A paci (or 10) and a coffee (or 3).
What do you need to get through the day?
London’s version of an “iced coffee” — hot coffee in a hot coffee cup with a couple iced cubes. Its when I order an ice coffee that I miss America most 😀
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I Love When…
I take a look-see through my husbands photos and see these two pop up in a matter of seconds… what the? Why?! Wah.
At least he accepts my love for food :p
Eating out in Vico Equense, Italy. Our first weekend away without the babe. It was delish!
Eating out WITH the baby and indulging in one of our new favs: INDIAN food. YUM.
He slightly redeemed himself with this one… slightly.
This time in London and exploring Europe has been such an amazing experience for us. I hope we keep up our adventurous spirit when we return back to the states 🙂
Grateful: For our wonderful babysitter, Jenny. It’s so nice to hear her chatting, singing and reading to miss lucy lou 🙂
Yes, I slept in the dress I wore all day.
Friday night was:
A screaming baby from 8 to 10 pm.
A screaming baby from 1 to 2:30 am.
A screaming baby from 4:30 to 6 am.
Saturday day was:
Feeding baby.
Travel.
Sightseeing.
Shhing to sleep.
Playing.
Repeat x 4.
Saturday night was:Â
A screaming baby from 6 pm to 9:30 pm.
So yes, as my little one (Lucy who is now 6. 5 months old!) finally fell asleep on top of me I quickly realized I would not be changing into my comfy pjs (aka: an oversized t-shirt) but would instead be sleeping in a pull-over dress I’d worn all day; one that had spit-up, drool and snot from a sick baby on it. None of that bothered me though, it didn’t even make me flinch. All that mattered was Lucy was comfortably sleeping and that meant mama would be doing the same, shortly (minus the “comfortably” 🙂
*Warning: Sleeping in a wire framed bra is not recommended. #ow
Grateful: For how wonderful this little one was during our 3 hr+ car ride home today. Making mama proud.
Things around here
So last weekend I finally checked “organize the cabinets” off the to-do list and boy does it feel good. It was one of those things that needed to be done, badly, but I kept putting it off becuase I knew it’d be a huge project and it was, it really was. By the end of it I was exhuasted and maybe even a little grumpy, but mostly I was just relieved. I’m pretty happy with the end result and especially excited about my “go-to” draw that has one of everything that we use on a daily basis. Now rather than going from one drawer/cabinet to the next for those regular, just the two of us meals we can just go to one.
BEFORE
AFTER
Later in the week I decided it was time to pull out the holiday decor and wow, I did not hold back!
Lastly, my sister and I came home from dinner to finish our gingerbread house… only we couldn’t because half of it’s roof was mysteriously missing! Mr. Bates, you look rather guilty! 🙂
This is what happens when…
you’re nearly 7 months pregnant and need a chocolate fix. Brownies are made from scratch. And then your husband accuses you of lying and saying they must be from a box… (nice, real nice Schwartz).
Why would I need to lie about that – look how insanely easy it is to make them: http://www.food.com/recipe/betty-crocker-fudge-brownies-homemade-496992. It took 5 minutes. Why does everyone buy them in a box?!
They were delicious. So delish I may need to wander back downstairs right now and get a little piece before I hit the hay (shhh, let’s see if I can do it without the hubby noticing! he he he).
PS. This article really hit home with me. Worth the read!
The name game
When I found out I was pregnant my thoughts and concerns leaned towards my health, the baby’s health, the labor, how active I was going to stay, my diet, what I’d wear, and blah blah blah. Never did I imagine that choosing a name for our baby would become the main “thought” and “concern.” At almost 27 weeks preggers we’re still up in the air about names. We made a mistake, a very rookie mistake… we told people about the names we liked.
Never. Again. :p
Here’s our top contenders:
GIRL: Evelyn, Riley, Madelyn, Adalyn, Adeline, Eleanor, Edytha, Cora or Maeve
BOY: James, Sawyer, Finley, Eivan, Miller or Rowan
Feedback from our family and friends on some of those names:
Evelyn – “I knew an Evelyn back in college – she was a stripper.”
Madelyn – “That’s a really popular name. I know at least 3 of them.”
Maeve – “Hmm. Cute.” (super convincing…)
Sawyer – “Sawyer Schwartz – that’s a tongue twister.” Person then proceeds to say the name in a drawn out, mentally handcapped fashion… great.
Finley – We both love that name but it’s the name of my best friend’s dog – is that weird?
So, anyone have any names for us to add to the list? We’re struggling here!
And yes, we know many of our names are also on the 2015 top list of baby names. We like what we like and clearly we’re not unique in those likes!
http://www.babycenter.com/top-baby-names-2015
And just for fun… my body is changing and I’m doing my best to embrace it. (My best is sometimes hiding my boobs and belly in all black, or as my brother called it the, “moo moo” look).
Is there any sweeter sight…
than the one of your husband cleaning the house? I think not! Thanks bf 🙂
A few more of my favorite snapshots from this holiday weekend…
And to top it off, I just made delicious Chocolate Brownie Cookies – Pioneer Woman (Ree Drummond) never disappoints!
PS. This baby is going to have a better wardrobe than his/her parents!
A few things…
Our weekend consisted of sleeping, cooking, painting, work and me having a slight emotional breakdown Saturday morning… (what a nice way to start off the weekend, right?! Â Poor Geo). All in all it was a really nice weekend, one that went by far too quickly! Here’s a quick snippet of it:
I woke up this morning knowing we just had to go out to breakfast and indulge, so that is exactly what we did. Sam’s on the harbor sure knows how to make a blueberry pancake – Â yum.
Next up is me FINALLY getting around to making this “No Bake Peanut Butter Pie” that I bought all the ingredients to LAST week. Once I finally did make it, and it literally took 15 minutes to do, I couldn’t believe I’d put it off for so long. It was pretty delish. If I were to do it again though I may not freeze it… the filling was so delicious when it was light and fluffy. Not sure I enjoyed it as much frozen.
The biggest project of the weekend was painting our bedroom. While Geo was working I got everything situated, was feeling good about it and then made the big mistake of sitting on our bed to read a Facebook message… next thing I know the struggle to get up was VERY real. Eventually I did get up and we made some real headway today. Go us 🙂
I’m very exited about the short work week ahead – if anyone has any “must try” Thanksgiving dessert recipes, I’d love to hear them! I’m in need of a little something to bring to my family’s house.
Have a wonderful night!
It’s hard
It’s hard to stay annoyed with your husband when you’re in bed watching trashy tv, relaxing and you can hear him downstairs on a work call. Mind you, it’s 9:15 at night. It’s late, he’s tired, I’m tired – it’s been a long week.
After a long day of meetings and deadlines, I walked in at 8:30 to see turkey on the counter, dirty dishes in the sink and mail in need of being tossed. I saw that and then I saw my hubby sitting on the couch playing video games. Obviously my reaction was to stamp around the kitchen and make a point of cleaning everything up. Then stomped upstairs without saying anything.
To be honest I’m still annoyed. Haha what, is it too much to ask to put the turkey away when you’re done with it – especially when you know I’m exhausted and umm, 6 months pregnant?? 🙂
BUT I also realize how tired you are. How hard you work for our little family, and how I could have handled the situation differently.
It’s a good thing you’re so cute 🙂
Especially when you’re reading the newspaper before bed…
Thank goodness tomorrow is Friday!
The best feeling
is when your hair stylist begins to rinse the soap and dye out of your hair during an appointment. Between the warm water, the lulling background music and the smell of lilac shampoo, it’s all just too good to be true. And then you remember the best part has yet to come. The part that all men should consider learning how to do…
The head massage.
This alone is worth the cost of the entire appointment.
I only have one silly little problem with the whole experience though, do you lie back, close your eyes and just get into it or is that a little too, desperate? These are the things I think about – my poor brain. Part of me wants to do that immediately and then part of me is embarassed by how much I enjoy it and I end up pretending to be all nonchalant about it, as if I couldn’t be bothered one way or another (pssh, if they only knew).
To indulge in the head massage or not, what do you do? Oh and in case you’re wondering or need a new hair salon, I go to KA Ricco in the harbor. It’s a solid A+ every time 🙂
Happy hump day everyone! Here’s to having a great night 😉
PS. Geo, in case you’re reading this, my “great night” will consist of Nashville and going to bed. Sorry if I got your hopes up… love you! 😀
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