midnight hour

during the hours of midnight - 3am, strange things happen to me.
maybe it's just because i'm tired and don't understand why my 5 month old is still waking up at night! or my two year old. or my four year old for that matter!!!! anyway. 

you see weird things on tv. 

squid billies? 

[photo credit: adult swim]

what the ... ? I mean who thought of this show and more importantly, who watches it to keep it airing? i know things hardly make sense to someone half asleep but seriously, i don't think it would make much sense if i watched it during the day - after my eighth cup of coffee!!! 

t25. 

[photo credit: google images]

making you feel horrible about yourself even at 2am. i mean really, i have 25 minutes right now since i'm done feeding the baby but now wide-freaking-awake. also making you want to call that 1-800 number and take advantage of the special deal for the first 100 callers ... even though you saw the same infomercial last night and the night before … you ain't getting me sean t. not yet. 

nutribullet.

[photo credit: amazon]

also making you want to begin juicing the next morning. BUT WAIT - it's not JUST juicing, it's EXTRACTING! uh - david wolfe, your voice haunts me still [and so do your tiny man hands!]. and while you're still half asleep reaching for your credit card you remember ... you saw this last night and the night before and the night before that. you aren't gonna be the first 100 caller to receive that special edition knife block set. even in my lack of slumber, you haven't fooled me! my cheap $10 personal drink blender works JUST fine for me.

you also imagine weird things. 

like that noise you heard is someone in your house. you imagine how the heck you're gonna put the baby down, climb over your husband (cuz we know HE'S not waking up), arm yourself and get the sucker that's in your house - all without making a sound. cuz heaven forbid we wake another person up!

or that you karate punch your husband in the throat for snoring too loudly. oh wait, that's real not something i imagined. ;)

that noise in the attic? sounds like footsteps. perhaps a bum has snuck in my house at some point and made my attic his home? or maybe it's a giant stink bug plotting it's attack on me. 
commence sleeping with one eye open.

NOT TO EVEN MENTION my two year old and/or a four year old attempting to sneak in my room on a nightly basis. sometimes their stealth like moves work in their favor ... but some nights they just stand at the foot of my bed and cry. like, haven't they figured out that the end result is them BACK in their bed? and why don't they like their room!? they have their own beds decked out with superheroes they have a night light. they have flashlight pals. they have each other for goodness sakes! climb in bed and cuddle with one another … LET MAMA SLEEP!

sometimes i think that i'm the only one in this house that enjoys sleep?
oh wait, we forgot about my husband who SLEEPS. THROUGH. EVERYTHING!!!!!!

week recap and friday loves!

this week has been SUPER busy! i have literally had plans every.single.night! 

we went on our hospital tour monday evening!

as if i wasn't anxious enough

being in the hospital and l&d made it even more real!

i am loving that i only have [roughly] 5 weeks left of this pregnancy

and until i can squeeze my little baby rhys face! :)

tuesday - i had an eye appt and left with only a slightly worse 'script

that, i am lovin!

and that i will be getting 2 new pair of glasses!

brown and purple :)

of course, my current black frames are still decent so they will still be used

wednesday evening, we had maternity pictures done. 

oh. my. gosh.

i have only seen a few but i am in love.

jessica is seriously amazing. 

i cannot find words to even describe, haha!

too bad you all aren't in the MD area and can get her to take your pictures! ;]

here is a sneak peak:

i have gotten SO many compliments on this picture!

these are definitely the highlight of my week! :)

[ps: you may be able to get another sneak peek here!]

and thursday, i had a baby appointment!  :)

i love hearing his little heartbeat every 2 weeks!

& everything is going great.

my doctor is trying to urge me to get an epidural, haha! it makes me laugh!

before i left, i scheduled the last of my appointments! only 4 more to go! EK!

a little later that evening

i went over to my friends house for a little girl talk! 

we made [and indulged] in lots of food and drink :)

it was nice to be among girls and have adult conversations 

without the most terrible of two year olds screaming at me every two seconds! ;]

[just kidding: i missed him for real!]

so that was my week recap and thing's i hearted about each day!

now to the REAL friday loves ;)

I AM LOVIN':

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my new k&a ring from olive bungalow
that arrived this week <3

don't run out and buy yours JUST yet!

hint hint: discount code coming REAL soon

and if you can't wait - email me! 

but i'll get the code posted ASAP because she's also running free shipping

until Monday, August 15th!

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preseason football :)

had to pic a picture of hernandez :)

a fact [or two] you may or may not know:

he is from my [sorta] hometown of bristol, ct

he played pop warner football with my cousin, dane. 

we [kNa along w/ family] have seen him play during his high school days

on the FREEZING COLD annual central vs eastern thanksgiving day game!

i'm looking forward to seeing him play this year versus the horrible redskins.

anyway - they whooped some tail last night against the jaguars!

preseason doesn't count but hopefully it's a sign of whats to come!

lovin it <3

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 i have decided to challenge myself!

 i will be entering a local craft fair in october

displaying/selling hand crocheted items! 

jessi really got me into crochet and will also be selling her adorable hats 

so i have decided to feature my coin purses/camera cases, blankets and hair accessories!

i might try and challenge myself a little more 

and feature diaper covers with matching hats - but we shall see!

wish me luck

& help me think of a cute/catching company name!

i eventually would like to open an etsy shop 

so i definitely need a name :)

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this blog post

it's similar to the pinterest challenge from last week!

i love looking through posts of people actually doing things they find on the internet.

it's such an inspiration!

:)

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a phone call from my dad with super kind words!

<3

the biggest reason i do this blog is for my family 

who are unable to speak/see me and the boys on a daily basis. 

having them read and see pictures of what's been going on in our lives

is as close as we can get

and it's good to know that they not only read my babble

but LIKE and ENJOY it :)

sometimes you just need a little encouragement to get back in the game!

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this website!

i'm probably late to discover

but better late than never, right?

i need some of these ideas in my life desperately.

i also need 239439 shots of espresso and the 20lb basketball tummy to deflate

in order to get it all done

but doesn't mean i won't try to do what i can!

and obviously, won't shut up about it until i do! HAHA!

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the thirty-one party that i am hosting this sunday!

feel free to place an order browse the site

everything is 15% off this month!

i already have like 4 bags, a coin purse, a lunch box or two and maybe a tool bag for hub picked out!

you know, because a girl can never have enough bags ;)

[even though i'm totally NOT that girl - and have been rockin the same purse since thanksgiving 08 - you know, the knock off that i bought in NYC, out of the back of a van or was it in the basement of a perfume store? regardless ... ]

check out thirty-one, seriously. 

i was a hatin skeptic at first but definitely got my mind changed!

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my boys! <3

my family <3

and my weeeeeeeeekend!

mumbling ...

it seems everyone around blog land is in a blogging funk - me included. i think the hustle and bustle of the summer has finally caught up to everyone, or maybe that's just me? or maybe i'm just eight months pregnant and TIRED! regardless, nice to know i'm not the only one!


updates:
kullen.
and his big boy bed. things have continued to go well, minus the last couple nights. sunday, he was in his bed as normal but coughed/hacked his lungs up for a good two hours before i finally brought him in my room and propped him up to keep sinuses/snot from draining. seemed to help. monday night, we all fell asleep [not sure who went first: him or us] and woke up to alarms so yeah, oops! and then last night, we were watching TV and kullen had fallen asleep but woke up coughing and threw up all over our bed. in fear that something might be wrong [tummy virus versus just throwing up from a cough/choke] i kept in him bed with me. turns out, he is perfectly fine as he slept soundly through the night. but tonight, my friends, it's back to the big boy bed! 
we did put a TV in his room. it was nice to bring down some VHS tapes from the attic for him to watch. of course, he peeped the original Toy Story and that hasn't left the VCR. he LOVES 'buzz and oody'. he loves them so much that he's been running upstairs after dinner/before tub and asking for 'buzz and oody'! 
i'm ALMOST done in his room, i swear. i am searching the house for the top, light and filter for his 45gal hex tank [spoiled, yes?] and once that is up and running - i will take pictures and reveal the big boy room! 
big man has also been ninny free for a while! :) we had been gradually giving/offering it to him less and less. he has also been biting holes and tips off them and then wouldn't want them when they were 'broke'. we also kept telling him that ninny's were for babies and we would have to give them all to rhys soon! since we moved him in his bed, he had been bringing on but not using it - just holding it in his hand. one morning, i left it there [aka, sent him to daycare without one at all]. he went all weekend without! he was quite the brat over the weekend and i'm sure part of it was from not having it but i think we've gotten past it now and he's alright! he still asks for it on occasion but we just remind him they're gone or they're for babies and he seems to be okay with it! i have to admit, this transition is MUCH easier than i thought it was going to be.
potty: aka, the death of me. this boy will NOT go in the potty. we were doing SO well [well, with poo anyway] but that has even stopped. he can hold his pee but refuses to go in the potty. i tried sitting him on it, i tried standing him on it, i tried getting a stool for him to stand on and he still wants absolutely nothing to do with it. i guess i shouldn't be too discouraged considering we're making significant progress in the big boy bed and no ninny! that will be our  next mission! 


rhys' room:
does anyone know how to hang pom poms? like these ones: 

obviously, his are blue but the pictures of blue ones on pinterest are sporadic and i want his clustered together, in a corner, like above! at first, i bunched them all together how i liked and taped - they fell within minutes. then i tried taping each individual pom but those fell within hours. HELP! hubby says to staple them? i didn't want to go that route and have tiny holes all over one corner of the ceiling but he thinks tape is just as bad. regardless - i know that i need to have one pom as close to the ceiling as possible to hide the way they are hung. any suggestions?

pregnancy:

is good! don't get me wrong, i can't WAIT to be done and finishing up things in the room, having our hospital tour and getting our pictures taken make me all the more anxious for him to just BE here already, but all in all - i have it pretty good. i see so many friends on facebook with complications, met people at the hospital tour with them and remember friends previous pregnancies and am thanking my lucky stars that i don't have any problems. i really have absolutely NO reason to complain. i am healthy, my baby is healthy and that is all that matters to me. i am not high risk and have had minimal complications. PTL!

we are doing maternity pictures tonight with jessica! i am very excited. girlfriend has a great eye for photography and i know she will make me beautiful even if i don't feel like i am. **professional style pictures make me nervous. i always feel super cheesy and end up looking like a retard**

i realized that i'm 34 weeks and do not have the pregnancy 'line' [aka linea negra]. i had it with kullen, DARK, and fairly sure that it came early. i figure i won't get it this time since it hasn't shown up yet. i do, however, have the dreadful stretch marks :( i know i've talked about them before - so i'll shut up now!

hub:

poor thing is falling apart. root canals and foot doctors galore! but he's surviving! :) he is signing up for fall softball [or maybe it's baseball?] through his Local. i'm happy he is getting to do something for himself since he is always talking about needing an 'outlet'. i am just nervous because it starts at the end of the month and with rhys coming, i'm afraid i'd go into labor and not be able to get a hold of him or something! along with that - he's signing up for a 14 week prep class, also through the Local. it's for some classification - masters maybe? i honestly don't know [bad wife alert] but that is a weekly thing at night - so again, afraid he would be gone while i'm laboring my tail off!

family:

i miss my sister, terribly. 

i have blogged about her before here and how she went to CT with my dad. she has been there ever since, which don't get me wrong, i am happy about but i miss her! it's like ever since she has gone up there, we haven't talked much. years ago, my sister went to connecticut to finish one of her high school years. we talked A LOT then. like almost daily and for long periods of time. i guess i just assumed when she went this time, it would be the same. i just thought big changes were in store for her but it seems like it's the same ole, same ole - just a different state and different boyfriend/group of friends. i miss her. i wish good things for her. 

my nana & grandy are moving closer! to virginia to be exact! it will be about a 2hr drive from us but that is SO much better than a 7hr one! they are in the process of packing up their house in connecticut [which consists of FOUR stories packed to the brim with THINGS] and then they will be on their way here! i wish i could be there to help my nana, i wish my sister would be there to help my nana since she's only 5 minutes away! but i digress. 

i think that is all i have today :) 

this week has been pretty busy at work and home. maternity pictures tonight, doctors tomorrow and possibly a girls night [woohoo!], hanging out with some good friends on saturday and sunday having a thirty-one party! feel free to check out the link [and place an order, duh!]. i am LOVING all the fall thirty-one products. actually, i can't wait until fall! cool breezes and cool rhys' [HA!]

mumbo jumbo

sorry i don't have a 'friday loves' post this week

i just have entirely too much going on!

i am overwhelmed with emotion this week, actually.

my boy is going to be TWO on sunday. 

TWO. 2! ah! 

it's so bittersweet

i'm so excited that he is growing up into such a fun kid

but i am sad that my baby is gone. 

moments that we JUST had, not long ago, of him as a baby

are gone and i'll never get them back!

eh, before i cry ... 

i have been oober busy with his birthday stuff.

ran into a few speed bumps 

but it'll be alright!

imperfection is beauty, right?!

i'm also still oober addicted to the casey anthony trial! 

defense is up so it's quite interesting!

baez (casey's atty) is a big piece of crap

with his scoffs and sideways grins

but i can't stop watching/listening! 

i started a post about recent 'drama' in my life

but haven't posted it.

it's mostly settled down now but i still feel i have a lot to say

but don't know if i want to say it to those involved

there have been times before where i have been hesitant to post on MY blog

for sake of other's feelings

but i think those moments have passed.

this is MY blog and MY feelings and despite what anyone thinks

I'M ENTITLED! 

we'll see if i post about it or not!

i'm super excited to see my dad and sissy this weekend!

i haven't seen my sister in MONTHS 

but it seems like YEARS :( 

i'm excited for kullen to see them and vice versa!

i have a lot of blogs that i want to get posted

one in particular about drugs and church

(anyone rolling their eyes?)

don't worry

it's not judgey or anything like that

just random thoughts on the two and how they correlate. 

i have to updated on kullen's appointment at children's hospital

which was really nothing 

but will still update everyone!

rhys has been a pain lately, literally.

i will post more next week but i had to go to my doctor earlier this week

because i could hardly walk! 

it's gotten better though, so PTL for that!

i will also have kullen's TWO year post eventually

right now i'm so wrapped up in birthday plans

and the fact of him just turning two alone

that i can't find the time to sit down and write a post about the last two years of my life. 

ah, emotional ellie over here! 

probably won't hear much from me this weekend

as on top of kullen's birthday party tomorrow

i'll have my dad, robin and sissy here

AND 

father's day!

*which, i am slackin' on*

and i feel awful about it because i did make a tiny stink on mother's day

when adam's didn't go above and beyond for me! 

but then again, he had no excuse as our son wasn't turning TWO the same day!

hope everyone has a great weekend!

<3

holy!

this is a post

of how the poag's went broke! ;]

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saturday, i tore open my letter from

MYPOINTS

knowing that the $50 promo code for Amazon was inside.

this morning - i added that beautiful Silhouette SD to my cart

applied my $50.00 code

and paid for the rest!

i actually got a little 'bundle' that included:

*1 roll of 9 ins x 10 ft silver silhouette vinyl

*1 roll of 9 ins x 10 ft sillhouette transfer tape

*USCutter ClipArt CD - 48 images

*Software and plug-ins for Adobe Illustrator and Corel Draw

i cannot WAIT to play with this 

and 

do all of kullen's birthday things!

[knocking on my wooden desk over here]

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a few hours later

i brought up kath's scentsy site.

i threw a mid-sized warmer (ON SALE!)

and six scents in my cart and checked out faster than lightening! 

can't WAIT for my summer-y scents!

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saturday afternoon

before heading to Port Discovery

my husband surprised me with a little gift! 

i couldn't have been MORE surprised!!

we chatted about getting one

[because the one we have, a samsung, never worked properly]

with kullen getting older and the new baby coming

it was a 'must' for us!

i was so shocked but worried about the price 

and if we could afford it with vacation coming up!

then he mentioned that he'd been taking money from each paycheck and setting it aside

and paid for this in cash so it didn't come from our bank account!

O-M-G.

now you see why

he gets off the hook for not getting me a mother's day gift

i love him!

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this is enough to make anyone sick:

 WITHDRAWAL @ STARBUCKS CARD RELOAD STARBUCKS CARD  ($20.00)

WITHDRAWAL @ STARBUCKS CARD RELOAD STARBUCKS CARD  ($15.00)

 WITHDRAWAL @ SAFEWAY STORE 11380 PLAZA DRIVE  ($4.63)

 WITHDRAWAL @ STARBUCKS CARD RELOAD STARBUCKS CARD  ($15.00)

my starbuck's purchases/reloads 

within the last 30 days.

for those of you not good with math

that's $54.63.

my husband is going to kill me if he reads this.

and do you know how BADLY i want to walk across the street

and get me a decaf mocha coconut frapp. 

DROOL.

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THE GROCERY STORE!

i don't have my receipts with me 

so my figures might be slightly off

BUT

over the weekend, i grocery shopped 

at three different stores.

my extreme couponing took over and i had to get the best deals!

target: $24.19 with $14.00 savings in clipped coupons

giant: $74.34 with $62.00 savings in-store and clipped coupons! 

safeway: $61.10 with a $44.00 savings in-store and clipped coupons

so yeah - i dropped $159.00 in groceries 

and body washes, razors, shampoos that we really didn't need

but hey - i had coupons!

and i saved almost as much as i spent! 

GO KALEY!

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i went to jessi's party on sunday

woah

IN LOVE.

i spent a nice 100$ on six bags

well - 4 bags and 2 mini pouches!

i got a tote in the black and white polka dots

personalized with my name! :) 

and a  matching mini storage tote!

i also got the all-in-one organizer personalized to say

dipes n' wipes for kullen and rhys!

and little mister kullen got his very first lunch box

personalized with hims name! 

i'm also hosting a party in August with the new fall line

CANNOT.WAIT.

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so, that's the story of how i'm going to have to file bankruptcy!

haha!

that doesn't even include our weekend adventures 

such as:

-purchasing my storage cube at target! ($39.99 + $12.00 in fabric cubes)

-port discovery ($12.95 x 2 entry and $6.00 parking)

- schezuan garden for dinner (around $30.00)

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GOSH!

when you really add it up and think about it

that's A LOT of money. 

no wonder i have to work!

and that's not even including the book of stamps that i have to go buy

to mail kullen's birthday invites!

or the ABC letters that i want to go buy at joanne's 

[thanks to a text from my nana saying they were on sale for 99cents!]

i guess it's good to get it all out of the way now

while we still can

there could be big changes comin in the future for us poags!

[fingers crossed mama's] 

scribbbbbles!!

are you guys ready to see the sloppiest, most HORRIBLE handwriting on the east coast? ;] here goes! i saw this over at allie's blog and even though i wasn't tagged [probably because she doesn't know my pitful little blog exists!] i'm a stalker and wanted to play along anyway! anyone else going to play??? i tagged some of you, so you better! 

sorry for the poor quality - cell phone picture!

in the flashback friday

since i haven't uploaded my pictures lately [slacker!] i decided to participate in a mix of two prompts! 'flash back friday' and 'in the photo friday'. i found 'FBB' over at Christopher & Tia  and this is my first time participating :) i found 'ITPF' over at La Buena Vida's blog and just now realized that she's no longer hosting [at least, i think she was the host/creator] it! i guess i'm the only one in blog land who still carries the tradition on? figures!  anyway - here is my picture. i even edited a bit to make it look vintage even though its really not THAT old. it's just pre-baby [aka, pre-fat!] and check out that oldddd camera in my hand. that was my first diggy!

[check out those SKINNY legs and arms and cute little figure. where has THAT gone?!]

sunday is my hubby's 27th birthday! :) we are going on a date tonight to Ruth's Chris and i am SUPER excited about it! it's been since August that we've been out, just the two of us! at least, i think it has. i'm also excited to give him his birthday gift! i'm going a little 'all out' this year but he deserves it, big time! he has been so amazing this last year with me and kullen both, he deserves some appreciation in form of monetary gifts! ;]

i hope to get back on the blogging track here soon. things have been a TAAAAD crazy around poag land! bear with me and stay tuned for a very important announcement ;]

owl you need is ...

STARBUCKS! :)

did anyone else notice the owl on the new holiday cups? omg!

♥

on another note - i've come up with a new blog name! and it's NOT one of the ones that i previously mentioned. i came up with it on saturday evening as me and the hubs were watching a movie! he agreed it was a perfect name for my blog in relation to our family! ;]

stay tuned for a blog makeover, including new name and button!

♥

AND - the winner of the Shutterfly 8x8 photobook is Swindy's Stories! thank you SO much everyone for participating! :)

bits & pieces

i feel like i haven't had time to blog lately and it kills me. i'm home with kullen today ... actually, home with both boys but bigboy is at the dentist. so while he's gone and kullen is napping, i figured i'd hop on here.
my boy will be 16 months tomorrow. he is growing extremely too fast for my liking but at the same time, he is becoming so FUN to be around. he makes me laugh constantly with his jabble and attempt to 'copy' what anyone does. his latest thing is 'hot'. he thinks everything is hot and will pull his hands back and say HAAAAA [his attempt at hot] and it's the most adorable thing ever. i won't spend too much time on this topic because i HOPE to post a 16month blog tomorrow! ;]

i'm excited for my birthday on thursday. turning twenty six doesn't have any perks but we did get tickets to Ovo Cirque De Soile at 4pm that day! i will go straight from work and meet the boys, my mom and her husband there and hopefully grab dinner somewhere in the harbor afterwards! i'm also hoping to get some beautiful pictures down at the harbor that evening.
also, this weekend, my friends are gathering for dinner at The Melting Pot for dinner. i am SUPEEER excited! The Melting Pot is my favoritttte restaurant and the fact that my favorites will be dining with me, makes it all the more better!

speaking of birthday - i got my first birthday gift!! we had a double date last week with my bff mandee and her hub and she gave me my gift! :) i mean, how well does she know me!? ;]

it has come to my realization that i hardly everrrrr finish things. examples: 30 day song challenge, 365 photo challenge, mean girl cleanse, amongst many other things. it irritates me! maybe i start too many things at once. maybe it's my impulsiveness because i do realize that i am VERY impulsive. once i get my mind set on something, i mussssst have it and then after a while, i'm over it. that is definitely something i want to change about myself. and i want to restart that 365 project because i DO want to finish that. anyone else interested in doing it with me? aka - PUSHING me to complete it! ;]

a lot of areas have been swarmed with stink bugs. i think i may have mentioned it briefly in another blog saying we hadn't been impacted. well, i spoke too soon! granted, we dont have them as bag as some areas but i'm still grossed out. we've had THREE in our house within the last week. ick! pray for us. haha!

i posted a 'ramblings' blog a while ago and had a few people address it and ask if i was okay or depressed. that wasn't the point of the blog. i guess maybe it came across that way because it was a tad sullen, and i realize that but i promise you all - this girl is NOT depressed ;]
i may be stressed about my uterus and a few other things but i refuse to let it get me down. :D smiles over here, promise!

i decided to use a photo from this weekend at the Renaissance festival for one of my photo hunt pictures [which by the way, i WILL finish!! swear it!] for the child item - i chose this picture of kullen chowing down on a turkey leg! this kid LOVED it, even more than hims mama! ;]

 i'm also reallllly excited about the autumn exchange that i'm taking part in hosted by jessi lynn smith! i got my partner and already have a few ideas of what to get her! i better get the move on, has to be mailed by friday! :D the only problem i'm having is spending ONLY 15$ haha!!
also, while at her page i noticed she was doing a 30 day challenge. it was an 'all about me' challenge. guess who is sucked in? me! another something to start and not finish though.

well kullen is up and tapping the keys so i have to cut this short.
stayed tuned for a bloggy surprise =D

ramblings ...

it's like FOURTY degrees here in the District so needless to say, i'm FREEZING! it seems all we've had recently is rain and stink bugs! [although luckily, they haven't made their way to my house yet] the rain makes for dreary days but i am not complaining - i have enjoyed it.


the hub and i got out saturday evening for some adult time. it wasn't too bad because we left around eight and kullen was already ready for bed. i much rather prefer it that way versus going out earlier because then i just miss hims too much.

although i said i wasn't planning on blogging about it, i am frustrated with my uterus at the moment. as i mentioned in THIS post, we are trying for another baby. it seriously feels like we've been trying for MONTHS but i suppose, in reality, it's only been three months. it took exactly three months for me to get pregnant with kullen so maybe it will happen soon but i feel like i have given up. i was using ovulation test strips and had positive readings every month and still nothing. i didn't buy anything this month, what's the point. i know that i'm ovulating. ugh. and of course everyone says 'don't stress about it' or 'it'll happen as soon as you stop trying' but how can i stop trying for something that i want? even if i say 'ok, not trying' - it is still in the back of my mind. UGH. frustration at its best.

my birthday is approaching :) i'll be twenty six. BLAH. old! i am looking forward to going to the melting pot with my favorites though. :) we all gathered for my 23rd and it was the best birthday dinner ever! they even did a champagne toast to me! hehe! i'm hoping to trump that this year ... most of the people pictured below will still be in attendance - plus some new faces :)

i think i might ask the hub for photoshop for my birthday present ... i've really been wanting it lately and i think it will be the perfect addition to my camera and blog!

i've been feeling crafty lately. well i guess i should say EXTRA crafty! i went to AC Moore yesterday and got some yarn, fabric and a DIY apron kit :) the apron kit seems nice and easy - it comes with the fabric and pattern so all i have to do is sew it up - perfect for a beginner like me. OH! i also purchased some clearance DIY jewelry! i honestly don't know the slightest thing about jewelry making but i figured it shouldn't be TOO hard. google has everything so i'm thinking positive! the fabric i got is to make these cuuuuute little owls to hang from my stair banister! :) i found this picture - the ones i'm making are pretty similar but i chose different colors ;)


i've been down lately ... i mean, not extremely down but just a little bit. unfortuntely it's not something i can blog about. sometimes i want too, just to get it out and get some outside unbiast opinions but i'm just not ready yet. typical me cares too much for other people and their feelings when its definitely not a mutual thing. as easy as it is to stay you're done and you've washed your hands sometimes the heavy heart just wont allow it entirely.

kullen is getting SO big. he continues to amaze me everyday. he is becoming more vocal and saying a few more things - mostly babble but it's still the cutest thing on earth ♥ he is still my best eater and bedtime is a breeze. in the last month he has cut five new teeth - all four molars and one bottom! despite that, he's still been a happy/good boy! we definitely have our moments with him and his tantrums but the flash of one smile makes me forget!

i realized that i've completed a few more things on my 101 project! i will blog about them soon, promise! i am hoping to complete a few more within the upcoming months! :) i was thinking about it this morning and wonder if some of the things on my list are actually reachable goals (going to California, losing 20lbs, leaving the US) - part of me just thinks that within the allowable time - it won't happen but oh well ... it isn't about the outcome, i'ts about the journey right?


i am lovin fall ♥
billy currington's 'must be doin somethin right'
dexter
blueberry coffee
free sampling
socks
my new scentsy scents!
any new followers stopping by from FMBT! :)