High Five Friday

Phew, we survived the week!!  And by we, I mean I kept my toddler alive and most of my sanity, but not much of it!!

Not sure what got into him this week, but he has been a challenge.

Emilya also went for her first swim this week and loved it!! 

Speaking of crazy toddler... Funny story - sort of. 

I finally heard from the specialist for Emilya this week and while oh the phone booking the appointment,  Noah was found in the bathroom when I got off of the 3 minute phone call "cleaning". He meant well at least, however cleaning with febreeze doesn't quite cut it! But my bath mat smells good! So note to self, bring toddler out of the bathroom during important phone calls and what used to be safe on the counter from reaching is no longer safe! 

My cousin from out west is down with her daughter for a week and they came by Wednesday. It was soo much fun seeing Noah and Briar play together now. The 6 month age gap isn't as obvious and now they are just chatting like crazy and finding all sorts of fun and trouble to get into! 

Can someone please tell me how such a small child needs such big stuff?? I know they don't NEED it, but it sure makes life easier. We put away the bouncer, since Em can catapult herself out of it, and have the bumbo, which she can also plank out of. So I also brought out the highchair. Luckily ours reclines a bit, so she can sit comfortably at least. She seems to really like it!! 

Let's talk work out, I ordered Country Heat yesterday by Beachbody and can't wait for it to come in!! I have 7 stubborn pounds of baby weight to lose and I'm hoping this is a program I can do with the kids, since Emilya likes watching us dance and Noah loves country music and dancing! Not mention there are no weights to get thrown around! 

This weekend is going to be soo much fun!! We are hosting a family BBQ on Saturday! My Dad and Cindy come down tomorrow until Sunday! We were talking about canning some pickles, but that won't be happening this weekend. We will hopefully go through the storage stuff and get rid of stuff to a big yard sale. 

High Five Yo

I figure it's about time to give Friday a high five for the following reasons:

- I finished Noah's newborn shots this morning!!! Little mister was feeling co-operative, and although he wasn't as smiley as the pictures I lost, I'm happy to have them finished!! If you follow me on Instagram, you will have seen a sneak peek, but here is a new one: 

- I'm ever hopeful to start putting stuff away in the bathroom this weekend!!! M just has the shower curtain bar to hang, along with some other small tasks, but nothing that will stop us from giving us back the mudroom!! I do look forward to warmer weather when we can paint the mirror and over the toilet storage, but we put them in there anyways. M has some caulking to do on the trim and the pendant lights to hang. But the shower and vanity are hooked up with water and work!! I'm excited to be reunited with my new bathroom!! 

- last night we hit up the pub for wing night here in the village with friends! It was great to get out and see everyone! Noah pretty much slept through it all, waking up at the very end. I was beat by the time we got home! Outings apparently exhaust me still!! I tend to forget I'm still recovering!! 

- hopefully we can get up in the nursery, hang his name and start the gallery wall! I may as well wait to post pics of it finished now!! I'd also like to take some newborn family pics in there, since my belly shots didn't happen in there!! 

- this weekend brings our official due date!!! Can't believe he will be 3 weeks!!! Time flies when you are having fun!! 

Last but not least, I'll leave you for the weekend with this: 

Frozen Friday

It is finally Friday friends!! It a cold and snowy Friday here and rumour has it we are about to get even more snow this weekend. Looks like it will be a White Christmas!! Only 12 more days until Christmas!!

1. M isn't working this weekend!!! Although he has breakfast with Santa on Saturday at the fire hall to help out with and he is in the Christmas parade here in the village with the fire department!! But we will have lots of time in between to get some wrapping done. Then Sunday we have a family Christmas get together. 

2. Celebrating this final week in the 2nd trimester!! Crazy to think I will be in the 3rd trimester this weekend!! Home stretch here we come!! It has been crazy to look at my calander booking upcoming appointments - They don't seem all that far ahead anymore. 

We also passed the glucose test this week! I was pretty worried about this with the sweet tooth I have acquired (thanks baby). I'm definetly not used to having the sweet tooth, but I guess I'm not as bad as I thought, but we will still moderate the cravings. 

3. Big congrats goes out to my MIL - Happy Retirement and Happy Birthday today!! Celebrating double time today!! I'm glad we had a chance to celebrate last night with her and she was actually surprised, minus the fact that I almost slipped up twice! 

 

4. I'm hoping this weekend I will be able to get some supplies for making the mobile and maybe my fabric for the crib quilt, then I can get my craft on! Are you scared yet? Haha. It's been a while since I have done a true craft. 

I'm also hoping that this stubborn snow dog will start coming inside easier - she loves the snow soo much, she just likes to sit out there and take it all in and get covered in the white stuff! 

All of the this snow came on Wednesday in a 2 hour span. It was coming down hard and fast and little miss couldn't have been happier. This is her sitting there listening to me call her and not moving. 

5. I slept for the first night this week last night! The sleep fairy finally visited! I don't think under my eyes could have got darker prior to this morning. I feel like a new woman today! It wasn't perfect sleep, but oh man it feels good to have some energy again! 

Hope everyone has a great weekend!! 

High Five For Friday!!

 

Today I am linking back up with Lauren.

 

1) My house is clean and I am loving it!! Now if we can just keep it this way from here on in? Maintenance of a clean house is soo much easier!

 

2) I was busy baking this week - made nuts and bolts, banana bread and cake batter rice krispies. I was looking most forward to the rice krispies and they didn't disappoint!!

 

3) I had my 31 party last night! I had about 10 girlfriends over, we drank some warm beverages, ate some baked goodies and check out all the great items 31 had to offer. We shared a lot of laughs and overall it was just a lot of fun!!  I also got this super cute "change purse" that looks like a camera for hosting. I will use it for my memory cards instead!!
 

 

4) Baby V had a happy mail day!!! Diaper Bag and Diaper pail finally came in!! I know I am excited about it, I sure the baby is too haha.

 

 

5) The nursery furniture is getting painted this weekend and hopefully the walls will end up getting finished as well!!

 

Speaking of the nursery, I have started to order the crib bedding, and found the perfect curtains that are suddenly no longer available. I think I have found another set just this morning, but I would still need to add a black out backing, which ends up working out, because I asked M's Mom to help me just make curtains when the ones I wanted became unavailable. I just need to decide if these are for sure the curtains I want!

 

Have a great weekend!!

 

High Freezing Five

We are covered in ice over here... the worst of the freezing rain storm happened last night and left us without power for a while over night and a lot of flickering last night and this morning. M got a call at 5 AM this morning and could barely get into his truck! It's solid out there! But I guess it's not snow...

 

1. We had a bank appointment last night! Remember when I said I was working on a budget to go over how much we were spending, well it turns out we are balanced. This was music to my ears! We went over some upcoming changes with our finances and everything still managed to work out. Yay!!

 

2. Gracie is doing well with the leash training and the doors! Here is to hoping it sticks when we try off leash!

 

3. Our kitchen counters will hopefully be installed by the end of the weekend!! M is finishing up his fire course this weekend, so hopefully on Sunday we will be saying goodbye to the old ghetto counters and hello to our new ones!

 

4. Looking forward to spending time with friends tonight for Games Night!!

 

5. It's the weekend!!

High Five Yo

Hello Friday!!!

 

Hello Weekend!!

 

I'm sure I am not the only one who has been patiently awaiting your arrival!!

 

LINK

 

1. Our counter top are in... as in the garage... we haven't quite figured out when we will install them because M is at a firefighting course this weekend and next, but we may do it throughout the week! We don't really know how hard/easy it is, but we are excited be rid of the ghetto counters!!

 

2. I off to Buffalo, NY this weekend with my sister!! Can't wait to get my shopping on!! TJ Maxx, Target, Old Navy, Macy's, Hobby Lobby, Joanne's, Burlington Coat Factory, Kohls, outlet malls and many many more here we come!!! And I cannot wait to dine at The Cheese Cake Factory... I have only heard how good it is!

 

3. Spring just might be slowing arriving! We have finally found above zero temps!!

 

A few things that kind of suck:

 

- putting Vicks on your nose right before bed and then forgetting which hand you used to apply it. rubbing your eye is not recommended!!... note to self it STINGS!!

 

- This is the first time since the night before our wedding that M and I will have been apart overnight before!! That is 5 years, 8 months and 16 days. 2086 days!!! Crazy eh? If I am being honest I am a little sad about it!!

 

High Five

In all honesty it is kind of hard to come up with 5 awesome things this week because it has not been the best week!! Boy am I glad it is over! So I am going to scrounge up some:

 

1. Binx is off of her antibiotics and appears to back to her normal self.

2. The weather is supposed to be gorgeous this weekend. I hope they don't change it.

3. Just about half way through this cleanse! Yup this excites me!!

4. M got a hair cut... I get it this may be stretching it, but it does look soo much better!!

5. I have a wonderful, supportive husband and family and just with that I am soo grateful!

 

Just soo this post isn't completely boring I thought I would post some pics of M and I:

M and I at a Jays game in 2007, just after we were married!!

 

This one isn't that old.. 2 years ago.. 2 wedddings... 1 day!! We survived!

 

This one is from our honeymoon in Dominican! We swam with the dolphins - AMAZING!!

January 2008

 

 

Hoping everyone has a great weekend!!

 

Mix It Up Friday

Today I plan to do not 1, not 2, but 3 link ups because I have a bit to say for all of them!!

So we will start off with Friday Letters

Dear Lux: I am officially sharing your cat shaming photo on the blog now!! I will eventually find a way to stop you from opening doors. You may think you are clever... and so might all the other animals in the house, but really it is just annoying! You are lucky the dogs are just about ready to be left out and that we have been trying it slowly!

"I like to break the dogs out of their room - not once, but twice while no on is home! I was just helping them out"

Dear Binx: You bet your cat shaming pic is going up too!! I can't believe the trouble you and Lux can get into in just one day!! Please stop stealing things - not cool!! You have 50 million toys around the house - play with them!

Dear Husband: Please reconsider your thoughts on buying a new bathroom vanity! Seashell sinks are sooo not in!! I found this steal of a deal and it comes with everything! I am hoping once you see it you will fall in love with it like I did!! Technically you told me to buy it yesterday, but I just wanted to come to an agreement before doing so. Oh and remember I just bought you an ice cream maker... just sayin'

Dear Face: Thanks for finally clearing up! I actually had forgotten what my chin looked like. Not even exagerating! Now if we could just deal with this dry skin issue due to the constant weather change... why can't we just keep the positive temps?

High Five & Fab Friday:

 - I went antiquing yesterday. Is that even a word?! The building it was in was super sketchy!! It was in a very old warehouse. I can honestly say I would have never gone in it alone!! Anyways...

 I found a lot of great things:

a lot of pricey things

and quite a few good deals!! That I will be going back for!! Although the items I will be purchasing were not necessarily antique, but nonetheless a great deal!

- In case you missed the post where I announced our trip is booked!! We are heading to Jamaica!!! Very soon!

- The passports that I just went and got last week came in the mail a week early!!! We are officially set to travel!! That is the quickest turn around time I have seen! Although I look like a criminal in my picture..

- I plan to start packing this weekend!! Maybe this way I wont forget anything and hubby won't forget to put my shoes in the bag after he repacks the suitcase.

Happy Friday friends!!

High Five for This Friday

Happy Friday Friends!!

A great week it was!

1.

I missed blogging yesterday because I was baking!! I managed to make more banana chocolate chunk muffins at M's request. They even have muffin tops:

2.

I also attempted banana bread bites but in all honesty they are like banana chocolate chip cookies, minus all the sugar that is in cookies!! M is a fan!!

3.

My sister found another chevron good!!! A blanket!! It should be in my possession tonight!!

4.

I'm winning the battle with Gracie's eating. Wednesday night I taught her about bribery. I took away her bed (which she loves) until she ate. She decided to eat right away. Her bed and her bone mean the most to her. Last night she ate her whole bowl no problem!! Winning!! 

5.

I am alo super excited to announce I have met my first weight goal!!! 15 pounds gone!! I don't even miss them. My fitness pal told me I needed to make a new goal so I have decided on another 5 pounds to go! I also think I may have convinced my husband to try a Zumba class at home with me from online! I might just burn more calories laughing than exercising!! Found this on Pinterest:

Source: youtube.com via Ashley on Pinterest

A guy actually instructs the class!!

Have a great weekend friends!!

High Fiver

Wow, I wasn't sure if I would find Friday this week!!!

I have been super busy at work and I will be honest, I am loving it!! With the new clinic open it has been great!

The weather is supposed to be warming up tomorrow!! It's supposed to be sunny and warm in Saturday!!! Can't wait!!

Last night I came home to find glittery pipe cleaners throughout the house! I knew exactly where they came from! I went upstairs to my craft room, to find the door opened a crack and more pipe cleaners. Then the little culprit came out from under my sewing table.... Can you guess who?

Miss Binx.... Avoiding eye contact of course!!

I swear there are very few dull moments in our house!!

Jazz got a bath this week. She wasn't very happy:

         

I hope everyone has a great weekend!! I am hoping to accomplish a few things around the home.

Luckily I washed socks on Wednesday night because it really sucks wearing your husbands dress socks to work, that you are constantly pulling up because they are too big!!  You bet laundry is on the lit this weekend, and if the weather co-operates I might just get to hang them on the line outside!!

Another funny, yet constant in our house would be when either M or I cannot find something, spend forever looking for it and still come up empty handed. Then we ask one another to look and they find it no problem - it happened last night before bed with my cord pants! We do end up laughing about it and then usually where we find it is where one us already looked!

And I am happy to announce that Gracie ate last night!!! She eats, just not all of it, and last night she still left a layer along the bottom of the bowl...

Happy Friday!!!

 

High Five For Friday!!

Today I am linking up with Lauren!!

 I am loving that I am finally working on my photo wall!! I have figured out all the sizes that I will need, which frames will be my focal points, etc. I brought down my frame collection and put them on the dining room table! I hope to have M hang them this weekend! Then I will fill them!!

We have finally got some rain!! I also hear that there is more coming today and possibly tomorrow! I am still under the impression of I will believe it when I see it!

I love my new twitter background! Be sure to pop by! You can find me here!! You can also find me on facebook!!

I am loving the snuggles Jazzy has been giving me lately, especially during the bad storm the other night!!

I am wearing a maxi dress to work today and the necklace Alison gave me!! Love it!!

I have scheduled another photo shoot for Saturday!! Hopefully the weather holds up!!

I hope everyone has a fabtastic weekend!! I know I am planning on it!