Showing posts with label happy things. Show all posts
Showing posts with label happy things. Show all posts

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Ten on Ten Eleven.

10 on 10: March 2012

I've been meaning to start Ten on Ten for awhile, and go figure, the first month I finally do it I post a day late. Oh well!

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{Document a snapshot of your life & find beauty among the ordinary things in your day!}


The morning new was running a segment on the Dallas Zoo, and Liam was very interested in all the animals!


Will was sweet and helped me roll diapers for a diaper cake I was making for a friends baby shower that was today!


Between his toys and the dogs, Liam is very good at keeping himself busy while we get ready in the mornings.


La Madeleine's tomato basil soup on a rainy day is a pretty perfect lunch!


Saturday errands included a trip to Target and a new makeup bag for moi!


Somebody was having a good time cheering on the Baylor Bears in Daddy's sweatshirt. Too bad we lost...and Liam promptly crawled out of Daddy's sweatshirt through the neckhole. Ha!


Later someone threw a little temper tantrum and crawled under the couch. And I hear it's only going to get worse!


Finished!

I realllly love making diaper cakes!


Liam has mastered the straw! Woohoo!


A little playtime before bed :)


Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Wednesday Love!

1) I love how much Will loves doing the "Lion King" with Liam! It used to make me nervous, but Liam loves it so much that I had to get over it.


2) I love that I can finally order from the kid's menu! Liam and I had a little "day date" last week and we went shopping and out to lunch at Jason's Deli. I ordered Liam a grilled cheese and fruit and he ate the whole thing!


My little piggy with his mouth full!


At Target he decided to help his Mama push the cart :)

3) I love how Operation Playroom is coming along! We didn't go too crazy so it's pretty much done except for some fun art for the walls. I've been searching Pinterest for some cute DIY ideas - let me know if you see anything!


IKEA bookshelves...Liam just looooves to take ALL the books off of course!

4) I love the pics I quickly took during Liam's one year shoot and I especially love the sneak peak our photographer posted yesterday! We also did some family pictures and she captured the sweetest shot of Liam and Will!


There are a couple I took with my phone, but they are not the best because I spent most of my time jumping around trying to get Liam to smile. He was being such a cheese ball at first, but then he was more interested in the balloons than the camera!


Sweet :)

5) I love how into peekaboo this kid is right now! I love watching him learn new things and get so excited about them.


"Where's Liam?" "There he is!!!"

6) And lastly, I love this picture of my two boys watching TV together.


Linking up with Jamie!

Happy Wednesday!

Thursday, February 23, 2012

I blame the camera

for my lack of blogging. I'm hoping Best Buy calls me SOOOON.

So until then, here are some life moments via the iphone!

I made this yummy dessert earlier in the week. I have this pinned as "the hubs is going to flip" because he loves chocolate and peanut butter so much. I was right!


It's chocolate, peanut butter, and graham crackers - how could you not love that combo?!


(By the way, I have NO idea why these images are so gigantic. This is the first time I've ever uploaded pictures to blogger straight from my iphone - I know, I'm so behind the times - and it just made them this way. At least you get a REALLY big close up of a yummy treat!)


Liam has started reaching new heights with his climbing skills! I'm relieved to say he hasn't figured out how to climb up onto actual furniture yet.


I love the PicFrame app. I think I've mentioned it before? Anyway, I took these pictures of Liam during lunch today. He was giving me sweet faces...and then there's the last one. Ha!



The day after Valentine's I went to Target and got a bunch of cute decorations for 50% off. Valentine's party at my house next year! Who's coming??


Liam has decided when his hands are full it's no big deal. He says, "That's what my mouth is for!"


Liam got his first climbing/cruising injury this past weekend. I'm surprised it took nearly a month for a real spill to happen, but happen it did. Poor thing fell in the tub and got a bruise and a knot. It's only been 3 days though and it's now completely gone!


I took this little nugget for a wagon ride (the weather has been BEYOND amazing here, sorry Northerners!) and this is how he rode most of the trip. Except imagine him sipping on a sippy cup too, totally relaxed!


I was at HomeGoods the other day and was drooling over these nautical pillows! I'm picturing one resting in the cute little adirondack chair my mom got for Liam. I can't wait for summer!


And speaking of pillow-fever, I strolled around with this one in my cart for awhile. I couldn't decide where exactly it would go, so sadly it made it's way back to the shelf :(

I did end up with two books for Liam, socks for Liam, and eating utensils for Liam though. Hmmm....putting away things I want and buying things for my child?? Welcome to motherhood I guess!


I picked up this book for Liam at Half Price Books the other day too. I just love nursery rhymes, but I tend to only know the first few lines and then trail off or make up an ending. Now I know what I'm doing!


Isn't this so cute? These two are like two peas in a pod! Last week, my friend Tracey and I got our cricut on (I seriously need one of those by the way!) while Max and Liam crawled all over the house together. I think they're trying to scheme a way through the baby gate here!

And last but not least...

My dad and I did some painting today!

This $15 estate sale find by my mom was transformed into...



Ta-daa!


The pictures make the highchair look a little lighter and brighter than it really is in person, but I LOVE it so much and can't wait for the birthday boy to use it!

We have pictures in about two weeks and I'm envisioning something like this...




So adorable!

Oh, and I can't WAIT to reveal our weekend project I hinted about in my last post, BUT I have to wait until I get my camera back because the iphone just doesn't do it justice! SORRY!

Monday, February 20, 2012

Misc. Monday - Our Weekends

I forgot to post these, but LAST weekend my mom came over and brought Liam some Valentine goodies! She got him some summer clothes, sandals, and sunshades. She also brought him some heart-shaped marshmallows that he loved!


A present for me??!


Don't mind if I do!



And of course the tissue paper was a big hit!



Thank you Yaya!

Also last weekend Will made spaghetti and meatballs from scratch. As in meatballs, sauce, and noodles! He got the KitchenAid pasta attachment recently and has been patiently waiting for a free day to make it because it does take all day. The sauce is really what takes the longest. I know I've mentioned before on here that Will likes to cook, and he's REALLY good. It was the best spaghetti I've ever had! We had his parents over to eat too. Will had a little surprise about the meatballs he didn't tell them about until the end - they were buffalo meatballs. Sounds weird, but they were soooo good!


Will took a 4 day weekend this weekend so I feel like he's been home forever - I love it!

Thursday night was our Friday so we went out to dinner, ran to Wal-Mart for some cleaning supplies and bath toys for Liam , and had our first Redbox experience. I can't believe what I was missing out on - Redbox is awesome!


Friday we headed to the hospital to visit my Papaw who had to spend the night there for some tests, but he's fine! Then my mom babysat Liam while Will and I went to see The Vow and out to lunch. I really liked The Vow, and I didn't know it was inspired by a true story!

Friday night we took a trip to Lowe's for some craft supplies (pics soon - it's almost finished!) and then just hung out at home.

When we got home on Friday, Liam had a package waiting for him. His ABC book I made came in, and it is so adorable!


This is the book I mentioned I ordered from PaperCoterie.com and got it for only $9. I also ordered a memory box for his keepsakes.

Saturday the boys spent the morning doing what boys do - building forts and running around the house in scooters really fast! We also ran a few errands including handing my camera over to Best Buy for a week because Liam accidentally knocked it off the desk and the auto-focus won't work. Thank goodness for insurance :)




Saturday night Liam went to stay with Will's parents while we went on a belated Valentine's date. We went to Pappas Bros. Steakhouse and it was delicious! We spent over two hours just enjoying each others company, baby free. It was nice, but I missed my little man by the time we got back!


Will's mom sent us this picture. Liam was playing with her tupperware and thought it was a cup so he tried to take a drink!

Sunday we had church, sunday school, lunch at Will's parents house, home for a nap, bible study for me, and then dinner and another Redbox! Liam got promoted this week and I was nervous how he would do because he was pretty close with his old teachers, but he did great! He played the whole time and only cried when I came to pick him up. He always cries when he sees me and I don't immediately scoop him up. I was just grabbing his diaper bag first - I'm such a mean mama!

Today we are putting the finishing touches on our weekend project, and if the weather is as nice as it's supposed to be then we are taking a nice long walk!


Here's a sneak peak of our little project. Can you tell what it is?

I also want to clean out the cabinets under our kitchen sink with all the cleaning supplies. I want to get it nice and organized and then lock it up! Liam hasn't discovered the kitchen cabinets yet, but I'm sure it will come soon.

I would loooove for it to look something like these when I'm done...


{all images via Pinterest}

And I have to add a short video of Liam's latest trick. He started making kissy sounds! I could just eat him up I love it so much!


Happy President's Day!
Enjoy the day off...if you have it :)

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