A Happy Mother's Day

My first official Mother's Day was great.. 

(last year I was pregger's and it was so sweet people acknowledged that)

Coach surprised me with a beautiful gift, we all made it to church together, I saw my Mom, I got somewhat of a nap, Coach grilled a wonderful dinner, and just after I got snuggled into bed, gave me the sweetest written card I think I've ever received from him. It was amazing.

I'm so thankful and blessed the Lord has trusted me with Finley, and I continue to pray for His guidance and wisdom(for Shane as well), to be able to guide her and raise her the way He would want us to. I'm so thankful for her happiness, smiles and sweet baby giggles. I'm thankful for her kisses and those hands and fingers that grab my face. I'm thankful for how her face lights up when I walk into the room. I'm thankful for the joy and happiness that shines on her face that is just so contagious you can't help but be joyful and happy as well. I'm thankful for this precious life.. such a blessing and so much more than I could have ever imagined.
I love you so much Fin!

I'm also thankful that my Mom is here with us this Mother's Day..

And also thankful for my MIL and all that she does!

She seriously was just so happy I can't help but to post almost the exact same picture as the first. Ha!

I hope every Mom out there had a blessed Mother's Day!

Merry Christmas!

Oh how I have missed this little space of mine! I've lost count but I'm pretty sure today made 3 weeks that I'm behind on Finley's posts.. but never fear because I've taken a few notes! Ha! It has been sooo busy these past few weeks and I've had a few computer probs..(which explains part of my absence) maybe Santa will bring me a trip to Apple for a little laptop fixing.
Just to catch up any sweet readers who still may be here... I've been super busy with work.. a couple weeks ago I worked Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday and the following weeks have been pretty busy with clients wanting in before Christmas. Today was my last day at work before the holidays and I am thrilled to say I'm taking some time off! (So after Christmas, if Fin decides to start taking naps again and Mommy can keep her eyes open, I'll be using that time to catch up on posts! Like I said, I've missed being here!) When I haven't been working, I've been shopping, we've had Christmas parties and I even had a family Christmas this past Sunday.. I've been staying up late late every night getting things done for Christmas.. Finley turned 5 months yesterday! I can't believe it! She's growing so fast! We've gotten a little better with solids, she's been talking up a storm, and for some reason the past few nights, she's decided that midnight is play time and she doesn't want any long naps if any at all during the day. I came home to a sleepy Daddy that was just waking up with one boot on and one boot off! Needless to say, his little girl wore him out today!
Since our Christmas cards have finally made their way to most everyone, I wanted to share our tree farm session with y'all. This was only a 15 minute session with Finley's newborn photographer and I am in LOVE with how they turned out!

Hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas filled with lots of joy and love! Enjoy the days off from work being with your family and loved ones..  even your little 4-legged babies. We are so excited about Finley's first Christmas!
Now if you'll excuse me, a Mother's work is never done.

Happy Thanksgiving // Finley's 1st // 2015

Hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving and enjoyed your families!

We have so much to be thankful for and feel super blessed with all that the great Lord has blessed us with!

One special blessing in particular is this little angel baby right here..

Friday's picture before Thanksgiving at my Grandmother's.

.. it was her 1st Thanksgiving and I think she enjoyed it! ;)

Thursday before Thanksgiving at Christine's

 We got up and got ready and got to Christine's around 12ish. Finley was asleep when we got there but woke up shortly after and just took everything all in! I wish I could read her thoughts when she's in a new place just looking around.

She was very chill being passed around and really only got fussy when she got hungry and sleepy.

Finley, you really enjoyed sitting with your Great Aunt Judy! You just took in everything she had to say.

And, of course, you and your Daddy had a conversation .. maybe about how good all the food was.

You enjoyed rocking with your Papa Ricky too!

That night we got some family pictures!

chubby cheeks!

I love Finley's facial expressions! Ha!

 We had such a great night.. and even got to hear Finley laughing.

The next day, we went to Mama Jane's ..

of course we had a photo shoot before we left

I have to admit when we pulled up in the yard, only my Mom's car and grandmother's car was there. Since we changed Thanksgiving to Friday, Pop had already left for the hunting club, Aunt Tammy had to work and didn't get there til later in the afternoon, and Kolton is still in Missouri. At least he will be here for Christmas.

Lunch was pretty much ready by the time we got there.. delicious may I add! We ate, had some coffee, Coach went outside and hung out with Ty for a little bit, and I started decorating Mama Jane's house for Christmas. Now that was fun! And, maybe a new tradition? She talked about how much she enjoyed it just being done.

We had to show Grandma Kathy how Fin Fin holds her bottle too.. So glad these two got to spend time together and that my Mom was feeling good for the most part.

Thank goodness for family photos!

And, during all the decorating Finley got tired and Gigi rocked her to sleep outside in the swing. She's such a great helper! 

Oh, and while I was getting ready that morning, I caught our little friend outside his home.. 

I have noticed him out here for some time now and he's so fun to watch.. he's been enjoying our pecans too. I hope nothing gets him because I sure do enjoy him out here on the farm!

 Pictures overload continues!

After Mama Jane's, we continued with our Thanksgiving tradition picking out our tree!

I really wanted Finley in this picture with us but she was snoozing away and I just didn't have the heart to disturb her.. we will just have to get a picture in front of the tree when it's finally decorated.