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Annoucement to the World: I’m Having a Baby. :)

hannah — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:59:03 +0000

If you know me, sort of, you know I’m very goal oriented! Running, work, whatever, I love me some goals! I can dream up the best goals you have ever heard of or could have imagined! If you know me well, I mean really well, following through on those goals and having them turn out like I dreamed them up doesn’t ALWAYShappen for me. Take for instance my baby situation. My goal was to have a baby before Gray was three. Sounds fantastic, so I do the math, some planning, yada-yada…. and I end up pregnant. However, I’m due at the beginning of the school year, aka when moneywork should pick up, aka when my brothers and sister and mama and mother in law and sister in law and husband go back to school, aka goal accomplished… perfect dream scenario screwed! But like I know best, right? Right?

And for the facts…..My family went skiing for Christmas, it was our Christmas, and it was awesome. After bruising a rib, a tailbone, and injuring my neck trying to keep up with my sister on the snowboard (self-diagnosed! ), I’m thinking to myself on the last night on the mountain, I think I might be pregnant. I have no way of testing, I feel great, well sort of, so the wait begins. We get home Sunday night, late. Monday, we slept practically all day, got up and moved around SLOWLY, and tried to do nothing. Monday night, super late, I finally decide to give myself the test…. and I’m pretty sure we all know by now how it turned out. Tuesday morning, I was trying to sleep, and my Daddy called. He told me that Grandmama had passed away, just that morning. Needless to say, I was a puddle of mush and tears and deep thoughts, and bad stuff and good stuff for the rest of that week. Being pregnant kind of took a back seat. Sitting in my grandparents kitchen, I started to do some math and realized that my baby would be born in August near my Grandmama’s birthday. It gave me chills.

As of right now, I’m working on 12 weeks, not long until I’m done with my first trimester. I have been SO sick off and on. I can’t wear things around my neck, I throw up during the day, I have to eat constantly, a little at a time, just thinking about certain foods make me sick, , drying my hair makes me sick, and I am depleted of energy at the end of each day! But I keep reminding myself that these are good things. It means that this baby is still there. I try not to think about miscarrying, but if you have one, I think it’s always in the back of your mind.

Gray sort of knows what’s goin on? We talk about it a lot, but she looks at me like I am CRAZY when I try to explain that there is a baby living in mommy’s tummy. She says she is having a sistah.

I could care less if it’s a girl or a boy. Either would be cool. We’ve had a boy name picked out since before Gray, so unless there is a huge change of heart this little boy will be “Crew Manning Lockaby”. I can picture shouting at ball fields already! The girls name is a point of contention. I like “Chapel” and “Elle” (pronounced L). Elle sounds a little more like an old soul. Middle names have not been decided. Kevin likes both, so we’ll see.

We are excited about this next chapter in our lives. Unlike with Gray’s pregnancy, I’m more relaxed and enjoying everyday of life. I have no idea what the future holds, but I know it’s going to be awesome. Please join us in praying for a healthy baby and for some specific prayers to be answered before Baby Lockaby #2 comes along. I serve a BIG GOD, and I’m excited to see how he will come through for us in the end!

Hope everyone is now up to date!

The Clary Familia

hannah — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:46:08 +0000

GAME-COCKS! GAME-COCKS! (Just had to put that in there!) I’m pretty sure that Carolina should send me some sort of award, because I’m 98% sure the only reason USC won is because Clemson allowed a Gamecock fan to tread on their turf two days before the big game. You see, I left all sorts of hate that perpatrated the locker rooms, campus, rooms, practice facitilities, thus resulting in a painful loss! JK! If my sister didn’t play ball @ USC, and my husband didn’t love Clemson so much, my Gamecock pride wouldn’t be so in ya face (so blame them…).

ANYWAYZZZZZ. I met up with the Clarys to get some pictures that could be used for Christmas cards. I have to admit, that some of these are my new favorite pics!!!! I love architecture, good lines, fun families, cute kids, etc. And some of these pics have all of these characteristics and more. So thank you Clary family! I’d love to back to Clemson and shoot @ the same time next year… MUUahhahahhaaa (Evil Laugh!)

I’m the mother of a 2 year old.

hannah — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:50:12 +0000

Two years ago, my ankles were the same size as my thighs; my nose (as my lunch lady so delicately put it..) had “spread”; my gums had swollen so much it messed up my bite (I couldn’t chew spaghetti to save my life..) I had one, ONE pair of flip flops I could fit on my feet; I had to be careful not to lean my feet or legs on anything or I’d put dents in them that would last hours; my belly literally looked like it had an alien inside when Gray moved, because there was NO, NOTTA, ZIP, ZERO space……. They say if you’re having a girl, your beauty is stolen, and with a boy its your brains! I have no clue about the boy, but dang did they hit the nail on the head for me with the girl!

I know its cliche, but it was worth it! The cutest, most precious bundle of blessing & joy all rolled into one made her way into our lives November 2, 2007, which makes me the mother of a 2 year old! Gray Campbell Lockaby.

My favorite Grayisms right now are:
1. Having conversations. They go something like this:
Gray: “Mom, Mom (She has my attention..) SHaowoen awgak oubgad asdiug Shrek, yeah?”
Me: MMmm-hmmm. Shrek.
Gray: Mom, Mom (She has my attention..) Watch this. (Followed by a jump, a kick, a run, or something
dangerous..)
2. Learning the in’s & out’s of her personality. INDEPENDENT!
Example:
Gray is putting her lips on the handlebar of our WalMart shopping cart.
I look and say, “Gray, thats nasty, we don’t put our mouths on this (and point).
Gray looks me straight in the eyes, maintains eye contact the entire time she leans down to lick the handle
bar and give me a smirk.
3. Watching her play babies.
Gray to her babies: “Baby, u poop, yeah?” “Baby, u wan a milk, yeah?”
4. Amazed at how quick they learn. We’ve been counting to ten, so now randomly before doing something dangerous, I’ll here 5, 8, 10…
5. Facial Expressions. She gets them honestly. I caught myself in the mirror giving the mean eye, and I knew exactly where Gray got hers from… She can on cue do silly, sad, happy, laughing, etc.. {See Below for further proof, and these are with a good case of strep throat!}

I love you Gray!

Selena’s: Familia

hannah — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:11:33 +0000

The name takes me back. I was glued to the tube watching Jennifer Lopez “Selena” climb her way to stardom as a popstar, only to die in the end. Sucks, but still one of my all time favorite flicks!

This Selena isn’t a rising popstar, but she is a durn good hairstylist. {Make sure you catch up with her @ Carolina Forest Spa & Salon if you are in the area!}

She is also a mom of two really cute kids. I had fun exploring a new location in Murrells Inlet, and I’m pleased with all the pictures, especially since we had a kid on the run the entire time and didn’t have ONE posed picture!

Selena, hope you enjoy them as much as I always love my hair!