A Terrific Thursday

Well, we've had quite the busy Thursday! We (me and B-Man) started the day as we usually do on Thursday's--get up, lay around for a minute, get dressed, and head to Gramma Linda's! While Brogan was at my mom's, I went in to work, went tanning, and got back all in record time! We then met up with one of my best friends Nicole (or Nib as I call her) and her precious baby girl (aka Brogan's girlfriend) Kenadie. Brogan and I arrived at Nib's house a little early and hang out with Kenadie and her Gramma Sandy. As soon as Nib got home we loaded up the kiddos in my vehicle and headed to the house of one precious newborn baby boy, a hilarious 3 yr old little man, and a wonderful mommy, Sonja! Sonja is Nib's cousin by marriage and one of my good friends. She had little Walker Michael 2 weeks ago and I finally was able to make time to go visit! Oh and was he adorable!! It was so hard to believe that my sweet baby boy was ever that little...I always told myself I wouldn't forget how tiny he was, but it's hard to remember when they grow so fast! After we left Sonja and the boys, we headed to get some lunch. We picked it up and went back to Nib's to eat while the kiddos played some more. Since we didn't have a very healthy lunch (I'm ashamed to say we went to McDonald's) we went on a VERY long and beatiful walk! Nib has the best neighborhood to go walking in! I think it might become a Thursday activity for us! The walk wore us all out so after we left the girls, we ran one quick errand and headed home! Brogan is now, somewhat, taking a nap while I catch up on blogging, email, and laundry!

I hope you all got to enjoy this Terrific Thursday!

(Sorry for no cute pics from today...my camera had run out of batteries before I even got to take a picture. Dannngggg it!)

A New Life

** Update: Ashley and Chad welcomed sweet Avery Elizabeth at 9:59 A.M. weighing 7 lbs 7 oz and 19 inches long! Good job momma! **


My blogging friend Ashley is having her baby today!!! Please pray for her and her husband as they await the arrival of their sweet baby girl, Avery Elizabeth!

Also, you should totally keep up with her blog! She is an amazing, God loving woman!

Wordless Wednesday

My army crawlin' baby boy!



Our sweet niece, Avery Elisabeth


Avery Elisabeth (she's 5 weeks younger than B but weighs about twice as much!)


Me and my love @ Dane Cook

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

My evenings last week were NOT filled with chasing my army crawling baby boy around my (NOT) freshly cleaned floors. Certainly I would NOT be calling him my make shift Swiffer :) Friday night I did NOT have a fantastic time with a great group of girls! I also did NOT drink a little to much red wine...I would NEVER do anything like that. Saturday, I did NOT refuse to shower and just put on a hat as I ran around...and with that, I did NOT take Brogan to my mom's to play while I took a 2 hour nap in my old bedroom! SO NOT deserved :) Sunday was NOT another lazy day! But this time, I did shower. I did NOT have my sister come over to play with Brogan so I could go run a couple errands babyless. This momma proceded to Dillon's where she did NOT spend $40 on babyfood ALONE! Oops :) At least Brogan will eat good for a couple weeks. The rest of the evening was NOT spent putting the baby to bed early (someone was a little grumpy) and spending quality time on the couch my hubbie and our pug!

What have you NOT been doing lately? Anything you need to confess to...? It's a great way to confess and NOT feel guilty :)

A List of Wishes

Some things that I'm really wanting to do today...

* Get my nails done! I used to faithfully get my nails done and it was such great way to feel oober girly. Well since being married, I haven't really had the chance to go get this done. Life happened and so did the bills! Hopefully this summer I can get around to getting them done a couple times...if not acrylic, then just a mani would be great! Oh and maybe a pedicure too! God knows I need one HARD CORE!

* Go swimming (in a very private pool)! No one needs to see this momma in a swimming suit but I would very much love to take Mr. B swimming on this hot June day! He LOVES to be in the bathtub so I wouldn't doubt he'd LOVE swimming in a big pool! (If anyone knows where I can get a good floaty thing for him to sit in, please let me know!)

* Take Brogan to the KC zoo! He'd love every minute of it...as would I ;)

* NOT BE WORKING!

* Spend some quality time as a family. Tommy's going to be very busy these next couple months so getting some family time in will be very important on the days he's home. I can't wait for Father's Day weekend! I'm taking some time off of work and we're hopefully going to go do some fun things as a fam!

* Go on vacation somewhere warm and beautiful!

* Hang out with my Amanda...I miss this friend a ton!!

* Clean the house with no distractions...weird, right? :)


This was a pretty pointless blog post but I just needed a break from work. There are days when I wish I was a stay at home mom but I also know that if that were to happen, I'd eventually go crazy! I love being able to work and get away from the house...maybe if I enjoyed my job a little but more, I wouldn't need to take a break to list things I'd rather be doing!

Anywho...for those of you not working, have a great sunny Monday!

A Start to a great Summer!

The last few days have been great! Thursday was my day off and the weather couldn't have been nicer! In the afternoon, after doing some much needed laundry, I took our huge quilt outside and layed in the front yard. Brogan and I played out there for at least 45 minutes and it was SOOOOOO relaxing! He loved it! I'm pretty sure he would be outside all the time if we'd let him! :) I cannot wait to get him in a swimming pool; this kid also loves to be in the water! Friday night I hung out with some absolutely amazing girls! We sat around, drank red wine, ate pizza, and laughed! It was so much fun! It's been awhile since I've gotten to spend some time away from the house, just by myself. The only thing that kinda sucked was how I felt Saturday morning! I asked Tommy to get up with Brogan so I could maybe lay there a little longer. I was able to eat a little something and take some Tylenol which helped a ton! I didn't even have that much wine but I think it's cause I'm not used to drinking red wine. My mom said that it has the same effect on her sometimes...so we'll just blame it on genetics :) The rest of Saturday turned out to be great though. I ended up taking Brogan to my mom's and she let me take a nap...a 2 HOUR NAP! I was thrilled! And it was much needed...not just cause of Friday night but just in general. Thanks mom!! And now to Sunday...as I type this, I'm sitting on the couch, while Brogan is napping and Tommy is still sleeping, watching the original 90210 reruns on SOAP Network. So great :) I think today I'm going to get Brogan outside for awhile...either swimming, walking, or just sitting on our blanket!

Oh and Brogan is starting to really grow up! He's pulling himself up on things and you can just see the excitement in his eyes when he does it! He's still doing the army crawl thing but he's trying out his hands and knees a lot more. We also had to lower his crib because he's starting to pull himself up to a standing position and this momma didn't want him to fall out! It's so weird to see him so low in there but I know it's safer for him.

Hope you all had a great summer weekend!

Possibly a New Start...

I have been browsing here and there for a new job lately. I like my job, yes, but I have been there for awhile and it's really time for me to find something more 'career' like and that I absolutely do NOT get stressed about EVERYDAY! I know your job is supposed to stress you out at times and it's supposed to get overwhelming as well...but seriously, I've been feeling this way for um...about 3 years! I've been trying to quit for about 4 years. LOL! My boss is great and my coworkers, for the most part, have been great! I've been there the longest out of everyone in my office, as well as quite a few before that. It's going to be very hard if I ever do quit. So...the reason for this post is this: I just sent my updated resume to 2 different jobs that I think I could really enjoy. I'm not getting my hopes up, as always. But I really have a feeling these could possibly be a great step in to my career future!

I don't want to get in to details because, again, I'm trying not to get my hopes up and I believe talking about it will get me excited! I'll just say this...one if for a Pediatric dentist as an asst (something I've wanted to do for like...um...FOREVER!) and the other is for a Vision Therapist for children at an optometrists office. Me working with kids is definitely ok with me! So either one of these would be great...I hope.

If ya'll (all 5 of you!) wouldn't mind saying a little prayer for me (not just for the job but for many many reasons--another post, another day), I'd greatly appreciate it! I just REALLY NEED CHANGE in my life right now...and this is a perfect place to start.

Thanks ladies!!!