We're Back!

Time to dust off our little piece of the internet

Life has been crazy, 

which is the only excuse I can make

for my lack of blogging about our

crazy life with a toddler.

Turns out house hunting & buying a home

take up a lot more time than I expected.

(kidding, kind of)

On July 20th, after 4 months of searching

we are officially homeowners & are SO EXCITED.

We got VERY lucky & found a home

in the town that we wanted, in an amazing

little neighborhood, in our price range

& all that needed to be done was some floor

staining & some wall painting.

(& some shrub pulling)

Oh, & there is a Target, Ulta, Starbucks

& Chick fil a walking distance from our house.

(That's what really sold me)

Before we could move in we wanted

to have the downstairs completely done

for the obvious reason that attempting

to paint with a toddler would probably = HELL.

So here are some before & afters of what we

have done so far.

Here is the listing pictures of the living room

which they were using as a dining room

Here is a before shot of the living room

once we were in the house:

during the process:

& after:

Here is the dining room from the listing pictures

which they were using as the formal living room:

The walls were an olive green color that

 made the room feel super small.

(I could not have ripped those curtains down quick enough)

Here is our dining room in the process:

& after the floors were stained

The staircase also got stained

but it's still a work in process

that should be finished up today (thanks boo!)

We move in on Saturday &

I will continue to post 

all about our process,

& of course, about life with
 this little nugget.

This is going to be fun!

The Coldest Winter There Ever Was

Seriously.

Guys, 8 degrees. EIGHT.

I don't mesh well with the winter weather

when it's in the 30's & 40's

but EIGHT damn degrees with

NEGATIVE wind chills.

You can forget about it.

We've basically been hibernating.

I think Cam's getting sick of it too.

Poor girl probably has the worst

cabin fever, I feel ya girl.

Dressing Cam up in all of her

 summer clothes has totally helped

us cope with this nonsense.

& we've been taking

a few trips to the mall to

run some of that energy off.

I must say I have one good

shopping buddy ;)

Those lopsided piggies.

So until the weather gets

above the single digits again

I'll be sitting home doing this

all day, every day.

Super Bowl Sunday

Since my Packers were booted out-

I didn't have much interest in the Super Bowl

this year, except for the apps of course.

I made this

marinated cheese

which was hands down everyone's fav.

I say omit the cheddar & just go

with cream cheese.

It's the best.

these

brie bites

&

the classic Frank's Red Hot

buffalo chicken dip because.. duh.

Cam had the perfect outfit filled

with Seahawks colors so we decided

to just route for them ;)

Baby chucks, I can't even.

She's starting to smile for the camera

rather than her usual grump face she gives

me whenever she knows I'm trying to take a selfie.

YAY!

Baby Gap Love

As far as Baby Gap goes I can only shop in store.

They seem to have WAY better prices

in store (more sales) & just like when

I'm shopping for myself I just need to 

see them in person, am I cray?

Anyway, I had some Gapcash so I 

decided to pop in today & they

happened to also be having an AMAZING

sale- like 50% off all sale items sale.

I got these four items & one more tee for only

$28 after using my Gapcash- winning!

Denim Dress  // Bird Tee

Like Tee // All I Want Is Everything Tee

Thisclose to getting these:

I Heart You Sleep Set // Floral Hi-Lo Sweater

Denim Jacket // Swim Suit

Currently.

There is a whole lotta this

mixed with some of this

because of these

& this guy

had to go work on the power lines

in Boston because of this

x10

Thank goodness for this

& Gigi only living 5 minutes away

because we might be hibernating here until

Daddy gets back home.

Or maybe until spring, who knows.

The Bow Rebel

Welp guys, it's official,

Cam's a bow hater.

The second I put one in,

she rips it right out.

I might be more sad than I 

should be about this.

I just want her to wear pretty,

sparkly bows every damn day.

 Here mom, youuuu can take this back.

Okay, you don't want it?

I'll just eat it & stare you straight

in the eyes while I do it.

Just for effect.

At least she lets me dress

her in humungous, furry vests.

We'll see how long that lasts, sigh.

Oh, & the fabulous,

purple, sparkly bow is

from JumpingandJellyBean

We'll try again tomorrow ;)

Some Toddler Must Haves

Now that Cam's a TODDLER

like, what??

we've established that there

are quite a few things that make

the days go just a little bit smoother ;)

I.

Comfort blanket

I started giving this blanket to Cam

when she was like 6 months old.

Everytime I lay her in her crib

she pops in her paci & rubs her

little blanket on her face until she falls asleep.

II.

Gymboree classes.

Or anything similar.

This age is so perfect to introduce

them to other babes & it's so

cute to see them interact.

Not to mention it helps with the

cabin fever that the winter brings 'round here.

III.

Mum mums

A must for the baby stage

a must for the toddler stage.

These are our saving grace

during the grueling 10 minute car rides

that we have to take to get basically anywhere.

I just hand her a mum-mum 

or three

& she's good.

 Just like her mama,

food makes her happy.

IV.

Wipe pouch

Okay, these are genius.

The plastic wipe cases just seem

to take up so much more room than

these & they have a lanyard 

to hang them anywhere so they don't get lost in

the deep, dark abyss that is the diaper bag.

& when you have a toddler, wipes

are VERY necessary for things far

beyond the diaper such as; hand germs, boogs,

& the amazing snack pouch messes.

V.

Mega Bloks

Surprisingly, these things keep

Cam occupied for like hours

& she's actually quite the architect

Friday Favorites

I.

American Idol

Chris & I started watching it this season

& it seems like they show a lot less

of the horrible auditions than they used to.

II.

Disney World

We officially booked our trip to

the happiest place & I CAN NOT WAIT.

We're road tripping down so any & all

advice on road tripping with a toddler is welcome :)

III.

Costco.

We decided to join this week & although

it's the most overwhelming store in all the land

I think I like it.

mainly because of all the free samples.

IV.

This outfit.

Cam wore this on New Year's Eve

& it was just perfect.

The outfit is Truly Scrumptious 

& the moccs are Hellomoccs

V.

70 days until the first day of spring.

WE CAN DO THIS GUYS!

A Snow Day

Cam's snow day lasted about

5 minutes & it was 5 minutes of pure joy.

As you can tell here:

& here:

Yeaaaah, she had no reaction to it.

She kind of just stood there, frozen.

Figuratively speaking. Don't worry she was well bundled ;)

:)