back where i come from

i win the award for the most absents! sorry friends. i'm back. i don't promise daily posts but i do promise more frequent glimpses into our happenings. so much has happened that it has been a bit overwhelming to write...my excuse for putting this off. so ill do a quick catch up this post will be random and scattered... in reverse order of happenings...

1. we took two weeks off to travel to lexington and tennessee. the trip went very fast and was packed with all sorts of activities. we visited family and friends. adam had eye surgery! not lasik but prk yay no more contacts. we completely cleaned/flipped our rental home. ate at our favorite restaurants. traveled down to east tennessee for a weekend cabin trip with grandmommy, poppi, cousin sophie, and uncle michael.

shewwww. by the time we got back yesterday we were exhausted! i spent most of today unpacking/reorganizing and cleaning up after our fur babies*

*the main reason for my new case of OCD concerning dog hair in my house is lil man is on the move! yes he is crawling ..we also spent a little time baby proofing today considering hudson tends to gravitate towards cords and such. speaking of lil hud he has hit quite a few firsts since we last chatted. he now has two teeth! eats some table food...can say momma [but has no idea that is me..but who cares! he says it!], da, baba...holds his own bottle...and loves checking his 'equipment' at every diaper change.

2. before we left for two weeks i had the pleasure of hosting a baby shower for our good friends kelly and shane. i had so much fun planning and celebrating baby myla...update/photos on this event to come.

3. we completed the den...well except for the artwork that will be here this week so soon there will be a complete post update!!! sneak peak :: quickly staged with baby toys of course ;) sorry iphone photo

but the latest ::

big news...our first home [which turned into a rental once we moved away for school] is now under contract! it will be sad handing over the key to our first home, and no longer having a tie to that neighborhood but will be a relief to not worry about finding new tenants [ours just moved out after three years..excited for their new adventure] or having two mortgages [which means ill be able to do more projects and post about them]. this is one big reason i have been gone...prepping for the remodel...lots and lots of cleaning...lots! thanks to our amazing family [cody and melissa] and friends [jessica and brandon] we just could not have done it without yall.

here she is. she was great to us and i hope this new family will enjoy her.

we are leaving behind 'our' red maple tree that we planted shortly after we started dating, and the rock that we "borrowed" from uk's campus..not sure if i am really going to leave that. i learned my skills of borrowing rocks from my mimi and popo [their yard scape is amazing..and the stories behind the rocks too] so it is sort of sentimental.

besides working hard to get her move in ready...we had a lot of fun in our old city. lexington we miss you but will see you again soon. ill do a trip recap in a day or so because we had a great time! here are some highlights in the mean time.

driving to lexington...start them early right? actually hudson is obsessed with steering wheels and computer keyboards

farmer's market fans with aunt melissa

dinner with friends and family

 thursday night live

tennessee trip [splash country] to visit grandmommy and poppi

splash pool on gigi and pops deck for memorial day...which reminds me when life gets so busy and consuming how thankful and blessed we truly are. i appreciate, respect, and i am constantly thankful for my freedom and the family and friends of the armed services past and present who fought for it. missing popo & grandpa a bit extra today.

and...as i finish typing this adam and gigi just announced that hudson pulled up on the sofa. yay for progress..oh no for momma!

chat soon friends...it is good to be back
-K