1/22/13

Had some pizza and cake tonight for Cooper's birthday. Unfortunately, Cooper couldn't be there so he sent Robin in his place.

1/21/13

Many quotes going around today from this man, but this one is my favorite. Keep. Moving. Forward.

1/20/13

Homemade chicken noodle soup in the slow cooker...YUM!

1/19/13

Passed out.

1/18/13

Stella and Cole in a rare quiet moment, watching Elmo together.

1/17/13

Kind of blurry, because the swing was...well, swinging...but Tate was so cute sleeping today all cuddled up with his Snoopy.

1/16/13

This was me today.

1/15/13

I tried to take a picture of Tate smiling, but the flash scared him so it came out like this:

So I tried again without the flash:

Much better!

Then I managed to capture some snuggles between Cole and Tate. It never lasts long so I had to be quick!

1/14/13

Love Mondays with my Bug. Today we went to the library and had some lunch, and then took a lil nappy together <3

1/13/11

Did a lot of cleaning today. Some more grocery shopping. Not much else. Below is Cole "reading" to himself, and then tearing the couch apart. That's my boy.

1/12/13

Today was craptastic. On many, many levels. I spent most of the day doing dishes. This is only a very small part of the dishes I did today...

Exactly how I wanted to spend my Saturday.

1/11/13

I am entirely too proud of this receipt, or rather the fact that I got the majority of our groceries for the week for $64 and saved over $18 thanks to my awesome shopping skills :P

1/10/13

Bug and mama having some cuddle time <3

1/9/13

Just a couple random pics from the day...

Cole got this toy from Ninny and Papa for Christmas, and he hasn't really cared about it until today. Once he discovered that it spins and has pretty colors, he was mesmerized and made me keep spinning it over and over and over...

And then he found one of his faves, the broom, which Mama doesn't usually let him have because he likes to swing it around and accidentally hit people. Sigh.

1/8/13

So one of Cole's New Year's resolutions was to work out more and try to get rid of the milk gut. I didn't have the heart to tell him he's using the treadmill wrong...

1/7/13

Stressed out right now. Have a headache. Just want to go to bed. Just want to get through this week. Blegh. Need to try and stay positive.

On a lighter note...this is where I keep my peanut butter, cookbooks, and Bellas.

1/6/13

Nothing better than a sleeping baby.

1/5/13

Lazy Saturday... Right now Bug is standing in his "TV Spot" watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, which guarantees me a few minutes of quiet. Got the pictures back from Cole's session with Cooper...below are a couple of my favorites, along with a side-by-side Kristin put together of Cole and Ryan. Incredible how much Bug looks like Daddy!

1/4/13

Had a good day...plus it's Friday! I got bored at work, so I put Stella's butterfly wings on Cole...

Sooooo pretty! :)

1/3/13

Exhausting day. Dropped off Cole with Kristin before work so she could take him for a haircut and then to get his pictures taken with Cooper. Then after work I had to go pick him up and ended up having dinner with Kristin and the boys. My little Buggy looks like such a big boy with his haircut...he's not my baby anymore :(

This is him and Cooper at the diner...so cute.

1/2/13

Me and my Tater Tot at work today. Had a pretty good day all around. Kids were relatively well behaved and then we had an awesome dinner out with the in-laws.

 Let's hope 2013 continues to rock.

1/1/13

Daddy took Cole for the morning so I could sleep in, since I got zero sleep last night. When I came downstairs, they were doing some very serious work together on the computer. These boys are my life.

Happy New Year

Another new year. I'm not big on resolutions, but I do like to think of a new year as a fresh start, a chance to reflect and grow and figure out what we really want out of life. For me, I'm pretty happy with where things are headed, but I still have a ways to go and have some improvements I'd like to make along the way. I am always striving to become a better wife and mother and I know there are some specific areas I can improve upon (doing a better job of keeping the house clean, being more consistent about Cole's baths...), but I also need to remember that there is no such thing as the perfect wife/mother and that I am allowed to make mistakes without considering myself a failure. I'd also like to do more for myself and my own growth, such as starting yoga again, and getting back into therapy if I can find a way to afford it. Basically, I don't need drastic changes or life-altering goals, I just want to be a better version of myself, which is something I think we all should strive for no matter what time of year it is. 

I am also beginning this blog, a reinvention of some of my past blogs, as a way to remind myself of the beauty in my life and my family, as well as a way to share that beauty with others. Life is going by so fast and I'd like to be able to look back at this blog and remind myself of the joy (and also the inevitable frustration, sadness, anxiety, etc) that we have experienced throughout the year. I hope to post a lot of pictures and supplement with whatever else comes to mind. I don't want to put too much pressure on myself to post every day or to follow certain "rules," we're just going to go with the flow and see where it takes us. 

Here's to 2013.