So long Florida, Hello Kentucky!

Well, this isn't going to be a long post - just a quicky to say that we leave Florida for our new adventure in Kentucky in less than 48 hours. There have been lots of unknowns and changed plans, lots of "are we crazy moments", and lots of confirmations that we are doing the right thing - even if it seems crazy! I'm am super excited, but also very emotional about leaving our first home. The home that we brought Sophie to, the home where I learned what it was like to be a mother, the home that has heard our dreams, our frustrations, and our fears, the home where Sophie took her first steps, the home that I poured my heart into. Little moments of sadness will cross when I think of something special that happened where I am at that moment. I think that this move is very much needed by every member in our family, but I'm going to miss our home!

No clue what just happened!!!

OK, I'm not sure how that happened, but it just posted my blog while I was in the middle of writing. Not cool!

As I was saying....

We are in a MEGA transition stage! I've mentioned this a million and one times before, but I'm a planner. I have to know the when, what, where, how, etc of the situation! And I have to know it before it happens! I think we can all see where God needs to work in my life, ha! Well, don't you worry - He is!! What our future holds is very unknown at the time. I am having to trust God in a way that I've never had to do before! I would love to say that I've been great in this area, but truthfully, it's been a struggle! Here's to new beginnings...

Blog Official

Ok, so it's "blog official" - we are moving to KENTUCKY!!!! YAY :)!!! I think we all would know that I would be lying to say that this hasn't been my hearts desire for a long time! The fact that God made it possible is beyond amazing to me! Although it was an unconventional way of doing so we still feel like God is opening up a door for us to go there - even if just for a season. We took several weeks to pray and think about it from every angle. I, myself, wanted to make sure that this truly was God's WILL and not just MY DESIRE! I know in my heart of hearts that if it was not His will then I would not be truly content so better make sure because packing while 7 months pregnant is NOT the easiest, ha! There are some other big changes that may happen so I'll wait until those are official to tell the world on blog :)! We are definitely in MEGA +

Fall trips

Our trip to Kentucky turned into a Kentucky/Tennessee trip. We were scheduled to fly home from Kentucky LATE, LATE Sunday night 9/26 and then fly to Tennessee EARLY Wednesday morning. I don't know what I was thinking when I booked that flight back from Kentucky!! Once we were there I knew it was going to be entirely too much to ask of Sophie to travel that much! So we sent Joe on home and stayed a few extra days and drove to TN with Mama. My sister was speaking at Lee's chapel so we all came to hear her. She did a fabulous job - as I knew she would!! Here are some pictures from our trip. We had the best time!!!

Does this view not eliminate all the stress you feel?? It's honestly as close to heaven on earth that you'll find! There is just something about this place that makes all my worries go away!

Sophie is a fanatic about outdoors!! She LOVES being outside! One morning while eating breakfast Sophie brought us her play clothes, shoes, and diaper. She proceeded to try and put them all on by herself, ha! I think she kinda looks like a bag lady here, lol!

My sister and I! I miss having her around so much!! I don't know where in life I would be with out her!!
It just so happened that a friend of mine was having a bday party while I was in town! It was so good to see everyone and I hate that I didn't get pictures with the others! Ha! Arhmin and I can NEVER take a normal picture! It is always awkward in some way! Bless our hearts!

These girls absolutely adore each other!!! It does amaze me how close their connection is even though they've only been around each other 4x in their life! They truly are like sisters!

Sophie had been kissing Emma, but of course we weren't able to capture it :(

Granddad and his girls!

I thought this was a sweet picture of the three of them!

My favorite quote of the week came from Miss Emma - "Aunt Sara, I want to open up your tummy and see the baby." Ha! LOVED it! The mind of babies :)!

Correction - at 4 in the morning :)

We have a correction on Baby Q's name :)! BTW - I didn't get up at 4am just because of this! I've been up since around 2:30 and can't seem to get myself back to sleep so I thought I would get up for a bit! Back to the name - there seemed to be a lot of confusion going on about "Elle". People didn't know rather to pronounce her name as EllIE or L. With a last name like ours you really don't want to make the first name confusing as well! Plus, my mother informed me that Elle Faye sounded like pig latin. And it does :). Another BTW - my grandmother spells her name Faye. Not really sure where I got Fae from! I was thought for sure that I saw somewhere that it was spelled Fae. I even argued it with my grandfather, but obviously that didn't get me very far :). Anywho - so Joe and I decided that we would officially name her ELLIE FAYE. That way she can choose to be called Elle when she is older if she wishes!

I think Sophie is beginning to grasp some what that I have a baby in my belly! A couple of times I have mentioned the baby and she'll go get her fav bear and come lay it on my belly and say, "baby"! Then the other day we were looking at pictures of one of my dearest friend's precious new daughter, Annabelle. Sophie was going crazy over her then turned to me and said, "Momma baby" while patting my stomach. She is going to make a great big sister!!

I realized that I haven't been really doing what I said about "Talking Tuesdays" where I document Sophie's new sayings! It's gotten a bit hard because she says SO MUCH!!! It's unreal how much this child talks. She seriously talks 90 miles per minute! Especially in the mornings! I know many wonder, "where does she get that from???", HA!

We're still having to deal with tantrums. It's not very fun! But I'm being consistent and PRAYING it pays off. I hear it does so I'm standing on that, ha! She's the sweetest thing ever though! She's so loving and affectionate! Sophie has 7 teeth coming in and at least 3 of those are molars. I'm holding my breath to see if part of her tantrums have to do with irritability from her teeth. We'll see!

Ok, maybe I should try to sleep now! Wish me luck! This pregnancy insomnia is a killer!!! Please overlook any/all errors that this post is probably loaded with :)!

I'll leave you with some recent pictures of Sophie!

This child has to bring her animals/dolls EVERYWHERE we go!! She'll switch it up which ones she takes to be fair of course :)

LOVE her chubby, baby legs in this picture!

Fall you say

Well, here in the great sunshine state we don't really have seasons. Sure I thought that we did until I went to God's country for college! There is no more beautiful of a place than Tennessee and Kentucky during Fall!! In fact, being there spoiled me and put a longing in my heart to go back when ever this time of year rolls around! I miss the crisp air, football games (college AND highschool), golden leaves, and the smell Fall in the air! I miss opening up the windows and having the fresh breeze blowing in! Which is why I am more than excited that we have an unexpected break and get to go to Kentucky AS A FAMILY!!! YAY! Any vacation time that Joe had went to finishing up his MBA so we were never able to get away unless for quick weekend trips. I am so excited that we get to relax, unwind, and clear our heads for a bit! I'm also looking forward to cooler weather! We leave tomorrow night so I'm sure I'll be posting pictures soon!

Nursery Bedding

I just had to share with y'all this fabulous website that I stumbled upon this weekend! It's called JavisDavis. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this wesbite! They sale custom bedding at an incredible price!!! The best part is that they allow you to design your own bedding right there on the website. For those like me that don't want your children's bedroom to look like everyone elses yet don't have the best knack at "arranging" things yourself this is the place for you! They have fabric selections picked out and you mix the pieces the way you like! It's perfect! Go check it out! It's just too fun!

I will be getting both Sophie and Elle's bedding from here! I'll post pictures of the sets I pick as soon as I narrow them down!