Weekend Wrap Up- Birthday Edition!

After getting back to Austin from Bestie Weekend 2015, it was time to celebrate my birthday!  Woot!

Saturday:

Avery helping Dadda make birthday cookies...

She was a pretty tough inspector of the cookie making...

Helping with the flour....and surprisingly not wearing much of it.

"Fwour for you?"

Taking the cookie dough.  She approved.

 Sunday: Happy Birthday Momma!

Spending the 4th Anniversary of my 25th Birthday with the people I love.

It was a "Momma gets to pick out what we do today" type of day and after nap time we headed out to my favorite place, Target.  Because let's be honest, who doesn't want to spend some quality family time at Target.

Sharing her Icee with her dada.  What you don't see or hear in this picture is how she was controlling exactly how much she was sharing with him.  She would only let him take a small tiny sip before she would tell him, "all done dada!"  Give it like 30 seconds later and she was asking us, "want some?".

Overall it was a great low key birthday!  29 is starting out with a bang and I'm anxious to see where we go, who we meet, and the impact we have on the next 365 days.

Bestie Weekend 2015

The bestie and I take an annual trip together every year to our state wide speech therapy convention.  It's always in a relatively cool place (Houston, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Austin, or San Antonio) and it's a great time for the 2 of us to get away for at least the weekend.

This year around 4,000 speech therapists came in hot to San Antonio and set a Guinness Book of World Records record.....largest amount of people in one room rapping (yes, rapping) the same song. I'm not going to lie, I thought it was a bit on the hokey side when I heard about it - but- like a good sport we went and it was actually a lot of fun to be a part of.

Some picture highlights:

Our annual escalator picture.  I nearly fell face first off of it about .5 seconds after this was snapped.

Staci found her new favorite book.

Being studious.  Where else can you get 10+ hours of continuing education AND have a bestie weekend?  No where.  Just TSHA.  We've looked into it.

(no words)

After our first day of sessions, we went and visited the Alamo.  On the walk there, Staci mentioned that she had forgotten that the Alamo was "here".  ....and she calls herself a Texan.

...shame.

We stopped for some ice cream on the River Walk because when you're on the River Walk, you get ice cream.  We decided to go back to the hotel after our ice cream adventure and take showers and just go to bed....and then we looked at what time it was- 7:45.  Cue the Golden Girls theme song.

After our last session on Friday, we headed North for an overnight stay at Dana's Diner.  Dana was Staci's mom's best friend and there are some stories there that will make you spit things out of your nose.  Trust me.  We were spoiled rotten with a good home cooked meal, rowdy games of Skip Bo, and coffee on the porch in the morning.  Ya'll, I slept until 8:30 in the morning.  8:30.  I honestly don't remember the last time that happened voluntarily.

Can't wait for Bestie Weekend 2016!

Weekend Wrap Up

It's been a while since we did a weekend wrap up!  I have to say- I missed it.  :)

Saturday:

Girl's morning started out bright and early with a trip to our favorite location.....Target!

For some reason, we thought it was a good idea to suddenly need to find Minnie Mouse all through the store.  I'm not complaining, it kept her occupied in the store...granted she was nearly screaming, "Minnie!!" as we searched, but you know.  Whatever.  I don't think the 15 people in the store minded all that much.

The weather was GORGEOUS when we got home so I got the Nikon out and we went upstairs to the balcony porch for a mini photo shoot.  These are my favorite 2 shots from the morning.

Jacob got home from the gun range and we headed out for round 2 of errands.  It got down-right warm outside so Avery had to shed her sweatshirt for a short sleeve number and "sandies" (read: sandals).  The expression on her face really encapsulates my feelings on Tractor Supply as well.  Utter confusion.

 Wait- what?  A second trip to Target?  We live the exciting life around here.

"What.  Move on.  I'm wearing my sunglasses inside and I look completely fabulous."

"Hum on momma, 'es go"

 After Target we went to Jacob's favorite restaurant- CiCi's.

Someone may/may not have gone through 4 pieces.  There were 2 witnesses but they're not talking.

After CiCi's we took Avery through her first car wash.  We were reallllly close to tears, but she handled it very well.  Don't let the super relaxed body language fool you- sister was intense.

Sunday:

I don't know about you, but I'm still having trouble with the losing an hour of sleep business.  Sound check for church seemed extra early this morning.  Extra coffee was a must.

We did some work on our duck faces.  She's better than me.  As usual.

I found out who's been stealing our K-Cups.  Apparently it's not the coffee minions....

More Sunny Selfies!

Hope your weekend was spectacular!  

Lately...

I realize that I've fallen off the blogging bandwagon again...but this time it's for a good reason.  (I'm working on a series....more to come soon.)

Here's a glimpse into what's been going on lately around this little household....

We've been struttin' our stuff...

Looking at "kippies" (kitties) at Petsmart....

We have absolutely no plan of getting a "kippie".  Sorry kiddo.

There were froyo dates....

-and their accompanying stains on perfectly good clothes.  Can I get a hallelujah for SHOUT!

There's been blankies-on-heads all around....

My little brother got married!

Sorry again for the silence, but there's some cool things coming up over here in my little corner of the internet!  Stay tuned!

Winter Favorites- Kristen

1. Anthro Blouse | I'm loving my blouse from Anthro this winter.  It's perfect in that you can dress it up for church, dates, etc or you can wear it as is with jeans and your Sam Edelmans.  

2. Boyfriend Jeans | My current favorite jeans.  I live in these jeans (when I'm not in my jammies scrubs).  Bonus....they're currently on for 40% off!  Your'e welcome!

3. Oversized Cardigan | Another staple for this season.  It's light enough to wear layered with a cami, but warm enough to wear and be comfortable.  You'll wear this more than you think- I promise.

4. Kendra Scott Elle Earrings | My mother-in-law got me these earrings for Christmas and I wear them at least 5x per week with varying outfits...even scrubs.  

5. Sam Edelman Felicia Flats | Welcome to your new favorite shoes.  I currently have these in black suede and leopard print.....and I'm in the process of acquiring more.   I'm going to step out on a limb here and equate these to your favorite summer flip flops.  You'll be wearing these with everything.  Yes, everything. 

**Cricket Chirp**

Sorry for the silence on the blog lately- here's why:

If I'm not working, I'm coughing.  If I'm not coughing, I'm.....let's be honest.  I haven't stopped coughing.

Photo Every Hour | Saturday

One of my favorite mommy bloggers did this photo every hour thing last week and I LOVED the idea.  So, here's my version of a photo every hour: Saturday!

8am- my 2 ladies are ready to play

9am- Reading up on potty training

10am- Someone is ready to go "chopping"

11am- In our happy place

12pm- Crock-pot BBQ Chicken (recipe here)

1pm- taking advantage of Avery's nap time

2pm- still peaceful and quiet

3pm- off to the park!

4pm- such a beauty

5pm- watching "Punzee" (read: Rapunzel)

6pm- dinner's ready and its toddler approved

7pm- shower time

8pm- bed time prayers and stories

9pm- drying the mop

9:18pm- peace out.  I made past 9 tonight. Achievement.

Original Photo Every Hour post here