Tuesday, January 27, 2009

A Theme.....

See if you can guess the theme of this meal...








Baby spinach salad



baby carrots


baby back ribs......

What's your guess?

You're right!! We're having a baby!!! We're so excited - it's a dream David and I have had for several years now, and the miracle is coming true! We're due in August. We just had our second appt. this week at the dr. and everything looks good. We got to hear the heartbeat and hear him/her kicking around. Stay tuned for more news - we find out at the end of March the gender - and yes, we are finding out! Praise God for our miracle!

Sunday, January 25, 2009

SHE IS ZEEE Best Singer in ZEEE World!!!!

Oh, how I love my Celine!!! All who know me know my obsession with her, and though, yes, I am made fun often because of it, it doesn't bother me a bit. When I first brought up buying tickets for her ATL concert, David didn't seem overwhelmingly excited. Then, when I realized she was also performing in B'ham and I could make it a girl's weekend with Amy, he suddenly perked up. "Great idea!" he says. So, that's what we did. We had such a great time, seeing her, getting to bum around Bham to our old college hangouts, and even spend some time back at Samford.

And...I think Celine brings people together! When we got to the hotel, our room wasn't ready yet. So, I started talking to the check-in girl about Celine, and we were bonding before long. Then, she says, "I think I'm just going to upgrade you girls since you're having to wait so long!" So, we got the PRESIDENTIAL SUITE! See, what Celine was do for you.-unites people together..(actually, this probably has much more to do with the fact that my dad books conventions with this hotel all the time, and they figured it would get back to him, but I digress.....) Great times!!



me and Amy at SU

the sitting area of our room!

the TV room


Amy in the dining room

the pretty bathroom with a HUGE tub that I loved!!

the stage - the great thing about her concerts is that she always has huge screens so you can see her pretty well throughout the arena - luckily Bham's conference center isn't that big, so even though we had the cheap seats, they were still pretty good!


belting it out...


Seriously, you have to admit she's good! And, good in some ridiculously tall shoes


I'm loving it









Christmas - Yes, I Know Jan. is almost over...

OHH, I have been so slack in updating the blog lately. I continue to read everyone else's but not doing my own. This is a slightly random post because, for some reason, we didn't take many pics over Christmas vacation itself, but we have several of David's from NY. He went for a conference on Jan. 2nd and did some power walking to see as many sights as he could in a few days. For the holidays, we traveled to SC to see my family and then on to AL for David's. We had a great time laughing and catching up, as usual.





Times Square



David and his Wii, at his parent's house (out of order but I can't figure out how to fix it)


view from the Chrysler building at sunset



Rowhouses



the Rockefeller tree





NY Public Library



Macy's


David at Times Square



more views from the Chrysler building



the Chrysler building


my cousin Michaela and Jen's new dog, Rosie (who's really a boy, but Jen's daughter named her/him and only wanted ROSIE!)



Lucy, loving being in the middle of all that wrapping and tissue paper!!!

Jennifer (David's sister) and Michael (her husband)













Friday, January 2, 2009

New Orleans Adventure

A couple of weeks before Christmas, we got to fly to New Orleans for David's sister and her husband's graduation from seminary. Jen and Michael planned a great trip for us, and we got to see all of the highlights in a short weekend! We ate beignets and drank cafe au laits, went to graduation, walked around the market and the city, ate po boys and gumbo, and even got to go to Preservation Hall for a jazz concert with the original Preservation Hall band. Thanks for planning such a great time, Michael and Jen!

Christmas postings coming....got to get the camera back from David...


modeling our new hats from the market
Kaye (David's mom), David, Douglas (David's dad), and Jennifer


in front of the cathedral

our beignets and cafe au lait

Graduation time!