Sweet Southern Belle

Lizzie Sue is growing so fast! Here are pictures from our trip to the Atlanta Zoo last May and from this week. It’s amazing to me how much older she looks this year than last.

Yesterday marked the seventh year since I was married to my husband. There are many things I could say about the past seven years however, I’m not very poetic so I think I’ll not try. My thoughts on marriage are summed up into a phrase a friend recently said.

“Marriage is hard work but anything worth having is”

A good marriage does not just happen. It takes effort on the part of both people to make time for one another, compromise on issues, and to apologize when you are wrong.

I had a wonderful Mother’s Day with my family! I am so grateful for my grandmothers, mother, and my sweet child. Here is a fun link to determine what your monetary value as a mother should be. It allows you to add the money you make in a paying job as well. After entering my “real pay” I should be making over 200,000 per year for my services. If only………..

Being a mama is the hardest job I’ve ever had but it’s the best!

My family has been in a particularly busy season the past few weeks as we bring all our “school-year” activities to a close Little Belle’s preschool (and my job in her class), church preschool choir, Run4missions, and hand bells. So, Lizzie Sue and I have been in the road more than we’ve been home. I was excited to just “stay-home” today so I asked Lizzie Sue what she wanted to do with mama today after she woke. Her answer was “yets make a princess cake, mama”. My first thought was no, we’ll do that for your birthday. Then I thought……why not? Life’s short you don’t have to wait for your birthday to make a fun cake. So, Lizzie Sue and I whipped up a cake and pulled out the princess cake toppers. It was a fun morning….I’d say “fit for a princess”. J

I just thought I would let all of my readers (all three of you ;0) ) know that I’ve decided to include Little Belle’s pictures on my blog. I still have my fears about her picture being on the world wide web but have decided that the risk is minimal and being on this blog is really no different than face book, e-mail or other “protected” web sites.

I’m sure my blog will be better by including my precious Little Belle’s pictures! So, come back and look for pictures of a cute little girl!