belleroohoo

I have so many names for my pup. Here are some that I call her:

bella, bells, bella boo, bella cinderella, bella luna, luna, lulu, belsa, belleroo, belleroohoo, belleroohoohoo, babe, baby, babies, B, belle, penny, beluka, beluga, bella bumble, bella bee, bellet (like ballet), belette (like colette), bel-air, bella buddy..... okay you get the picture.

I talk to her a lot and she probably has no idea what her real name is. Is it so sad that she is one of my best friends? Probably. But I don't care. Anyway, this past Saturday I spent the night hanging out with my dog. We had a photo shoot....

Awww..... look at that face! I think she still looks like a puppy!

"What did you just say about me? How dare you! I am not a puppy anymore!"

"Hurry up and take the picture."

"Hold on.... I'm trying to see the scene with my cousin!"
movie: I Love You, Man.... her puggle cousin is in the movie!

"Okay, okay......."

"Seriously, you're still taking pictures of me. Seriously?"

Cara: "B Bop, take a picture with me! Smile!"
Bella: "UGHHHHHHHH."

"I have had it! I am starting to get angry now! I am ready to go to bed. Can you please quit taking pictures and go to sleep?"

"Here, let me sing you to sleep....."

Ya'll I know that was super cheesy! But I am a little loopy from some caffeine! I literally took like 80 pictures of her that night........ No, that is not how I spend every Saturday night! :-)

Softball!!!!

So you may recall my mentioning of some softball playing on my part..... well I am loving it! I don't think I have played since I was forced to as a freshman in high school and I still don't have much of a recollection of the sport. I think what I do know is based off of the "baseball games" my cousins and I used to play in my aunt's front yard as children. So, I went to my first game 2 weeks ago. I anticipated NOT playing and was very content in watching my team play and cheering them on. Well, in the 3rd inning, the umpire informed our team that every person on the team had to bat. WHAT??????? I totally freaked out for a second and seriously contemplated making a run for it. But I sucked it and went to bat...... and I actually hit the ball and made it to 2nd base!!! So I have gone up to bat maybe 6 times now. I did strike out once this past Sunday. And I also was forced to play catcher because several teammates were absent and another was injured. I am actually really enjoying myself and I am enjoying learning the sport. When I first went to bat I didn't know what the heck was going on but I am slowly catching on. One thing I think is super silly is that they have a requirement that 4 girls HAVE to be in the outfield at all times. This is no good for me as we have mostly boys on our team! Oh yeah, and did I mention that the majority of these people all played on their high school softball team and we are playing in a very competitive level? YEP!

Kathryn playing first base!

Cara being silly!

And Cara batting!

Yeah, no pictures of me in action! Here is something maybe for you to get a giggle out of: our team name is Buns and Wieners. And we have a picture of a hot dog on our shirts. I guess that is what comes from playing on a team with boys?

Heather's Baby Shower #2

On Saturday, Lyndsey, Heather's mom and I threw Heather her second baby shower. It was so pretty and a lot of fun! She got a ton of stuff! It is hard to believe that Virginia Taylor will be here in less than 2 months! Oh my word! I am so excited! Enjoy the pictures from the shower!

The cake in transport.... I was nervous to be in charge of picking it up but thank goodness it made it to the destination in one piece.

The clothesline.... I made this! I was quite proud of it because I think it turned out super cute!!!

The cake table. The napkins say "Mommy to be" on them.

The diaper wreath!

The cute pregnant girl.

The food table.... there were SO many leftovers!

Heather and all her gifts... woah!

Heather opening one of my gifts!

Heather with her cake. The pregnant lady on her cake matches the pregnant lady on the napkins exactly! Edible Art is SO great!

Heather and I.... I was having a super bad hair day... yuck.

Amanda, Addison and Lyndsey feeling Gigi kick!

Lyndsey and Heather's sign...... Whitney made it for her and it is so cute!

Green Acres

This past Friday John and I went to Green Acres in Cary with the Browns and the Bennetts. I love going to pumpkin patches (but that doesn't mean that I love fall.... no, not at all). We took pictures with pumpkins, went for a hay ride, went in the corn maze, had a picnic and jumped in those bouncy house things (what are they called? I am drawing a blank). I am not sure why we thought the corn maze was a good idea. We got hot, the babies got heavy and the kids got hungry REAL fast. I had never been in a corn maze and it wasn't as much fun as I anticipated. Anywho, enjoy the pictures from the pumpkin patch! I don't have that many of John because I was switching back and forth between my camera and John's camera.

This is a cute brother picture!

Whats Andy got in his hand? Hahaha!

Haha, nice face Mecaden!

Camden, Anderson, Mecaden and Levi! John wouldn't sit down for the picture of all the kids!

Aww.... that is sweet!

M and C as cows......... MOO!

John on the hay ride! He was excited for the pond.... haha.

Mecaden on the hay ride!

While my camera was MIA.......

In the midst of me not taking any pictures, I also left my camera at my dear friend Kathryn's apartment. When I got it back last week, there were LOTS of new pictures on it and they were not taken by me. They were all surprises! Here are just a few that were on there:





Hope that doesn't embarrass you girls but you took em! So boo-yah!

Patrick

My cousin Patrick, from my dad's side of the family, thought it would be fun and cool to grow a funky looking beard. I went on vacation with him this summer.... when I first saw him I couldn't believe my eyes. Not to be mean, but he had the funkiest looking beard I have ever seen.... okay maybe not EVER, but I didn't expect my cousin to look like that after not seeing him for 7 months. He knows that I wasn't fond of it but a lot of other people weren't either. He totally loved it though. He recently had to shave it off because he is starting to coach a kids' basketball team.

This is his before picture:

And here is his after:

Isn't he so handsome with a clean shaven face? I think he looks like my dad here and I think my dad is super handsome too! Anyway, I am glad he shaved it off! He plans to grow a beard back though. We shall see. Patrick, if you are reading this, it is nothing but love dear cousin!

***This is my attempt at getting back into the blogging world! I have taken tons of pictures in the last 2 days so hopefully I will upload them soon!

SORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRY!

Howdy.

I am so sorry I have been so lame about posting things. I have had zero desire STILL to blog about anything. But I think that I am getting back into it. I have taken ZERO pictures over the last month so NO picture updates for you.

Here are some highlights from my life:
-I am "blonde" again. My hair had gotten really light from the summer so it wasn't much of transformation for me. I got my natural hair color back and have blonde highlights. I like it a lot!
-I completed a 5k for Breast Cancer!
-I am helping to throw a 2nd baby shower for my friend Heather this weekend.
-I am playing softball on a recreational team and LOVING it!
-Bella has severely itchy skin. She won't stop scratching herself and it wakes me up at night. I need to find a remedy for this. No, she does not have fleas and yes, I am sure.
-Lots of people in my life are getting engaged...... it must be the season for it.


And here is an exciting story for you to read (at least I think it is exciting): So one of my guilty pleasures is to listen to Bob and the Showgram in the mornings on G105. I think they are really funny but sometimes I really don't enjoy their choice of topics. I don't get to listen to it much so it is really funny that I caught this. There have been so many times in the past that I have wanted to call and even attempted but then I get too scared and just hang up. WELL, they are taking emails now. So one day I decided to email them and THEY READ IT and talked about it on the air for about 10 minutes!!!!!!!! I was so excited! Bob referred to me as "this lady" which I find funny! I had emailed Bob to tell him that he should get a side job being a voice of a cartoon character. He always does different voices and accents on the show and he is SO good at it! So they talked about the different voices they could all do and the possibility of him getting that job!

Okay this is all for now. I will start to take pictures of my life again starting tomorrow morning. Hopefully I will have more exciting posts for you soon. Let's face it..... my life isn't that interesting without pictures!!!!!