Unexpected blogging breaks are welcomed….and well, unexpected. Ha. Thank you, Captain Obvious Kacia. It means my time is spent doing a million other things, but it also means I get behind on posts I had planned. It’s like anything that causes you to get behind, I guess. Definitely nothing new. ….so you can just ignore the sentences I just wrote. Definitely stating the obvious. Ha.
I have some fun things to share, some giveaways planned and well, some explanations for my quietness coming up too. Life is chaotic and grand and crazy and tiring and beautiful.
I’m holding on for the ride, trusting His timing and hand — and getting smothered with kisses and drool amidst it all.
I’ll give you one chance to guess who is making him smile.
The love that Harlow has for her little brother is incredible — when he fusses, she runs to his side saying, “it’s okay Jonesy…I’m right here. It’s okay. It’s okay! I’m right here!”
And there is no one who can make him smile and giggle like she can.
Have a wonderful Friday! I could stop blogging today: this post is my absolute favorite.
After celebrating as a little family here in Pittsburgh, we loaded up the car and made a 2-day trek out to Wisconsin for our second Christmas celebration (our third and final celebration is this coming weekend!). We did a lot of relaxing and cooki-ing. <– that’s the verb for eating a lot of cookies, if you didn’t know.
We played a lot of Phase 10, Hand and Foot and Pinochle. We ate lefse and spotted deer in the backyard. Harlow and Babu found a 5′ patch of snow and tried to go sledding. We fixed up my featherweight and sewed even more. Aunt TeeTee spoiled her nieces and nephews — she’s so crazy talented. We giggled. We smothered cousins in kisses, and we giggled some more.
All in all, it was an amazing time with family. We are still waiting to get back into normalcy: we drove back and dove right into more plans and company. It’s all been so so so good and I wouldn’t trade any of it! And I’m also excited for our schedules to calm down just a bit…
In the words of Harlow, “that’s o-tay, right?”
Happy Monday! How were your celebrations? Trees still up? (ours are!) I want to hear!
Can’t believe this year is coming to an end — so thankful for so much this past year. Excited for new adventures and new memories to be had and made in this new year!
We entered the world of fakery when we decided on a rainy Saturday. We budgeted for the tree we thought we were going to get, found one we liked better in person for about half the cost….got the last one, which was a floor model, so we got a discount. Grabbed a tree bag to bring it home and store it in, given it had no box (display one), but the bag was clearly used and returned…complete with a hole and a broken zipper, so that came along with our tree for tree.
Harlow posed with the forest behind her, so we’d always this tree-fetching remember the moment. She’s of course doing her best ostrich face.
Then Jones got all dressed up for a birthday party that afternoon for our sweet friends JoJo and baby Marion-berry. Do you remember this squishy babe? She’s turning one. HOW.
Then we got Thai take out, put on Elf for the first time this year — Harlow loved it — and decorated the tree. We have the cutest spot of ornaments all about to fall off of the 2 needles they are each somehow perched upon, but Harlow was so proud and so into decorating the tree.
I thought two was a magical Christmas year….but I think it just keeps getting better.
Then we all slept in (past 6:30 that is….) and it was glorious.
After church, Jones modeled the mega-pom hat design that was in my head for a while, but needed to become a reality. I had to keep asking him to quit rolling over.
Yes. ROLLING. He started the day he turned two months, and hasn’t stopped since. I want to cry.
Not ready yet, Jonesy.
Oh! And I finally got my act together and created the instagram account I’ll use for flash sales — think hats and boots and diaper rags and who knows what else.
I promise to try and keep the awesome factor high. Well that and the pompom size awesome, too.
Then we got all fancy for the Reindeer Ball, and we wrangled Jeff, our neighbor, into taking our photo. He got some really great ones of us smiling and looking fancy-schmancy….but
Harlow is obsessed with her pink princess dress and couldn’t stop telling Andy how handsome he was.
I totally agree, Harls. I totally agree.
Then Harlow awesomely photobombed our red light selfie. And we all got a case of the giggles.
That guy is pretty handsome, isn’t he?
And then we arrived and we all had a blast. Harlow and her friend Charlotte tore up the dance floor, met Santa (and his 20 year old wife ;) and I don’t think either of them lost their smile for more than it took to beg for more ice cream.
Thank you, Kate, Brian and Charlotte for inviting us to join you this year at the Reindeer Ball — we love you guys!
And then we came home to a house with Christmas tree lights shining through front windows, and I couldn’t help but smile. I told Andy that I want to start putting the Christmas tree up the minute the temperature starts to get cold, because it puts me in such an amazing mood seeing it standing in our living room sparkling away.
Cheesy, I know, but true. And now that we have a fake tree, I can leave it up forever! I kid. I kid.
But this guy is serious.
Happy Monday!
xo
The sentence structure and grammar in this post is downright awful, but I’m leaving it. xo!
It all started with this photo. I was getting ready one morning and plopped a few days old swaddled Jones into his Sleepi bassinet. He just was so calm and peaceful, and when I went to take a photo, I loved how the oval bassinet looked — like a little ray of baby sunshine.
I’m so cheesy. I know.
I love this bassinet and sleep system so much, because Stokke has truly thought of just about everything. The bassinet is trim and well made — it has lockable wheels, so it can be moved around or kept in place. It is an investment up front, but then this bassinet converts into a full size crib… toddler bed…and then a desk! It’s not something you have to retire when your child turns 2 or 3! That’s for sure.
So until he fits no more….(And then I’ll have to figure out a way to continue with his fullsize crib!)… #SleepiJonesy
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