Mini Style Wednesday: Chic Fil A Date!

Monday Night as we were walking out the door to go to Baseball practice, the bottom fell out and practice was cancelled. Since we were all ready to go somewhere we decided we would just go get us all a milkshake. What a treat. :-) Tori, my sister was also working so we were able to spend some time with her when she went on her break.

"Mommy WAIT. I am not ready."

"Ok...Go ahead :-)"

Hair tie (not pictured): Sofia the First. Target 2.00

Gymboree Shirt and Capris: Gifted from a friend

Socks: Target (set of 6) 10.99

Crocs: Thrifted 10.00

Happy Friday Folks!

It is Friday and I am a happy girl. I always look forward to weekends when Rick is home and we can all spend time together and go out. We had a good but busy week. One of Rick's friends had their baby, Gracie had baseball practice and I had to take her for her 5 year old checkup. ( We will talk about that on another post...the visit didn't go as planned and I am waiting for more info before I tell you all about it.)

Here are a few pics from our week.

Gracie and her buddy Carley after Baseball practice.

Mommy and Daughter play dough date.

Gabriel found Gracie's buckets...that boy loves to climb into things.

Brother and Sister bonding makes a mama's heart happy.

Me after a long and busy day. I love being able to relax in bed at night. :-)

I hope you all have a fantastic weekend. Any fun plans??

Doctor Gabe!

Gabriel LOVES to play with Gracie's Doc McStuffins toys. I can usually find him in the "check up" center. He is such a funny boy. He loves to play with the oddest things. Right now he is playing with a piece of plastic from an art set.

This little boy makes me laugh daily. He is such a joy and his personality is coming out more and more each day. He loves to give me kisses. It is the sweetest thing. EVER. I put my face close to him and he puts his chunky little hands on my face and opens his mouth on my forehead or cheek. AH. So precious.

Happy Thursday Friends!

Mini Style

As you know Gracie loves to pick out her clothes, and I normally pretty much let her wear what she wants now, as long as it is weather appropriate. She picked out this outfit and I thought it was absolutely adorable! I love shorts with leggings myself, and even wore something similar that day.

Owl Hat: Handmade by a local shop

Blue Jean Vest: Thrifted from the Goodwill 3.29

Shirt underneath: Target clearance 3.00

Blue Jean shorts: Given by a friend

Leggings: Gymboree 4.99

Boots: Given by a friend

Little Man

I was looking back at my post and noticed I had quite a few of Gracie recently so I wanted to write about my little guy. Gabriel is very shy. He doesn't like pictures and he is super laid back, he is pretty chill as long as he isn't restrained in a high chair at restaurant. Even though he is over 1 he isn't walking yet. I am not bummed about it either...at first I was worried about it but I know that every child develops at their own pace. When Gracie was his age she was walking, talking, and off the bottle, BUT I am enjoying this time with Gabriel and taking things slow. We are slowly taking him off the bottle....I can already see that is going to be a HUGE ordeal. He is such a sweet boy. He loves to cuddle and play with electronics. He loves to say "WEEEEEE" and whenever he does it my heart melts.He is the perfect fit for our family and I could not ask for a better son! I can tell you he is for sure a Mama's Boy!

She's a Natural!

Today Gracie starts her first baseball practice! She was supposed to start Monday but they cancelled practice because of the weather. We are beyond excited and already see how much of a natural she is.

We all went to the park after her birthday party and practiced with her on throwing, catching, and hitting the ball. She did AMAZING! The weather is still a bit chilly and I do not want little man getting sick so my mom will be watching him while we head off to practice tonight.

Here are a few pictures we took while at the park last weekend. Wish Gracie luck tonight!

Mini Style Wednesday

Yesterday was Gracie's official birthday so I let her pick out whatever she wanted to wear. She is finally starting to wear jeans (on a very special day) but I am hoping baseball will get her wearing more "pants" because she is going to have to wear cleats, sport pants, and a tshirt. Wish us luck :-)

This is what she decided on.

Dress-Kohls clearance, normally 65.00 paid 13.00

Leggings-Target clearance 2.00

Socks-Target

Pearl Necklace-Gifted from birthday party

Not pictured-Handmade bow by the lovely Lacey

Frozen Takeover!

Since Gracie is totally obsessed with Frozen, I wanted to get her some special gifts and support those handmade mamas! She has TONS and TONS of toys, plus I knew she would be getting some of those at her party so I thought hard at what to get.

I first wanted to order her another chunky necklace from Affordable Custom Creations. I had worked with Lacey before and she makes adorable necklaces (see post here) so I messaged her and asked if she could create me an Elsa necklace, of course she said she would and when I received it I was so excited!! She even sent a special little hairbow for my girl!!

I then wanted to order some Frozen bows and I saw these precious ones on Fancy Free and Sparkly so I messaged that shop owner and scooped those up before they were sold out. I love how you can change out the clip with whatever character you want, and then still have 4 hairbows to wear! Win in my book.

I also knew I wanted to order something from the lovely Christina over at Emily Anns Kloset. I have been eyeing her adorable goodies for a LONG time now and so I couldn't wait to get this Frozen inspired Hoot Owl Doll. Christina came up with exactly what I wanted and she is an absolute joy to talk to.

Handmade shops are the best, because you know you are supporting a family by purchasing from them and you develop relationships!

Lastly I had to order her a party shirt so I went to Ebay for that. I love it!!

I am seriously so thrilled about this party!! I am can't wait for Gracie to see all of her surprises and have a blast bouncing around with the other kids :-)

Mini Style Wednesday

Headband: Thrifted

St. Patrick's Shirt: Gymboree 4.00

Blue Skirt: 4.50 (Thrifted)

Pink Leggings: 4.00 Target

Gracie was so excited on St. Patrick's Day to wear her outfit! 

We didn't do anything special on St. Patty's Day just hung around the house, but that didn't stop her from dressing up!

A Bright Sunshiny Day!

Today..We had a beautiful day of weather here in NC. We had a birthday party to attend at the park and boy was it a perfect day to be outdoors. A blast was had by every single person!

I was even able to snap some pictures of my mom and Gabriel together on the swing....I am so happy about that because my mom HATES pictures! I only took one of Gracie because she was literally ALL over the entire park playing. We spent several hours at the party, then came home, rested for a bit, went and visited a couple family members then came home and cooked an amazing dinner. I couldn't be more thankful for our weekends when we get out together and have ALL day to enjoy one another.

Look at that priceless picture :-)

Enjoying his cousins car :-)

Gracie was exhausted...can you tell? :-)

LOVE this one!

How was your Saturday?

Crazy Monday!

Remember yesterday when I said "Today was a day from you know where but that is a post for a different day?"

Well today is a new day and I wanna share what happen.

*DISCLAIMER* If being a parent and sometimes poop makes you sick maybe you don't need to read this, because that is what this whole post is about....

Ok. Well first let me tell you Gabriel is not constipated much...but...sometimes when he goes they are super hard and you can tell it gives him a hard time, well Sunday he went about four times and each time his BM's were all small and hard. There is a reason I am telling you this by the way...not just to share my son's poop.

Yesterday morning when he woke up I changed his diaper like always and when I opened it up it was FULL of blood. I am talking ALOT. I seriously aged about thirty years right there on the spot BUT the first thing I did was grab my phone and take a picture because I knew I wanted to have proof to show the doctor. I cleaned him up and checked his butt to make sure he had no rash or cut that would have caused this, of course he didn't so I called the parents of the 2 babies I keep and told them they needed to be picked up then I called the doctor and made the earliest appointment I could. We went in and like I knew they kind of brushed it off UNTIL they saw the picture, then they were worried. They checked his temp, his heart rate, and looked at his bottom. They thought that maybe since he had hard BM's maybe one had cut the inside of his bottom but they wanted him to go to the hospital and have an ultrasound just to make sure since everything was okay....and it was...THANK GOD!

A Day to Remember....

Today was a super fun day. We went to The Factory in Wake Forest where we will be having Gracie's 5th Birthday and got her invites. While we were there I visited a few of my favorite shops. Lily Mae's and Clay Fusion to name a couple. We had an absolute blast. I have been wanting to go to Clay Fusions for a while now but hadn't made the time or thought it would be pretty pricy BUT I am here to tell you, the prices are amazing!!! We painted a plate and put the kiddos handprints on it and totally enjoyed the laid back and relaxing atmosphere. It was so neat how you basically do everything to your own piece, and I LOVE that. Of course someone is there when you need help or have a question but no one hovers you and you just paint with your kids and make a piece of treasure that you will cherish forever.

Here is ours....We go back and pick it up in two weeks, after it has been in the kiln and fired. I can NOT wait to see the final product.

Also, I am sure you notice how Gabriel's name is a little messed up, but no worries after it is fired only one of those will show, the rest I had used as a guide.

We also took the kids to get some yummy Ice Cream next door. Gracie of course LOVED that and chose a pink sugar to go around her cone. Gabriel did not care what color it was as long as he was eating it.

I have not had a day this fun in a LONG time. I feel like we actually got things accomplished and spent family time together doing things that will be remembered forever. It's the little things right?

You know how I always tell you all how Rick never smiles? Well today he wanted to show you how happy he was so he did the best smile he could.

Hot right? He wasn't being serious but I love this pic. It shows his true, crazy personality and every single time I look it I laugh. Sums up our fun day!

And of course here's me...Had to add a selfie right?

See my sleepy man in the back.....melts a mama's heart....


How was your Saturday?

Mini Style Wednesday!

Gracie loves picking out her clothes and you would never know by this picture but we fought for 3 hours straight about this outfit. She hates jeans and hated the sweater too....but Mama wins and I am not wasting my money buying clothes she refuses to ever wear.

Eventually she got over it and we worked together and I allowed her to wear her fancy leggings UNDER the jeans....Yeah...she is something huh?

How adorable is this???

I love it! She looks absolutely precious...AND she got just about a million compliments on how much everyone loved her outfit (thank God) so hopefully we can squeeze a pair of jeans in here and there...

Hat- American Eagle( given by my sister)
Sweater- Arizona (given by a friend)
Jeans- Childrens Place (5.00 thrifted)

Shoes (not pictured) Kohls Jumping Beans- 19.99

Mini Style Wednesday

Gracie loves dresses as you all know so today she was super excited to be able to do her mini style, we even curled her hair. She looks SO grown up in these pics. I still can't believe she will be starting school in the fall....YIKES.

Dress: Gifted

Leggings: Target clearance 2.50

Necklace: Bubble gum machine

I don't know where all you guys live but here, we have TONS of snow this time. It is suppose to continue from now until tomorrow night....I really do not care how much snow we get I just do not want to lose power.... :-(