So excited...

This weekend is going to be full of tons of fun...Grant is out hunting this afternoon, so when I get home I'm going to have some time by myself to do some laundry, straightening up the house, etc. It needs to be done, because Banks isn't home for the weekend! I'm kind of sad that he isn't home, because I miss him already. It's the first weekend since we brought him home that we've been home at our house and he hasn't been here with us. He is off with the breeder in Priceville, AL this weekend at a show. Keep your fingers crossed and say some prayers that he does a good job, and he is able to win some points this weekend. I'm hoping that he wins!! For those who are curious, he has to win a certain number of points to become a "Champion" Vizsla. At that point, he will be eligible to be bred. If you want to check Banks out on the "Up & Coming Titles" page for the breeder...click on this link. He is at the bottom of the page.

On another note...we have a big weekend planned. We have friends coming into town tomorrow, and we'll be tailgating and hanging out for the UGA vs. TN Tech Homecoming game. Then, I have a Friend Baby Shower on Sunday afternoon, and I'm SO excited about it! Yay! :)

Here are some photos of my friends that are coming into town this weekend:Melissa & I at mine & Grant's Engagement Cook-Out...She'll be bringing her wonderful boyfriend, Marc

Melissa, Rachel, Me & Jamie at a Sorority Sister's Wedding - We'll all be hanging out tomorrow!! :)

Me & Anna at our Sorority Big Sister's Bachelorette Party in 2007

Rachel (My Sorority Lil Sis) & I at her Wedding in January 2009

Kristy & I at my Around the Clock Shower in April 2009

I can't wait to see my friends tomorrow!! :)

My Girls

As I was looking at photos today to print some out for our office, I came across photos from the Bridesmaid Luncheon, and I realized that these are the most important women in my life, so I wanted to post a photo of the women at the Luncheon, as well as, tell a little bit about each one and how we met. :)

From top left to bottom right: Laurie, Abby, Natalie, Rachel, Amanda, ME and Amanda

Laurie - My BFF since 5th Grade...She was one of the first people who talked to me when I started the 5th grade at a new school. We were also both thrown into the 4-H scene, and we both remained very active in our local and state 4-H program throughout high school. After high school, we went our separate ways...we were both 4-H counselors over the summer, but she went to UGA and I went to GC&SU. We didn't talk everyday, but we talked often, and we picked up right where we left off every time we had the opportunity to spend time together. This girl has been my right hand through so many adventures in the last 16 years, and I wouldn't trade her friendship for anything!

Abby - Friends since college...we were both involved in 4-H throughout high school, but she thought I was a snob, so we weren't really great friends. Turns out that we both went to GC&SU, and we lived across from one another in the dorms. We ended up hitting it off, and we were inseparable along with our roommates for the remainder of college. We still all four get together at least every other month to spend time together.

Natalie - After college friends...Natalie and I went to high school together, yet she was four years older than me, so we didn't know one another well. I graduated from college, and I moved to Athens where she was living. We both ended up going to a DZ Alumni Chapter Meeting in Athens one evening. We hit it off, and we grabbed one another's numbers, and we started spending a lot of time together. She is a steadfast friend who I've spent a lot of time with here in Athens since graduating, especially when Grant was living in Jesup. We spent many evenings drinking wine and chatting after work!

Rachel - My sorority little sister...I met Rachel at Ruby Tuesday's only a few days after she pledged Delta Zeta. I came up to her, and I told her that we would be friends, because we both had the name Rachel. At that time, there were no other Rachel's in our sorority. We began hanging out and found that we had a lot in common. We both are scarily alike in our relationship likes and dislikes. We enjoy many of the same things and some people even say we look alike. Our families are even from the same town of Columbus, GA.

Amanda - Where to start...she has been a lifesaver for me. Grant's friends have NEVER been real nice to me, mainly the girls or girlfriends of his friends. She was dating one of Grant's best friends, and I went to a wedding as Grant's date when we were dating, and she immediately gave me a hug and introduced herself. She was pretty much one of the only people that spoke to me or spent time with me that evening. She called me the very next week to see if I wanted to come over for dinner since Grant was living in Jesup, and we have been steadfast friends since. She spent a lot of time going out of her way to make me enjoy my time in Athens even though Grant was in Jesup. She has always included me, and I've enjoyed being the third wheel with her and her boyfriend on a regular basis when Grant was away! :)

Amanda - Not sure if you can see the resemblance, but this is my sister! We are two years apart, and we haven't always been extremely close, but in the past two years we have grown very close, and we talk to one another via phone, text or email almost daily. If I'm ever sad or upset about anything, I call my sister. I know that I have great friends, but my sister is the one who will never judge me and never ask questions. She'll listen to me and understand. If Grant and I have argued about something dumb, I call my sister. She doesn't think that Grant is a "bad" guy, because we've had a fight. She just listens to the situation, and she understands that we are being stupid, and we'll get over it in the morning. She is my shoulder to cry on, and I am so grateful to have her for a sister. She also takes after me and was a Delta Zeta at her college, as well. :)

Alright, so I've written a novel about my awesome bridesmaids, so I'll move on to some of the other important women in my life...

My Sister in Laws, Anna & Ashley

Both of my sister in laws are so much fun, and I really love and enjoy spending time with them. I'm so lucky that both of Grant's sisters and I immediately hit it off, and we've been friends since the beginning. I first met them both when Grant asked me to go with him to his sister, Anna's, graduation from college. They both came up and were able to make it to my Bachelorette Party, and I keep in touch with them regularly via email.

My Mom & Mother in Law

I'm blessed with a mom who I am very close to and talk to on a daily basis! She does so much for me, and I couldn't do it without her. I'm also very lucky to have a wonderful mother in law who is extremely easy going and enjoyable to be around. She doesn't meddle in our business or try to call or come visit on a regular basis. She is the best kind of mother in law to have! :)

We had a few others who were at the luncheon, but I don't have photos of them, including our grandmothers. Everyone is wonderful, and I have a great group of friends and family that I'm so lucky to have and who care about me and support me through all of life's challenges.

Getting Ready to Paint!!

Grant & I are getting ready to paint Weston's nursery in the coming week, and I'm so excited. We've moved everyone out of his room that was in their before (dresser, bed, etc.), and we've moved it to it's new home. We have bought the paint, and we've got all of our supplies together. Now, we are ready to begin...I can't wait to get started painting his nursery, and I'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out.

We are painting his room blue with a thick white strip down the center, then a green and a brown stripe on either side of the thick white stripe. I saw this online, and it turned out really cute for them, so I'm hoping that it turns out well for us also! I'm excited, and I can't wait to begin. I'll take photos of us painting the nursery and post them once we get started. :)

On another note, I'm going to eat Mexican tonight with three of my closet friends, and I can't wait. We have been trying to meet up at least every other month for dinner or just to hang out, so I'm looking forward to it. The last one of them got engaged since the last time we saw one another too...the other three of us are already married. So, I'm looking forward to catching up and hearing wedding plans. I'll leave you with a photo of my favorite girls!

Good Weekend and an Engagement

This weekend was really fun, and as a result, I'm exhausted this morning. I've got to go home this afternoon and go to bed EARLY! On Friday, Grant and I had a date night and then just relaxed at home and played with Banks. But on Saturday, two of our friends, Max and Amanda came into town, and we went to lunch with them. Then I ran some errands while Grant worked around the house. Later, we all met back up at our house, and we went over to a friends house where a big "surprise" engagement was to take place.

One of Grant's friends decided a few weeks ago to propose to his girlfriend, so he called everyone and told them what was going on and asked them to come over on Saturday night. The girlfriend was planning a surprise birthday party for him, because his birthday was on Friday, so she thought it was a big surprise party for him. They walked in the door, and everyone yelled "Surprise"! Then he started talking and telling her how much he loved her (this is where I started crying), then he got down on one knee and asked her to marry him. It was TOO sweet. She was crying, and it was a very emotional moment. She said "Yes!", and we had a great night hanging out with friends. We stayed out way too late though, so it was midnight before we got back home. And we had two other couples, one with a baby, staying at our house, so we had to get everything ready for them.

We finally made it to bed, and we woke up the next morning and headed to Waffle House for breakfast. After breakfast, we ran around town with our friends, Amanda and Max. Then Max headed back home, and Amanda stayed. She works from home, but the company she works with is here, so she was staying to teach some classes this week. We hung out all afternoon, then we went to eat with some girlfriends of ours. We had a great time, but I wasn't able to get in any of my regular naps, so it was a long weekend. We went to bed at ten last night, but when you wake up at 5:45 AM, it just wasn't early enough. I might just crawl up under my desk and take a quick nap! :)

Hope everyone else had a great weekend!

Disappointing Circumstances...Going Private

So, as I mentioned at the end of last week, I went to the Atlanta Braves game with my friends yesterday, and I was SO excited to tell them about my pregnancy! They were all so excited, and they were very happy for me, but I found something out that hurt me and upset me pretty badly.

Upon telling one of my friends yesterday, her response was, "Yes, I had heard that you were pregnant, but I wasn't sure." And I asked her how she heard that, and she said that someone told her that reads my blog. Unbelievable...she mentioned the person's name, so I know who it is, and the crazy thing about it is...I am not even really friends with this person. I would talk with her, and we were in the same sorority, but we aren't really good friends, and I would never call her and tell her the news. I figured that there might be one or two people that I know that read my blog, but I truly thought that these people had enough value and character to not go behind my back and tell a really close friend that I'm pregnant, when I really wanted her to hear it come from me.

It's funny, because I have another friend who does read my blog, and she sent me a Facebook message telling me that she read it, and she saw that I was pregnant. She congratulated me, and she said how excited she was for me, but she knew that I probably wasn't telling anyone yet, so she would keep it quiet. And she kept her word, and I really appreciate that. She didn't go telling some of my other friends that she talks to regularly. She kept it to herself, because she is my friend, and she values our friendship and trust, and I appreciate that!

To me it's kind of like gossip...people hear someone is pregnant or something is going on in their lives, and they immediately, call someone up and say, I heard ___, is it true? What do you think? Anyways, I'm just extremely hurt that someone that I'm not close to would go and tell someone that I am close to when I was waiting to tell my close friends and family, so I could tell them in person. This is my life...why in the world would someone read my blog and feel like it was ok to go around talking about me and trying to find out if it's true...I have one question, "Why do you even care?"

So, on that note...I won't be writing in my blog until I go private or find a new solution. Do I create an entirely new blog account or will they find me there too? I'm thinking about it, so if you have any suggestions for this situation, please let me know. In the meantime, if you want to be able to view my blog once I go private, please send me your email address. I apologize for the inconvenience. I really don't want to do this, as I really like people being able to come and see my blog and meet new people that way. But right now, I just don't see that I have a choice.

Last Single Night Out...Yay!!

I've been meaning to post some of the photos of the events leading up to the wedding, and I kept forgetting. When I posted my earlier post about this weekend, and I added a photo from my Bachelorette Party...it made me start thinking about how much fun I had. I had the BEST Bachelorette Party that a girl could ever ask for. I have the most amazing friends, and they did exactly what I wanted.

We went to one of my favorite restaurants for dinner and afterward, we went back and I opened up gifts and had drinks and ice cream cake! Then we went downtown for a night of fun and finally crashed around 4:00 AM. I can't say it enough, but I have some really awesome friends. Here are some photos from the night!

Sisters!! The best party planner...EVER!!

Some random guys bike that they dared me to get on...I did it!!

My NEW Sisters, Ashley & Anna!

The whole group...I have A LOT of awesome friends!!

What a cute shower gift?! An umbrella with cute panties attached! Great gift idea!!

Me with the Hot Dog that they bought me before getting in the Taxi to go home! I was excited, and I don't even like hot dogs!! Wow!

Friends!!

Me with the BEST sister in law EVER...Grant's younger sister, Anna!

The end of the night...Things were getting crazy!!

Girls Day

I'm so excited, because I'm spending my Saturday with five of my sorority sister's from college, and I can't wait! We are meeting up at one of the girl's house at 12:30 for lunch, and we are going to head over to the Braves game. We don't have anything planned after the game, but I'm sure we'll get into something. I love my friends so much, and I'm SO thrilled to see them! I've actually been keeping the pregnancy from all of them expect my BFF and Sorority Lil Sister, Rachel who I told right away! :) So, I'm going to share the news with them tomorrow. I haven't announced it on Facebook yet, because I wanted to be able to surprise them! Can't wait to see them. It's going to be a great weekend!

My Bachelorette Party...We'll only be missing ONE on Saturday!!

Sorority Sister's Wedding in 2007

It's My Friday!!

So, one of my closest friends is getting married on Saturday, and I'm SO excited and happy for her.

Amanda and I have only been friends since June 2007, and we met through Grant. When I met Grant, he spent all of his weekends hanging out with the same group of friends, and they were all very close and very "cliquish", so it was very difficult to break my way into the group. The girlfriends of his buddies didn't care for me much, and it was a tough thing for me, because I've always been liked by most people. I didn't meet Amanda right away, because she was never in town when I was visiting and hanging out with Grant's friends, but we went to one of the friend's weddings one Saturday evening and Amanda was at the wedding. She immediately came up and introduced herself to me and told me that it was great to meet me, and we've been friends ever since.

She lived in Athens and so did I, but Grant didn't...so, we would hang out during the week when I couldn't see Grant. We would go to the gym together, go to the mall together and cook dinner together. We had some great memories, and we became close friends very quickly. She was in my wedding on May 2nd, and she is now getting married to one of Grant's closest friends. I am so excited for them, but I'm also very sad. Max, Amanda's fiance, lives in South Carolina and works on a Plantation, so she has moved to South Carolina with him. It's tough, because we spent so much time together and so one another so often even after Grant and I were married. She was my one steadfast gym partner. Now, she's moved, and our relationship is bound to change. I know that we will remain friends forever, but it'll be so different. She is now three and a half hours away, and I miss her already even though she's only been moved for a week. :)

It's going to be a great weekend. We have the bridal luncheon downtown tomorrow at this awesome restaurant, manicures and pedicures following lunch, then the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner tomorrow evening. Then, Saturday will be filled with wedding preparations! I'll post photos when I get back to the office on Monday. :) I'll close with a few pictures of Amanda and I from mine and Grant's wedding.