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Liz Rotz

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Archives for September 2014

Weekend Fun

I don’t know about you, but we were so busy this weekend!

Saturday during the day we headed to a local park for the Strange Folk Festival. It was fun walking around and seeing all the different vendors and fun things they make. We went to an early mass and then attended our Church’s Oktoberfest!

BTR worked in the beer tent for an hour while I pushed this sleepy guy around and chatted with friends.

When BTR was done working we hit up the poker tent, but we weren’t very lucky and didn’t win anything.

It was a late night for the little guy, but luckily we got to sleep in on Sunday. And by sleep in I mean we woke up at 7:30 instead of 6:30. :/

Sunday BTR brewed in our garage and Jude and I hung out outside with him! We took Jude’s jumper outside since he loves it so much.

I enjoyed a Passion Fruit Prussia beer by 4 Hands Brewery while BTR brewed a coffee stout. It should be ready by Halloween!

We had a very busy, but fun weekend. And we have a very busy week planned, hopefully with a trip to the Zoo with some friends!

And because today is National Coffee Day, here’s the little guy trying to eat my to go cup.

 

Friday Favorites

I’m linking up with A Little Bit of Everything, Grace And Love, and Momfessionals today!

One.
Wow it’s been radio silence here all week! Sorry for no new posts, I’ve been busy with some new products that came in for my business and shipping them out to customers!

Two.
This weekend is our church’s huge Oktoberfest picnic. We’ve never been before (we just started going to this parish earlier this year) and we are so excited! It’s supposed to be lots of fun and BTR will be working in the beer garden for a while to help out! I’m excited to push Jude around in the stroller and meet some more parishioners!

Three.
We are also going to try and attend the Strange Folk Festival taking place in a local park. We went last year and enjoyed walking around and seeing the different little shops and crafts they had set up. Hopefully the jockey boxes BTR built last weekend will be used!

Four.
BTR is going to try and have a brew day this Sunday and I’m so excited! We haven’t brewed at home in a while and we are going to try and do the all grain method instead of extract. Also this means I get to make dog treats with all the spent grains, so we will have some happy pups!

Five.
I think Jude is so close to crawling. He’s been pushing up on his hands for a long time, but he’s started pushing up on his knees more recently. He can only do his hands or his knees, not both at the same time, but it’s so adorable to see him push his little legs ups! Almost like he’s in downward dog. :)

Hopefully I can get some posts ready this weekend for next week. What are your weekend plans?

Weekend Fun

We had such a busy weekend! Here’s what we were up to!

It was Belleville’s 200th Birthday and they celebrated by having a whole lineup of fun entertainment at Oktoberfest. So on Friday we headed downtown to see THE BEACH BOYS. Yes, the real Beach Boys. It was so much fun!

beach balls

Did you know Stag Beer was originally made in Belleville? They came out with special Belleville cans!

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On Saturday BTR had to work on a project so I helped him during naptime. We got this wood from a place in STL, it originally came out of a home in Benton Park and is over 100 years old. I was pulling out nails.

taking out nails

He made two Jockey Boxes (covers to go over coolers that pour draft beer) for a local beer place to use when they pour at festivals and events. I think they turned out really great! Another fun project for BTRWoodworks!

On Sunday BTR finished up the jockey boxes and made pulled pork. We had dinner out on the back patio and Jude joined us in his bouncer.

And you may have already seen this photo on my Instagram, but I had to share it one more time. :)

we all live in a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine

What did you do this weekend?

Friday Favorites

I’m linking up with A Little Bit of Everything, Grace And Love, and Momfessionals today!

Not a lot today because I’m writing this from my iPad since I finally have a sleeping baby (see number one). The problem is now I can’t move because I’m holding him.

One.
Last night was the longest. night. ever. Jude did not sleep well and BTR and I were both up multiple times with him. Momma needs sleep. Or coffee.

Two.
Last week we got to hang out with both of my best friends from college. And I can’t believe I didn’t take any pictures of us! It was so much fun and I can’t wait till we’re together again.

Three.
We are going to attempt to hit up the AT&T store for new iPhones today. I would just pre-order them but we want to trade in our old phones for credit so it’s a catch because we can’t turn them in and not have a phone but we can’t order them without giving them these phones. Ugh.

Four.
Tonight is the night. Belleville is celebrating its 200th anniversary and to celebrate the Beach Boys are playing downtown. BTR and I are going and I’m sooooo excited. Sadly Uncle Jesse will not be joining them. ;)

Five.
Did you see my posts earlier this week! Here is all about Jude and here is about his nursery. Also here is a photo of the actual changing table, I realized you couldn’t see the whole thing in the other photos. Excuse the quality, it’s from my iPhone!

What are your weekend plans?

Citrus Lane – August 2014

Everyone is always talking about subscription boxes and I just signed up for (and then received) my first one! It’s called Citrus Lane and its all about kids stuff. It would probably be more fun for me to get something for myself, but these days I truly love baby stuff, so it’s a win in my book!

I got my first box in August and when I added the total of everything we got it was almost $50. I originally signed up for a three month subscription (with a coupon code) so I definitely think I got my money’s worth! Here’s what we got.

Paper Strand Mobile from Petit Collage
This is a paper mobile with owls on it. I think it’s super cute, but it doesn’t really match his room, plus I wasn’t sure where to hang it in his room, so I put it in my office and I love it!

Chime Ball from Skip Hop
We actually got to choose between an owl or a lamb chime ball and I chose the owl. This item alone makes the whole box worth it for me! Jude LOVES grabbing onto it and trying to shove it in his mouth. And it will be great to roll on the floor once he starts crawling.

Glass Cubes from Innobaby
I was excited to get these as I had been looking at a few different styles of glass cubes to get for when we start solids. We haven’t used them yet, but I know they will be handy in a few weeks.

Snuggly Lotion from Episencial
This was the one item I was blah about. I’m pretty particular about scents and lotions, but the smell isn’t too strong so I’ll use it, but it isn’t something I would buy again.

Overall I’m very happy with my first Citrus Lane box! My second one is actually set to arrive any day and I can’t wait to see what we get this month! If you’re interested in signing up you can get 50% off your first box by using my affiliate link (yes I’ll get a credit if you do use it so thanks in advance).

Do you get any subscription boxes I should know about?

Jude’s Nursery

Earlier this week I told you all about Jude and today I’m going to share some photos of his nursery!

above the changing table

When we were planning how to decorate, we knew we didn’t want a specific theme, more just certain colors and designs. When BTR came up with the idea of a wood wall, I was not on board at first. I was worried it wouldn’t turn out and I would want to rip it off when he was done building it (blame the pregnancy hormones). I couldn’t have been more wrong, it’s my favorite part of his room!

the bookshelf BTR built

We decided on gray, navy blue, light blue, and white as our colors. We (ahem BTR) painted the other three walls a light gray and then he made the wood wall the main focus of the room, behind the crib. We found this amazing Pottery Barn changing table system on Craig’s List and I’m hoping it will work for Jude to grow with, we can easily convert it to just drawers if necessary.

We got the chair at Babies R Us on clearance plus a coupon! They told us we could order a matching ottoman, but it would have ended up costing more than the chair, so not cool. So I searched high and low for a navy blue knit pouf and found one online at Wal-Mart of all places!

BTR also built the bookshelf (modeled after one from PBK) and it hangs on the wall next to the changing table. We want to build a box to go underneath it for more toys and books. BTR also built the giant J above his crib.

The crib is from Buy Buy Baby and the sheets and crib skirt are PBK. We also got the navy chevron curtains from PBK.

I designed all of the prints with the lyrics to some of our favorite songs, and the frames are from Ikea. The chevron blanket was made by BTR’s grandma.

I’m absolutely in love with the way Jude’s room turned out and hopefully he will be able to grow into it without us having to change too much of the decor. If you have any questions about sources let me know and I’ll try and find them!

All photos by June Hallowell.

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