This morning (Iron Bowl Day) we had our usual breakfast at Cracker Barrel with Paw Paw, only Paw Paw was sick and couldn't make it, so it was Clint, Me, Uncle Alan and Aunt Sheila and Leah and Tracey and Mom and Dad. We were all decked out in our team shirts, Auburn of course, EXCEPT for Mom - only UA fan there – well besides Dad, but he very rarely wears team colors and though leans toward Alabama, he's really interested in both teams.
Mom not even giving the waitress time to put the coffee on the table looked at me and said "are you going to tell them?"
Everybody got quite and was staring at us, I looked and them and said "Clint and I have decided to become Alabama fans…." Then I said "just kidding, we're having a baby" They were all super excited and after all the congratulations quieted down... Uncle Alan looked at Clint while chuckling and said "Cuz, how did that happen." ha ha.
Since mom and Dad were going to TN and coming back that afternoon and it's sooooo pretty this time of year, I decided to ride up with them. While there I got my first symptoms of carrying a bundle and one of them [which was extremely out of the ordinary for me] a case of the sleepys. I took a nap on the way there AND on the way back.
When I got home I almost went straight to bed immediately. I wanted to watch the game with Clint – we always decide to watch the Iron Bowl with just us [too critical a game, you know?] but I was so tired, I just went straight too bed. We were taping it and I figured I'd wake up to catch the end of it. I didn't.
Auburn won with the first ever 6 Iron Bowl wins in a row and I missed it. Though I did get up EARLY the next morning and watch it, at the time I couldn't have cared less... I was growing one of God's little miracles... [ I KNOW! GET OVER YOURSELF ALREADY TERI!! ] ha ha ha. I'm just so excited!! What a sweet sweet year 2007 had ended up being.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Friday, November 23, 2007
Drum Roll Please...
Today is the Day after Thanksgiving and I had to get up early (not to beat the crowds at Toys R Us in order to catch a bargain for my angels that I'm shopping for this year), but to have my blood drawn at Brookwood to see if Clint and I do in fact have some big news to share with everyone. Since I wouldn't be finding out until that afternoon, and it would probably be shear torture waiting… We decided not to sit around all day and wait on that test, so we drove up to Clint's mother's house to spend the day with her and eat some really good food.
When we got back I checked my patient voicemail and listened to the nurse talk about not being able to reach me at our given numbers and it seemed to take FOREVER for her to finally get around to what I was waiting for… Finally… - Your test is in fact positive. She went on and on about a lot of other stuff on that message, but I didn't hear a word of it. LOL!
I had a smile you couldn't wipe off my face!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I started jumping up and down!!
Clint was very ecstatic too!!! I think we probably keep looking at each other off and on for goodness knows how long with a big smile and would just break out almost laughing every time. We were just silly with happiness.
A bit later, we called his mother back and that is when she told us that she thought that's why we were coming in the first place. She also said the whole time we were at her house she noticed a glow about me.
When I told my mom, she said "Babe! Praise be to God - you make sure you Thank the Lord for not having to go through all that stuff" (she was referring to the injections and such that most people have to go through at the ART).
I ran by Misty's (my first cousin) house to tell her the news. When she opened the door she was in tears, because Lint (her cat of 14 years that I had named) had just died [okay, moment of silence for Lint – poor little baby… hmm… okay the moment is over]. ; ) When I told her she laughed and said "GIVE ME A HUG!" Then I went and told Aunt Sherry and Uncle Merrell. They were very excited!! I just wanted to run and tell everybody, I don't think I could sit still. I think I called Jaime, Jennifer and Daniel to tell them all the news I would have driven over to My Aunt Sheila and Uncle Alan's House to tell them with Leah and Tracey and by Paw Paw's too, but since it was getting late and I was getting wore out, I thought... that it'd be a lot more fun to wait until our Weekly breakfast on Saturday at Cracker Barrell with Paw Paw and just invite Aunt Sheila, Uncle Alan, Leah and Tracey too. So we called them and set it up.
So over to mom's house to see her and dad's excitement in person and when I got there Mom informed me she had just heard news of Scott McKnight's wife, Sharon, expecting, and we were due on the same day.
Mom and SueAnn have been friends for EVER! Ha ha. So Brian, Me, Scott and Heath grew up together and they are pretty much like family. You know these too were just tickled pink!
When we got back I checked my patient voicemail and listened to the nurse talk about not being able to reach me at our given numbers and it seemed to take FOREVER for her to finally get around to what I was waiting for… Finally… - Your test is in fact positive. She went on and on about a lot of other stuff on that message, but I didn't hear a word of it. LOL!
I had a smile you couldn't wipe off my face!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I started jumping up and down!!
Clint was very ecstatic too!!! I think we probably keep looking at each other off and on for goodness knows how long with a big smile and would just break out almost laughing every time. We were just silly with happiness.
A bit later, we called his mother back and that is when she told us that she thought that's why we were coming in the first place. She also said the whole time we were at her house she noticed a glow about me.
When I told my mom, she said "Babe! Praise be to God - you make sure you Thank the Lord for not having to go through all that stuff" (she was referring to the injections and such that most people have to go through at the ART).
I ran by Misty's (my first cousin) house to tell her the news. When she opened the door she was in tears, because Lint (her cat of 14 years that I had named) had just died [okay, moment of silence for Lint – poor little baby… hmm… okay the moment is over]. ; ) When I told her she laughed and said "GIVE ME A HUG!" Then I went and told Aunt Sherry and Uncle Merrell. They were very excited!! I just wanted to run and tell everybody, I don't think I could sit still. I think I called Jaime, Jennifer and Daniel to tell them all the news I would have driven over to My Aunt Sheila and Uncle Alan's House to tell them with Leah and Tracey and by Paw Paw's too, but since it was getting late and I was getting wore out, I thought... that it'd be a lot more fun to wait until our Weekly breakfast on Saturday at Cracker Barrell with Paw Paw and just invite Aunt Sheila, Uncle Alan, Leah and Tracey too. So we called them and set it up.
So over to mom's house to see her and dad's excitement in person and when I got there Mom informed me she had just heard news of Scott McKnight's wife, Sharon, expecting, and we were due on the same day.
Mom and SueAnn have been friends for EVER! Ha ha. So Brian, Me, Scott and Heath grew up together and they are pretty much like family. You know these too were just tickled pink!
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Clint's Quite the Poet
Our Anniversary is May 27, 2006. But we count February 14 as an Anniversary of us. Of a long courtship if you will. We started dating sometime in January of 99, but we always counted February 14. Besides being Valentines Day we try to do something special. Well, Valentines Day must have snuck up on Clint and me both because we really didn't talk about it and make any plans.
Just another day it seemed.
Until I got home and saw the Daffodils that Clint had snatched off the side of the road "growing wild" LOL! (I had to explain to him that Daffodils are not likely to grow wild, but whatever). This is the notes he had to go with it.
Just another day it seemed.
Until I got home and saw the Daffodils that Clint had snatched off the side of the road "growing wild" LOL! (I had to explain to him that Daffodils are not likely to grow wild, but whatever). This is the notes he had to go with it.
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| From Miscellaneous |
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| From Miscellaneous |
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Our First Married Christmas
Wow, first Christmas as a married couple has kept me busy busy busy. I've turned into a nut about making my own swags from cedar trees around the house – or mom's ; ), making two huge wreaths from the clippings of our real tree we got, tying my own bows and making decorative masterpieces – NOT! You name it and I'm doing it. I've even went as far as making Austin, Anderson and Ashton humungous fleece Auburn pillows.
Being creative, festive… your typical married working girl trying to be Bettie Crocker and Martha Stewart rolled up into one. I also took on the Corporate Angel Tree Program for Haskell Slaughter again this year. Whew! Here's the damage so far! I think it's about time for us to have a little one… What do you think?
The 1st couple of pictures are of the kitties (they were too cute not to add) and the pink bags on the floor are for Angels for the Angel Tree Program. Although I took pictures of the large wreaths I made, I can't locate the pictures.
Being creative, festive… your typical married working girl trying to be Bettie Crocker and Martha Stewart rolled up into one. I also took on the Corporate Angel Tree Program for Haskell Slaughter again this year. Whew! Here's the damage so far! I think it's about time for us to have a little one… What do you think?
The 1st couple of pictures are of the kitties (they were too cute not to add) and the pink bags on the floor are for Angels for the Angel Tree Program. Although I took pictures of the large wreaths I made, I can't locate the pictures.
Saturday, June 10, 2006
The Roper Family Photo Shoot
Jo Carroll mother's friend came by to take some family pictures since Brian and Emma Brown were up from Brazil and it had been so long since we'd just had regular family pictures of us all together. We got some from the wedding but I think Mom wanted some of the all of us around the house.
Clint and I didn't know when she was coming over until the last minute.
Even though I know everyone says this and nobody really cares if I was having a bad hair day, I'm going to say it anyways!! I couldn't have looked homelier that day!! Ha ha. Since I knew I would get ragged from Mom if took time to primp I figured oh well, I'll just cut myself out of them later… ; ) (Something I'd heard my Maw Maw Swann was notorious for.
So now I have to tell Clint that we have to jump in the car to go over to Mom and Dad's to take pictures right now.
Great, Clint is the most unspontaneous person I know [when it comes to stuff like this of course].
He gets talked into it always because he knows I'm never going to give up. But I'm going to hear a never ending stream of sighs until it's over. : ) When I explained to him that it's going to be Jo Carroll, the women who took our engagement pictures and wedding pictures he immediately moaned "OH GREAT! But I'm going to go ahead and tell you now that she will NOT have me rolling around on the ground again!!!"
Clint's so funny… back when we had our engagement pictures, she had us both lying on the floor posing for pictures and in Clint's words "rolling around on the ground, throwing leaves on us." A little bit too much for Clint, I think he thought he was going to have his "Mancard" rejected for participating in such stuff. So he was very adamant about not letting her talk him into doing that again.
When we got there Jo was first taking pictures of Brian, Emma Brown and the kids out in the back yard. When Clint looked out the window and spotted my brother on the ground…. He hollered out to me in fear and protest "TERI! I told you! She's got your brother out there rolling around on the ground!!!" I just started laughing and keep promising him that "I'll tell her you most definitely to not want to roll around on the ground Clint." "It'll be okay… you will survive this." Hahahaha. Men…
What Clint saw when he looked out the window. I wondered if Brian heard him yelling…
Sweet Natalie Ellen
Natalie Ellen, Owen, and Noemia "Claire"
The new addition to the pack – I like to call her "Drama Queen"
Natalie Ellen and Owen with their Aunt Mae (Emma Brown's sister)
Mom, Me and Brian racing – Brian likes to challenge Mom because she could still out run us when we were older teenagers. She's still quick. But you can see who's winning… even though I might have about a 2 second jump on them. ; )
The Roper Family: I liked this one better because you can't tell I went to bed with my hair wet the night before…
Clint and I didn't know when she was coming over until the last minute.
Even though I know everyone says this and nobody really cares if I was having a bad hair day, I'm going to say it anyways!! I couldn't have looked homelier that day!! Ha ha. Since I knew I would get ragged from Mom if took time to primp I figured oh well, I'll just cut myself out of them later… ; ) (Something I'd heard my Maw Maw Swann was notorious for.
So now I have to tell Clint that we have to jump in the car to go over to Mom and Dad's to take pictures right now.
Great, Clint is the most unspontaneous person I know [when it comes to stuff like this of course].
He gets talked into it always because he knows I'm never going to give up. But I'm going to hear a never ending stream of sighs until it's over. : ) When I explained to him that it's going to be Jo Carroll, the women who took our engagement pictures and wedding pictures he immediately moaned "OH GREAT! But I'm going to go ahead and tell you now that she will NOT have me rolling around on the ground again!!!"
Clint's so funny… back when we had our engagement pictures, she had us both lying on the floor posing for pictures and in Clint's words "rolling around on the ground, throwing leaves on us." A little bit too much for Clint, I think he thought he was going to have his "Mancard" rejected for participating in such stuff. So he was very adamant about not letting her talk him into doing that again.
When we got there Jo was first taking pictures of Brian, Emma Brown and the kids out in the back yard. When Clint looked out the window and spotted my brother on the ground…. He hollered out to me in fear and protest "TERI! I told you! She's got your brother out there rolling around on the ground!!!" I just started laughing and keep promising him that "I'll tell her you most definitely to not want to roll around on the ground Clint." "It'll be okay… you will survive this." Hahahaha. Men…
What Clint saw when he looked out the window. I wondered if Brian heard him yelling…
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| From Roper Family Photos of Jo Carroll |
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| From Roper Family Photos of Jo Carroll |
Sweet Natalie Ellen
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| From Roper Family Photos of Jo Carroll |
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| From Roper Family Photos of Jo Carroll |
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| From Roper Family Photos of Jo Carroll |
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| From Roper Family Photos of Jo Carroll |
Natalie Ellen, Owen, and Noemia "Claire"
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| From Roper Family Photos of Jo Carroll |
The new addition to the pack – I like to call her "Drama Queen"
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| From Roper Family Photos of Jo Carroll |
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| From Roper Family Photos of Jo Carroll |
Natalie Ellen and Owen with their Aunt Mae (Emma Brown's sister)
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| From Roper Family Photos of Jo Carroll |
Mom, Me and Brian racing – Brian likes to challenge Mom because she could still out run us when we were older teenagers. She's still quick. But you can see who's winning… even though I might have about a 2 second jump on them. ; )
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| From Roper Family Photos of Jo Carroll |
The Roper Family: I liked this one better because you can't tell I went to bed with my hair wet the night before…
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| From Roper Family Photos of Jo Carroll |
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