Marin's Kindergarten Graduation

Burke got to present this little cutie at her kindergarten graduation. It was such a sweet ceremony and we loved celebrating her hard work! 

Marin's Art Show

Marin took art classes this past year and did an amazing job! Each semester we got to see her hard work in an art show.

Marin's 6th Birthday

Well Happy New Year....and we've had two birthdays since the last time I was on this ol' blog.

First up...

I can't even believe she is 6 years old. She is at such a fun age. I forgot to add NUMBERS to her love list. This girl wants to know how old I will be when she is 12, how many minutes it takes to drive to the grocery store, how many seconds is that? It's a bit exhausting but so funny at the same time. If I just make up a number because I'm busy with something else, she will respond, "I know you're making it up. What's the real answer?"

For her family day we had a Lilo and Stitch celebration and for her friend party she had a pajama party!

And the slumber party.....we made homemade lip gloss, decorated pillowcases and popped popcorn and watched a movie in their sleeping bags

A Little Promise to Marin

Marin, if you ever come out....I promise you will never lose my love or your Dad's....

12 You Cannot Lose My Love by Sara Groves

You will lose your baby teeth
At times you'll lose your faith in me
You will lose a lot of things
But you cannot lose my love
You may lose your appetite
Your guiding sense of wrong and right
You may lose your will to fight
But you cannot lose my love
You will lose your confidence
In times of trial your common sense
You may lose your innocence
But you cannot lose my love
Many things can be misplaced
Your very memories be erased
No matter what the time or space
You cannot lose my love

You Cannot Lose My Love by Sara Groves
Album: All Right Here

Single Digits!

9 days until due date!!! Hopefully this is the last porch pooch we will be taking...

The doctor's appointment went well today. Marin's head is very low and I am dialated 2 1/2 cm now. We are just waiting, waiting.....

Hodge Podge

First, this is what we woke up to this morning....

LOVE IT!!! So beautiful and it is still snowing!

Second, we saved some of our gift cards from showers to make sure we had everything we needed for Marin closer to time. Well, it's closer to time. And we waited until Cyber Monday to catch a great deal on our rocking chair!! With the deal and our cards, we got our glider for $50! It came today and Burke did an excellent job putting it together. It is so comfortable!

It feels like her room is complete now.

Practicing...

(Bill and DeeDee, I am wearing the UPS sweatshirt in honor of you.)

My friend, Brooke, from Austin sent Marin some Longhorns outfits. So adorable!

Basketball and Porch Pooch

Here is the 37 week Porch Pooch. I took my coat off for the picture but it was COLD! We woke up to snow again today and it is so beautiful! I love it even if waiting for the train is a bit chilly now. The doctor's appointment went well today. I am not dialated any but she could feel Marin's head. Yikes. They changed up the adjective today and instead of saying "big baby" she went with "solid baby". Burke asked her to feel my stomach and tell us what body parts we were seeing/feeling. She felt Marin's behind and that's when she said, "Yeah, you've got a solid baby here." We laugh.


You can't see the snow but here is a beginning of winter-ish picture of our street. I'm sure we will see a much better view of winter on our block soon.

Burke and I went to the Northwestern/GA Tech game Tuesday night. We thought we should try and squeeze in a game before the little one arrives. It was a lot of fun and I forgot that I make weird noises and jump a lot during basketball games. But don't worry, Burke was quick to make fun of me. And....Northwestern WON!

(Heather, I can post a lot because I'm not teaching like you are. I have a family that is slightly obsessed with this thing. And I don't write deep thoughts like you....I just post pictures with captions. I'm lazy.)