Momma's back! (hopefully)

Momma's back!  I say momma because.. well, the last time I updated this blog, I wasn't even pregnant.  And now I have an almost 5-month old.  So I'm pretty much a complete slacker and let this little ole blog fall to the wayside.  I kept getting further and further behind.. and then I got pregnant.  We waited for so long to tell people, so I felt like there was nothing important to share because I couldn't share the most exciting news!  And then things got very busy and I never found the time.  But here I am!  I decided to get back to it so I could do a better job at documenting some of our fun times.

A couple of things.

*Most important thing first.  Meet: Emory Winter Howell
Born on January 4, 2013
Our joy.

(5 weeks old in this picture - now he's almost 5 months.  But this is one of my faves. - Thanks Auntie Lauren for taking it!)

*I finally passed my CPA exam.  Which is amazingly awesome.  Now I actually have free time in the evenings to do whatever I want to do (after Emory goes to bed of course).

*Aaron is still pursing his Ph.D at Georgia Tech and is an amazing daddy.

*Emory and I road tripped to Nashville for a cousin's wedding.  Loved getting to catch up with friends and family! :)

*Aaron and I just celebrated 5 years of marriage on May 17, 2013.  What an amazing 5 years it's been.  I think 2013 is my favorite so far. :)

(The 5 year anniversary is the wood anniversary.  Aaron got me this even though he hates knick knacks.  and I absolutely love it.)

*We made a 2013 Summer bucket list and we have already started knocking it out!

(Already complete: s'mores and drive-in movie)

*I celebrated my first Mother's day on May 12, 2013, all because of this little man.

Coming soon: Emory's first trip to the zoo!

oh.. and I finally updated the look of my blog since it had been about 3 years - go to my blog page to check it out if you use a reader. Hoping to get it cleaned up a little more soon  :)

May 2011 summary

Well I'm incredibly behind on blog posts.. and I really want to get caught up.. so I'll be doing a few general recap blogs to sum up some of our summer events.

Here goes May 2011:

Made Pioneer Woman's lemon basil chicken. yum.

Cinco de Mayo with the Tuleys!

Reunited at Gigi's in Nashville with Lauren. {photo shoot weekend}

My sister and her friends came to visit one weekend.  We took them to Antico for pizza and Flip Burger for shakes.

Anniversary flowers from the hubby.  

Anniversary dinner date with my handsome hubby.

Maggie and I matching at church one day. Great minds think alike.

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Brad and Katelin's going away party.

 

Random lunches with hubby while I was working downtown.

Dinner at Front Page News.  Loved the outdoor patio.

We ate a lot of corn for dinners.

oh and Rachel and I went on a Bahamas cruise.  already {sortof} blogged: http://aehowell.blogspot.com/2011/06/bahamas-cruise-sailing-day-and-day-1.html

oh and we went camping with Tim and Morgan.. already blogged:  http://aehowell.blogspot.com/2011/05/camping-at-table-rock.html

May was a good month! :)

Happily Ever After

Aaron and I were able to attend Matthew and Heather's fabulous wedding in September. It was at the Factory in Franklin (basically Nashville) which was absolutely gorgeous. We had a wonderful time seeing them and many other friends from our Tusculum church family. I'm so glad we were able to share in their special day. We're so happy that they are finally happily married. Here are a few photos from the evening.

One of my favorite pictures from the night. They looked so happy and perfect dancing away on the dance floor.Swaying under the beautiful white lights.

the blushing bride

Oh Mindy! Looking good in the bm dress. :)

Aaron and I posing with the cake. I decided to try out the curly hair for the night. Rocking out some new heels. The shoes were definitely off before the evening was over.

One of the beautiful flower girls, Abby. They were all so adorable in their cute green tutus. :)

Mehaffey-Howell reunion.

Matthew and Heather smooching in the antique car before heading off. :)

Complete M&H Mehaffey Wedding Album

Saying Goodbye to FDH

Well I recently had to say my final goodbyes to FDH. My last day was September 23. I will say that I held up pretty well for the most part. Until I had to hug Mindy goodbye for the last time. That was hard. It was like I was just going through the motions for the most part and not really thinking about it. Once I got in the car, I called Aaron and started telling him about my day and I just lost it. It was a very sad day for me. A bittersweet day for me. I'm so happy to finally be living in the same home again with Aaron. sharing dinners and tv. playing with Newton. but I really miss all my friends from FDH. They were good to me. Here are a few pictures from my last day... we even had a little going away lunch at Logans which was delicious. :)