Monthly Archives: August 2017

8/23/2017

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Wyatt turned two months old yesterday, and he had his 2 month appointment with the pediatrician today!  He’s gained some good weight, but still isn’t really eating as much as the doc thinks he should per day.  At least he’s gaining weight!

His Two Month Stats:

-11 pounds, 5 ounces (25th percentile)

-23 inches tall (48th percentile)

-41 cm head size (94th percentile, the Ukranium is strong with this kid!)

He also got three shots which have made him feel pretty crappy this evening.  He’s been fussy but mostly just wants to sleep, and he’s not eating much today either.  Hoping he’ll perk up some tomorrow – just feel really bad for him. =(

In other news, we picked out a wood-look tile for our house today!!  It’s the one in the bottom right two pictures.  We started with 6 different options we’d picked out and fairly quickly narrowed it down to two, then we actually managed to both agree on which one out of the two we liked the best.  That doesn’t always happen!  =)  Now we just have to buy the tile and find a good tile guy to install!  We’re going to put it in the living/dining, kitchen, foyer, down both hallways, the guest bathroom, and the laundry room.  Eventually we’ll put it in the master bathroom/closet but we’re going to just buy the tile for that and wait until we have the master bathroom remodeled.  Doesn’t make sense to put the tile in there now and then have it get messed up when we do a total redo of that bathroom.  I’m really excited, I think it’ll look really awesome (and hold less allergens for the kids!)

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Tater took a trip to Home Depot with Daddy this evening after school.  She announced that this storage shed was “Her Farm” and had a blast exploring it.  I’m sure the Home Depot people were thrilled to have a threenager running through their displays, but hey, that’s what happens when you leave Daddy in charge. *grin*

8/21/17

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More pictures!!

Let’s see, my day in order of pictures:

I attended Baby Boot Camp for the first time today in an effort to look less like I’m still 5 months pregnant. After today I’m really regretting letting myself go between babies. Man, am I painfully out of shape!! At this point I’m coming to dread hearing these exercise terms like “Burpees” and whatnot, but I’m sure if I stick with it it’ll get easier. I’m hoping anyway! Anyway, I got there early and had a little fan section of brewery cats to play with. They stayed pretty interested in me and my towel and stroller the whole time. Lol!! BBC was held at a brewery which I find ironic, but it was actually a really nice, low-key location and the ladies in class were very nice!

The flower is from my turmeric plant that I got from a gardening friend last year! I’m super happy it bloomed, and that means it’s apparently happy where I put it!

Of course the big news of the day was the eclipse. I didn’t manage to get any good photos myself so all of these are photos I stole from friends!! Really cool to see in person, and it looks like we’ll have a total eclipse here in Dallas in several years! The kids will be old enough for that one and I think it’ll be really neat!!

Finally my “Sun’s Out, Guns Out” photo of Wyatt. =P I really love that photo of him. Lol!!

8/19/17

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I’m just going to start with the pictures since I know that’s all anyone ever looks at anyway lol!

Had a pretty good day today!! Started the day with something exciting that I can’t talk about right now but it’s pretty big/good news from our perspective. We took Tatum to the grand opening event at Lonestar Mercantile this morning and MAN what a crowd!! Stacie and I had pretty good sales today and I’m excited for what is hopefully to come from the booth there!

After nap we had Avery’s third birthday party and Tatum had a blast! She loves playing with her friends! ❤️ Can’t wait for Tatum’s pony party next month, I think all the kiddos will flip over that one!!

Tomorrow we’re headed to the flea market for our monthly pony ride and kettle corn and then not really sure what we’ll do after that besides dinner with the fam! Hope everyone is having a great weekend so far!!

8/18/17

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Momming hard this evening!

Wade got back from out of town about 11pm last night. As of right now, 8:30pm on Friday night he is approaching his 14th hour of working today and I am kind of single-parenting it. I just caught Tatum swinging from the bars of her carriage bed like a monkey, and Wyatt is restless and won’t sleep. Send alcohol, y’all, it’s getting real up in here.

Big news this week:

-I had my eye recheck with the specialist and as of right now the Pars Planitis seemed to respond great to the month of oral steroids and is now gone! Let’s Home it stays that way!!

-My booth has done pretty well its first 5 days of being open and I’ve made some really good sales!!! Really encouraged by this and hope it keeps up!!

I’ve had a lot of fun with my mom this week, she came over Tuesday to spend the week with me and the kids. She was such a huge help!! I’m really missing her a lot right now with Wade still stuck working. I’m hoping he doesn’t get screwed this weekend so we can have some family time! I promised Tatum we could go ride the ponies this weekend at the flea market and we have Avery’s birthday party tomorrow evening that she’s really looking forward to!

Someone partied a little too hard. 😜

On to the weekend!!!

8/15/17

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I have been so lame and haven't blogged at all in a while. I've been sick with this upper respiratory my sweet three year old passed on to me and between that and taking care of the kiddos I just haven't had much energy for blogging!

We had a good weekend though, two wonderful birthday parties for Tatum's friends on Saturday, and Sunday we had family breakfast followed by a trip to High Street Antiques, a nap, and then dinner with the grandparents!!

Monday I had my grand opening at Lonestar, and I sold two things and was super excited!! I was going to be so disappointed if I didn't sell a thing the first day! Of course, I spent way more than I made… I'll have to watch that 😜

Today I spent the day knocking a few things off my To Do list!! Got my beads all organized (again, it never ends I swear), the guest room cleaned up for my mom to stay with us this week (Wade is out of town), laundry done, planning done, AND the big one… the hall closet completely cleaned out!!! That was a BIG one I really wanted to get done!

I seriously have enough wrapping paper that I will have to will it to my children…

Mom and I took Tatum to get her hair cut this afternoon then took the kiddos to dinner. Tatum was SUPER good this evening for everything from her hair to going to bed. I was really proud of her and made sure to tell her how happy I was with her. She seemed really pleased with herself. 🙂

Tomorrow I have nothing planned, but I'm sure mom and I can get into something! 😜 Have a good night, interwebz!

8/9/17

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Well…. I quit my job today.

It’s kind of a shock for me really, I’ve been managing that place for 9 years and it’s become, well, kind of “mine”.  But the time has come for me to try something new, and I really want to spend more time with my kiddos before they’re grown.  This is time with them I’ll never get back and I don’t want to miss out on it.  It was a really tough decision for me to make, but I’m confident it was the right one.  I’ll still fill in here and there for vacations and/or people calling in sick occasionally, but technically as of right now I’m officially unemployed, and it feels kind of weird.

I have to say though, the one thing I won’t miss?  Catering to these crazy-ass high maintenance dog owners every single day.  =)  I don’t think there’s a person in their right mind that would miss that, and it has honestly been wearing on my sanity for a while.  Don’t get me wrong, I loved my job and I loved *most* of my customers, and I loved my coworkers, but there’s that “Special” few, you know?  The absolute crazies.  =)  That’s who I won’t miss.

So this will start the new chapter on my new “Stay at Home Mom” lifestyle, and we’ll see how well I cope. =)  I’m looking forward to spending time with my new booth at Lonestar Mercantile and that’s something I can take the kids with me when I need to as I only really need to go up there to restock and rearrange (and shop!). I’m looking forward to trying new crafts and finally having time to put together those scrapbooks I’ve been putting off for years.  And I’m having fun meal planning and trying new recipes out as well!  I’ve been surprised so far at how full my days have been just with the tasks I give myself to do every day, and how quickly time passes during the day, so I’m hopeful I won’t go too stir crazy.  =)

So here’s to new adventures!  Onward and upward!  ❤

8/8/17

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Man, rough day today!! Tatum is doing a lot better but MAN she was a handful today and I had them both by myself as my poor mom is super sick too! It also feels like Wade and I are coming down with whatever it is and I'm pretty sure Wyatt has some degree of it as well as he's not seemed to feel very well the last couple days either. Yuck.

As a friend said, her cheese face is on point! 😂😬

In spite of how challenging she was being, I actually got more done than I expected today! I finished up thank you cards, got almost all of the birth announcements addressed and stamped and ready to mail, some laundry done, and I even made dinner thanks to my Instant Pot!

I tried a new recipe tonight! IP Chicken Pot Pie Casserole! It tasted amazing!! Wade went back for seconds and I have a TON leftover for dinner tomorrow. Super easy recipe too:

After dinner I sent Tatum out to the backyard to run off some steam with Wade and Wyatt and I vegged out for a few!

I love his "praying mantis" pose. I trimmed his fingernails again tonight so you can actually see his hands instead of mittens! 🙂

OH!!! I also added some new Pyrex to the collection by way of winning two raffles!!! I'm most excited about the Pink Gooseberry set!! It's been on my wish list for a while but price-wise out of my reach really!!! Thank you raffle!!!! I'm really loving them!

This is also the first two pieces of Snowflake Garland I've gotten, so I have to decide if I'm up to starting a new pattern or not. Lol!! They're really pretty!

Tomorrow I have lunch with my boss, then I'm gunning for a real good nap in the afternoon because Tatum's butt is going back to school!!! Whoop!!!

8/6/17

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It's been a rough day today, full of sad, sick little kiddos. Tatum has run a 100-102 fever all day and when this afternoon after Tylenol (we've been alternating Tylenol/Motrin every three hours with little improvement) she started to head up past 104 instead of down we took her back to pediatric urgent care.

Who knew a urine specimen cup could be so amazing?

After a urine test and a chest X-ray we have a diagnosis of Bronchitis/Walking Pneumonia. 😢 They put her on a second antibiotic on top of the one she started last night, so hopefully things will start to look up. She's looked so sad and pitiful all day. 😦

Wyatt didn't have the best day either. I still can't decide if he's got the same virus Tatum started all this out with over a week ago (I hope not) or if it's because he seems to be stopped up again and hasn't pooped since Thursday evening. I guess tomorrow I'll be headed to the store at some point to get baby suppositories for him, which sounds like a blast….. literally.

We did get the last couple shelves installed at the booth at Lonestar and a couple clip lights to help brighten things up and now we just need Stacie's sign for Tick Tock Crafts and all her stuff loaded in there!! I'm really excited about opening day, and I have a bunch more stuff to make and take over there this week to be ready for it!

Headed off to bed as I negotiate the challenge of sick toddler home with newborn tomorrow. Wish me luck!!

8/5/17

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Whew, it's been one of those days…

Tatum gave us a gift and slept until 7:50 this morning. That's pretty much the last good event we had today. For some insane reason we decided to go to the Kid to Kid in McKinney for their "$15 stuff a bag" sale. OH…..EM….GEE what a nightmare. I got good stuff but had to wrestle my way through a throng of crazy parental shoppers and then stand in line for almost an hour to pay. 😳🤦‍♂️ Never again, y'all, never again. The bargain wasn't worth the true price lol!

Headed home for nap and tried to lay down ourselves. Wyatt started fussing the moment my head hit the pillow so I took him out in the living room so Wade could nap. 30 minutes later Tatum woke up. *sigh*

After that we headed to Lowe's to get some stuff to build a few more shelves for my booth. While we were there Tatum started acting super whiney and started getting a little flushed… a sure sign she's running a fever. Got home and, yep, 102.5

Another big sigh. I've been waiting for this ear infection to pop out since she started with congestion over a week ago and it sure didn't "disappoint".

"Hair by Daddy"

Dinner at The Rock after the urgent care visit because Tater wanted pizza. Came home, gave her antibiotic, and as she was walking down the hall she stubbed her toe, which resulted in such dramatic sobbing she made herself puke twice, all over me.

Third sigh. Ahhhh, motherhood.

But the good news is she went straight to sleep, and so far Wyatt seems to be more settled too, so maybe we'll get some rest tonight.

8/4/17

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Tummy Time – Not a Fan….

We had a nice day today!  Got a few things done here at the house in the morning, then met Amber and Sadie for lunch at the Chocolate Angel Tea Room.  It was really good!  After lunch I wandered around High Street for a bit and then puttered over to Plano Antique Mall too for a little Pyrex shopping expedition.  =)

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Got some Town and Country and a Butterfly Gold.  =)  I know, I don’t need any more, but hey, my name is Jamie and I have a problem.  LOL

This evening we had a wonderful pot roast I cooked in the Crock Pot today.  It’s funny how our time with Blue Apron and Hello Fresh gave me a new appreciation for spices and seasonings!  I seasoned the meat with Rosemary and Thyme, and it was delicious!  I’ve finally figured out which roast to buy for more tender meat and I’m happy I did!  I had a really hard time getting behind pot roast before that.

Also finished my planning for the next week this evening.  Also funny how I never was able to fill a paper planner when I was working but now that I’m not the dang thing is full.  LOL!

Really looking forward to my parents getting home either tomorrow evening or Sunday morning.  Two weeks is a long time to go without seeing them!  Tatum is going to be so excited to see them!