Archives for October 2014

October 31, 2014

Friday Favorites

Hey everyone! I love both of these Friday link-ups, so I’m doing both! Here’s Darci, April, Natasha, and Christina with Five on Friday! And then there is A Little Bit of Everything, Grace And Love, and Momfessionals for Friday Favorites!

One.
Jude is crawling all over the place. And he is literally getting into everything. We got a gate across the stairs but need to put covers on all the outlets!

Sometimes I look over and he is just on his back throwing his arms around and talking. It’s pretty much adorable.

He always goes straight for the cords! It’s like he knows he shouldn’t.

He has also started eating food while sitting in his high chair. Doesn’t he look like such a peanut sitting in there? I’m not thrilled with our high chair choice. The tray is a pain to put on and take off and I can already tell I’m not going to love having to wash the cover on it when it gets messy (which I assume will be quite often). Do any of you love your high chair? Which one is it?

Two.
We had a MOPS play date at a local gymnastics studio this week. They have an open gym three times a week in the morning and anyone can go. It’s only $5, but if the kid is under 18 months it is free! The kids can run around and play on all of the equipment (all supervised by the parents), so Jude crawled around while I chatted with some other moms. I have a feeling we will be doing this a lot during the colder months!

Jude and his friend at the playdate! — Jude and his friend at the play date!

Three.
We send lots of pictures like this to BTR during the day to tell him how much we miss him.

I was joking with BTR that he never likes my pictures on Instagram, and as my husband he has an obligation to like them no matter what. So when I opened up my app and saw this I almost died laughing. He went through and un-liked and then re-liked about 25 photos just so I would get the notifications when I logged back in. Fine you win BTR. :) Also how does he have more followers than me?

Four.
I went to dinner with some lovely ladies this week at PF Changs. I asked BTR if he wanted me to bring him any food home and he said no, but I should bring him one of the horse statues from out front home. So he got this photo instead.

It was dinner with some amazing STL bloggers (Liz, Dacy, and Jessica) and it was so much fun catching up. Not everyone could make it this time (Sara, Meg, Alyssa, and Linz) and we missed them! Liz is moving in a few weeks and we will definitely miss her, but I’m so excited for her new adventure!

Five.
I didn’t do a lot of decorating for Halloween. But I did cut this little spider web out of Window Cling on my Cricut Explore. I think it turned out awesome and am excited to cut snowflakes for the windows and mirrors in our hallway for winter decorations.

I plan on linking up with pictures of Jude’s Halloween costume later this weekend! I’m so excited to dress him up (he could care less). I hope you all have a fun and safe Halloween with lots of candy!

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October 28, 2014

Citrus Lane – September 2014

I know what you’re thinking, it’s Tuesday and she has two posts up this week? I know I’m amazed also. :)

Considering it’s already October and we’ve received that box, I should probably tell you about our September Citrus Lane box!!

Bodysuit from Tea Collection
We received this great long sleeve onsie from Tea Collection and I have to say, it’s pretty awesome and I love it. Jude definitely needed some long sleeve outfits, so I was excited to see this, and I loved the pattern and light blue edging. It is super thick and holds its shape wonderfully, unlike most onsies and baby clothes. Now that the weather has cooled, Jude has worn this a couple of times already, seen here most recently.

Fleet Stacking Boats from Boon
I was pretty excited about these boats! I think bath toys are so much fun. Jude doesn’t really play in the bath yet, but I think he will love these once he’s a bit older!

Radish Dish Soap from Mrs. Meyers
Sometimes when I open the box and see these little items I get disappointed. I need to remind myself that these little things are more like “extras” and not the actual box contents. This is a great little soap to take when traveling! I haven’t used it yet, but I’m sure I will soon!

Happy Baby Pouch from Happy Family
I wasn’t very interested in this because Jude hasn’t really started solids yet. I’m sure in a few months this would be great, but it was still a little too early for him when we received this box. I shared it with a friend though and they liked it!

Snack Bags from Bumkins
I’ve been keeping my eye out for reusable snack bags I was able to snag these as an add to box with a promo code and I only paid $1 for them! I picked the blue and green alligator and turtle prints and can’t wait to use them when we are on the go.

Overall I think this was another great box! It’s so much fun not knowing what you are getting and then being surprised with all the fun goodies! I was able to snag a Living Social Deal for three more months at a great price, so we are locked in until March! Hopefully we continue to get fun things! If you are interested in getting Citrus Lane, I have an affiliate link where you can get 50% of your first box! (I will get a credit if you use that link, so thanks in advance!)

October 27, 2014

Halloween PJ Party

I’m so excited to be linking up with The Good Life Blog, Fancy Ashley, Hello Happiness, & I Love You More Than Carrots for their Halloween PJ Party Link Up!

I bought these pjs at Old Navy a few weeks ago and I think they are just the cutest! We wore them on a walk around the neighborhood last night.

Jude is doing a lot better sitting up, despite what he looks like in these pictures. :) He’s staring up at BTR, who was trying to make him giggle while I snapped about 3 million photos.

And the best part about these pjs? The bones glow in the dark!

And I can’t believe how quick he is getting when crawling! Seriously, every time I turn around he’s in a completely different spot from where I put him. We got a gate up in front of the stairs and we need to put covers on all the outlets next!

I can’t wait to share photos of Jude in his costume! We plan on sitting on our front porch on Halloween and giving out candy to all of our neighbors. And hopefully the homebrew BTR made a few weeks ago will be ready to give out to all the parents. :) Thanks to the ladies for hosting this link up, it was so much fun!

October 23, 2014

Life Lately…

Wow it’s been pretty quiet around here hasn’t it? And every week I say ohh I have all these great topics I want to talk about. And every week, life gets the best of me. But that’s okay, I didn’t start this blog to be stressed about posts, I want it to be a fun place for me to write and relax and share what’s going on in my life.

We had MOPS on Tuesday this week and the little guy passed out hard in my arms during the speaker presentation. It was so adorable, until my arm also fell asleep. ;)

We had an appointment in STL earlier this week so we did a Trader Joe’s run and I found these Cookie Butter Cups with dark chocolate. I only just started eating actual cookie butter when I tried it for the first time this summer. I’m a huge fan of Reese’s cups, and these do not disappoint so I would RUN to your local TJ’s and get these before they run out.

Yesterday Jude would not nap. He only wanted to sleep in my arms and every time I laid him in his crib he would start screaming and we would have to rock all over again. So after about the third rinse and repeat of rocking/sleeping/crib/screaming we gave up and headed back out to the living room. Jude hasn’t shown much interest in the TV, but I turned on Netflix on the iPad and turned on Sesame Street just to see what he would do. He stared at Elmo for about 10 minutes and then he was done. I’ll take it! I’m not sure if he’s still just too young to understand screens (which is fine by me) but it was a nice relaxing ten minutes.

Thankfully he’s back to napping today, which is why you get a post! OH and JUDE IS CRAWLING. When did my baby get so big? I seriously cannot handle this. I also can’t handle that I can’t just lay him down and him still being there if I walk away for a second. I guess we will be babyproofing the house this weekend!

October 20, 2014

Bonfires and Football

I don’t know about you, but we had a fun and busy weekend! Friday after BTR got home from work we ran a couple errands and then made orange chicken for dinner (it’s one our favorite things from Trader Joe’s) then stayed in and watched some DVR-ed tv shows. It was wonderful and relaxing!

someone has discovered looking at the computer is fun!

Saturday morning we woke up bright and early and headed to a kids consignment sale. Jude needs some cold weather clothes and I figured this would be a great place to start our shopping. We also found this amazing Melissa and Doug workbench, but it was still a little expensive and decided not to get it. We came home and BTR worked out in the garage and I played with Jude and got some work done during his nap.

We went to church that evening and then headed to BTR’s cousins house for a bonfire! It was great weather to be outside around the fire and we had so much fun catching up with family and eating gumbo. I took cornbread muffins, cornbread being my new favorite thing to bake.

Sunday morning we woke up early and decided to head back to the consignment sale because on Sunday most items were marked 50% off (which is a great deal since they are already low prices). We lucked out and got the Melissa and Doug workbench we saw the day before for an amazing price! He obviously won’t be able to use it for a couple years and normally we don’t like buying things like this so far in advance for him, but it was a great price and was just so adorable! Plus his papa is a woodworker so it’s perfect! ;)

We came home from the sale and BTR did some yard work at my mom’s house and then when he got home we got everything ready to put in the crockpot to make white chicken chili and then hit the couch to watch the Rams game! We went for a walk that afternoon and then we opened a yummy rare beer and enjoyed it on the back patio. We wrapped Jude up in his bouncer and he giggled the whole time at Addie, it was adorable! That night we watched more football and ate the chili, which was delicious! I think it’s one of my favorite crockpot meals we make. Ohh and we watched Homeland! I’m really loving this season so far!

Well you can see we were pretty busy this weekend, but had lots of fun! Did you do anything fun this weekend?

October 14, 2014

Long Weekend Fun

I know it’s Tuesday, but I’m posting my weekend recap today because yesterday was a holiday and we didn’t do anything at all. And it was wonderful!

Jude has just discovered stuffed animals and he thinks they are the coolest thing ever. This is a picture from Friday of him with his duck, named Larry (named after the famous Fourth of July duck at the lake house). Sean and Cassie gave it to him in the hospital when he was born.

We had a wedding this weekend and BTR was a groomsman! It was for our friends Dan and Kristin. Dan was a groomsman in our wedding four years ago. It was such a fun time hanging out with old friends and making some new ones!

Sunday day we just hung out, relaxed, and recovered from our late night at the wedding. Jude and BTR watched football on the couch.

Sunday night we headed downtown STL to the playoff game. I was expecting it to be much colder, but it was actually pretty comfortable with minimal rain. It was an AMAZING game with four home runs including a walk off homer in the bottom of the ninth. Like I’ve said before, I LOVE #REDOCTOBER!

the Budweiser Clydesdales are my favorite part of playoff baseball

Monday was rainy, rainy, rainy, so we did a little work around the house and caught up on some taped tv shows including the Walking Dead premiere. Does anyone else watch that show? The Rams played Monday Night Football so BTR made taco soup and we watched the game. OHHH and Jude got his first taste of rice cereal! He wasn’t really sure what to do and only tolerated a few bites, but he was so funny and making the cutest faces!