Countdown to Kickoff

So, this past Saturday Alex and I attended the Countdown to Kickoff at the pactice fields on campus. There were alot of Georgia's past football players there that play for the NFL now, and a whole bunch of the guys that are on the team now. Unfortunately, niether Knowshon Moreno or Matthew Stafford were there; and coach Richt wasn't there either - BUMMER. But, we weren't going to let that keep us from getting a whole bunch of autographs!!

Here is Alex!! - We stood in line for such a long time before they even let us inside the field. It was this crazy set up where we had to stand in one line to get a stamp on our hand and then get into another line once we got out stamp to get into the field.

Alex thinks he's so cool with his sunglasses... :)

Alex with Thomas Brown. Look at his little belly pooching out!! :)Here we are with David Green - yes.... it is really him!! There was this HUGE line to get autographs from previous players and he was the first one the line went through - well, we weren't in the line... there was this lady there serving as like the "line gaurd" and she totally pushed us in front and THEN she offered to take our picture with him!!! AWESOME!

...and not only that, but there was this camera guy walking around shotting video for georgiadogs.com and we checked later and we are totally on the video standing there with David Green!!

I got Kregg Lumpkins autograph on our helmet... he was so NICE!! Throughout the whole time they were out there signing, the guys would switch out and some would be doing autographs while others would be taking a breather... I think out of all the guys out there he was the only one who wouldn't say no to autograph. The rest of the guys would just walk away when their time was up... not Kregg. He stood there until he was dragged away!

At first, they had it set up where there were groups of guys all in one place and they had people standing in line to get like four or five autographs/pictures at a time. NOT a good idea - until they spread the players out, this is was the lines looked like -and there were other lines that were even longer! It was unimaginable and the heat was unbearable. I wanted to KILL Alex for making me go. I thought I was going to die. Fortunately, the clouds came out for us and blocked that hot, hot sun! It cooled down quite a bit after that. They also had free water and new flavors of powerade out for everyone, which definitely helped.

This was Alex's football and on this half are just some of the signatures he got. 14 to be exact.This is one side of Alex's helmet - I got all the signatures on this one - 17 to be exact. I WIN!!

Alex at the G right before we left. He is so excited about all his autographs. Though at first it was a miserable time, it was really cool to meet some of the previous players and ones are that on the team now. They seem so much bigger when you see them playing on the field or on T.V. and in person some of them were the same size as me!! ...except, with muscles and stuff...

This was a really awesome experience.

Stone Mountain

Ok... for those of you who have prevoiously read the last post, I want to apologize for the light pink font color. I didn't realize it would be so hard to read. I have changed it - and I promise I won't use that color again!!!

So, on Friday our good friends Jared and Katy invited us to go to the Stone Mountain laser show. It had been a really long and stressful week, Alex and I both having several things to do for summer classes were really exhausted and we actually thought about not going. BUT, we hadn't hung out with Jared and Katy for a long time and we thought it might be something fun and relaxing to do after such a crazy week.
Jared and Katy picked us up around seven and we headed out to see the show. Along the way we stopped to get something for dinner. ~ let me just break off here and ask, those of you who have been pregnant or are pregnant, does it seem like people are always trying to make you pick where to eat?! ... becuase EVERYONE does that to me! ~ so anyway, they wanted me to pick where we stopped. Katy picked KFC because I couldn't decide and I am just tired of picking!! :)
After going inside and then debating on whether we should go somewhere else, we finally ordered - and it was pretty good choice. I must say that truly I am not really a KFC person, but I will admit that after going the other night I would probably go again - to a nice one.
After we were all full, we got back on the road and made it to Stone Mountain in no time! We walked for what seemed like miles, before we finally got to a great spot - it just happened to be in the smoking section - YUCK. It wasn't too bad - I mean, people weren't smoking the whole time and there was a breeze so the smoke didn't linger.
The show finally got started and WOW - because we were sitting so close to the front it was really LOUD. I hope Avery isn't going to be scared of loud sounds/fire works once he's born!! The show was really good; but it seemed to be over so fast. Afterwards we gathered all of our stuff and trecked back to the car.
On the way home we decided we wanted some ice cream and we luckily found a baskin and Robins that was open till 11:59.... but when we went up to the door to try and go inside it was LOCKED!! What?!? We looked inside and the Indian lady working there kept motioning for us to go in the drive thru - we didn't understand. No where was there a sign that said the inside wasn't open and the drive thru was - in fact, the neon sign on the door was lit up and it said OPEN!! Well, this made us a little angry and we decided that because we couldn't go inside, we weren't getting ice cream there! So we ended up going to McDonalds :)
Pretty soon we were back in Athens and the Reeves were dropping us off at our door! I am so glad we got to go. Thanks for inviting us, Jared and Katy!

Here are the pictures!

Katy and I before the show started!

Alex and Jared trying to dance....

Just a few of the pretty fireworkes!!

The mountain at night time... awwJared and Katy, dancing after the show... how sweet!

July Fourth Weekend

Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures for this post but I wanted to tell about our relaxing holiday weekend! Since we both had off work, Alex and I wanted to take a short trip for the weekend. Of course the most obvious place is Orlando since our family owns a condo there; we never have to pay for a place to stay - which can often be on the expensive side. We had pretty much decided to go, however my car recently had to be fixed and we pretty much used the little bit of extra money we had saved up to fix it. :(
We were sure we wouldn't be able to take our trip because of the vehicle mishap. Luckily, Alex's parents had also thought about going to Florida for the weekend as well, so we decided we would just go together. It was really nice - Alex and I didn't have to drive the eight hour trip - we just relaxed in the back of his moms expedition, watched movies, and took cat naps! I was able to work in the morning on Thursday so we left just after lunch time and got to Celebration around nine thirty. With such a long trip we were all really tired and just crashed - BUT, it was nice to get there on Thursday so that we could have two whole days to spend doing whatever we wanted.
On the Fourth, Alex and I just hung out till about noon and then we decided to head out to the pool. Since it is right across the street from the condo we didn't have to go far!! There were so many people at the pool it was unreal, but the water felt so nice - it made me miss having a pool in the back yard. We stayed at the pool for a few hours and then we decided we should head back and start getting ready to go out for dinner. That night Alex's parents treated up to Logans Roadhouse - which was SO yummy! Afterwards we headed back to Celebration where they were having a free concert and fireworks. It wasn't a long show but they were really pretty. It was a pretty eventless day, but after going to class and work everyday it was a nice break!
On Saturday morning the whole family got up and after breakfast we went to downtown Disney and went through all the shops. We found some REALLY cute things for the baby, but decided we would hold out until the next time we were in town. After walking around for a couple of hours we got some lunch at the Earl of Sandwich and it was super yummy! But it was so packed we had two or three people waiting for our table before we were even ready to get up. When we were finally finished we cleaned up our table and let the people waiting fight it out - we got back to the car and headed for the condo. Alex and I suited up as soon as we got back and went down to the pool for another day of sun. There weren't nearly as many people there as on Friday, so we stayed a little bit longer the day before and boy it was interesting.
This little girl and her aunt came to the pool - she was about eight or nine years old. She literally walked around the pool singing at the top of her lungs while dancing and stopping every few seconds to play her air guitar. When she didn't get a response from anyone she proceeded to go right outside the gates of the pool to crash a 50th Anniversary party. We could hear her from there, singing Hannah Montana and Hillary Duff songs at the top of her lungs for those poor old people who were trying to celebrate 50 years together!! :)
After the pool we took showers and went to dinner at a little place in downtown Celebration called Marketstreet Cafe - where Alex and I ate dinner the night he proposed... so, we have to go there and eat everytime we are in town. After dinner Alex and I went and played putt putt golf at a new place that opened up close to Celebration. Alex won, of course, but I got two holes in one!! YAY. Hey, that is a big accomplishment. It was a nice night out and a whole lot of fun - which we havent been able to have in a long time.
Sunday began with a long long ride home, unpacking the car in the rain and then going straight to my parents house for dinner. It was kind of a crazy ending to a relaxing weekend.
We are really greatful that we were able to still go and be able to enjoy ourselves for a few days before the July session of school started. Now it's back to work and back to school... I can't wait till the next holiday!!

HELP!!

Okay... So, Alex and I have been trying to figure out when to go and register for our baby stuff... Now, there are things that I know we have to have and there are things that are just fun to have. But, we have really been debating because we know that there is always stuff that you get and NEVER, ever use for anything; not to mention when you go to register they try and talk you into all those unnecessary items, and being a first time parent you're not really sure whether you may or may not use them - and to be honest, we don't have the extra space to store all those things we won't even be using..... So, I decided it might be a good idea to post a blog and enlist the help of you guys who currently have little ones.

I am hoping that you can leave me some comments and let me know about those baby things that everyone seems to get, but no body seems to use... and, maybe some of those 'life saver' things you think you'd never need!!

Any and all advice will be greatly appreciated!

Baby Boy

Last Friday, we had a big day at the doctor! We had an ultrasound and they checked out all of our baby's organs to make sure everything was on track with growth. We also got to find out what the baby's sex was.... We are having a boy! We had decided that whatever it was we were going to be happy... but I think that Alex is oretty excited, and I have to admit that I always imagined having a boy first. I won't lie... I can't wait to have a little girl - so that I can put her in cute little clothes and fix her hair!! But boys are so much fun. We are really happy. So.... here are just a few of the pictures they put on a CD for us to take home of our growing baby!!

Here are his little footsies!! They are SO cute - He has ten toes... YAY!
This is our baby boys spine. It is just so amazing...
Here he is!! His little tummy and his face. How precious.

Now we just have to get started on finding a new place to live and making sure that we have everything we need for the new baby. We can't wait to meet him!!

Blue Ridge Anniversary

So, this past Memorial Day weekend was our One Year Anniversary. YAY….. Wow, it doesn’t even seem like it has been that long. But, we made it through our first year. They say the first is the hardest…. but it didn’t really seem that hard. I guess that’s a good sign!
I know it’s a little strange to take family vacation for your anniversary, but my family goes on a vacation Memorial Day weekend every year since I can remember. Alex and I kind of ruined it for them last year when we decided to get married on that weekend. :( So, this year they invited us and we went to the Blue Ridge Mountains and stayed in a Cabin. It was a really nice cabin, three bedrooms - two stories with a basement, so we all basically had our own little space. My family left Thursday afternoon, and we left on Thursday night after work and made it there around nine. We spent the evening hanging out, watching TV, and enjoying our surroundings.
Friday was a pretty low key day. We went and checked out Downtown Blue Ridge - and walked through the little shops for a few hours and then went to the grocery store. Then we had to get back to the cabin to start dinner. That night we enjoyed some delicious barbeque!! But, we had to be careful not to leave anything outside… or else the neighborhood bear might have paid us a little visit!! Yes, there was a bear…. We didn’t actually see him, but we did see his claw marks all over the chained up garbage cans and pictures of him in the cabin information book!! That night we played games and enjoyed eachothers company. They had a pool table downstairs and we played a lot of that; my sister also brought her playstation and we played Buzz - which is kind of like a game show, and SingStar - which is a karaoke game. It was so much fun - even though we couldn't convince Alex or my dad to sing!!

on Saturday, everyone except me and my mom went white water rafting. My mom and I went back to downtown Blue Ridge because they had this art festival on Saturday and Sunday. It was pretty cool, kind of like the fall festival that they have in Watkinsville - but, mostly sort of artsy stuff like paintings and woodwork. Most everything was way out of our price range, but we did get these really cool wind chimes that were made out of old wine bottles!! I was really excited because I've been wanting a wind chime for our porch, but I haven't been able to find one that I really like at a reasonable price. These were awesome, and not expensive at all!! After walking around for such a long time, our feet were SO tired. We decided to go and get some lunch. ~ That night, we were all so tired that we just decided to eat left overs and play games and be lazy!

On Sunday, it was mine and Alex's anniversary and my parents wanted to do something that'd be fun for us since I couldn't go rafting the day before. It came down to us all taking a canoe ride down the river. We called a couple of places that were closed, but finally we found a fairly new place that looked like it might be promising. We got there, and got everything in order for our trip and they talked us into taking kayaks instead of canoes. Alex and I were stoked about kayaking, and my dad and sister decided to try one too. So, we paid, parked our car at the finishing point and the guys dropped us into the river upstream. Kayaking was So much fun!!!! ...Until we flipped out of our kayak! Actually, flipping out the first time was pretty fun; the water was insanely cold, but it was so hot outside it felt good. After Alex and I flipped out the first time we got back in and tried to get back on course... but we were off balance, a good current came and BAM we were in the water again!! My dad and sister were getting a kick out of us falling out of our boat and they kept telling us they got the one that was "tip proof" - NOT!! ~~ It was probably a good thing we were traveling separately, because when one of our boats tipped we would loose everything and the other boat would have to collect belongings!! :) so... basically we all kept falling out of our kayaks and collecting eachothers stuff! We couldnt figure out why this was happening.... the guys kept yelling at us, we yelled back - and it seemed like we might have been doomed from the start. Before long, we realized that we were retaining water in the inside of our boats and we had to pull over and drain them!!! After the draining process, we all got back inside and we started going really good. Alex and I felt like we were back in the groove!! My dad and sister were coming along behind us; but soon we realized that they were stopped... ~~ We were to about the half way mark and we had already been in the water for about three hours on a trip that is supposed to take about two - all the way down. We figured out that my dad and sister's boat was taking in even more water; so, we all decided to just stop there and have the guys come and pick us up. Turns out, both the boats we had rented had holes in the bottom - it would have only gotten worse if we had kept going!! Needless to say, my dad made sure we all got our money back.. ... Even though, it was a terrible trip down a very low river - we shared some laughs on behalf of eachothers mishaps, we all got wet, I got a good story for my blog, Alex and I decided we want a kayak (free of any holes!), and all in all it was fun!!

That night, we went out to dinner at a Longhorns in town and had a really nice time together. It was our last night at the Cabin and we decided to have a pool tournament - kind of. After such an exciting day, Alex and I were pretty much dead the second our heads hit our pillows!! Monday we drove two hours home and spent the rest of our day laying on the couch watching TV. :)

Even though Alex and I spent our anniversary weekend with family - it turned out to be a really good time! Thanks, mom and dad,



** I'll add pictures as soon as I get them!

We Hate Dallas

So…. Our trip home was yet another amazing adventure. We came home on Sunday night. Our flight from Salt Lake City left around 4 in the afternoon and the flight itself wasn’t too bad; but, we decided to get to the airport early so that we wouldn’t have to pay for a whole extra day on our rental car when we were only going to have it for an extra hour. Because out west the airports have security checkpoints at each terminal you get through a lot quicker. That left us sitting and waiting for about three hours.
We couldn’t get internet and we didn’t bring any movies to watch…. So we found this sports bar place and we sat and ate an appetizer and watched a basketball game. Not an incredibly bad time.
As I said, the flight itself wasn’t terrible… except for the fact that we had to sit all the way in the back of the plane - and I believe the back is where you feel bumps the most! We got to Dallas and after a bathroom run we checked the flight boards and what do you know… Our flight was DELAYED. We had already had a bad experience at the DFW Airport and this one wasn’t starting out any better. So, we got to Dallas around 6:30 and we were supposed to have a two and a half hour layover and leave for Atlanta around ten. Since our flight was delayed we ended up having about a five hour layover and would not leave Dallas until almost 11:30. This wouldn’t have actually been that bad, except that Alex’s parents had agreed to pick us up in Atlanta. With our layover, they would be picking us up around 2 am. We felt terrible… much to our surprise, they weren’t mad and they still came!! YAY… :)
We decided to find a nice place to eat since we would be around for a while - we thought we’d make the most of the situation and go for a date night… haha, at an airport restaurant! Luckily, DFW has a TGI Friday’s on every terminal and since we don’t have one in Athens we thought it was a pretty good choice. On our way to our terminal, Alex saw some soccer players coming past us. “Hey,” he says, “those are professional soccer players… the LA Galaxy.” I reply by mentioning the name… you know, his name. “I wonder if we’ll see him,” I say. As we get to the Friday’s we see a couple more groups of two or three players walk by… he wasn’t with them. While we wait to be seated, I see three more player walking towards us and about five police officers behind them… “I bet he’s in that group,” I say to Alex and as we stand there… waiting … watching… we see him - David Beckham. Where was my camera when I needed it?! Of course he walks by and about five minutes later we see so many people running by, even our waitress left the restaurant and ran down to his gate. This is insane - I kept saying. And finally, Alex decides he wants to take the camera and go down to try and get a picture.
He stays gone for about ten minutes. When I see him walking back up he doesn’t look very happy… we make eye contact - and he shakes his head. I can already tell there is a story. He sits down and tells me that he didn’t get the picture. “I pushed through all these people who were just standing there and go in a line with the camera. The lady in front of me asked me to take a picture of her son getting his autograph and then I even took a second picture of her and her son with him. After I finished, the cop said ‘Alright people, its been fun but that’s enough’ then he went into a corner and a whole bunch of cops surrounded him.” Alex was so upset he wasn’t even hungry. He just kept saying how he didn’t understand that the police officer sat there and watched him take pictures for that lady and then turned him away. He wouldn’t even eat because he was so mad. I thought it was a little bit funny, but I felt really bad for him. I just thought it was dumb that he didn’t take a picture of the guy while he was standing there… instead he was waiting to take a picture with him.
So, we ate and we went and say at our gate and Alex stayed mad the whole time. He tried to get on the internet - he couldn’t - that made him even more mad. He couldn’t get on the internet, so he decided to play games on the computer and after about two minutes the battery died - that made him even more mad. I finally just left him alone and went walking around the airport. Everything was closed, so I went to the bathroom and walked back to my poor angry husband, who apologized for not acting nice. And, in not too much longer we finally got to leave! We made it home and Alex’s parents were waiting for us in Atlanta. It seemed like forever before we got home but once we did it felt so nice to sleep in our own bed!! If we learned one thing from our trip out west…. It was that we’ll NEVER, EVER ….. schedule a connecting flight in DALLAS!!