Kennedy Bella Ordan

It's a girl!!!

Mr. O and I are expecting a baby girl in September! I'm 17 weeks along and feeling good! Finally over the blah feeling! We are very excited! :)

The Ordans Are Having A Baby!!!!!

Finally... we can tell the world!!! WE ARE HAVING A BABY!!!!!

Mr. O and I found out the news on December 23, 2010! A few pregnancy tests later it felt real! We had exciting news for our families on Christmas Day! First grandchild for the Motley household!

We are due September 4th 2011 :) Labor Day baby it is! This is a special date since my father's birthday is Sept 6th and then my parent's wedding anniversary is September 10th!

Please follow us on this new journey we have been blessed with.....

New Year Resolutions

Well its a new year.... 2011!!!!

We are suppose to come up with these resolutions every year.

Yet again... I might have too many!

1. When asked how you are doing?... Stop responding with "Tired"
2. Family is the priority over work
3. Keep my "closet room" clean
4. Exercise more
5. Try cooking more often
6. Drink more H2O

What are your resolutions for 2011?????

2011

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

It's A Girl!!!

Today Mr. O and I found out one of our favorite couples is... having a GIRL!!!!!! We are so excited for them and can't wait to become an aunt/uncle again! This will be baby # 2 in the PDS group! Can't wait!!!

Leigh Ann's 2010 Status Review from Facebook!

The Ordan's 2010 Christmas!!!

Our Holiday Card for 2010

Happy Hanukkah!

What if....

I'm having one of those days.....


WHAT IF?!?!?!!?......................


Every have those?

One thing can go differently in our lives and can change your whole outcome.

Thanksgiving Holiday

Home Again Home Again.....

Mr. O and I had an amazing time in New York for Turkey Day. We left AVL around 6pm and got to NYC by 5Am! Only two gas/pee stops! :) We went straight to bed and woke up around 11:30am to start Thanksgiving. We celebrated with Jesse's side of the family - The Benowich's! Beth and Larry are the two sweetest people (Mr. O's father's cousin) and their two girls Gillian and Shari! We had such a blast just catching up, cooking, sampling food, watching other people cook (of course thats me!) and football! THANK GOODNESS THE COWBOYS LOST!

This was Jesse and I's first year not to be with our families at Thanksgiving.... and we loved every minute of it! Of course I missed my mom's special side dishes and seeing our niece Alexandria but we will have many more opportunities ahead of us!

November 25 2010:
Thanksgiving was pretty laid back.... slept, ate, football and I was out by 11pm! Happy Birthday to my sister Jamie!!!!

November 26 2010:
Mr. O and I were off to try Pepe's Pizza in Yonkers! No line, great booth (except for the screaming children to our left) and unbelieveable P-I-Z-Z-A! Broc/Tom/Chz and Bacon/Garlic! We had to stop by some crazy shopping places b/c it is "Black Friday" so we did Best Buy and Old Navy near Ardsley, NY. That evening Gillian, Mr. O and I took the train from Hartsdale to Grand Central! I had never been on a train before... fun! The 40 min ride that cost us 14 a person! We got to the city and Gillian went off to her 10 year reunion and Mr. O and I looked at each other and took off! We enjoyed the city at night walking around and then ate dinner at Palm Too before meeting Gillian back at the train at 11:15PM to get home!

November 27 2010:
We slept in today. I got dressed and ran errands with Gillian before her flight back to AZ. Barnes and Noble, Bagels and a few drug stores! Mr. O packed up the car and we all said our good byes! The Ordans were off to NYC! We paid 31.00 to park our car in the all day! We rushed to Serendipity 3 to put our name on the list for the famous frozen hot chocolate! (they had a 2 hr plus weight). FYI - from 330 - 630 we are following the NCSU vs MD game by phone stats! We went shopping - New York & Co, The Body Shop, Bloomingdales and etc! Finally around 4pm our table was ready at Serendipity 3! We had 2 frozen hot chocolates, chkn nachos, and spuds! The food was okay but the frozen hot chocolate was great!!! Around 5pm we went to Chinatown! Amazing experience! After 2 hours of purchasing knock offs and going into secret hideaway rooms I think I'm set! :) Next stop was Magnolia Bakery which is one of Jesse's favorites! Thank goodness dinner was at 7:45pm! La Tanzis was very good! It gave us a chance to warm up before we hit the streets again! We made it back to the parked car and headed off to The Meadowlands in NJ to our hotel! (You think we were gone for a month with all our stuff.) After unpacking, getting the A/C turned ON (yes I did say ON) we were able to fall asleep looking out to the NYC skyline! The empire state building lit up in orange and red for Thanksgiving colors.....just beautiful.

November 28 2010:
FOOTBALL DAY!! We slept in and then got ready for the NY Giants vs Jaguars football game at 1pm! Jesse's client at GPI gave us 2 suite tickets for the game! The stadium was unbelieveable! So clean and modern! We were in the Lexus club! We had tons of food and drinks, three tvs inside with couches and then 20 leather chairs outside to watch the football game LIVE from the visitor side of the stadium from the 10 yard line!! WOW!! It was so great!!
Our night ended with Tic Tock Diner and then another drive into NYC for diet soda (Randy), Carnegie Deli, and black/white cookies to bring back to NC with us! Ohhh and I bought a Kindle! So excited to start using it!

November 29 2010:
We both have today off so we can drive back to NC. Our goal time to start is 7AM! Wish us luck!

NCSU: 8-3, 2nd in ACC - Atlantic

I'm thinking RED all day today!!! NCSU vs. MD @ 3:30pm!

The Ordans are in New York but at 3:30 you will find us in a bar in the city watching ESPN! This is a huge game today! We win we are off to the ACC Championship game next weekend in Charlotte, NC!!!!!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yea!!!!!!!!!!

GO State!!!!!!!!!!

November 20, 2010 - NCSU vs UNC

The weekend is here! F-I-N-A-L-L-Y!

Mr. O and I are off to Charlotte, NC for the weekend! We have some errands to run then meeting the WOLFPACK crew at 11:30 at Hickory Tavern to watch the big football game!! I'm so pumped!

Sunday I'm throwing a birthday brunch for Jamie and Leslie at Village Tavern! There are 12 girls coming and I think it will be a fun time! Yay!

Short weekend.. but only 3 days of work next week! Thanksgiving is right around the corner!

The Holiday Season has Started!!!

There is just something about the temperature getting colder and the air feeling crisper! Turkey dinner is almost on the table and you are surrounded with tons of family, the holiday parties filled with love and laughter among friends/family, and then all the busiest time of the year... Hanukah and Christmas!!!

Party planning with the our girls Gingerbread House/Naughty Santa Chinese Gift Exchange and don't forget the Annual Mother-Daughter Cookie Exchange!

I'm already listening to Christmas music and blasting it each time! People are starting to decorate and the drive home to see the lights is just amazing.

Now is the time to focus on family and friends. To think about what you have and how grateful you are. Mr. O and I are surrounded with so many supportive and special people in our lives. Each day our life gets more settled up here in the mountains and the more confident that this is the place stay for us.

Our Thanksgiving news is pretty exciting!! We are off to ...........

NY

We are so excited to spend Thanksgiving with Jesse's extended family and I get to see my favorite family member... Gillian!! :) So much to do!!! We start this journey next Wednesday night after work and then arrive Thursday AM (Happy Turkey Day) to the Benowich home! We celebrate by eating all day and then I'm sure off to bed early b/c .... BLACK FRIDAY in NYC has got to be so cool!!! A few days of shopping, seeing new parts of the city I haven't been to - SoHo, Meat Packing District, and Brooklyn, trying out the Subway (missed it last time due to the subway strike), making seeing a show and our biggest moment will be the NY GIANTS football game Sunday with 2 box seat tickets and a VIP parking pass!! YES WE ARE EXCITED!!! You can't tell?!?!?!?

I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday! Much love from the Mountains!

Lyric's 1st Birthday!!!!

A long but G-R-E-A-T weekend!!! Baby # 3 for Chad and Sara is due in a month so we celebrated with NCSU football game in Winston then a baby shower! Then we continued the drive to Raleigh that night.

Sunday we woke up to a HUGE birthday party! Lyric's theme was "friends and family" with red and white colors (of course!) He had so many friends and tons of toys to play with! He is such a big boy!! I can't believe it was one year ago that he came in to each of our lives and blessed each and every one of us.

I love him so much! Can't wait until he can say "Leigh Ann" :)