The Baby Shower Weekend...

This weekend consisted of more baby showers (sorry Kristi) than I ever want to see again. There were only two, and they were wonderful and beautiful, but woah...too much baby. I think the total count consisted of:
*pack and play, stroller, carseat, Exersaucer
*Diaper Genie + 4 packs of refills (enough for 1000 diapers...gross)
*more outfits than the child can wear before she outgrows them
*30 receiving blankets
*books and stuffed animals
*over 400 diapers
The list goes on and on. Here's an idea of all the LITTLE things that they got. This doesn't include any of the big items.



My favorite pictures of the shower? Right below :)



For someone preparing for a wedding, I am not ready to deal with all of these things! YIKES!

We also dyed Easter Eggs...



I think by the end, even poor Lillie was worn out!

It was a pretty terrific weekend!
Happy Palm Sunday!
-B

I saw more BBQ than I ever have before!

This past weekend was the ending of spring break and boy was it absolutely wonderful! It started by Grey taking me on one of the sweetest and most thoughtful dates ever! I've always said that my favorite meal would consist of a Chickfila sandwich, Arby's curly fries, and a Wendy's frosty...all of the best things from my favorite fast food places! Well my sweet hubby-to-be ( :D ) decided that our date was going to consist of this amazingly greasy meal. We picked everything up and went down to the dike by Clemson. We managed to climb down and sit on a huge rock that was really close to the water's edge and overlooked the rest of the lake. Not only was it just wonderful sitting there with my man, but the sun was setting as well...perfect! :) It was one of my favorite dates ever.

After that, we went into Walhalla to see one of my 7th graders in Raggedy Anne and Andy. I'm proud to say that it was one of best plays I've ever seen, aside from Wicked, and my sweet Sarah Pirkle rapped!...it made my day. She played an AMAZING part and her sisters did a great job as well. It was so much fun!

After that, we went to the farm in NC to help his dad with a church fundraiser. His father was in charge of cooking all the BBQ for about 300 people at their church. Never have I:
1) Seen so much BBQ
2) Seen how BBQ was made
3) Seen that much BBQ sauce
4) Heard Grey state so much that he hates yellow sauce (which happens to be what I enjoy)
Yep...we've already argued as to what kind of sauce our children will eat when we fix BBQ. I'll have to keep doing my pushups and THEN we'll see what happens.... ;) Grey also bought a mountain board and so the next couple of pictures are from not only the BBQ cookin, but of Grace and him trying out the board. It was pretty entertaining to watch them. I got a good couple of laughs out of it.
Enjoy!
Love, B
Doing the pulling of the "pulled" pork
Completely by accident She ROCKED it.
Look at that balance!

Guess what?!

I'm engaged!!!! :)

My sweetheart of a boyfriend decided to pop the question on Friday night at the farm in NC. The story goes that I had suspected that this weekend was going to be "THE WEEKEND." I was terrified to go, had not slept the night before because I was dreaming of him proposing, and all my roommates and some friends knew what could possibly go down this weekend so of course, they were playing with my heart. :)

When we got to the farm, We walked into the house and his nanny looked at us and said, "Congrats on your plans to get married!" All the color drained from Grey's face and I just looked at her and told her that we were still dating. She then replied, "But I heard that it was official." Nope Nanny...still dating. TO WHICH she started talking about how it was a good thing that we were only dating. There were plenty of fish in the sea and we needed to take time to make sure that we knew each other well enough because that's how divorces happen. (Through all of this, I was trying to hold back my vomit mind you...) Divorces begin when people get married but then they realize that they're attracted to someone else and well, there ya go.

SO! Grey and I eventually made it downstairs to the big room where we just looked at each other and split like tweezers. He went outside to work on the jeep and I stayed to work on a take home exam, sob like a mad woman, and call my momma freaking out. Yep. No joke, the rest of the afternoon (5-8ish), I was horribly shaky, didn't want to eat anything, and was trying to postpone the event that I knew was coming because I was so nervous. At one point before dinner, Grey said, ok! I'm ready to give you your surprise! He walked over, put one hand in his pocket, and said, "It wasn't ready until now..." I looked at him and said, let's wait and eat first! He promtly put the other hand in his pocket and walked off.

Poor guy. Poor poor guy.

After dinner, we were trying to figure out what to do and were basically standing in the middle of the floor. Yep, just standing there like awkward asparagus stalks looking at each other. Then...
Grey: You ready for your surprise now?
Me: I guess so (blood pressure rising, palms sweating)
Grey: Close your eyes
Me: (oh geez)
Grey: It's in the backroom, so hold on
Me: (Well shoot, it's not a ring)
Grey: OK! You can open your eyes!
Me: OPEN!
Grey: Ok, well I'm pretty sure you know this is coming, but in case you didn't... (gets down on one knee), Becky, will you marry me?
Me: Sure?

:) Awkward right? Just like the two of us...perfectly awkward and beautiful!

I'm gonna be Grey Lancaster's WIFE!!!!!! AH!!!!!

Sorry these pictures are blurry, I'll try and get clearer ones up later!

Global Warming Global Smarming

This is the third time this year that we've gotten snow! I feel like that is a record for little ole South Carolina. The video below is of the last snow fall, this past Tuesday (3/2/10). With people in SC winning the title of being the most freaked out when snow comes, of course, all of my afternoon and evening classes got canceled early that morning (and the night before) just at the mention of the possibility of snow. The funny thing is about 10 minutes after I shot the video (an hour before any of my would-be classes started), it all started melting. :)

A lot has happened!

So a lot has indeed happened in the past couple of weeks. For starters, my good friend Tracey came up to visit for a glorified girls birthday weekend. Tracey, Susan, Savannah, and I all went out to dinner to celebrate each others birthdays which all happened to be between Feb 16-28. Our favorite part? The waitress gave us ALL free desserts at dinner :) However,we got a little silly before...




The weekend of Valentine's Day, I finally got my Christmas present from Grey...a ticket to go see Wicked! It was utterly fabulous. The woman who was supposed to play the part of Elphaba for some reason didn't perform so they had the backup do it and boy oh boy...she was absolutely amazing.

This past weekend, I got the opportunity to hang out with my 7th grade girls. Jessie, Susan, and I all had the girls over at my apartment for a slumber party on Friday night. Because it had been my birthday that previous weekend, the girls were super sweet and brought me goodies to celebrate! The night consisted of bowling, hanging out at my apartment, telling stories of nightmares, and approximately getting two hours of sleep before they had to be up and at the church the next morning. Needless to say, we were all pretty wiped out. The funny thing is that we got the most sleep of any of the other middle or high school groups. Can you believe that? Good gracious!

One Year!

Wednesday, Feb 10, Grey and I celebrated our one year! It most certainly has been a fun and challenging year as we have gotten to know each other. Some fun memories include:
-Cooking appetizers for the Progressive Dinner with Grey in a camo apron AND chef hat
-Writing letters for the entire summer while we were both serving at different camps
-Playing capture the flag and ultimate Frisbee at night with friends
-Hanging with each others’ families over Christmas break
-Getting one of the most thoughtful gifts for my birthday last year…Cheerios!
-Watching the Braves play (and win) against the Phillies
-Grey throwing an ax at a tree, trying for a “Dr. Quinn, Sully” impression
-Playing in the snow…THREE separate times

We have a few quirks though between us that make for funny stories:
-As a James woman, I am not patient enough to cook rice. So Grey has made me promise that whenever I cook a dinner that calls for rice, I allow him to do it.
-Apparently our relationship has issues with Sunday and church, as most of our little disagreements happen at church. Maybe it’s because we’re so excited about Jesus that we totally disregard the other person?
-When we play ultimate Frisbee, we have to be on the same team or Grey will end up guarding me. When this happens, I usually have a major poothead attack and pout because I don’t get the Frisbee enough because he’s so good at guarding. Who decided I was turning 23 soon and not 13?

Overall, it’s been so much fun! These are from our recent dinner at Olive Garden and evening after.


The daisies that Grey gave me


This was about 1 minute after we received our plates...Notice how much is gone from mine, and how much is gone from Grey's :)


Yep...That's right. I'm eating RIGHT out of the salad bowl


Look at that foot pop :)


Finally a good one!


Yep...That's us! :)

Love y'all!
-B

And then the white bear rode her up the mountain...

This past weekend, Mom and I traveled up to Chapel Hill to stay a few days with the pregnant sister, Kristi! Boy oh boy was it filled with scary stories of people getting kidnapped, chocolate, shopping, what not to wear, and food! Although we had so much fun, Jenny was greatly missed! Here are some pictures during our trip.


Pictures: Mom and I are pumped and ready to go; My reading material for the car trip;Our snacks for the weekend; It was a 4 hour drive AFTER a 2 1/2 hour drive from Clemson...what do you expect?




About an hour from Chapel Hill, we decided that we needed a break and because it was between 2:00 and 4:00....Sonic became our next destination. We stopped at the nearest sonic and ordered two Route 44 Diet Strawberry Limeades. Apparently, mom's wasn't as sweet as she thought it would be...

For any of you that know me, you know that I CANNOT under any circumstances eat Cilantro. Well...obviously the Chinese people making my food were not aware of these circumstances. Yep, that green leafy thing to the right of my plate is definitely A POISONOUS KILLER!




Left: Mom was REALLY excited that it was snowing
Right: Yep...see the snow? :)
Below: Which one is the food baby and which one is 5 months pregnant?


Saturday night, we decided to cook dinner which consisted of Ranch burgers, roasted mushrooms, and sauteed green beans. After dinner, popsicles were on the menu as the dessert item. However, mom had just a TAD bit of trouble actually getting into hers and this was the result. :)


So yep. The trip was pretty much amazing and a much needed break from school. I'm thankful that I ended up sleeping with Kristi since the guest bedroom was apparently labeled as the "kidnapper" room by mom. Serves her right that she got to sleep in it and that she ended up worrying all night. :)

-B