I really wish the title reflected my current state of mind.
But instead, it merely describes my blog.
I literally woke up one morning and everything was gone.
So, I made a latte and remade the darn thing.
Before I retired, my job was to update websites and blogs........but y'all....I've been out of the game for 2 years.
Thankgoodness for google and Youtube! Geezzzz....
Meanwhile, here's what's going on in the Jones household:
1. Even though I just blogged about Jax's birthday yesterday, his actual birthday was June 9th. I've been meaning to hit the publish button since JUNE 9th!
2. Since I typed up his birthday blog post a month ago, Jax has decided that it is indeed SOOO MUCH FUN to jump in a swimming pool. He LOVES jumping off the boat and in the pool. And we reap the benefits of him wearing out by doing so! Last Saturday, the kid slept from 5:30pm-6:30 am on Sunday! It was AMAZING!!
3. It's been almost a year since we moved in our house.
We have lived a year in Madison.
A whole year.
I feel settled (finally) and I'm so thankful we call this home. Don't get me wrong, I certainly miss Laurel for sure! But, seeing Jax play with his friends here and do SOOO many fun activities makes me so happy.
4. I thought life was going to slow down after we had Jax. I honestly thought we would do a lot more couch sitting and activity planning. But y'all......its quite the opposite around here. We literally don't stop. I think I have conditioned my body to stay awake and function from 6am-midnight. Those are my hours.
5. It's so weird to blog. I feel like I should be unloading the dishwasher or sewing or cleaning.
Showing posts with label Thoughts for Thursday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thoughts for Thursday. Show all posts
Thursday, July 20, 2017
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Happy Birthday Jaxon!
Dear Little Love Bug-
Today you are 3.
It's amazing to see how much you have grown over the past 3 years. Your personality is truly hilarious and you can negotiate like none-other.
Things I don't want to forget about this age:
- When you say the blessing, here's your rendition:
"God our Faader, God our Faader
We spank you, we spank you
For our missin' blessings, for our missin' blessings
Aahhhhmen, Aahhhhmen"
- You are certainly a conditioned child.
When we go to the bank, you ask the teller for a sucker.
Every. Single. Time.
If I just go to the ATM, you sometimes lose your mind because you realize you are not getting a sucker. Then, I have to circle around the bank and go through the drive through ask for a sucker for you. Then, you ask for a blue one and they NEVER EVER have blue ones. Ever.
When you wake up in the morning, you generally tell me: "Mom. It's wake up time because the sun is up and moon is down"
- You are predictable......which is certainly fine by me!
You will NOT jump in the pool or really just jump at all. Ever. You have never jumped.
Every morning, you wake up asking for your daddy. And every morning I tell you that he's at work. And then we try to Facetime him and if he doesn't answer, we have to call someone else so you can tell them: "if I tee tee in the potty, I get chocolate milk"
Before I take a shower, I always tell you "Jaxon, don't do anything crazy while I'm in the shower." EVERY SINGLE TIME......you will come to the bathroom and tell me that you "have a really big crazy."
- You are becoming aware of your surroundings and who you see.
You are not afraid to point and yell that someone is a "stranger danger."
As I drive down the road, you will tell me that you see 100 green trees.
If there's the slightest dark cloud in the sky, you predict that "a rain storm is coming!"
- THANK THE LARD......you are potty trained.
Positive reinforcement really isn't your thing. The spanking stick really came to be your motivation. It was amazing how quickly you turned the corner.
- You are VERY inquisitive. And sometimes I don't know the answers. So I make up stuff......because that's what a lot of parenthood is about.
You like explanations and timelines.
- Your favorite tv shows and movies are: The Wild Kratts, of course Paw Patrol, The Secret Life of Pets (which you call 'Cats and Dogs') and very low budget kid construction shows.
- You meet friends where ever you go and you are hit or miss when it comes to traveling. You don't mind the car ride or the build up of where we are going to, but after 5-7 minutes, you ask if we can go back home.
- You are becoming more and more vocal about having a baby brother or sister. A few weeks ago, in the busiest and worse traffic ever in Jackson, you told me that your baby sister died.
I almost ran off the road. I tried to breathe in and out, just in and out.......and one more time.....breathe in and out.
- I think I blogged every month of your first year of life stating "this age is the best age".....but I truly feel like this age is so much fun. Granted, it's HARD! You ask SO.MANY.QUESTIONS. and you need to be entertained at all times. ALL.OF.THE.TIME.
Often times, in the middle of a toddler meltdown, H and I will often reminisce of a sweet little kitten baby that would just lay in his pack-n-play and look up at us and give a gummy grin.
- Your new favorite past time is to drive your dune buggy around the neighborhood while your dad and I follow in the golf cart. Good parents would probably walk beside their kid driving a power wheels in a busy neighborhood.....but kid, you just exhaust us to much for all of that.
Happy Birthday to the coolest kid we know!
-
Today you are 3.
It's amazing to see how much you have grown over the past 3 years. Your personality is truly hilarious and you can negotiate like none-other.
Things I don't want to forget about this age:
- When you say the blessing, here's your rendition:
"God our Faader, God our Faader
We spank you, we spank you
For our missin' blessings, for our missin' blessings
Aahhhhmen, Aahhhhmen"
- You are certainly a conditioned child.
When we go to the bank, you ask the teller for a sucker.
Every. Single. Time.
If I just go to the ATM, you sometimes lose your mind because you realize you are not getting a sucker. Then, I have to circle around the bank and go through the drive through ask for a sucker for you. Then, you ask for a blue one and they NEVER EVER have blue ones. Ever.
When you wake up in the morning, you generally tell me: "Mom. It's wake up time because the sun is up and moon is down"
- You are predictable......which is certainly fine by me!
You will NOT jump in the pool or really just jump at all. Ever. You have never jumped.
Every morning, you wake up asking for your daddy. And every morning I tell you that he's at work. And then we try to Facetime him and if he doesn't answer, we have to call someone else so you can tell them: "if I tee tee in the potty, I get chocolate milk"
Before I take a shower, I always tell you "Jaxon, don't do anything crazy while I'm in the shower." EVERY SINGLE TIME......you will come to the bathroom and tell me that you "have a really big crazy."
- You are becoming aware of your surroundings and who you see.
You are not afraid to point and yell that someone is a "stranger danger."
As I drive down the road, you will tell me that you see 100 green trees.
If there's the slightest dark cloud in the sky, you predict that "a rain storm is coming!"
- THANK THE LARD......you are potty trained.
Positive reinforcement really isn't your thing. The spanking stick really came to be your motivation. It was amazing how quickly you turned the corner.
- You are VERY inquisitive. And sometimes I don't know the answers. So I make up stuff......because that's what a lot of parenthood is about.
You like explanations and timelines.
- Your favorite tv shows and movies are: The Wild Kratts, of course Paw Patrol, The Secret Life of Pets (which you call 'Cats and Dogs') and very low budget kid construction shows.
- You meet friends where ever you go and you are hit or miss when it comes to traveling. You don't mind the car ride or the build up of where we are going to, but after 5-7 minutes, you ask if we can go back home.
- You are becoming more and more vocal about having a baby brother or sister. A few weeks ago, in the busiest and worse traffic ever in Jackson, you told me that your baby sister died.
I almost ran off the road. I tried to breathe in and out, just in and out.......and one more time.....breathe in and out.
- I think I blogged every month of your first year of life stating "this age is the best age".....but I truly feel like this age is so much fun. Granted, it's HARD! You ask SO.MANY.QUESTIONS. and you need to be entertained at all times. ALL.OF.THE.TIME.
Often times, in the middle of a toddler meltdown, H and I will often reminisce of a sweet little kitten baby that would just lay in his pack-n-play and look up at us and give a gummy grin.
- Your new favorite past time is to drive your dune buggy around the neighborhood while your dad and I follow in the golf cart. Good parents would probably walk beside their kid driving a power wheels in a busy neighborhood.....but kid, you just exhaust us to much for all of that.
Happy Birthday to the coolest kid we know!
-
Thursday, October 6, 2016
Thoughts for Thursday
Oh- you are certainly reading this correct! I've blogged twice in 1 week.
The reason for SO MANY BLOG POSTS is due to a bad head cold and fever. Otherwise, I would be unloading the dishwasher or cooking up a 3 course meal. Maybe on the meal. But probably not.
Hopefully this post will get you all caught up on our crazy fun life.
Some mornings, I wake up and have a house full of friends to feed:
Thank goodness Jax helps me out with their breakfast snack! Bless his funny bones, he calls Ernie "Burt and Ernie" because he can't tell them apart and we don't have the Burt doll. Did I confuse them?!? Do we have the Burt doll but not the Ernie?? HECK! They always confused me.
If you are reading this and care to identify the "Bert and Ernie" doll that we have.......please let this mama know!!
Big Bud LOVES LOVES noodles and PF Changs. One Friday night, H asked him where he wanted to go for dinner. His response "PP Chang.....noodles daddy."
Guess where we went?!?
Meanwhile, the kid was so excited he fell asleep and slept like this while H and I ordered all the food.
Of course he woke up hungry and mad that he had to wait for warm noodles to be served to him.
I cried on the first day of school which was a total SHOCK to me. Stuff like that NEVER gets to me.
Ever.
But for some reason, my emotions were all over the place. So when 2pm rolled around, I pulled into carpool line on 2 wheels to pick this kid up. Then we raced home to make cupcakes.......and because I live on the edge, I let him lick the mixer beaters.
This is our ride to the pool.
Don't be a hater.
Big mama needs her float, and baby buddy needs his Nemo.
We are TOTALLY those people riding in the hood. We are the people that neighbors snap photos of with their phones and send to their friends with emojis afterwards.
Jax did GREAT going to bed his first month in our new house. Then, one night, rookie dad H said: "Oh, look at us, we are such great parents who have it together and their kid goes to bed with no resistants or whining or crying. We are the best."
It was something like that........
Anyway, since then, big bud doesn't want to go to bed on time. And sometimes he likes to hide in his room:
Luckily, I have a Master's Degree and I find him every.single.time.
Don't judge the short curtains. They were from his old room......and I needed black out curtains on Day 1, Night 1 in our new house.
I interrupt this blog post to go order curtains NOW!
Marriage is funny funny and strange thing. It's wonderful and fun, and crazy and hard.
A 9th year wedding anniversary is easy. And cheap. You don't buy or receive a lot because you are saving it all up for your 10 year.
Without mentioning it to each other, we bought new slippers for ourselves. Clarification, I bought slippers for me and said "this is my anniversary present" and H bought some for him and was making fun of himself and said "it's my anniversary present."
So this is who we are now.
Nothing screams sexy mama like some mule house shoes.
Meanwhile, I sent the photo to my young cousin........she texted back: #relationshipgoals
That's a bad angle for my ankles. This photo gives me flash backs to my kankles during pregnancy.
But to give credit where it is OVER due.....H did buy me a year's worth of massages......and a few facials.
I may have cried over that too!! I had sorta joked with him that just having 1 massage is a tease. It's like just eating 1 M &M. But- having a years worth of massages makes one look forward to January. I only mentioned it 1 time......and thank goodness my man put that note in his phone! That may be another reason why our marriage works for us. H puts everything in his phone. I on the other hand, use a paper planner and just use my phone for talking and texting.
To redeem our maw maw and paw paw ways from our slippers, we dressed up and went out to dinner that didn't include noodles or sleeping buddies. We had big plans to go eat ice cream or dessert somewhere else after dinner, but we felt the guilt of parenthood and missed our buddy after H being gone for a week on a business trip that I picked him up early and we all crawled in bed and read 349,038 books.
That should get you caught up on our life through the end of August.
Happy Grey's Day everyone!!
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Baby Buddy Turns 2!
I no longer have a baby.
I have a tiny tornado toddler.
2 years ago at this time (time as in the time I'm typing this), I was in full on labor prepping to start pushing out a baby......or so we thought. As I'm sure you remember from my labor blog post, big buddy's head was HUGE and I had a section at midnight.
2 years later, sweet buddy is asleep in his bed after reading 4 books to himself by the light of his bug flashlight.
It's funny and extremely sad how fast the time has gone by.
To catch up on all thats Jax, here's some bullet points (you know I love a good list) that I don't want to forget. And let's be real here.....this is essentially his baby book.
- Jax LOVE LOVE LOVES Paw Patrol. He will ask to watch "Chase on Case" literally the moment he wakes up.
- When he asks me to "turn light on" he really means for me to pull open his curtains that are closed.
- He's obsessed with a good juice box. He calls them "juice bot"
- He thinks Oscar Mayer the weenie dog is out to get him.
- All bites and bo bo's are "ant bite bites" and they all require "medzine"....which is generally a baby dropper with water or juice in it.
- He wears a true 2t in most clothes and a 3t in pjs due to his man size gut.
- Thank goodness, he is starting to snuggle again. He went through a phase where he didn't want to sit in our laps......now, thankfully, he will sit in my lap again and watch a "moo bee"
- While out shopping, my secret weapon is his iPad...... his "pad pad." He is so enamored by it that he only gets to use it in public places where we want to enjoy the food or think.
- Prior to his birthday party, we practiced for a solid week at blowing out a candle. I bet we used up a box of matching prepping for the day.
- He loves to sing his blessing for dinner, and with each plate of additional food. He wants to ensure every bite is accounted for with Jesus.
Jaxon Riley-
Today you are 2. You are the greatest accomplishment in my life. I love your smile, your tight hugs and your sweet sweet kisses. I melt when you yell "mommmeee"! Your excitement for life and trucks make me cry and thank God that he chose me to be your mom. It's my daily prayer that God molds me into the mother that you need. You have a tender heart and you are jealous when your dad hugs and kisses me. You generally tell him "No! Dat's my mommmeee!" You are learning new words and phrases everyday that crack us up. You think every situation is a crisis and you yell "mommmeee help!" You have a curious spirit and you need to find out for yourself. You simply will not take my word. You are stubborn, and so loveable, and funny. You LOVE to laugh and have us cheer you on. When you are in trouble, your feelings are easily hurt. Time out is effective for you (for now). You LOVE "prizes" even if they are M&M's or a coloring book.
Happy Birthday baby boy. My baby you will always be.
I have a tiny tornado toddler.
2 years ago at this time (time as in the time I'm typing this), I was in full on labor prepping to start pushing out a baby......or so we thought. As I'm sure you remember from my labor blog post, big buddy's head was HUGE and I had a section at midnight.
2 years later, sweet buddy is asleep in his bed after reading 4 books to himself by the light of his bug flashlight.
It's funny and extremely sad how fast the time has gone by.
To catch up on all thats Jax, here's some bullet points (you know I love a good list) that I don't want to forget. And let's be real here.....this is essentially his baby book.
- Jax LOVE LOVE LOVES Paw Patrol. He will ask to watch "Chase on Case" literally the moment he wakes up.
- When he asks me to "turn light on" he really means for me to pull open his curtains that are closed.
- He's obsessed with a good juice box. He calls them "juice bot"
- He thinks Oscar Mayer the weenie dog is out to get him.
- All bites and bo bo's are "ant bite bites" and they all require "medzine"....which is generally a baby dropper with water or juice in it.
- He wears a true 2t in most clothes and a 3t in pjs due to his man size gut.
- Thank goodness, he is starting to snuggle again. He went through a phase where he didn't want to sit in our laps......now, thankfully, he will sit in my lap again and watch a "moo bee"
- While out shopping, my secret weapon is his iPad...... his "pad pad." He is so enamored by it that he only gets to use it in public places where we want to enjoy the food or think.
- Prior to his birthday party, we practiced for a solid week at blowing out a candle. I bet we used up a box of matching prepping for the day.
- He loves to sing his blessing for dinner, and with each plate of additional food. He wants to ensure every bite is accounted for with Jesus.
Jaxon Riley-
Today you are 2. You are the greatest accomplishment in my life. I love your smile, your tight hugs and your sweet sweet kisses. I melt when you yell "mommmeee"! Your excitement for life and trucks make me cry and thank God that he chose me to be your mom. It's my daily prayer that God molds me into the mother that you need. You have a tender heart and you are jealous when your dad hugs and kisses me. You generally tell him "No! Dat's my mommmeee!" You are learning new words and phrases everyday that crack us up. You think every situation is a crisis and you yell "mommmeee help!" You have a curious spirit and you need to find out for yourself. You simply will not take my word. You are stubborn, and so loveable, and funny. You LOVE to laugh and have us cheer you on. When you are in trouble, your feelings are easily hurt. Time out is effective for you (for now). You LOVE "prizes" even if they are M&M's or a coloring book.
Happy Birthday baby boy. My baby you will always be.
Thursday, May 19, 2016
Happy Birthday to Me.
Apparently, I've been writing the following post since my birthday, which happened on April 27th. I had goals for this post.....but it just didn't happen.
I'm so thankful to see another birthday year.
I'm thankful that I was able to spend the day with my tiny human and celebrate small sweet moments during the day.
Our day pretty much went like this:
7am- Jax woke up and said "Mommy, cha cha cha". When we sing the birthday song in this house, we sing it with "cha cha cha" in it to make it funnier for Jax. Apparently, he and H had been practicing.
7:15 am- snack #1 commenced.
7:17 am- snack #2 commenced.
We enjoyed the rain and the snuggles and the little nap we took together while it thundered outside. Sometimes I have to play dead so Jax will close his eyes too. While I was playing asleep, Jax opened his little blanket and covered me with it. I.Almost.Lost.It.
Is that not the sweetest thing ever?!? I love the fact that his little heart is taking shape and he enjoys serving others. Granted his classmates may not appreciate some of his gratitude or his love language of biting.......but he can be sweet.
This birthday was really weird for me.
By NO MEANS was it bad, it was just weird. H was on a business trip so it was just me, the weenie dog and little buddy. There wasn't any cake, or candles or confetti. Just me and little buddy who would randomly say "cha cha cha" through out the day. (For the record, we did celebrate as a family while in Orlando for vacay).
I ended up ordering a watch and a Olay face cleaner from Amazon. I wanted a new watch and I though....."what the heck, I mean, it's my birthday and it was an 'add on item.' " THAT is a clear example of what living on the edge is when you are older.
There are a few things that Jax does that is spot on to my personality. However, out of the 3 things we have in common, people watching and our lack of face filter is our #1 similarity. We have NO FACE FILTER.
I give you.....Exhibit A:
Due to his height (or really lack there of), he could only ride 1 "roller coaster" while at Disney. I set up front so I could take sweet pictures like this.......
Lard! The character lunches will make the mama bear come out in you. You want your kid to get as much face time and pictures to get your monies worth.
I'm so thankful to see another birthday year.
I'm thankful that I was able to spend the day with my tiny human and celebrate small sweet moments during the day.
Our day pretty much went like this:
7am- Jax woke up and said "Mommy, cha cha cha". When we sing the birthday song in this house, we sing it with "cha cha cha" in it to make it funnier for Jax. Apparently, he and H had been practicing.
7:15 am- snack #1 commenced.
7:17 am- snack #2 commenced.
We enjoyed the rain and the snuggles and the little nap we took together while it thundered outside. Sometimes I have to play dead so Jax will close his eyes too. While I was playing asleep, Jax opened his little blanket and covered me with it. I.Almost.Lost.It.
Is that not the sweetest thing ever?!? I love the fact that his little heart is taking shape and he enjoys serving others. Granted his classmates may not appreciate some of his gratitude or his love language of biting.......but he can be sweet.
This birthday was really weird for me.
By NO MEANS was it bad, it was just weird. H was on a business trip so it was just me, the weenie dog and little buddy. There wasn't any cake, or candles or confetti. Just me and little buddy who would randomly say "cha cha cha" through out the day. (For the record, we did celebrate as a family while in Orlando for vacay).
I ended up ordering a watch and a Olay face cleaner from Amazon. I wanted a new watch and I though....."what the heck, I mean, it's my birthday and it was an 'add on item.' " THAT is a clear example of what living on the edge is when you are older.
Nothing makes you feel your age quite like ordering beauty products on your birthday all because Amazon recommended them.
So, after my birthday, we a had a beautiful family wedding to attend. And then after the wedding was our family vacation to Orlando.
Orlando should probably be a post on it's own, but let's be real, if I don't type it out now there's a good chance it will never be typed out.
Here's some things that we learned/observed while on vacation:
1. Our sweet child will last exactly 9 hours in the car. After that 9th hour, he will cry and scream and beg for things you can not provide him with at the moment. Examples of what he may ask for: 'a paw-paws house' or a 'juice bot' or he will request to binge watch 'Chase on Case' which is actually Paw Patrol. While watching said cartoon, he will then cry for 'op orn'. We learned that hours 1-9 with him in the car is very pleasant. It's just the last hour. It will kill you. Slowly. At 60 miles per hour.
2. When staying in Orlando (or doing Seaworld/Disney), stay in a condo off property. We had so much room and enjoyed the washer/dryer which allowed us to come home with our suit cases full of CLEAN clothes. Traffic in Orlando was AMAZING! It took 3 minutes to get everywhere.
3. When traveling with kids, do not even worry about researching the culinary delights in the town you will be staying in. You will end up just using the "Chick-A-La" app on your phone. And you will eat a lot of snacks.
4. Orlando really doesn't have any culinary delights outside the parks property. The town has a LOT of chinese and chain food restaurants. But, we happened to stumble upon Johnnie's Hideaway on our last night and LOVED IT! They had a 2 man band that Jax danced to and the food was amazing! We just kept ordering more and more food due to Jax loving the atmosphere and my creme brûlée. That booger bear kept calling it pudding and scooping out spoonfuls.
5. Our ninja turtle would rather go to a pool than a Disney park......which is sad to find out AFTER you purchase your tickets, drive 9 hours and make him an Animal Kingdom shirt.
6. Jax called the hot tub the "hot pool" and now he thinks his bubble baths are "hot pools." Oh, and the stink will cry and beg to get in a "hot pool" after the 9th hour in the car.
Seaworld was defiantly the highlight of this cool kid's trip.......until he pooped his pants in the middle of the splash pad.
There are a few things that Jax does that is spot on to my personality. However, out of the 3 things we have in common, people watching and our lack of face filter is our #1 similarity. We have NO FACE FILTER.
I give you.....Exhibit A:
Due to his height (or really lack there of), he could only ride 1 "roller coaster" while at Disney. I set up front so I could take sweet pictures like this.......
Lard! The character lunches will make the mama bear come out in you. You want your kid to get as much face time and pictures to get your monies worth.
We had a great time and celebrated my birthday a few times during the week. And Mother's Day.
Next vacation: the beach with a "hot pool" and hopefully some culinary delights. And more appliquéd shirts. And no 9 hour drive. And more memories with my boys.
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Thoughts for Thursday.
Hello.
It's me again.
I'm totally nailing the whole "blog once a month" thing.
In no particular yet completely random order, here are my thoughts people:
1. I'm slightly addicted to Spark by Advocare. If anyone can beat Amazon's price, I'll gladly buy from you. I just love Amazon. And I enjoy a good price match.
2. My child is coming into a little sense of humor and it's presh. Jax likes to take my sewing tape measure and measure his big noggin. Incase you are wondering, he still has a large head. It's so large that my curiosity got the best of me and I just HAD to measure it. His head is only 4" smaller than H's.
4" smaller and a 30 year difference.
Side note: after I birthed big buddy, I asked my Dr. if I would be able to have a V-back with additional children. He responded with a big fat no and reminded me my child's head was in the 98 percentile BEFORE he was born.
3. Daylight savings time is kicking me so hard this year. Y'all. I take PITY on all of my career mama friends. You ladies are my hero. THANK GOODNESS H worked from home the Monday after Day Light Savings. That sweet man of mine allowed me to sleep in until 8am!
8 am. I woke up like I had been out partying all night at The Hunt Club in Starkville back in 2005. When I opened our bedroom door, I saw my baby was dressed for school and was eating his breakfast, H had my coffee brewed and bagels were in the toaster.
I didn't know whether to laugh or cry or just hug them both.
It was like a tv show or an out of body experience. I mean, isn't it every mother's dream to sleep in AND her normal morning routine still stay on track?!?
So I thanked my man with a big dinner. And I thanked my little monkey with some new socks and a bag of m&m's. It doesn't take much for either. I'm quite fond of my minimalist men.
4. Jaxon Riley. There are some days that kid is so good that it makes me scared to have another child and question if they will give me a run for my IVF money. Then, other days, I'm like......"yeah, this child is slowly killing me, there's no way I can keep up with another human being."
5. My sweet Diva Darling grandmother, Mom-O was in the hospital. I spent the better part of a day hanging out with her in her hospital room. Here are actual conversations we had:
"No Mom-O, I'm not bringing you fried chicken.You are on a special diet."
"Mom-O, it's ok if your toenails are not painted. Just put your feet under the covers and no one will notice."
"Fox news may effect your blood pressure Mom-O. Why don't we turn the channel."
That wild woman also told me that it would be ok if I trimmed some of the fringe off my new shirt.
Mom-O has some of the sweetest friends that I love as if they are my own grandmother. I have known these ladies my whole life. One of Mom-O's friends stopped by to visit and made her put on lipstick. I stepped back and watched and wondered if my friends will bring lipstick to me when I'm 86?!?
She wanted us to make sure that her dogs were fed twice a day. I'm all over here like 'Oscar is lucky if Jax feeds him.'
While on the phone with H giving him an update on Mom-O, I hear Jax screaming in the background. Apparently Oscar literally took food out of his hands during dinner. Drama rama. Everyday.
6. Did you know that you can buy scented toilet paper?!?!
I can't even.
It's the absolute best. I've never considered myself a diva......I can generally make do with whatever......but now......well, now I need scented toilet paper. I totally bought it on accident and now it's a staple in our house.
7. Apparently I grind my teeth at night and it bothers my bed buddy. So, while in Walmart, he bought a sports mouth guard. Then, he boiled some water and placed said mouth guard in water. Afterwards, he interrupted a monogramming session and asked me to form my mouth to the guard. Then, when I went to bed, it was nicely placed on my nigh stand. I don't know if I should laugh or just talk to my dentist about this. I guess grinding your teeth isn't as bad as snoring?!?!?
8. My child has had 6 birthday parties to attend within 2 weekends! How does a little human being who as only been on planet Earth for a year and a half know so many people to attend parties for?!? However, this kid of mine eats it up like he does birthday cake! He loves a good party.
9. Easter pics.
I'm a sucker for a front porch photo session before church.
Let me preface this by saying: H DOES NOT TAKE GOOD PHOTOS!
I think it does it on purpose so I don't ask him to take photos.
Remember the Christmas photos he took on Christmas Eve? If not, click here.
I digress, I snapped this one.
I captured both buddies, their outfits and part of the fern that's alive and thriving.
H took this photo:
You see the foyer lamp, no fern, no arm, no legs for Jax and no legs for me.
I was like: HUNTER! You didn't even get my LEGS!
Am I wearing a dress? Or is it a skirt? Or is it pants? Or.....it could be some shorts! For the record, it was pants because we had to keep the church nursery on Easter.
2 things need to be noted here.
#1- Everyone goest to the Easter service. AND everyone brings their kids.
#2- After we got in the car, we decided to push back having another baby until we forget some of the memories from Sunday.
Kid you not (see what I did there?), at one point I was wearing rubber gloves. At another point, I was explaining that just because a cookie broke in half doesn't mean that you need a new one. And at another point, I was walking the halls of the church with a kid because she said that she "needed a break."
In all fairness thought, I did just want another baby so I can dress them in monogrammed Feltman and Paty gowns. I may have asked Jax today if he wants mommy to have a baby.......and without even giving it a thought, he said NOOOO!!!
Noted.
10. I really don't have anything else to blog about, but I didn't want 9 bullet points. 9 seems weird to me. Obviously not to the Duggars though.
This sweetness is so funny and absolutely loved his loot from the Easter Bunny! The bunny may have brought some vitamins, bubble bath and bandaids! I love a practical bunny that just leaves the candy in the pantry hidden away.
It's me again.
I'm totally nailing the whole "blog once a month" thing.
In no particular yet completely random order, here are my thoughts people:
1. I'm slightly addicted to Spark by Advocare. If anyone can beat Amazon's price, I'll gladly buy from you. I just love Amazon. And I enjoy a good price match.
2. My child is coming into a little sense of humor and it's presh. Jax likes to take my sewing tape measure and measure his big noggin. Incase you are wondering, he still has a large head. It's so large that my curiosity got the best of me and I just HAD to measure it. His head is only 4" smaller than H's.
4" smaller and a 30 year difference.
Side note: after I birthed big buddy, I asked my Dr. if I would be able to have a V-back with additional children. He responded with a big fat no and reminded me my child's head was in the 98 percentile BEFORE he was born.
3. Daylight savings time is kicking me so hard this year. Y'all. I take PITY on all of my career mama friends. You ladies are my hero. THANK GOODNESS H worked from home the Monday after Day Light Savings. That sweet man of mine allowed me to sleep in until 8am!
8 am. I woke up like I had been out partying all night at The Hunt Club in Starkville back in 2005. When I opened our bedroom door, I saw my baby was dressed for school and was eating his breakfast, H had my coffee brewed and bagels were in the toaster.
I didn't know whether to laugh or cry or just hug them both.
It was like a tv show or an out of body experience. I mean, isn't it every mother's dream to sleep in AND her normal morning routine still stay on track?!?
So I thanked my man with a big dinner. And I thanked my little monkey with some new socks and a bag of m&m's. It doesn't take much for either. I'm quite fond of my minimalist men.
4. Jaxon Riley. There are some days that kid is so good that it makes me scared to have another child and question if they will give me a run for my IVF money. Then, other days, I'm like......"yeah, this child is slowly killing me, there's no way I can keep up with another human being."
5. My sweet Diva Darling grandmother, Mom-O was in the hospital. I spent the better part of a day hanging out with her in her hospital room. Here are actual conversations we had:
"No Mom-O, I'm not bringing you fried chicken.You are on a special diet."
"Mom-O, it's ok if your toenails are not painted. Just put your feet under the covers and no one will notice."
"Fox news may effect your blood pressure Mom-O. Why don't we turn the channel."
That wild woman also told me that it would be ok if I trimmed some of the fringe off my new shirt.
Mom-O has some of the sweetest friends that I love as if they are my own grandmother. I have known these ladies my whole life. One of Mom-O's friends stopped by to visit and made her put on lipstick. I stepped back and watched and wondered if my friends will bring lipstick to me when I'm 86?!?
She wanted us to make sure that her dogs were fed twice a day. I'm all over here like 'Oscar is lucky if Jax feeds him.'
While on the phone with H giving him an update on Mom-O, I hear Jax screaming in the background. Apparently Oscar literally took food out of his hands during dinner. Drama rama. Everyday.
6. Did you know that you can buy scented toilet paper?!?!
I can't even.
It's the absolute best. I've never considered myself a diva......I can generally make do with whatever......but now......well, now I need scented toilet paper. I totally bought it on accident and now it's a staple in our house.
7. Apparently I grind my teeth at night and it bothers my bed buddy. So, while in Walmart, he bought a sports mouth guard. Then, he boiled some water and placed said mouth guard in water. Afterwards, he interrupted a monogramming session and asked me to form my mouth to the guard. Then, when I went to bed, it was nicely placed on my nigh stand. I don't know if I should laugh or just talk to my dentist about this. I guess grinding your teeth isn't as bad as snoring?!?!?
8. My child has had 6 birthday parties to attend within 2 weekends! How does a little human being who as only been on planet Earth for a year and a half know so many people to attend parties for?!? However, this kid of mine eats it up like he does birthday cake! He loves a good party.
9. Easter pics.
I'm a sucker for a front porch photo session before church.
Let me preface this by saying: H DOES NOT TAKE GOOD PHOTOS!
I think it does it on purpose so I don't ask him to take photos.
Remember the Christmas photos he took on Christmas Eve? If not, click here.
I digress, I snapped this one.
I captured both buddies, their outfits and part of the fern that's alive and thriving.
H took this photo:
You see the foyer lamp, no fern, no arm, no legs for Jax and no legs for me.
I was like: HUNTER! You didn't even get my LEGS!
Am I wearing a dress? Or is it a skirt? Or is it pants? Or.....it could be some shorts! For the record, it was pants because we had to keep the church nursery on Easter.
2 things need to be noted here.
#1- Everyone goest to the Easter service. AND everyone brings their kids.
#2- After we got in the car, we decided to push back having another baby until we forget some of the memories from Sunday.
Kid you not (see what I did there?), at one point I was wearing rubber gloves. At another point, I was explaining that just because a cookie broke in half doesn't mean that you need a new one. And at another point, I was walking the halls of the church with a kid because she said that she "needed a break."
In all fairness thought, I did just want another baby so I can dress them in monogrammed Feltman and Paty gowns. I may have asked Jax today if he wants mommy to have a baby.......and without even giving it a thought, he said NOOOO!!!
Noted.
10. I really don't have anything else to blog about, but I didn't want 9 bullet points. 9 seems weird to me. Obviously not to the Duggars though.
This sweetness is so funny and absolutely loved his loot from the Easter Bunny! The bunny may have brought some vitamins, bubble bath and bandaids! I love a practical bunny that just leaves the candy in the pantry hidden away.
Next blog post, Easter recap.
At this rate, you will be reading about it in July.
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Thoughts for Thursday.
Hello Intranet.
I bet you think I've forgotten about you. But.....I haven't.
My sweet little buddy and my monogram machine have been kicking my booty.
(and I'm thankful for both)
Here's some life updates:
-Jax is cutting his last 4 teeth. At.one.time. LARD! Why can't teething be easy?!?
-His new favorite thing is to wake up at 4 am and get in the bed with us. Then request to watch "a moo bee" and have us pop him some "op orn." We never comply with his request.
- It's February and my 2016 planner is already falling apart at the seams. Don't judge me when I just Duck tape it back together. It would take me a year to move all of my notes over from this planner to another one. So, I think I'll just stick with what I have right now.
- Last week, South Central mailed me a refund check for over paying on my account. In the same mail, there was a past-due letter telling me I need to in fact pay on my account. Because they caught me in a weak moment where I didn't want to pick up the phone, I decided to just cash the check. I figured I could sort it out on Monday.
- I said "no" to adding 2 things to my life calendar this week. I really thought I would have guilt about it, however, it was very liberating and freeing.
- Did everyone else think the Superbowl was a little 'blah' this year. I was more interested in the food than anything else. Being a PR major, I can't tell ya how many times I've had to write a paper on the dang commercials during the Superbowl. I try to purposely tune them out now. Otherwise, the people sitting beside me would have to listen to me analyze the hidden agenda, subliminal message, the color scheme, music selection and PR theories that may or may not have absolutely nothing to do with the making of the actual commercial.
- I mopped the kitchen floor yesterday. Jax purposely spilled his juice a mere hour later. I then begged and pleated for a house keeper again. It's like I jinx myself ANYTIME I clean!
Mop the floor = toddler spills drink
Wash the rugs = dog pees on rugs
Vacuum the carpet = husband has muddy shoes and tracks on floor
Clean up the junk pile in the kitchen = lose cable bill
Shampoo carpet = dog throws up in the middle of the night
Am I solo in this area? Am I the only one with bad luck when they clean house? Or ADD? While I'm cleaning, I see 248,392 other areas that need attention and I try to clean them all at the same time. Then, I forget what I'm REALLY suppose to be cleaning!!
Am I sweeping the floors or the cobwebs? Am I polishing the stainless steal appliances or the grout in the kitchen floor?
- Reporting good news now, Scandal and Grey's Anatomy are BACK!!!! While I realize I'm the last remaining Grey's fan, I'm so excited! It's like a Mama "moo bee" Night!
Happy Thursday!
I bet you think I've forgotten about you. But.....I haven't.
My sweet little buddy and my monogram machine have been kicking my booty.
(and I'm thankful for both)
Here's some life updates:
-Jax is cutting his last 4 teeth. At.one.time. LARD! Why can't teething be easy?!?
-His new favorite thing is to wake up at 4 am and get in the bed with us. Then request to watch "a moo bee" and have us pop him some "op orn." We never comply with his request.
- It's February and my 2016 planner is already falling apart at the seams. Don't judge me when I just Duck tape it back together. It would take me a year to move all of my notes over from this planner to another one. So, I think I'll just stick with what I have right now.
- Last week, South Central mailed me a refund check for over paying on my account. In the same mail, there was a past-due letter telling me I need to in fact pay on my account. Because they caught me in a weak moment where I didn't want to pick up the phone, I decided to just cash the check. I figured I could sort it out on Monday.
- I said "no" to adding 2 things to my life calendar this week. I really thought I would have guilt about it, however, it was very liberating and freeing.
- Did everyone else think the Superbowl was a little 'blah' this year. I was more interested in the food than anything else. Being a PR major, I can't tell ya how many times I've had to write a paper on the dang commercials during the Superbowl. I try to purposely tune them out now. Otherwise, the people sitting beside me would have to listen to me analyze the hidden agenda, subliminal message, the color scheme, music selection and PR theories that may or may not have absolutely nothing to do with the making of the actual commercial.
- I mopped the kitchen floor yesterday. Jax purposely spilled his juice a mere hour later. I then begged and pleated for a house keeper again. It's like I jinx myself ANYTIME I clean!
Mop the floor = toddler spills drink
Wash the rugs = dog pees on rugs
Vacuum the carpet = husband has muddy shoes and tracks on floor
Clean up the junk pile in the kitchen = lose cable bill
Shampoo carpet = dog throws up in the middle of the night
Am I solo in this area? Am I the only one with bad luck when they clean house? Or ADD? While I'm cleaning, I see 248,392 other areas that need attention and I try to clean them all at the same time. Then, I forget what I'm REALLY suppose to be cleaning!!
Am I sweeping the floors or the cobwebs? Am I polishing the stainless steal appliances or the grout in the kitchen floor?
- Reporting good news now, Scandal and Grey's Anatomy are BACK!!!! While I realize I'm the last remaining Grey's fan, I'm so excited! It's like a Mama "moo bee" Night!
Happy Thursday!
Monday, January 11, 2016
Thoughts for Thursday.
Can you believe that one of my New Year's Resolutions was to blog everyday! Bahaha! THAT is comical. However, I'm nailing my bacon cheeseburger diet!
There are so many things to catch you up on.
1. My child is trying to potty train himself. Part of me is extremely excited. The other part makes me wanna bop him on the head and make him walk around with an encyclopedia on his head to keep him from growing up. He has successfully used the potty 3 times in 1 week. While I'm excited that he is using the potty, he hasn't saved me any diapers yet.
I don't know why, but I have been so emotional with him lately. He is so funny and knows like 100 words! He repeats EVERYTHING! Oh, and he is drinking out of a cup! This is just too much for my fragile heart. The boy is confused with a straw but loves to sip out of a cup.
H had a business trip last week and I allowed Jax to stay up until 9:30 pm on the night H returned home. Jax and I were laying in our bed when H walked in the room. The pure excitement on Jax's sweet chubby face was too much for me to handle so I just started crying. You would have thought H had been gone a year instead of a few days. Jax hugged him and patted on H's side of the bed for H to come join us in bed! Again......I was a mess! Jax held both of our hands and made us do a group hug. That was his little opportunity to ask for a pony or 4-wheeler or another dog. Although I would have said no to the dog (I mean, we do have a fenced in back yard for a pony), the kid knows how to work us.
2. I held the sweetest little baby on Monday......and I felt nothing. Of course, I love sweet baby Rhett and his mama.....but, my heart and mind didn't match up and make me yearn for another baby.
3. I'm sleep training Jax all over again. His schedule has been shot due to Granna and Pops Camp, then Christmas break, then New Years and then the weekend. Don't get me wrong, he still sleeps through the night, but he wants to go to bed at 10 pm instead of his normal 7:30 pm. Last night, we threw him in his crib at 7:30ish and the monkey woke up at 6am. He hasn't done that in MONTHS. He normally sleeps until 7:30. So, when he woke up before the sun was out, I did what most mamas do.......I put him in the warm bed with me! We "slept" for another hour and then I woke up to the little monkey giving me eskimo kisses on my nose. Then, he started identifying my: EEEYYEEESSS......NOOOOOOSSSSSEEE..........MOUF..............TEEFFF.....HAAAAIRR...EAAARRSS.
And again, because I'm emotional right now, I cried. I would rather wake up to someone identifying my face than to an empty and quiet house.
4. I started a business with a dear friend. We are the proud and TIRED owners of Magnolia Monogramming.
We have talked about this idea for a little over a year and we FINALLY pulled the trigger....or needle to be exact. We have put in so much time within our first week! I have been so tired that I literally prayed about my exhaustion. Be careful what you ask for with the Lard. Currently, it's 11pm and I'm blogging with no sign of tiredness.
If you need super cute monogrammed items, go "like" us on Facebook and Instagram. Our Etsy page is under construction......due to priorities like Downton Abby.
I'm now altering my resolutions.
I just need to blog once a week. That sounds more doable. I don't want to overachieve or anything.
There are so many things to catch you up on.
1. My child is trying to potty train himself. Part of me is extremely excited. The other part makes me wanna bop him on the head and make him walk around with an encyclopedia on his head to keep him from growing up. He has successfully used the potty 3 times in 1 week. While I'm excited that he is using the potty, he hasn't saved me any diapers yet.
I don't know why, but I have been so emotional with him lately. He is so funny and knows like 100 words! He repeats EVERYTHING! Oh, and he is drinking out of a cup! This is just too much for my fragile heart. The boy is confused with a straw but loves to sip out of a cup.
H had a business trip last week and I allowed Jax to stay up until 9:30 pm on the night H returned home. Jax and I were laying in our bed when H walked in the room. The pure excitement on Jax's sweet chubby face was too much for me to handle so I just started crying. You would have thought H had been gone a year instead of a few days. Jax hugged him and patted on H's side of the bed for H to come join us in bed! Again......I was a mess! Jax held both of our hands and made us do a group hug. That was his little opportunity to ask for a pony or 4-wheeler or another dog. Although I would have said no to the dog (I mean, we do have a fenced in back yard for a pony), the kid knows how to work us.
2. I held the sweetest little baby on Monday......and I felt nothing. Of course, I love sweet baby Rhett and his mama.....but, my heart and mind didn't match up and make me yearn for another baby.
3. I'm sleep training Jax all over again. His schedule has been shot due to Granna and Pops Camp, then Christmas break, then New Years and then the weekend. Don't get me wrong, he still sleeps through the night, but he wants to go to bed at 10 pm instead of his normal 7:30 pm. Last night, we threw him in his crib at 7:30ish and the monkey woke up at 6am. He hasn't done that in MONTHS. He normally sleeps until 7:30. So, when he woke up before the sun was out, I did what most mamas do.......I put him in the warm bed with me! We "slept" for another hour and then I woke up to the little monkey giving me eskimo kisses on my nose. Then, he started identifying my: EEEYYEEESSS......NOOOOOOSSSSSEEE..........MOUF..............TEEFFF.....HAAAAIRR...EAAARRSS.
And again, because I'm emotional right now, I cried. I would rather wake up to someone identifying my face than to an empty and quiet house.
4. I started a business with a dear friend. We are the proud and TIRED owners of Magnolia Monogramming.
We have talked about this idea for a little over a year and we FINALLY pulled the trigger....or needle to be exact. We have put in so much time within our first week! I have been so tired that I literally prayed about my exhaustion. Be careful what you ask for with the Lard. Currently, it's 11pm and I'm blogging with no sign of tiredness.
If you need super cute monogrammed items, go "like" us on Facebook and Instagram. Our Etsy page is under construction......due to priorities like Downton Abby.
I'm now altering my resolutions.
I just need to blog once a week. That sounds more doable. I don't want to overachieve or anything.
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Thoughts for Thursday......
1. THIS cool kid attended his first MSU football game.
He was a little champ and wiggle worm. When we walked in the stadium, he was in awe. He was quiet for several minutes just looking around. He kept saying "ball, ball" and "dog dog." For whatever reason, he repeats himself twice. It's probably due to the fact that I'm constantly repeating myself twice to him and H.
We stayed until halftime so he could watch the band preform. It's safe to say that was his favorite.
2. In Bible study last Tuesday, we talked about God being faithful. I shared the bullet point story of our journey to Jaxon and how faithful God was. I'm thinking I should do another blog post about how at times I didn't understand God nor his timing, however, he was still faithful to us.
3. This weekend is going to wear me out. My sweet child's social schedule is crazy. I seriously don't know how moms of multiple children fit it all in during the week and weekend.
4. Just call me Hazel because I have deep cough at night that won't go away.
5. Do you ever feel like your boss doesn't appreciate your hard work? Well, that's how I feel after I mop the kitchen floor and Jax throws his dinner on the floor to feed the "dog dog."
6. On Monday morning, our DVR box died along with a little part of my heart. Talk about first world probs! It's s good thing I watched Greys and Scandal last week in "real time".
He was a little champ and wiggle worm. When we walked in the stadium, he was in awe. He was quiet for several minutes just looking around. He kept saying "ball, ball" and "dog dog." For whatever reason, he repeats himself twice. It's probably due to the fact that I'm constantly repeating myself twice to him and H.
We stayed until halftime so he could watch the band preform. It's safe to say that was his favorite.
2. In Bible study last Tuesday, we talked about God being faithful. I shared the bullet point story of our journey to Jaxon and how faithful God was. I'm thinking I should do another blog post about how at times I didn't understand God nor his timing, however, he was still faithful to us.
3. This weekend is going to wear me out. My sweet child's social schedule is crazy. I seriously don't know how moms of multiple children fit it all in during the week and weekend.
4. Just call me Hazel because I have deep cough at night that won't go away.
5. Do you ever feel like your boss doesn't appreciate your hard work? Well, that's how I feel after I mop the kitchen floor and Jax throws his dinner on the floor to feed the "dog dog."
6. On Monday morning, our DVR box died along with a little part of my heart. Talk about first world probs! It's s good thing I watched Greys and Scandal last week in "real time".
8. Yesterday I went back to the fair. And bought 2 more candied apples. I ate one while watching The Good Wofe and I plan on eating the other one tonight during Greys!
Happy Thursday Er'body!
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Thoughts for Thursday......
Dear Internet.
I'm Sorry.
I have let you down. I don't blog anymore. I need to make this a resolution for November to blog more.
Listen.
1. Every night, I struggle with which guilty please I will indulge in.
Will it be my 1 glass of wine with pop corn? Or will it be ice cream?
Tonight, it was ice cream with crumbled chocolate chip cookies.
2. I'm pro vaccine for Jax until it's actually his Dr. appt day.....then I'm all like "WHY NOW?! NO! Not the shots!"
Man handling a 1 year old that's receiving shots will do you in!
3. The struggle is real during lunch for me not to watch Grey's while eating my sandwich. A few weeks ago, I figured the house was clean enough so I could spare to sit down and relax for an hour. I only felt that way after I shampooed the carpet. This was of course the shampooing before Jax spilled half of a bottle of mouthwash on the carpet and Oscar threw up on it. Every time I think I want to replace our carpet, I'm reminded of mouthwash and throw up.
4. I'm very ambitious during the day. When it's 2 pm and I have energy, I'm all like " Oh, I'm gonna stay up until 11 pm monogramming," but then when 8 pm rolls around, I'll confess, I'm generally in bed. Nighttime hits me HARD!
5. In all of my "spare time" I monogram. I use to blog until I bought my machine. Now, I monogram until 8 pm. It's all fun and games as long as the appliqué goes right.
6. Olivia Pope. I can't even. I love the little stunt she pulled last week.
7. Last weekend I attended a wedding in Starkville all by myself. Y'all. This little introvert was so excited I seriously contemplated doing a cartwheel. Instead, I did a frontward roll and tried to teach Jax how to do it. He thought I was hilarious!
Anyway, do you know how awesome it is to stay by yourself for 2 nights in a dark, cold hotel room with blackout curtains?!?! It's AMAZE!
Night 1 recharged my batteries. I even ate breakfast in bed and felt like Beyonce.
Night 2. My hotel neighbor snored so loud I could hear him through the walls. Not cool Mr.
THEN, at 7 am, my other neighbors left for breakfast and the dog they snuck in went NUTS, which made me go nuts and call the front desk.
Listen. The last thing I want on my "Meg-cation" is to wake up to a dog barking. I wake up to a dog going crazy pretty much every day. The moment sweet little Jax starts yelling my name at 7 am over the monitor, Oscar Mayer lets me know that I'm being summoned by barking at me.
The owners of the dog retrieved him and I went back to sleep for a total of 30 minutes. Dang Dog.
Here's to hoping for more blog posts. And more "Meg-cations" and less barking and more monogramming.
And because you are here to really just see pics of my child, here ya go:
I'm Sorry.
I have let you down. I don't blog anymore. I need to make this a resolution for November to blog more.
Listen.
1. Every night, I struggle with which guilty please I will indulge in.
Will it be my 1 glass of wine with pop corn? Or will it be ice cream?
Tonight, it was ice cream with crumbled chocolate chip cookies.
2. I'm pro vaccine for Jax until it's actually his Dr. appt day.....then I'm all like "WHY NOW?! NO! Not the shots!"
Man handling a 1 year old that's receiving shots will do you in!
3. The struggle is real during lunch for me not to watch Grey's while eating my sandwich. A few weeks ago, I figured the house was clean enough so I could spare to sit down and relax for an hour. I only felt that way after I shampooed the carpet. This was of course the shampooing before Jax spilled half of a bottle of mouthwash on the carpet and Oscar threw up on it. Every time I think I want to replace our carpet, I'm reminded of mouthwash and throw up.
4. I'm very ambitious during the day. When it's 2 pm and I have energy, I'm all like " Oh, I'm gonna stay up until 11 pm monogramming," but then when 8 pm rolls around, I'll confess, I'm generally in bed. Nighttime hits me HARD!
5. In all of my "spare time" I monogram. I use to blog until I bought my machine. Now, I monogram until 8 pm. It's all fun and games as long as the appliqué goes right.
6. Olivia Pope. I can't even. I love the little stunt she pulled last week.
7. Last weekend I attended a wedding in Starkville all by myself. Y'all. This little introvert was so excited I seriously contemplated doing a cartwheel. Instead, I did a frontward roll and tried to teach Jax how to do it. He thought I was hilarious!
Anyway, do you know how awesome it is to stay by yourself for 2 nights in a dark, cold hotel room with blackout curtains?!?! It's AMAZE!
Night 1 recharged my batteries. I even ate breakfast in bed and felt like Beyonce.
Night 2. My hotel neighbor snored so loud I could hear him through the walls. Not cool Mr.
THEN, at 7 am, my other neighbors left for breakfast and the dog they snuck in went NUTS, which made me go nuts and call the front desk.
Listen. The last thing I want on my "Meg-cation" is to wake up to a dog barking. I wake up to a dog going crazy pretty much every day. The moment sweet little Jax starts yelling my name at 7 am over the monitor, Oscar Mayer lets me know that I'm being summoned by barking at me.
The owners of the dog retrieved him and I went back to sleep for a total of 30 minutes. Dang Dog.
Here's to hoping for more blog posts. And more "Meg-cations" and less barking and more monogramming.
And because you are here to really just see pics of my child, here ya go:
Sweet Buddy loves to help me "coookkk"!! I'm constantly reminding myself that we are not in a hurry and that I quit my job for moments like this.
By the way, I made his Pawsome shirt! Sweet Labor of Love.
By the way, I made his Pawsome shirt! Sweet Labor of Love.
Sometimes, we even make redneck toys that consist of empty milk jugs and rocks! #pinterestwin Umm...totally kidding about Pinterest.
Sometimes when teething gets bad, the only cure is Chickfila and Pops!
The lunchtime struggle is REAL! My child has the sweetest face ever. Those cheeks are my favorite!
Why must he look 3?!?
Happy Thursday!
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Thoughts for Thursday......
Testing.....1...2...3...
Is this thing even still on?!?
This whole SAHM gig' is exhausting. It will literally create voices in your head.
Below is a conversation that happened today. In my head.
Me (talking me myself): I think I'm ready for another baby.
Voice in my head: You know you would have to give up napping when Jax naps.
Me: I think I'll wait on the baby.
If I didn't know 100%, I would totally think I was pregnant. I could nap ALL.OF.THE.TIME!
I'm not a night owl, so I'm normally asleep by 9pm. Yesterday am, Jax woke up at 6:30 am and it totally rocked my world. And his apparently.
Sweet buddy fell asleep while eating his lunch.
In other non-related news, I'm reading a book titled The Best Yes by Lysa Terkeurst. It is like this book was written for me. This little line stopped me in my tracks: "A woman who lives with the stress of an overwhelmed schedule will often ache with the sadness of an underwhelmed soul."
And THAT pretty much describes me when I was juggling a full time job and trying to keep up with a baby and husband and dog and dinner and friends and house chores and life. (I acknowledge this run-on sentence)
Lysa's book is about saying 'yes' and 'no' and making the 'yeses' count.
Lysa also writes, "The decisions we make dictate the schedules we keep. The schedules determine the lives we live. Our lives determine how we spend our souls. So, this isn't just about finding time. This is about honoring God with our time."
OUCH! How much of a reality check is that!
This is such a good reminder to me when I feel overwhelmed with our day to day lives.
God provided me with my new job as a SAHM and I need to honor him with my time.
Hello Reality Check. You hurt.
Moving on, the Joneses are recovered from all manners of sickness. AND, our house has been bleached from all sicknesses. It's just not clean unless bleach is poured on it.
My sweet, crazy, large, loud family will be hosting their 2nd Annual Family Fall Festival next month. It's sad at how excited I am for this. My family is the reason I want a house full of babies. It's so nice to have such a large family that you can host your own festival of just your people.
Random note: I don't cook as much for my people anymore. H has a lot of work dinners and big lunches that take away from my weekly menu plans. To be totally honest, I haven't menu planned in a month. I generally buy our staples for the week then cook big on the weekend. When I say 'big' I mean a slow cooked roast or steaks or chicken spaghetti or stuffed chicken. Those are my favorite 'go-to' meals. Ya' know what else is my favorite......the Mexican restaurant.
Blog words cannot adequately describe how happy I am about the Fall Shows coming back! Scandal and Grey's.....I'm looking at you!
Random note: I don't cook as much for my people anymore. H has a lot of work dinners and big lunches that take away from my weekly menu plans. To be totally honest, I haven't menu planned in a month. I generally buy our staples for the week then cook big on the weekend. When I say 'big' I mean a slow cooked roast or steaks or chicken spaghetti or stuffed chicken. Those are my favorite 'go-to' meals. Ya' know what else is my favorite......the Mexican restaurant.
Blog words cannot adequately describe how happy I am about the Fall Shows coming back! Scandal and Grey's.....I'm looking at you!
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Thoughts for Thursday: Stay at Home Mom Edition.
Below are Facebook statuses that I never found the time to actually post.
1- That time you wished your hubby a Happy Birthday. But, you are a week early do to reading the wrong week of your planner.
2- No matter what Jax has screamed about for the past 2 hours, seeing him in footed pjs cancels out all of his wrong doings.
3- I'm still trying to live by the mommy advice of: When the baby sleeps, you sleep.
I may have taken 2 naps yesterday.
4- CVS: Pull it together. The only reason I didn't crawl through my car window and into your pharmacy to fill my own prescription was due to the fact my child was watching the Christian show Veggie Tales. The cucumber held me back!
5- Does a Nutragrain bar count as breakfast?
6- That time you lose the dog for HOURS only to find him in the garage and not remember how he got there!
7- I have moved my sweet child's bed time up by 30 minutes. Mama just needs a minute. Sooner.
8- Hurry up Grey's Anatomy! I'm READY!! I've made peace about McDreamy.
9- I envy my child's social calendar. 2 parties in 1 day.
10- I eat a box of Snicker's ice cream a week. How about that for clean eating.
11- BOOM! I bought 2 Christmas gifts this week. #winfortheweek
12- I started a new Bible Study this week and packed 3 colored pens in my purse for the study. #nerd
Happy Thursday! It is Thursday....right?!
1- That time you wished your hubby a Happy Birthday. But, you are a week early do to reading the wrong week of your planner.
2- No matter what Jax has screamed about for the past 2 hours, seeing him in footed pjs cancels out all of his wrong doings.
3- I'm still trying to live by the mommy advice of: When the baby sleeps, you sleep.
I may have taken 2 naps yesterday.
4- CVS: Pull it together. The only reason I didn't crawl through my car window and into your pharmacy to fill my own prescription was due to the fact my child was watching the Christian show Veggie Tales. The cucumber held me back!
5- Does a Nutragrain bar count as breakfast?
6- That time you lose the dog for HOURS only to find him in the garage and not remember how he got there!
7- I have moved my sweet child's bed time up by 30 minutes. Mama just needs a minute. Sooner.
8- Hurry up Grey's Anatomy! I'm READY!! I've made peace about McDreamy.
9- I envy my child's social calendar. 2 parties in 1 day.
10- I eat a box of Snicker's ice cream a week. How about that for clean eating.
11- BOOM! I bought 2 Christmas gifts this week. #winfortheweek
12- I started a new Bible Study this week and packed 3 colored pens in my purse for the study. #nerd
Happy Thursday! It is Thursday....right?!
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Thoughts for Thursday.
Y'all.
I can't even deal with my nerves right now. BFF Katye and I have started a joke about how there MUST be a camera crew watching us and someone is BOUND to jump out and say "you've just been punked! Here's your million dollars!!"
While I'm not going to advertise her shenanigans, I will share mine.
Every week something happens that sends me into a full blown panic attack. Every.Week.
Ummm....hello lizard.
This week, it was when the fire alarms went off at 1:30 a.m. AND THEN AGAIN at 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning.
Why must crazy stuff happen to me?! Why can't they orchestrate their false alarm at say, 12 noon and not while I'm in a dead sleep dreaming about making perfect Pinterest projects?
So, at 1:30 a.m. when I thought we were under attack or something, I almost went to the deep end. I finally settled my nerves down around 2 a.m. when I put Jax in the bed with us. This was not a good move on my part. I realize the error of my ways here, but, I had good logic.
Meg Logic: IF in fact the fire alarm did pick up on an actual fire, or smoke, etc.....and we then silenced the alarm, I want my baby to be on our side of the house. Therefore, I lugged big buddy to our bed.
When the alarms went off AGAIN at 3:30 a.m., my logic proved to be ok. HOWEVER, it was once again another false alarm. Insert literal yelling here.
Between our 3 bodies, we spelled out the letter H. Then Z. I do not recommend this. Next time, big buddy will just have a pallet party on my side of the bed. On the floor.
Going back to sleep after the 2nd false alarm was pretty much Operation No Go for me. It's amazing to me how men can just shake it off. My brain doesn't work that way.
H is all: "False alarm, it's ok. Go back to bed." (insert snoring here)
I'm like: "HOLY HECK! We almost died! We need a better plan than me running around the house screaming! What's our plan? I can't sleep without a new plan! Go look in the attic and see if there's a fire! Do you think there's a fire? Oh gosh! I burned a candle earlier today, but I blew it out at 5:30 pm. Do you think it's from that?!"
To calm my nerves, I read a book from 4 am-4:45 am. THEN, big buddy kicked me for the 764,392 time in the bladder and decided to start our day at 5:45 a.m.
Umm, the last time I saw 5:45 a.m. was my last day of work.
Mama just ain't doing that anymore. At least gimme until 6:30.
I needed to make a quick trip to Hattiesburg yesterday.
PEOPLE.
We left our house dressed and fed, ready to go at 8:30 am. We were so early, the garden center at Lowe's had not even opened their doors. We were the only customers in Hobby Lobby. I had to wait for ToysRus to open. Of course my sleepy head baby enjoyed his nap in the car on the way.
We left our house dressed and fed, ready to go at 8:30 am. We were so early, the garden center at Lowe's had not even opened their doors. We were the only customers in Hobby Lobby. I had to wait for ToysRus to open. Of course my sleepy head baby enjoyed his nap in the car on the way.
Because I like to solve problems immediately, and I refuse to let a false alarm finish off my nerves:
How about those for some thoughts. I bet you clicked here to read cute and sweet updates on Jax.
Well, here's an update: Jax-1, Mom-0.
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