HAPPY day!

at 03/09/10 7:58AM *

Happy Happy Day, everyone!

In honor of Kelsey on her birthday, many are celebrating today with happiness. Because of that, I just want to write a list of the many reasons (both small and large) that I have to smile right now, today.

The weather is gorgeous. Spring is definitely on its way! Celebrate new life.

Waking up to a smiling baby. Even if I want to sleep in a little, seeing him looking at me with his big smile completely melts my heart.

Hearing Brea yell “Mommy love you!” without being prompted.

Andy working a few day shifts each week. I love it!

Good health, plenty of healthy things to eat, and having time to work out every day.

My family; even though some live so far away, I know they love me and I love them.

The scale going down, though slowly, and the inches going down even faster!

All of my friends. It’s just comforting to to come online any time I want and read what is on their mind or drop a quick note.

Still being madly in love with the man of my dreams, goofing off with him until we both can barely speak for laughing so hard.

Listening to Brea talk. She’s so talkative now, learns new things every day, and is almost always so cheerful! Even when she announces sternly “I’m mad!”

Those moments in a crazy, hectic or busy day when I stop and look around at everything and realize: my life is amazing. Perfect. Beautiful.

There’s so much more, but Brea is ready for breakfast so I really need to go for now.

Tell me, why are YOU happy today??

Why am *I* happy today? Cuz it's mah b-day! :D :D :D

by stranger_yet at 03/09/10 8:36AM
Today, because it was a good day with the twins I nanny :)

by be_with_me_lord at 03/09/10 6:24PM
Love this post :-) I am thankful and happy that my hubby has a good job!

by kiss_the_rain at 03/12/10 11:55AM

First time to post since Rand was born! wow!

at 01/02/10 5:18PM

Hey everyone! Sorry it's taken so long. I've just been keeping myself busy with two little ones.
It's been REMARKABLY easy! Brea absolutely loves her little brother and when he settles in for the night he'll sleep 6 hours straight nearly every night. The transition has been so smooth!

There have been some emotional times.. it took a little while for Andy to get adjusted to another baby in the family and not having all the free time together that we generally had, and it's taken a little while for me to get used to my sleep getting cut a little short again.
Sometimes though, I feel like I need to rant a little bit.
I'm 21 years old. I'm pretty sure I'm still what you'd call young.
Just because I might be a little too busy to do something doesn't mean I wouldn't like to at least be invited. Because there could be some days (and there have been my share) that I've been stuck here at home (one vehicle, Andy working evenings..) that I've been in tears just wishing I could have some kind of interaction with humans that know more than 20 words of the english language.
I hate feeling left out. :(
It can't be because it would be too much trouble with the babies... Rand sleeps all the time and Brea is incredibly well behaved.
It's just as though now that I'm a mommy I just wouldn't enjoy company of people my own age or even younger? Even older.. It's hard sometimes hearing all these plans and things going on with people I know and wishing I could have gotten an invitation. I'm not a party crasher, and I'm not about to ask 'hey can I come along..?' when it's obvious that I haven't been considered to invite. That just seems rude and defeats the purpose: I don't want to be somewhere I am not really wanted to be at, you know?
It just really, really stinks to feel left out and ignored.
Just a reminder for any of you baby-less younger people... just because someone has babies doesn't mean they don't appreciate your company or wouldn't like to just enjoy themselves upon occasion. Don't leave them out, please!!
Sorry if this turned out to be rant..

In other news, Rand is now 11 pounds! All the nurses were amazed to see how BIG he is. haha I forget how long he is... I know he's over 21 inches now. He picks his head up so well and looks around, when he's awake he's always trying to look at everything. We love him a lot! ;)

I think I'm going to jump off the computer for now. I don't have my cellphone with me in the evenings, so if you ever wanna talk, send me a message via here or facebook, if you'd like!

Love to all! ♥

One happy momma ♥

I am thankful having C has not changed our social life much. I am sorry you are getting left out. Maybe you can invite a younger girl over for an evening. She will get a chance to help with your babies and after they are asleep you can have some girl time.

I'm on google chat ALL the time if you want to get on there. Sarah and I talk ALL the time! Ha!

by eehiabehia at 01/02/10 9:23PM
He's growing well!

by be_with_me_lord at 01/02/10 9:35PM
So glad baby boy sleeps better for you- Lehia had some good ideas :)

by kiss_the_rain at 01/05/10 9:59AM
As far as what Lehia said: as long as the girl likes babies, she'll be having a good time too! :-P I know I have when I tag along with Lehia and C to go shopping and such!

by sweetgirl_103 at 01/05/10 1:42PM
Aw. I'm sorry I didn't come to visit you as often as I should have when I was at home.

by southernpoet87 at 01/07/10 12:15PM
I felt the same way as you so you are not alone! I cried and cried when my first (and only at that time) was almost a year old. I was still new to the state that I live in and my phone never rang. Ever. I had nothing to do and my husband worked two jobs (he left at 2:30am and got home at 6:15pm with a 30 minute lunch in there) and he worked Saturdays. So I was alone. A lot. It has taken me over 7 years to get some-what adjusted to my new life in another state and I'm still adjusting. Some of us need more interaction than others and some are fine with going about their daily routine with their children and some need to get out and conversate a lot more. I NEED interaction on almost a daily basis. But, that really involved me being the one to constantly plan things and be the organizer and email/call/text others to create a life for myself. Be the instigator and hopefully others will follow suit. Good luck!!!

by erica03 at 01/11/10 2:04PM
I'm glad you are all doing well, I'm sorry about the being left out but if it makes you feel any better, I get left out of things all the time and I have no children I just work part time and only see my boyfriend on the weekends but I don't get invited to stuff either, never have but I feel the same way in that I'm not about to invite myself along somewhere when I'm not wanted. I hope your week goes wonderful Kimmi. : )

by kuriaeiren at 01/12/10 9:37AM

Rand Luther Cravens

at 11/29/09 9:50AM

Rand Luther Cravens
November 24, 2009
11:56am

8 pounds 13 ounces
20 inches long

We love our little man!!!!!!
♥

:)

by verny_mack at 11/29/09 11:42AM
He's got so much hair! :)

by palindrome90 at 11/29/09 2:14PM
So precious!

by singforjoy at 11/29/09 4:33PM
Congrats!

by stranger_yet at 11/29/09 6:24PM
He's darling!! Congratulations!

by onelittlecandle at 11/30/09 4:11AM
Look at my gorgous nephew! I can't wait to be back home next weekend. Love You!

by southernpoet87 at 11/30/09 12:50PM
Precious!

by be_with_me_lord at 11/30/09 1:21PM
Absolutely precious!! Congrats Kimi!

by missynopet at 11/30/09 3:35PM
He's precious! Congratulations!

by mommarn at 11/30/09 5:32PM
He is adorable!!! CONGRATS!!!

by scbrewer at 12/01/09 7:46PM
He is a beautiful baby!

by towelhead at 12/05/09 7:14PM
Congrats :) Hes very cute

by notperfectjustme at 12/14/09 5:54PM
ewwwwww...i mean awwwwwwwwwwwww

by pyro9 at 12/16/09 1:06PM
adorable:]

by i_am_a_sheep at 12/18/09 8:51PM
Hey I came across your blog and just wanted to say congratulations on your little baby boy. He looks so precious.

by Nikki_09 at 12/21/09 3:02PM
He's BEAUTIFUL!! Congrats to you all!!! Love ya girl!! **HUGS**

by Gods_Country_Girl at 12/21/09 10:56PM
Wow! Congratulations! :) What a sweetie pie! And little Brea has grown up so much! :)

by sararschick at 12/26/09 8:24PM

08/14/09 7:48AM

It's a BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!

FIRST COMMENT! YAY ITS A BOY!

Or....is it a trap? lol

by stranger_yet at 08/14/09 8:03AM
WOOHOO!!!

by curlie at 08/14/09 8:07AM
Veronica Cook LOVES this post!
And you! :)

by verny_mack at 08/14/09 8:21AM
'It?" I find that offensive to the little he-man growing inside your tummy. :P

by Mercy_Rush at 08/14/09 8:27AM
Oh, I'm so excited for you all.

by Solnushka at 08/14/09 8:42AM
Yay! :)
It's always nice to have one boy and one girl :)))
Hope your doing welllll :)))

by ladymustang_08 at 08/14/09 9:01AM
woohoo!!!

by firebolt at 08/14/09 9:59AM
ALRIGHT!!!! Boys are so much fun!!!!! Congrats :)

by mommaroush at 08/14/09 11:44AM
Congrats!!

by jenuso at 08/14/09 11:57AM
WOOHOO!

by scbrewer at 08/14/09 2:36PM
Aww!! Congrats! :)

by palindrome90 at 08/14/09 5:31PM
this is the first time I've been wrong in a long while!!!

by spinningbee at 08/14/09 5:49PM
So happy for you!

by mommarn at 08/15/09 5:12AM
that's great...
i'm happy for you:)

by runforrest at 08/15/09 8:33PM
darn i guessed wrong... oh well, CONGRATS!!

by treys1991 at 08/17/09 9:33AM
AWww! Congratulations! :) I'm so happy for you. :)

And, thanks, by the way!

by abbey at 08/17/09 1:39PM
Ahh, no...you rock way more than I!!
And yes...we should talk soon!! Maybe we'll catch eachother on FB sometime soon...

by verny_mack at 08/18/09 9:57AM
WOW!!!
haha nice:]

by i_am_a_sheep at 08/18/09 8:31PM
yay boys are beautiful, as girls are ...but yay right now for YOUR boy who is on the way!

by sarahpet at 08/20/09 6:20PM

08/13/09 4:17PM

*

Wow!

I fully expected to update sooner than this.. but I guess it's better late than never!

This past week has been incredibly busy. I think we've been out doing some sort of errand every day this week. Although I really hate Andy lost a whole day of work, it sure was nice to have him off two days in a row and know I get him another day on Saturday! I've so missed spending time with him. This was the first really good time we've spent together since I've gotten home!

I got home from Kentucky about two weeks ago, I think. Already seems like it's been longer! :( Brea keeps looking for memaw and pepaw, gathering toys and asking us to please take her 'bye bye'! Thankfully webcam and phone calls have been keeping us together lately. I sure do miss seeing them all the time, though! :( And Brea and Andy definitely does, too.

Tuesday evening we went to a town hall meeting about Obamacare. Imagine this: there were no pitchfork carrying mobsters! In fact, the one person who kept causing problems was someone in favor of the bill screaming at our representative that he was telling falsehoods, and eventually had to be escorted out by the sheriff until she calmed down. Andy and I think she was a plant from Acorn. ;)
Anyway, it was REALLY good. I really like Paul Broun and want to do some studying into how he has voted in the past. He seems like a really great conservative man to have on our side.

Tonight I went out on a limb and made something new, and it turned out really GOOD! At Sams Club we bought this big strip of uncut tenderloin. Thanks to this site and Andy's help reading off the directions to me from the laptop, we were able to learn how to cut it. We ended up with a meal of small strip steaks, some stew meat, and 5 meals of... filet mignon!
I read up on all the tips online and ended up searing it in a skillet with rosemary, garlic, and butter. I left out the onions and mushrooms since I know Andy wouldn't eat them, and I wouldn't eat the onions, most likely, and stuck with the simple flavors. It was AMAZING. Not bragging. Just, I love steak. And the crusty top, garlic, and rare middle (Andy's was less so since he likes well done steaks, but I always eat them as rare as possible) was sooooo good.
We also had some blue cheese potatoes. But instead of putting them in potato shells as we'll be doing for friends on Saturday, I just made them like mashed potatoes. There wasn't enough time to actually bake them, and I didn't want to make them in the microwave.
Anyway, I'm pretty happy about it. Except for helping momma while in Kentucky it seems like it's been so long since I've cooked! We've been so busy these past few weeks to a month everything was something quick thrown together. We haven't enjoyed a meal like this in a long time. (We also had corn and garlic bread.)
Andy left the apartment saying he was going to be bragging about dinner to everyone at work for the rest of the night. I absolutely love it when he tells me he loves my cooking. I like making his belly (and him!) happy. :D

TOMORROW IS OUR ULTRASOUND!!
So far I've had some voters on facebook, and this is where the tally stands:
(also, any votes on here will be added as I can here. :D)

GIRL: 8
TWIN GIRLS: 1 :P haha

BOY: 11

Does anyone want to join in the fun before the news is announced tomorrow? :D

Also it's my icky GCT test tomorrow... I have to remember not to eat after midnight if I'm still awake. I sure hope I pass okay! *bites nails*

Sorry this isn't much of a post, but I'll try to do better from now on, if I can! ;)

I'm going to guess girl, just for fun!

by jenuso at 08/13/09 4:36PM
I'm guessing girl!! :) You have to let us know what you found out as soon as you do! :)

by abbey at 08/13/09 5:02PM
can't wait to find out!!

by palindrome90 at 08/13/09 6:12PM
boy

by eehiabehia at 08/13/09 6:51PM
AHH! I can't WAIT to find out what the babeh is! :D I'll have to send you a message sometime soon..seems like we haven't talked in a long time!

by verny_mack at 08/13/09 7:43PM
I think it's a girl.

by sar at 08/13/09 8:21PM
Girl

by be_with_me_lord at 08/13/09 9:07PM
love it! TWIN girls?? LOL!! I'm still sticking to my vote of BOY!! (I voted on FB!)

by brianne at 08/13/09 9:41PM
add another vote to the twins ;)

by firefaerie at 08/13/09 9:43PM
I love you, too! :) I don't much care whether it's a boy or girl...you and Andy are great parents and would work either one! :) I'm looking forward to seeing another cute Cravens baby. *huggle*

by Mercy_Rush at 08/14/09 6:18AM

HAPPY day!

First time to post since Rand was born! wow!

Rand Luther Cravens

08/14/09 7:48AM

08/13/09 4:17PM

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