Washington DC

I love to go new places!! Unfortunately, my husband doesn't always want to jump into my adventure of traveling. But that is why I have amazing friends that love visitors! One of my very best friends, Beth, is my world wide traveler that I love to go visit. She has lived in France during college, St.Louis, and now Washington D.C. I will be the first to say that I wish I could travel the world like she does, but lets be honest, I can't see myself moving ahead from home. However, her adventurous spirit has allowed me to take some pretty amazing trips over the years to visit her. And she always know how to show a girl a good time!  I have been wanting to go to D.C. for a long time now, but with planning our wedding, honeymoon, and trying to sell our house, it was a slow process. But....I did get there last fall!

Beth was such a great host and showed me such a great time. Even though, I am sure she didn't want to visit all the monuments and museums, like a tourist, she did anyways for me. It was so nice to have your own personal tour guide around the city. I didn't have to ask for directions or which bus to get on, because she exactly where to go. She also took me to some of the favorite local events, like the out door market and some swanky bars. We had a blast just being girls and roaming the city. I am a huge tourist picture taker, so every stop I was snapping away. I even got to see the famous Dupont Circle for the movie American President. There might have even been a sniper on top of the White House! I know I get excited about the little things. I always have such a great time with Beth and I wish we were able to be with each other more often than we do. She is the type of friend, who you can pick up with right where you left off every time we talk and she has a heart of gold!! I can't thank her enough so all the wonderful times we have shared together over the many years of friendship.

Do you see the Sniper?

I can not wait to get to go back soon and visit again! Oh how can I forget. I got my first pair of TOMS on this trip and let me tell you I love them so much! If you have never owned or even tried on a pair....I definitely recommend it!

The ones I got

The ones I really need to find!! GO CATS!

The Bird House

Time for so more catching up....
After Steve and I sold my house in September, we moved in with my sister and her family for 4 months. Going from living in your own house with your own space, kitchen, bathroom, etc. to living with 4 adults, 1 toddler, a baby, and 2 dogs is quite a change to say the least. However, my sister and I had the best time always being together and I just love her kids to death. My sister and I have definitely gotten closer in our older years compared to some early days in our lives, but the time we lived together, we really learned to respect each other for who we are. She is such a great mom and will do anything for her kids. She is a great wife and role model to me on how to raise a family. She has taught me so much and continues to be the best big sister a girl can have!!

Stacy, Sister, and Me

We celebrated my 27th Birthday with another touchdown tailgate!! Steve and I have been tailgating with Ryan and David (sister and brother-in-law) now for the past several years and we love it!! We always have corn hole and the grill set up! Steve and I go early to score big spots, while Ryan and David trail in a couple hours later. Being in September, tailgating is a perfect time to celebrate my birthday. We had a lot of friends and family come and celebrate with us, which always makes for a great day! My dad even scored a pass park right next to us so he could join the day long celebration!!

During our time at the Bird house, Steve and Nash became closer as well. :) Uncle Steve helped Nash crave his Halloween pumpkin. Nash gets so excited about the little things, that it makes experiences with him that much better!

"Yuck" Inside the Pumpkin Face

Hands Back....Knife Alert

Proud of his Jack O Lantern

Brinkley and Riley were great helpers!

I know that as they get older, I am going to miss these sweet times we got to spend with them. Even though, Steve and I felt like we moved back into a dorm room, we loved our time at the Bird House!

Catch Up

Well I have been a terrible blogger in that it has almost been a whole year since I blogged last. With all the craziest in our life, I just wanted devoted to writing it down. Howver, now that its getting closer and closer to Steve and I's one year anniversary I am regretting not having our first written down to remember later. So over the next several posts I am going to try and catch up on all the high points that Steve and I had our first year together!

Just a couple hours old.

Last summer, I was blessed with a niece, Brinkley Ryan Bird! She is the custest little girl ever. As you know, I watch my nephew, Nash, (her brother) once every week, so now our 2 has become 3. He does really great with her though. For a long time he didn't really pay much attention to her. Now that she is getting to where she can ineract and play, he wants to play with her age toys again. He really is a great big brother and very protective.

Back in January, Nash started going to school during the day so it's back to just the two of us again except Brinkley and I. She is a great shopper!! I have had such a blast hanging out with her and watching her grow up. They get big soo fast! Here are some of my favorite pictures of us being girls!

Learning to be a big girl

Shopping at Hobby Lobby

Playing with Nail Polish...Just like a Girl!