Catching Up...

So where do I begin?! Hum.. let me think. This year has been a little crazy! I started Block this fall, which means that is all goes as planned I will graduate in three semesters. Mark graduated with his MBA and has now said that he is thinking about going back for his PhD. I will take the available room in the insane asylum now! Hudson man turned a year old, which seems so odd to me. I feel like I just gave birth to him. Miss Emma is conquering 2nd grade, making all A's. She also started jazz this year in dance. She is really excited about this one! 2011 has been a wonderful year for us! I can't wait to see what 2012 has in store for our family! Here are a few pictures from our year!

Hudson turned one!

Emma met Paula Deen!

Emma got her ears pierced!

Mark graduated with MBA! We are so proud of him!

The Many Faces of Hudson Hart

Here are a few pictures of the faces Hudson has began to make. He makes us laugh all the time them. I love this little man! Enjoy the pics!

Introducing The (Soon-to-Be) Newest Member of Our Family!

In case you did not already know we are adding to our little family in late October. We will be welcoming a bouncy baby boy, whose name will be Hudson Hart! We are super excited and Emma could not be more thrilled! I just hope he wants to "bake" a little longer than his big sister did!! Here are a few ultrasound pictures of our little man!

Emma's A Graduate!

When our kids are born we, as parents, have so many hopes and dreams for our kids. I know when Emma was born so many things ran through my mind and I wanted to keep that sweet precious baby wrapped up in my arms and never let anything in this world hurt her. I know that this is something that is completely unreasonable but hey it never hurts to want to try. When Emma started Kindergarten this year I knew that is was time to let her begin to spread her wings and let her "leave the nest" a little. This was a hard thing for me to do as a mother, mainly because we never thought we would have another chance to go through this process. But I know that Mark and I have tried to and are still instilling good Christian morals and values in her that she will use in making decisions in her life. Thank you God for giving us such a beautiful young soul to love and guide. We are so lucky to be her parents! Without further ado here is our Graduate! She was wonderful! We are so proud of you Emma Goose!!

Children's Museum and Santa Claus

On Friday Emma and I along with her friend Julia and her parents, Jennifer and Gus, went to the Children's Museum to see Santa and Mrs. Claus , to decorate some cookies, and play in some "snow." The girls had a blast, so much so they did not want to leave. There were tons of people there, but we all still had a blast. So here are a few pictures of our adventure to the North Pole.

Our Visits From The Tooth Fairy.

For over a month and a half Emma has had 2 loose teeth on the bottom. Mark and I both have been watching these teeth closely, because as much as I love my child I don't want to have to "dig" for her tooth. So on Wednesday morning, while brushing her teeth, I noticed that one of the teeth was sitting behind the other. It was time!! Emma FREAKED OUT! She started crying because she thought it was going to hurt. I went through the whole spill about it not hurting and if it was going to hurt her then I would not do it in the first place. Then we had to call daddy, who was in a board meeting, to see if he would do it because she was not letting me near her mouth! When we could not get Mark, I called my grandparents. My pawpaw would not touch it because he did not want Emma mad at him. So after about an hour of convincing her it was not going to hurt, she opened her mouth and BAM we had a tooth. The first night the tooth fairy left her $31. WOW! For one tooth!

Last night (thursday), we went to have dinner with my dad and grandparents. After we were done eating I noticed that the other tooth was sitting a little higher than it had been the previous morning. Sure enough it was barely hanging on. As soon as we got home from dinner we pulled it! The tooth fairy left $8 this time... For a GRAND TOTAL of $39!! I want to loose some teeth! My tooth fairy only left $1. So for the time being Emma is truly a snaggle toothed little girl!

Labor Day in the Mountains...

A few days before Labor Day Mark and I decided to pack us all up and head to South Carolina. We stopped on the way to see my mother in law in Georgia. Which is a must, not only because we love to see her but because Emma has to eat at Chick-fil-A. She loves the one that have in Griffin because it has a "small door" that she loves walking in and out of. We had breakfast with Mark's aunt and Shelly(his cousin Rob's wife). I love going to see them all. Shelly and I have so much fun when we are together. I just wished we could have spent a little more time there.

After we left Georgia we headed off to South Carolina to see Mimi, Poppy and Sarabeth. Emma was so glad to see her Sarabeth it was not even funny. I think if I heard "Mommy how many more miles," I was going to tape her mouth shut!! On Saturday we got up and drove the rest of the way to the cabin in Blowing Rock,NC. It was so beautiful and peaceful. We took the kids to Tweetsie Mountain. Which is a small amusement park geared towards children. They all loved it. But I think the adults loved it as much as they did.On Sunday we went to Grandfather Mountain. I have been there before but I was like 12 so it was nice to be able to take Emma. It was so amazing. We climbed up to the top and we looked out at whole town. We had to walk across a suspension bridge to get to part of the mountain, if you stopped half way across and looked down there was a plaque. It said that at that one point we were 1mile off the ground!! YIKES!! But needless to say it was breathe taking to see all of God's handy work. The best part of the whole trip was that my cell phone did not work! I had forgotten how peaceful it can be without the phone ringing every 10 seconds! It was FABULOUS!! It was a long drive there and back but it was well worth every mile that was driven! Enjoy the Pictures!!