Weekend Recap

Scene:

Toddler- Sleeping in her room
Baby- Sleeping on his mom... nope... stirring/possibly waking on his mom... back to sleep now?  (you get the idea)
Momma- Sitting on the couch looking at the mostly picked up living room and dining room and being very thankful for the wall that is blocking the disastrous kitchen mess

Friday
I've been sitting here for a good minute and a half trying to remember what I did on Friday.  It must have been really exciting. 

Ok it's coming back to me now... and let me just say... it was a THRILLING day!  You will just love to hear all about it :)

It was PAYDAY! 

(With Ryan getting a government paycheck, we were happy to see our full amount, even though it came in 2 parts... Praise the Lord!)

I made our budget.  Ran to the bank. Picked up a couple things at Target.  Dropped my princess off at her Grandma and Grandpa's house.  Made it home in time to pick up the house before people came over for FPU and time learning about Roth IRA's.  If you just walk into a financial planning office and tell them "I need some Mutual Roth action"  you'll be set!  Trust me!  I learned it from Dave :) 

Don't actually do that.  You will look like a fool.

Saturday
I remember Saturday.  It was a bit more exciting :)

Uncle Josh, Auntie Megan, and Cousin Jaxon (Ryan's Brother and sister-in-law and their new baby) came over to watch Peyton while I went and did Miss Chelsea's hair and makeup for her Senior Prom!  So so fun!  Her dress was GORGEOUS, I wish I would have taken more pictures... but we we're running out of time toward the end!

Check out that BLING! :) Super cute girl!  Hope you had so much fun Chelsea!

Vandis and I came home to the smell of heaven in the form of pork ribs cooking in the crock pot.  It doesn't get much better than that!  Josh had been cooking them for a couple hours for a "Happy 26th Wedding Anniversary" dinner for Ryan's parents!  The meal was delicious and was followed up by some yummy lemon cake that Megan and Peyton had made earlier that day. 

Did I take pictures?  Yes. 

Of the food, cake, the couple?  No. 

Just of Jaxon.

Now how can you be mad at me after looking at that cute face?

Sunday

Another day of amazing worship and learning at church this week.  As usual we are among the last to leave the building and the kids are just kind of used to it by now.  Here is Peyton coloring with her best friend Olivia. 

Yep, these two will be BFF for life! BFF4L!  Woot woot!  I think Peyton just got embarrassed of me for typing that while sleeping in her crib.

After church the kids and I had lunch with Jillian and Erika at Olive Garden!  Mmm soup, salad and bread sticks... DELISH!

That looks like a cell phone picture... but it's not.  Come on Olive Garden!  Don't you know that bloggers need to take pictures in your restaurant?!?!  What's with the poor lighting?  Just kidding OG, just keep making me that Zuppa Toscana and I'll be happy with you.

Peyton did not eat soup.  She is only 18 months old.  That would have been a disaster.  Spaghetti, however was not at all a disaster.

I think Marinara Red is your color Pey!  Vandis is not so sure...

But what does he know, he's just a boy!

Jillian, Erika and I enjoyed time together talking, laughing, and planning a possible trip to Tulsa to see Emily this June!  So fun :) We knew it was probably time to go when this happened...

She was just faking sleeping... but I wanted to leave before her slap-happy turned into "child, I will slap you upside the head if you don't stop screaming" Don't worry though... it didn't get there...

Tired eyes are my FAVORITE :)

We went home and the kids took a nap while I was going to be SUPER PRODUCTIVE by responding to some messages, writing thank-you cards, starting this blog post, cleaning my disastrous kitchen... IMPORTANT things.  Instead I fell asleep at my computer after task #1 was halfway complete. Fail.

I woke up to Peyton talking away in her crib at 6:17.  I was supposed to be at church at 6.  Perfect.  We ended up getting there slightly later than planned... but don't worry... we brought pizza so they weren't mad :)  Peyton got to spend a bit of time with her favorite boy Austin...

so she was happy! 

Now, we are all 3 home. and very much looking forward to tomorrow, our day off!

Hope you had a FABULOUS weekend!

Fun Filled, Full Day!

Happy Saturday!

Today was a gooood day involving My sister, Costco, Rosedale Mall, Baby Jaxon (not "Jackson" as I previously thought, oops!), and a Skype Date!

I had to run to Costco as I was out of diapers for little Peyton girl... all I had were her size 5's that she wears to bed... poor girl! So my sister, Ana and I got the diapers, and a couple other things and then had Costco pizza and chocolate frozen yogurt for lunch, mmm!

After our Costco run, we went over to Rosedale Mall because they just opened a new Forever 21! So exciting! I got a couple new things, including one post pregnancy shirt dress... not a good idea? O well, I did it anyways! :) Also, while at Rosedale I got my free truffle of the month from Godiva, so good! I'm sure they LOVE it when I come in, make a B-line for my truffle and then slink out without buying anything else :) This time I actually spent money because I got my sister her own truffle! See Godiva, I can be a valuable customer!

As we were driving back to my house, my brother-in-law called and said that they had all just arrived home from the hospital and that I could stop by anytime! I had an extra breast pump and my sister-in-law just happened to need one, so I wanted to drop that off as well as see my little nephew! I dropped my sister off at her car and was on my way to see little Jaxon! I got to hold him for a good hour as we all just relaxed and organized new baby items. Jaxon is sooo small and cute! I can't get over it! Oooh I just LOVE him!

Peyton and I eventually left the new family's home and gave them some alone time... and we stopped at McDonald's on our way home for a super nutritious dinner of chicken nuggets and french fries. This might be the second dinner in a row that came through a drive thru window. Don't worry, I'm going grocery shopping tomorrow, I promise!

After dinner, Peyton went down for a nap and I got to "see" this handsome man
So fun! I love that I was able to look at him while we talked, what a major blessing! I woke Peyton up for a bit to say hi too, and she LOVED it! It was so cute :)

Tomorrow is church, and I am excited! I know I'll learn something new and be refreshed! Thank the LOOORD for weekends :)

I'm an Auntie!

As of yesterday at about 4:30 pm... I am a brand new auntie! This is my first little nephew and I am just so excited! I love that little Jackson Thomas is going to be so close in age with his soon-coming cousin Vandis Thomas... they will be such good friends! Peyton and I went to visit the little guy last night before church, but he was under a couple hours of observation when we arrived so we couldn't see him. We were a little disappointed, but we'll try to go back sometime today to see him :) I'm glad that my mother-in-law posted some pictures on facebook that I could use for this blog post... here is little Jackson getting his blood work done. He looks just like a perfect combination of his mommy and daddy!

What a CUTIE! So far being an auntie is fairly uneventful... Peyton and I got to go shopping for our new nephew/cousin at our favorite place, Target, yesterday before we went to the hospital... that was fun! But what I am really looking forward to is being able to do fun things this summer with the kids! Here's what I'm picturing...

the zoo

the beach

picnics

tan body parts (mostly just me, but Peyton rocked a pretty good newborn tan last summer)

fairs

parks

swing sets

fresh fruit

fresh AIR!

a new double stroller

sun-induced highlighted hair

smiles/laughs/and giggles

Ohhh how I can hardly wait for the summertime with my new baby nephew, my new baby boy, and my big baby girl!