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Liz Rotz

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Friday Favorites

How is October already over? And how is Christmas almost here? I will say, I am READY to turn on the Christmas music starting Sunday!

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Remember those Halloween pajamas I just HAD to have for Jude (and yes are three sizes to big). Well he still hasn’t worn them. I’m hoping to snap a picture tonight, but let’s be honest, I’ll probably forget again.

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I’m so proud of my sorority (Kappa Delta) chapter at SLU. They are holding their third annual Kuts for KCΔnfidence on December 6th and have already started fundraising for the event. They started the event in 2013 after two chapter members were diagnosed with cancer. The first year they raised over $4,000 and donated 950 inches of hair. Last year they raised more than $10,000 and more than 150 people cut their hair. Since then, one of the chapter members is cancer-free and will graduate soon, the other member passed away this past January. Being a part of Kappa Delta was such a huge part of my college experience at SLU and I’m in absolute awe of what these girls are doing! If you want to learn more, they have a fundraising page here. Oh and they made this video after the 2013 event, I had tears watching it!

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It’s been a long week. Jude has been snotty and I’ve been tired. We did go to a new story time on Wednesday and LOVED it! Jude’s favorite part was when she dumped a box of toys on the floor at the end. We will definitely be going back!

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Thank you to everyone for all of your plate orders so far! I just wanted to remind you that you can get them for the pre-order price of $18 until November 7! Click here to get more information and see how to order!

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So my birthday is next week… But we are actually headed out of town next weekend so I haven’t even been thinking about it! Which is good, because 3-0 sounds like such a big number to me and I don’t really want to think about it. It’s not that I feel old, it just seems like such a significant number!

Okay let’s hope I remember to put on Jude’s Halloween pjs tonight!! And I hope you all have a blast dressing up and stealing all of your kid’s candy tomorrow night! :)

As always, I’m linking up with all the lovely ladies listed on my linkup page! And don’t forget to like Ellie And Addie on Facebook or follow me on Instagram!

 

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And here’s what we’ve been up to!

Wiping – all the noses. Jude has had a super runny nose the past couple of days. He isn’t stuffy, just super runny. It’s clear so I don’t think he’s really sick. But it’s gross either way! Oh and one of the many perks of pregnancy for me is bloody noses at the most random times. Just ask my MOPS friends…

Wishing – we could go back to the Magic House, again! We had a lot of fun at the member’s Halloween party (with donuts!) on Monday and it was so much fun dressing Jude up in his costume! I’m really hoping they run another cyber Monday membership special this year because I will definitely renew our membership!

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Reminiscing – I realized I just has my three year “anniversary” for when I attended the Making Things Happen Conference. It was actually the second time I had attended and it was such an awesome experience. The conference has changed a bit since I attended (they don’t travel from city to city and now it’s a two day conference), but I still think it’s an amazing event and I would love to attend it again some day!

Shopping – for Christmas already! I’m a sucker for Amazon lightning deals and when I saw the Elf on the Shelf with the movie I snapped it up! You can still buy it, just not quite as cheap. I know Jude will totally not get the Elf at all this year, but I’m excited to have it! I want to add wire to his arms and legs to make him bendy!

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Speaking – of Christmas and all things Holiday, while I love Halloween, I really love Christmas music. And I will totally be rocking out to it starting November 1! (#noshame) I’m ready to start decorating the house and making crafts! I just got these holiday washi bundles in stock for Memory Miser and I will definitely be keeping one of each for myself!

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Drinking – all the hot drinks. I’ve been drinking tons of green tea, but I’ve recently started drinking coffee (decaf) again like once or twice a week. Starbucks sent me this drink packet in the mail and I can’t wait to try it! And speaking of Starbucks, have you seen the Halloween Frappuccino they are offering this week? It looks really good!! I wonder if they can make that one decaf?

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Saying – extra prayers for a dear friend having surgery today. I know she’d appreciate them from you if you have a free moment!

Okay not much else to report right now. We might try to go to a new story time today depending on how stuffy the little guy is when he wakes up!

Weekend Fun

So the theme of this weekend was work, work, work! And I have a feeling every weekend till Christmas is going to look very similar!

Weekend Fun | Ellie And Addie

We started off by going to the Magic House on Friday morning to meet one of my best friends from college and her son who is six months older than Jude for a play day!

Saturday I worked ALL day while BTR and Jude hung out. And during Jude’s nap BTR did some woodworking for his shop.

Weekend Fun | Ellie And Addie

Sunday morning I did make cinnamon rolls for breakfast and BTR made the most delicious crockpot meal of sausage, sauerkraut, and potatoes. So simple and seriously good!

I also ran to Old Navy as soon as they opened on Sunday because I still hadn’t gotten Halloween pajamas for Jude (#slacker) and they only had a size 3T left. But the entire store was 40% off so I got them for $8. We’ll just roll them this year and hope they still fit next year! I also got a set of 6 pairs of socks with stripes and footballs for only $5. #winning

BTR watched football Sunday afternoon and then Sunday night while watching some TV we sorted through clothes for Jude. We have lots of hand-me-downs but I needed to take clothes that didn’t fit anymore out of his closet and sort through it all!

I feel like this weekend flew by and I was not ready for Monday at all! And how is Halloween already here? I hope you all had a fun weekend and a happy Monday!

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Loving – the photos my mom sends me of Jude when he is at her house. This weekend when she watched him he sat in this little chair that used to be mine as a kid. I just love it!

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Finished reading – another book! This time I read One Plus One by Jojo Moyes and I thought it was pretty cute! Again, another easy read, but sometimes those are the best. I also finally broke down and bought The Magic of Tidying Up. I just started it but I’m loving it so far! I asked BTR if he would read it and he even said maybe…

Annoyed – with myself. Quite a while ago I broke one of the crisper shelves in our fridge because I put too much in it. Well I finally got around to looking at replacement bins and they cost $50!! For a plastic bin! Guess I’ll put it on my Christmas list along with a new shower head. I like practical gifts, most of the time.

Click over – to Julia’s day in the life round up! You’ve probably already read my post, but it’s so fun seeing what other bloggers do in their daily routines! Thanks so much for organizing it again Julia!

Wearing – maternity pants! I don’t even think I bought maternity jeans until late November last time, so I’m definitely indulging much earlier in the pregnancy this time. But they are so comfy so I don’t care at all.

Squeezing – my stress ball a little harder than normal. Yesterday we found out two of our business credit cards were stolen and someone tried charging $20,000 (yes that is the correct number of zeros) to one of them. Luckily our credit card companies were amazing and are already taking care of it and sending us new cards, but this is not a fun thing to deal with at all.

Eating – the yummiest chicken and pasta dish! We did a little freezer meal workshop at MOPS yesterday and instead of freezing it I decided just to make it for dinner. It was super easy and even BTR and Jude liked it!

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Currently... | Ellie And Addie

Happy Wednesday friends! I have my monthly doctor appointment later today (I’m already almost 15 weeks!) and I just can’t wait to hear the heart beat on the doppler! About another month and we get to find out the gender!

 

Halloween Costumes of the Past

A little late to the party, but I thought it would be fun to link up with Andrea and share some pictures of old Halloween costumes!

The oldest picture I could find was from 2006, so Brandon and I were seniors in college. I’m not really sure what BTR was, but I was the Cardinals fairy because the Cardinals were in the World Series or had just won the World Series, I can’t really remember the specifics. Notice the bird on my “fairy wand” aka wiffle ball bat.

Halloween Costumes of the Past

In 2007 we had moved to Chicago and went on this AMAZING haunted bar tour that took us all over the city. Our tour guide look EXACTLY like Jon Lovitz and he was hilarous (and I think pretty drunk). I think the theme was dead celebrities, so I went as Marilyn Monroe and BTR was James Dean, but he isn’t wearing his leather jacket in this picture.

Halloween Costumes of the Past

Side note: this picture was taken at this Chinese restaurant in the middle of Chinatown. I can’t remember why it was haunted, but our whole party walked in all dressed up and all these families were having dinner. Also, BTR at JELLYFISH. Oh, and the inside joke of the decade happened that night, #queueitUP

I guess BTR and I stopped dressing up after that because I have no Halloween pictures until last year, when the cutest lobster ever happened. You can see more pictures of lobster Jude on last year’s Halloween post.

Halloween Costumes of the Past

I’ll hold off on sharing Jude’s costume this year, hopefully he likes it!

Weekend Fun

Another weekend is over, and I was so not ready for Monday morning at all today! As usual, we did a lot of work and play this weekend!

Friday after school we did a few work projects and then made one of my favorite dinners, orange chicken from Trader Joe’s! I’m still working on my Snap Chat game, but you should definitely follow me so I can follow you, username is ellieandaddie.

Weekend Fun | Ellie And Addie

Saturday morning we ran to STL to do a few errands and an exchange at Nordstrom. Then we came home for nap time for Jude and BTR and I both got some work done! I finally got my plate samples ready to take to a downtown Belleville shop and then I worked on a few backend things on the blog and some work for Memory Miser.

We decided to hit up the park Saturday afternoon and burn off some extra energy. Jude ran around like crazy and even climbed up this ladder. But once he got to the top he just stayed there and waited for us to get him off. So close!

Weekend Fun | Ellie And Addie

Saturday evening I ran to the grocery store and when I came home BTR had finished working in the garage and Jude was still napping, so he decided to watch football on the garage TV with a beer.

Weekend Fun | Ellie And Addie

Sunday morning BTR ran to Restaurant Depot so Jude and I went to my mom’s to have pancakes and then I left him there to play and I came home to work some more.

BTR worked all weekend on some barrel stave bottle openers and I made an acrylic fixture so he can laser lots of them at one time! That was the first time I made a fixture so I’m excited now that I figured it out so I can make more for his iPad stands and business card holders!

Weekend Fun | Ellie And Addie

BTR also made white chicken chili in the crock pot Sunday morning for us to eat that night, it was so delicious and now we have lots of leftovers for the week! I think football Sunday crockpot meals are my favorite thing ever. We watched a bit of tv Sunday night and then fell asleep early!

Monday came way too soon and I have lots of cleaning and laundry to do today! I hope you all had a fun weekend!

 

Also, I wanted to let you all know that I am taking pre-orders on personalized plates now through November 7! You can get all of the details for the plates and how to order them on this page –> Personalized Plates

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