16 Days?

Has it really been that long since I have blogged on our family page? Good grief...

If you ever want to keep up with what I am doing you can always visit Bird & Branch Redesign (which by the way, if you follow me on this blog, you should really click over and follow me on my other blog!)

But I just wanted to do a little update!

Sweet Georgie has 8 teeth now...yes E.I.G.H.T!

She had her first tasting of vanilla ice cream this past weekend and it was a HUGE hit!

We found out she isn't allergic to milk when she accidentally chugged a juice cup of whole milk from another little boy (another 'yay' that she likes milk),

Grass in the toes is just as fun as sand (which makes her mom a happy lady),

And outside is her favorite place to be!

The curls are becoming ferocious,

And she is really starting to talk up a storm!

10 months

Ok, I will be posting a better 10 month post, but I had to let it be known!  Our little one is only 2 months away from being O-N-E!!!!!!!!!!!  (holy-moly, i need to breathe)  One word, three times:

progress, progress, progress

Georgia now...

...has 6 teeth! four on top and two on bottom with two more on the bottom working their way up

...crawls!  But the thing is that she only crawls when she wants some where to pull up.  She can sure motor, but she just wants to pull up and walk.

...talks up a storm

...laughs like crazy

...loves being chase around the coffee table (video to come on that one)

...and you can tell she's really starting to understand what we say to her.

I just love her!

She's sick right now and it makes for two sad parents, but she's a trooper!

SSI

I can't express my love for St. Simons Island enough!  So I won't sit here and babble about how beautiful and prefect it is.  Or how we've been going there for the better portion of my life, or how many memories that place holds.

....no, I won't go into all that...

 But we had a nice little family get away planned and as nice as it was down there and how wonderful it was to get away JUST THE THREE OF US...jason got sick....then Georgie started too...great. But we did enjoy our time togther and let the bean put her toes in that wonderful SSI sand.

It's Offical

My sweet little Bean has her moma's curly hair.  I think I'm excited about this because baby curls are the cutest things EVER!  But I am also already sympathizing with her because I know what the middle school and high school years hold for her... a lot of trial and error with a hair dryer and a straightener

I just adore this sweet hair...mmmmuah!

.....at this moment I'm trying to find a not so horrible picture of me from high school (middle school pictures are out of the question!!!).....

Note: I have cropped out others b/c it's not my place to embarrass them the way i'm embarrassing myself.

9th

Could my hair have poofed anymore?  And you can't see it, but I have on a hemp necklace...

 10th

Homecoming...oh sweet homecoming

 11th

I seemed to have taken a few steps back in progression this day.  But I did have my nails 'did' for homecoming the next day...

 12th

Not the greatest pic, but at least you can tell it's getting a little better still

 Graduation:

Rained all day, and although I would have loved to have straightened my hair...I had to let the curls flow

ok, ok... here's one from middle school



I hope my embarrassment contributed to your great weekend!

A Day Late

Ok, so FIVE days late.  But I have to share a sweet little moment from Valentine's Day.

Jason got his girls flowers!

The white ones are for our little one and the red ones are for his main squeeze*

 It was just really sweet b/c my dad always did something like this for me and my mom.  I just love that Jason did too.  so special!

Happy LATE V-Day!

Thanks

I was so refreshed and so thankful at the words of encouragement I receieved from my post about anxiety.  The comments, texts, and voicemails I got were so needed and appriciated and I honestly feel rejuvinated!  I've actually caught myslef saying "It is what it is" a LOT.  Those of you that know me well know I get stuck on phrases in phases (say that three times fast): "SHUT UP!" or "I'm just saying..." or the worst one ever was "you BRAT!" if somebody got to do something I didn't.  (My friend, Anna, cringed everytime I said that one.)  But I think I found a new one

"It is what it is"

Again, thank yall for you sweet, sweet words!

Plus I figured out a way to make blogging easier on me.  I can actually send pictures from my phone to my blog album, so although you might not be seeing too many 'quality' pictures from me at least you'll see pictures!

* L o V E *

Let's Talk About...

...Anxiety, Baby!   It's beyond ridiculous how much anxiety I have placed on myself until May.  I did it.  I basically asked for it.  And I got it.  I honestly don't know how some people do it.

I want to make something very very clear before I continue.  This is NOT a complaining post or a pity-party post.  This is simply a "what's on my mind today" post.

I feel like as much as I'm trying not to listen, the Lord is yelling at me.  I've taken on so many different things for the next few months, but I keep telling myself, "everybody is this busy".  Well... in the past week I have read at least three separate blogs talking about slowing down life.  Talking about not having to 'have it all together'.  Talking about their imperfectly messy home. Talking about not having time to do everything by themselves.  Talking about 'do what you can and don't worry about the rest'.  So this is why I think the Lord is yelling at me.  But, I don't listen.  I've always had a hard time listening.  I didn't want to listen to my parents or my teachers, I'm still learning how to listen to my husband (yes, I'm ashamed of this), and I definitely do not always want to listen to the Lord.

Here is the dumb part... I KNOW I SHOULD!  My life would be 10x easier if I could just listen.

I'm a Martha (no, I'm not referring to myself as a martha stewart).  For the past two months the story of Mary & Martha from Luke 10:38-42 has been weighing on me like a 2 ton elephant (I have no idea how much an elephant weighs).  I'll say it again, I'm a Martha.  I run around making sure I get everything accomplished and then make sure everything looks right and it's physically, mentally, and emotionally exhausting.  I have friends who are a Mary and I adore them.  I adore their ability to let things be.  I adore their ability to just want to sit and listen, and "be still, and know that He is God", not me.

At the end of the day, I know I have no control over this world, but this is a very hard concept for me to grasp.  I love my life, I honestly do, but sometimes it's very hard to tell b/c of how busy I keep myself.  I think I've got to juggle 54 different things at one time...and I don't.

This has actually felt really good to type all of this out.  I had to let it go in some capacity.  I don't know if this has even helped anybody else reading it, but it's helped me.

One thing I am going to stop doing is editing dern (southern for darn) pictures for this blog.  I can't do it.  And it's pointless, b/c most of the pictures are of Georgia anyway, and she is precious the way she is!

One thing I am going to focus on is Bird & Branch.  I have loved it more than I ever thought I would and it's actually expanding a little.  Check out my website and see what's going on!

I am trying to fully embrace this season of being out of balance and just grow from it.

I love you, Jason,

and

Love you all!

Thankful Thursday

The ever-so-cute Julia from Black Tag Diaries has decided to make her Thankful Thursday posts in to a linky party.  Every Thursday she lists some things that she is thankful for so I'm going to join in on this little party.

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Today I am thankful for:

1} My healthy child!  I feel like I keep reading on facebook how many little little kids are really sick or even in the hospital right now from this Flu.  I'm so glad we've been able to keep Georgia Bean from it so far.  But we will continue praying for this wonderful health!

2} This beautiful (inside and out) couple coming to spend the night with us on their journey to Charleston.  They are so special to both Jason and me.  They have actually been away for quite some time; a year in Romania and now they're on their way back from Colorado.  They are the reason Jason and I even met.  So yes, I am very thankful for these two.