Moving Day

Phew, am I tired!!! Today was moving day in our house. I've said many times that I love my 'stuff' in the house and I love rearranging things. I can't tell you the number of times Anna Kate's room has been rearranged or how many times the spare room has been an office, a bedroom, nursery, playroom, junk room and now a guest bedroom again. But to complete my secret project, several things had to happen first:

1) We needed a bed for the guest bedroom
2) We needed to remove large items from the room that were no longer being utilized
3) All of Anna Kate's toys she had when she was a toddler needed to hit the road
4) And we needed a bed for the guest bedroom...

We have a couple pieces of white furniture (overflow from Anna Kate's nursery/playroom), so the new bed needed to match. Ta-da! We have a double bed with a white headboard already. The only problem was Anna Kate sleeps in it. Hmmmm....a possible solution. So after looking around online at beds for AK (good LORD they are expensive), I decided to ring up a friend and ask if she was ready to sell her glorious Pottery Barn twin beds. She was!!! Jackpot! (Obviously we don't have a need for two twin beds, but they were being sold as a pair, so we are now the proud owners of two glorious Pottery Barn twin beds! **NOTE: For sale - one twin size Pottery Barn bed (frame, foot & headboards only.**)

I started to work on the playroom at 4:00 yesterday afternoon removing the items mentioned above. That was a CHORE. At 7:00 this morning I started working again. Now, at 7:30 PM I am finally finished with both rooms.

VOILA!

The Guest Bedroom






We were going for a beach/lake look. I think it turned out perfect. However, I need to find new bedding. I'm just making due for the time being. Oh, and of course paint. Jeff says the soft pink walls have to go.

Anna Kate's Bedroom

When we were visiting my brother & his family last month, Anna Kate discovered the "coolest thing EVER". Her cousin Lauren had a doorbell on her bedroom door. Great. Now Jeff & I have to ring her doorbell to be permitted in. Sigh.....


Don't you love the bed!! We plan to purchase a trundle to go underneath the bed.


To the right of the bed...Barbie house (I need to organize that) and her babies.


Looking from the foot of the bed


Reading area :)


Anna Kate's best friend has a pink & purple lava lamp, so she has been begging for one. I aim to please. LOL

So, what do you think? I have a few small things to do, but for the most part my project is complete. Now I just need to clean up the rest of the house...and do a mountain of laundry. Volunteers?

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Valentine Projects & Moving

One of my New Year's resolutions was to NOT wait until the last minute trying to get things ready for a holiday or event. I always have these grand ideas and because I wait until the last minute, end up going with something generic and/or store bought.

Well not this Valentine's Day!!!!


This is Anna Kate's Valentine for her classmates & cousins :)

I had it printed in wallet size and will attach with curly ribbon to this....



These pillow boxes REALLY turned out cute! I'm going to fill them with individually wrapped candy, close it up and tie the Valentine on using coordinating curly ribbon :)

And because I'm a fabulous friend (ha!), I made this one for AK's best friend. You're welcome Renee'. LOL!



I'm ready this year!

This weekend holds a huge project for me. I won't give it away, but will tell you that it involves Anna Kate's bedroom......again. Stay tuned...

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Just Us

A friend of ours we saw out in Arizona just emailed Jeff a couple of pictures he took. Just thought I would pop them on here for all to see :c)





War Eagle!

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National Championship Celebration

Jordan Hare Stadium + Pat Dye Field + BCS National Championship Football Team + 78,000 Members of the AU Family = C.E.L.E.B.R.A.T.I.O.N!!!




The AU Family is "ALL IN"


The coming out of the tunnel for the last time :(


Nick Fairley goofing off as he comes out of the tunnel. Look at Cam in the background laughing at him. LOL


Cam coming out


And one loving embrace with Aubie :)


Coach Chizik thanking the fans


Tracy Rocker presenting the Lombardi Award to Nick Fairley


Cam Newton receiving the Heisman


Heisman pose!!!


Coach Chiz


The Quarterback from the 1957 championship team presented the BCS trophy to Coach Chizik. That's pretty cool!!!!




The 2010 National Champions flag goes up above Jordan Hare


After the celebration there was a reverse Tiger Walk. The team walked from the stadium to the Athletic Building.

After the celebration we headed to Anna Kate's favorite restaurant in Auburn. She calls it the 'Peanut Place', but it's really Santa Fe Cattle Co., and it's SOOOO good!


The Mayor of Auburn, as well as the President of the A Club (Letterman's Club), and the Athletic Director invited everyone to Toomers Corner to complete the celebration.


WAR EAGLE!!!!!

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Before Church

After spending six days away from Anna Kate, I decided it was time to get a few pictures together. I am the one always taking photographs, so it is rare that you see me in them.



And because she is just too cute not to photograph....




Happy Sunday! :-)

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It's Still True!

Yep, Auburn is still the National Champions! We drove to Auburn yesterday just to check. LOL :-)


Toomer's Corner a week later


This is Toomer's & the new stadium banner combined :-)

But this is my favorite!!!

It will definitely be framed front & center!

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Miller Family Reunion - Final

Not to rush your following along on our trip, but I'm finally finished editing and uploading pictures. Phew!...

Cincinnati Museum of Natural History



(AK looks sick in every one of these pictures :( )


Jeff's dream catch!


'Dusting' for dinosaur tracks




The crew minus me


The girls loved all the hands on activities



Cincinnati Children's Museum





The construction zone


We walked around the corner and there Angee was dressed as a Veterinarian with Kristin. LOL!


Viewing animal x-rays to determine their ailments :)


Doing surgery


Instruments from around the world



Lauren working the register in the Market


AK working the register in the Diner


Jay & Angee (LOL, Angee looks thrilled)


One of the few times jungle cat wasn't hissing and growling...

While we were there, Anna Kate had her first salon experience. I've always cut her hair, but in order to talk her into cutting it, I had to bribe her with the real deal :)







Finished product

FRONT


BACK

And then it was time for the trip home. We flew back out of Cinci and into Memphis for an hour layover. Had it not been for AK's massive ear pain, crying, etc. I think I would have liked the Memphis airport. Lots of cool places to eat and shop. But instead I carried all four bags, and at one point Anna Kate, to our gate where she curled up under my coat and tried to sleep, but she was in too much pain. **Note to future travelers - airports do NOT sell over the counter medication for children.**


Cinci to Memphis. Shortly after this picture is when flying became my living nightmare!




Miserable in Memphis


Aaaah, finally asleep....for all of 10 minutes.


Arriving Montgomery....thank GOD!

And since then, Anna Kate has literally been in the bed for two days just miserable.




But our Dr. agreed to meet us at his office this morning to take a look at her. Fifteen minutes later we were picking up another set of prescriptions. *Sigh*

What a way to start the New Year. I hope this isn't a sign of what the next year will hold.

On the bright side, Jeff & I leave Friday for Glendale, Arizona to support our Auburn Tigers in the National Championship Game. WAR EAGLE!!!!

Happy New Year everyone! :)

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