greatest hits

get ready for perhaps the wordiest greatest hits in this blog's history.  and here we go.

1) my group of girls does a bang-up job of making a point to carve out some time for each other in our busy lives.  it doesn't happen as often as we would like, but we can usually throw together a last minute happy hour, piece of cake.  well it just so happens that two of my best girls are pregs with sweet baby boys, named nolan and finn (boys number 5 & 6 for this group).  we surprised them with a little shower  at our last "happy hour".  they drank water out of wine glasses and we drank bud light in their honor.  yay for babies!

2) rewind to monday night before valentine's day; my baby has a double ear infection, our sitter and dinner plans are cancelled, and i am having a pity party for one (no one else was invited).  cue chris.  he makes surprise plans for the next saturday and managed to keep the plans a secret ALL week.  this is a big deal for my sweet husband (i think he asked me once a day if i wanted to know the surprise :)

fast forward to saturday.  we drop the babes off at my parents, check in to the hotel belmont, partake in a celebratory bloody mary, enjoy dinner at the common table (delish), finish the night with beers at the foundry, sleep soundly in a bed that isn't ours, eat a delicious brunch at smoke, and take the long twenty minute drive home.  perfection.

kudos, chris.  thanks for the hot date :)

(the patio at the foundry.  reminded us of austin.  good work, dallas!)

3) the rest of the week was spent keeping the baby out of trashcans and spending time outside with the boys.  you know, the usual.

* i do realize that reading this post could lead you to believe that this week has been all unicorns and rainbows.  in an effort to keep it real, i just want to let you know that this week has also included a nasty eye infection (me), poo that escaped the diaper and landed directly on my foot, and the ingestion of some sort of insect by the littlest one.  and there you have it.  never a dull moment.

looking forward to an easy weekend.  how was your week?  what are you looking forward to?

until next time,

xoxoxo

greatest hits

this week has been nutso.  chris was out of town from friday to sunday, as were my parents, so the normal village i use to help raise my children were out-of-commission.  so, different villagers stepped up to help this momma out. (thank you, villagers...you know who you are).  we have celebrated chris' return by eating chocolate non-stop.

here's a peek:

1) this kid has already found the ONLY non-child-proofed cabinet in the kitchen.  look at his face, he knows he is busted.

 2) a baby shower for a dear friend from college.  the baby's name will be luke ryan, but we like to call him craig-craig after his daddy :)

 because i am lame, i only have one picture of luke ryan's momma...she's the one way in the back.  sorry, em.

 3) a pancake breakfast for my little guys.  

below is my sous chef.

 nothing says valentine's like pumpkin, christmas tree and heart-shaped pancakes.

 of course this kid loves pancakes.  he is made of them.

 4) glow sticks from the target dollar bin + idea found on pinterest = a glowing bathtub and two ecstatic boys.

 5) a party a ben's school.

 hipster.

 6) chocolate cake baking.

 7) unprompted backseat hand-holding.  on valentine's day, no less.

 8) vday lunch of champions (with daddy).

 9) this heart arrived in the mail from our big boy.

 10) i always knew that one day i would have children.  and i would dress them in matching pajamas.

  looking forward to a rescheduled valentine's date night.

how was your week?  what are you looking forward to?

until next time,

xoxoxo

you are loved

happy valentine's day, sweethearts.

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i'm off to change a poopy diaper, shower, then bake a cake.  i hope you day is equally (if not more) exciting!  love y'all.

mwah!

greatest hits

i will not let this crick in my neck ruin my day.  i will not let this crick in my neck ruin my day.  i will not let this crick in my neck ruin my day.

this week has been a good one, half of which is not documented considering i kept forgetting to charge the camera battery.  oops.

1)  a date with my husband that extended from friday afternoon to saturday afternoon.  we had dinner at la duni, saw the descendants, went to bed early (because we are old), slept in until 7:30 (say what???), worked out (who are we???), went to breakfast, and grocery shopped all without our kids.  bliss.

2) a superbowl party with some of our best friends.  it was a ben and maggie reunion that has been a long time coming.  and no, i don't have any pictures.  dang.

3) ben and i were valentine-making-machines!  we made these crayons for his classmates.

3) at gymnastics, ben worked on the trampoline and crosby worked on his floor routine.

 4) this scenario: my smart husband had a meeting downtown today.  so he planned for the kids and me to meet him downtown for lunch (yum, foodtrucks!).  after lunch, he took our big boy to work with him so that i could take little boy to the jean-paul gaultier exhibit at the dallas museum of art.  i have been wanting to go since it opened and this weekend is it's last, so it was now or never.  totally worth it, y'all.  the dma has extended it's hours this weekend specifically for this exhibit, so it's not too late if you want to go.  warning: do not take your children.  (that is unless he is a baby in a stroller and you won't get to see the exhibit otherwise if you don't take him.)  the exhibit is very....shall i say....grown-up.

 5) these puppies came in the mail today.

just in case you need a visual at what we have to look forward to in april, here you go.

you are welcome.

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looking forward to: quality time with my guys and a baby shower for a dear friend.

how was your week?  what are you looking forward to?

until next time, 

xoxoxo