weekending :: lots of fun edition!

Happy Monday! We had a very full but fun weekend! 

I didn't take many pictures at all on Friday, but Friday afternoon I went to our little downtown area and did some shopping. I needed to get some birthday gifts for a party we had Saturday and then I noticed that one of my favorite store was having a sale. Score! Friday evening I took dinner to some friends from church who just had a baby and then our family went over to some friends house for dinner. Hudson and Emma had so much fun playing with their boys. 

When we got home Friday night it was 9:00 and Emma was so crazy. 

She popped out and said, "Peek boo mommy!" Love her!

Saturday morning we headed to Walt and Sam's 2nd birthday party.

It was SO COLD but the kids didn't care at all. There was a bounce house and a petting zoo!

The animals were Emma's favorite part.

We came home after the party and the kids and I all went down for naps. I had the worst cramp/crick in my neck. I got it Friday night and slept HORRIBLY Friday night so I was exhausted. I found some muscle relaxers and that helped me rest so I could get in a good nap. I still have a lot of pain but it's not near as bad. I'm thinking now that I must have pulled a muscle working out last week. Who knows but it's crazy painful.

Saturday night we made a last minute decision to take the kids to a hibachi restaurant for the first time. I texted my friend Amanda to ask her again which sushi rolls were their favorites and they ended up joining us. It was such a fun night!

The boys were hilarious when there was fire. This is totally unstaged...their real reactions when they first saw fire. haha!

Our chef was awesome and let the boys crack the eggs. He threw away probably 7 or 8 eggs. ha!

Emma was so tired. She sat in my lap the entire time falling asleep. She never ate anything and went to bed as soon as we got home. I'm guessing our late night Friday night and the full day wore her out.

Sunday morning we went to church and then after church went out to eat for Mexican food with a couple other of the staff families. Our kids filled up on way too much salsa and queso and came home and took epic naps. It was so nice. 

Sunday night our church's preschool ministry had a Family Praise Night. The preschool ministry at our church is so so so wonderful. I love that they are so intentional with preschoolers and invest so much in them. 

We started off making some crafts. The first one they made was a little card to give to a friend.

Then they made chore charts! This was my favorite. ha! I've been wanting to start chore charts with the kids. They love stickers and I think this would be really helpful.

After the crafts we went to the preschool worship room (yep, a room just for preschool worship) and the parents got to experience what our littles do each Sunday in preschool worship. It was so much fun to watch all of the preschoolers sing and praise Jesus. Then they listened to the bible story of Zacchaeus and he even made an appearance through the time machine!

Such a special night! We ended the evening in the gym so all of the kids could jump in the inflatables. 

It was a fantastic weekend and we are so thankful. Have a great week, friends! xo

weekending :: Emma's ears edition

Happy Monday, y'all! I hope y'all had a great weekend!

We stared our weekend off SUPER early (we woke up at 4:00 am) to take Emma to the hospital for tubes and adenoids surgery. Our sweet friend, Mrs. Jenni, came over at 4:40 to be at our house with Hudson so that John and I could both go to the hospital with Emma. So thankful for sweet friends when we live far away from family. Before she got her sleepy juice she was full of energy and making every doctor and nurse laugh. Love my girl!

She kept talking about Dr. Black and that he was going to make her ears all better. Sweet girl.

Post "sleepy juice." She was singing "A is for apple, ah ah apple. B is for ball, ba ba ball. C is for cat, cah, cah, cat." Etc. But she was CRAZY groggy so it was so hilarious.

The sleepy juice had fully kicked in and they took her back. We did great...we knew God had it, it was very routine and she would only be in surgery for 20ish minutes. We went and got some coffee, talked for a few minutes and then heard she was out and did great. 

Everything went perfect. Dr. Black said her ears had thick (like Elmer's glue) fluid behind them and her adenoids were huge and completely obstructing the back of her nose. He said her tonsils will probably have to come out in a few years. They're already so swollen but there's no reason to take them out now. She was fussy and sleepy but did great.

She fell asleep on me after we got home for about 20 minutes. Sweet sleeping toddler.

That evening she PUT AWAY some Mexican food. She had only had applesauce, yogurt, jello, and pudding all day so she was starving.

Saturday we loaded up our bikes and headed to the park. It was GORGEOUS.

I can't believe she's old enough to do this! Emma followed Hudson around the whole park doing what he did.

Such a fun afternoon!

Emma didn't sleep well Saturday night, which means I didn't sleep well so we stayed home from church yesterday. While I was painting my nails, she filed her's. :)

Happy Monday, friends! xo

random pics from the last week

I feel like the last week and weekend have been pretty low key. Last weekend we didn't do a whole lot except for a marriage conference at church. It was so good and John and I both got a lot out of it.

It's been so cold so we've been doing lots of indoor activities. I'm ready for spring!

My little gothic girl. 

Last Friday, Emma had an ENT consult for tubes for her ears. We found out she will be getting tubes and having her adenoids removed. More on that later.

Helping make pizza for dinner before the marriage conference. 

Making silly faces with my loves.

Hudson will randomly come up to me and say, "let's take a selfie mommy!" Love!

I subbed at the kids' school on Monday and Hudson was "busy bee of the week" and got to bring a show and tell. He brought one of his trains. :)

I've been reading Gone Girl and oh my word...this book is so good. Twisted and messed up, but so good! I'm hoping to finish this weekend so we can watch the movie.

silly faces in the storage containers.

Tonight Hudson sat down and said, "let's talk mommy." Love my boy.

weekending :: crazy lazy edition!

Happy Monday, y'all! We had a super low key and relaxing weekend which was FABULOUS! 

So when we last "talked" I think I told y'all that we were potty training Emma. IT DID NOT WORK. HA! She is very strong willed and from the time she woke up on Friday until noon she had at least 8 accidents, 2 successes and would SCREAM every time I put her on the potty. I went into this knowing that if it was going to be a battle then we would wait. So I asked her if she wanted to wear a diaper and she could not have said "YES!" any faster. So we will try again in a few months. So after she got her diaper on, she decorated Oliver. haha!

John went back to work on Friday and Emma decided to be a hot mess all day. 

Friday night we went to dinner at the Mexican food restaurant by our house. We usually walk but it was cold and rainy so we loaded up in the Yukon to drive 2 blocks. ha! While we waited on dinner Hudson and Emma were giving lots of kisses back and forth across the table. :)

After dinner we got ice cream at our favorite place. 

Saturday morning John was at church working on a new music library renovation project so we sent him funny faces. 

And these 2 were making french fry and carrot soup while driving to the Homewood Pool. haha!

Saturday afternoon was amazingly lazy. 

Sunday after church we went to eat at Taziki's. Emma tasted some feta and said "I can't wike it. It's so spicy." ha!

Hudson has been coming up to me constantly lately and kissing my head. It's been the sweetest thing ever. Ever. Love my boy.

After the kids went to bed on Sunday night, John and I had our last Blue Apron meal. Some friends gave us a free trial for a few meals and we've enjoyed it so much. Last night's meal was shrimp paella!

Have a great week, friends! xo