Life Lately

If you follow me on instagram, chances are you have probably already seen most of these pictures.  But it's been quite a while since my last "Life Lately" post, so I'm well overdue for one!

I can't believe April is almost over.  It's gonna be May (yeah, yeah, I see you N'Sync fans!) which is month 5 of the year, which is practically half the year!

Anyway, here's a little of our life lately:

 We flipped Hadley's car seat around.  We made it to almost 3 1/2 years before she turned.  And she will still say she missed having it the other way (because now she can't see the iPad!)

 I didn't move fast enough for this kid.  He wanted a snack so he got his hummus out of the fridge and his veggie sticks out of the pantry--and dumped them all over the floor.  Easier to dip that way, I guess!

 Like usual, we were rushing Easter morning to get everyone ready and out the door, so we snapped a quick cell-phone pick with my little loves.  

 Hadley has discovered make-up and got into my lipstick the other day.  She said, "I'm beautiful, am I!" 

 We went strawberry pickin' and ate our weight in strawberries!  So yummy.

 We've had many sleepovers in Mommy and Daddy's bed.  (Hadley swears she'll sleep in her bed "when I'm five."

 Our "play-date pet" Ted Turner has come by for some treats.

 Griffin has decided he prefers to eat his dinner on the floor.  #whateverworks

 They have actually started playing quietly together.  Also, I said, "clean up your mess!" and their mess is all shoved under that train table. Hahaha :) Jokes on you, Mom.

 We discovered with all of this rain that I am essentially "blonde Monica"!  

 We've gotten to play with our besties quite a few times!  Summer is going to be so fun.

 Re-take of our Easter outfits!  Since I shamelessly forgot to take a "sibling picture" on the actual Sunday of Easter.

 Hadley has the best great-grandparents.  She mentioned wanting to ride in the horse drawn carriage downtown.  They set it all up for her.  She dressed in her princess dress, princess shoes, and waved at all of her loyal subjects.

 Prince Charming got in on the waving action as well.

The coachman, Mr. Michael, played every bit his part and made her feel so special.  People on the street would wave at her and say, "You look beautiful, princess!" which was icing on the cake.  

There you have it!  A little bit of our life lately.  It always seems to be full, but I wouldn't trade a minute of it!

An Update

It's been a few weeks since I've had time to post anything so I thought I'd get started with a little update.  What have we been up to?

- School started back for me pretty quickly in the new year and this is taking up the bulk of my time away from blogging.  This semester is all about health policy and leadership and with our newly elected President and his ....unique.... leadership style and policy changes, you can imagine how crazy things have been.  I spend a lot of time researching, reading, writing discussion questions and quite honestly, the last thing I want to do is sit down and write some more!

- We did enjoy a "snow" day earlier this month.  They were calling for 6-8 inches and it slowly dwindled down to "well you might get something."  I don't generally tell my kiddos anything until the day of because there is always the chance plans will change.  I didn't tell Hadley about the snow until the day it was supposed to snow and at 2pm that day is when they changed how many inches we were getting....GGRRR.  We went to bed with no snow and I just knew Hadley was going to be so disappointed the next morning.  Thankfully, the ice stuck and we ended up with half an inch of snow on top and that was enough for her.  She woke up and said, "Mommy, you were right!  It DID snow!!"  So, I'm still "right" for a little while longer. :) 

-We also celebrated a Clemson Tiger Victory in the National Championship game!  David and I stayed up to watch (we were still snowed in so no one had to go to work, score!)  We accidentally woke Hadley up with all of our hollering and jumping around, so she got in on the fun, too.  It was pretty fun getting to share that moment with her!  We also went to the Champions Parade in Clemson the next Saturday and I'm so very glad we did.  It was so much fun.  They had major mediocre seasons while David and I were there, so seeing them come out on top has been so sweet.

-We were snowed in Monday and by Friday we were playing at the park in 70 degree, sunny weather.  I'd be fine if every winter was just like this.  One couple days of snow and then back to the warm weather!

-In my spare time (haha) I've been doing some serious crafting!  I have found it actually helps me relax and I enjoy making stuff.  Here are a few of my projects:

I don't have an Etsy shop (because who has time for that with school, raising babies, keeping house, etc??), but I do sell things, so if you see something you like, just shoot me an e-mail. :)

-And mostly, I've been spending a lot of time with my kids.  They are growing way too fast and I love it and hate it.  Time is cruel, friends! ;)

I'm hoping to be a lot more regular around here again now that I'm getting into a routine.  Looking forward to catching up with everyone else, too! :)

Life Lately

I have been a little slack in my posting the last week or so because we have been so busy!  They are all good things that have kept me from writing so I thought I'd do a "Life Lately" post to show you what all we've been doing.

The 2nd and 3rd week of October are going to be busy for the rest of my life, forever and ever, amen. My hubby's birthday in on the 9th, Griffin's birthday is on the 12th, and Hadley's birthday is on the 19th.  Shew!  A lot of people I love have birthdays in October!

On Wednesday the 12th, we celebrated Griff-baby's one year birthday!



And pretty much right after I took his last "monthly" picture, he face planted outside and skinned up his whole face.  The day before his professional year pictures and our family pictures.  #momfail



We took him out that night for his very first taste of mexican food--he was fisting the stuff like you wouldn't believe.  I'm pretty sure he thought he'd died and gone to heaven.  Me too, buddy, me too.

Saturday, the 15th, we had their joint birthday party.  I'm pretty sure this is the only year I'll be able to get away with that because Hadley is older now and has "friends" so we enjoyed it while it lasted!  I'll do a birthday post later this week!

Hadley's gift from Mommy and Daddy was a dollhouse.  We got the kid craft mansion and the name doesn't lie.  It's a mansion all right.  Hadley can't even reach the top floor yet!  But she loves this thing  and has played with it every day since she got it.  

Wednesday the 19th, we celebrated Hadley's 3rd birthday!  I may or may not have shed some tears putting her to bed the Tuesday night before her birthday.  She was so excited to have a day entirely devoted to her.  And she deserved it!  She's such a sweet girl.  This picture has me going crazy because she just looks so old!  Where did my baby go??

Thursday, I took cupcakes to Hadley's class and her teachers and all of her friends sang her "Happy Birthday" and she was thrilled.  Snack time is right in the middle of the day and when I was leaving, she wanted to go with me.  So for an extra birthday surprise, she got to go home early.  We went to grab lunch and she said, "I want to go back to school."  Ha!

Friday we were heading out of town for a wedding for one of David's high school buddies.  My mom and grandmother came to stay with the babies and when they arrived Friday morning, I booked it to the nail place!  Coffee, quiet, and pampering?  Don't mind if I do!

We headed out about 3:00 pm that afternoon.  The rehearsal dinner/ wedding/ reception was in Asheville and it was gorgeous.  We stayed in a rented mountain house with the groom, groomsmen and their wives.  A cold front had come through, so the weather was perfect mountain weather.

Everything was held at an event location called Yesterday Spaces.  It was beautiful!  The rehearsal dinner was held in a milking barn and the alcohol was served in the silo.  I was hysterical because there were cows and chickens across the street.  David played soccer growing up and one of his high school soccer buddies was getting married.  A few of the original soccer guys were there and they had fun getting back together.

This is what happens when you become a mom of 2 and have to take care of everyone else first.  You forget your wedding dress.  And then have to have it overnighted to you for MONEY (lots of it).  We had planned to walk around downtown Asheville that morning before getting ready for the wedding, but we were picking up my dress instead.  Womp, womp.

Ready for the wedding!  The ceremony was outside and it was COLD.  The bride and groom had blankets for everyone to bundle up under which was awesome and so thoughtful!

I took this picture and said to David, "before they know it, they'll be married 5 years with 2 kids!"  I can't watch wedding dances anymore without getting teary.  Kids have ruined my emotions, haha!

My groom and THE groom.

It was a fun weekend and the last few weeks have been great, but I have sure missed snuggling with my babies.  I know they had fun with Grammy and Grandmom, but I think they missed me, too.  Hadley had a full on meltdown when we got home and then fell asleep in my lap.  Thanking the Lord my big 3 year old still needs her Mommy!

So that is what we've been up to lately!  Hoping to get back to my regular blog routine this week.  Hope your weekend was great, too!