Week(s) in Review

Lots goin on around here..hopefully will be able to keep up with my blog a little better now!  Here is what has been going on:)

- went out to lunch for Papa's 80th bday!!  He is healthier than I am and he is just amazing..here he is with little miss out at lunch:

- got locked out of the house by my 2 year old the other day.  I ran out in the garage for 2 seconds and closed the door behind me so she wouldn't follow me..I just had to grab something out of the garage that would seriously take 2 seconds.  As she was trying to open the door she somehow managed to lock it...so of course I PANICKED.  I tried and tried to explain to her to turn the little thingy in the middle of the knob.  That did not work.  And so Bailey starts to PANIC.  and CRY.  Which makes me panic more.  So I decide to run to the front of the house where I think I may be able to talk her through opening the front door a little easier.  I try to explain to her how to unlock it while she is screaming and crying "MOMMY I CANT REACH IT!!  COME IN MOMMY! COME IN! "  And then she dissapears.  She decided that she couldn't get me in so she might as well go play.  So I sat there for a few minutes with HUGE carpenter bees swarming over my head because they LOVE my house and if any of you know me you know that anything that flys and stings will send me into straight panic mode as well so that was just the icing on the cake.  Oh and you may be thinking oh I could just call Matt and he could come home and rescue me with his key to the house but nope..we had our locks changed and he still doesn't have the key...we always go through the garage which there is no key for.  So a few minutes pass and I here Bailey coming back to the door so I look through the door and she is dragging her little princess chair behind her and carrying her lamby (aka stuffed animal that looks like lamb)..and she puts her little chair at the door and climbs on top of it and unlocks the door.  This is where I say, CAN YOU BELIEVE HOW SMART MY DAUGHTER IS???? hee hee I am totally being that mom but I don't care because wow I was so impressed and proud:)

-been able to spend lots of time with Nan helping her with stuff..well as you can see maybe we aren't that much help:(

making lunch for her horsies

everyone needs a bib...see I told you we are SO much help to Nan..we help her make messes!

-Fletcher had surgery to remove 3 tumors - 2 were fine and 1 was cancerous so it is being sent away to be tested and all that but we are sure he is going to be just fine!  And he gets to wear a fancy t shirt so he won't mess with his stitches

- went out to lunch with my Aunt Jeri today who was in town from Dallas!  It was so fun spending time with her!  We went to lunch and went shopping..Bailey was with us and she dragged us into this photo booth which was quite the experience and SO funny

- got an ipad!!!  and it is as wonderful as I thought it would be...however I would be lying if I didn't say there are a few things that could be improved upon but just a few.  Seriously it is pretty rad.  And I don't use the word rad lightly:)

-and here are just some pictures of Ms. B just because..

Sad

Wow tommorrow will be one month since I have posted anything...I am slackin big time:(
Unfortunately this month has been sad and hectic.  My grandpa "Ken" passed away a few weeks ago and it has been a sad time for my family.  Nan (my grandma) married Ken in 1984 (so he was technically my step-grandpa which is why I always called him Ken).  He helped me through some pretty difficult and crazy times in my life and I will be FOREVER grateful.  He is the reason I love horses (even though I don't ride them I do LOVE them), he was someone who cared about leaving the world a better place whether that be helping the people he cared about or the animals and wildlife on his farm, and to top it off he thought that my baby girl was one of the most special things in the whole wide world and it makes me incredibly sad to think that he won't get to see her grow up.. we all are missing him a ton..

 

Happier posts to come..but that is why I haven't posted anything in a while..

xoxo

Steph

Shoe Dazzle Dropout

I know I haven't blogged in forever.  Not really a whole lot going on except football and chasing down a 2 year old.

So this might be interesting to a few people (maybe Beth and Jami:) A couple of months ago I joined Shoe Dazzle..its a monthly shoe service.  What they do is when you join you fill out all of this info online about what styles you like/don't like and then based on that every month at the beginning of the month they send you your shoe selections in an email and then you are supposed to choose 1 pair and then they send them to you for $49.00 every month.  And if for some reason you do not like your selections you can "skip" that month.  I thought this would be fun to try because I can not go shopping at all anymore without hearing "Mommy go to CARWOUSEL!!!!! (aka carousel that is at our mall that B is obsessed with).  or "Mommy no shop, NEED MILKSHAKE!!!" You get the picture.  SO, I thought shoe dazzle would be a great way to keep me up to date with shoes without actually having to go the store.  
SO, when I received my first email with my selections I was so excited, kind of like opening a Christmas present!  But when I opened the email my selections kind of scared me.  All of the shoes had 4 inch heels with platforms..which would have MAYBE been ok in my former life pre baby but now why would I wear heels to go to Target.  Hmmm.  So I emailed them and told them maybe when I filled out my selections they interpreted my style wrong?  I said do you have any flats?  More boots?  I stay home with my little girl and am no longer going to places where I would wear anything like you have sent me previously...and here is what they send me instead:

So to be fair they did send me one option that was a pair of flats.  But they weren't for me.  Can't you picture me taking my dog and child around the block in option #1?  SO because of this I'm dropping out.

On a much more exciting note Matt just wrapped up his photo shoot for Bud Light or Budweiser (keep forgetting which one but one of the buds)..they contacted us a few months ago because they needed models and they thought we might know some guys who play/played football and would be perfect for the shoot..and yes we did!  So when you see the point of sale in your local grocery store/bar/restaurant when football season rolls around that just might be my husband..

Last of all I have to post this picture of Bailey and her cousin Ash in there perfectly matching Addidas pink

track suits.  This was not planned.  They just stopped by the other day and Ash was wearing hers and so was Bailey(track suits courtesy of Grammy Sue for Christmas). They kind of look like mini mobsters or Florida Retirees, right?

And I did have a CUTE video of the two of them but for some reason I guess all of my little videos that I take with my camera are too big to upload on blogger. Grrr.  Oh well.

Decision Made

And the winner is..

FINALLY made the decision last night and bought this one..which has always kind of been my favorite.   It does have some red in the quilt which I wanted SOME red in her room.  I actually saw this on a bed in pottery barn kids last night and it is even cuter in person and I knew it was meant to be:) Oh and I did not get the canopy part because she does not have a canopy bed.  Now off to find lots of other cute stuff to put in her room..hopefully those decisions won't take me months like this did!

PRESIDENTS DAY

PRESIDENTS DAY = NO SCHOOL = MESSY HOUSE = LOTS OF RANDOM PICTURES...

{here are just a few:)}

Updates

Hi blog friends...

Life has been a little busy lately..and when I'm kinda busy I tend to forget about my poor little blog..
And I missed my BlogAnniversary:(  It was Feb 13th!

In other news:

- Bailey is still not sleeping at night.  Today I am not making her take a nap and hoping that she will be SO tired that she will have to go to bed at 7:30/8ish.  Her naps are not an easy thing for ME to give up.  I love having an hour or more to get things done around the house..but if her not having a nap = going to sleep without screaming and crying at night we all will be a lot happier.  If it doesn't work we still have that appointment with the sleep specialist on the 22nd...

-Bailey had her first Valentines party where she handed out Valentines with all of her little friends.  It was so fun and cute..Here are some pics from that..(check out her cute barrette that Adriane made)

Handing out her Dora Valentines

About to eat lots of unhealthy snacks

-Football started 3 weeks ago..on a Sunday..after a day of celebrating my 30th birthday at the wineries with my girlfriends.  So needless to say I was TIRED but it was a great day.  We are so busy and only getting busier. YAY!

-For those of you who live in St Louis and have not signed up for this yet check it out!!  http://www.causeforthepaws.org/Cause_for_the_Paws/Welcome.html ..head on over and sign up for the walk or donate money for a great cause!!

-I chopped my hair off..and even though the cut is REALLY cute and I have the best hair stylist in the world..I still wonder "WHAT was I thinking!!!".. NOTE TO SELF:  Short hair is not cute on you. Ever. 

Thats all for now..hope everyone is having a great week!

Football, No Sleep, and the big 3-0.

So my blog has been VERY neglected lately.  As many of you know our football season is quickly approaching and since I am the scheduler/office manager/phone answerer extrordinaire life has been a little hectic lately.  On top of all of that I have a toddler who has decided that sleep is just not her thing.  Some nights she is up until 10 other nights until 1:30am because she has to go potty, needs me to talk to her, needs medicine, needs to read a book or is just plain screaming and crying and throwing every distraction in the book at me.  It has really gotten out of hand.  I have made an appointment at the sleep center at the hospital by our house so MAYBE they can help us with our issue.  Unfortunately for me and my little one they can't get us in until Feb 22nd:(.  And I am PRAYING that our insurance covers this..hmmm maybe I should call now..
Anyways, on the positive side I had a fun night last weekend:) My bday (the big 3-0) is this weekend and since my husband will be busy with football all weekend he took me out last Saturday.   My mom watched Bailey (and Fletch) because Matt booked us a room at the Westin.. so we packed them up in the car and off we went!

We ate dinner and then did a little gambling..which we never do but its fun every once in a while...well its fun if you win and we didn't so we decided to call it a night!  Our wedding reception was at the Westin (6 years ago - wow!) so we love to stay there!  It was supposed to be a surprise but Matt left the confirmation up on the computer so I kind of saw it one day..ooops:(

Oh and for my bday my mom let me go shopping with her credit card!!!!!!!!!!!  Woo hoo!  Haven't done that since high school?  And that was long long ago friends...  I remember that they would call my mom from the store and/or my mom would give me a note that said it was ok to use her card...thank goodness for pin numbers now:)  And thanks Mom!!  I needed that retail therapy to help me with my lack of sleep:) 

Hope everyone is having a great week!!