some easter pics

sorry it has taken me so long to post the Easter photos.. my computer has been giving me a hard time.. and then my email.. i had to change my account to a new email address and then go back to everywhere i visit and change it there also.. still not caught up with that.. we had a great easter weekend and i took some really good photos too..

Easter Eve 2008

Saturday was a busy day.. we went to Bill morris park where the radio station and one of the churches had a giant easter egg hunt and all kinds of activities.. Jameson would not hunt in her age group and i could not help her so she was scared so no eggs for her.. cole he got some eggs.. they rode horses and got on all the inflatable activities.. and got there faces painted.. Jameson got a butterfly and Cole got on one side of his face a G and the other side a F with a cross through it.. if you are a dawg fan then you know what that means... he thought of that himself....

later

tonya

i love these layouts

If you all don't know by now I love my mother in law.. she is such a kind and amazing woman.. i got really lucky to have David and his family.. i remember the day i found out the results of the biopsy i was at work calling on my break to find out.. it wasn't good.. and i knew things were going to change in all of our lives.. and they did.. Lillian was very sick when she started with the strong chemo.. i looked forward to the 2nd week when she got her strength back and was feeling better.. nothing is really normal when you are going through chemo.... my heart just broke when i knew she was hurting so bad and so weak.. and then come to find out she could not be there when ivy was born.. that really broke my heart.. and we had to stay an extra day in the hospital.. we were all looking so forward to lillian seeing ivy.. i know how much she loves her grandchild and the idea of her noth being there was heartbreaking.. lillian decided she would go to the hospital window and look at her i guess when you are desperate to see your grandchild you will do anything.. and then the next day we got to leave the hospital and lillian had to go to savannah for a doctors appointment so we had to wait again.. i have to say i cried in the hospital when we found out we had to stay another night.. i was just so excited to be leaving so lillian could see her new granddaughter..

so this year for our relay for life i really want to support what ever i can to help find a cure for cancer.. cole is taking money up for his school for relay for life and i am sure our church will to if you all would like to help let me know..

love you lillian.. and this post is for you for all you do for me and for our children.. also butterflies are a symbol for new beginnings and the layout i did with you and ivy is a new beginning in life and recovery..

tonya

i am getting busy with layouts

i am gradually doing more layouts of Ivy.. i need too.. i have so many wonderful photos but not enough time.. any babysitters out there?? Ivy doesn't like to sleep much during the day so this is a great accomplishment when i don't have much time to even wash dishes.. unless she is sitting on the counter in her Bumbo chair.. she gets really upset if she doesn't see me either.. i am thinking it might be seperation anxiety..

well went back to the my post op check up at Dr Davis office.. and the nurse says take it easy.. and rest.. well i can't with a newborn and 2 children and a husband to take care of.. i am not eating heavy foods still kind of bland most of the time.. i did have mexican the other day just chicken and mushroom quesdilla though pretty bland there.. no margarita for me though.. wish i could just have one.. so i go back next week.. i think she is a little concerned about my "bottom" sickness (if you know what i mean) still having that since surgery.. i really don't want to go there though okay.. just get my drift this is not easy recovery for me.. having a baby is very easy recovery for me.. and taking it easy is not exactly what i am doing right now.. i have alot of house work and if i don't do it who will.. so if you come to my house and see it is a mess it isn't that i don't want to clean it means there are more important things on my table like.. holding Ivy all day and taking a little time to scrapbook when i can.. i do cook though.. and at least wash the dishes.. that is one thing that has to be done..

tonya

the kids

it was finally nice outside and the azaleas are blooming so took some pictures of the kids in front of the azalaes.. ivy is drooling so her shirt is wet which is kind of funny.. cole is in love with ivy.. saturday morning i was making breakfast and i asked him to go to the bedroom to check on ivy and he comes carrying her.. that was the first time i really realized that he is big enough to carry her.. he really enjoys it too.. cole is a big help and she loves every minute of it..

Today is also dress myself day for jameson so she decided to wear this today.. doesn't she like to pose.. she loves the camera and she was posing away in all different ways.. she is just too funny.

have a great day
tonya

i did Ivys first layout today

This is her first page in her album and i am pretty proud of it.. i am in love with this photo that Trish Armstrong did.. there is something about her being in Davids hands that i adore. I just wish i had gotten this photo for Jameson when she was a newborn.. There wasn't alot of good photos this day because she wasn't happy.. That was before the meds. I am finally getting back to feeling better and getting my energy back everyday so hopefully i can catch up on all the photos i want to do layouts on.. i hope you like it..

Tonya

bike parade today

today at jamesons school was a bike parade.. we walked around the block and everyone rode there bike.. some even decorated them.. i forgot to decorate jamesons.. but it was really fun..


Cole has been taking tennis lessons on mondays from Mr Bob Boyles.. he is very talented at tennis.. and he loves playing too.. this spring he is not playing baseball he wants to play football instead.. which i am not fond of him playing but i am going to let him play this year to let him understand it isn't easy for a little boy his size..





so here are some pictures of the kids..

pictures of my girls

I finally got to use my new camera so here are some really cute photos of my girls being pretty. some of Ivy and Jameson last week outside when the weather was really nice.. Cole was at his dads house so that is why he is not in the pictures.
i thought these photos were posted guess not..
going to try them again..

long time no see sorry about that

Well Ivy is finally here.. and things are getting into a schedule with her.. although we have had some issues with her.. she has acid reflux and exhema so she is on meds and doing a lot better..i was barely getting 3 hours of rest there for a while.. now giving her some cereal and her meds helps her sleep more.. although her bed is elevated that helps from the milk coming back up..

david took my camera outside and left it out and it rained on my camera so i have been borrowing Christys for a while until i get me a new one.. so not too many pictures. but here are some ..

Sandy took some really great pictures of Ivy..

i am back...

I have pretty busy getting ready for Ivy to come.. and just have not had the energy to do much else. and my camera is not taking pictures for some reason. David and I took Jameson to the pumpkin patch with her school and none of the pictures were taken.. i was very upset.. so don't know if it is the camera or the chip.. Last week we went to Athens for the weekend and it was just so nice to relax and eat and enjoy the grandparents. and of course the varisty.. we even ate there for a change.. and david enjoyed it this time..

Cole is at his cub scout camping this weekend.. what a great weekend for that.. so i am anxious to see how much fun he had.. he went with his dad and his step brother so i know he had a great time with the boys only thing..

Rachael sorry i don't have any pictures but i will try and update more often..
Didn't know you enjoyed my blog and made you feel like home.. gosh i miss you..

will be back soon with pictures of the nursery when i get done with it and some photos of the kids.. i promise..

Tonya

Happy anniversary to us..

Yeah well it is our 4th anniversary today.. we are not doing anything special just a steak on the grill and sweet potatoes.. david has to work tonight.. and plus i am just not up to doing anything..i am so tired ..

went and put some stuff on lay away today.. put a crib and a rocking chair i have been eyeing for a while. the crib i am not really happy about because we already have one but it is missing a part and i cannot get it so going to get Ivy a new crib.. and the last crib for us.. and i put some cloths on lay away for her also.. i needed some gowns and onsises for her.. all the ones from Jameson were stained really bad.. and i got a moses basket also and a red and black diaper bag.. i have been really looking for a diaper bag that doesn't look like a diaper bag and i can use it when she outgrows it too.. especially around game time.. looks like a purse.. David is trying to paint her room a light green color but it just looks really bad.. alot of holes he didn't fill up and it just looks really bad.. don't know he is going to do about the walls but i know it really looks trashy.. so now i am trying to find bedding for her room now.. haven't found anything i really like yet.. okay enough baby talk..

Speaking of the dawgs i am really disappointed in there performance saturday.. they just could not catch the Damn ball.. i know why though.. i didn't have any black olives saturday.. thought i had a can but did not and that was a bad vibe already before the game even started.. oh well there is always next time.

okay later everyone..

tonya

Happy September

well things are going great this weekend.. Georgia won there football game and guess who lost.. Tennessee...

I love September that means college football and it is getting cooler.. and getting closer to Ivy coming to our lives.. so we are trying to get her room fixed and trying to find the screws for the crib.. i really don't want to buy another crib.. i have my eyes on a chair that is a rocking chair with an ottoman.. david is going to paint the room too a light green color. so gotta look for bedding next..

and i got some layouts done too.. i am really excited about the So Hot one because i usually do layouts of the kids and this one is just different for me and it was fun at the same time..

Later dawgs...

Tonya

more layouts..

I really like the one of grandma riding the jet ski for the first time.. that picture is priceless.. so getting some cards made and of course some pages done.. then going to start on Ivy's album real soon... We are trying to get her room together and have the paint color i want just have to get the paint and HOPEFULLY david will paint her room since i can't paint her room.. then put everything together.. i went through all Jamesons cloths and can't find alot of her cloths.. and threw out some stuff that was soiled so have some shopping to do.. gotta get a boppy cause i gave mine to Jennifer and James.. and of course diapers.. the kids are realizing it is going to be a girl now.. and hopefully Cole can deal with the baby not being a boy.. i think he will be fine.. i just tell him he is my special boy and i was meant to only have him for a son.. (i am gonna cry).... okay later everyone..

tonya

oh i can smell football season coming... the smell oh gosh.. can't wait for some black olives and that cheese dip..

okay i am back

Thank you Wendy for fixing my blog..

she said now i need to keep posting so i am..

We found out last week we are going to have a baby girl.. her name is going to be IVY RUTH..

Just Ivy though middle name Ruth.. everyone i have asked loved it so that made me feel so much better about her name.. and it isn't long either which makes it better when you are calling Jameson so much..here is some layouts i have been doing lately..

This one of my grandma is one my favorites.. i just love this photo.. this will probably not be the only layout i use with that photo..

tonya

having problems

i don't know what is going on with the profile and all my links but they are at the bottom.. i haven't changed anything so don't know what is going on.. going to see if all the photos yesterday made something move or change..
will be back later to post coles first day of school..

tonya

i'm a slacker... sorry

it has been a crazy month for me.. cole starting school jameson starting school of discovery and everything else thrown in.. i got some pictures from when we were in athens.. cole caught a huge fish at grandpas pond.. and some of the kids at the lake..then sometime this week i will put coles first day of school pictures..

tonya

been creative lately

i love this picture of jameson.. she had her new sunglasses and wanted a picture taken with them on.. this is also a challenge i did with ONE LITTLE WORD BLOG.. The word is MY.. so thought this was a great title for my little girl...
this is cole and jameson fishing a couple of weeks ago.. david took this picture and i loved it so much.. had to get the one hour photo on this so i could do this layout.. jameson had dropped her fishing pole in the water and david never found it so i am thinking she sat with cole while he fished..

i do have more of these pond pictures i will post sometime soon.. this weekend is going to be crazy and i am not going to have time to post them maybe on monday i can..

later dawgs
tonya

some recent layouts

The first one is of cole at sandys pool last year.. i hand sewn all of it on the page.. took me a long time but well worth it.. this is one of my favs..

The second is of my grandma thomas.. this one i have been wanting to do for a while. and these are the only pictures i have with my grandma and cole..

The third is my pregnancy journal.. with every pregnancy i have a journal.. it is a way to keep track of the progress and i love to go back and read things that happened because we all quickly forget the past..


The fourth is pinwheels.. i have been loving this picture of cole for so long and finally figured out what i wanted to do.. the little triangles are photo corners that i put together..

so this is what i have been up to lately.. trying to stay cool and getting things done with the kids and my scrapbook pages.. gotta get as much as i can do now before the baby gets here and then i really won't have time for scrapbooking.. and i will be doing more on the new baby than the kids so.. i am really trying to get coles baby pictures done.. it seems like i don't have enough of him when he was little so doing what i can find and what i have.. so if you do have any please let me borrow them so i can scan them and scrapbook them..

later dawgs
tonya

Pictures from the beach

Took some pictures at the beach sunday.. we went to the beach and spent some time with dad.. had a great time.. jameson picked up a baby hammerhead shark.. it was dead and had gotten in a cove (?) and could not get back into the ocean.. jameson picked it up and was amazed by it. i got my feet burned and i was under and umbrella most of the time.

12 weeks today.. getting past the 1st trimester is relieving for me.. the second trimester is not so bad.. and my belly is a bump now. well a little one.. i haven't gain to much weight yet.. going to the dr on the 28th.. can't wait to hear the heart beat..

later everyone..
tonya

it rained this weekend!!

Saturday we went to savannah to pick up our prepared meals from http://www.mysupperstudio.com/Default.aspx supper studio.. got some really good meals..
we had our first meal saturday night.. really good stuff.. it rained on us the whole time we were in savannah.. we wanted to look at some cars but it rained so hard we just could not look inside or anything.. we would get soaked just to go out and look at one for a minute or two.. so not good.. so we came home and the kids and david played outside in the rain.. i got some really good pictures of them throwing mud and jameson in her underware playing in the rain.. really cute

I am feeling better.. i got some different medicine that doesn't make me sit inside and not go out in the sun either.. richard and lillian have a pool and i haven't been able to go swimming because of the meds i was taking.. got those changed but i haven't had to take it because i really don't have it much.. i did have some cramps and some sickness sunday.. not sure why.. but i feel good today so that is a good thing.. just taking it day by day with the morning sickness..

By the way if you aren't watching Soprano then what are you watching?? oh my goodness i was shocked last night..i can't wait till next sunday when the finale of this show and that is it..i am a little sad.. well very sad.. on memorial day i was not feeling well and i watched sopranos all day long till i went to sleep monday night watching reruns of this show on A&E.. i love this show. not as much as LOST but it is my second place.. it is one of the best shows ever on TV..

here are some pics




later dawgs..
tonya

sorry not posting in a while

I have had morning sickness all day for a couple of weeks.. i am hoping it is gone. it does look like david has it now too.. pretty funny to me.. we went and got a ultrasound and it was an okay pic but not really nothing but fuzz..

school is out now and jameson isn't going to daycare anymore.. i am really looking forward to spending some time with cole and jameson and hopefully feeling well enough to accomplish some things during the summer.. i am going to work on the days david is off so still working a little..

i have done a few layouts but nothing to show.. i just haven't had the mojo to do anything buy lay down from being nauseous all the time..so hoping i can get somethings done with some photos.. and start a pregnancy one also..

hope everyone has a great memorial day.. i would love to go to the beach but i just can't with the meds i am taking so waiting till that gets out of my system to get out in the sun..

later dawgs
tonya