Oh, and one more...

:)

Micah

These pictures keep making me grin. Hehe. I made a popping sound with my mouth to get that smile in the next picture. I love how this kid is so entertained by everything! He's started walking as of about yesterday. He's known how to walk for months, but only recently had the balance (and courage) to do it all by himself. Today he was walking around the patio balcony like a pro, digging in the basil pot and trying to get into the garden tools he's not allowed to play with. :)

Micah turned one year on September 2nd. There was a lovely party at Erin's parents' house, but Micah was so tired by cake time that he wanted nothing to do with the pumpkin pie. So today we did a little re-do of his cake & candle, using the Erin-made pumpkin cheesecake from Logan's birthday instead. (Which was awesomely delicious, by the way...)

At first he thought we were being cruel by wanting him to sit in his highchair. He perked up after nursing, though, and then he realized that he was actually allowed to both smash up the pie AND eat it. So he meticulously and slowly set out to destroy and devour as much as possible. It was ridiculously cute.

Sheesh, what crazy hair. We're gonna look back at this and laugh our tails off. :)

Happy birthday, Micah! I love you to tiny bits.

- caroline

P.S. School is going awesomelyyyy. Seriously. I got really good grades on my first essay and test. Also, just received a letter saying I am eligible for the Zell Miller Scholarship, which pays $12 more per credit hour than HOPE does. Heck yes! Gonna flash that paper at the financial aid office Monday!

medley of days

I've been taking photos everyday - even if it is just three. Here is some pics from the last five days.

I've been working on several things lately. Lookbook photos, my own photos, pottery, started a pilates class, planning to go the UGArden tonight to work. :) If you have a question about any of the photos, ask... I didn't want to break up the photos by explaining anything. I think they look lovely in a stream.

- caroline

happy anniversary!

Happy Anniversary, Logan & Erin! 

What has it been? 6 years married... 9 years altogether? Regardless, I am 100% confident that you will be... together foreverrrrrr. (I can't see me lovin' nobody but you, for all my liiiiife.) Well, now that I've gotten a song stuck your head, I hope you have a good day today!

Lots of love,

- caroline

P.S. After digging through a whole box of photos from the early 00's, I realized that the photo I was looking for was taped to my wall. :) 

leisure time

Yesterday was our first day of work at Hallie Jane's Catering. It was nice - it felt very familiar and fun to be at an event, working to make the day run as planned. I've been to so many weddings that even going to a sorority formal (as our first job was) seemed normal. The only difference was that it involved hauling heavy tables, chairs and food, not being able to join in the dancing, and being sore the next day. But all in all, I really enjoyed the work. I have been physically stagnant for too long - too many hours in a chair, indoors. I'm getting sick of it. It was fun to haul and set up and do team work - and outdoors, no less.

The yummiest part of the day was during my 2:00 am shower, when the hot water activated the smell of fried shrimp! But no, I enjoyed the 2 am shower, and crawling into bed completely exhausted. :)

I made a kale and mushroom omelette this morning with cheddar and parmesan. It was gooood. Logan has been making kale forever, however, I had only had it steamed, with balsamic vinegar (which is really good). But for lunch Friday, Sara said that she puts it in a skillet - that was also pretty good, so I thought it would probably work for an omelette. It has a bit of stringy crunch to it, but I like it that way.

Today we hung out with Logan, Erin & Micah, Sara & Lucy, and later on, Griffin & Jamie. Logan & Erin made this ridiculously good cheesecake yesterday, and we got to have some on their balcony, in the lovely weather. 

Micah is such a cutie. And he's going to be a climbing, exploring, sneaky little kid, very very soon. He sits there and eyes which object would be most interesting to play with, then leaaaaans over, his little fingers opening and closing, trying to grasp on to something. Once he is crawling, he's going to be everywhere.

Our original plan was to go to Memorial Park, but it was jam packed. So after lunch at L&E's, we went to Harris Shoals park in Watkinsville. It's a cute little place, with a very cool playground. Not much walking to do, however, though there seemed to be a trail that would have probably been a bit much on the stroller.

Photo by Quinn

Hehe. Ashlan, if your reading -- somehow this picture reminds me of SCAD... :P 

Photos by Quinn

Photo by Quinn

Photo by Quinn

Holy cow. They are both so cute. Micah had just woken up, and he sits there in the swing, staring, holding the chain with one hand, and his toes with the other. And Lucy? Could she look more like a girl? So adorable in that little bonnet.

Photo on the right by Quinn

So today was lovely. Tomorrow I think I might order photos for my frames... L&E had a whole pile of new prints, they look so fun. It's definitely next on my list. 

Okay, well, it's very late, so I should be off to bed now.

Good night! Sleep tight.

Don't let the bed bugs bite.

- caroline

ps. I always wonder - how exactly are you supposed to stop the bed bugs from biting?

the last exams

So I'm finished with high school. Wow. This is crazy! I'm not going to lie - I wasn't happy that I couldn't finish by the end of 2010. Now I have finished months after my projected graduation date. It's a bit of a bummer for me, because it was a personal challenge to finish last year, and I failed.

The last four years of school have been sporadic. It's a strange feeling, when you are responsible for your own education. You are in charge of your own timeline, of handling your own learning curve, of reaching your own deadlines. There is no one to piss you off but yourself. You can't blame some crappy teacher for your bad grades, or your classmates for distracting you, or your early morning classes for not being able to concentrate.

I guess I'm pretty proud of having taught myself. I know that many others doing correspondence school have gotten better grades and finished in half the time. But I don't know their stories, I just know that I managed my high school education the best I could, in my own way. And I had to break that time up with work and projects (and, I'm not going to lie: TV) - I'm not the kind of person who can do homework everyday. Therefore, I had lots of breaks during the four years - I have gone months without picking up an academic book. But it was always there in the back of my mind... You should be doing homewoooooork. And now? Heh heh. No more voice. Though I'll probably sit down at my dest and do phantom homework, out of habit. Yes, yes, I think I can still feel the pages in my hands...

I still can't believe that American School thinks it's a-okay to avoid essay writing. This is the first real, more than half-a-page essay that I have had to write. It ended up being the last exam that I finished. And it looks so legit, doesn't it? We shall see if they think so. :)

Well, I felt like I should blog this before the moment was over, for the sake of documentation. Also, I don't want to sit at my desk for any extended period of time unless absolutely necessary. I will be blogging tonight, though!! I have some lovely after-the-storm images.

Anyway, thanks for everyone who helped me finish school! Especially Erin. I would be graduating in 2013 if it wasn't for her! <3 Thank you so much for all the help and for letting me board in your house for months. They are some of my best memories. Also thank you, Mom, for letting me slack off on chores and babysitting and for watching TV all alone so that I could finish up!

Hehe. I'm going to be giggling for a few days, I'm sure. Oh! I'm done with homework. Hehe. Guess what? No more homework. Hehehe.

See you later, maybe at my graduation party!
Lots of love and happiness,
- caroline

micah - full post

So Logan and Erin have a baby now. It's a pretty funny thought, really... It's been just the two of them for so long (if you don't count Chi). I spent a lot of time with them last fall, this spring and summer and it's funny to think that they will never go back to that time. If I come to visit, there will be no more waking up too late to get things done, or sitting down to breakfast and not getting up until we realize we're hungry again (aka I realize I'm hungry again) and three hours have been sunk while talking about random things. And now there might be someone in the house who is more demanding about food than I am when I'm there. o.o That's just a possibility, though. ;)

At the risk of being cliché and a bit sentimental, I think Micah will be the best thing that has happened to L&E since they met each other. I can't wait to go stay and see what he's changed and what has stayed the same. (Though, seeing as I haven't barged in and camped out, I am waiting very patiently!)


So, I think Micah is pretty cute. Logan isn't into newborn looks, never has been, but ya know, I don't think they're so bad. Micah is particularly cute, I think, for a newborn...






These pics were taken when Micah was two days old. Logan and Erin were already talking as though they'd had M for weeks. "He usually calms down when I burp him." My favorite line of the day, keyword being "usually."



I love that one.

I'm pretty excited to have a new name in the family - I think it's a fetching name, too. It did take a few days to get used to saying - it's an entirely new name, and it gives an entirely new feeling toward the previously nameless Baby. I've always been into names. I have this book called The Secret Universe of Names that I bought from the sale bin of a bookstore. L&E had it for ages, trying to find names they liked. Turns out, they never considered the name Micah until they were at the hospital and never looked it up in the book. Little did they know that the description of MK named people sounds Logan-ish, no joke. It's eerie.

That was a lot of writing, for me. Golly. Thanks for reading my blog, by the way. :)

P.S. Christina, I have the book waiting for you, so next time we see each other or Mom goes to a meeting, it's all yours!