68

we celebrated my grandparents 68th anniversary this weekend! can you believe they've been married that long? that's amazing to me. they were so excited to have all the family at their house, since my grandaddy has been sick, they don't get to go out much. but they were all dressed up and had so much fun! we had brisket, sausage, beans, potato salad, and rolls. and a decorated cake and cheesecake for dessert. a good southern meal!

peggy with sadie belle

i think brett is in love! he played with her and watched her the whole night. she just loves looking at him. it's so cute!

sadie with her great grandparents

and 4 generations of girls

it was such a great night of good memories!

organization is my middle name

not really, it's elise.

but i do love to be organized.

i love the feeling i get when i have my day planned out, or a drawer cleaned, or my refrigerator with the yogurts in a row all facing the same way (ooh, that sounds a little like 'sleeping with the enemy', i promise i'm not creepy organized)

so in a having a baby, i've lost a lot of the control of my day that i used to love.

that's fine, i'd much rather have the baby than a perfectly planned day.

but, i think it's time to get a little organized.

and after a very productive discussion with susanne this morning, i've decided to take more control of my day. by the time i feed, change, play with, interact, and read to sadie, i'm exhausted! so when she's sleeping, all i want to do is blog surf or watch tv. both of which are fun, but not too productive.

so thanks to susanne's advice, i looked at motivatedmoms.com and have decided to buy and download a yearly schedule. if you haven't looked at this site before, it's fantastic! and attainable, not like clean your entire house in one day, but small tasks i can manage while still taking care of a baby AND having very important free time.

i especially enjoy the "pamper yourself" box to check off in the weekly schedule. i'm all about pampering!!

so i asked mike to pick me up an organizer at target today, and this is what he picked! love the brown and turquoise, and love that he knew i would love it.

in starting to get organized tonight, i threw away TONS of catalogs and magazines that we had laying around the house. have i told you i have a little bit of an online shopping addiction?

well apparently, the more you shop on online, the more catalogs you get in the mail.

i threw away all but a couple of magazines to look at, and i've decided as i get new catalogs/magazines i will put them in my daily read pile and then promptly throw them away when i'm done.

i've also included the Bible in my daily read pile. it's a goal of mine to read some portion of the Bible daily, and i do really good for awhile, then get off track. but in the schedule on motivatedmoms.com, it even has a daily Bible reading section, so i have no excuse to not read it!

i already feel so much better.



and in exciting sadie news, she slept from 10:30pm to 8:30 am last night! what a big girl!

memorial 2010

it was a wonderful memorial of Jesus' death last night. such a special occasion to reflect on Christ's ransom sacrifice and what it means for us... (here are a ton of pictures...i couldn't help it, it was sadie's first memorial! and these aren't even all of them ;)

my sweet grandparents

mom and les

shannon, caitlynn, and joseph

look at sadie's eyes! hehe!

kiersten and garrett

savanah and brett

lettie, lajeana, and gabriel (love that hat!)

bryce, kathy, and derrick

sarah and kate

sadie and kate (kate can't wait for sadie to grow up so they can play!)

nana and sadie

monday...

it was just this kind of a day

{new loves}

here are a couple of things i'm really loving right now... this cute shirtdress from banana republic, BUT only if it was about 4 inches longer! what's up with all the mini skirts this spring?
and this skirt from anthro. i'm thinking of making it mine!

and here's sadie this morning with her "mommy's drama queen" shirt on. hehe!

enjoy the beautiful weekend!

burning the fat off

yesterday i went to the gym to start losing the rest of the baby weight and toning my body! i lost 20 of my 28 pounds gained like 3 days after i had sadie, but sadly the last 8 pounds have not come off and now i have gained a couple more. boo! (it doesn't help that i eat every time she eats during the night and sometimes i eat even when she doesn't wake up-she's doing better than me for her night feedings ;)

i met mike there and we worked our biceps and triceps with machines and free weights, then we did ab work, then the stationary bike for cardio. i am feeling it today!

after the gym, i was hungry of course so i went to chick fil a and thought about getting the grilled chicken sandwich for about 2 seconds before i placed my order for the original chicken sandwich (the fried one), BUT i did get a huge water instead of a sprite. baby steps.

see here i am about to order my sandwich. so happy!

then i tanned at tanfastic, but i was parked right in front of the store and thought they might think i was strange for taking a pic of their store, so i didn't.

and this is what i got to see when i got home...

happy wednesday everybody!

karaoke dance

saturday night some friends had a karaoke dance at poppa rollo's pizza party room. it was the coolest idea...you just paid for your pizza at the door and got the song list of entertainers for the night. it was sadie's first party and i have to say it was pretty loud, but she went to sleep through all the noise! it was fun to hear all the people that were brave enough to stand up there and sing. i did not sing, but maybe next time! sadie had on the cutest little outfit from children's place...a t-shirt that said 'babe' on it and some adorable ruffle leggings.

i liked this one of mom and les!

mike's sister lindsey and her husband brandon had come to stay with us for the weekend, so they went to the party too. this was the first time they had seen sadie in person!

today was super chill...after the meeting, we got pei wei to go and relaxed all afternoon. i'm sipping a glass of really good cabernet right now and mike and i are going to get in bed and watch the movie 'state of play'. hope you had a great weekend too!