Rainy Friday

So it's Friday, thank goodness. This week has been the longest week of my life! I've been sick all week and when I say sick I mean, Corey had to stay home from work to watch Miles sick. So it hasn't been a very fun week. I finally feel a little better today. My headache has subsided and I am able to function! The three of us went out for pizza for lunch. It's a real treat when we get to go out, because we don't do it that much. So that was fun. We then dropped Corey off at work and Miles and I headed to The Hop for ice cream. It's a fun little place in town and they even have a kids area with a neat play kitchen. Miles had fun playing with the kitchen and serving up some plastic ice cream while I enjoyed my yummy mint chocolate chip scoop! I did give him several bites of mine, don't worry. Now we are at home and Miles just went down for his nap. So I'm relaxing and finally able to post since Corey left the computer with me today! Here are some cute pics from earlier this morning. Miles loves the book Hungary Hungary Caterpillar by Eric Carle. He loves the pics! Happy Friday!

hello!

Hello Everybody.
Sorry it's been so long since we've posted anything. I'm feeling the pressure to put some new pics up. Life has been good in Asheville except for that we have been getting sick a lot! I can't figure it out because I am never sick, but this has been a tough winter on all of us. Miles and I both have colds right now so that makes for not very much fun. Oh well it could be worse. Corey has been working a lot, they are working on getting the non profit up and going. It's quite exciting. He uses the computer though everyday, which makes it hard for me to post and at night I am good for nothing! Tonight we are having some friends over for dinner! I cooked lasagna, we are all excited to partake. I'm especially excited about dessert... some wonderful Mexican Chocolate cupcakes made by one of my friends here in Asheville! They are going to be delish! Anyways, life is good...we are getting more and more anxious about the little one on the way. I can't wait to meet him and see what he looks like. Only 16 more weeks to go! I am counting down! So I leave you with some random pics from the month. Cheers!


sweet baby boy


a stroll through the neighborhood

Bon Iver - Blood Bank

Thanks Sam W. for making me completely obsessed...

"One of 2008's landmark records."
MOJO (5 stars - album of the month)

"A classic debut album."
Uncut (5 stars - album of the month)

"A minimalist masterpiece."
Sunday Times (5 stars - album of the week)

"One of the year's best."
The Independent (5 stars)

so we are having...

What a day we have had! We have been without a car all week. We found out on Monday that something was wrong with our car and we needed a part that of course the dealership didn't have. So we've been waiting for the part all week, which left us carless. They told us to not drive it so we didn't until this morning, Corey had to get out of the house so he took Miles to get some groceries. Well the car ended up not starting so Corey had it towed to the dealership so he wouldn't have to worry about it. That left him near Biltmore Village with just a stroller and Miles! We had the ultrasound today at 2 so Corey wanted to just stay around the area and just walk. So Corey and Miles had to walk quite a ways towards downtown, where I met up with them for a quick lunch and coffee. Then we walked to the doctor where we had the ultrasound. Miles was quite a trooper considering he'd been up since 5 a.m. with no nap! We're trying to get him back on schedule because he's still waking up at really crazy hours of the night! Well he's totally out right now! He feel asleep in the stroller with a blanket completely over his whole body on the way home. It was quite an adventure! So here are some pics from the day...



And finally...


Yeah, we are having another boy! We couldn't be happier and we know that Miles is going to be so happy to have a brother! They will be so close!!!!! What exciting news!!

In Bed with The Virus

We've all been sick this weekend. not fun! But it's given me some time to lay in bed and play with the video camera that we got for Christmas. Here's something fun I put together.
P.S. if you want you can click on the video twice and it will take you to the Youtube video where you can click on 'watch in high quality' at the lower right... it will look a lot better.

Let's Catch Up

So I know it's been a while since I've posted and I apologize for all you faithful readers (family), but our lives have been somewhat crazy for the last 2 weeks! It's a good crazy though. For those of you who don't know, we are back in Asheville! We decided to come back and move back into our house which hasn't sold or rented! I am very excited to be back in our house, I love it and it's better now than before, because we've redecorated a bit and it's much more cozy! Anyways, I (Shelley) have been back in N.C. for almost 3 weeks now. I flew into Atlanta on the 6th with Miles and then rented a car and headed to Greensboro to spend some time with my aunt and uncle. Corey stayed in Texas for another week and a half to finish up a couple of landscape jobs that he was doing. Corey got to Asheville this past Saturday night after a full day of driving! He left Dallas at 5 am so he could get to Asheville by 8, and of course he made it! It is wonderful to have everyone together again! Miles is so excited to have his daddy back and won't let him out of his sight! So now we are just trying to get back in a daily routine. Corey is looking for a job and has some possible leads, which is a blessing. For now we are just getting used to life back in Asheville which we love, it never slows down and there is always something to do, if we wish! It's been fun seeing all our friends here and catching up with everyone. I am thrilled to be back and pray that doors will continue to open so we can stay here long term. Also, the majority of people know this by now but just in case there is anyone left, we are expecting our 2nd baby in June! I will be 20 weeks pregnant this coming Monday and couldn't be more excited. We are a little nervous about what is around the corner for us, but all in all we are really excited. This pregnancy has been a little different, in that I don't really feel too pregnant yet. I feel just about the same, but don't have much time to think about it this time...ahhh life with a toddler! Miles is adjusting well to being back in his house. He loves his room and exploring in the house. His favorite new obsession is whining at the basement door, he is really curious as to what's down there. Anyways, life is good and we are just waiting on the next step. It's really good to be back in Asheville! Here are some random pics from the last couple of weeks!










p.s we don't know what we are having yet, we will probably know in about 2 weeks but will let everyone know!

Christmas 2008

We had a very memorable Christmas this year! Miles was a lot of fun and it was so great to be with family. Miles had a lot of fun playing with his mini broom and popcorn popper that he got from Santa! Here are some pics from Christmas morning.

some belated photos

Here are some fun pics of Miles during all of our Christmas festivities. We sure did have a fun holiday!

Reading with Daddy

decorating the Christmas Tree!

We had a lot of fun decorating the christmas tree last week. Miles got to stay up a little late and help us out. He was such a good sport. He loved playing in all the ornament boxes. Here are some pics...






Merry Christmas Everyone!

Life

So life has been going by pretty fast lately. We are still in The Woodlands with my parents, which is great. Miles is having a lot of fun with his grandparents and it's nice to have help. We had a really nice Thanksgiving in Dallas with Corey's family. Miles had fun playing with his cousin Cade and getting to know all of Corey's family. We had some good family time and wonderful cooking! Now we are just getting geared up for Christmas. Miles is taking down the Advent calendar goodies each day, and counting down the days. It will be here before we know it. Here are some pics of Miles from Thanksgiving playing with his cousin Cade and some shots I took of him playing in the yard yesterday. Hope everyone is well and enjoying this glorious season.