Lovely Linds!

To a wonderful Cuz-in-Love, Friend, Sister in Christ and Fellow Blogger, I wanted to wish you a very, very Happy Birthday! You are such a sweet person and I am thankful that we joined such a wonderful family. Getting to know you has been such a joy and although there is a little distance, I look forward to watching our families grow and making many memories together.

Girl, we've married some cute cousins and have the most adorable little boys, so I would say that we are blessed!!!!

Hope you enjoy your special day and look forward to our get together soon!!!!! Love ya Linds!!!

With Everything....

A friend from my life group sent this video to me the other day and I have to say I became hooked to this song. It is AWESOME!!!! With Easter approaching, I was reflecting on the true meaning, which we often sometimes forget with cute Easter outfits, filling the baskets and egg hunting. We all have heard and know the story! I often think of how undeserving I am of God's love for what He did for me. But I believe in Christ! I believe He died and paid for my sins. I believe that one day, unless He calls me home before, that He will come back and I want to live Eternity with Him!!! If we think the world is bad now, I don't want to imagine how it will be afterwards. I pray that you believe and want the same thing and know that God loves us even when we turn our backs on Him. I know He lives in my heart and He will in yours!

With Everything, God, I give the glory and praise to YOU!

I hope you will take a few minutes and listen to the words of this song. Enjoy! (pause playlist @ bottom to hear video)

Wife's Bragging Rights!

Although I am a very proud mommy and most of what I talk about on here relates to Cohen, I decided to do a little bragging on my well-deserved, hardworking hubby!!!! Last night while Charlie was continuing the yard work, I was doing some cleaning in the house. As I was working in the kitchen, I stopped to admire the wonderful job that he did on the backsplash. And I thought, I love my handyman!!! He has done a spectacular job on all the home additions and all of it was done when he worked 60 hours plus at his old job. Not only has he done such a great tile job through out, he worked really hard last spring and laid down hardwood floors in our living room and hallway. Now with his new job and the perfect hours, it will open the door for him to possibly do some tile jobs on the side. Charlie takes pride in his work and I am so grateful for his hard work he has put into "Our Home", which makes me a proud wife too!

Baby Howard is here!!!

Congratulations to Craig, Tricia and Hamilton for the sweet addition to their family!

Alexander Boggs Howard

made his appearance to the world yesterday at 11:30pm

6 lbs, 11 oz and 19 1/2 inches....

We are so thrilled and excited for you guys and CAN'T WAIT to meet him!

My Dear Friend Whit!

Last night, Lindsay, Lauree and I met a dear friend Whitney for dinner at PF Changs (heart this place). I haven't seen her a very long time and just recently reconnected on the fabulous thing called "Face Book". She is currently living in Florida and was up visiting family for her birthday. So I was excited that we were able to get together and catch up. Whitney was one of the first I got to meet when I decided to go to Wade Hampton High School and has always been such a special friend, even if there were years we had lost touch. Let's just say the girl knows a lot about me, LOL!

So Whit, I really enjoyed getting to see you last night and hope that we can do it again soon. And by the way, I was serious about that prayer I told you would be added to my list. You are LOCKED in and I have the FAITH it will come true!!! Hope you have a great birthday today! Miss you and have a safe trip back to Florida! Love you and always will Girl!

Whitney & Me

Lindsay, Lauree, Whitney and Me

Childless week!

Before getting into the childless week part, I will start off by saying, "What a beautiful and nice weekend we had!" Can't wait to have more of them.......
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Nothing big took place on Friday. Charlie started working in the back yard, while I managed a not so pleasant little boy. It appears that the "Meltdowns" of a toddler are starting to begin. It started off by not wanting to listen to mommy which could have ultimately landed the two of us in a very dirty and cold pool. After a few warnings, time was up and we were headed inside. He did not like that. The meltdown begin and lasted for a while. After some much discipline, I believe he finally wore himself out by all the screaming that had taken place. Once he calmed down, we had a little talk and ended it with some hugs and kisses.

Saturday was such a pretty day and you could tell by just going to a home improvement store. Everyone was out getting stuff for their yards, which is what we did. We held off on getting any plants but purchased some new stackable stone edgers. My "hardworking" hubby did a superb job and it looks really nice. I will post pictures once it is completed. We are really pleased on how it turned out so we plan to do the same thing in the front yard. We enjoyed some Chic-Fil-A for dinner and a visit from GG.

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Sunday was the day that would start our Childless week! We had attempted this before but it was cut short due to Grandma getting sick. So around 5 o'clock, we sent Cohen on his way to enjoy some quality time with his Papa and Grandma and he is not due to come home until Friday evening or possibly Saturday. The break is going to be nice and I plan to get a lot of things done around the house but I wonder if I will be able to make it until the weekend to see my lovable pistol. Lunch plans have been made on Wednesday so that I can get a little Cohen fix. As usual, when Cohen is off spending the night, it is so quiet and something definitely is missing in our home. I believe it is very important for parents to have this time, not only does it allow you to get more things done, but you need that alone time....

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While Charlie finished some outside work, I was in the re-organization mood so I planted myself in our bathroom floor and started in our cabinet and then onto the closet. We took the rest of the night easy and I turned on the T.V. just in time to see Carrie Underwood's wonderful performance!!! I love to hear her sing and have pulled for her ever since she made it to the top twelve of American Idol. So I was glad to see this gorgeous and talented girl win Entertainer of the Year. I have to ask, "What about that dress?". If you didn't see it, it was huge. I would have loved to see how she walked off the stage in it. But either way, the girl looks good in everything she puts on and always puts on a great performance.

OK, enough jibber jabber. Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend and has a wonderful week!!!

Addicted to the Blue Bag!

We all have some form of addiction and it appears that mine would be this "Blue Bag" from The Children's Place. I "LOVE" this store and over the past few months, I have (in my opinion) refrained from going to this store as much as I use too. It is hard to find cute (cool) little boy clothes and this store has a great selection.

My plan was to go in there and purchase just a pair of socks and although I did do just that, I also came out with a few more items. I have been trying to hold off as long as I can in buying summer clothes for this boy. He is growing so fast and I have already made the mistake in buying ahead thinking he would be in that size during that specific season. And that has not been the case. But it appears that he is finally getting into 18 month so I feel comfortable in making some purchases. I will admit that the boy had way more clothes at 6-9 months then he needed but now the closet and drawers are looking very slim and are in desperate need of some "All Boy" tee-shirts and shorts....

Now I could have done more damage, especially with the New Spring arrivals, but I managed to only purchase these items they had marked down. I am thinking it is time to make a drive to TCP outlet store!!!