my little bumble bee

HAHA. I made her wear this for 2 hours today! I loved having a little bumble bee running around my room. I just want to eat her up she is so cute.


****I made several new posts so make sure to keep reading!****

sunday lunch

i love my friends. me, ashley, anderson and catherine!

our cheesy photo - except i think it is sweet.

even more Anderson

Catherine and Anderson

Anderson eating some lunch. Yummy.

trying to go to sleep.

Cate in Town

For anyone who didn't know, Catherine and Rob are back together!!!!

besties.

we've been friends since high school!

me and rob!


Catherine was in town for a wedding.... her and a bunch of people went to raleigh times after and I met up with them. it was so good to see Catherine and Rob! I am happy that I will be seeing a lot more of her real soon!

More of Andersom

look at the wrinkles! i LOVE it.

he is so beautiful.

is this not the sweetest thing you have ever seen?

Welcome to the world, Anderson Burke!

This is Anderson Burke Brown! He was born on October 22 at 9:56 pm. He was 7 pounds 11 ounces and 21.5 inches long. Ashley had a pretty quick delivery!! (Ash - after analyzing my pictures close up on my computer, I do think he looks like David in this picture! and a little like your dad!) For those of you who don't know, Ashley is one of my best friends! We met at church in the tenth grade and have been friends ever since. You have probably heard me talk a lot about Camden who is now her older son. He is like a nephew to me and I just love their cute little family.

I got to go see Ashley this morning with John. Doesn't she look great for just having a baby?? And check out her cute gown!!

Ashley and Anderson

This is Camden meeting Anderson for the first time. I got there right before everyone else showed up. I felt kind of guilty for even being in the room during this moment but it was so precious!! Camden was so cute.

Awww.... here is Anderson kind of smiling! SO cute!!

and a little bit closer up. (ash - this is where i think he looks like camden). Oh I love you baby Anderson!!!


Congratulations Brown family!! I love all of you guys! I can't believe you just had your second child! It seems just like yesterday that I was in the hospital for the birth of Camden! I can't wait to spend more time with your new little guy!!!

John at the Fair

So none of these pictures are that great but at least I have some. On Wednesday, John and I went to the fair!!! Chelsea and Eva met up with us for a little while but then we had to leave so John could have his afternoon nap. We ate yummy food, saw the animals, saw a clown juggle, watched a bluegrass band and rode 2 rides!!! John had a lot of fun, especially on the carousel. He kept saying "weeeeeee" as it went up and down! I went to the fair on Sunday with a few friends but no pictures!

I am sad but I haven't really taken any pictures in the last two weeks!

• It was my dad's birthday on Sunday - a happy belated birthday wish to you on here! We had a party at the house with family friends.
• This weather is making bella's skin dry to she spends 50% of her time scratching herself. It really annoys me when it wakes me up in the middle of the night!!!
• I went to the fair on Sunday - I used to love the fair but I am getting over it I guess.
  
• Catherine, my best friend is moving back to the east coast! She will be in Charlotte but that is only a 3 hour drive instead of an 11 hour plane ride! wahoo!
• I hate fall and this cold weather. So many of my friends say that this is their favorite season but it is by far my least favorite!!!
• I am so ready for the election to be over and done with. From now on I am going to try to refrain from having political conversations with ANY of my friends.
  

Not that any of that was terribly interesting to anyone but I figured I should have a little update!

CONGRATULATIONS...

to Emily and Todd Bennett!! Their son was born this morning! His name is Levi Andrew Bennett! I am so excited for you guys and can't wait to meet the little guy!!









Stay tuned for the announcement of Anderson Brown!!!

This is John on our way home from Mother's Morning Out. We were listening to one of his favorite songs 'Bananaphone.' We stopped at a stoplight so I turned around to snap this photo because he was so cute........

I looked back around about 15 seconds later and he was passed out!

I couldn't believe it. He was just smiling, kicking his legs and clapping to the music. So funny! When he goes to mother's morning out he doesn't usually get his morning nap so he is definitely exhausted!

Anderson Pointe

John and I met Chelsea and Eva at Anderson Pointe the other day. We strolled, had a picnic and then played on the playground. John LOVED the playground. We have been to this playground before and to other parks but he has never had this much fun at the park. I had a great time too because I loved watching him laugh and smile the entire time! We are going to go to parks way more often now.

Sad Bella Boo

Can you tell that Bella is sad in these pictures??????? I can! But it still doesn't capture the real thing. Whenever I say it's time to go to her crate, she runs to my bed and sits on my pillows. Sometimes she cries and I have to pick her up and take her there. Other times I will just say 'come on, let's go' and she will go by herself. It just breaks my heart when she is sad. I usually allow 5 minutes before I leave for cuddle time because she is SO lovable then. So I take advantage!!!!!

7 Random Things

Emily Bennett tagged me for writing 7 random things about myself! I haven't been tagged for a while so I am excited. Thanks Emily!

1. I am absolutely terrified of Tornados. They are my biggest fear. I know I have talked about it on here before. I have at least 1 nightmare a week about a tornado. Most of the time it is about a tornado that no one can escape from. When there is a thunderstorm, I HAVE to turn on the tv to see if we have a tornado watch. If there is even a watch, I freak out. If their is a warning, I basically have a panic attack. Luckily my friend Heather lives on the first floor in my apartment complex so Bella and I have taken cover there about 5 times this year.

2. I HATE feet. I think they are soooooooo gross. Baby's feet are pretty cute but once you put socks and shoes in the mix, they are ruined. I LOVE being barefoot though. I think we should all be barefoot all the time (except for in bathrooms and maybe a few other places). I used to love collecting cute socks but I don't really do that anymore. I just want to be barefoot all the time. But I do NOT want to be touched by anyone's feet and I don't want to smell anyone's feet.

3. Most people who know me well know this but I have the tendency to get "obsessed" with certain movie stars. I am a movie fanatic and I always have been. My major obsessions that I can think of off the top of my head that occurred from childhood until now are Sharon, Lois and Bram from the Elephant Show, Meg Ryan, the 2000 cast of Real World/ Road Rules challenge, Emma Thompson, Viggo Mortensen, Johnny Depp, Alan Rickman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Renee Zellweger and John Krasinski. Most recently I have gotten obsessed with Meryl Streep. That probably stemmed from watching "Mamma Mia!' too many times. I have always liked her but right now, yes, I am obsessed.

4. My Halloween costumes have consisted of a cheerleader, Cinderella, Pippi Longstocking, a gnome, a witch, a cat, a genie, a soccer player, a poodle skirt girl, a barbie, an old woman with curlers, a flapper girl, a pirate, a superhero a`and this past year I was a witch again. I am sure I missed a few.... can you remember any others Mama? Did I wear Josie's bride costume one year? My favorite was Pippi Longstocking - my sister was my monkey!!

5. This one is inspired by Ashley's post about Camden thinking a giant pickle or giant pumpkin might come into his room. I used to have a reoccuring dream as a child about a giant piece of popcorn floating into my room. It is still very vivid in my mind so I may have had it since then. This giant popcorn was so giant it couldn't fit through my door. I was always concerned with how it got through the doorway..... not actually that i was dreaming about a giant popcorn man. He had a VERY deep voice though and he was giving me advice. I would always wake up when he told me that he wanted to eat me. There were several times where I though that the giant popcorn was real. I remember telling someone at school that I had talked to a popcorn man and she didn't believe me. She thought I was making it up so this boy would laugh but I really thought it happened!

6. I got ISS (in school suspension) in the sixth grade. I took matches to school for my friends birthday. We were going to light candles on cupcakes at lunch and I was in charge of bringing matches. I didn't know that wasn't allowed so we didn't do it. I had 2 friends dare me to light a match in the locker room while we were dressing out for gym. Well, I did. The fire alarm went off and the whole school was evacuated. I was so scared that I went and turned myself in to my gym teacher. Since I told on myself, I only got half a day of suspension.

7. I went to Germany twice under the age of 10. The first time I went I was 4 and turned 5 while I was there. The second time I think I was 7.... I might have been 8. My grandmother on my mom's side was from there so we have family in Germany. Also, I have a piece of the Berlin wall.


I now tag Laura, Chelsea and Cate Bush..... or anyone else who wants to do it!