spa day

i turn 32 on saturday.

t h i r t y - t w o

what the heck.

since i have an 8 week old at home

and i'm 10 lbs too heavy,

i decided to have a little spa day with ronnie

instead of go out.

we're getting massages and facials

and then i signed myself up for a wrap.

i've never done one and i don't know if

they actually work, but it sounded amazing

so i thought i'd give it a try.

here's how the website describes the one i picked:

Green Espresso Wrap, 75 min.

Slimming and toning wrap stimulates your body’s ability to break down fat, increase metabolism and eliminate water retention. Smooths your skin’s overall texture, visibly reducing cellulite areas.

 

sounds amazing, yes?

and if you live in the kc area,

i really do like this place.

its the same spa i took my bridesmaids to when i got married.

 

 

so now i'm super excited for saturday.

ronnie's sister agreed to spend the

morning with our girls so we could go enjoy ourselves.

this will be the first time i leave reid,

which i hate,

but i need to get used to it because i go back to work on

MONDAY.

 

ahhhh!

 

house tour - part three

here we are,

another five months down the road

and definitely not finished like i thought we would be.

i should never use the word "finished."

this house might never be completely done,

but i at least thought we'd have all our walls done by now.

instead, we actually don't have any walls done.

w t f

 

there has been progress made though.

trim done in kitchen, living room, dining room.

wood planks up in dining room and living room.

decorating done upstairs.

not to mention, we became a family of four.

trying to do all this work with two young kids in

the house is no small feat.

and when i take a look at our first video,
(already two months into renovations)

i'm thankful we've come as far as we have.

 

if you'd like to go down memory lane with our house
read this.  and see original photos here.
 

here we are today.



i just need patience.

well, patience and a hired hand.

and in a few weeks,

we will have officially owned this home for a year,

even though we've only been moved in since february

because of all the construction.

 

things will probably be looking much better by next fall and

i'm excited for all our upcoming/ongoing projects.

 

1. wood plank family room

2. skim coat entry way/ back bathroom walls

3. fix/paint trim in entry way/family room/back bathroom

4. paint all the downstairs walls

5. hang pendant lights over kitchen island

6. build shelving unit for living room

7. white wash brick on downstairs fireplace

8. new countertops in master bath and sewing desk

9. tile all bathroom floors

10. crown molding in master bedroom

11. hang ceiling fan in master bedroom.

12. build bench/cubbies/coat rack by back door

and maybe one day

13. reconfigure and replace master bathroom

 

and that's just the inside.

we also need to

 

1. replace rotten siding

2. repaint house and shed

3. add addition parking

4. cut down trees

5. rip out shrubs/weeds/flower beds

6. level the ground and plant grass

7. add landscaping

and maybe one day

8. build a shop

 

whew.

we have a long ways to go.

and we probably need a winning lottery ticket,

but i have great things in store for this house

and i love getting to see it come to life.

 

 

 

friday giggles

 

i saw these videos on facebook

and i was literally crying laughing.

i gave myself a headache.

 

 

so enjoy.

enjoy your friday.

enjoy your weekend.

enjoy your time off.

 

and have a laugh.

 

 

 

 

long weekend

we had a nice weekend.

we started off going to the lake.

i think ronald is seriously considering the camper life.

unfortunately, i'm going to have to kill those dreams,

well, at least until we have a few other things first.

but i will admit,

its nice to just  r e l a x  and not worry about

anything else around the house.

plus, brette would totally be a lake rat if we let her.

she loved it.

i was surprised considering she wasn't

that interested in swimming this summer,

but she couldn't get enough of the lake.

 

 

then on sunday ronnie headed back to lees summit

to work on painting the house,

while the girls and i went to my aunt mickie's

for a dual birthday party.

aden turned 12 and miss eden turned 3.

it was nice to spend the day with the family and EAT.

there were four desserts... i tried them all.

 

 

and to round out the long weekend we were all

at my parent's for our monday night dinner

and ronnie got to pick the meal.

not. too. shabby.

 

 

by the time we got back home,

all of our bananas were brown.

a good excuse to do some baking with B

while reid took her morning nap.

 

hope everyone had a lovely weekend!

 

 

fall booties

ok guys,

i found some super cute

CHEAP

shoes for the fall.

at kohl's.

we're rarely there but

ronald wanted to look for a royals shirt

so i meandered over to the shoe section.

i loved these and when i saw that they

were on sale and only $25, i jumped on them.

and yes, i'm going back and getting them in black too.

dresses, leggings, jeans...

they're perfect.

 

 

 

so if you see me over the next few months,

i'm probably going to be in a pair of these.

i'm so excited for the new season,

fall is my favorite.

but first we have to bid farewell to summer

over a long labor day weekend.

which ps - wish me luck:

we were invited to the lake and

we've decided to take the girls.

it's a first for us (and them) and i'm trying

to decide how we're going to manage.

 

and what to pack.

f i n g e r s  c r o s s e d

getting little by little

ok, so i've been on my "diet" one week.

i'm going to start off confessing there was a cheat meal involved.

saturday night ronnie and i rented a movie and

ate cheeseburgers and fries.

whoops.

but for the rest of time i was good.

i really wanted to see some results so

i was very conscience of my food choices.

we even ate lunch at the zoo on sunday and

i had a grilled chicken asian chop salad. 

that was hard when everyone around me had

pizza, ice cream and french fries.

so far i've lost 2 freaking pounds.
that's it.
when i did this after brette,
week one i lost 7 lbs. so this is a bit of a let down.

i'm going to keep on going in hopes to get off all 10-15 lbs.

 it just might take me awhile.

here's what i'm doing:

keep in mind i'm nursing and hungry all the time,

so i eat  s e v e r a l  times a day.

 

8:00am - protein shake or 2 eggs with bacon/sausage

(this depends on my time and who's awake,

but 5 out of the 7 days, i had a protein shake.

but if you do have the time,

 you can add ANY meat, cheese and veggies and make an omelet

or just make scrambled eggs with sausage or bacon.)

 

 

10:30 - 2 turkey sticks and a cheese stick

(i love that these are so easy to grab and go.

most days we're out of the house by this time,

so it's easy for me to eat these while driving or throw

them in the diaper bag for later.)

 

 

1:00 - salad

(i am LOVING the ready made salad bags.

have you ever tried them?

so easy and so good.

i bought 5 last week and had one everyday for lunch.

i always get caesar, but there are other options.

all you have to do is add some sort of protein.)

 

 

3:30 - celery and peanut butter

and if i'm still starving, 1/4 cup of almonds or peanuts

(you can't go wrong with peanut butter in my book,

i'd eat it off of anything.)

 

6:30 - meat and veggies

(i grilled up several hamburger patties, pork cutlets

and made a chicken dish.  i took turns either adding it to

my salad at lunch or eating them for dinner.  then i just

added a veggie... green beans or zucchini are my favorites.)

 

nothing after dinner AND i drink three of my 32oz mugs of water.

if my sweet tooth kicks in,

then i add a grape packet to my water and chug

or go grab a piece of gum.

 

 

here's to another week
and hopefully, a few more pounds gone!
 

sleep thief

my baby is giving me a run for my money.

every night she tries something new.

i love schedules.

or at least routines.

it helps me plan my day and

get through my nights.

if i know that i will only get up once

and still get 7 hours of sleep a night,

then i'm all good.

but we seem to be going back and forth

on whether or not she is sleeping through the night

and it makes getting up hard because

I KNOW she can do this.

let's go back...

magically, last tuesday, reid started sleeping through the night.

halleluiah.

i would put her down at 10:00 and she

would sleep until 5:00.

then she'd go back down until 7:30.

she did it three nights in a row.

i thought we had this thing licked.

i got lucky with easy sleepers TWICE.

it was the exact same schedule we originally had when brette

was a newborn and i felt good about how this was going to work out. 

then friday night she decided to go back to her

old stomping ground and get up at 3:00.

dang it.

once brette slept through the night she

never went back, so i was just assuming reid would too.

saturday night was all sorts of weird.

she fell asleep at 8:30 instead of 10:00.

what?!

she was so exhausted so i went with it.

but i woke her back up at 10:30 to nurse

in hopes of getting her to sleep until 5:00 or 6:00.

she woke up at 4:20.

not too bad, but i was hoping for more.

after i nursed her she slept until 8:00.

later than normal.

cut to sunday.

once again she fell asleep by 8:30

only this time i didn't wake her back up.

i wanted to see how long she'd go.

she woke up at 4:20.
EIGHT HOURS.
what. the. heck.
amazing!
i'm have no clue what she'll do tonight,
but i like where she is heading.

also, let me add that i put her in crib on saturday and sunday

because 8:30 was too early to have her in our room sleeping.
i think the extra room might be helping.

if she keeps this up, then we might be done with the bassinet altogether.

it's little sad she's ready for her crib,

 but it's also a moment i look forward to.

babies are loud sleepers and

this mamma hears every noise.

so who knows.

its throwing me off that every night is different

because that's just not the way i roll.

give me my routine!

i know she'll figure this out.

i just need to be patient and

count my blessings.

here's a bunch of pics of reid sleeping last week...

on her lounger

on papa

in a pack-n-play for her first sleepover

and in my arms

sleepy little thing, isn't she?