My Little Cheetah Girl

Like many toddlers, Klara LOVES animals! Yesterday after watching her favorite cartoon, Caillou, she still wanted to watch tv. I usually only let her watch tv for about an hour or two each day, but I figured if I found something educational on tv that it would be okay to watch a little bit more. I turned the tv to National Geographic and a program about cheetahs was playing. Klara recently saw a cheetah at the Memphis Zoo and loved it! It is the only animal name that I could get her to say at the time. Needless to say, she loved the program on tv. Here is a short video of her excitement!

4D Ultrasound Pictures

Here are the 4D pictures of my precious baby boy! He moved around the whole time we had the ultrasound done, so we did not get very many good pictures. Below are my favorites! I think that our little Zachary is going to look like Alex!

Party Like It's 1999!!!!!!

For the past 8-9 months, I have been helping plan my 10 year reunion for Bradley Central High School. Man, what a job that was!!!! It was stressful at times, but worth it in the end. We had a great time Saturday night at the Convention Center in Chattanooga. The ballroom looked great, and about 114 people attended. That does not sound like very many for a graduating class of 502 people, but it was just enough for us! I had a great time seeing almost all of my best friends from high school. It is amazing how some people seem to stay the same while others are very different than what you remember. I had a great time but don't plan on planning any other reunions any time soon.

The planning committee Shemayah, Me, Autumn, Ami

The ballroom
Autumn and I put our husbands to work so we could mingle! Go Alex and Lynn!
My very handsome husband.....sweater vests are so hot! My best friends!

The Golden Girls reunite! Karrie, Brooke, Me, and Hollie
My best friends from high school! Jaclyn, Brooke, Karrie, Me, Hollie, Autumn, Jessica, Jaclyn

Autumn and I showing off our bellies! I have 8 weeks left and she has 11!

Just some cute pictures!

Here are just some cute pictures (in my opinion) that I have taken over the past few days!

My dad made Klara a table and chair. She LOVES playing at the table with her new tea set from my mom.

Klara is sitting in her "Popeye's" rocking chair from his childhood. Popeye is what she calls Jerry, Alex's dad...or at least that is what it sounds like!

Klara loves her baby doll! She was supposed to be napping, but this is how I found her.
Playing with her best friends, Jeremiah and Sadie.
I just threw my baby doll in the sand box!
I tried forever to get a picture of her smiling, but this one will do.

Beginning of Fall Festival Season!!!!!!

Fall is my absolute favorite season of all! I love the weather change and most of all the beautiful leaves. I also LOVE all the festivals that come in the fall. I look forward every year to Nillie Bipper, The Apple Festival, and Pumpkin Town in Athens (this one is the best!). This year we are also planning to go to Coker Creek. I was not expecting the festivals to start until late September and October, but lucky me saw a sign for the Red Clay Arts and Crafts Labor Day Show. I was so excited because Nillie Bipper was held at Red Clay for years, and since it has been moved I have not visited Red Clay. So off we went! This was the first year for this particular festival, so there was not a very good turn-out. I had read online that they expected about 100 vendors/craftsmen. This was not the case. There were only about 10. However, we had a good time walking around and eating yummy festival food! Klara had so much fun on the inflatables. I didn't even think that she would be able to stand up in them, but she was running everywhere. She looked like a little mad woman! It was a nice way to spend the afternoon!

I am gripping my bag of cotton candy and kettle corn! The kettle corn was Alex's, but he thought it would make the picture more interesting if I held them both.

Klara is sitting on the stairs of one of the model homes.

Klara is grinding her teeth in this picture. She did it ALL DAY LONG! Jumping in the inflatables...her hair is starting to come undone!

Preparing for Zachary

I have felt a sense of urgency lately to get things ready for little Zachary's arrival in November. It is not that far away! I only have 10 weeks left, but I will more than likely have my c-section 7-10 days before my due date. So that puts me at about 9 weeks left! I feel some days like I am ready, but other days I feel I have so much left to do and buy. The first major step to prepare for his arrival was to get Klara out of the crib and into her bed. Check! Klara is officially out of her crib, and the crib is in Zachary's nursery. I have also been buying random cute clothes that I find and have been hitting all the consignment sales. I have found some really cute boy clothes! I must admit that I still think girl clothes are cuter, but I have been pleasantly surprised at the cute boy clothes. I really love puppy dog themed clothes and flannel shirts! I still need to buy a lot of things, but I pretty much feel prepared!

Some of my favorite outfits for Zachary

Close-up of his sheets and blanket
Zachary's crib
One of Klara's twin beds....the other mattress is on the floor so she will not fall and hurt herself.