The new office

We are officially business owners and it feels good but also overwhelming. God has been soo faithful to us! When his timing was right everything fell into place. He has been there for one full month now and things have gone on with no major bumps! Amazing! His staff and patients have been so welcoming. We did do some minor but important updates to the office space like painting, floors and decor. We also added ceiling mounted TV's and a Coffee station in the waiting room. Here are some pictures of the office.

One of the operatories.


There was carpet in here.


New waiting room.


View from the receptionist desk.


My man's office. That's the cleanest the desk will ever be.


Coffee station.


Our new name and logo! It's been branded!






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And we're back!

I finally got this app that allows me to post from my phone which is the only thing that will save my blog since it is apparently so hard for me to sit down at the computer and post something. So here are some random pictures from the summer.

We went to Hilton head for some beach time! We celebrated my 30th birthday! Such a great time in my life!





My love of 6 years now!


They love the park. Cohen tries to keep up with Addison.


First day of preschool! I didn't cry and she was so excited to go. She LOVES it!








Stay tuned for more frequent updates!
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Moving to Hickory!

Hello everyone! Here is a little update on where we are in life.  We live in Conover but the neighboring town is called Hickory, only 10 min away. We are buying a dental practice in Hickory and Ryan takes ownership at the beginning of August.  We are so excited and at peace with this big decision. We have been praying for two years for direction and a plan for Ryan's career and the Lord never fails! He has provided for us this entire time and this answer to prayer gives us such grateful hearts! It will probably be 8 months before we purchase our first home but I can't help but look at listings already.  Here are some pictures from the last month or so. 

Cohen will be one on June 26th and Addison 2 1/2!! Can't believe it. On and let us not forget Ryan will be 30!!! He is still rocking 25 though!

Cohen started walking with assistance about two months ago and has walked up to 17 steps without help but with a lot of coaxing.  He has yet to completely  take off on his own. He has a large vocabulary and says, mama, dada, ball, cracker, coco (Cohen), papa, book, and bye bye. He has so much personality and very determined to do things his way.  He loves to crawl and climb on anything and everything.  He brings us so much joy and laughter.  

Addison is such a big girl and sister.  She always puts on her shoes by herself.  She loves to help me cook and bake and loves to feed Cohen.  She is a good picker upper and likes things tidy. We finally have hair long enough to sport a pony tail. yay!! She surprises me every day with things she says. She has a precious heart and sings to her brother when he is sad or has a hard time going to sleep. I am trying not to blink with her so hopefully I won't miss a thing!

 Cohen's stank face.

 Addison loves going to the playground.  Her favorite thing is the slide.

 She looks so mature here!!

 Someone asked me is she had a front tooth missing. No it's just her sweet gap.

Cohen has 4 top  teeth and 2 bottom and 2 lower molars.

Here is my stud man! He could totally sport 25! So handsome.  We just celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary this past May.

Koolaide smile!

He had the best time playing in that bucket of water.

Wow, I almost gave this thing up!

It's been FOREVER since I have posted anything on the blog. The longer its been the harder it is to get motivated to post something because where do you star?? The last post was the summer so I have missed Christmas, Addison's birthday, and so many other special moments. I am not even going to try to sum it all up. I will just post a massive amount of pictures and let that tell the story :)

I will say that Addison is almost 2 1/2 and Cohen is 9 months and just started crawling and walking with the walker...all in the same weekend! They are precious together and the laughter never stops between the two of them. God is really challenging me to be diligent in my efforts to discipline in love and with the purpose to soften their hearts towards Christ. Every day is different, and only through His grace and guidance, am I ever able to accomplish that. They are such a joy and clearly God is doing a work in me through them.

Ryan and I are looking at staring a dental practice from the ground up. It's definitely scary and requires trust and prayer to take these next big steps. Ryan is so eager to hold the reigns and I can tell he is really excited when he talks about owning his own practice. So we are still renting a small town house and feeling cramped in the two bedrooms it allows but all the while feeling blessed and well taken care of.

Here goes the massive upload of pictures. From last fall to today...

Blowing Rock with the family. That just about make me have a heart attack after watching Addison run everywhere! So many drop offs! We survived but not without any grey hairs.
Date night after Blowing Rock. Thanks Grammy, Elaine and the sisters!
Fun in the backyard with Drew.


Aunt Elaine. The kids just love her as do we! She makes it so special to live here!
Thanksgiving 2011 at Martha's (mimi).

Papa love. For once he is in some pictures.
Cohen is about 5 months here.
Nana and 6 month Cohen.

Grammy went with us to pick out our Christmas tree and to get hers.



First day we discovered that her hair was long enough to make piggies. They didn't stay in long.
Our lone ranger!
Christmas 2011


Ski trip to Beech Mountain with the Sigmon's. Addison went sledding for the first time. She LOVED it.
Day after Christmas family pics. Check out Cohen's Elvis lip.

Love, love, love these pics!
Such a big, good sister! Sometimes she loves him till it hurts.
My little Linus from Charlie Brown. All the emotions of a composer!
Addison's actually birthday on December 26th celebrated with family.
The last weekend in January we celebrated her birthday with friends at an indoor play gym. It was amazing and such a blast watching her play.
Yes, I did make the cake!
First time Cohen rode in the grocery cart with Addison. You can tell he knew exactly what he was doing!
Check out that GAP! So cute!

Both kids love to ride on daddy's shoulders. It's better than the park!

Cohen is about 7 months here.
So Ryan put Cohen in Addison's play stroller and there was no way he was falling out because his bottom was so wedged in there. He loved it and so did she.
Park with the family. Daddy's grooming her for baseball. Look at her focus!
Cohen is 8 months.




She is so domestic. Loves the kitchen and cooks with me a lot!
Lunch outside with Nana.
Play dough dental set. She is ready for work daddy!

First ice-cream of the spring at Sonic with Grammy!
Seriously!!!! love him!
Addison's first haircut at a salon. She was soo awesome and sat so still.
Grammy and her babies.
Eating in style and also protecting her eyes from sun rays that could come through the window.
First bath together. Cohen took his first dunk about 5 seconds after being in...scared me but now he as the hang of it.


As I finished uploading all these pictures I was so sad that I had not kept up with this because it was soooo hard to narrow it down. Oh well here is to a NEW start!!