Since I've Been Gone

Hi, there. Remember me? Didn't think so, since I haven't blogged since November 2011. WOW. Time to get back in the game. So, I'll give blogging another go. You're jumping out of your seat with joy, aren't you? Settle down, folks. It's just me!

A lot has happened in a year and three months. I'll spare you all of the details (holidays, birthdays, vacations, a bad haircut, the end of Gossip Girl, etc.) and cut to the chase. We had a baby! Our lives have totally changed (how cliche, right?)! But oh so true!

We were pretty surprised when we found out we were pregnant in March 2012! What an exciting year we had in store. Preparing for Baby Ford's arrival was really fun - decorating the nursery, showers, registering, swollen ankles, classes, and just so much anticipation we could hardly stand it. It was fun to spend so much time with the hubs getting ready for this next chapter!

Connor was born November 4, 2012 and weighed in at a hefty 10 pounds and 3 ounces. Our little nugget is the center of our world. Maybe I'll share my birth story later...don't worry, it's not gory. I (obviously) had a c-section since I practically gave birth to a toddler. Yes, he was holding his head up on his own in the hospital. We call him "advanced."

This was the first time I held my baby. I just can't explain the joy that was overflowing from my heart!

I love being Connor's mom. I feel like this is what I was called to do. He is a miracle, and daily I thank God for giving us this sweet, happy baby! These last few months have been the happiest of my life. Being a mom is beautiful, rewarding, exhausting and just really, really fun. I highly recommend it. And getting to do it all with Jeremy...it just doesn't get any better.

I'll stop for now, after all, it's only my first blog post in 15 months. Don't want to get too crazy.

Love,
B

OK, okay, I'm back...

After weeks, no months of virtually disappearing, I'm going to give blogging another whirl. So many of you, okay, ONE of you, demanded my comeback. So, here we go!

Since I've been gone, here is what I've been up to:

1. Attending as many LSU games as possible! Geaux Tigers! #1 team in the nation!

2. Obsessing over Pinterest. But, who isn't?

3. Spending every Friday night for the past 11 weeks with the SBS Varsity cheerleaders. Love my girls!

4. Baking, baking and more baking.

5. Reading. Most recent favorite book - The Prodigal God by Timothy Keller. LOVED!

6. Starting a diet, stopping a diet, starting a diet.

7. Jazzercising. Don't judge. It's four minutes from my house.

8. I don't miss an episode of Modern Family!

9. Celebrating with friends in the joy of their new babies! Sara, Brooke, Misty, Amy!

10. Celebrating 30th birthdays with my sweet friends - Joy in October and Kim in November.

11. Shopping, but not nearly enough!

12. J and I took a Birkman Couples Workshop at church and leaned so much about ourselves and each other. It was incredible. If you ever have the chance to take this test, do it. Totally worth the money!

13. Not blogging (obviously). Sorry...

14. Still spoiling Charley rotten! Of course!

15. Work, work, work! Blessed to work at such a great place!

I know this was short, and contained no pictures, but hey - gotta start somewhere!

Have a great week,
B

10 Reasons I Have Not Blogged

1. My 27th birthday was last week, which made me a busy girl spending time with my wonderful family and friends.
2. We hosted some our favorite couple friends in town a few weekends ago! My sweet friend Sara is newly preggers, so we had fun shopping and talking baby!
3. We went to Baton Rouge one weekend in May to cheer on the Tigers at the new Alex Box Stadium, and visit with the in-laws. We had a great time with the family. It was fun being there on a non-holiday or football game weekend!
4. I've been uber-busy at work with fun new projects: graduation, decorating our new showcase and ordering new signage for next school year. Love my job!
5. I got an iPad from Jeremy and I'm obsessed with it! I carry it everywhere, and I especially love the Kate Spade cover my girls got me for my birthday! Thanks Linds, Kim and JS!
6. House projects! I'm loving working in the yard and continuing to decorate the house. Next project: redo our master bathroom!
7. Family time! We are heading to Shreveport this weekend to see my brother and sis-in-law and their new precious baby, Elizabeth! I can't wait to meet my new niece!
8. Season finales of my shows! Most underwhelming award goes to: Grey's Anatomy and Best Finale: glee (how about the Wicked scene...made me think of you, JOY!)
9. I saw Something Borrowed - really liked it! Read the book twice and loved it both times. Pick up an Emily Giffin book if you haven't read anything from her. She's great!
10. Did I mention the iPad?

Here's to a great 27!
B

Well, hello there....

I know you don't want to hear any lame excuses about my lack of blogging lately, so I won't bore you with them. I will give you a run down, however, of what I've been up to lately, and just some of my random thoughts! Then, I'll follow up with some pics over the next few days!

- Christmas with the Adams' family (hosted here at our house) last weekend; lots of cooking, catching up and laughs!
- Christmas with J's family in Baton Rouge this week; lots of fun, gifts, parties, people and great memories! A little exhausting....
- Performed in the Really, Really Big Christmas Show at Second Baptist Church and had a blast! I'll post pictures of it, it was such a moving experience and I got to hangout with/meet really great people!
- Hosted our first Christmas Party at the house and it was SO fun! Lots of fun stories from that night, and got to show off our new casa to our friends and family!
- Training for the 1/2 marathon still (absolutely NO pictures will be posted of it) - farthest run so far is 8 miles....less than 40 days to go! Boy, is it a lot of work and time!
- Obsessed with reading on my new Kindle (I think I'll actually have my book club book read before our meeting this month!)
- Studying to get my CDL....don't laugh! Someone has to drive my cheerleaders to away games, people. I'll be spending the better part of my week, unfortunately, at the DPS.
- Also obsessed with scarves....my answer to the daily dilemma of "what necklace should I wear"
- Also majorly obsessed with the Tory Burch purse J surprised me with for Christmas! L-O-V-E it! He got lots of brownie points for that one!
- Loving the color gray this season - it just seems to go with everything!

....more to come, later.

Continued to be blessed beyond measure.
B

So, I've been MIA

I really do want to keep up blogging, not that you can tell from my absence here lately! Let me tell you where I've been, though if you know me at all, you can probably guess the first two!

1. SBS Cheer! Football season is in full swing, so that means Friday night football games, pep rallies, volleyball games and daily practices! It's been a great year so far! I'm obsessed with my 15 girls and truly feel honored to coach them daily!

2. LSU - it's been a wild ride so far (except for tonight's Auburn loss...boo)! We've had fun traveling to BR for games!

3. I'm applying for provisional membership to the Houston Junior League. Apps are due Monday and I'm finalizing my signatures today. It's quite a process!

4. Training for the 1/2 marathon! It's really changed my life & schedule. I go to bed pretty early now so that I can be up for my 5 a.m. weekday runs. It has really changed my life more than I expected - my eating schedule is different, I peak in energy earlier in the day - its been fun!! I ran a 5K this morning, which was great!

5. And, I've been sparsely keeping up with our lovely house and seeing friends and family! Excited for another 2 weekends to be in town to do more of this!

Happy Fall!
B

She's Back...

Hey Friends!

First, I'd like to give a shout out to my girl Jenna for having such a cute blog background that I was inspired to steal it and make one of my own. She's too creative for her own good :)! Thanks my BFFEAEAE!

Sorry I have neglected to blog at all lately - even during National Blog Month I didn't post one time. That's simply embarrassing people.

I've seriously been a "worry wart" lately - so much so that I cannot even sleep well at night! It's been a stressful last month or two with work and cheerleading. My precious girls are competing at their very first competition on Saturday. Please pray that all goes well. We have two days left of practice and I'm not 100% confident we will pull it together. But, they always manage to surprise me, so hopefully that's the case on Saturday!

I hate being a worrier. I read this quote the other day that said "Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere." Simply said, yet profound. It spoke to me.

I also read another quote that said "More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying them." Wow, right?

I get my quotes from @iheartquotes on Twitter. They update multiple times a day and I really like a lot of theirs.

Anyway, hopefully the next time I post it won't be with such a worried and heavy heart. It is the "most wonderful time of the year" after all, and I know that it will be!

Love,
B

Sincere Apologies...

Have I really resorted to only posting new blog entries twice a month? Seriously? That's a little embarrassing, if I do say so myself. I'm so sorry that I'm depriving all of you of the incredibly fascinating things going on in my mind and in my life....wait, never mind, nothing fascinating is actually going on. My bad.

In all seriousness, there have been a lot of things going on that have been so super heavy on my heart. I'm contemplating going back to school, so my life lately has comprised of studying and college visits. I'm not entirely sure I want to become a full-time student again. Not to sound lazy, but I'm not sure I'm up for going to school all day and then studying all night. When would I have any kind of life? I would have no balance at all. And when I don't have balance, I kind of lose it. I'm just praying that the Lord shows me the path He wants me to take and that I'm wise enough to listen to what He's saying.

I'll keep you all posted on my big decision...and by the way, I hate decisions.

XOXO-
Brittney

Where Have I Been?

I know you're puzzled - where has Brittney's Blog been lately? I'm here people, calm down...I've just been busy and reluctant to get on the computer in the evenings, what with my 7 TV shows I've got going on! Instead of giving you the boring details of the last few weeks, I'll just bullet point some highlights of my life right now!

• I'm dying to dress Charley up for Halloween as something so ridiculous that it just mortifies Jeremy - this is true love people, in its finest form! This is what I want him to be!

• My new favorite show is Glee! Has anyone else seen it? It's so awkward and absolutely hysterical! It's one of the only shows I actually watch on the night it comes on! Crazy, right?

• I cured my shopping itch last weekend by spending way too much money at the Galleria - its dangerous territory I tell you! And I plan to go back this week! Ha! But, seriously, I have NO work clothes! All my clothes are from when I graduated college and I was 30+ pounds heavier. So, I stocked up on a few new pieces, and a ridiculously expensive headband. But I needed it - I'm obsessed with girly headbands!

• I'm really excited about this weekend - no traveling for football and a weekend of fun with friends I don't get to see very often. It all starts Friday when I have lunch with my BFFE Jenna, and then Saturday night I'll be livin it up with Kim, Josh and Carl (otherwise known as the fab 4). I have really great friends!

That's about all I've got for you. I'm off to make my infamous pasta for dinner tonight. It's yummy and the easiest thing EVER!

XOXO (yes, I'll be watching Gossip Girl tonight; love me some Chuck Bass)
Brittney

Are you Following?

Hey Friends - Be one of my followers on my blog, because I only have 5 and it makes me a lil sad! Haha! Yay for new followers (hopefully)!

I'll update later this week about our trip to float the Frio this last weekend - it was a blast and we didn't get too sunburned (which is a miracle, considering everyone gets burnt floating the river)!

Love - Brittney

Why Brittney's Blog?

For months, I've wanted to start a blog. I'm not sure where the desire started - actually, I think it came from reading the Bachelor blog, and I decided, "Hey, I've got lots of fabulously random thoughts, too, I should start a blog." Besides random thoughts, I've also got opinions (who doesn't) on everything from my favorite TV shows and college football to current events and fashion. With a blog, I've got a place to collect all of the thoughts and then persuade my sweet friends to read them.

Besides, I've always loved to write. Since I can remember, I've enjoyed writing. Not all kinds of writing, though - I don't love to write about things I'm not passionate about. But, hey, when you want a career in communications, you've got to start somewhere. Hence, the stories about LNG and GTL projects, coal gasification, and technologies being developed that are beyond me. My dream is to be a writer, and actually get paid for it. Oh, the stories I would write - mostly fiction, of course.

But for now, I'll just write in my blog, and see how that goes. And I'll post about the exciting (and non-exciting) things I have going on.

Happy Reading (hopefully)!

Brittney