Nursery Completion!

Ok, so after weeks/months of hard work the nursery is finally complete!  I have a few pics to share so I hope you like it! Most of all I hope that Baby C likes it!  It should be noted that I didn't do most of the hard work in this room.  Joe did all of the painting, put in new hardwood floors and new baseboards, which was not an easy task and he did a great job!  My sister Ashley flew up a few weeks ago and did the rest of the nursery. She put everything together and put everything away in its place.  I still don't think we would have it all together if she had not come and done it all. She did a great job and I am so thankful for her amazing eye and organization skills!

My Friend Mr. Rodgers

     I just wanted to make a quick note of a book I just read from my book club.  It is called "I'm Proud Of You" by Tim Madigan, Lessons Learned From My Friend Mr. Rodgers.
    It is a wonderful book about friendship and has taught me a lot about the friend that I want to be and that one that God has called me to be.
       It is the story of Tim Madigan a journalist who becomes friends with Fred Rodgers......yes Mr. Rodgers from TV after interviewing him for an article that he was writing. It is a great book and I recommended it to anyone and everyone! So if you are looking for something to read go for it!  After all who doesn't love Mr. Rodgers!  He was my favorite growing up!

Showered with Love!

First let me say that I am so blessed to have such great friends and family.  Second let me tell you that these friends and family have shown Joe, Baby C and I such love over the past several months. Back around Thanksgiving Joe and I headed south to spend the holiday with my family. While we were there I was blessed by not just 1 shower, but 2!  It was such a blessing for me to be able to celebrate this moment in our lives with my close friends and family who live so far away.  They have all been so faithful to pray for us and to pray for this child long before Baby C was ever in existence.
The first shower was given by my good friends Reesse Overturf, Tonya Alexander, Meredith Beeker and my sister Ashley Morgan.  It was in Charlotte and so many of my close friends from college, and from grad school were able to make the trip to come and celebrate with me.  There shower was beautiful, the food was amazing and the cake was so cute!  We received such wonderful gifts for baby C that I know we will get great use out of.
The second shower that was given to us was a shower with just my family the day after Thanksgiving.  It was given by my sister (she was a very busy girl that week!) and I was able to celebrate with my mom, dad, brother, aunts, uncles and cousins and grandparents.  It was such a sweet time as I do not get spend time with them often since they live all over the country. We received some wonderful gifts for baby C including a cross stitched poem that my mom made for the nursery.  Poem hung our nursery when we were kids. When my sister had my nephew Fletcher 2 years ago it was passed to her to hang in her nursery.  My mom was so sweet and made a second copy of the poem so that we could both have one. It is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen and I cried the second I opened it. It was such an amazing surprise. 
I have attached a few pics from the showers and I hope you can see how much fun we had celebrating Baby C who will be here before we know it!

Shower 1
 ( can't seem to find the rest of the pics from this shower....will have to post more later ....but here are two for ya!)

Me with my AMAZING hostesses!

My App State Girls!

 Shower 2 with the family!

My brother Bill, Grandma Joy, Jordan (bills girlfriend) and me

My face as I opened the poem my mom made

My Aunt Sue and I

Cute clothes I got from Lisa and Kourtney

The yummy spread my sister put on!

Crock Pot Love!

In preparation for Baby C's arrival I have been on the look out for yummy and easy recipes that I can make with minimal ingredients and minimal mess!  I found this one on a friends facebook page.  It was left there by a friend of hers but I saw it, it looked good so thought I would try it.  I have to say it was extra yummy so I want to share it with all of you!  So here it goes!

Zesty Chicken

4 Chicken Breast
1 8oz cream cheese
1 Cup white wine
1 pkt zesty Italian Seasoning (for Salad Dressing)
1 package of fresh mushrooms, sliced (optional)

Cook all day in the crock pot on low and serve over rice!

Enjoy!

Jummping For Joy

Well we are officially only a few weeks away from baby C's arrival and things at the Corbett household are in full swing as we prepare to meet our little one.  While the nursery isn't ready just yet I thought I would show you a pic of the baby bedding that will soon be installed in he next week or two.  It is called Jumping for Joy (which is how I feel about about the fact that God has chosen me to become a mother!) it is by Kenneth Brown and it is cute and gender neutral, which I have to say is VERY hard to find!  I love it I hope that Baby C does too!

I hope to post pics of the finished nursery soon.  Joe has taken on quite the project of all new hardwood floors, painting and new trim throughout the room.  We only have a little trim left to put up and then we can move everything in!  My sister is coming this weekend to help put it all together so fingers crossed that it will all be done and I will post pics asap!

17 years!!

In the Summer of `95 I had the privileged of going on my first overseas mission trip with my church youth group.  We went to Jamaica and while there we met up with 4 there youth groups from other church's from across the US.  while there I because friends with a girl named Jessica.  She was from a youth group in Ohio and we had so much fun together that week. When the trip was over we promised to write each other and to call and swore that we would be forever friends! Well I am happy to say that we followed through on that promise and still remain friends today.  We have gone to visit each other over the years.  I have been to OH and she has come to see me in NC.  Over the years we have talked, laughed cried and encouraged one another and prayed for one another.   As we have moved into adulthood we have not been able to go and visit one another as much as we would like.  And as we were talking a few months ago we realized that we had not actually seen each other in about 10 years! We decided then and there that we must put an end to that and plan a visit!  So this past weekend Jessica hopped on a plane and flew to CT to see me!  We had such a fun time.  We talked non stop!  It is rare in life when you can find a friend who you can talk about anything with! God one minute,, husbands the next, then and 10 min later you can be trading recipes and talking about the latest news in US weekly! And all this after not seeing each other for 10 years!  It felt like we had never missed a beat! I am very blessed to have such wonderful friends and I can't believe that this particular friendship has lasted over 17 years!  Jessica is such a wonderful woman and am so lucky to call her my friend!  I thank God that he put her in my life and I am looking forward to many more years of fun and fellowship with such a beautiful woman both inside and out!

Three Ring Circus!

 While life at the Corbett's may sometimes resemble a three ring circus, last month Joe and I had the chance to actually go to see a three ring circus!  Since Joe and I have been married we have talked about going to see Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey circus!  So for Joe's birthday last month I was able to get tickets for the two of us to go and see RB&BB!  It was so fun!  We had a great night and while we were the only adults there without kids, we made sure we were kids at heart and loved watching every act!

And let me just say it was quite a show, I haven't been to the circus in years and wasn't sure what to expect but they had everything you could think of!  For over two hours we were amazed as act after act came out! They didn't miss a thing!  It was such a fun date night for the two of us and a great way to celebrate Joe's special day!  We took a few pictures so please enjoy!