Shake It!

A Saturday night spent with good friends having great times is always the perfect end to a week. Mike, Jen, Jeff, Natalie, and Josh came to our place to hang out, drink, play a little Singstar, and well, just have a fun time. Jen really felt like dancing, so our living room turned into "Club Curry" for a little while. Here's some fun pics of us all having a groovy time!

Lee & Me doing a self-portrait (me looking scary!)

Jennifer, Natalie, & Jeff dancing in my foyer

(trying to hide from the camera, but I found them!)

Still dancing...
Josh

Josh & Jennifer dancing the night away

Natalie

Natalie, Mike, Me, & Jennifer

Jennifer drank a whole bottle of wine by herself... right here,

my couch, is where she spent the rest of the night!

Yard work at our old house is such a pain!

I didn't do a whole lot of anything interesting today. Logan and I hung out here at home and watched t.v. and snuggled in bed in the morning and played around the house this afternoon... and Lee had to do some work stuff so he wasn't home 'til 5:00 today. When he got home we had to do our bi-weekly chore of mowing the yard at our old house (it's for sale)... which is always a pain in the butt... but once it's done, then it's done again for two weeks. What a relief it will be when/if the house ever sells!! Logan stayed home with great-grandma Hilda while we went and did the yard work.

It's pretty late now, but I'm hoping some of our friends will come over and drink and play some Singstar tonight! If they do, I'll be sure to get some good "drunken good times" pics!!

Here's our old house... good ol' 35 Songbird Drive

Chattanooga Market sounds like fun!

Today's been uneventful. I have done one load of laundry and taken care of one little monster.... surprisingly, Logan's been very well-behaved today. No tantrums so far! Let's keep our fingers crossed the evening goes just as well when he gets up from his nap.

I talked to my Aunt Claudia on yahoo briefly and she will be in town this weekend for her grandson's birthday, he's my cousin Ryan's little boy, Harrison. They might go to The Chattanooga Market on Sunday and told me I should come down there. I've never been and it really looks like fun. It's an outdoor public market that has live music, fresh produce, and hand-crafted items for sale by local residents. I think it would be a great place to take pictures. Plus, Logan would probably really like to get out of the house and to see his little cousin, too!

We have no plans for later... which is typical for us on any given night. We'll probably just play some PS2 Guitar Hero or Singstar.... both, tons of fun! We had dinner out at Cici's Pizza last night, so I'm sure we'll stay in and I'll cook tonight.

Water Baby!

I'm seriously going to try to keep up with my blog this time. I gave you a decent introduction of my life and what is most important to me, my baby boy, Logan... then I left you high and dry and didn't post again. So here goes... to catch you up to speed:

Logan is almost 19 months old now and into everything! He started walking back in March and then began running shortly thereafter. He loves to play outside.... he used to be afraid of the grass or, at least, didn't like to touch it. Now, he'll run through it barefoot and fall down in it and get right back up and it's no big deal. Logan also loves his little kiddie pool we got for him. Even more than the kiddie pool, though, he adores the garden hose.

After naptime today, I took him outside to play in the driveway. I was going to fill the little pool, but he had other plans and just wanted to run around with the hose. He had a great time!

Jumping on the bandwagon...

It seems that you aren't anybody unless you have a blog... so here it is, my very first post in my very first blog.

I don't lead the most exciting life, but if you care to read what's going on in my world, what new things Logan is doing, or what new hobbies and interests (or obsessions) I'm entertaining myself with this week... be my guest!

I will begin by giving a brief description of me, and my daily life:

My name is Carly, and I'm a daughter, sister, granddaughter, niece, and wife, but most importantly, I am a mother. My biggest accomplishment is my beautiful son, Logan. The day my son was born is the day I realized my life really and truly has meaning and purpose. My child is my everything. Don't get me wrong, I love my husband, Lee, and my family and friends... but no one and nothing even compares to the way Logan has fulfilled my life. He was born on December 20, 2006, almost 5 weeks early, and he was a tiny little guy at only 6 lbs. 3 oz.

Today, at just over 10 months old, Logan is about 24 pounds, and he LOVES to eat. He also LOVES getting into any and everything now. He started crawling at 9 months old and about 2 weeks ago began pulling himself up to standing. I can't believe how fast he is growing up.

Besides being a stay-at-home-mom to my gorgeous boy, I am the wife to Lee. He works as a Navy recruiter in Chattanooga, and works a lot of long hours to provide for our family. He is a hard worker and not a complainer... and when he is not working and is at home, he is extremely helpful with Logan. I am truly blessed to have such a wonderful, helpful, loving husband.

My life consists of taking care of my little boy, keeping our house cleaned up and presentable, and taking care of mundane tasks like our bills and grocery shopping. Exciting life? No, not really. Would I trade it for anyone else's? Not in a million years. Being a wife and mother are the top two things I always knew I wanted to be. It is so fulfilling to look into the eyes of the man you love and then look at the beautiful little baby you created and know that this is your world and these people depend on you to keep their world the way that it is and how they wish for it to be.