HAPPY 7th BIRTHDAY TO MY SWEET BABY GIRL!

On this day seven years ago at 4:22pm, I gave birth to a healthy nine pound eleven ounce baby girl~Hannah Mary Elizabeth! She's my baby and it makes me sad that she's growing up so quickly, but I am also blessed to have her in my life and I've been able to witness every milestone in her life so far.

Hannah is my princess, my drama queen, my mini-me, my rock star, my fashionista, my smart, creative, beautiful girl and I'm so proud of her in every way! I look back on this day and smile because I will never forget how it felt to hold my baby girl in my arms for the first time. She's my angel and I thank God for her every day! HAPPY 7th BIRTHDAY HANNAH MARY ELIZABETH! Mommy LOVES YOU with all her heart!! XOXOXOXOXO

Funky Caley

So, for the past few weeks I have been in a funk of some sort and I really hope it passes soon because I feel like it's beginning to break me.
David being gone for almost nine months was a strain on me, a strain on our marriage and a strain on our family and I thought when he came home everything would just go back to normal and everything would be hunky dori again...NOT!!!
For some reason EVERYTHING David does annoys the poo out of me and he's been driving me CRAZY since he's been home. I don't want the things he does to drive me crazy, but they are and it's making me feel terrible because it's causing arguments and making us both unhappy. I LOVE David more than any other man I've ever loved...I truly believe he's my soul mate and let's face it, he has to be, because he's the only man I know who would ever put up with the nagging, bossy, sarcastic antics of Caley! Sometimes I wish I were someone else..someone who could be the kind of woman that David truly deserves. I often wonder why he loves me the way he does when all I must bring him is misery. Yeah, I'm definitely in a FUNK and I desperately need to dig my out or it will destroy me!
I'm going to have to make a constant decision to pay more attention to what I'm saying to my husband, how I approach things with him, and remind myself why I married him to begin with~LOVE! I LOVE HIM and I will not let "Funky Caley" destroy what David and I have worked so hard to build. Our marriage and our love is stronger than any FUNK and I'm going to stomp the funk out my head and heart-NOW!!!
PEACE OUT FUNKY CALEY-YOU DON'T BELONG HERE ANY MORE!!!

Brand New Start

The summer is officially over and Taylor & Hannah started their first day back to school this morning! Taylor is in 4th grade this year and Hannah is in 2nd grade...my little girls are growing up fast! Today we go back to our regular routine and I'm pretty happy about that. Things just don't seem normal when we're not on a schedule. This will be Taylor's last year at Wellford Elementary and I pray that she and Hannah both have a great year and that God uses them to be a light among their peers!

Isle Of Palms 2009

Every year our family takes a vacation to the Isle of Palms, SC and we LOVE it there! It's a private beach, so it's not as crowded which we like and you can find more sea shells there than any other beach we've been to. The girls love it and so do we! We only got to go for one day this time because the girls got some kind of virus and we had to come home early, but that's okay, we still had an awesome time yesterday and soaked in another family getaway!