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February 27, 2015

Friday Favorites

It’s Friday again! And it’s a cold one with more snow on the way this weekend! And as always, I’m linking up with these wonderful blogs…

There’s Darci, April, Natasha, and Christina with Five on Friday!

And then there is Erika, Narci, and Andrea for Friday Favorites!

And finally there is Karli and Amy with Oh Hey Friday.

One.
So I’m getting ready to order Jude an embroidered Jellycat Easter bunny from Peek-A-Whoo and I cannot decide which color to get him. My choices are beige, cream, grey, or periwinkle. Which would you choose?

Two.
We went to story time at Chick-fil-A yesterday morning to meet some of our MOPS friends. It was delicious as always. And I just found out they are doing free parent breakfasts during story time again during the month of March! We went into the play area for the first time and Jude tried to be a big kid.

chicken biscuits (and hasbrowns) for the win!

Three.
Addie loves Jude. And Jude loves Addie. Seriously though, we could not have asked for a better relationship between the two of them. It’s the sweetest!

Four.
Can I get a refund on those child safety latches?

Five.
As usual we were a *few* days late taking Jude’s monthly photo. And it’s definitely getting harder to take them now that he is constantly on the move! But seriously, how is he going to be one in April? #holdme

And a bonus one – Six.
I was super excited that I qualified for another Influenster VoxBox! And then it arrived and I tried it out. And sadly, I was not impressed with the quality of the mascara or the eyeliner. I typically wear pencil eyeliner, but on occasion use liquid, but this feathered out too much and didn’t really fill in that well. And I thought the mascara was just eh. Oh well, it was free so I’m not going to complain too much.

I hope you are all staying warm and have a fun weekend planned!

February 25, 2015

Currently…

Reading (and laughing so hard)- Sara’s post about lies parents tell their kids. Best. Post. Ever.

Watching – 73 questions with Seth Meyer. Have you ever watched these videos before? They’re great!

Feeling – so cold! And we might get more snow tomorrow! Maybe another snow day for BTR?

Waiting – for the UPS man, diapers and wipes arrive today from Amazon. Which also means I get to put in all my Pampers points when they get here! I know I’m a HUGE dork. :)

Thankful – for the USPS mailman who picks up all our outgoing packages every single day, meaning I don’t have to drive to the post office. Seriously, he’s the best.

Drinking – lots of coffee. Black. When we got back from SF I didn’t have much creamer left and decided to go cold turkey once it was empty. And you know what, I actually enjoy black coffee! I just forget because I usually always have creamer available. Cheers to *trying* to be healthier!

Wondering – why is it that some days I’m like “must get ALL the things done. NOW!” And then other days we are still in our pjs and it’s lunchtime. And lunchtime looks like this.

We all have days like this, right? #badaddie

A photo posted by Liz Rotz (@ellieandaddie) on Feb 25, 2015 at 10:37am PST

Moving – as much as possible. I have a FitBit and I don’t think I’m fully taking advantage of knowing how much I move (or don’t move) during the day. I’m in a challenge with about 10 other bloggers this week and holy cow, some of those ladies move! Which has inspired me to start moving more! If you want to be FitBit friends shoot me a message with your email and I’ll add you!

Happy Wednesday friends!

February 20, 2015

Friday Favorites

FRIDAY! It couldn’t come fast enough this week. And as always I’m linking up with all my favorites!

There’s Darci, April, Natasha, and Christina with Five on Friday!

And then there is Erika, Narci, and Andrea for Friday Favorites!

And finally there is Karli and Amy with Oh Hey Friday.

One.
We’ve been back from California since late Monday and I feel like I’ve done nothing. Which is completely not true because I’ve had a ton of orders to ship and lots of things to do around the house. And I even made it to MOPS on Tuesday because I wasn’t sure if I would be able to wake up after getting in so late on Monday. And today BTR had a snow/cold day. Needless to say I feel like I need this weekend to catch up and then start fresh next week.

Two.
I LOVE doing all the Friday link-ups, but I feel like it’s getting a little crowded at the beginning of the post. Think the hosts would mind if I made one graphic with all of them? I would of course still include all of their links! Or should I just do a link-up page for all the linkups with a link to that page at the bottom of my post? What do you prefer as a reader?

Three.
It’s fish fry season! We are planning on meeting family at Cutter’s for fish tonight and I’m so excited. I mean I know they have fish every Friday, but something about Lent makes it that much more fun.

Four.
Last week I started a Facebook page for the blog! You can find it here, and I would so appreciate if you went and liked it!

Five.
Don’t worry, I will have a FULL recap on our entire California trip soon! We seriously had the best time and got to see and do so much! I honestly had no idea how hard it was going to be to leave Jude until we got in the car to head to the airport. Not gonna lie, it was rough. But thank goodness for picture texts and FaceTime! And it looks like he missed us too…

I hope you had a lovely week and have a fun weekend planned!

February 13, 2015

Happy 30th Birthday BTR!

Happy Birthday BTR!

We are celebrating in San Francisco and I’m so excited for our trip! I do have a few past birthday photos of us to share with you all!

I used to make a cake every year for Brandon’s birthday, I eventually stopped when I realized he doesn’t really like sweets! :) Here is the Jeep cake I made for his 18th birthday.

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And here is the Fort Brandon cake I made when he turned 20.

Backstory: In college BTR lived in an apartment with 3 other guys in his fraternity. The living space in the apartment was huge but the bedrooms were small. So Brandon and his uncle built this fort with a built in dresser and desk for his room that he shared with one other guy. Danny’s bed looked so small next to this giant fort. The ceilings in the apartment were like 20 feet high and I think the bed was actually 6 feet tall so BTR could stand under it. And then you had to climb up this ladder to get to the bed. It was hilarious. So I made a birthday cake that looked like his fort. And yes the fort was painted blue.

And finally, a beer bottle cake for his 21st birthday!

I couldn’t find pictures of the guitar cake from his 19th birthday!

Today we are headed to Russian River to try all their amazing beers, and especially Pliny the Younger which only comes out once a year at their brewery.

BTR has been doing a 30 beers till 30 on Instagram, and today is his 30th beer!

I’ll be back next week and can’t wait to share the details of our trip with you!

February 11, 2015

Currently…

Here’s what’s currently happening in our house…

Avoiding – packing. I hate packing. And we leave for San Francisco tomorrow. Cue panic mode. BTR made this map for our Sunday in the city. I’m not sure what the colors mean, but I’m pretty sure I’ll meet my FitBit goal that day!

Chasing – Jude is into EVERYTHING. It’s adorable. And killing me softly.

Eating – BTR made taco soup last night and it was delicious. Can’t wait for lunch leftovers today!

Loving – BTR and I don’t usually do big gifts for Valentine’s Day. His birthday is the day before so we usually do dinner that night to avoid the crazy crowds on the 14th. Since we are going to San Francisco this year we didn’t make plans for gifts. However I may have picked up these two lovelies for myself. ;) I’ve been eyeing this bracelet when I kept seeing it on Sheaffer’s blog. And I’ve wanted this coffee mug from Ashley Brooke Designs FOREVER. So when coupon codes for both of these popped up, I couldn’t help myself.

Watching – Speaking of Sheaffer, she does great Bachelor recaps. Her nicknames for the girls are hilarious and I find myself calling them by those names. I’ve also been reading Sharleen’s Bachelor recaps. She has great insight because she was on season 18. Are you watching the Bachelor?

Designing – Every since I had Jude I haven’t been designing like I would like to be. Luckily our best friends are having a baby and I offered to make the invitations for their shower! I’m so excited with how they turned out and hopefully this gets me back into the swing of designing more regularly.

Okay I’m off to avoid packing a little longer. Maybe all my clothes will just magically appear in California. That’s possible, right?

February 10, 2015

Citrus Lane – December 2014

I talked about our November Citrus Lane box last week and here is our December box!

Scrappy Dog from Under the Nile
Jude LOVES this stuffed puppy dog! It is our go-to-toy when we are out and about now because of how small and easy it is to transport. We actually got to pick the design of it as the customize portion of this box so I knew we were getting it. It might be my favorite thing we’ve gotten in a CL box yet!

Little Hoot Book from Chronicle Books
And yet another month and another book. We really love books, honestly we do. But we have a ton and I guess I would rather get some toys? Does that make me a bad person saying that out loud? #dontjudge

Happy Friends from Hape
This is a super cute little rattle toy and Jude loves rolling it across our kitchen floor. I love it because it is made of wood and not another plastic toy. As a side note, we had a problem with a different toy from Hape and I reached out to their customer service and they quickly fixed the broken piece. So I would definitely recommend this toy company to anyone!

Super Blends Pouches from Love Child Organics
Jude really enjoyed both of these pouches the other week. I don’t have much of an opinion on different brands of food pouches (that could change in the future), but I would buy these if I saw them in the store.

Overall we really enjoyed this box! When I added up the value of the subscription box it was around $35. So like I’ve said before, because of what I paid for my subscription, I’m happy!

Don’t forget you can sign up and get 50% off your first box using my referral code (and I’ll get a shop credit if you do, so thanks in advance)!

Side note: I hesitated with sharing this story, but I’ve decided to be completely honest. After our Janury box came our subscription was coming to an end. I went to cancel my subscription so I wouldn’t be charged and was then given an “offer” for a better deal for a three month subscription. I accepted it and was totally excited to continue our monthly boxes! Through some miscommunication on Citrus Lane’s customer service side, they then told me my subscription was cancelled and they wouldn’t honor the deal they had given me. I’m not going to lie, I was pretty angry and upset since the problem was on their end (and I had the emails to prove it). I had to email back and forth about 10 times and tried calling twice (left messages with no call back). It wasn’t until asking for a manger’s manger and also contacting Care.com (who actually owns Citrus Lane) that they decided to give me what they originally offered. They tried to blame it on a computer glitch that they couldn’t control, but to me it came across as being lazy. I am impressed with how quickly Care.com answered my questions and got the situation fixed, but I was less than impressed with the service of actual Citrus Lane. I really enjoy getting these boxes and always think the products we get are fun and not something I would have normally bought. I am excited to get three more months of boxes, but we’ll see if we continue after that though.

Past Boxes:
August 2014
September 2014
October 2014
November 2014

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