My life be like oooo-awww

another song for my title. can't stop, wont stop.

 

1. People watching at the park-our fav.

2. We went out to eat at Texas Roadhouse which we self proclaimed our last time for weeks-until my parents took us out the following night after Raygans tball game. The girls snuggle in next to daddy and I'm a loan ranger on the other side of the booth.

3. Donut date with my loves.

4. adjusting her shades. too cool.

FAMILY GROOMING DAY!! or so I called it.

Everyone

(except myself-because my hair requires hourrs)

got their hair cut, by Cameron's sister-its always better having "auntie" doing their hair. It was Remys first REAL hair cut, her previous one was more like cutting a few straggles off the back. This time girlfriend got bangs. I'm not a bang lover, but in this case I so am. Then we ate ate burger king where me and Raygan supported our awesome crowns.

My niece came to visit. This makes my heart happy.

A favorite outfit, and my RED hair.

I love my hair. I needed a change, a drastic one. I thrive on change and it was definitely time. (luckily my sister in law is my hair do-er so I can experiment!) I'm so excited about it! Ive always had a little red in my hair, but not so much actually RED hair.

Raygan LOVES it, Remy says I have paint in my hair, and Cameron says it's purple....tell me that picture looks purple, I think not!

 

 

happy monday to you!



Linvin's Easy

The title of this post was most definitely influenced by this song in which I'm now currently bopping my head to in my own little mind.

Anywho, that sounds up my life as of yet, it's becoming so damn easy. This whole mom thing, or mom of two thing whichever! I can breathe a little bit slower, along with the slowing down of the heartbeat. We can eat in public now (we have practiced that a little too often lately) instead of ordering to go every.single.time.

I can bring them both to movies without having a heart attack, and take showers with them both awake in the house and no one else there to watch them (trust me that's huge, and that I've only practiced a couple times!) I may or may not make them sit in the bathroom with me and bang instruments, not that soothing, but definitely a piece of mind for me because a kidnapper would come when I'm in the shower of course.

I can leave the house without a diaper bag, or anything!  Nada-that's glorious! I mean I still have a purse full of crap but ya know what I mean, no diapers blah blah blah.

They are fun and witty and I like being with them. Genuinely like too, Who would've thought? They are little people, my people.

 

There's still tantrums and fighting. THE FIGHTING. dear lord the fighting-I had no idea little girls could duke it out so hard, literally hard. They smack, they kick, they roll. But their sisters and I suppose that's what they'll do and nonetheless I'm loving this time. They are little and still need me but oh so much fun.

I envision our summer full of effortless walks to the park and countless picnicking with friends-we'll be able to do more, and I feel as though Ill stress less.

 

 

Ill make a mental note now to look back on this post after a giant meltdown at the splash park and laugh at my 'oh so effortless' thoughts.

 

Heres to Remy

Hello hello!!

With the weather slowly getting on track we've been joining Cameron while he plays basketball with his buds. Fun fun.

Remy had her first park bathroom encounter, my OCD 2 year old (that brushes bark off the slide stairs as she goes up them, and cleans the floors at restaurants before we leave.) was not having it and said hell-to-the-no.  We came back twice to check and see if it had changed at all, surprise surprise it was just how we had left it.



I couldnt help myself.

Sorry Rem!

Mama Loves you!

 

This and That

Our weekend was way more low key then normal, our biggest outing was a walk to the park and a Costco trip. However I do love me some Costco and I can not leave that place without a 1.50 hot dog and fountain pop. Thats more true then you will ever know.

Therefor I shall not bore you with a weekend update!

 

Cooking: scrambles eggs, and putting together some sort of fruit bowl of us gals. Im loving all things fruit right now- counting down the day until farmers markets appear and fruit stands pop up on the side of the streets. ohhh the joys!

 

Dreaming: of going to the zoo. we may have a little mamas trip planned to take the kids I just hope we go through with it (unlike last year) Im so jealous of all you bloggers out there with your family zoo memberships and all those cool things in big cities-be thankful. A zoo trip for us turns into a full blown affair-hotel rooms and all.

 

Purchasing: this for me, this for the girls, some more for the girls, and more for me.

 

Battleing: two little girls that continue to jump off the stairs into eachothers arms. fearless.

 

Searching: for white vintage cake stands similar to this. I thought it would be a breeze although my outing the other day proved me more then wrong! Let the online shopping begin.

 

Happy Monday Friends,

I hope you had a fabulous weekend!



linkin up here



Thats what she said V2

I want to do a happy post, and feel like I need to. My hearts heavy and my mind is once again in wonder. I've steered away from the news because I'm just not good at hiding my tears, and I simply don't know how to answer my three year old when she asks what the said tears are for. My thoughts are with all those affected in this tragedy, the entire city if Boston as well as the state of Texas.

So lets get happy shall we? Because that's what I like and that's what I'm good at. And what better way to be happy then to hear some ramblings from a sassy three and a half year old. 

"I love you rem...now you say you love me."

"My tummys really talking about fries"

(we cut of her fries and girlfriend was trying to persuade us to give her more)

Me: "whats your favorite holiday"
Raygan: "giving people stuff"
perfect answer baby girl.

Me: "What do you say?"

Raygan: "I dont know what to say"

Me: "what do you say, or you can not get out of time out"

Raygan: "SORRYYYYYY!!!!! is that right?"

 

 "Fine Remy, Im not going to be your sister anymore"
(on different occasions its best friend)

"I have a diagnosis!!
 I know whats wrong with you, you have a flat tire in your tummy!"
"I want to go camping with nana and papa, and daddy and remy, and not you mama"

And my personal favorite
"Mom can I please where this swim suit when my boobies grow up?"
 
"I want lemon medicine mama"
ok babe lets tell the makers of tylonal to get on that.

Finishing sentences!

I saw this link up on a new friend of mines blog! I havent done a fun little link up in a while so I thought this was my chance,.

 



1. I laughed so hard I cried when...When my child raps. YO, YO, YO, and wiggles her hips. and shes 2!!

2. My high school...was a downtown disaster.

3. It really pisses me off...when people dont go through round abouts correctly. (many of you may not know what those are....be thankful!)

4. In ten years...I hope to be done with school, have 3 babies, and hopefully be done with an adoption process, and either have my own buisness, or one with my husband, well im sure either way you look at it, it will be ours!

5. If I could erase one thing..highschooooolllll.

6. In 1999...I was 10, not much to say after that haha.

7. Honestly...Im tired as hell, and Im about to set out on some wedding antique shoppin, ALONE!  yay for best friends watching my kidddoos.

8. To me, Sushi...is amazing, wish I could eat some now actually.

9. Someone really needs to invent...a time machine, how cool would that be?

10. The first time I drank alcohol...I threw up all over my heated blanket, and then my brother tried to clean it -then ruined it. bless his heart. I thought my mom had no idea, how stupid was I?

11. The one question I would ask God is...whats going to happen next? 

12. Lindsay Lohan...  is one hot messss

Linkin up here

Sister Love-Wordless Wednesday

 

Life Lately-Randomosity.

We set out and hour away and joined my parents in a very impromptu one night camping trip just to tease us a little. It was so damn windy that night I couldn't sleep and I swore we were going to wake up to a tree branch crushing the camper-I saw a shooting star and you bet your ass my wish was for no tree to crush the camper...thank you shooting star.

I let Remy sleep in backwards pajamas because she put them on herself and I've never seen her more proud.

I braved my kids and decided to take them a movie-by myself-for Remys first time ever, and Raygans first time with her mama. It may have something to do with the fact that I did not leave the couch the day before and was completely and utterly worthless. Thank you daddioooo. Anywho-they were angles, pure perfection and halfway through the movie I looked down to a sleepin baby. I laid her down on the chair next to me and grabbed my girl and finished the movie.

 

I went through all last years summer clothes, pretty much all of their clothes fit from last summer! Score-except now I can't justify new articles of clothing arriving in my house.

We've ate out for dinner hmmmm maybe 4 nights in a row. Bad mom award-holla.

Raygan had her first t-ball practice and Cameron and I ended up leading the practice. Nothing hotter then seeing your man help littles hold a bat-just saying.

 

Packages of french style bird cages and vintage umbrellas are taking over my house. Thank you wedding planning:)

Socially Awkward.

ME: I have so many friends right now!
CAMERON: I know babe, I'm excited for you.

That conversation happened. And I'm totally aware how completely pathetic it sounds. Cameron and I started dating a week after graduation therefore, the high school party craze was over and my list of friends dwindled, also the fact that I had a boyfriend consuming my time didn't help matters.

I've re-kindled previous (catty) relationships and have met a ton of new mom friends! We have normal play dates Raygans became accustomed to our friendly habits and goes to bed saying "who am I going to see tomorrow mama" weather it's her cousin at dance class or a holiday party with friends. All the while I'm hands down socially awkward and an over thinking mess. I obsess over things that I said and convince myself the person is picking at my choice of words as well. I re-do text messages and emails before I send them, then go through them and pick at them until I'm convinced I should've said something else. I'm a people pleaser, always have been always will.

I think having babies/kids makes things easier. They are my security. Kind of like a cell phone. When I have no one to talk to, or its an awkward moment, I have my kids. Need to go pee? Ok! I take at least one of them to baby showers even when Cameron has offered to watch them because well, It helps and they are my security. Its nice that they are well behaved.

On the downside I may have forgotten how to be by myself because it rarely happens and honestly I don't handle it well. Anyhow I'm completely content with my relationships and where they are headed, and I couldnt be happier with the gals I've met in the blogging world or not :)

Happy Monday To You!

 

Ear Piercing Round 2

Out of now where the last couple weeks Raygan has been asking to get her ears pierced. We were shocked from the second it flew out of her mouth , I thought she'd steer away from this experience after her first attempt.

We planned to meet at the mall at 5 on my nieces birthday, poor Cameron ended getting what I got and had to miss. He tried to ask Raygan if we could do it another day (yeah right dad!) but girlfriend had massive plans with her 'bestie' ( another thing they came up with on their own!)

We arrived first and checked three different piercing places to see if there were two workers to do them at the same time, what do you know-not on a Monday evening. We explained to the girls they would do them separately and they could careless.

They picked out their earrings and surprisingly they chose different studs. My niece chose pink flowers while raygan opted for the pink jewel as she calls it. My niece went first and the earring got stick in the gun on the first ear-oh.my.god. Literally it was ridiculous, the lady panicked and tugged on her ear, all the while she was shaking and remaining incredibly tough. The next ear went fine, and then it was raygans turn.

I was about an inch away from having an anxiety attack and my sister in law actually stated that to everyone else! My sweet girl sat in that chair, shy, yet confident and owned it.

Boom. One ear down and her eyes filled with tears, but none falling. She was definitely more scared for the second one and had a stiff hand! As soon as the lady was done she leaped into my arms and squeezed me as if she was attempting to take the pain away, then that was that.

She acted 'cool' and said it didn't hurt that bad. As we were paying the bill these two newly pierced girls were wondering Claire's looking for their next pair of earrings, and suddenly they grew up like 10 years right before us.

Remy has absolutely no interest in having hers done and doesn't hesitate on saying no if you ask her. She had such a great experience to look at, I'm not so sure why she's not into it, especially for her love of all things 'sissy'. We grabbed ice cream (duh) and went home to show daddy. She ran into the house saying "look at my ears daddy!!" And he honestly could not believe she did it, he did not think she would go through with it one bit.

I'm so proud of her, and so was she! She woke me up at 4am the next morning to pee, and clean her ears! I'm So proud of how well she's taking care of them, actually a little excessive, dabbing the ear solution on her ears roughly 4 times a day!

Mom-Jo

I like to think Im on top of my game, as a mom and lady of the house. My house is usually clean, minus whatever toys are strewn about at that given time, or latest project. I make frequent trips to the goodwill drop off, and I/we bake normally. I think consciously of what we feed ourselves and the girls, although I'm definitely no health nut and never will be- because I'm a lover of goodies! I try to get 'ready daily' because it makes me feel better and I believe that a fresh coat of nail polish can brighten your day.

I never knew being a mom was so hard. I'm not even talking about the tantrums and dinner meltdowns. What's the hardest for me is the upkeep. All of it, from housework to maintaining a great relationship with your spouse. It's hard, and all of it takes work, more work then I ever imagined. Seriously how are there so many moms in the world? Anyone ever thought of that? I love every second of it, and I'm not complaining, but I'm tired. Yes tired, and plain old Burnt out. Just in time for one more activity to join our week, followed by one more shortly after.  summer-for the love of summer.

Planning dinners & lunches (lucky me, cameron and I are both home at lunch time), scheduling doctors and fighting with insurance agencies has gotten to be. It's a lot sometimes and when you get a bunch of crazy news in one week, it's even more overwhelming. The past week or so I've gotten used to clothes living on our downstairs stairs (split level) just waiting to be cleaning and a put away and color crayons all over my living room because I just can't bring myself to pick the up and these two little rug rats won't either-despite my nagging.

I want my Mom-Jo back. I want the 'I can do it all' feeling going on. I want to make a craft, or a project and simply be motivated and inspired. I want to go on a date, oh how I want to go on a date. I want the wind to stop (for the love of god) so we can go outside. I want to bake muffins and go on a donut date. I want to make a fabulous dinner instead of wincing when I ask if sloppy joes is ok?

I'm determined to get my mom-Jo back, perhaps after one more day of sulking? We shall see.

My Inner Hipster

Cameron and I have discussed 'fashion glasses' on numerous occasions! I've been wanting them, and he still thinks its silly. I asked him if he'd make fun of me for wearing glasses for fashion purposes only-to release my inner hipster and he responded "of course" I point out the 'cool' girls walking through the mall and insist that I really really need a pair, and he continues to think I'm crazy. Boys, they'll just never know!

When my first pair of fashion glasses arrived in the mail I was so excited to show him.

Boo-ya. That's pretty much how I acted when I showed him, and ya know what? He went for it, he likes them, as do I.

Note to self: Next Time I attempt any self photo-
Take the binkie out of my back pocket

I've been blessed with not only blue eyes, but good working eyes at that. So I was so excited to hear that firmoo offered glasses with no rx. They have tons of styles to choose from and all with great reasonable prices. I love love the larger frame and opted for this great style.

Most importantly they have this amazing program called First Pair Free, for new customers. Everyone qualifies for 1.50 index single vision lenses, and is only required to pay the shipping. They have tons of styles trendy and great prices. I hope you all go check out Firmoo for your next pair of glasses, fashion or not!

Our Week In Iphone

1.Hello

2. On the way out the door pic, accompanied by Cameron.

3. Bubble war.

4. Park time!

5. Make over for mama.

6. Pirates Booty alllll over.

7. HELLO DAY!

1. Raygan and her "besties"

2. Birthday party fun!

3. My big girls.

4. Dysfunctional getting ready photo.

Linkin up here for weekend fun!

Never Have I Ever

I saw this link up and thought it was so fun, I'm always down for the 'get to know you' posts and this girl is super super nice and I just love her blog!

....baked a pie. Im looking forward to putting that on my summer bucket list.

....known how to French braid. Yes, mom of two girls.
....been to Hawaii hoping to change that soon

....played poker. I have no clue how to even start.

....watched the wizard of oz. I know right?
....been a lover of lemon. Just not my thang.

....watched an entire episode if Dora. I have an unbelievable way of tuning it out.

....let my girls cry themselves to sleep. Just can't do it.

....been to Connecticut, but I dream of living there.

Spring Swap!

 

I had so much fun joinging this swap! I loved getting to know Katie!Thats the fun thing about blogging is you get to meet people from all over the world, and if your lucky you may have something in common with them...like me and Kaite for example. We got to know eachother real well, and ended up having a ton in common!

 



She did me good! We both sent flower pots, and they both broke! It had FRIGILE all over the dang box and when mine arrived on my doorstep Cameron was a half a second away from calling FedEx because it literally looked like someone kicked it! Sweet guy: I had to inform him theres simply nothing we can do. There was a huge gabing whole with those adorable doilies falling out! Im surprised more wasnt damaged! What do you do!

 

I loved the doilies telling me to "treat myself with a mani/pedi" and Im totally about to do that! I had to fight my girls off that candy and I already have that candle burning! OH! and Im in serious need of a new book! I've been on a book hiatus for the last couple weeks.

 

I've had a rough couple days around here and I truly appologize for not getting this post up faster! Thanks Katie! Im so glad we had the chance to meet and I hope we can continue our blog friendship! :) 

Easter

I love holidays, I go all out, I over do it. I want to leave a mark, it all usually goes as planned until someone gets sick. This time it was me. I've never in my life been sick like that! I was up every single hour Friday night getting sick, Cameron was amazing and took the girls out to lunch and ran all over town with them, came back to check on me and attempted to feed me then left for the park. I confessed to cameron I was not in the mood to dye eggs (pshh they did it with my mom the week before) he proceeded to tell me his "love for me would fail" literally his words and that it's Easter and they had to do it! Well, we just so happen to be out of vinagar (once again I'm never out of that! I buy it at Costco!) so I tried the Pinterest shaving cream trick-which was awful awful awful. So they painted eggs, and loved every second of it.



                    

Great Grandpa.

Easter Day was nice and a whopping 75 degrees out! We went to Cameron's dads first and then his sisters full of food and Easter egg hunts.  Oh and bubbles make the world go 'round dont ya know? We had a blast with family and the girls all behaved so well! I love how easy going our days with them can be.