Can't Wait Till Friday!!

I'm sooooo excited!!! We close on our house this Friday. I promise I'll get some pics up. I can't wait! The yard is beautiful...I only hope we can keep it up. I definately DO NOT have a green thumb...its more like the black thumb of death. I can barely keep a cactus alive...don't worry though, the kids...they're a little easier :) We went to visit the USS Wisconsin this past Sat. I did take pics from that outing and they will follow soon. I've been there a couple of times when I taught elementary but Hunter had never been. He enjoyed it. While we were walking around there was a group of men and when we "eavesdropped" we realized they had been on the ship when it was active. We tried our best to stay within earshot so we could listen to their stories. After the ship we had a picnic lunch before we took a walk around downtown Norfolk. Poor Hunter has bad allergies so we had to cut our walk short. He was constantly sneezing and his eyes were red and starting to close. Hopefully Ava doesn't have allergies like that :( Well I'm at work and I have kids coming in a few minutes so I gotta go...I'll get the pics up later!!!

Spring Break is almost over :( boo hoo!!

So I didn't get good news at the dentist...looks like I have FIVE yes FIVE cavities. One of them was REALLY bad and I had to go this morning to get it taken care of. One down...four to go...But the dentist did give me gas!! I'd never had THAT before and I LOVED it!! Will definately get gas everytime. Ava spent the morning with her Daddy at the Drs office and Hunter went with me to the dentist. After my appt. Hunter and I picked up Ava and headed over to MacArthur Mall to see Les and grab something to eat. On our way home I decided to swing by and do my daily drive by of our "future" home. Hunter asked me why I had to drive by it every day and I told him "To make sure its still there". He replied "MOM, they won't wreck it, its under contrack". I wonder when he'll stop saying "cute" things?? I hope never...So we close on our house in ONE WEEK!!!!!! I am super duper excited!!!! I can't wait to get in there and start getting it ready. I kept saying to myself "Oh we'll just take our time moving in. Our lease isn't up until May 31" but I've changed my mind...I want in NOW!!! We will definately have some kind of party/get together after we're settled in. Well my spring break is almost over and I'm really sad :( Only 9 weeks until summer break! But hey, whose counting???

To the Dentist I go...

Well I calculated it...I haven't been to the dentist in a year. I HATE going to the dentist!! Don't know why because amazingly I usually don't have cavities. This time I either have a cavity or a filling that fell out. I've had this aching pain for about 2-3 months now...I procrastinate on things I don't want to do as you can tell. Well I gotta drop Ava and H-man off with Granddaddy. Wish me luck...

I Need Coffee!!!

So I couldn't sleep last night...I finally got into bed around 1 something in the morning. Ava woke up about 30 min later. She never wakes up!!! I gave her a bottle and WAS trying to get her to sleep. Then my hubbie (who had been playing hockey and went to paradocks afterwards) strolls in. He thinks its funny Ava had a handful of my hair and is WIDE awake...funny funny. Well funny on him cuz guess who had to get up in about 2 hours to go to work...ha ha Well I didn't get much more sleep...Ava kept waking up and at about 7a.m. she told me she was ready to get up and play. Lucky Hunter...he's back there in bed and will probably sleep till around 9 or 10a.m.

So I have to tell you how EXCITED I am about something...I don't need to tell anyone that I love to shop. Well, I happened upon this clothing line durning one of my episodes of ebay searching. I have never loved a clothing line as much as I do this one (I'm talking about clothing for kids...not me...ha ha) Its called Matilda Jane (check out the link on my sidebar). You can't buy it in stores so your only options are Ebay or a Trunk Keeper. I suggest going through a Trunk Keeper unless you want to pay up to 3x or more. If you want one let me know...I know a GREAT one!!! So yesterday I got my FIRST package from Matilda Jane and I cannot wait to put it on Ava!!! I will definately post pics as soon as I get motivated to shower myself, get dressed and pull out my camera. Well I have laundry to do, a house to clean and school work to work on...it's off to work I go!!!

More pics from Pittsburg...

My little sis and my momma

My dad and I :)

Hunter practicing his golf swing...or as Pop Pop would say "Airating the yard". (I think that's how you spell it...)

Les and me!!

She thinks she's sooooo Hollywood...with those hot pink 80s hoops!!!

Pictures from Ava and Hunter's Baptism...
Granny baptizing Ava

Hunter being baptized

Princess Ava Elizabeth

Pictures from our visit to Pittsburg...such a beautiful city!! It was my family's first time visiting. Bryan took the pics!

Great pic of Hunter!!!

Go Steelers!!!

Mom and Les

My little princess!!!

My handsome MONSTER!!!

Here she is again...having playtime in her exersaucer...

Big brother LOVES his little sister...and Daddy LOVES her bow!!!

Looks just like her daddy...only thing he's missing is a pink bow!!!

Ok...so I finally downloaded pics from my "professional" camera. I was a little bummed to see that the pics that Bryan took look WAY more professional than mine do. I've used the camera more them him and somehow he figures out how to use it better than me...typical. I think I need to take a class or something. I've looked at the manual...well I skimmed through it. I hate taking the time to read directions...some teacher I am!!

Well it looks like I'm going to have to add another post to get more pics downloaded cuz thats all I could get...

This is Ava at 4 months...she looks so much like her Daddy!!!

Aaww here is Hunter with his aunt Les!! She's helping him (cheat) on a word contest at Boy Scouts.

My First Blog!!!

Ok so today is my first day "blogging". I've checked out so many blogs (I'm a bit nosy) and decided I would FINALLY create my own. I'm not sure how often I'll make updates and logon but I will try my best!!!

So...a little about me and my family...

I am married to a wonderful man...Bryan...whose last name happens to be the same as my first...(can't tell you how many times I've heard "Your name is CARRIE CAREY!!"...probably about a million...so its a little old to me now). We have two children-Hunter who is 8 and Ava who is 5 months. I am a middle school teacher but I'm trying to go back to elementary. I'm also finishing my Masters hence the reason I may not be able to stay on top of this.

I want to use this blog as a way for my family and friends to stay up to date with the craziness of our world. I'm really bad about calling, writing letters, etc. so I figured I could knock them all out in one swipe...ha ha