A good friend of mine used my grandfather’s words with me this morning when she sent me a text to encourage me.

I’ve written before about how my grandfather always said (and my mom currently says), “You can fight a bear for a little while,” when faced with a struggle, big or small.

If you don’t mind, please pray for our family today. We have an important doctor’s appointment and Todd and I could use some prayers for wisdom as we make decisions.

And please pray for this little fella, too.

I promise to share more soon.

Happy Friday! We’re all looking forward to the weekend.

I grew up wearing Kelly’s Kids clothes. I loved going to the home trunk shows with my mom and I am so happy that Kelly’s Kids clothes are still around for my boys to wear. They’re classic, they’re well-made and they’re cute!

My oldest friend and I actually “modeled” some Kelly’s Kids jumpers in the Baton Rouge newspaper when we were two years old. It’s definitely laminated in my baby book.

I love that the styles grow with the child. There is some really cute stuff for babies and there is some really cute stuff for boys, like Hudson, who are too old for Jon Jons and longalls and are wearing lots of separates.

The best thing about having two little boys is that everything I buy for Hudson I know that Hayes will wear it someday.

My friend, Kristin, is a rep for Kelly’s Kids. She has the cutest little girl– and one on the way– and she always dresses her so cute!

We’re super excited about the Spring/Summer line for 2012 and I’m excited to share it all with you.

In my experience, the boys’ shirts run a little bit big, but Hudson will be a 3-4 this year. The longalls, though, are a tad on the short side. I do love that buttons on longalls can always be moved.

If you place an order online, your order will be shipped immediately, unless it is indicated on the website that it is backordered. And if there is a problem with your order you will hear from Kristin directly. That’s one of the things I love about Kelly’s Kids!

So visit their website and browse around! I know you’ll find something you love!

When placing an order at Kelly’s Kids and you go to check out, make sure you include the “Party Number” at the bottom of the check out page.

The party number is 2287

It’s a quiet morning at the Carroll house. Hudson is at school, Hayes is napping, and I just finished my Bible reading assignment for the day. I skipped the gym this morning because I’m starting to feel like I’m getting sick and thought I could use the sleep. (Any excuse will do, right?)

I was just going through my Google Reader during Hayes’s nap this morning and saw that AP from I Love You More Than Carrots did this fun little survey and linked up with From Mrs. To Mama. So maybe you want to post it and link up over there, too?

So in the spirit of Valentine’s Day and a little bit of writer’s block, here’s a fun little love survey. And if you already know the answers to these questions, just skip on over.

1. How long have you and your significant other been together?
We started dating in December 2005, so we’ve been together for six years. And it seems like we’ve been together for so much longer. I can’t imagine my life without him.

2. How did you meet? {What’s your “love” story?}
We met at work. I worked for a law firm as my first job out of grad school and I started my job in July of 2005 and he started in September. The day we met, as he frequently reminds me, was a Thursday and was the day of Steve Spurrier’s first home game coaching for the Gamecocks. It all leads back to Carolina football!

I was dating someone else at the time when Todd and I met. But we ran into each other at Publix and started talking and then we started emailing. When I think about those emails I totally get the warm fuzzies. They were borderline flirtatious, but we had so much fun getting to know each other. Then finally we went to lunch and then went on our first date at Nonnah’s in The Vista in Columbia. Another one of our first dates was to the zoo for Lights Before Christmas.

3. If married, how long have you been married?
We have been married for 3.5 years. We got married on May 3, 2008.

4. If you are married, where did you get married? Big or small wedding?
We were married in a medium-sized (150-ish guests) ceremony in the Daniel Chapel on the Furman University campus in Greenville, South Carolina. Our reception was at the Westin Poinsett Hotel.

5. Do you have any nick-names that you call one another? Do share!
His family and friends call him TC, and that’s what I call him on the blog sometimes. He calls me “Ernie” and I sometimes call him “Toddler.”

6. Name 3 things you love most about your honey.
I love his devotion to his family and his faith, his strong work ethic and sense of responsibility, and he is hands-down the smartest and also the wittiest person I know. I love being married to a funny man!

7. Tell us how he proposed?
He proposed on the Horseshoe on the University of South Carolina campus. We went on a walk and had plans to go to dinner afterward. He got down on one knee and asked me to marry him and I, of course, said yes. I loved that it was a really private moment and just for us.

We got in the car to go to dinner and when we got to the restaurant, I was stunned to see my parents, my brother and Todd’s parents and grandmother already at the restaurant. He had flown my family in to surprise me so they could be there for the celebration. It was really perfect.

8. Is he a flowers and teddy bear kind of guy for v-day, or strawberries, champagne, and rose petals?
Umm… he doesn’t really fit either of those areas. We try to get out and do something fun on or around Valentine’s Day, like go to dinner at a favorite restaurant. He typically sends flowers on Valentine’s Day, but he also tries to get me something that he knows I’ve been wanting. It’s never anything over the top. He joked the other day that we can’t spend more for Valentine’s Day gifts that what a tank of gas costs.

9. Are you a sunset dinner on the beach kind of girl, or pop a movie in and relax on the couch?
I mean, it would be pretty fantastic to be at the beach, but we definitely prefer to pop in a movie and relax on the couch. Although, I always fall asleep on the couch, which isn’t very fun for Todd.

10. Tell us one thing you’d like to do with your significant other one day. If you could do anything? Go anywhere?
There is a long list of places I’d like to travel with just him and places I’d like us to go with our boys. We’ve already done a really good bit of traveling together, but we’d both like to go to Greece and Napa together. I’m thinking Napa for my 30th birthday this year. Right, Todd?

11. Tell us what you plan on doing on this Valentine’s Day.
Since Valentine’s Day is on a Tuesday, we’re going to celebrate this Friday. There may be something else planned with the boys for Tuesday, but on Friday we’re going to dinner and going to see The Vow.

12. Are you asking for anything this Valentine’s day?
I may have emailed him some links to a couple of things I “need.” Any time I start telling him something that I might want, he just tells me to email it to him. Not super romantic, I guess, but it works.

13. Give us one piece of advice of keeping a relationship strong and full of love.
These are the things that I’ve learned: Talk to each other and work together to learn about each other and find out what makes the other one happy. Keep laughing and reminding yourselves to see the humor in everything. Don’t take everything so seriously and don’t treat marriage and parenting like a job. (That’s a few pieces of advice.)

14. Show us a picture of what love means to you.