Giggles.

Short background info:  C was playing on his playmat and the song "Day-O" came on the toddler tunes station on Pandora.  I started to sing the part you will hear me sing 80 billion times along with bouncing Elmo around at the same time and this is what resulted ...

Seriously, I could've done it for hours.

And last but not least the WINNER (via random.org) of the adorable A Vintage Love giveaway IS, drumroll please ...

BRITT at The Good Life!  Which is SO fun because she's having a little boy very soon!  Britt comment on this post so I'll have your email address and I'll make sure I get it to Kenzi.  Congrats momma!  You have to make sure and post a picture of your little man in his onesie when he gets here!

That's all friends.  I hope everyone's weekend is as hilarious as C thinks Elmo is!

Pupdates!

"Hay maw, kain't uh jus leyk his heyd jus WUNCE!?!"

 "Mah-be if uh mooves rul slo she kain't see meh."

"I'll jus cweep in rullllll slo." 

"FREEZ!  Uh tinkz she sawe meh." 

Oh and by the way, HAPPY ST. PATTY'S DAY!!!



Happy Birfday Claytonious!

Today is my little brother, Clay's (Clayton, Claytonious, Bulldozer and so on and so forth), 27th birfday!  Happy birfday old man, I sure hope you know your big sis loves you VERY much!  Even if you did chase me with a butter (butter people, I said BUTTER not butcher) knife for stealing your water balloons when you were 11 years old (don't ask).

{Here he is with me holding him as a wittle baby.  Awwwww.}

{Here we are at his rehearsal dinner 3 years ago.  Well HELLO weight-loss goal Katie.  There you are.}

{Here we are with his precious wifey (my Silly) at my stepdad's birfday party LAST year.}

{Here we are (with our momma) last summer at Lake Michigan while I was 7 months preggers.}

{And here he is holding his nephew for the first time.}

I hope you have a wonderful day bud.  Love you little brother and C loves his Unkie Clay!

(PS - Don't forget to enter my Giveaway to win a darling onesie or toddler tee!  It closes at 10pm on Thursday night.  Because let's be real, I'm not staying up until midnight to pick the winner.  Momma needs her beauty sleep!)

One Year Ago Today ...

... I woke up Monday morning after a weekend in San Antonio, took one of the most important tests of my life and saw ...

... but wasn't sure if it was REALLY a plus and wanted to be SURE when I told the Mister so I went on to work ...

... got to work where I proceeded to wait with the patience of 2 year old waiting for anything, leading me to leave work 30 minutes after I got there, buy another important (digital) test and take it in the bathroom at work.  Waited 400 million 3 minutes and saw ...

... at which point it became really real.  Got home and waited until NINE THIRTY PEE-EM (ahem, thank you Mister's old work for making him work late on the least patient day of my life) for the Mister to come home and see this ...

... little setup that I had waiting at the door for him.  Leading, 9 months later (33 1/2 weeks to be exact), to our (and my blog, let's just be honest here) lives changing in the most amazing way possible by the entrance of this little guy ...

I love you March 15th.

GIVE-A-WAY!

That's right chickadees (and chickadude, but you can't enter sugar, conflict of interest and such).  Get excited about this cuteness.  Because I am.  Kenzi of A Vintage Love has so graciously agreed to host a giveaway for one of my lucky readers!  Let's take a brief moment to check out the cuteness that is her work ...

Um.  First of all I want every little boy onesie she makes.  Every one.  Adorable.  Second, I KINDA want the Minnie Mouse bag for myself.  Sewiously.

SO.  What's up for grabs you ask?  Well, lemme tell ya.  One lucky reader will win either a onesie or toddler shirt (depending on the age of your little lovebug) of your choosing.  You will just email Kenzi with your design choice and size.  How do you enter you ask?  Well, lemme tell ya.

1. - Become a follower of my blog or already be a follower of my blog and comment. (1 entry)

2. - Visit and become a follower of Kenzi's blog and comment to let me know you did. (1 entry)

3. - Tell me what you would pick if you do win and comment. (1 entry)

4. - Post about this giveaway on your blog, make sure to mention Kenzi's blog in your post. (2 entries)

And that's it!  I'll pick the winner via random.org Thursday night and announce on Friday.  Good luck ladies!!! (and gent but again you're not allowed to enter Mister, conflict of interest remember?)

Wish List.

Dear Santa,

What?  It's not Christmas anymore?  Dadgummit.

Dear Easter Bunny,

What?  I'm too OLD to get goodies from the Easter Bunny?  Dadgummit.

Dear 30th Birfday Fairy,

{Now don't even THINK about telling me she doesn't exist.  I'm turning 30.  Whatever I want to believe to make this giant pothole in life a little more bearable, just let me believe.}

I'm LOVING ...

{I know this is so long time ago, but Rachel Zoe's assistant Taylor's sideways cross necklace is a semi-obsession of mine right now.}

{Freakin' love this gold monogram necklace.}

{And pretty much anything this guy does.  Pic found here}

{But this one in particular.  Because a.) it's awesome, and b.) it's C's birfstone.  It's meant. to. be.}

SOOOO if any of you rich people were wondering what to get me for my 30th, there you have it.

But let's focus on something that Y'ALL will want!  What do I speak of you say?  How 'bout ...

A GIVEAWAY!!!

More details to follow, but here's a little sneak peak of the cuteness that you could win for your (or someone you love's) baby or toddler!

I met cute Kenzi of A Vintage Love at the Richardson High School's Main Street Market last weekend and contacted her to see if she'd be interested in a giveaway because I thought her onesies were SO cute!  There were several I'm thinking about ordering for C, and don't you worry there will be boy examples posted on Monday along with details on how to enter.  So get excited about the giveaway and be thinking about what you'll pick if you win! 

That's it from me!  Happy weekend all!!!

I Never Realized ...

... that something so adorable could produce something that's smell evokes my upchuck reflex.

... that I could survive on so little sleep.

... that a baby that weighs 8 lbs could shoot breast milk (and/or formula a few months later) 5 feet across the room mid-burp.

... that I could learn to take apart, wash, put back together and pour a baby bottle all in a zombie-like state.

... that the blue bulb sucker is used for sucking the ever-lovin' daylights (boogers) out of your child's nose.

... that the blue bulb sucker = torture, or at least that's what your baby will make it seem like.

... that the swing, papisan, pacifier and Elmo would all become my very best friends.

... that I could vacuum, load the dishwasher and do laundry all while wearing a baby (Bjorn).

... that the idea of anyone with a runny nose or cough within a 5 mile radius would cause me to turn in my path, throw a blanket over my child's carseat and run like women shopping at Kohls on Black Friday in the opposite direction.

... that I could be peed on so many times, and laugh each one.

... that I had a "momma bear" inside of me. A momma T-Rex might be more like it.

... that one little smile could make my entire world.

... that I would dance around, sing, make faces, pretty much act a fool, just to see that smile.

... that having a healthy child is such an incredible blessing.

... that the immediate feelings of intense sympathy and hurt that I would feel for any mother that had ever lost a child would be so overwhelming it would bring me to tears.

... that I couldn't wait for our son to be born and "out" of my stomach but now sometimes I'd give anything to put him back in so that I'd know he'd always be safe.

... that I could possibly have the urge to worry any more than I used to.

... that I could love my husband any more than I already did.

... that I could love someone I had never even met more than anyone I already knew (next to the Mister of course).

... that I could see the love the Father has for us, His children, in a whole new light.

... that this face would and will cause me to do anything to make him happy.