A Better Day...

Today was a better day.

Well how could it have been worse than yesterday, right? just kidding.

I tend to stress about my kids when there is drama, but what Mama doesnt? I think it comes with the territory of Motherhood.

 

I got a comment that menitoned someone else was going through the same school ordeal as we are.

Thank goodness! Any tips/advice..? Im all ears.

Im feeling better about things today and know that like all things it is just a phase and we'll get through it... but I cant help in the moment of these times to fester and think and over-think it way too much ...and it makes me crazy!

 

We had a pretty good day though.

Andrew took a morning nap and SJ and I ran to Target while Daddy worked, and he slept.

He was in SUCH a better mood today after "unloading" all day yesterday and into today.

He's totally a monster. We lowered his crib mattress AGAIN today.

 But he is totally sweet just the same.

Today I was laying on the couch and he was standing/holding the back cushions and I kept saying "come to mama," and he would fall into me and just hug me and stay still for about 10 seconds and not move a muscle.. I totally needed that today...

 

We had a little pizza party tonight

I always make homemade pizza dough in my breadmaker

I used Whole Wheat White Flour, and the crust came out very very tasty.

 Getting mail helps make any day better as well.

I ordered this bib for Andrew and it came today.

I realized I have SO many monogrammed and embroidered shirts/bibs/dresses for SJ, and hardly anything for my little man.. time to dress him up a bit.

 My new thing lately is making my own favorite non-coffee drink from Starbucks.

I cant always jump in the car with two kiddos, so I bought a box of Passion Tea and the directions for how to make a Passion Tea Lemonade are right on the back

It tastes EXACTLY like Starbucks..

You brew the tea and then combine the tea with regular lemonade.. you can add sugar/sweet syrup to make it a little more tasty

 To end the evening we took a little stroll around our neigborhood.

And now we're all heading for bed..

So glad tomorrow is Friday!!!!!!!!!!!

A Walk in the Park

Earlier this week, Samantha and I had a little nature date at one of our pretty local parks here in our village. There is a waterfall and rushing stream, ponds, ducks, very very pretty.

It was such a nice day, breezy and maybe 65ish.. I love fall.

She enjoyed walking on the stone path, and picking up the rocks/stones.



She walks pretty fast now, so I said to her…”bye”… and she waved and said “bye” and just kept walking.. haha.. scary huh?


It just reminds me of how innocent and precious she is… and I ran up to her and squeezed her so tight (which she loves by the way)..

We had some crackers, apples and juice by one of the ponds.



It must have looked pretty appealing, because this little guy got pretty close to us!


Scary how friendly they are when you have food. I had to hold Samantha back, otherwise she would have let him take her little finger off!

Yesterday, I got a lot of work done, so I made some dinner while Sam took her nap. I made Chicken Florentine,


...Rolls and


Herb Compound Butter…so delish!



Momma’s escaping this weekend to be in one of my dearest friends’ wedding! Leslie! … So Daddy’s on duty.. So now he’ll have some leftovers, ha!



For Dessert, Grammy and Uncle came over and we had Carrot Cake and Vanilla Ice Cream. Uncle’s Birthday is TODAY!! Happy Birthday Uncle!!
So tomorrow Grammy is my date for the wedding weekend in Pittsburgh! Momma deserves a weekend away…. All it has been lately is “momma .. .momma… momma” … Samantha cannot get enough of me, and wants to love and cuddle all day long.. which is fine.. but no laundry, work or anything would ever get done.. hah!

Busy Bees

So we've been so busy, cleaning, packing and cleaning some more. Mostly Mathew has been over at the new house cleaning up and down. We ripped out rugs, stripped wallpaper, washed walls, tore down trees, got a new roof, and theres still a little more to do before move in day.

Sam and I had to go meet the Locksmith today, and I didnt want to put her on the dirty floor, since we didnt mop/clean the main floor yet, so this seemed like the perfect spot, and yes she looks HUGE in it!



But I did snap a few pics of our living room and dining room while I was there...Im getting so excited!





And since Sam decided to wake us up at 5:30am for the DAY... she was in la la land super early tonight. She fell asleep in her stroller like this...



So i thought, h great, I'll just transfer her, and maybe she wont wake up to nurse, she'll just go to bed.. WRONG... she woke up screaming 20 minutes later, and I nursed her back to sleep.. ugh. Dont get me wrong, I am so proud of myself for sticking with it.,but I am trying to see the light at the end of the tunnel, I know we're close..

2 Post in 1 Day.. Craaazy...

So I know 2 posts in one day! Eek!
I found a couple cute photos I have to get in my blog that I forgot to add in the earlier journaling. These two above are before we headed out on our trail walk on Saturday.

And this one is from Friday when we were hangin out in the yard. My little girl loves her pearls!

Our Weekend!

We had a nice relaxing weekend! Saturday we went to the UB/Ellicott Creek Trailway. Daddy ran, and Momma and Samantha walked almost 2 miles!(haha.. its something)
It was such a nice day... Sun and Clouds and about 75 degrees.




The trail was so peaceful and pretty. Samantha loved when any kids or dogs passed us. She loves them both equally. Im glad.. cause as soo as she started to fuss, I saw a huge dog.. that soon made her forget. haha..


About half way through the walk, of course she wanted to get out and see the grass/flowers. So I packed a blanket and we had a cookie and some water, and then picked some grass. She used to try and eat it, but now she hands it to me in my hand instead.. so cute!





I've been noticing that she repeats a lot of what you teach her, and show her lately. She now knows how to stick her toungue out and wiggle it back and forth, and she points to things if she wants to go somewhere with her little pointer finger.

I cant beleive she will be 10 months old in a few days!

Nothing too special today.. just hung around, did some playing. Momma & Daddy went to Duff's for wings on a date, and then we came back and took a nice walk after dinner.

This is what happens when I try to change her diaper lately... she is a little wiggle worm fish! I have to usually give her something to hold, or if it gets really bad, I give her something she shouldnt have like the remote or my cell phone.


She was saying "Da-Da" so much today. She gets so excited when her Daddy comes home from work, and she gave him so many kisses when he got home today.

Samantha you have such pretty eyes! Momma and Daddy make pretty babies!