Blessed Abundantly!!!

I've always heard the saying that sometimes "God just shows up and shows out"!!!! For some who are unfamiliar with that saying and/or meaning it just means that there are moments in your life that it's becomes unbelievable but in a GREAT way! Now I've always had a pretty charmed life but I must say once I met and married my husband it was love like I've never ever experienced in my life. I mean "ALL IN" kind of love, no holding back, no plan Bs or Cs...just unfiltered no back-up plan having love. Once I let go of my inhibitions, God showed up and showed out!!

Now here we are 3 years into our marriage and almost 5 years together (in February) and we are experiencing some major highs! A lot of first time joys. A few weeks back I posted about something I wasn't disclosing yet. No it's not pregnancy but hey after all this wonderfulness it may be next be the next great surprise!

Most of you know about Tommy's NY project and how he didn't take that promotion but ended up being promoted here. Well once we knew we were remaining in Texas I was ready to house-hunt again. We went out with our realtor/friend Dori Warner to look at four houses. No luck until the LAST house on the FIRST day back out. Found the cutest 1940's bungalow, updated but still had it's original hardwoods and all the charm of an older home. That included but it no means limited to pocket doors, crystal door knobs and in wall mail slot just to name a few! Simply Darling!!! I looked at my husband and said "Babe, I WANT it"! The very next day was our anniversary and after the spa but before dinner we put an offer on it. The next day it was accepted. We got a GREAT deal!! We did a 45 day close and a 2 week lease back to the sellers. That 2 weeks is up on Friday and we can take possession of the house on Saturday the 20th (but they may move sooner)! I have told most of my friends and Tommy's family knows but NONE of my family knows! I will tell my immediate family on Saturday the 20th and I'm sooooooooooooooooo stinking excited it's unreal!!!

The Plan: My family loves to hang out and one of the things we enjoy is piling in the SUV and going to lunch and doing some house-admiring! We look at open homes, model homes, condos, etc! So this coming Saturday I told my mom we are having "family day" and to meet us at our apartment at 11am. I haven't told them what we are going to do yet but once they are here I'm going to tell them that we are going to do some house-admiring, lunch and hit the city lighting ceremony for the holidays! Only when once we pile into the SUV the first open house we are going to will be OUR HOUSE!!!!!! We'll take them in and I'll be like TA DAAAAAAAAAA this is our home!!!!!! My mom will probably cry or something! lol We have lots of furniture being delivered that day, new tvs, mattresses, dining table ya know all the bells and whistles. While the guys handle that, I'll take my mom and sis with me to shop for accessories, curtains, rugs, etc (we all live for shopping)!!! It's going to be a family thing...something everyone will always remember. A super cute surprise of being apart of our first day in our first home!

Besides that blessing- everything is just falling into place...the home is in the area we want to be in, we purchased a new car the other day b/c we only had one since I worked and lived downtown, after years working on our credit it is FABBBBB, we were able to find and purchase furniture with no problems. That amongst a million other things have just been coming together wonderfully! We are soooooo excited it's unreal! We have been wanting to get our first home for a while now but it was always something from the possibility of moving to NY or ATL, once we lost a bid on a house while in the middle of the carribean in St. Lucia! Just random drama! Now we see it was God saving and directing us to something more tailored for our lives! Like I said just Blessed Abundantly!

I'll let y'all know how the home reveal goes! I have A LOT to do this week!

My weekend, Trick or Treating and November Already!

Boy did we have a kid-packed weekend!!!! OMG!! My 17 yr old sister and 3 yr old nephew came over Friday for the entire weekend. Then on Saturday afternoon my 7 month old TEETHING god-son came over for the night. Let's just say it was the most un-relaxing weekend ever!!!!! Noise, noise, crying, screaming and whining! Ow!

It turned around on Sunday though b/c all the kids went back to their rightful owners!!! Sunday night we went trick or treating with my nephew and family in my mom's neighborhood. He was Batman and he was both super excited and afraid at the same time! ha ha I'm sure going to hate when he outgrows this age! It's just the cutest sweetest thing ever!

I can't believe it's November already! Thanksgiving is in 3 weeks and before we know it Christmas will be here!! What the heck happened to October??!!! I'm just amazed how quick the year passed! It'll be 2011 in a matter of minutes! I can't wait to see what next year has in store!

My nephew on every Halloween so far- (except 2007 he was only 10 months old and his costume was Spiderman. He took professional pics that yr since he was too young for trick or treating)

KEY AS BATMAN (2010)


KEY AS A BOXER (2009)


KEY AS THE LIL STINKER (SKUNK) (2008)

Where has the time gone!

Time obviously got away from me so let me do a quick update-

Nothing on the fertility front. I've been getting lots of messages and questions about our timeline. It looks as though we will be waiting until next year for sure. Right now we have other things on the horizon. Starting a family is still priority but in order to relieve some stress we agreed to move it back. Tommy's schedule is crazy right now with all the growth in his company and next month he will start traveling again. It's the price we must pay due to his promotion. We are blessed beyond comprehension so we have accepted that our time-line may not be God's. I will update you guys as soon as we start back on the fertility wagon. Thanks for your concern, support and all of your wonderful stories.

In other news:

I started my second boot camp last week and guess what?! My hubby joined!! Turns out he really loved getting his azz kicked on friends/family week last month! We go to some classes together but I'm a morning chick and he prefers evenings. I also put my self on repeat registration for the next 6 months! I'm hoping to see some killer results!!

We've been on a super-tight budget but my hubby managed to get us to a Cowboys game two weeks ago and to a Rangers play-off game last Saturday. I'm a sports chick so I was thrilled!!! I love the energy of professional sports and going to games is always a treat for me. This Saturday I'm going to see Anjelah Johnson at House of Blues and to dinner with some friends. For those who do not know Anjelah- she's freaking hilarious. I was introduced to her through this clip below and I've loved her every since! I can't wait to see her live!!

This is an oldie but goodie and it'll have you yelling "SEKURITYYYYY"!!

Gladiator Games 2010

Saturday the hubs and I competed in Gladiator Games which was basically a fitness challenge event put on by my boot camp. It consisted of a 5K, exercise stations, obstacle course and other competitive events. It was super challenging but very very fun and rewarding. Oh and it just so happened that I ran my best time in the 5K! It was 36.28 and I seriously believe I could have done better but my shoes are horribleeeeeeee!! I was just hoping those bad boys wouldn't fall apart while I was running! lol So yes new shoes are on the horizon! I can't wait to do more events like this with my husband. We really enjoyed all the activities! Here's to a happier, healthier and more challenging life-style! Live Life Adventurously!

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Taking Care of Business

Today was a longgggggg day! I got up bright and early so I could make 6:45 boot camp. It was weight day and it was brutal! OMG everything on me aches! It's a good pain though. Only 2 more days to go in this camp. I plan on going tmrw morning at 6am and Saturday morning at 9am. My goal is to get in 5 times this week! Wish me luck.

After boot camp I hit the grocery store and that was a task being that I was tired! I'll tell you what though you know how ppl say not to go to the grocery store when you are hungry bc you buy any and everything? Well it's the total opposite when you go to the store AFTER a hard work-out! lol You buy nothing but fruit, veggies, salad, yogurt and other healthy items! I think I'll do that from now on!

After my work-out and errands. I came home and hit the shower and got dressed for the day bc hubby and I had business to take care of. It was pretty much an all day thing from like 9-3. After we got home we got in the bed and snuggled and just talked before he headed off to work. As we were snuggled up it just hit me how in love we are. I just really genuinely enjoy my husband. When we spend time together it is just so apparent how much we truly enjoy each other's company. Married for 3 wonderful years and together for almost 5 (nxt February). I've never been happy like this before and it is truly effortless.

We have some big things on the horizon and I'm just so happy to be able to share them with my amazing husband. Sometimes he just makes me swoon :-)