Party On

Hooray for 4 day weekends! I feel so refreshed! Our little family had quite the time. Josh and I headed to Evin’s Mill Friday night after shopping and dropping Eli off at his grandparents. It was amazing. Seriously, it was super cute, the food was de-licious, the hike was gorgeous, and Josh and I had tons of quality time together. I almost forgot how funny he is. For the record I did not believe a racecar driver was, at one point, president (a-hem).              Saturday was filled with more shopping, our first movie in an actual theater since December last year, and the first PSL of the season. We saw If I Stay , and although there was lots of sniffling going on, it was good. Josh even begrudgingly admitted that he liked it. Today I started working on expanding my portfolio so the people at the silent auction know what they’re getting with their bid. My friend volunteered her sister and her family, which was perfect on so many levels. Their family is a-d-o-r-e-a-b-l-e, and it all

Little man does not want to nap today. Lately he’s been doing about 2 hours of naps per day (2 half hour naps, 1 hour nap), which is really not ideal considering he used to nap for 4 hours. I was hopeful it was a sign he was getting ready to sleep through the night! He wasn’t. He’s just too busy for naps. He’s got things to do people. That being said, they may add Josh and I to this list. My goal was to spend one full day in pajamas not doing even one ‘chore-like’ activity. I wasn’t able to accomplish that- but I’ve got something to strive for. Maybe next week! Ah- I’ve got a 4 day weekend coming on and a getaway with Josh. I’m so excited! I’m also apprehensive about leaving Eli for the first time. I know I’ll push through considering the place we booked at does not allow children, but I doubt I’ll sleep very much. Time will tell. Our weekend has been full of brunch, naps, church, shopping (loved Bellevue’s Farmer’s Market), pizza, and marathon tv watching. Sure chores were thrown

Friday we went out with Josh’s family to have a celebratory belated birthday dinner. Saturday we had my annual office party, Eli’s little friend’s 2nd birthday party, and then Josh’s best friend’s birthday party. Now today I’m off to celebrate one of my best friend’s birthday while Josh is off to a family gathering at his brother's. I’m going to make this super short and sweet. It’s been a busy weekend and I’ve got to get going! Ah- before I update you on Eli- here is the finished product for my coworker. I made her some office décor that can be used just as trinkets, or as bookends, or as photo displays. I actually quite like how they turned out. The best part? I had leftover wood, wood glue, modge podge, ribbon, etc. so I only had to spend $5 to finish it up. What do you think? Eli: Week 31                         After my second (and last) party yesterday. I was over it                                               I’m happy today! Let’s party more This week I started s

Well, I feel like a sleep deprived zombie. I literally went one night this week getting 4 hours of sleep. Four. Segue to Friday night when he woke up 8 times. Please oh please let this 4th tooth poke through! I don’t know how people do this all night then work all day without making mistakes left and right- which is actually what I’ve been doing. People’s suggestions to get more sleep mostly include napping or sleeping when the baby sleeps. These, unfortunately, don’t work when you work full time. I love that I married Josh. If it were up to me I’d sit at home wishing and praying Eli would fall asleep, inevitably getting disappointed. He’s just like- hey we’re up, let’s go to Lowes and babyproof the house! Ha. I guess if you can’t sleep you may as well be productive. Besides baby proofing, I was able to get my coworker Fawnie’s birthday present started. My sister-in-law got me a pretty cool wood embellished picture holder, which inspired her gift. Fawnie will start with us one week b

Happy Weekend! Our precious baby is sleeping in his swing like a champ, crossing his fingers hoping I’ll stop taking pictures of him. Can you believe he’ll be 7 months next week? He can look forward to more photos for sure. This morning I got all amped up- ready to take the jump. I scheduled a hair appointment to have 8 inches chopped for charity ( Pantene Beautiful Lengths ). This is the before (and the after) picture. Can you believe it’s not long enough? The stylist said she can do it if I want a pixie. Um- no thanks. I don’t think I can pull that off. I’ll try again in December. Here we go again. Let’s hope Eli doesn’t pull it all out by then. So that was not the highlight of our weekend. I think this was the highlight of our weekend. We paid off another loan! Now we feel B-R-O-K-E, but next month I’ll have that extra money to put toward our debt snowball. Ok- I know we're not doing the snowball right, but we're doing it. We’re making progress! Nearly $71,000 paid off s