Oh exercise. Don’t most of us have a love/hate relationship with the thing? Love the way it makes us feel, hate everything else about it. Well over the years my relationship with fitness has started to lean almost completely towards love with only a little bit of hate 😉
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1. I lived in Germany for 5 years—loved it! Have dreamed of going back ever since we left my junior year of high school.
2. I’m an Army brat—see above. Read More
I love this. I love this because life has been hard lately and knowing, hoping that it will get better is getting me through it.
My beloved grandpa, my mom’s dad, is dying. There is no nice way to put it. He had a stroke two years ago and it has been an uphill battle ever since. When I was in college, I was over at my grandparent’s home so so much and we grew quite close. I am so sad that I have not been able to get down to Florida as much as I would have liked these past few years. I am even sadder watching my mom handle this heartbreak. It’s a pain I never imagined.
I am so happy that my little sister lives there. She is amazing and has been there for our mom and grandpa in such a wonderful way.
My mom has been down there often and right now she has been gone two weeks. Which I know isn’t an eternity but dammit she’s the Lorelai to my Rory and I miss drinking coffee and hanging out.
My parents live down the street (yay!) so while my mom is out of town I’ve been taking care of my dad. Yes, my fifty something year old dad who flew in the Army for 20+ years, fought in wars and traveled the world needs my help. Men. Lol. I’m happy to do it but I think it’s getting to the kids. It’s just so different from our usual routine….going over there during the day to an empty house, going grocery shopping more often than usual, etc. They are starting to act out and it’s throwing me for a loop. I find myself turning on them when I should be turning to them. I feel awful for that.
I have been trying to still take them to fun places and distract them/myself from what is going on but they, especially Louis, know something is up. Since Judy was born, we have only gone down to Florida a few times but Louis remembers great grandpa. Loves him. Thought his house (retirement home) was amazing. Pretends his chair is a wheelchair so he can be like great grandpa. I just don’t know how to tell him what is happening. He knows grandma is visiting great grandpa because he is sick. I don’t know how to tell him that he won’t get to see his great grandpa again.
All I hope for is that this is all going to get better.
I love and I mean LOVE downtown Huntsville. It is historic, adorable and damn near perfect. Now if only we could afford a home there! In the meantime, I will casually pose in front of other people’s home and pretend it’s mine. hah!
My love for downtown does not stop at our little city…my first true love is New York. My parents took us there for the first time the summer before 9/11 and it’s been love ever since. The year I went to school in Baltimore, I went several times and my husband and I went there for our honeymoon. Haven’t been back since…think we need to remedy that soon!
Long story short…this shirt gives me all the feels. Paired with this city coat and my trusty red glasses and we were ready for a morning of exploring!
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My dearest little girl is now two. I am the mother of a two year old and a three year old…hard to believe sometimes!
I’d like to tell you a little bit about Miss Judy before I share details of her party 🙂
I found out I was pregnant with her when Louis was just 11 months old. I always wanted my kids to be close in age but this was definitely a little quicker than we planned! It took a while to get pregnant with Louis so we assumed the same would happen for the second…not so much!
I’m lucky in that I really enjoyed being pregnant both times and had uncomplicated pregnancies. My only issue was my own paranoia…I can be such a spaz and definitely had to work on staying out of my own way!
Judy’s due date was Valentine’s Day but she was was induced on February 6. I was 39 weeks but she was very low and large headed (that’s why she’s so smart lol) and I risked an emergency c-section if I waited much longer. So, all that being said, we chose the 6th so she would have the same birthday as her brother and we headed to the hospital at 5 AM that morning…which I loved since I am a morning person.
At around 8 AM, they broke my water and by lunchtime she had arrived! Like with Louis, I chose to do an unmedicated/natural delivery which meant right after she was born, I was able to get up and walk over to where she was being measured and bathed and marvel at my brand new sweet baby girl! We then walked over to recovery and enjoyed some cuddles and dress up 🙂
7lb, 4oz of love!
So now without further ado, let’s talk about Judy’s big day!
For her second birthday we went with a Judy’s Favorite Things theme. Featuring hearts, the color pink and lots of sweets!
All these dishes are from Target…what can I say, I like what I like! Got the little felt mail boxes from the dollar section and filled them with treats for our little guests 🙂
Judy’s not much of a cake girl…just eats the frosting off, so I baked her a cookie cake, chocolate frosted brownies, cookie sandwiches and cake pops.
Louis, the ever helpful big brother, made sure she was able to unwrap all her gifts 😉
Now I think I know what he wants for his birthday…
Happy Birthday Judy…we love you so much!
I live in Huntsville aka Rocket City, AL. I could bore you with all of the awesome history of Huntsville and the space program during the 1960s but I’ll cut to the chase and tell you that we have an awesome museum dedicated to it and we love taking the kids there!
It was so cold the day we were playing at Rocket Park…pretty sure the high for the day was 32! That’s cold for Alabama my friends. Funny thing is, I remember when I used to walk to/from work when we lived in Baltimore that anything above 30 in the winter felt down right balmy.
Yes, the kids are wearing matching jackets and I love it. Judy’s coat was actually Lou’s but I just loved this Old Navy coat so I held onto it for her!
And since it was so cold, I busted out my fur hat. Thanks to my dad for getting this on one of his flights to Russia back in the day!
This Jcrew purse was a recent score from an Instagrammer’s closet and I love it so much! It is perfect for mom life. Need to be hands free at all times!
Had to head inside before too long….too cold!
You may recognize my skirt from the AlieExpress post I did a few posts back…it is actuallly that dress! My leather jacket was a Target clearance score from last winter but my sweater is a current Gap clearance score. Shop savvy friends!
