Around the world in 3 days!!

Well last Thursday I loaded up and left the fellas to head to Auburn to conduct a couple of mentor training sessions. It was a whirlwind trip, where I covered a lot of territory, put a lot of miles on the Solara but was MOST thankful to pull back up in the driveway and be greeted by my wonderful husband and Albe's kisses!

Because so much ground was covered in three days I thought I could best summarize in list form the highlights of the trip (in random order)

1. Welcome to MOES!!! I have missed, missed eating at Moes. When we first moved to Auburn I had just learned that I had the yeast allergy and was going to have to drastically change my diet. Moes became one of the few places where I could "eat out". It was also right down the street from my office. Adam got a little burnt out on Moes but I love it. I ate there 2 times on this trip. Once with my wonderful friend and colleague Chris (who also graciously hosted me in her home, Thanks Groccia's) and the other with Adam's Biomechanics crew. I enjoyed my funkmeisters both times. YUM!

2. Sweet kisses on Corrie Beth and Quality Time with Karen! I was able to spend of few hours of bliss with my wonderful, wonderful friend Karen and CB (as Adam calls her). Couldn't you just eat her up. I hate I missed Brian (aka Dad) but good quality time with a precious friend is good medicine for the soul and some baby loving is just GOOD. Check out those baby blues. It is so neat how the Lord allowed Adam and I to be in Auburn when Corrie Beth was born.

3. JACKSON THOMAS WADE!!! Need I say more.
Everytime I see this little fella I am amazed at how smart and handsome he is. My mind captured the image of his face when I drove up to their house on Friday night with his little hands on the door waiting for me. He was so excited to see me and his Mimi was SOOO thrilled to have some time with her little man. The depth of his vocabulary amazes me, his sweet spirit, and thoughtful heart delights me. The kid just makes me laugh! Saturday we got to spend some unexpected quality time together because of Macy's (their dog's) field trip to the vet. We had so much fun on our walks and rides. He is ALL boy, all explorer.

4. Family On the way home I stopped in Birmingham to see Grandma, Poppa and Geet. Saturday marked one week since Geet moved in with Grandma and Poppa after being in a rehab unit at the hospital recovering from a stroke. I was so glad to get to see how well she was doing and get to love on each of them. I got loved on too. Adam and I are so blessed by our families.

5. Coming home As I mentioned at the beginning it was SO great to pull up at home and know my wonderful husband was waiting for me. You know that feeling when you are almost home and that last five minutes you are just so excited to get there. It was a lot easier for me to travel when I was single and didn't have to leave my husband at home.But this is what I LOVE to come home too!!

A day in the life...

Two weeks ago our lives changed drastically... but for the good. Its funny really when we think about how our conversations now revolve around Albe and what "he" did today, and whether or not "he" behaved. We are looking on the internet on how to "train" him picking out new toys for him and taking pictures of him when he does something cute. What has our life come to? But he is so darn cute and we can't imagine what our life was like without this little pup. Oh we are going to be a mess when we have kids!

So here is a glimpse into a day in the life of Albe.

Albe and Adam coming back from one of his daily walks. Albe loves his exercise.



This is Albe watching for Adam to come home or anything to bark at.


The first picture Albe is of him just walking around the house. The second picture i took right after he barked. I think it is hilarious to see what happens to his ears when he gets excited.


One of Albe's favorite things cuddling with us! We are pretty fond of that too.

As you can tell he has a pretty hard life.

Fun with "Albe"

Well our newest addition is home, safe and sound and I think he is feeling pretty comfortable in his new surroundings.



We went back and forth with names for him. We finally decided on Albe after Adam's favorite baseball player from the St. Louis Cardinals Albert Pujols. In my last post I told you that the shelter had named him "Allen", well to make things even more comical we found out his full name there was "Allen Spalding" after the Soap Opera character. They have to name so many animals they use anything for inspiration. We are not really sure what all he is made of, but the vet said he has dachshund in him and some terrier. All we know is that he has a great little personality.

Exciting News at the Knight House

Was it love at first site? Maybe so. Adam and I had gone into "town" (Columbus) on Saturday to shop and decided to go to the movies while we were there. That's where we met our new little addition. The Humane Society calls him "Allen" and he is SOOO cute!!! Adam and I met him before the movie and thought about him throughout the whole movie. We went back "Allen" was still waiting for us. We pulled ourselves away as to not make an emotional decision but couldn't get the little fellow off of our minds all weekend. Well........ we called this morning and "Allen" is going to be our new dog this afternoon at 4 pm. We are working on a new name for the cute fella, "Allen" just doesn't do it for us. We are about to head to Wal-mart to get all of our doggie essentials. We are soo excited about becoming new parents! Look for pictures and a name update really soon!

I'm back!

I am back in action! I have access to the computer again! Adam has been needing to take the computer to the office everyday while he was waiting for his new computer to come in. I have really needed to get some work done, but I guess it has given me a little extra break from working and unfortunately blogging. But now I am back!

We are getting into a nice little routine here in Starkville. After only living here a grand total of 3 days, we had to buy a new washing machine. Then I washed 1 load of clothes in it and it died!!! Thankfully the repairman was able to fix a minor problem and I am back to washing. I have never been so glad to wash clothes as I was on Tuesday!

Adam is doing great as Professor Knight. Check out his new profile on the website
http://www.kinesiology.msstate.edu/faculty/bios/knight.php

Well stay warm!

Happy Birthday!!!

I just wanted to say Happy Birthday to the best wife in the world. Amy turns the big 27 today. She has been wonderful as we have transitioned from Auburn to Miss. State. She helped me decorate my office and has done a wonderful job setting up our house, even though she won't let me put anything sports related in the living room!! Not even Brett Favre. But, I still love you Amy!!

We made it!

After a whirlwind holiday, spent in Hattiesburg and Birmingham we headed back to Auburn to finish packing and get ready for the moving truck to get there. Lets just say we had a LOT of stuff. The moving guys even commented to the number of boxes that we had. But all comments aside, we are finally in Starkville and our new little house is starting to look like a home. Here's a picture Adam's mom took of us in front of our house when they were leaving last week. (We are so thankful for the help of our families to get us settled!)


Dr. Knight (aka my wonderful husband) started his new job today and I know he is going to do a great job here at State. We are looking forward to all that God has in store for us in Starkville!