I'd like to thank....

So, wow! I've been nominated for a beautiful blog award by my friend Kacie! This is very exciting for me! It makes me feel like "Ugly Betty" when she won a "blobby"! This is so fun because I started the blog during my pregnancy to try to keep friends and family updated on how things were going, especially Nathan's family in the south. Glad to know someone enjoys reading it!

As part of acceptance for this award, I have to do a few things:

1. Thank the person who nominated you for this award and link back to their blog.
As Kacie states in her blog, she and I have babies just a few weeks apart. Her beautiful little girl Caroline was born at the end of August and my cutie patootie Avery was born at the beginning of October. It's so fun chatting with Kacie because she experiences everything a few weeks ahead of me and always lets me know what to expect! We have never actually met in person, but I am good friends with her sister, Audra. I feel like we are bonded together because of so many things we've gone through with the babies. Thanks for the award, Kacie!

2. Pass the award on to 7 other bloggers who have a beautiful blog.

1. In continuing my first sentiments, I have to nominate Audra Laney (and Andrew) for her blog. Audra's was probably the first blog I ever really read. Audra and I have had a very interesting friendship. She and Andrew have been very protective of Nathan since Andrew and Nathan roomed together in Starkville, MS. I'm so glad that he has wonderful friends who love him so much, and they have become very dear to me too. We try to visit with them whenever we can. Now, if we can just get them to move to Indiana... ;)

2. Amy Tonagel. Amy and I used to work together at the Center Group. We talked a lot about babies and we've had a common interest in the silly "Bachelor" and "Bachelorette" shows. We've had some fun parties together for the finales...complete with chocolate chip cookies! Amy just had her second adorable little man and her husband is the basketball coach for IWU. I miss her!

3. My cousin Rhiannon Thompson. I actually just started following Rhiannon's blog, but she is detailed and way more of a computer whiz than I. She and I are pretty close in age and she has one super cute little boy. She owns a few of her own businesses and is a mostly stay-at-home mom. We share a lot of the same sentiments of balancing work and kids.

4. My friend Heather Brinker. She has 3 kids so she HAS to blog so we can keep up with them all! Heather and I used to worship in Fort Wayne together and we were camp site buddies at Pokagen a few years ago. Everything we learned about camping, we learned from Heather and Todd. Todd also does some mean spirit fingers.

5. My friend Stephanie Barr. Stephanie and I went to FC camp together and then to FC together. We haven't seen each other much since graduating FC, but she does a good job of keeping up with me through the blog. One of these days, we are going to try to get down to Bowling Green for a visit!

These last two I was following, but they haven't updated in forever!

6. Nathan's cousin Stacy Seago.

7. My friend Kristy Starr.

3. Notify each blogger of their nomination.

4. Write 7 things about yourself.

- I have recently started eating multigrain waffles with vanilla yogurt and chopped strawberries for breakfast every day. I can't get enough of it.

-I used to drive 30 miles one way to work, now I drive 1/2 mile.

-I hate winter except for the first snow, but I love sledding.

-I used to LOVE "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" and was madly in love with the Green Ranger. I just saw reruns of the show recently and I am not sure what I was thinking. No wonder people made fun of me.

-I can't eat squishy bananas. They have to be more ripe. When I was pregnant, I couldn't even stand the smell.

-I got certified as a quadriplegic rugby classifier, but have not been to a single tournament (unfortunately).

-I have been jones-ing for a caramel frappe since before I was pregnant, but I am too nervous to drink one because caffeine affects Avery sometimes and she won't sleep.

Okay, I have reached the end of this post. Thanks again Kacie for the nomination. Have fun reading lots of blogs!