Easter

We had a great Easter and got to spend time with my family. Sadly, there were NO Easter egg hunts in the Robertson household this year. Our nieces and nephews opted for money instead of candy....how sad is that??? Here are a few pics from last Sunday. Along with my belly bump!

Here's the bump! I'm only 12 weeks but look at that belly! I can't even IMAGINE what I'm going to look like in 20+ weeks!

Casey's so silly!

My dad was being crazy! My mom told him he had bad posture and to stand up straight! Hmmm!

Look at sweet Murphy! She belongs in the Victorian Era!!

I just can't get enough that smile!

My sister, nephew, and neice

We were trying our hardest to get that girl to smile!!

Murphy practicing her shades for summer!

Springtime is here....

Happiness and cheer...oh sorry wrong holiday. Now that everyone has The Peanuts song in there head...I'm so excited about the weather getting warmer. The days staying longer. The flowers and grass blooming. We planted some flowers this fall thanks to Casey's mom Linda and they have come full bloom with color and fragrance. Hopefully they'll come back next year just as beautiful. I'm also planning to have another garden this summer full of tomatoes, cucumbers, peas, and watermelon! Mmmm! I'm trying to learn how to get the soil just right and turn my thumb nice and green!

Peanut's growing nicely and making me feel oh so preggers. Thank the Lord for Zofran is all I can say. I've had several weeks now of nausea and the occasional puking in la toilet....especially after or during brushing my teeth. It kind of defeats the purpose. I've been told to give up and just chew gum for a few weeks. I'm 11 1/2 weeks now so hopefully a few more and I'll be good as new. I went to the doctor last Monday and he pushed back my due date a week based on my ultrasound. So October 26th instead of the 20th is the big day now. It's never exact anyway so sometime the end of October we'll have a new addition to the fam. We're getting more excited now the end of my first trimester is coming up...my stomach's poking out...and we wait to find out if we buy blue or pink. Belly pics to come. I'm trying to do them on even numbers every 4 weeks...just letting my OCD come out. I'll post the 12 week shot soon!

Can this be?

We went for our ultrasound on Thursday and got to see the little peanut...tadpole and all. The baby's heartrate was in the 170's and we got to see it beating. It's SO cool to know a tiny living person is inside growing and moving and getting bigger to enter the world. It'll be really awesome when I can feel the baby move and of course know what it is. My curiosity is out of control. But for now...I'm enjoying one day at a time because I know it will go fast. Although it sure would be nice for these next 2 or 3 weeks to hurry along and carry the nausea with it.

Peanut

It's been a month of great surprises. We got great news  around Valentine's day that we're pregnant!! I can't tell you how excited and nervous I am all at the same time. I'm 9 weeks so that puts me due October 20th. Just in time for the holidays! It's still early so keep us in your prayers. I have my ultrasound tomorrow and we can't wait to see the little peanut even though he/she is only the size of a grape. I've been feeling nauseous a lot, but once I eat it goes away for a few hours. It will be nice when I'm feeling a little better. And smells are TERRIBLE! Pretty much everything that smells weird makes me gag and nauseous. I sure hope THAT goes away. Eeek! Plus...last week I had 7 days off from work with plans to clean house and  organize drawers and cabinets, but exhaustion hit me and I laid on the couch for 7 days!! Can't wait to share more as the weeks pass along. Please pray the baby is healthy and God continues to grow and build this beautiful gift He gave us. 

Homemade Crafts

For the past 2 weekends we've had some sort of craft to make. Two weekends ago, Casey's parents came over and we put them to work. Casey is teaching elementary during his student teaching this semester and next week he'll start high school. He has to have teacher examples of all the art they make, so Mr. Colson put us to work. My brother and his family were in town that weekend as well, so my nieces and nephew (ages 12, 13, &14) came over to help. We made individual trains to hook together. Unfortunately we didn't take a picture of the finished product.But apparently it was the hit of the school!

Hee..hee..I love Larry's face right here! He looks so proud of his 2nd grade train! We had to dry them faster so we could put buttons and do dads on them!! There were 8 trains total.

Then last weekend, Casey and I decided

 to make Valentines for our family. It was so fun!! I love having an elementary school teacher in our midst. It brought me back to my childhood. We had so much fun painting and decorating our valentines and then attached some caramel Hershey's kisses on them. Hee..Hee! Who knows what we'll be doing next weekend!

Ever Ever After

I filled this out on facebook and thought it was funny, so I wanted to share. I hope to read many of yours on your blog soon!!

What does your music library say about you?

*Put Your iTunes, winamp, mp3 player or whatever on SHUFFLE
*For each question, press the next button to get your answer (no cheating)
*You must write down song/artist even if it doesn't make sense
*Include any comments in parenthesis
*Post into a NOTE with #25 as your Title
*Tag at least 10 friends- include the person who tagged you

1. What do your friends say about you?
My Best Friend- Hillsong United (I'm not making this stuff....but...awwh thanks guys!!)

2. How would your coworkers describe you?
Another One Bites The Dust- Queen (YIKES!!!)

3. How would you describe yourself?
Everybody Hurts- REM

4. What do you like in a romantic partner?
God of Our Yesterdays...Matt Redman (Ummm...)

5. How do you feel today?
Want to Be Bad- Tegan and Sara (Hee...Hee)

6. What is your life's purpose?
Ti Amo- Umberto Tozzi (Means I love you in Italian)

7. What is your motto?
The Music of the Night- David Cook (pretty true!)

8. What do you think about the most?
Shadow of the Sun- Audioslave

9. What are you going to do on your next vacation?
Take You Back- Jeremy Camp 

10. What do you think of your first love/date?
Whatcha Gonna Do- Sprung Monkey (Hee...Hee...it's actually pretty true being so nervous in those high school days of first dates!)

11. What is your life story?
Why Georgia Why- John Mayer ( I wonder that myself...let's move to Colorado!)

12. What did you do yesterday?
Day Tripper- David Cook (Yikes!...Don't tell anyone! Nobody was supposed to know!)

13. What do you think of when you see the person you like/love?
Halo- Haley James Scott
(Very True! Unless there's nasty stinky socks all over the place and hair in the sink! :) Hee..Hee!)

14. What describes your wedding?
Ghost Rider- Suicide (Seriously!!!???) 

15. What will they play at your funeral?
We Got a Better Bomb- Audioslave (LOL!)

16. What is your obsession?
Time Running- Tegan and Sara (Oh so true!)

17. What is your biggest fear?
Empty Apartment- Yellowcard (true again)

18. What is your biggest secret?
Hot- Avril Lavigne (I guess the secret's out there!)

19. What is your biggest turn-on?
All-American Girl-Carrie Underwood (LOL....Yikes!! Don't tell Casey)

20. How do you describe your friends?
Travelin' Thru- Jason Castro (Awwhh...don't leave!)

21. What would you do with a million dollars?
Shadow of the Day- Linkin Park

22. What is your opinion of sex?
Pray for You- Sara Evans
(LOL!!! Watch out Casey!!!)

23. What is your biggest regret?
Word Up-Korn (Oh so true...it's a terrible song!!!)

24. What would you rather be doing right now?
I Could Not Ask For More- Sara Evans

25. What will you post this list as?
Ever Ever After- Carrie Underwood

Good News!

I have great news!!! My dad is finished with chemo/radiation and we got the results from his PET scan which shows if there's any cancer anywhere in the body. And.....he's cancer free!!! Praise the Lord! This has been a long journey these past 7 months and we are so thankful for God answering our prayers. He's lost 100 pounds since June, but the good thing is he's only needing his insulin at night now. He's been a diabetic for 10 years so this is great news!! He's finally getting a little bit of appetite and learning to eat small meals since his stomach is now his esophagus. He finally has some energy and is able to work. It's tax season and he owns his own business so we were worried he wouldn't be able to. But God has answered all our prayers. He'll get another scan in 6 months, so keep praying the cancer stays outta there. Thank you thank you thank you for all of your prayers. God definitely heard them!!

A Blaze..

So Thursday night about 10:00 P.M. I'm laying in bed watching TV when all of a sudden I hear sirens galore. Now...we live right off a busy highway and the sound of sirens is not uncommon. However, that night they sounded extra close. I look out my bedroom window to find the lights in my neighborhood. I immediately think...Oh gosh...one of my elderly next door neighbors has had a heart attack. Seeing how both men on either side of us look like their in their 70's your mind would have jumped to the same conclusion. I'm preparing myself to aid however I can. I look out the front door windows to find the sky lit up bright orange! The house 3 down from us is massively on fire!!! I yell to Casey and we go running outside. Every firetruck in Henry County is in our little cul-de-sac. I have never seen a fire like this...HUGE! and not slowing down. At first, I'm in shock. I was pretty sure a family still lived there even though I'm sad to say I had never talked to them nor knew if they had moved out or not. From the crowd and the slow speed of the firemen I assumed nobody was inside. The flames were enveloping the roof and blowing out of a top story window like nobody's business. They started hosing it down with what seemed to be pretty wimpy water. It dissipated some of the fire briefly, but soon the blaze was even more rapant. The flames on the side of the roof was so close to their neighbor's house I was so afraid it would catch fire. Thank the Lord it didn't. Nor did all the embers flying about all of our yards. It did melt the vinyl on one side of a neighbor's house. Once the firemen realized they weren't getting anywhere with the wimpy water they raised up on ladders and used powerful hoses that I'm sure if you were standing in their path would cut you in two! After probably 15-20 minutes the flames were gone and almost nothing was left of the roof and upstairs. It's amazing how fast a beautiful house can disappear before your eyes! Pretty much the whole neighborhood was standing in our yard or cul-de-sac to watch. We're such a nosy society when something out of the ordinary happens. Luckily nobody was hurt and come to find out a teenage girl, who's mom is a nurse who was working nights at the time, got a bad note from her teacher and decided to burn it. When the flames got out of control she decided to put the fire out with PERFUME! Not the best idea! The fire erupted into a huge blaze and her poor little brother who was taking shower had to run out of the house with just a towel. During the fire we didn't see them, so we thought no one was home. We found out the whole story the next day. It's very sad and the neighborhood is collecting money for them since they were renters and have no insurance. Just wanted to share the exciting things happening in McDonough.

This is the aftermath...

Who doesn't love water??

Seriously...water is a great thing! It tastes good....It's refreshing to swim in....It helps you feel clean...It's a hydrating necessity...Actually we couldn't live without it. The majority of our bodies are made of water. It makes so many beautiful flowers and plants grow. It provides ice cubes that Chloe LOVES to chase around on the floor. What could be better???

Probably....not freezing in the pipes when it's 12 degrees outside!!!! Yep...we had ANOTHER...actually THE SAME pipe bust today! Can you believe it? Almost a year to date we were dealing with a flooded house on our brand new 2 week old hardwood floors. Yesterday morning I came home from work in 12 degree weather...brushed my teeth....turned my electric heater on...put my warmest pjs on and went to sleep. I woke up about 1:30 in the afternoon and went to get a drink of water in the kitchen. I grab a glass....turn the faucet on and Alas...nothing...nada. I freak!!! I go to the washer right next door...Nothing...nada! Ok...I tell myself..stay calm...there's no water like last time. It's all frozen in the pipe. It's still way below freezing outside so you can catch it and turn the water off before it floods. Casey was student teaching and wouldn't be home for a few hours so what did I do. If the hubby's not home to answer questions....go to the next best thing. The internet! I didn't know how to turn the water off, but some helpful websites said to thaw the pipes out with a hairdryer or heater and it would take hours. Now I don't know about you, but I don't have the arm strength or stamina or TIME to hold a hairdryer for hours! I placed the electric heater close to the opened cabinets underneath the sink and waited. I was praying the pipe wasn't busted and the water would flow like the Nantahala. When Casey came home he merely went to the garage and twisted a knob. Ummmppph. Easy! We just waited all night...but of course the weather got even colder as the night went on, so we decided to try again tomorrow. Today...the water thawed and the pipe was leaking. At least the water was turned off and we were able to drain the water outward using a baking pan. Those things have more than one use in my book now! For some reason there was still some water trickling out of the pipe enough to soak a towel within an hour or so. Now last year due to the flooding and uneducation we hired a plumber (who we thought the insurance paid for....*note* They Don't!!!) So $900 later (plumber and $500 deductable) we had a tiny new pipe and an entire kitchen of brand new hardwood to replace. *Sigh* This year...My smart husband and $17 later fixed our pipe and will have water at last praying the glue dries and no more incidences occur. Thank God for smart and competent husbands! It's amazing how much we depend on something so basic and in abundance...well for the most part. I went to make mac and cheese last night and forgot...No water! I flushed the toilet by habit and forgot...No water!! I am so thankful to have a roof over my head....heat in my house....food in my fridge....and water in my faucets...frozen or free flowing. I was reminded to stop and be thankful for the simple things in life!

Our Christmas

We had a great Christmas filled with lots of family time...lots of food...and lots of fun! My birthday was the 22nd and I got to celebrate it with my whole fam. My brother, Jon and his wife have 3 kids and they came from Athens for the WHOLE week of Christmas. It was SO much fun. It was like being a kid again. Casey and I...my sister, Ginger, my nephew Zack and my new niece Murphy, Jon, Amy, my niece Abigail, my nephew Jacob, and my niece Ashlie all stayed at Mom and Dad's the whole week. Plus we had 5 dogs among us!! Another blessing was that I was scheduled to work Christmas day but I was able to get off due to low census. Yay!! I haven't had Christmas Eve and Christmas day off in 7 years!! It was awesome. We spent the week playing games...Risk...Apples to Apples...Balderdash...and a little Mafia thrown in. If somebody out there's never played Mafia...it a must!! Casey surprised me with an awesome camera for my birthday and Christmas. A Nikon D40!! Now I can take pictures like they were made to be taken. I created a video montage that has a ton of pics but we were there for a week! Some of my family are more welcoming to the camera than others. Murphy was all about the camera! Man...that baby was ALWAYS wanting her picture taken. Hee...Hee! My sister and I took her to see Santa at Lenox the day before Christmas Eve and she slept through the whole thing! The boys in the house had fun playing Wii golf or pretty much Wii anything! Jon and Jacob got fun boxers for Christmas and wanted to show them off! The kids also got Rock Band which now totally makes me want to learn drums. We had a ton of presents to wrap on Christmas Eve and Casey had the job of all Jacob's presents. They were sitting on the kitchen table all awaiting their wrapping debut. Casey and I were having a wrapping competition based solely on speed! He was wrapping everything on the table just like he was told. Come Christmas morning my 13 year old nephew opened a half-eaten box of his sister's wheat free cookies!! Merry Christmas Jacob! Hence the picture to come! Hee...Hee!

We also went to the Colson's abode over New Years and just got back last night. It was great to spend time with everyone and had fun playing LOTS of crochet. Casey's dad and I teamed up with Eric and Casey and they beat us 4 times!!! Grrrr! We'll get our revenge one day! Now we've come home and the holidays....my favorite time of year...is over. Back to work, school, chores, and everyday life. What a great year to be thankful. We have a new member of the family who is so stinkin sweet! Casey and I are about to celebrate 5 years of marriage and his graduation soon!! My dad is almost done with chemo/radiation. Praise the Lord! He's having a pretty rough time this week. Prayers for strength, energy, normal labwork, and no infections would be great! Hope you enjoy the pictures!! There's a lot of them, but I enjoyed working hard to share them with you!! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

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Brooke's Wedding

I know....I behind on pics as usual. This always seems to take me a really long time and I don't know why. Maybe it's the slow computer putting out more pop-ups than I can count. Maybe it's the abundance of pictures to sift through and download. Whatever the case may be...they're here now. The Saturday before Christmas was Brooke's wedding. It was great day and a beautiful wedding. I found it's easier to put the pics on a video...takes less time when there are more than a few. Enjoy!

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Murphy's Here!

Well...my new niece finally made it! We've been waiting on her for a while! She was born on Tuesday the 16th and weighed 8lbs 5oz. She's absolutely the cutest thing ever! Her and my sister, Ginger, came home today just in time for Christmas! I'm trying to download straight from snapfish instead of going through photobucket. Will somebody let me know if you can't see them? It may not work.

A few days before Ginger delivered

Miss. Murphy Vertrees Turner

Meeting Mom for the 1st time

Aunt Kelly getting some snugglin time

Uncle Casey holding Murphy

Grandma Robertson

Granddad Robertson

Meeting her big brother Zack

I guess Grandma was telling a boring story

At home with her 1st Christmas Tree

How cute is SHE????

O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree!

Well...it's here. My favorite time of year. We got our tree about 2 weeks ago, but I'm just now getting around to putting up pictures. It's so pretty! I decided I wanted white lights this year instead of multi-colored. And I'm decorating my first live wreath. More pics to come!! I thought it would be fun to post what our favorite things about this time of year are.

1. Starbuck's holiday drinks (especially Peppermint Mocha)
2. That great Christmas tree smell
3. Egg nog! Mmmm!
4. Cuddling with Casey having only the tree lights on and a fire
5. The hope of snow on Christmas! *sigh* Too bad we don't live in the northern states
6. Christmas songs and Christmas shopping
7. And of course...the whole reason we celebrate Christmas in the first place. To be reminded that Jesus came to earth born as a special small little baby with such a big responsibility. To think about him growing into a boy then into a man so perfect. To sacrifice himself for us when we are so unworthy, so we could have salvation...his grace is truly amazing.

So what are your favorite things about Christmas???