long time, no see!

Hey ya'll! whew, it's been almost a whole year since I've been on the blog! Even just looking at my last publish of my sweet girl at TEN MONTHS makes me so teary! Brings a whole new meaning to the saying, "time flies, when you're having fun!" So, hopefully I'll try to get back into full swing with blogging!
Here's the scoop these days--we have certainly had one heck of a year, that's for sure! Lots of ups and downs, but mostly just loving our girl and trying to make the most out of each day we are given! Everyone already knows, but we are also expecting again! God knew our family only has room for one Princess at the moment so he has blessed us with a little man! We are grateful for our children and can't wait for Braxton to come into this crazy, beautiful world! He is due June 30th and it just can't come soon enough for this Mama! We haven't officially given him a middle name yet, but he will most likely be named after his Daddy which will be Braxton Matthew. Everything is going great so far and he sure is growing like a weed!

Miss Abby Kate is still our dainty little girl but getting bigger by the minute! She is so smart, and very outgoing! There is never a dull moment with her! She keeps us on our toes! She's learning so many new things! She can count to 5 (with help) but hey, it's a start! She skips 1 when we say it and moves on to 2 but that's okay with us! She loves kitties, puppies, moo cows, Elmo, reading, and she has to feed herself! Sometimes I think she's a little too big for her britches!

Justin and I are heading to Cookeville, TN for the night while Abby is spending the night with MiMi and PawPaw! Justin has an important meeting tomorrow with the guy over the wildlife/fisheries department at Tennessee Tech University, which will determine what our future holds (at least for the next few years) We are also going to spend the rest of the day exploring the town! I honestly hope we either love it or hate it so there is no in-between factors on deciding if he will be applying! If so, we are looking to move there this summer (after Braxton arrives) so he can start in the fall! Possible big changes to come! Fingers crossed and prayers needed and appreciated!

Stay tuned, it's Easter weekend so there will be tons of Abby cuteness to share! This post doesn't even put a dent in all the things that have happened within the last year but I'm thinking instead of back tracking, I'll just move forward and start fresh! Feels good to be back!

Ketchup

I mean catch up but I wanted to spell it how I'd say it! Good ole' southern accent ;) gotta love it!

anyways, I'm not going to ramble on too much about what we do 24 hours a day...just a quick update on our lives and random information!

Justin is currently away in California, for the Warrior Games with the Marine Corps. He is competing in the archery & pistol rounds. Right down his alley. It's a pretty cool thing to be a part of and he's having fun so that's all that matters! Wish Abby and I could have tagged along to cheer Dada on but that's okay!

Abby is sleeping peacefully upstairs in her crib. She's such a good sleeper. She is growin' like a weed and changing every second! Still workin' on saying "Mama" which by the way, almost came out today. Or, pretty darn close anyways! I'll take it. She shows me everyday what real love is all about. I can't even begin to describe my love for this sweet girl. It is beautiful. Makes me wanna go grab her up from night night and just hug her till morning. (if you're a Mama, you've had this feeling many, many times)

I am at this very moment, drinking a Dr. Pepper, with a headache, quite bored but yet with a lot of things on my mind. I won't get into that, though. Mainly because I don't want to receive therapist session bills in the mail next week from all of my lovely followers ;) So, I'll just explain the good things and what I'm looking forward to in the next few months---

Justin will return home at the end of the month and then we will do a complete turnaround, pack and head out for our last minute trip to Tennessee. My brother is getting married on March 5th, and Abby, Justin and I are all in the wedding. Not only is this a spur of the moment trip, but it is also a very short trip! Sad face. We never get to go home and just enjoy being there. We are always running around like chickens with their heads cut off, trying to see everyone and do everything possible before having to leave again. Yes, we love being there, but the majority of our time is doin' a lot of runnin'.

The first week of April, one of my best friends, myself and our girls are going on a ROAD TRIP to Virginia to visit another one of our best friends. We have several stops and plans throughout the trip so we are all looking forward to it! It's gonna be fun; I'm sooo excited! (and I just can't hide it...) okay, I'll stop; sorry. oh, & my birthday is in April! WOOHOO!

I am thrilled to announce that I may be possibly announcing this time tomorrow that my sweet, precious nephew has arrived in the crazy world! (with pictures!) Our good friends, Ashley and Travis are hopefully going to be heading to the hospital sometime tonight! Ashley is having strong contractions and only a couple minutes apart! COME ON BABY BRANTLY!!! We can't wait to meet you!!

Last but not least, Abby's 1st birthday party decorations came in the mail today! I swear I was doing the happy dance in front of the UPS man! (sorry, dude!) Haven't you ever been that excited? I thought the online picture was cute but then to see it all in person! ADORABLE! (pink John Deere) Bittersweet (I think I say that a lot) But isn't it the truth!? As happy as I am that her decorations are cute as all get out, it's still sad to think about her turning one already! 4 more short months! Seriously, they weren't kiddin when they said time flies! I will be a hot mess on that day. ((fair warning to all))

and leaving you with some Abigail sweetness---enjoy! (video will come soon, having some technical difficulties) :(

You find out who your friends are...

I just wanted to say how thankful I am that I don't have a 'girl' best friend. I do have great wonderful girl friends that I really don't know what I'd do without sometimes! & they know who they are. 

I'm very proud to say that my best friend happens to also be the wonderful man I married. ((which in my opinion, any woman's BFF should be the love of her life. After all, they are the ones you confide in for everything, you live with, sleep with, share every lil moment with, and trust with your whole heart, he is your companion. Basically, your best friend is everything good you can imagine AND they feel the same way about you. I don't care what anyone tries to say, because I'm sure some people would disagree but girls, seriously, to put it bluntly, are drama. No matter what you did, said, do, say, something gets twisted and all of a sudden they have a new BFF. I think it's kinda ironic how it happens. 

Granted, yes, you can have more than one 'best friend' but they are more IMO a true friend or someone who will always be there for you, through thick and thin. 

"A best friend is someone who knows there's something wrong even when you have the biggest smile on your face."

"...they just show on up with their big 'ole heart, you find out who your friends are."

What energy?

Ahh, not to be a drama queen but I seriously am so tired allll the time. I feel like I have no energy whatsoever. Guess I better get use to that huh? haha Oh, the joys of being pregnant! ;)
And of course my lovely husband just doesn't understand, I swear I think he thinks I am superwoman!! No, he does "get it" but he still gives me a hard time about it. Boys, gotta love 'em! I really wish they had to go thru at least one day that a woman goes thru! Honestly, I'd even take that one day as a guy if it could show them how much different it is! LOL I would have more fun watching them than teaching them I guess! (could you see your husband changing a tampon? hehe) 

Anyways, still not a whole lot going on around here. The doctor's nurse called yesterday telling Justin that he needed to go up on his dosage of meds so now he takes 3 pills a day instead of just 2. Hopefully, that will help control his seizures better! Well that's about it for today, pretty boring, I know! Sorry!!

Oh wait, I did just apply for a job as a leasing consultant on base with AMCC housing so maybe I will be talking about that soon! Although, I'm sure there were tons and tons of applicants and I don't stand a chance but I'm still hoping I get it! It would be a lot of help since we have a baby on the way! Any little bit helps with that anyday!

Only one week & 6 days till we find out what our lil stinker is!! 

We are sooooo excited! :)

Not enough time in the day? OR too much time?

Don't you hate those days when you wish you had only a few more hours to do a few more things before the day is over? Then you realize you aren't going to have time so you put it off "till tomorrow" for the next few days. When you wish the day was 36 hours so that you have time and then some. Especially when you don't want the day to come when you have to do something you don't want, turn in an assignment you put off til last minute, or have to say come home soon to your love. You would prefer your days to last forever so that day doesn't come.

Or maybe it's not that you wish you had a few more hours but that you wish the day was already over! And you think to yourself, why couldn't the day only be 18 hours long. It never fails when you are waiting for something good to come, it will take forever and a day to get here! You feel like its been 3 months when it has only been 3 days!

I came to talk about this because there is so much that I need to do during the day sometimes that there is just never enough time to do it all! It gets so frustrating to know that you have to put it off another day. The only good part and positive thing I am able to do is think, "Okay at least it is one more thing crossed off my list."  Most days when I come home from school, I am running around like a chicken with my head cut off trying to clean our home, cook us supper and make sure I do all my homework/study, plus spend time with my beautiful lil family (my favorite part) By the time I do all that, it is midnight and I'm exhausted and have to be up at 6am! (I give huge props to the women who have little ones running around too) I do good for myself, my husband and my furr babies! LOL

Then there are those days where I wish the day was long gone and the next year already! I truly believe we shouldn't take our time for granted and that we should always make the best with what time we do have BUT when you are looking forward to something sooo much, you just can't help it. We are human and we tend to do this. You just want time to jump and either what you hate being a part of be over, or what you want love to be a part of to start!

Either way, there is nothing we can do to change how our time works or how many hours we have in each day, what we can do is learn to manage our time and put our priorities first.

Take each day as it comes, and live each day to the fullest.

B... is for Brittany

First, let me start by saying thank you to a wonderful friend of mine, Gayla, for helping me get my blog up and going. :) --I'm not so sure how good I'll be at this, so please, bare with me!

Sooo, I'm probably the most ditzy girl you'll ever meet! I'm the girl that laughs extremely hard at a joke and then later turn and say, "Eh, I don't get it!" My friend's seem to also think it's very funny to make dumb blonde jokes around me ALL the time. I absolutely hate that (ask Gayla) but have come to accept it. They are only teasing me cause they love me! LOL This blog actually has the perfect name because babbling is probably all I'll ever do. I'll more than likely talk about one thing one minute then jump to something completely different the next. I'm just a very random person and don't even realize I do it sometimes.

I am going to school to be a Dental Assistant and hope to continue on to become a hygienist (heck, maybe even a dentist) I just don't know if I could handle school that long..haha I really think/hope I will love this career and have my personal reasons why. I just hope I work in an office that pays for weekly massages because my back already hurts from it! bahaha, I can wish huh?

I have a great passion for photography and horses! You will rarely see me anywhere without my camera and I'm the one you can depend on to take all the photos if perhaps you've forgotten yours at home! I love pictures, I think pictures are worth a thousand words and not just of humans but of animals, nature and everything else. Especially my babies that you will hear tons about soon! The only thing about being the one behind the camera that sucks is that you never get to be in the picture! -Horses, are amazingly beautiful animals that I have always loved! I'm actually very jealous of my baby sister (Kasie) because she gets to ride almost everyday and has an even bigger passion for them than I do. She won Rodeo Queen in 2008 and won over all champion the past 2 years and 2 saddles! So I am very proud! If I had it my way, I'd live on a ranch out in the middle of no where and enjoy every last minute of it!

Might I add one tiny little detail about myself...

Anyways, I could go on and on about myself (I tend to do that sometimes too, hahaha) But I'll stop there for now.  Hope you enjoyed what you've read so far and continue to stalk my blog! ;)