOO STINKIN SAD!! Sweet sad. We both cried like babies (Greg continued after the movie...he's very close to our puppies, especially Jackson)! It was a great movie and I loved how honest it was. I'd recommend seeing it, but bring the tissues or wait until it comes out on DVD! I am now off to sew... I'm looking forward to tomorrow and learning something new from Katie!!!

New Year's Lunch...

Yesterday we went to Cartersville to ring in the new year at Katie and Saunders' house! We had a yummy variety of finger foods to snack on throughout the day that Katie and Cindy made. The guys ended up going downstairs while the girls stayed upstairs and played with Katie Anne. While her and Cindy took a nap, Katie introduced me to the Wii Fit...I HAVE TO HAVE ONE!! I'm hoping after Italy, we'll have some play money left over to get one! It's such fun and a great way to exercise without even feeling like you're doing anything! My typical new year resolution revolves around losing weight, but this year I just want to be healthy (cutting back on portions and exercising more regularly...not on and off diets)! After the game, we headed to Cindy and Thomas' house to check out their new furniture (which is beautiful) and to grab Greg's birth certificate for his passport (YAAAAY Italy)!!! We came home and had a nice night of movie watching and me yelling at my computer screen because I couldn't figure something out in photo editing...oh well, the adventure continues today! Here some pics of yesterday's fun...

Aunt JuJu and KA


Uncle time!


=)


Sister-in-laws...with slightly different haircuts =)


Katie and Saunders


Cindy and Thomas


So cute!

HAPPY NEW YEAR...

Happy New Year everyone!!! I hope everyone has a fantastic 2009! We are about to head to the Joneses for New Year's lunch, but I wanted to post my top 5 things I'm most looking forward to in 2009...

1)Our Honeymoon in Italy! We're going in March and CANNOT wait!!! This will definitely be a trip of a lifetime!!

2) Welcoming our new nephew in April! James Andrew Hatley, II is due April 1!

3) Finishing my last year of classes before TOSS!

4) Service Saturdays! Starting mid-January, we are planning on joining our church in their new monthly community service projects! We have been wanting to serve for a while and this is a great opportunity for us to do so! We'll get to work in the homeless shelters, with the youth street ministries organizations, and much more! We can't wait! We also hope to go abroad for a mission trip, but it probably won't be this year!

5) Celebrating our first anniversary!!! We will be married a year next October! We haven't decided what we're doing yet, probably a cabin somewhere! But we can't wait to spend this next year together!

This is of course not all that we are looking forward to! But just a few things to be excited about!! Now off to lunch!