Our Life As We Know It

Thanks to my wonderful employer, Town of Selma, I got a paid day off today that they like to call Birthday Day Off!!!!  Which means that in the month of our birthday we can take any day we want and it doesn't go against our Vacation or Sick time!  How wonderful is that?!  So what did I do?  WORKED!!!!!   We have decided that our wonderful 2 bedroom Townhouse that we have been in since 2009 is starting to get too small for us.  With the arrival of Kaitlin 14 months ago, we just keep accumulating more and more STUFF!!!!!  I guess that is what happens with kids, right?  Anyway, Scott has also recently gotten a job working for Duke!  WHOOP, WHOOP!  So we need to get somewhere that is bigger, and in the middle of both our jobs.  So today we went house hunting...what a chore this is, so much so that I have pretty much turned all the reigns over to Scott and told him I couldn't deal with it anymore!  He can do the searching and when he finds something I will look and give the nod of

So I was thinking the other day, I haven't blogged in a long time, and when I finally got back on (I couldn't even remember my password) I realized that my last post was Oct 20, 2010 and we were hoping the doctor would let us enduce that day.  Well she didn't!  We had our beautiful daughter, Kaitlin Elizabeth on Oct 30, 2010 at 12:20 AM and she is perfect in every way.  Now let's fast forward to the present! We just celebrated Christmas at the Pickett household and it was so much fun!  Last year, Kaitlin really didn't know what was going on...she pretty much slept through the holiday, but not this year!  She will be 14 months on the 30 of this month and she was all into the holiday spirit!  Scott and I decided early that we won't going to go crazy on her gifts, but we did want to get her one big present so we made a list, gave some ideas to the grandparents and went from there. Christmas Eve it is always tradition to spend with my family, so we went to my mo

This used to be on a poster above my bed when I still lived with my parents.  It really is a very inspirational poem when you are feeling like you can't take anymore!  Hope you like it! The ABC's of an Inspired Life A sk for what you want . B e who you say you are . C are about others. D are to live your dreams. E ase through the day. F ind the best fit. G ive to another. H ug a friend. I nspire someone to greatness. J ump over a boundary. K ick a bad habit. L eap across a fear. M ention something uplifting. N ever say never. O pen your mind and heart. P ursue your innermost passions. Q uit complaining. R estore your smile. S et your sights high. T rust yourself. U se all the day. V alue everything. W ait until it feels right. X press yourself. Y ank weeds from your mental garden. Z oom into the now. On another note...tomorrow we go to the doctor and I am getting more and more anxious about what the doctor will let us do...I

Well, today is Tuesday and my due date is Friday...hard to believe that Kaitlin is almost here.  This has been a great 40 weeks...scary, interesting, life changing!  Scott has been the perfect husband throughout this whole experience...I couldn't have asked for a better companion and friend through all this.  I love him so much!  We are really keeping our fingers crossed on keeping Friday as the due date because that is a very special day for my family.  October 22nd, my grandfather, who just passed away this past Thursday, was going to be 92.  I remember when we told him what my due date was, his face lit up so brightly and he smiled and looked at us and said "That's my birthday"...I was like "I know!"  And the response from my ever country bumpkin grandpa was "Well I'll be..."  He was so excited and I think that it would be a great way to honor him for his first great-granddaughter to have his birthdate.  So Kaitlin, mommy and daddy are count