I Heart Weekends

Even though I'm "technically" a SAHM, there's just something about weekends that make me happy. Probably because A is free from work and we can do whatever we want whenever we want...as long as it's baby friendly and is over before 8 pm. Wild and crazy times, let me tell ya.

However, this weekend we did not have to follow those strict guidelines, because mama left her baby overnight for the first time EVER. Seventeen and a half months later, I finally spent a night without that sweet baby cuddled up beside me. (Yes, he still sleeps in our bed, it's totally fine, mmmmmk?)

So let's discuss my fab weekend of freedom, yes?

On Friday the husband took a half day off work and we went to Dallas to meet up with his siblings and their spouses for lunch at Perry's Steakhouse. It was seriously absolutely amazing. We'd neither one ever been, but apparently they're sort of famous for their pork chops. That is something that I literally would never ever consider ordering, but his sister ordered for us and that's what we got. And it was so good. So, so good. My mouth is watering a little bit right now actually...

After that we made the horrendous mistake of going to the mall. A trip to the mall might be the thing that causes our marriage to crash and burn. I, obviously, love shopping. It's one of my favorite pastimes. I could do it for hours upon hours. I enjoy browsing, taking my time leisurely strolling around the store, even if I don't need anything. A likes to get in and get out. He'll find a shirt, grab it, pay, and be back to the car in approximately seven minutes. So you can imagine how well we do shopping together.

Once that catastrophe was over, we made it home and enjoyed a quiet evening of TV and horribly unhealthy food. Since we were so full from lunch A had cheesecake and I had a red velvet bundt cake. That was our dinner. It was pretty heavenly.

Anyway, on to the good stuff. Let me explain to you the reason I left my infant (not really at all) child at home. Our good friends Melissa and Donnie were getting married in Dallas. We live about 30-45 minutes outside of Dallas, depending on traffic. We both wanted to be able to enjoy ourselves (aka drink) and we are much too intelligent to drink and drive. So quite awhile ago we decided that we would just get a hotel and this would be my first night away. So I've had time to prepare. But I was still a little emotional about it.

My mom kept Grayson for the night, and luckily she knows his routine and he's so comfortable with her that it doesn't phase him if we're gone. She said he was perfectly fine the entire time. On Sunday morning he was asking about us, just looking at her and saying "Mommy? Dada?", but never really all that concerned. Talk about relief!

I actually handled it like a champ myself. I was a little concerned I would become slightly inebriated and emotional and end up crying about how much I missed him, but I didn't! I had a freaking blast, and it actually felt so good to just be myself again. I mean, obviously I talked about Grayson to pretty much everyone I spoke to - but most of the time it was because they brought him up! We drank, we danced, we laughed, we stayed out until almost 2 AM...it was so much fun. Then we woke up around 8, packed up, went to Starbucks, where I walked in with big hair, sunglasses, and probably looking as if I was hit by a bus, and made it home to see that sweet bebe.

Too busy having fun to take pics. This is it. And I stole this one.

THEN, I spent most of the day Sunday out with my mom celebrating her birthday! We went to downtown McKinney, which is this adorable little town square with shops and restaurants. We had lunch and walked around the shops for a few hours...finally, someone who will wander aimlessly around stores and enjoy it with me! After that, we went to see Gone Girl. Umm, I loved it. I haven't read the book, so I had almost zero idea what it was about. And it blew my effing MIND. I mean. I don't even know. If you've seen it or read the book you know. I just. I don't know why, but I loved it and now I'm dying to take hubsy* back to see it with me. Anyway, my mom and I don't get a lot of time just the two of us. Usually we have a little 17 month old tag along wherever we go, so it was really nice to have a fun girls day.

Next weekend, Sunday, is actually my birthday. My 30th, to be exact. So there's that.

Honestly, 30 doesn't seem to be effecting me much. I feel a little bit like my youth is over, but I think the whole having a baby thing really sealed the deal on that one, so I'm not too broken up over that. I always hear that your thirties are a pretty amazing decade for most people, so...yeah. Hopefully that's true.

Hope you guys had a pretty phenomenal weekend yourselves. Fingers crossed we all make it through the week and are enjoying the next weekend before we know it. Just a few more days!

*BTW, I'm sorry about saying hubsy. Now that I can't use his name, I'm really running out of things to call him. A is confusing because it looks like I'm starting a sentence about something totally different and then you realize it's his "name" and I don't know. So I'm sorry, that was terrible and I'll try to do better. 

Random Thoughts For Your Friday

I'm pretty sure that last night is the very first night since I've been blogging regularly that I actually just completely and totally forgot to write a post. I normally write my post for the next day the evening before, and last night...just didn't even cross my mind. THAT is how you know this little mama has a lot of stuff going on in her brain.

So now it is Thursday night, and you all will be seeing this tomorrow morning. Hopefully by that point I will have woken up from an amazing night of restful sleep and I will be bright eyed and bushy tailed, ready to start my day (what IS that saying, anyway?). This week has been a bit...challenging? I hate to even call it that because nothing difficult has happened at all, but still...I'm tired, y'all!

Not only are we trying to sell the house, which means we have to be out of the house several hours a day for showings, but I've also started a new freelancing gig that is requiring several hours a week. All great stuff, but add that to a baby who is currently cutting FOUR teeth and not sleeping great, plus trying to find something to do with said baby and a crazy dog for hours a day when you have to be out of your house....it's a lot!

But life is great and grand and I'm happy as can be. I'm loving the freelance stuff that I'm doing...it's so nice to have a "job" of sorts again. I've done a few little things off and on since starting my life as a SAHM, but this seems like it may be pretty consistent work. I hate to admit this, but I feel a little more fulfilled when I'm working. Don't get me wrong, I adore Grayson more than anything on this entire planet, and I wouldn't give up staying home with him for anything, ever. But it can leave me feeling a little...uninspired? Unappreciated? It's nice to use my brain and to meet deadlines and have something I have to do, other than change diapers and sing silly songs and play all day. All things I love (minus the diapers), but still...I'm sure you get it.

This could turn into one of those posts about women staying home vs. women working, and what that means and which is best and blah blah blah. But it won't, because I just don't care. I think women make the choice that is right for them, and that's great. I'm learning that I need a little more on my plate than just being mommy to make me feel good and happy and satisfied, and that's fine. Some women don't. Some women need a thriving career and 50 hour work weeks. I'm good with all of it.

I have no idea how I went off on that little tangent in what was supposed to be a quick "Hey, I'm still here, hope you have a great weekend!" post. But that's how my brain is running these days. Nonstop and all over the place and who knows what you're gonna get. Keeps things interesting!

But now, I actually do want to say I hope you have a super fabulous amazing weekend. Grayson has been throwing up tonight, which is always scary, but he's sleeping soundly now and I hope that means it's over and done with and we aren't looking at something that will linger over the next few days. I'm hoping that our weekend includes someone putting an offer on our house, us finding the perfect house, and some fun thrown in there somewhere.

Now for your weekly dose of cuteness. For those of you who aren't following me on Instagram (if you aren't, do it!), here are my favorite pics from the week. I must say my family seemed extra adorable this week, but I might be a bit biased ;)

Happy Friday, friends!

That's It?

I think the weekends are getting shorter. I mean, really. It feels like this weekend barely existed.

It may be because we were kind of going going going nonstop. Friday I took Grayson to that little music class in Dallas with my friend Brynn and her little boy, Briggs, who's just about 6 weeks younger than G. Grayson really seemed to love the class...he danced pretty much the entire 20 minutes, which was cute. I'm glad it was so short though, because he definitely got a little antsy at some points. After lunch with the two of them, we headed back to the 'burbs for a night in with our little family.

Saturday we started looking at houses....and it was intense. We went to see 10 houses in about 3 1/2 hours. We're looking a few different areas because we aren't totally sure where we want to be. The town that we live in is growing like crazy, and there are barely any houses on the market right now. The odds of us finding something here aren't great. So we're looking at surrounding towns, and we wanted to see something in every area we're considering. I found one house that I wanted to buy on the spot, but obviously it will probably be gone before we sell this house. Waaah.

We're actually listing the house this week, so things might be about to get kinda crazy over here. Basically the entire weekend, other than when we were looking at houses and a few trips to run errands, was spent cleaning and organizing and whatnot to get the house ready to show. I have no idea how I'm going to keep our house presentable with a baby and a dog and a traveling husband, but I'm sure I'll figure it out. And if our house goes quickly, which it might since there isn't a whole lot available, then we are going to be desperate to find somewhere to go. Our realtor said sometimes people put all of their stuff in a pod and stay at one of those extended stay hotels for a few weeks until they can get into a new house....umm, that sounds like some insane form of a torture with a baby and A working from home when he's not traveling. I'm not even sure how that would work. So cross your fingers for us that somehow we sell our house/move into a new one with no gap in between where we're out on the street. Ahh!

I'm reallyreallyreally going to try to keep up with the blogging thing throughout this whole process. I've started doing a little freelance writing on the side, too, so my plate is just a little bit full at the moment, but I really want to document everything as we go. I think I can handle it.

So anyway, Happy Monday to all of you beautiful people...I hope your weekend was amazing and your Monday is just splendid.

And here's a totally unrelated photo of G that just melts my heart when I look at it. What's new, right?

Favorites on a Friday

More Instagram goodness. 

Hello loves. It is Friday and I am one happy lady. Today I'm planning on taking little G man to meet up with a friend and her baby boy for a music class of sorts, then we'll all four be going to have lunch, then I'll head home to enjoy my Friday evening with my hubs. Doesn't get much better than that, I tell ya.

Since my brain is on overload, as I told you earlier this week, I've decided to skip a long, heartfelt post and just share a few of the things that have made me smile, or laugh, or shed a tiny tear over the past week. Hope you enjoy them as much as I did!

• 24 Reasons Why Husbands Can't Be Trusted to Do Anything Right....I don't totally agree with that statement, because I kind of got lucky in the useful husband department, but some of these were just too hilarious not to share.

• Since I chose joy for my focus this year, and I'm making a huge effort to be a more positive person in general, I really enjoyed this post about 14 Things Positive People Don't Do. 

• I love, love, love to read, and I'm always looking for new book recommendations, so I loved this list of 16 Books to Read Before They Hit Theaters This Year. And I am definitely the person who ALWAYS thinks the book is better than the movie. 

• I'm pretty sure that every mom in the world needs to read Why Being a Mom is Enough. It's simple, it's pretty short and sweet, but it sums up the life of a mother so well. So much behind-the-scenes, give give give...so many everyday tasks that go unnoticed. The greatest job in the world, but the hardest. I just loved this.

• THIS one got me a little choked up, I'll admit it. A widower picks up the tab for a young couple, but OMG the note he left them. Tears.

• And finally, this was just for fun, but I loved it because it told me what I already know. According to What City Should You Actually Live In, I belong in Los Angeles. DUH. Someday I'll be back there.....someday (right, A??). 

That's it, my friends! I hope you all have a super fun, super exciting, super relaxing, super productive, super whatever-you-want-it-to-be weekend! See ya Monday!

A Very Rambling Weekend Recap of Sorts

Oh hey there, Monday...back again so soon? Seriously, how is it possible that the weeks pass so quickly...and I feel like I blink my eyes and the weekends are over?! Ah well, here's to a fresh start and a new week, yeah?

So our weekend was low-key and super productive. Arsen was traveling for work all last week, so we decided to do date night Friday night since we missed each other oh-so-much. Say what you want, but having a husband that travels sure does make you appreciate him A LOT more. My mom was in town, so she watched Grayson while Arsen and I went to Papadeaux and stuffed ourselves full of amazing seafood until we couldn't breathe. Have you ever been there? Seriously, the food is beyond good. After that we came home and got to stay up for hours upon hours with a baby who decided he just really didn't want to sleep. Nope, he would much rather stay up shrieking and giggling and attacking my face with open mouth bite-kisses. It was insane.

And then he did it again Saturday night. Sigh.

But Saturday day wasn't too bad...it was actually spent just being ridiculously productive for the most part. That morning I had a massage scheduled that I forgot about, so that was a super delightful surprise. After that, I came home and we organized alllll our paperwork, cleaned out the garage, and did laundry. Can I just say Thank ya Jesus for helpful husbands? I don't know what I'd do without that guy, for reals. After exhausting ourselves doing all that stuff we decided to treat ourselves to some yummy sushi...and yummy it was. This was a good weekend for food, let me tell ya.

Sunday we went and had breakfast with Arsen's parents and looked at a couple open houses...apparently we're thinking about moving again? I don't know, it's crazy and who knows and we might but we might not and my brain could explode just thinking about it so I'm just kind of pretending not to worry about it. So yay! Hahahahaha (nervous laughter....)

Oh, this weekend also was the first time Grayson has even shown the slightest hint of sickness....he had his first runny nose. It was so sad, it made my mama heart hurt and I felt so helpless. He felt totally fine, but the poor guy was just leaking like a little faucet for most of the weekend, and at night he sounded SO congested! I'm guessing this is why he wasn't sleeping...not so fun to sleep when you can't breathe, so why not stay up and party? He seems to be on the mend though, fingers crossed.

So that pretty much sums up our weekend around here. What did you do??? I'd guess probably something much more exciting, if I were a betting woman. But I'm not.

Now, for your viewing pleasure, a few Instagram photos from this weekend. If you aren't following me there, you should totally do it by clicking right here. See how simple? I'm really trying to post things other than my adorable child. Sometimes I succeed.

*Oh, also...I lost the cord that hooks my camera into my computer. So THAT is why you have yet to see a "Grayson's First Christmas" post (or three). I keep reminding myself to go buy a new one and it just keeps slipping my mind. So let's all just hope that I somehow remember and we aren't reading a Christmas post in February.

 G with a runny nose and Mama after a day of cleaning....but still smiling, so that's something.

 The pillow I made this weekend that I am proud of on an embarrassing level. 

 Grayson's favorite new spot to nap...he's a strange one.

I went a little nutso buying new "home decor" things at Hobby Lobby

A Blank Mind and a Whole Lotta Nothin'

Every once in awhile I sit down to write up a post and my mind goes completely blank. That's where I'm at right now. I literally can't think of a single thing to share with you guys...well, nothing that wouldn't take a lot of effort, and if we're being honest, I just don't feel like it!

I'm writing this late Thursday night, and at the moment I've got a little sleeping baby cuddled up next to me. My husband just got home from a business trip tonight and he's passed out on the other side of Grayson (yep, still bed sharing...and I'm happy about it). My dog has abandoned me for the past four nights and has been sleeping upstairs with my mom, who came to stay with me since Arsen was traveling. Right now, I'm quite sure every single person (and pup) in the house but me are sleeping, and that thought is making me very sleepy. So I think I'll give up on coming up with anything clever or witty or heartfelt...and I'll just say goodnight :) Well, good morning, because YOU won't see this until tomorrow, sillies!

If you haven't yet, be sure and enter to win the 8"x10" canvas print that Easy Canvas Prints is giving away here on this little ole blog. Today is your last shot, and entries aren't too high, so your chances are good!

I hope every single one of you lovelies has an amazing, fun-filled, hopefully not absolutely freezing, weekend. I don't have a single thing planned other than a date night with my hubster, and that's exactly how I like it sometimes. No plans, no obligations, so hopefully lots of catching up on sleep and relaxing (HAHAHAHA). Happy Friday to you, friends!

And We're Off...

This morning we're heading out to Oklahoma for the weekend, and I am super duper excited. We're taking Grayson to the greatest little city on earth, Stillwater, America. There's an OSU game, and we wanted to make sure he gets to visit the home of his future alma mater before football season is over. We aren't actually going to the game since I'm pretty sure he wouldn't get too much out of it, but we'll be showing him around campus, hanging out with friends at the tailgate, and hopefully eating some of the yummy food we've missed so much.

I don't know what it is about that place, but I am homesick for Stillwater more than any place I've ever lived. I only lived there for three years, but it was probably the three best years of my life up to that point. I made amazing friends, had ridiculous amounts of fun, and met the love of my life. I have a million memories that make me smile and make my heart so happy. I don't think I would ever want to live there again, because it just wouldn't be the same. But I absolutely love going back to visit whenever we get the chance, and I can't wait to share it all with Grayson.

Before we head to Stillwater on Saturday, we'll be going to visit my mom and dad, and then staying with my uncles for the weekend. I'm looking forward to some good family time, and I'm even more excited because we get to go back in less than a week for Thanksgiving! Being in Oklahoma just feels like being home to me, so I love when we spend time there.

We got hit with a major cold front last night, so this weekend is going to be a cooooold one. Cold for Texas/Oklahoma standards at least. I'm hoping we won't run into any bad weather or slick roads. I think Sunday is when it's really supposed to get bad, so we're planning on leaving first thing Sunday morning to hopefully make it home before things get too bad.

I hope you all have a wonderful, safe and happy weekend! I'll leave you with my favorite pic of my boys from the week. We were going for "faux-hawk", but it didn't quite work out...

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Oh, Monday...Why Are You Here Again

How is the weekend already over? Seriously, how does this happen? I feel like it was just Friday afternoon. It's not near as depressing now that I get to stay home with the little one, but still...weekends are just always more fun.

We had a pretty low-key weekend over here. A whole lotta grown up stuff, nothing too exciting. Friday night my big event was going to get a spray tan and picking up Chipotle for dinner. Wife of the year, right here. Then, I spent the majority of my evening from about 9:30 until forever holding a restless baby who just couldn't seem to stay asleep.  And then from midnight until right around 3 AM I got to sit up with a very, very wide awake baby. It was unreal. I can't think of any other time that he has literally gotten up in the middle of the night and just stayed up. I ended up just coming into the living room and watching TV for about an hour until he finally passed out. Then the little stinker woke up at 7:30 ready to go...thankfully I married a great man who got up with him and let me sleep until about 9:30. Thank the good Lord above, because I would have never survived on less than five hours of sleep. That stuff is for the birds. And mommies of newborns. And I am neither.

Right before he woke up...and stayed up...

After we finally got up and around, we went to the place where all families seem to go on Saturday afternoons: CostCo. OMG...what a cluster f-word that was. Pure chaos. From there we went to Central Market for groceries. This literally took about three hours, so G ended napping through most of the grocery shopping. After we were back in the car heading home, I looked at Arsen and said "Babe, we are such grown ups. Seriously, our entire Saturday was spent grocery shopping." It made me feel incredibly lame. But somehow, I'm fine with it.

Then, just to spice things up, we decided to go have sushi for dinner. This was not the wisest idea, since Grayson has been a bit fussy/sleeping strange/etc., but Arsen was having a serious craving. So we got there, and Grayson was happy in his high chair for approximately three minutes. Then he wanted water, he wanted to chew on a straw, he wanted to chew on the table, he wanted OUT, he wanted to throw everything we handed him onto the floor...needless to say, it was the quickest dinner I think we've ever had. 

On our way home around 6:30, Grayson fell asleep for a little nap...which meant he was definitely not ready for bed at 8, which is what his normal bedtime is. So he got to hang out with us until about 10:30, and then he and I both passed out. What a very exciting Saturday night we had...sigh.

Sunday was spent cleaning house, cleaning out the flower bed in our front yard because it was 85 FREAKING DEGREES outside, (seriously, people...it's November), and getting all the Christmas decorations out, strewing them all over the house, and then not finishing a thing. 

All in all, not a bad weekend. We spent a lot of time lounging around on the floor trying to get G to crawl and giving Addie some much needed attention. Grayson has started a couple of new things that we find just absolutely precious. He growls a lot, which is hilarious. He's been rolling his tongue around in his mouth all weekend and pursing his lips up in a little O. And he has started screaming. Mainly at Addie. Anytime she barks, or runs past him, or plays with Arsen...or just gets near him. He screams and laughs and shrieks. It is so loud it is unreal. But so cute. He also pulled up by himself to standing for the first time. He was sitting in his crib and next thing we knew he was just standing there. Big boy!

So now we start a new week. We might possibly be going to Oklahoma for an OSU game this upcoming weekend, so if so it should make the week pass by quickly. My major goal for the week is to actually get all of these Christmas decorations put out...but that sounds somewhat brutal, so there's a good chance come next weekend all these tubs will still be laying around our living room. Wish me luck! 

Guess What I Did....

So, I'm a brunette now. After my years and years of obsessing and debating whether or not to dye my hair brown, I finally did it. If you saw my post on Tuesday you know that I seriously have been thinking about this for almost a decade now, and after much thought, a lot of super sweet comments from you guys, and Arsen telling me to "go big or go home", I went for it.

And it feels weird.

I've been blonde for all 29 of my years on this earth. I've played around with "dark blonde", but never enough to even be close to considered brown. So now I feel like an impostor. It's hilarious how big of an affect my hair color has on me. Every time I see myself in the mirror I do a double take, and I'm still not totally convinced that I love it. But I am relieved that I finally did it. Man, it's about time.

In other news, my sweet bebe boy is still on the mission to crawl, but he just can't quite get it down. Poor guy has been at it for seriously almost a month now. He gets up on all fours and rocks back and forth and back and forth, moves his knees exactly like he needs to...and then does a slow face plant because he just can't quite figure out that his arms need to move too. There is a lot of grunting and squealing, and eventually, frustrated tears involved. I just want to do it for him, but I know he'll eventually get it on his own. And I feel like this will be a common theme in my life from here on out...learning to back off and let him figure things out on his own.

Other than that, it's been a pretty quiet week around here. My mom has been here for the past couple of days, which is always nice, and it also allowed me the chance to go get a much needed massage. So amazing. If only that could be a weekly thing...

 This weekend we have a whole lot of nothin' planned at the moment, just the way I like it. I feel like it's the calm before the storm that is holiday season hits, so I'm soaking it up while I can. I'm looking forward to a long weekend of spending some time with my hottie of a husband, lots of playing with G, giving Addie some much needed attention, and most likely a lot of time spent watching How I Met Your Mother on Netflix (I'm almost done, waah!) and playing on Pinterest. Sounds like heaven, doesn't it?

I hope you all have a positively fabulous weekend! See ya Monday ;)

Yay for Fridays!

Now that I'm staying home with G baby, every day tends to be a lot the same. Get up, eat, play, nap, eat, play, etc. Even though every day is great, I really look forward to the weekends. It's when we get to do our fun family stuff, and it's sure nice having an adult to chat with for more than a couple hours here and there. So even though I'm not technically working, weekends are by far still my favorite.

This weekend we don't have a whole lot planned, which is strange, and a nice change of pace. I'm hoping we get to do a lot of relaxing...or as much relaxing as you can do with an increasingly curious baby on your hands. I do know we will be going to look at SUVs at some point. Six months in and we have definitely realized one of us needs to get a bigger car for road trips and whatnot. It is incredible the amount of stuff a baby requires! Even just a trip to the store fills my car to the brim since I've got a huge stroller taking up my trunk. So, looks like we may have a new car on the horizon.

And that is literally our only plan. I love busy, fun weekends, but every once in awhile it's nice to have one of these. Before too long the holidays will be here and we will be traveling back and forth from Oklahoma, so I really want to soak up the downtime while we can.

Before I sign off here to start my weekend, here's a few new things on the Grayson front. It seems like overnight he's turned some type of corner.  Not sure what exactly, but definitely a change. Like a more mature, more active type of baby or something. It's been an eventful week, let me tell ya.

First, we had our first sick baby experience. Monday night he woke up about 9:30 throwing up everywhere. I was watching him on the monitor, and I saw him move and then he sounded like he was choking. Arsen and I both ran into the bedroom (he sleeps in our room...in our bed. Shhhh, don't tell), and when we got in there his entire little face was just covered and he was bawling his eyes out. He threw up several more times within the next few minutes, and then a few more times in the next hour. I held him the whole time because he was panicked because he kept choking and couldn't breathe, and he just had big tears running down his face. I ended up sleeping with him on my chest most of the night because I was so nervous.

And then Thursday morning, we had our first dreaded fall. He was sitting on the sofa with me, I literally looked away for thirty seconds to take a few bites of cereal, and the next thing I know he's toppling forward onto the floor. OH. MY. LORD. I have never felt like such a terrible person in all my life. He's been so good at just sitting and chilling with me lately, and it was literally like 7:15 in the morning, which is when he's usually super duper calm. He fell on his tiny head, and I freaked OUT! I grabbed him up and started talking to him all calmly because he was crying and scared, and then I ran into the bedroom and woke up Arsen saying over and over what a terrible mother I was. By that time (less than a minute later) he had already stopped crying and was totally fine, so we knew he wasn't actually hurt, but OMG did I feel awful.

And then, a few hours later I was in the bedroom folding clothes while he was hanging out in his crib, and I glance over at him and he is up on his knees attempting to stand up in the crib. Well, that's new! It's like all of the sudden he is super active and strong and becoming mobile and I'm pretty sure right on the verge of crawling and being all over the place. Ahh! So the very little bit of relaxing I have been enjoying is about to stop...I have a feeling this curious boy is going to keep me moving 24/7!

Alright, now that I've confessed my deep dark bad mommy secret, I'm off. My mom said babies falling off things is just something that happens, so I'm trying to tell myself that I'm not completely horrible. But I can guarantee you I'll be watching him like a hawk from here on out!

I'll leave you with a few of my favorites from Instagram the past couple of weeks. If you aren't following me yet, come on over! I've got loads of cute baby photos for your enjoyment. You can find me here :)

Shortest Weekend/Longest Post Ever

Where oh where do the weekends go? Seriously, I feel like I just got off work Friday, and now it's already time to head to bed and start it all over again. But even though it was a quick weekend, it was a good one. 

I started things off by taking a nice little walk with Addie on Friday after work. I've really been trying to do more physical activity every day...so far it's not going to great, but at least I'm trying (kind of). I went to the doctor Friday morning for a little baby update, and it's official: I gained more in the last month than I did the entire first 20 weeks. Thankfully I'm still on track for the most part, but I definitely need to start putting in some kind of effort to not become huge. So since the weather was nice I decided a quick walk around the neighborhood would do us both some good.

Friday night Arsen and I went out for a date night. I'm hoping we can do quite a bit of that in the next few months, because I know once our little guy arrives date nights may be few and far between. We had a yummy little Mexican dinner at a new place right by our house, and then we went to the movies, which we haven't done in forever. We thought about seeing Django Unchained, but once we realized it was nearly three hours long we opted for something shorter. We decided on This Is 40, and it was actually quite hilarious. Knocked Up is one of my favorite movies ever so it was fun to see the same characters. If you like that type of flick, I definitely recommend it. 

Saturday I woke up all inspired to be super productive. I think the nesting thing is kicking in already, because I have been on an organizing kick lately. I went through all of my kitchen cabinets and re-organized them earlier this week, and Saturday I decided to tackle the pantry. We don't have a ton of pantry space, so fitting all of our food in is always a challenge. This is what I was working with. 

 After pulling every single thing out of the pantry, organizing them into groups on our kitchen counters, and then putting it all back in, this is how it looks. 

Still packed to the brim, but at least it's done in an organized fashion. I made groups for canned food, jar food, snacks, breakfast, sides, baking, teas/other drinks, and vitamins/meal replacements.  In my head it's what makes sense. Every time I've opened the pantry door since I got it all done it has given me a happy little feeling...and this is yet another way that I know I'm old. And slighly pathetic.

While I woke up inspired to organize, Arsen woke up inspired to have a real Armenian breakfast. He was craving blinchiki, which is a crepe type thing that his mom makes often. We googled a recipe and decided to give it a try. And I must say, I was impressed with the outcome. We even decided to set the table and have a little family breakfast. Hot tea, boiled eggs, blinchiki with sour cream or honey...Arsen is determined to turn me into an Armenian wife if it kills him! My mom got a picture of us in action. We look positively miserable, but it really wasn't that bad.

Saturday afternoon I went and got my first prenatal massage...umm, best thing a pregnant girl could do. After that I was so relaxed that I didn't get much else done. We rented a couple of movies and grabbed some fast food for dinner, and that was that.

Today my mom and I spent the day at Arsen's sisters house for a ladies luncheon that she hosted. January 6th is actually Armenian Christmas, so she decided to have her friends over to celebrate. Everything was put together so beautifully, and of course all of the food was delicious. My mom and I were the only ones there who didn't speak Russian or Armenian, which is always interesting, but several ladies were sweet enough to translate all of the toasts and everything for us.

I spent a lot of the day chatting with a sweet girl named Svetlana (no idea if I spelled that right). She's only been in the US for around a year, and her English is seriously incredible for that amount of time. Her husband has lived here in Texas since he was young but met her when he was visiting Armenia, so she moved here to be with him. She is pregnant and due just two days before me, so it was a lot of fun to spend some time talking with someone who is going through exactly the same thing as me.

(Side note: are those pictures of Arsen's nephew not the cutest thing you've ever seen? I'm hoping the baby resembles him in some way...)

Overall it was a really fun day. It's so funny to be sitting in a room surrounded by all of these sweet women who I would never have known if it wasn't for Arsen. It really is pretty incredible to be a part of something so different than what I'm used to. Although after more than four years I'm starting to feel pretty much at home.

So I would say this weekend was a big success. And just summing it all up has exhausted me. So now, I'm gonna sit here and watch a bit of Everybody Loves Raymond and then head to bed in about 30 minutes like the old preggo lady that I am.

Weekends

Weekends around our little household are a bit different these days. Less cocktails with friends, more movies on the couch in our sweatpants. But, a weekend is a weekend, and they are still my very favorite thing around.

Last weekend was actually a busy one for us. We went to Oklahoma for a Halloween party and an OSU game, and got to see friends and family while we were at it. It was more activity than I've participated in recently, and it was quite exhausting to be honest. But fun!

The Halloween party was at the home of my mom's husband's daughter...which technically would be my stepsister I suppose, but when you gain five step-siblings at the age of 27 calling someone your stepsister is just a bit strange. Anyhow, it was a super fun party and I'm glad we got to go this year. I think she said something like 150 people RSVP'd, so it wasn't a small party by any means. I spent most of the time hanging out in the kitchen with all the moms with tiny kids who didn't want to be out in the cold. Since I can't drink to warm myself up hanging out in freezing weather didn't sound all that enjoyable.

It was a costume party, so Arsen and I went last minute and got something to wear the night before we left town. I tried on several things and couldn't find anything I liked....why is everything so freaking tiny? Since I don't really have a belly yet I'm just at that starting to look a little chunky stage, and trust me, that is not cute in a skin tight costume. So I found a nice flowy Greek goddess outfit and Arsen was happy to be Casear since the costume was ridiculous.

My mom and her hubby went all out on their costumes...no surprise. My mom is pretty creative and very much an attention-to-details kind of lady...wish I was more like that. She even sewed extra ribbons and feathers and stuff onto their costumes and made little lacey things to go around her boots. Crazy lady. But it paid off! They looked great.

The next day we went to the OSU game. Tailgating is just one more thing that isn't quite the same when you're growing a tiny human, but it's still fun to get together and see everyone. We actually ended up going to the game for the first half, so we're considering it the baby's first OSU game. Yay! I got a little too tired (and hungry) to stay for the whole thing...the bag of popcorn in the picture below just wasn't cutting it.

This weekend won't be quite so eventful. I'm predicting a lot of lounging-in-sweats action. I'm hoping to be somewhat productive, since I've been such a huge slacker lately. I've already done most of the laundry, swept the floors, and loaded the dishwasher today...which is more than I've done in a week lately. So I think the rest of the night I deserve to eat several pieces of pizza, treat myself to the tiny amount of coke or pepsi I've been allowing myself, and watch all our DVR'd shows. Tomorrow we're planning on buying a few things for the house and meeting up with friends around 7 to watch the OSU game at Buffalo Wild Wings. Which means I get to be the DD for my slightly intoxicated hubby....lucky me!

Hope everyone has a wonderful, relaxing weekend! I know I plan on it :)

A Lazy Little Weekend

Well, it's Monday again. And unfortunately, I'm a bit under the weather today. As is Addie. Not my favorite way to start a new week, but hopefully things will improve quickly.

This weekend went incredibly fast, as usual, and nothing too exciting happened. I spent a large portion of time sleeping, reading, and lounging around watching Snooki & JWoww. Feel free to judge. I judge myself for watching that ridiculousness. The only exciting thing about this weekend included having a girls night at a friends place in Dallas, but unfortunately things took a not so fun turn there. We were watching our beloved OSU Cowboys, and let's just say the game wasn't pretty. Plus, it was a 9:30 PM game, so by the end it was after midnight, we were losing, and everyone was just a little sleepy and sad. It was great to see those girls, but we agreed maybe next time to spend our time doing something that won't potentially lead to sadness :)

Also, I got a new look over here on my little bloggy! I was lucky enough to win a free blog makeover in a giveaway from Jennifer over at Finding My Way in Texas.  Emily with Designs by Emily was seriously a pleasure to work with. Going in I didn't have much of an idea of what I wanted, mainly just a color scheme, and she came up with something so cute! We exchanged countless emails, and she made every tiny change I asked for with no hesitation. If you need a new look for your blog, be sure to check out her Etsy shop!

Other than that, I finished up a couple of little spray paint projects I've been meaning to do, and I love how they turned out! Now, I'm a bad, bad blogger, because I totally forgot to take any "before" photos. But I think the "afters" are quite adorable. Arsen keeps asking me where it all will go, because it doesn't match any of our stuff, but I love these colors. So maybe we'll be doing a guest room makeover to work them in somewhere.

The best thing about these three little projects is that I spent basically no money. I bought the spray paint, and that's about it. Doesn't get much better than that! I think they all turned out pretty cute.

And that's all I've got for today. I'll be back tomorrow with my big wedding post....Happy Monday friends!

Just. So. Tired.

Guys, I've lost my blogging mojo. Actually, I've lost all motivation to be a productive human being, period. Tonight would be the perfect night to get so much done: Arsen is out watching the Cowboys game with friends, Addie is napping....but all I want to do is sleeeeep. So tonight I've decided to slap some photos of last weekend on the ole' blog and call it a night.

I'm not even editing these photos. Sigh. I couldn't be more lazy if I tried.

First, we have the ride up to the OK. Exciting business. Somehow I find it necessary to take a photo of Addie and I on every trip. These were not my best work, but she's cute, so I thought, hey, why not?

Next, the sad little cake that I made for my dad's birthday. Seriously, I am the worst cake froster ever! Is there some kind of trick I don't know? I mean, really. It's just sad.

And now you have my dad's girlfriend's dogs. Well, 4 of them. She has 6, and they are seriously like the cutest, sweetest dogs ever! I just couldn't resist a little photo shoot.

Time spent at my dad's...it's so pretty out there!

And finally, GameDay at OSU!!! Always the best....and we won 84-0, so not a bad day. I absolutely loved being back in Stillwater...made me a bit nostalgic for the carefree days of college. Oh well, this grown-up thing ain't too bad, amiright?

So there ya have it: the laziest blog post of all time. Now, I'm off to make myself a bowl of corn pops, watch some Hulu, and cuddle with my dog. Don't be jealous.