just a few...

...of my favorite things!

tea cup pigs. these things are real. google it.
I would pay good money for one of these. but only if i get the boots for free! they should come with the piggies.

YUP. i play computer games. i am a dork.

thank you, trader joe's.

i like pickin' em and eatin' em.

beautiful.

obsessed with these things right now. didn't help that they were on sale last week.







***Stay tuned for more of my favorite things!***
:)

oh how i wish i had a best friend just like this. these girls make me smile every single day. im so thankful for them!

p.s. we had a photo shoot and THIS was the best picture out of about 25. it is very hard to get them to smile at the camera at the same time! any tricks?

Here I come...

In exactly 1 month, this is where I will be heading for a week!! SOOO excited!:)

lola

Formerly known as Bella, this is my old pup. There isn't a day that goes by when I don't think of her. I miss her terribly but love seeing pictures of her - I know she is happier and healthier!

(she is the one on top)

Warms my heart.

I stole this picture from facebook and I feel a little guilty. But I wanted to share it because it just warms my heart. Seeing this only confirms that I have made the right decisions. And it is so sweet. She has a new best friend for the rest of her life.






I still miss her dearly and I am still not entirely adjusted to not having a dog. I miss her most when it is bedtime because she was SO sweet. She loved to cuddle. And she would let me hold her while she was sleeping.... I slept with her like she was a stuffed animal!

Anyway... there is a little update for ya.

The New Job!

Last week I started a new nanny position with twin girls names Reese and Reagan! I am having a lot of fun with them but I am still in transition mode. I have the same type of responsibilities but it is also completely different! I am getting to know the girls and we have some fun stuff planned in the next 2 weeks! I will miss John terribly but I am also excited to do girly things! I am excited to watch the girls grow and change in the next year. They live in Wakefield so I am getting to know a different part of Raleigh! Their neighborhood is GREAT and it isn't too far of a drive for me going straight down Capital (yes, I moved but just into another townhouse in Cameron Village. Anyway, stay tuned for future posts about fun things I get to do with the twins!!!!

Another Goodbye

Just ONE WEEK EXACTLY after I said goodbye to Bella, I had to say goodbye to my little John John. Oh how I LOVE this little boy. I have already seen him twice since my job ended so I am hoping to keep it up.... I cannot say bye forever to him. He is 3 years old and I first met him when he was just 3 months! I held him and fed him as a sweet little baby and now he is 100% a little boy.... collecting sticks, saying cute phrases, sword fighting... he is complete boy. I love our bond that we share and I love seeing him do things that I taught him. I am hoping and praying those things don't fade and that I can be apart of his life as he gets older. My last day, I spent crying all day and all night. I am a little bit tired of crying SO much. I have never cried this much in my life and tears start rolling down my face as easy as a blink of an eye. I know it is healthy to cry but honestly, I have cried more in the past 3 weeks than I have in an entire2 or 3 years..... maybe more! Anyway, my job with John has ended. I will post soon about my new job. I loved being a nanny to John. I will cherish so many of our memories and times together!!!