Working Weekend

This weekend, Tanner's parents moved to their new home. So that meant lots of fun moving furniture, boxes, etc, for us! Luckily, they decided to hire movers, so it made it a lot easier to get across town. Of course, we were still busy packing up last-minute items and directing traffic for all of the furniture. Currently, they are living out of boxes, but soon their new home will be cozy and unpacked for good! I wonder if they'll be ready to grill on the 4th? Sure hope so!!

Impromptu Dinner

On Wednesday, we found out that Tanner's Uncle Richard & Aunt Liz were vacationing over in Pensacola Beach. Since they were staying so close, we decided to meet up for dinner. We had a great meal at Les Roux, a wonderful creole restaurant in town. It was a great time, and we were so glad to see them and catch up!

A Tale of a Tail

A little over a month ago, we took Josie to get her summer haircut. She came back and looked great, but within a few days, a nasty lump came up on her tail. We thought it was just a cut or maybe a bug bite, but it started looking so bad we took her to the vet. They thought it looked terrible, and thought that it was cancer. They recommended amputating a portion of her tail to remove the growth.

Fast-forward 3 weeks. Josie has now had 2 separate tail amputations, is on several medications, and is currently living with a protective cone on her head. That is because she's the most persistent dog we've ever seen, and she's managed to rip her stitches out TWICE...even with the cone in place!

The best news is that she DOES NOT have cancer. Apparently, after grooming, she had an ingrown hair that caused nerve damage and the boil. This, however, must be the most expensive grooming job in recorded history! We are just so thankful that the wonderful people at our vet's office have taken such good (and constant) care of her!

Relaxing Weekend

We've been so busy lately that our weekends are usually packed with to-dos. This weekend, we took it easy and it was great!

Saturday, we headed to the coastal green market in Orange Beach to check out the local offerings. Afterwards, we headed to the annual Hot Air Balloon Festival in Foley. We watched as they rolled out and inflated one of the balloons, which was really neat. We then wandered around and looked at the vendor booths, rock climbing wall, and the collection of collector cars.

On Father's Day, we celebrated with brunch at Tacky Jack's. The wonderful food and the awesome views did not disappoint! It was such a relaxing weekend and now we're recharged for another busy week.

Happy Father's Day!

Have a great and wonderful Father's Day! Andy, Bob, and Paul, we love you!

Monogramming for Dummies

Our boy announcement has gotten his Grandmother inspired to sew, embroider, and of course, monogram for this little one. Which means first we have to learn to use our machine!

Randi has had an embroidery machine since the days of Buttercups, but we've never really learned how to use it. We can monogram the styles that are already in the machine, but we never figured out how to import the extra software we bought. Until now, that is!

Early in the week, we took a private sewing class in Mobile to learn how to make the machine sew all the things we want to embroider, monogram, and applique. It was fabulous! We learned that our machine is actually awesome and can do everything we want. We had just never been shown how to convert the files. We're thrilled! Of course, we had to stop and check out all the fabric stores for ideas of what projects to start first!

We left the machine to be serviced, and we get to pick it up tomorrow. Let the monogramming begin!

Let the Shopping Begin!

We decided to wait until we found out what we were having to start buying anything for the baby. Since we found out, we've been making up for lost time! We've picked out our crib, chosen our room theme, bought our baby bag, and started collecting clothes for our little man. There are a lot of decisions to make, but it's been too much fun!

This is the first piece of clothing we bought. We love it, and it pays homage to his nickname, Scally!