Tuesday Tour

Today I decided to give you an exclusive tour inside The Curling Corner.  We bought a condo in Virginia Beach in 2007 and it was definitely a fixer-upper.  While it is small and nothing you would see in a magazine, we still call it our cozy home.  So enjoy your stay :)

Welcome

Dining table and computer nook

Kitchen #1

Kitchen #2

Kitchen #3

Downstairs 1/2 bath

Living room area

Top of the stairs

Ella's nursery

Ella's bathroom

Our bedroom #1

Our bedroom #2

Our bathroom

p.s. Dashboard Confessional's album, Dusk and Summer, was the perfect picture-taking music :)

Curling Acres

Hello on this dreary Monday morning.  Even though this week was filled with rain and gloominess, the sun managed to show its beautiful face on Saturday.  It was the perfect fall day for an outdoor wedding.  My dear friend, Ashley, married her bestfriend, Chris, at her parent's lovely home, Brown Wren Acres (check her mom out at tidybrownwren.blogspot.com). Here are a few pictures of their special day...

This is a picture of their fire-pit in their background!

Self-timer= perfect

On our way home we even came across these sign... How fitting!!

On another note,  Jack Johnson's album, On and On,  is the prefect music for Monday morning blogging :)

Rain, Rain, Go Away!!!

Wow, this has been a WET week! Has anyone ever been stuck inside the house all week with a very active 13 month old? Well it is no fun! So Tuesday morning I got dressed, loaded Ella up in her little car and opened the front door to rain... after that I knew it was going to be a long day. So we decided to go to my mom's house for a change of scenery. Wednesday morning= rain again but we braved the weather and went thrift store hunting (one of my most favorite things to do). Thursday, yeah you guessed it, RAIN! So my wonderful mother rescued us from another day of solitaire in Virginia Beach. That night I attended a dental seminar with Josh and since it ended so late and Ella was already asleep (we NEVER wake a sleeping baby) we just stayed the night at my mom's. It is now Friday and it looks like the rain has decided to pack it's bags and move along. Good thing, because the lovely Ashley and Chris are getting married tomorrow in an outdoor ceremony and it is suppose to be nice and sunny! Have a great and hopefully dry weekend!!!

Toes to the Nose

This was a very exciting weekend in the Curling household!  Josh had a 4 day weekend and after we went to our church's Fall Festival on Saturday we headed down to our favorite place, Rodanthe.  On Sunday Tropical Storm/ Hurricane Igor (whatever he is now) was showing his ugly face because it was so windy and the waves were HUGE = no beach day for us.  So on Monday we drove to Oregon Inlet and parked the truck in our own little secret spot.  This is when Josh decided that it was the perfect time to for Ella to have her FIRST SURF SESSION (If you know Josh, then you know that surfing is his first love)!  She had a blast and I thought Josh was about to cry, haha!

Perfect Ending to the Perfect Weekend <3

Photo session...

Once again I am slacking on my blog... 

Anyways...

Last week my mom and I finally took Ella to get her 12 month pictures taken, but not before we had a little photo session of our own.  When I found out that I was going to have a little girl my mom took my wedding gown and had a dress and blanket made from the train.  Here are a few from snapshots from the day... (bare with me as I learn how to edit my photos)

She was the perfect model and even did a great job for her 12 month pictures... who knows, maybe I will post them within the next month...haha!

Let me catch you up...

   

I think a whole week has gone by since my last post, so let me catch you up!  

~We planned to spend our Labor Day weekend down at Rodanthe, but Hurricane Earl had other plans for the Outer Banks... Josh got a call on Friday that the roof to the cottage had blown off... yes, blown off...

So on Saturday he went down with his father to repair it... and he was even able to squeeze in a surf session.  

~Meanwhile Ella and I went to a family cook out at my Memore's (what I call my grandmother) because my cousin, Noel, was home for the weekend.  He joined the Navy and has been in school since January.  Of course Ella only cared about the dog :)

~Sunday after church and a good nap (well at least for Josh and Ella) we went to First Landing Beach.

~It was a beautiful Monday, so we went to the Norfolk Zoo... and I guess everyone else had the same idea because it was soooo crowded.  However, we still had a great time and Ella loved feeding the ducks her goldfish, visiting the giraffes and monkeys, and cooling off in the water  :)

~ and finally this morning, Ella had her 12 month check-up...... any moms out there know how "fun" these are.  The older she gets, the more I dread taking her to the doctor.  I feel so bad when she walks in with a big smile on her face and then... BAM!... that smile turns into screaming and big alligator tears.  The poor thing had to get not one, or two, but FIVE shots today!  So needless to say the car ride home was not fun.  Well I better go do something productive while she takes her afternoon nap.  

~Have a great Tuesday!

You Are The Apple Of My Eye...

This morning Ella and I went apple picking with my mother-in-law at Martin's Orchard and Vineyard in Knotts Island.  We went last year around the same time when Ella was just a few weeks old. (see picture below)

I think that she had more fun this time! 

Don't they look red delicious?  Now off to make applesauce and my hubby's favorite... baked apples with cinnamon and sugar!