february

we spent most of our weekends in february

FINALLY finishing the master shower.

it took longer than i thought it would,

which is no surprise because ronnie takes longer

than i think doing almost everything. 

the glass company came today and put the door on.

i LOVE the look of a frame-less shower door. 

it looks so clean.

i have to wait one more day and i can shower in it.

ronnie did some final paint touch-ups and caulking, but

in 24 hours, you better believe, that's where i'll be.

and can i just remind you what this piece of shit used to look like?

i know. i love it too.

we also spent most of february fighting snow and sickness.

the   s  n  o  w .

i hate it so much and it won't stop.

i don't think the kids have had school on a wednesday

in four week and i haven't worked a full

week in a month.

we keep getting ice and snow to where i can't drive to work

or the kids don't have school.

thank god my work is understanding, but i feel super bad

to be working from home so much.

and then last weekend a bug hit our house.

brette went down first.

then reid.

and finally ronnie.

he's still fighting it, but the girls are finally feeling better.

i had to take brette in and get antibiotics because she

wasn't getting better. 

we did manage to get out and have some fun too.

my grandma's birthday was this month, so we had a 

little family luncheon to celebrate. 

my parents were watching madeline and eden so 

they asked if they could have brette and reid too for 

a big sleepover.

they don't even have to ask.

OF COURSE they can take the girls for the night.

ronnie and i went to dinner with some friends (about an hour away) for

some prime rib (although i ordered shrimp and it was amazing).

then we went to a little country bar - which i loved - and 

met up with more friends.

it was a fun night. 

then this weekend we had tickets to eric church.

i had seen him before and loved him so 

i was excited to go.

we both agreed he puts on an amazing concert and

if you're a country music fan - i would recommend him. 

and that's basically february. 

i'm hoping for a warm front to come through

and heat things up around here. 

i think its 3 degrees outside right now.

maybe by the end of march we'll have some

green grass and budding trees. 

fingers crossed. 

january

sooo, i accidentally went all month without blogging.

we spent new years even in bed.

it sucked and i hated it.

there's something about sending nye at home that's

a bit depressing and made me feel old. 

on january 2nd, i started the 21 day fix diet

with a group of girls.

it turned out to be a great start to a healthy year.

if you haven't heard of it, i'd totally recommend it.

my biggest suggestion: download the app. 

you can buy the containers at walmart and 

i google searched the work outs on you tube.

i also had a fun night out with my girlfriends at

a fundraiser for the local hospital. 

it's was a vegas theme: fire and ice.

there was lots of sparkle and it was fun to dress up.

brette started basketball. 

i know.

i was shocked too when she agreed to play.

she is LOVING it and she sucks.

lol.

i realized after watching her first practice that she

has never actually touched a basketball.

i bought her one the next week and she is constantly 

dribbling it around the house.

she doesn't have enough strength to get the ball

to the hoop, but its a lot of fun to watch her play. 

ronnie is tiling the master shower.

FINALLY.

he's taking forever. literally forever.

but i am excited to see it at least get started.

i told him i'd like to take a shower in my own

bathroom for valentine's day, but i know

he's never going to make that deadline.

i think a more realistic goal would be march.

it's annoying but i'm trying not to complain. 

reid is crazy.

she screams a lot and cries over everything.

she also has a flair for the dramatics because

she'll run down the hallway screaming and slam her door.

i think its a good glimpse of our life in 10 years. 

she most happy when i promise her she'll see mimi and papa

and literlly hit me one day at her school when i picked her up

instead of papa. 

it's a bit ridiculous and i'm hoping the closer we get to 4 years 

old the further apart her melt downs will be.

right now, i'd love to just go one day.

that's basically all that's going on.

lots of snow and lots of football watch parties.

i think all of KC is still a little heartbroken about the chiefs.

but here we go into february!

most wonderful time of the year

christmas celebrations have been going on for 6 weeks.

lets just say, this christmas season feels like eternity. 

it's good, because i love this time of year, but i also

feel like i've been going and going and going.

my company has THREE different holidays parties.

the first for our trades, the second for our team and 

the third for our department. 

i also had our annual christmas breakfast with my besties.

it was switched to my house but ended

 up being really low key and fun.

i'm so glad we do it.

any excuse to see my friends, is fine by me. 

i drove to st. louis for a one-nighter to see my sorority sisters.

its been a long time and miss hanging out with them.

shan and i are the only ones in kc so they get together and

we miss out on a lot. 

it's one of my resolutions to make the time more often.

my family had our famous christmas cookie day,

which technically is more of a christmas candy day

because everyone's cookies are already made.

since this holiday is with the in-laws, we went ahead

and did our christmas that night. 

can i just say that reid is the best thing that's ever

happened to christmas.

she jumps around and is so excited over literally everything.

you could give her socks and she would be like,

oh my god, i got the cutest socks. 

plus she's just super sweet and gave everyone hugs. 

christmas day was very low key this year.

just ronnie and i with the girls.

my parent's were in texas with the turner side, 

brian was with kristine's family

and my aunt's and grandma went to marceline. 

ronnie's sister decided against celebrating this year and 

we actually leave tomorrow to see his mom. 

we're doing christmas with my parent's and brian on new year's day.

so like i said... christmas is lasting an eternity. 

it was weird to be by ourselves on christmas. 

it was ok, but not my favorite. 

i can't wait for big family christmas next year. 

just call me clark griswald. 

i will say that we made the most of it.

we made sugar cookies with marra.

we went to see santa and visit the magic tree.

we also made it to christmas eve mass. 

ronnie and i were up to 11 wrapping gifts and 

the girls slept together in brette's room.

they were up at least three times and checking on noises.

it was very cute.

reid woke up at 4:15 (not kidding) but i threw her in bed

with ronnie and i went and slept with brette.

it worked because they both slept in until a little after 7. 

a huge christmas morning win.

they had so much fun opening gifts. 

santa brought them a barbie dream house and a kindle.

(which brette calls an ipad - i let her think that. lol)

they spent the day playing, watching christmas movies and eating 

popcorn and hot chocolate. 

i was pretty proud of myself for dinner.

since it was just us and lets be honest, the girls

eat less than a mouse, i went ahead and tried to make a better meal. 

rotisserie chicken, twice baked potatoes, broccoli & cauliflower casserole with rolls.  

i made a pie the day before, but i gave it to ronnie's sisters family.

we settled for christmas candy and left over sugar cookies we made for santa. 

i hope you and yours had a very merry christmas too.

think of me in a week when i'm STILL celebrating. 

smile

every few years we go to our professional photographer

that took the girls newborn photos.

let's be real:

this shit is expensive.

like, i don't even tell ronnie until after it's over.

thank god, i have my own job now, because

i can just say - don't worry, i paid for it. 

but i keep going back because i always,

always L O V E them, so to me, it's worth it. 

take a look. 

can we talk about clothes for one second.

i ordered us new outfits FOUR weeks in advance.

unfortunately, the girls stuff was coming from china and 

didn't show up in time. 

(please see my thanksgiving post to see reid's adorable dress that she didn't get to wear.)

so i borrowed reid's outfit from shan, ronnie borrowed my dad's sweater, 

brette actually had this dress, but it is a little too big and of course,

my freaking outfit was chosen in the last 20 minutes.

it's not my favorite, but i try not to dwell on it.

it's just, when you're paying for these pictures, it would

help to like your clothes. 

and can i just say, the clothes i ordered would have been amazing.

blah.

good things i'm still obsessed with these pictures.