the P's have it

My saturday has been spent with lots of P's.  

1. Pinterest
**I'm so addicted to Pinterest.  I have actually had an account since May but I just allowed myself to get on.  I had some projects I wanted to finish before I really dove in.  I've had so much fun finding new ideas.  I have only made one craft and 3 recipes, but I plan on actually doing/cooking/making lots more of my ideas I have pinned!!

2.  Pedicure
**My SIL gave me a pedicure gifcard for my birthday.  Matt watched the baby this afternoon while I went and treated myself with a much deserved mani/pedi.  The last time I got my toes done was when I was still pregnant.  I was long overdue.  The color looks black but it's actually a deep purple.  I went with something dark in hopes that it will help bring us some fall weather!

3.  Pot Roast
**I tried a new recipe for Pot Roast today.  It was really good.  It was so nice to put dinner in the crockpot this morning, smell it all day and have a easy dinner and clean up.  I even froze 3 bags of leftover meat for BBQ sandwiches, beef nachos, and shredded beef tacos.  Yummy!!

4.  Playoffs

**I'm lovin' watching the Rangers play.  I absolutely love watching the post season games.  I actually watch the entire game.  Unfortunately I'm having a little trouble watching this game because Matt keeps flipping the channels back and forth between the Rangers and the Baylor game.

5.  Pearson
**And the majority of my day was spent with my Sweet P.  Pearson is finally out of his little fussy funk.  He was so sweet today!!

 I was afraid our day was not going to start off well since he woke up this morning screaming.  He was crying because he had rolled over in his crib (while swaddled) and couldn't get back onto his back.  Poor guy!! Thankfully our day turned around quickly!!

 Pearson has only been taking 45 minutes naps all week and he took an hour and a half nap this morning while Matt and I did some little projects around the house.

 I took Pearson with me to the grocery store this afternoon because he LOVES hanging out in the K'Tan.  He looked around almost the whole shopping trip them fell fast asleep right before we checked out.  I love that he loves the K'Tan.

 This afternoon while Matt watched Pearson he actually slept the entire time I was gone.  He took a two and a half hour nap!!  Yay for long naps!! I hoping for lots of long naps this week!! I don't have any plans this week so I would love to mess around with some Pinterest projects!!

I just put Pearson to bed with one arm swaddled in and one arm out.  I am just not ready to give the swaddle up cold turkey.  Pearson has been sleeping 12 hr at night since he was 2 months old and I just don't want anything to change.  I really think the swaddle helps him sleep better so we'll see how it goes transitioning him out of it.  I put him in bed at 7:00 tonight and he was asleep by 7:15 without a peep!! I'm praying for a restful night for my little guy.  

 Oh my goodness....I can't even begin to tell you how happy I am to have my sweet, happy, content baby boy back!!

a day at the fair

My Mom and Grandma go to the fair with the church on Senior Citizen Day every year.  This year they invited me to go since I'm not working anymore.   Nonnie gets in free because she is a Sr. Citizen, but Mom and I were planning on paying $5 with a 20 oz. coke product but we luckily found out that we could bring a Cinemark ticket stub in and get in for free as well.  

Pearson took a little nap with Lolly on the bus ride over there to gear up for all the sights to see!!

Four generations at the fair.

My Mom and Nonnie are pros at the fair.  They pack their own cups and straws so they can share drinks, they bring little cups for their mustard, paper towels, and even tooth picks to use after they eat corn.  They even know all the building they like to stop at while they are there.  I didn't want to mess up their routine so I told them I would just tag along as long as I could get my fried cheese on a stick and fried frito pie!!

Our first stop at the fair was my friend cheese on a stick.  Oh my word.  It's so good.  

Even Pearson had his eyes on my "cheese dog" 

This time next year I'll have to give him little pinches of all my food.   

Our next stop was the Creative Arts building.  One of Mom and Nonnie's friends won first prize on her quilt.  

I do not get all those crazy things people enter.  It's like some people go dig through their attics and say, "Hey I think I'll enter this old rug in the fair." Weird.  I don't get it.  

 Pearson was happy in his stroller for the most part until he got sleepy.  I moved him into the K'Tan and he fell right asleep.  

 Everyone except for me had corny dogs for lunch.  

 I had fried frito pie.  

Sooooooo good.   

 Pearson was absolutely perfect while we were at the fair.

There were so many things for him to look at. 

It was so good to see my happy baby again.  He was so sweet and smiley.  

All the fun just wore Pearson out.  

I am so glad we were able to get out of the house and join my Mom and Nonnie at the fair.  We really enjoyed the change of scenery from our normal daily routine at home.  

I'm already looking to forward to next year's trip to the fair!!

wordless wednesday

go rangers!!

Pearson and I went to Bible Study at the church today.  

I'm not going to lie, I was really excited to drop my fussy baby off in the nursery for an hour and a half.  And today was actually the Bible Study luncheon afterwards so he was in the nursery for 2 1/2 hours.  I think we just needed a little break from each other because he has been such a sweet baby this afternoon.  He's evening napping now as I type this.  

But that's not what this post is about.......

I keep up with the Rangers all season long because Matt watches every game, but I don't really watch all the games.  When the playoffs roll around though, it's a different story.  I'm right there with Matt watching all of the games.  I'm really not digging these afternoon games though.  It's just not the same to watch the game without Matt.  Yesterday the game was at 4pm and today it's at 1pm.  It's really weird sitting at home by myself watching the game.  I'm wishing Matt could be home to watch it with me.  

I made a little video this afternoon with our little family! 

{and a stranger....just ignore him} 

Enjoy!!

this too shall pass

Pearson has been such a good baby from Day 1.  He's a great sleeper, a great eater, a great napper, and just a content little guy.  I have heard that when times get tough I just have to tell myself "This too shall pass", because everything with a baby is just a phase, and it will pass.  Thankfully until just this weekend we have had only good phases.  

I think we have hit the teething phase because Pearson is SUPER FUSSY!!

I'm such a mean Mom for taking all these pictures and even a video of him so mad, but in a weird way I want to remember these days so I can be super thankful for the good days!!

Pearson is sitting in my lap right now fussing as I type this and every time I play this video of him he calms down.  Ha!! Maybe he is realizing how ridiculous it is for his to be so mad!!

This too shall pass!!

meal planning monday

Monday: Parmesan Garlic Chicken,  Ranch Roasted Red Potatoes, Salad, & Mixed Medley

Tuesday: Dinner @ The Havard's

Wednesday: Spaghetti & Meat Sauce, Green Beans, Salad, & Garlic Toast

Thursday: Fish Tacos, Rice & Black Beans

Friday: Chili & Game Night @ The Kennedy's

Saturday Breakfast: Banana Bread

Saturday Lunch: Sandwiches & Chips

Saturday Dinner: Three Packet Pot Roast

Sunday Lunch: Leftovers

Sunday Dinner: Pizza Sunday

purpose

I guess it's official.....we are no longer Honeymooners.  

For the past {almost} 3 years we have been in an ABF at our church called the Honeymooners.  Today our class multiplied and all the couples with children {which happens to be only us right now}, couples with babies on board or thinking about having babies soon, and couples who have been married 1-3 years came to our new ABF, Purpose.  Matt and I have the honor to be co-directors of this new class with The Hoopers.  We are excited to embark on this new adventure with them!

We came up with the name Purpose for our new class because our teacher has said over and over in lessons that we have two purposes in life.  

Purpose #1- Have a relationship with God. 


Purpose #2- Relate to others in such a way to help them accomplish Purpose #1.

There is rarely a week that goes by that George doesn't mention Purpose #1 and/or Purpose #2, so we thought it was a very fitting name for our class! 

 We are looking forward to seeing what the Lord has in store for our new class.  

matt's 29th

Last night we went to Top Golf with some friends to celebrate Matt's 29th birthday.  

 We just knew that there was going to be a wait since it was Friday night so we had planned to eat dinner while we waited.  We lucked out and actually got a bay right when we got there, so we just ate while we golfed.  

 The only outside food that you can bring into Top Golf is birthday cake so I decided to make my first homemade cake from scratch.  Carrot Cake....yum!!

 The cake turned out delicious, but clearly I need to work on my cake cutting skills. 

 Hope you had fun celebrating your 29th birthday Sweetie!! I love you!!

 

And on a side note.....this Momma is super sore from swinging the golf clubs all night.  

Apparently carrying around a 14 pound baby is good enough.  I need to get my booty in gear.  I'm out of shape!!

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