Don’t Mess with Texas

Do any of y’all read the Kelly’s Korner blog? She wrote {a really interesting post} the other day, opening it up for her readers to discuss regional differences across different parts of the US. It was so interesting! I stayed up and read every single comment (there were a lot) while C was out seeing a movie with a friend one night. Some things I didn’t realize were not done in other parts of the country, like bridal portraits. My good friend here reads that blog too and she is from Kentucky and Georgia (I think) and she had never heard of bridal portraits.

I wrote down some of the things were said about Texas or the South that I have also experienced. Here they are:

  1. Hobby Lobby
  2. sweet tea
  3.  ”bless your heart”
  4. Saying yes ma’am, no sir, etc.
  5. chick fil a
  6. Calling adults by Mr and Mrs with their first name (Example Mr John and Mrs Anna)
  7. frito pie
  8. fireflies are called lightning bugs
  9. grocery carts are buggies
  10. “katty corner” for diagonal
  11. saying coke for all sodas
  12. y’all
  13. fried okra
  14. tornado drills
  15. have your picture “made” instead of taken
  16. mums (for homecoming)
  17. biscuits and gravy
  18. ro-tel
  19. taking food to someone’s house for a funeral
  20. college and high school football
  21. waving or saying hi to someone as you pass them on the street or hall
  22. beef bbq
  23. seasonal door wreaths
  24. bridal portraits

I am curious, what other things can you think of that relate to Texas or the South? Or if you are from somewhere else, what is different where you are from?

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Baby #2 Pics

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12 weeks (with a hand up by the face)

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19 weeks (rotated so you can see that cute little profile)

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Big sister E is proudly showing off a cute outfit that Nena and Pappaw brought her baby brother.

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Some friends back home even had a surprise gender reveal dessert for us to tell them it was a boy.

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In a couple of days, we will be half way to meeting him!

“Behold, children are a heritage {blessing, gift} from the Lord” Psalm 127:3

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Tea Parties and Hairstyles

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E and I have had some stellar tea parties lately. She insists on getting every baby out to include them. Today she wanted the balls to come to the picnic too but I told her that they don’t eat food so they don’t have to come. She gives each baby a piece of cloth food. Some of them get cups but she doesn’t have quite enough cups for everyone.

 

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I don’t know if you have been stalking my hair or not, but in case you care, I have officially decided I am over having bangs and I am growing mine out! So usually I do a bobby pin if they aren’t cooperating but don’t love that look, until today! I tried twisting it before pinning it back, and I put the pin wavy side down, which I read yesterday was actually the correct way to use a bobby pin. Does anyone have any good tips for growing out bangs?

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Happy Mother’s Day

IMG_1696Happy Mother’s Day to a wonderful Momma!!

We had a nice weekend. We stayed home yesterday and got stuff done but C made me pancakes for breakfast and made lunch too. He got me some flowers and candy. Today we went to church and then he ordered me lasagna take out for dinner. E made me a flower craft and tray at school.

IMG_3522Here is a picture from today. Me with my two kids. My daughter and my son. Yup, you read that right…we are having a boy! I am 19 1/2 weeks and the doctor says he is healthy and weighs about 10 ounces.

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Little Cutie Pie

IMG_3226A year or two ago my blog was hosted on a different site, and because of the switch I made, about a year’s worth of posts don’t have the pictures that go with them anymore. I have been working to try to update the pictures, but it takes a while. So far I have done Oct 2010 through June 2011. I still have some more prior to that. On the plus side, I get to look at these adorable pictures of my baby girl from when she was a new little baby. She looks so different now! Here is one of my favs!

And yes, I keep toying with my blog design too. Its one of those things I end up doing on a Saturday night when I am messing with my computer. Yes I lead a very exciting life around here!

 

 

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