100 Things...

So, I haven't been "tagged" by anyone but I'm just using this as a personal goal to write 100 things about me! I didn't think I could do it (and wanted to stop a few times) but here it is...I hope someone is able to make it through all 100 and others find at least one interesting part! (Confession - I got some ideas from a few others (hence the "hodge podge" towards the end)!)

1. I was born in 1980 in Opelika, AL
2. I have brown hair
3. And blue/gray eyes
4. My parents divorced when I was 5
5. Both are re-married (dad when I was 8, mom when I was 12)
6. They are both Auburn grads and re-married uat (bama) fans - we've been successful at converting my step-mother!!!
7. I have 1 sister, 2 step-brothers and 2 step-sisters
8. My parents were married and divored on the same day (March 17)
9. My husband's parents were married and divorced on the same day (May 3)
10. I graduated from Auburn University in December 2001
11. Wish I majored in Building Science and Construction (not Finance) - like my dad
12. I met my husband, Kevin, through my sister - he and her husband were fraternity brothers
13. He is 8 years older than me (old man - hee, hee)!
14. We were married in April 2003
15. We never admitted we were dating to our friends and family
16. We are huge Auburn fans
17. Got our golden retriever, Beasley, 2 months after we were married
18. Also moved into our house 2 months after we were married
19. Had our son, Hudson, in December 2006
20. He didn't have a name until 5 hours before we left the hospital
21. I love my sister
22. ...I wish we were closer
23. Favorite colors: blue & green
24. I love wearing jeans...I wear them everyday
25. Am taking a ballet class...and wish I hadn't stopped taking
26. Love making a budget
27. Hate sticking to a budget
28. Love scrapbooking
29. Love bargain hunting and consignment sales
30. Wish I read more books
31. Addicted to chocolate
32. Also addicted to coke/cherry coke/dr. pepper
33. I love eating...mainly snacking
34. I could eat breakfast food all day - bacon, pancakes, waffles, biscuits, french toast, hashbrowns, grits
35. I get sucked into Orbitz Games easily
36. Would like to travel to Italy for an extended period of time
37. Would like to go back to St. Lucia
38. Would like to be anywhere it is warm
39. ...with a Mai Tai and/or Margarita
40. Love Lake Martin, AL in the summers
41. I love warm weather and warm nights
42. Like the "idea" of the beach but hate sand and salt water
43. My dog, Beasley, has an annoying habit of bringing us his KONG for a treat after we are settled for the night on the couch
44. We have a huge hole in our family room wall due to the previous owner's bright idea to put his TV in it and build an entertainment unit around it
45. We have an aquarium (fish tank) in it now - behind our chair
46. We are going to "hole it up" and paint it as an accent wall
47. We are paying someone to do this
48. Want to learn more about interior decorating
49. Want to design our future house
50. Hope the house will be in Auburn
51. Don't want to move to Auburn until we have a second child
52. Tried "science experiements" to get pregnant the first time around
53. None worked...
54. ...we "took a break"...
55. ...and got pregnant the next month
56. Can't imagine having a baby without my doctor
57. Ecstatic he schedules inducements when he is on-call
58. Only pushed 40 minutes until Hudson greeted us
59. Am scared I won't know what "real" labor is like with #2
60. Will be super tough to think of another boy name
61. Have a girl name picked out
62. Terrified of having a little girl
63. But I would probably sew more if I had a girl
64. I like to sew, but am "challenged" and could learn much more
65. Would love to own a maternity boutique
66. Love organizing
67. ...and planning
68. Want to spend more quiet time with my Lord
69. Love our Sr Pastor, Andy Stanley
70. And our church, Buckhead Church (sister church of Northpoint Church)
71. They started a new church in Auburn (Auburn Church)
72. Makes my husband and me siked about the possibility of moving to Auburn
73. Can't believe I use the word "siked"
74. A favorite Bible study...read one chapter of Proverbs each day
75. Favorite movies: comedies and girly (but not too sappy)
76. Like Pretty In Pink, Father of the Bride, Office Space, Steel Magnolias, Ocean's 11/12/13 - you get the jist
77. Hudson doesn't like TV - except watching Regis & Kelly spin their prize wheel
78. I once ate an entire box of Girl Scouts Thin Mints in high school...for lunch
79. For those counting...it was something like 63 grams of FAT
80. I love shopping
81. Especially with my husband
82. He has an uncanning knack of finding the perfect items for me that I would never pick out
83. Want to tone my mid-section
84. Must kick the chocolate/coke addiction
85. Taught ballet/tap/jazz to 5 & 6 year olds and 6th graders when I was in high school
86. Love being a night-owl
87. Need 10-15 minutes of wake-up time
88. My first car was a white Toyota corolla
89. I have had 5 cars since then
90. Never thought I would be a stay-at-home mom
91. Am glad I am a stay-at-home mom
92. Need to have the TV on to go to sleep
93. Need to buy a diffuser so I can wear my hair curly this summer
94. Wish more of my friends had blogs
95. Love watching re-runs of Reba, Will & Grace, FRIENDS and yes - Beverly Hills 90210!
96. I am excited that Memorie will be staying with us a few days this week
97. Enjoy blogging more than keeping up with MySpace
98. My sister got married on April Fool's!!
99. My husband thinks it's funny that I sometimes refer to those I blog "stalk" as 'friends!' :-)
100. Must finish to pick up Hudson from Mother's Morning Out!!!!

YEA...I did it - and for anyone who made it through all 100! I'm not going to officially "tag" anyone, but I would love for April to give it a shot!!

World's Best Daddy

What a wonderful Daddy Hudson has! He not only played hookey on Thursday - Hudson had what we thought was an ear infection (turned out to be just a cold and lots of teeth coming in) so Daddy volunteered to take Hudson to the doctor while Mommy went to Ballet class then just ran errands with us and had lunch - but he also took Friday off...to build a swing set! And he had so much fun doing it! I'm sure the best part came when Hudson took his first swing with a huge smile on his face!!!

Oh, where to begin!

Making Progress

Hudson thought climbing the slide was super fun!

Is it time to swing yet?

YEA...Swinging!!

Finished Product

Happy Easter

I hope everyone has had a wonderful Easter! This weekend has been so wonderful and the weather has matched! Today, after one of the best church services I've been to, we enjoyed brunch at a local restaurant with Kevin's family then headed home for an egg hunt and gifts! Hudson didn't know whether to hunt eggs or play with his new bubble mower from Grandma D!

Huntin' Eggs

Lawn Mower
Yesterday, we went the Emma "Lizzie" Gott's Bday party! It sure was fun playing with all the kids, enjoying our first egg hunt and having some strawberry and cream cheese icing bunny cake! Mommy and Daddy were quite impressed how Hudson immediately went to the eggs and put them in his basket. Lizzie, the bday girl, was classic...she went around opening the eggs and pulling out the goodies then throwing the empty eggs back on the ground!

Happy Easter to ALL!!!

New Stats & A Birthday (or two)!

First off...today we had Hudson's 15 month check-up! All checked out normal and he's still holding strong in the 50th percentile for height & weight (31 inches & 24 lb 2 oz respectively) and 25th percentile for head (which I still can't get over)! He did fairly well with his 2 shots and is now sleeping peacefully! We do need to work on his speech...the boy can follow directions, point out body parts and put himself to bed, but he won't say a word (other than babbling). Hopefully by our 18 month appt we'll have some talking under our belt!
Having a snack before we go back!

Sippin' on some juice before my shots

In other DeLine news, it's BEASLEY'S 5th BIRTHDAY! I can't believe he's already 5 - which is like 35 - so actually he and Kevin are the same age!! Him turning 5 reminds me that our 5 year anniversary is coming up...1/2 a decade...WOW!!! HAPPY BDAY BEAS!

One of my favorite pics...doing his second favorite lake activity...riding on the boat.


Beasley first lake passion...SWIMMING! Look at the tired tongue!

p.s. Sweet Emma (Lizzy) Gott is also celebrating a Bday today (#3)...can't wait for the big Bday Easter Egg Hunt tomorrow!

On the Serious Side

I was laying in bed, trying to get to sleep, my mind was racing. I was thinking of all the things I did, all the things I needed to do and all the things I have to do tomorrow then my mind quickly went to all of my blessings. Our healthy family (other than the yearly cough Kevin now has again), Kevin's wonderful job that allows me to stay at home with Hudson, and the love from our family and friends. I then thought of Hudson. He is definitely my biggest blessing so far and wow - has he changed my life. He is so precious, and I am so thankful for each day that I get to be his mommy - even those days when I feel all he does is shake his head 'no' as he does something he's not supposed to but all I want to do is laugh. My mind wandered to Our Heavenly Father and His Son and the rememberance of the upcoming Easter weekend. I thought about how much Our Lord loved His Son just as I love Hudson. I then imagined myself making the same sacrifice Our Father made and my heart ached. He sent Jesus, His Son, to walk among us, teach us and eventually die for us. If given the choice, I'm not sure I could make the same one God made. It suddenly brought all of my trivial dilemmas in life into perspective - again. If God can know and understand what it is like to give up and lose a child, He definitely understands my struggles.
A few weeks back, Andy Stanley (our pastor) talked about quiet time with God. He mentioned how most of the time we do all the talking...asking, thanking, asking...and I was convicted. God is there for me to talk to, but what if he needs to talk back? Sometimes I think it's easier for me to 'work it out on my own,' but it's not. Anything and everything should be turned over into His hands for guidance and learning. I admit, I struggle with this but hope each day I can recall how awesome His sacrifice and turn everything over to Him!

Girls Weekend

What a weekend...I was finally able to get away with the girls!! It was my first weekend away from Hudson, but I must admit, it was a little easier than I thought since he was with Kevin. Friday afternoon I headed to the lake with Allison to meet Melissa and Jodi! And for a night on the town at Lake Martin, where else do you go...but Niffer's! (For those who don't live in Auburn, a trip to Niffer's is coveted!) It was great as always - although Allison's pea-sized potato and three pieces of lettuce left something to be desired...good thing margaritas and girly snacks were back at the cabin! Most of Saturday was spent eating (of course) and scrapbooking! All of us were in desparate need and boy did we scrapbook! I finally finished Hudson's first year book!! YEA!! Now I just have all of 2007 to do! Oh, well...isn't that what Kindegarten days are for! :-)

Allison, Melissa, Me, Jodi

In grand form, we did have a little excitement...last year the fire department was called...this year...we needed a snake wrangler! Yes...SNAKE!! Jodi happened to glance outside and notice a FOUR FOOT snake right next to the window! So, what do girls do...scare it off of course! Well, no one will be calling us to "scare" off a snake anytime soon. As we start throwing things, stomping, clapping - anything - the snake slithers its way to Allison's car then under her car then UP her car!!!! After we are guaranteed the snake CANNOT get into the car from underneath, Jodi gets brave and hops in...she backs up and nothing then goes forward tapping the brakes and guess what...apparently snakes don't like bumps - he scurried from underneath the car quite quickly and into the woods!! Yea for Jodi!!

our new friend

Thanks girls for a wonderful weekend! Like I told Allison, maybe we can get away twice a year instead of only once!
And good news Lake Martin goers...water is up and beautiful.

Thursday Thoughts

So, I know most people have a "Thoughtless Thursday" but I have had one of those days. Everyone in my household woke up this morning as usual. Hudson played in our bathroom as Kevin and I got ready for the day, we then went downstairs to have a little milk and cinnamon toast. Daddy left for work then Hudson and I left for his Mother's Morning Out!! Woo Hoo...you just can't replace my Tuesday & Thursday mornings! Reason 1...I'm finally back to dancing. I am taking a ballet class with Atlanta Ballet and LOVE it!! I left class early - so I could get home to vacuum before I took a shower...and that's when the day turned!
I usually shampoo and leave in my conditioner until the end of my shower - well - sometimes I just forget to rinse it out at the end and today was one of those sometimes - so back in the shower to rinse! I pick up Hudson - who actually took a nap today - and decide to head to Dillard's - it's Clinique Free Gift & I need some Moisture Surge - if you don't know about Moisture Surge, you must try it! Well, on our way, I hear a "weird" noise from the backseat only to turn around and find Hudson non-stop throwing up! Trying to keep my cool and seeing a Babies R Us to my right, I pull in! First comes out Hudson and he is stripped naked in the middle of the parking lot! Next, the blanket, book and bunny covered in puke! I throw on his jacket (note to self - put backup clothes in the car), run into Babies R Us and buy the closest outfit - rip off the tags and throw them on the boy! Now, everyone is clean so we still head to Dillard's. But wait, this is the 2nd Dillard's I have visited b/c there was no Moisture Surge at the first and guess what...NO Moisture Surge at this one either!! Akkk!!
So, I decide, let's go get a water for the boy - I can only imagine what his mouth tastes like! And against better judgement, I just take the stroller down the escalator...Kevin does it all the time...why can't I? I'll tell you why...this escalator is the "skinny person only" escalator and the front wheel of the stroller had turned so at the bottom with escalator stairs falling under me - I'M STUCK!! The 15 seconds seemed like 15 minutes, until a lovely man came to my rescue!!! Thank you Lovely Man!
The day got better as we went to Pottery Barn Kids and found a "backup" bunny for naptime which is actually a dog!
So, here I am, about to go stain Hudson-man's rocking chair and head off to the Dunwoody UMC Consignment Sale to hopeful turn this day around! :-)

Auburn Trip

So, I know it's been like a week since we went down to Auburn but here is a little recap! We have been going to Auburn quite a bit lately b/c Kevin has been doing some recruiting for his company in the College of Engineering. He loves it, and I love visiting! After his interviews Thursday, we stuck around downtown and while Kevin and Hudson had a beer (& juice), I went shopping then we took a stroll around campus! After, we headed to the AU Baseball game! (My second favorite Auburn sport!) We only stayed for the first few innings, but we were able to see Auburn score 7 on VMI! Kevin also took Friday off and we met with a realtor - yes realtor - but don't get too excited Auburn buddies, it was for possible rental property! Or so we thought, the realtor/developer started telling us about a new development of his & it is EXACTLY what we have been looking for in Auburn! Like I mentioned, it is brand new (just been cleared) so the Phase we would be interested in building in won't be ready for another 2-4 years...PERFECT Timing! I am now really excited about our possible future in Auburn!
Anyway...we had so much fun! Here are some pics from our trip!

Mommy & Daddy hope one day I'll be wearing a Cap & Gown by this sign!

This is what I thought of Aubie - maybe it will go better during football season!

Pondering the Game

Daddy got me an Official Auburn Baseball from one of the coaches!

Daddy helped me ride Mallory's scooter

"What a Long Day!"

Blog Shout Out

So I have been looking for cute blog backgrounds (that are free) and that I don't have to totally reconstruct my page everytime I change it...and I'm so glad I blog stalk! One of my friends April had a link to such a site! This girl has cute designs and step-by-step instructions for even the most computer challenged person...here's her link...http://cutestblogontheblock.blogspot.com/! Enjoy!