entry #73

1. chicken on the grill

and agreeing we should grill out every night
if possible. it makes food soooo much better!

2. my son attempting to jump

3. the paper doll my daughter made me
yesterday with a note that said - mommy ♥ olivia.
she slipped it under my door during nap time.
so precious!

4. the return of dinner time together now
that we have more chairs

5. my hubby for picking up the slack when
i'm worn out.

entry #69 - #72

1. my family for making a work day at our house instead

of a day trip.

2. having a working washer and dryer

3. having the kids' swing set finally put together

4. getting my mom's wicker set and her and
my sister painting it white for me

5. getting my 10$ headboard finally painted.
it's a nice shade of yellow

6. getting our dresser from my grandparents finally
here and up to our room

7. getting a grill from my grandparents
and grilling out with my family
and again last night with my hubby
and kids with our last minute decision
to make a steak dinner at home with all
the fixings....

8. getting my son's wall painted.
now to just get the paper airplane decals up

9. getting my daughter's flag decals up.
they look awesome!

10. getting my daughter's chalk board wall painted

11. the frame that goes around it figured out

12. getting the dining room painted all white

13. did i mention my awesome family?
they are a group of hard workers that's for sure.
one thing i learned about myself during our
crazy day is that i don't want to spend my life
remodeling. i just want to get it done and enjoy life.

14. my husband's parents for taking liam for a few
hours so we could get more done without worrying
about where he was and what he was touching

15. having a relaxing day yesterday by doing
absolutely nothing at all. i think i dosed off
several times. we ate junk. and watched movies.

16. feeling the baby for a good couple of hours last night

17. only having 3 weddings left till i'm DONE!

18. date night with my hubby

19. finding a couple of clothing items to help in
my clothing dilemma... aka getting rid of it
all. don't know what i was thinking...

20. spending time at my grandparents with my family
and lots of good food!

entry #68

1. putting a baby pool out on the deck for the kids.
feels like summer. my daughter loved it.
my son hates it!! we HAVE to get him use to this!!!

2. finishing a good book
haven't finished a book in YEARS!
well, i take that back. does a kid's book count?
cause in that case i read like 3 whole books a day!

3. laying out on a blanket under the shade of the tree
i like to keep my life simple. my goal is to simplify.
life moves too quickly when you busy yourself.

4. my daughter falling asleep on the blanket while i wrote

5. jumping in the car and running errands
it's so quick here! everything is so close!

6. driving with the windows down

7. being 15 weeks today!

8. planning some kind of day trip with my family
for sometime this weekend

entry #67

1. grilling out with my sis, her hubby, and our friend and her daughter

2. grilled corn-on-the-cob!
amazing!!!

3. rubbarb crunch!
amazing!!!

4. strawberry crush

5. snuggling with my hubby all night
i don't know what is wrong with me.
it was a fluke thing but i liked it.
i normally hate being touched when
i sleep while pregnant or hot
and only touch him to prop my leg
up on his leg to get my hip to pop.

entry #66

1. the smell of summer on my kids
aka baby sunscreen

2. sitting out in the sun and reading a book

3. seeing a glimpse of my less stressed self today
at walmart (of all places) when i realized that
there will come a day when i will be doing errands
on my own and my children will be grown...
and that made me sad but happy to have them
in my life at this exact moment at their exact ages.
i need to remember more often to not take simple
things for granted because life
takes over with adult things all too quickly.

i am blessed.

4. finally being able to announce that
I'M GOING TO BE AN AUNT!!!
my sister that is 14 mo. younger then me
is pregnant with their first child and
due 7.5 weeks after me.

i am stoked!

5. successfully finding super unflattering
shorts that i will only wear in our yard to
get a tan without having to bare a swimsuit.

entry #65

1. how my son loves to wake-up his sissy with kisses

2. staying up late with our daughter snuggling in
our bed with us and laughing our butts off

3. getting a kitchen table from ikea.
now we need a dining room table

4. ordering some super cute wall decals for
the kids' rooms

5. having more energy to do a little more every day
until 9pm. then i'm out.

entry #64

1. my son wanting to be a big boy and wanting to keep
the peeling on the banana like everyone else.

2. these shades!
they are awesome for the time being

3. being 14 weeks

4. getting to spend time with a friend this morning

5. reading before i fall asleep
which i used to do and just did again last night.
it's a must to put into my routine instead of
falling asleep infront of the tv at 9

love this!

found here.

more nursery love...

before pictures here..

entry #63

1. finally finding flip flops that fit my son's thick feet

2. my husband staying up till 2am putting our closet
organizer in. it's motivated me today!

3. finally having motivation to start unpacking the office.
now i just have to make it pretty. like the other 8 rooms
of the house...

4. waking up to the sun and being able to sit in quiet for 10
minutes before my son woke up this morning.

5. people giving us free furniture...
thank you!

entry #62

1. my husband getting our garage door opener to work

2. getting a weed whacker of our very own.
he went to town with that thing!

3. tiny lollipops

4. my kids in their pj's

5. my son not being satisfied with only one kiss
he settles for about 4-5

entry #61

1. getting the house sprayed for ants and spiders

2. our internet being set-up

3. laughing at myself that i got a manicure
last night that i'm already destroying. i'm
so not into it. i can't stand having people work
on me and have to make small talk. especially
with someone who asks me how old i am
because she saw my wedding rings.
she saw my mom though. that's why i look like
i'm a teenager!

4. tomatoes
i can eat them like an apple i love them so much.
i gave my son a cherry tomato yesterday. he put it
in his mouth, made a face, then he
said, "ball-ball" and threw it across the floor

5. reading to my children

nursery inspiration

LOVE this!


found here...

entry #60

1. snl from this past weekend

2. fitting into a cute outfit for a friend's
wedding and feeling pretty again

3. hearing the baby's heartbeat on friday!
169... my daughter's was exactly that!
we shall see. but before this baby was even
a reality i felt that we would have a little girl
by the end of the year and i wasn't sure how
that was gonna happen seeing that we weren't
trying. and my daughter is predicting a girl.
she's says we can just have a boy right after that.
i think it's a girl. we'll see. probably not until june though.
she has a name and everything already if she is a she. :)

4. my children. they are a lot of work. they wear me out
but they are mine and i LOVE them.

5. girl's night out tonight with my sisters and my mom!

entry #59

1. squirt (the soda)

2. being able to walk to DQ

3. A&W opening tonight!!!

4. my sister and her hubby finally finding a home
to buy!! the offer was accepted!!!!! and it's within
walking distance!!!

5. watching movies with my hubby
possibly Benjamin button tonight?
we watched 'last chance harvey' last
night. it was good. pretty predictable
though. but i'm good at predicting. i
was just expecting more surprises.
i think people should ask me to read what they
write before they make it into a movie!

entry #58

1. my husband and brother-in-law so lovingly putting
my children's swing set together.

2. this being my 101 post

3. waking up to the birds singing

4. walks

5. playing outside
although i'm anxious to get a fence up because
chasing my son is NOT fun.

entry #57

1. my son's top two eye-teeth finally poking through!
he only has 2 more eye-teeth to poke through on the bottom.
other then that, he's had a mouth full for 6mo or so!
i'm just so glad he actually had them in there! i had a mystery mouth
as a child. i'm so glad they are taking after my husband's teeth.

2. my new ear plugs! i should have found them years ago!!!
i only heard my husband once last night when one plug needed
adjusting.

3. going to see 'ghosts of girlfriends past' with my sis last night
spontaneously. it was soooo good!

4. a yummy potato dish a lady from church brings every
family feast that i got to enjoy yesterday!!! i've been craving
it all month!! i must get the recipe.

5. my 2 week break from weddings