There was one room....

in my house that was just for me. The "adult" room in our house. Reserved for adult things. Like my weekly ladies Bible study meetings, or small group get-togethers. Or for a minute or two of escape for me...with a cup of coffee and maybe a magazine. The one room in our house in which the carpet wasn't covered with juice stains, and vomit stains, and dog stains, where the couches and furniture were always perfectly dusted and pristine, and where I could, for a few seconds, forget that the rest of the house was in need of some serious cleaning. I'm referring to my living room. The long forgotten room of today's house. I've held on to it fiercely, wanting one whenever we do make the move up for more space, despite Matt's protests that "it never gets used." Well, it does....by me. Multiple times a day. It's MY retreat. Well....it was my retreat.

Cooking dinner. House is too silent. Go to check on kids. This is what I find......

That would be potting soil. Thrown all over the living room carpet. From my African violet I've had over a year. Yep. That's right. Words don't even begin to describe. So what do I do? Grab a camera of course....and laugh. It was better than crying. The guilty parties.

Life is never dull around here. Guess I'll be locking myself in the bathroom from now on for a little piece and quiet.

Up and Running...

Several weeks with no internet connection coupled with a week long vacation to the beach have left me out of cyber-world for a while! To see what we've been up to this month, click here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/katmaxey50/July2008

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer! Better go.... off to the pool to cool down!

Our Big News.....

We're having baby #3!!

What everyone wants to know-

Status: 9weeks, 2 days

Due Date: late January

How I am feeling: blah

Will we find out what we're having: of course, I can't stand surprises!

Things I Love...

Will sitting quietly in the living room reading his new Peter Rabbit book

Annely Blake lovin' on her baby doll

That hair!

This and That

Warning: picture overload

Well, I have no excuses for my lack of posting over the past few weeks. Except that we've had a lot going on, some of which I'll be sharing below. VBS has consumed my mind and time this week so I guess that's my excuse for today :) I'll hit the high points of what we've been up to lately.....

1. Small group get away to the lake without the kids. Obviously had to come first. How many chances do you have to get away with 9 of your closest friends at a gorgeous lake house, staying up way too late, playing games and fighting during them, laughing a ton, playing guitar hero, baking in the sun, and not stopping one minute to wipe a nose, change a diaper, stop a fight or in general think of anyone else's well being for two solid days?

Our group: l to r- Walker, Susie, Sarah, David, Bridget, Steve Ryan, Ashley, Nathan

The Lake House- as you can see, it could have been a little more spacious :)

Where we spent most of the day:

David showing off:

2. Annely Blake is walking!! Not all the time, but enough :) Finally, my back can take a rest!

And, as I mentioned before, VBS is this week. We started it off with a moon-walk. Will wasn't too sure.

I'll try to do better about the posting. Seeing as how I'm quick to point out when others have fallen behind :)

A Week of Firsts

It's been a week of firsts for Will. Instead of being smart and spreading all this fun stuff out over the summer, we're cramming it in, day after day. What will we do next month when we've run out of new and exciting?

No firsts for her.....just a cute picture! First time fishing.

And he caught one on the first cast!

First time on a paddle boat. (I love the look of trepidation he and Luke have :)

First time "practicing" on daddy's trumpet.

First baseball game. Columbus Catfish vs Savannah Sandnats. They ain't the Braves... :)

Snacks are always good.

Meeting a Catfish player, Ozzie, who signed a fly ball for Will. He now sleeps with the ball in his bed every night.

Summer Begins

Well, not officially, but around here it has. End of school means start of summer when a pre-schooler is involved. I've been thinking of everything possible to do to get out of the house and keep my kiddos occupied. Library, museum, park, pool, Publix. Publix? Yes...desperate times call for desperate measures. I am that weird woman who looks forward to going to Publix to push my kids in the oh-so-friendly "car" cart while Will chomps on a cookie and I stroll the cool air-conditioned ailes. Even if I don't have to actually buy anything. Today I just knew if I spent one more second cooped up in the house with my two I was going to scream. So I got the bright idea to head downtown to the River Walk and take along Will's best bud, Luke. Who cares that the humidity was 900%? And it was close to 90. Will and Luke had a good time and burned off steam (literally) before dinner. Tomorrow it's off to the pool, then another play date on Friday morning. See? I wasn't kidding.....we're looking for anything to do.



Sharing a word...

This is what you get when you ask them to smile...
Checking out a lizard...

Annely Blake didn't do too much.

View of the new shiny Synovus building from the river

Part of an old mill on the river....

Look, Luke, a rock!

Just for Fun

Some people (my parents) are screaming for more pics. So, here you go.

Peekaboo! Look bored. Look very, very bored.

Give me a kiss Annely Blake.

Are you ever going to walk Annely Blake?

camera practice

I got a little camera crazy today while we were outside. Here are some of my favorites...

Annely Blake has a new face!

Will helped Matt in the yard all day....

Happy Mother's Day (late)

My old camera was dying, as evidenced by the pink fuzzy line around all of my pictures.


This is what I got for Mother's Day this year:

These are some of the pictures I took today....

Thanks mom! I love it!