Wednesday, November 18, 2009

What's been going on?

Nothing too exciting has been going on with us but I thought I'd do a post anyway just to keep in touch. We've been busy, as usual...




Last Wednesday we said goodbye to our fall decor....

and hello to our Christmas filled home. I don't have any Christmas decoration pics yet but we're loving it....except for the fact that I make Corey go upstairs every night and unplug the garland lights on the banister . For some reason he HATES doing that. :-)



The fall decor isn't the only thing I'm saying goodbye to...tomorrow (Thursday) is my last day at Key Oil. After lots of thinking, tears, praying, more thinking, and discussing, Corey and I decided that I would turn in my resignation as HR Director and start preparing for our new addition. This is probably one of the biggest and scariest decisions I've ever made in my life, yet I feel so at peace with this huge decision. I know it's going to be the right thing for our family and we will all eventually adjust to the changes that will come along with it. Key Oil will always hold a special place in my heart. It's been "home" to me for 3 years and it's partially responsible for Corey and I getting together. I talked to him for the first time when he called to RSVP for our Open House....and the rest is history. :-)


Many of you are asking, "What in the world will you do?" I'm hoping to help mom whenever she needs me, and I have a list a mile long of things to do around the house that have just been pushed aside since we moved in July. I have a feeling I will have no trouble keeping busy until April!


And here's the most important update...Baby K. Here's my 18 week mug shot. Just 2 more weeks until we find out if Baby K is a "him" or "her". Corey said last night that he has changed his mind from the beginning and now thinks it's a "her", and I've still got the crazy feeling that it's a "him". He decided that between the two of us...one of us will be right! Really!?!? He started cleaning out the nursery last night. It somehow became the junk room when we moved so he got the big things out of the way so I could find room for the rest somewhere else. We ordered our furniture a couple of weeks ago so we're hoping it will be here by the end of the year. That stuff takes forever to ship!
That's all for now...hope you all have a great rest of the week and a cozy weekend!

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

DOING GREAT!

We went to the doctor yesterday for our check-up and all is well! We don't have a lot of info to share which is a good thing! Baby K wasn't QUITE as cooperative yesterday so it took a minute for the doctor to find the heartbeat...but it was there and was 155/bpm. Corey said she/he was "just sleeping". The best news is we only have to wait 3 weeks to find out the sex. We go on December 2nd for our ultrasound and check-up. I can't wait!!!! I'm going to try and keep extra busy until then so time will fly by!

Speaking of doing great...Corey is breathing a sign of relief as of 9:30 last night when they finished their beans! They are officially done with corn and beans for 2009. Now we can pack up, leave our duties behind, and go spend the winter in Florida, right? ha! That will be the day! It definately doesn't mean that work is done at Konow Farms...just this particular work. From what I hear there's still plenty to do but it will be nice to have him home a little earlier at night and on the weekends!


Tonight is Bunco night for me which I always LOVE! We started this back in April and we've been meeting every 2nd Tuesday of the month since then with a new hostess each time. This month Fran Delk is hosting our "girls night" and I'm sure we'll have a great time, as usual! It's such a fun time every month. I'm already feeling lucky! And while I'm at Bunco....gosh, this probably sounds really bad.....Corey (bless him!) gets to drag all of the Christmas "stuff" down from the attic because our house gets decorated for Christmas tomorrow! Yes, you read that right! As an early Christmas present Mom hires a wonderful lady to come decorate our house for Christmas! It's like the best Christmas present ever (thanks Mom!) and she does an AWESOME job. The only downfall is, the only time she has available is the middle of November. So, November Christmas decorating it is! I think we're going to hold up on the "front door arrangement" thought or I'm pretty sure everyone who passes by will think we're nuts! I'm thinking, maybe the day after Thanksgiving?!?

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Baby Miller


IT'S A GIRL! Brent and Kacie found out yesterday that Baby Miller is going to be a girl! Congratulations you two...how exciting!

Monday, November 2, 2009

16 weeks

I almost forgot to post my 16 week pic...so here it is...I decided not to go with the rediculous green and brown outfit that I wore in all of my earlier pictures but rather have it made in my work clothes this morning - without the bare belly showing (sorry, Nat!) You can definately see the Baby K bump these days in just about everything I'm wearing. It's still a small bump so people who don't know me probably just think I've got a nice tire around my midsection. Oh well, I'm trying to get used to sporting it proudly rather than hiding it. This week Baby Konow is the size of an avocado and I am told that a significant growth spurt will probably happen in the next few weeks. So, I will definately be blossoming...as one lady "gently" put it the other day when she looked at me. I thought it was too funny - nice way to say you're getting fat! ha!

We go to the doctor next Monday but it STILL isn't time to find out the sex. It's probably going to be 4-5 more weeks until that big day and WE CAN'T WAIT! We'll schedule the appointment for the sonogram after our check-up next Monday.

Brent and Kacie find out the sex of Baby Miller this week so I'm looking foward to their big news on Wednesday....I am so excited to find out!!! I made her promise she would send a text as soon as she found out so she didn't keep me wondering any longer.

1 year ago...

Yesterday, Corey and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary. Can you believe it? 1 year already! It seems like just months ago that we were in planning mode for the big day. We actually spent 2 days celebrating. Saturday night we had dinner in Nashville at the Melting Pot. This was a new experiene for us both and a yummy one! We had a wonderful night..just the two of us...even though we decided the "cooking it yourself" concept was a little too much work. ha! Add Image

Our sweet waitress took our picture for us.

Here's my favorite part....dessert! I talked him into an apple cobbler white chocolate fondue. They sent us a plate of cheesecake, marshmallows, rice krispy treats, strawberries, bananas, pound cake and brownies to dip in our chocolate.......yum!!! Of course I didn't think about taking the picture until we had eaten all of that. So here's what we had left of our chocolate dip. Needless to say, we didn't leave hungry!

Sunday was our actual anniversary and a very low key day, which was wonderful. We went to church, Zaxbys with the fam for lunch, Lowes (urg!) and then back home for a lazy afternoon. Lazy afternoons at the Konow house are very few and far between so this was a treat for both of us. We watched our wedding video, reminisced about our special day, and ate some of the top layer of our wedding cake which was surprisingly very good! We tried to make a "no chore" rule which worked except for the emptying of the dishwashwer. :-) We still had the evening to spare so we decided to order pizza and rent a movie (which is unheard of for us). We watched Marley and Me...such a good movie!
And before we get back to the real world....I thought I'd post a few pics of our journey together along with some of the lyrics from our "first dance" song which was sung by the infamous Corey Givens on our wedding night.

You're my piece of mind, in this crazy world...

You're everything I've tried to find...

Your love is a pearl...



You're my Mona Lisa...


You're my rainbow skies... And my only prayer is that you realize...

You'll always be beautiful in my eyes...


Happy Anniversary, Corey! I love you more and more every day! Thank you for being such a wonderful husband!