Bubbles and Bows Boutique

My awesome friend Cara has an amazing business she runs, all hand crafted, home made items for babies, kiddos and parents! She has made a couple of items for Kaitlyn, including a wet bag that is a life saver when we are out, a cute cloth diaper with her initials on it and a wipe case, another life saver!
Cara also makes sweet t-shirts, nursing covers, bows and tons of other items! She is super talented and affordable ;)

Check out her website: http://www.bubblesandbowsboutique.com/

This is why I never kept a journal...

I'm HOPELESS at writing and remembering to update! everytime I think about it I'm at work and well can't really do that ethically...

Lets see...first 2 weeks of work have flown by and can't believe I'm almost done with my 3rd. My boss has been out of town for the last week and a half and will be back in the office tomorrow! I've finished most of my projects and think I successfully handled the office while he was out, guess I'll find out tomorrow lol :)

Chicago was...in a word...interesting! I had a great time with Jules and seeing the city was fun. We had some other issues that arose making the weekend a bit difficult at times but overall it was a really fun trip and I can't wait to do it again!

Toddler bed is still a miserable experience...Kaitlyn has resorted to sleeping by the door still and climbing into our bed btwn 1 and 3am, she feels the need to sleep ontop of me or right in my back making the rest of the night slighty uncomfortable for me! We're going to try again this weekend at keeping her in her own bed...wish us luck!

I'm going to aim to get on her and update every 2 days or so...but clearly can't make any promises since my last post was 2 weeks ago!

goal: get better at blogger ;)

A sense of ones self?

I'm reminded of a conversation I had with my Mum not too long ago about outfits and being/feeling put together. Now keep in mind my mother is a mere 112lbs and about 5'4 she, in the body sense, has nothing to worry about...after 3 big 8lb babies and for being 57 she looks quite fantastic, but who am I to say since she is my favorite person in the world!

Anyway back to the conversation, Mum has a pretty good sense of style despite those Mum jeans she often sports the lady is always nicely dressed, yet claims to feel like she's never really well put together. Funny because I often feel the same way...those leggin's and long shirts seem to look frumpy on me but fantastic on friends, jean skirts show off my white, chunky legs, but make someone elses legs look like a mile long.

I thought maybe I'd do better for Kaitlyn, but alas today she has on capris that are too long, white socks because she has a blister and denim sneakers...somewhat of a vagabon style.



So is it really that way though or is it a poor image of ones self? I for one am not a downer, I know I ain't the skiniest girl in town but I don't despise my body and hey we could all use a little work couldn't we? So why do I think that the long shirt and leggings look great on anyone but me? Why can't I just throw on that chunky necklace with the cute button down shirt tucked into a high waisted skirt and look like the lady walking down the street...or maybe I do...is there someone walking behind me thinking the same thing, gosh I wish I could wear that?



Where does that sense of style come from? Do we all just need to "get over it" and wear what we want? Something I ponder as I pack again for our girls weekend in Chicago...after I tackle the loads of laundry staring me down!

What a weekend...

WOW...pretty much all I say to sum up the weekend. After so much stress and overload from the last, wow gosh year I guess, we all just let loose and went a little crazy. Starting off with pretty strong drinks from a friend that shall go nameless ;) for now, we kicked it into high gear. Ended up visiting EVERY open bar in Vail, horrible margaritas at the first followed by a shot of patron...my stomach is turning just typing about it...then some techno bar with a loser DJ who wouldn't play anything but techno because his girlfriend liked the music, ugh. Some random guys asked us to come to another bar that their friend owned...more shots and drinks passed around. Thankfully my brain functioned enough to stop accepting drinks after the first bar. Our other fabulous friend who shall also remain nameless did not...we had a crazy, crazy time.

Woke up to puke and blood from the last friend who shall remain nameless. After moaning, groaning and putting down a lot of gatorade we threw on some sweats and schlepped up to the gorgeous spa!!! A detox body wrap and massage was just what the liver ordered! if I could afford to have one of those every weekend, Vail would be my second home. After enjoying the wrap, massage, jacuzzi, pool and serenity room we decided that 4pm was way too late not to have any food in our bellys and headed back home. After lots of puking and a bad, bad headache I took friend who drank too much and smacked/cut open her head to the ER. Can I just say that if I had to pick an ER to visit it would be Vail during mud season. They were ready to take her back before we even finished checking in...now that is service! After 2 bags of fluids, some anti-nausea meds and a CT scan we headed back home to some DELICIOUS homemade crab cakes and my ER friend managed to put down two and a glass of milk...after puking all day I don't know who does that but she did. We were too old and tired from Friday nights mishaps so by 9:30 were all in bed with the telly's turned off shortly after!

Sunday was clean up, pictures, a quick walk around Vail Village, Starbucks then off to shop the outlets in Silverthorne...I did find two new shirts, a cute skirt and new kakhis for work!! shhh don't tell the husband!

It was a great weekend, we should have controlled our craziness a little bit more on Friday to actually enjoy the spa without feeling like death but we had a lot of fun:)

Vail here I come!

I'm in the process of packing...you'd think this would be an easy task for a weekend in the mountains but I am not good at packing! It involves a process of pulling out and laying out outfits, wondering about and checking weather, and sometimes making a list...sigh I always forget something even with this ridiculous process I go through! Usually it's the important things too like pajamas or toothpaste. So far I think 2 pairs of jeans, three going out shirts, a t-shirt and skirt, pj's, black heels and flip flops, swim suit *2 and comfy clothes for schlepping around the spa in...

Anyway Kylee, Morgan, Jenny, Lindsey and I are headed to Vail tomorrow afternoon for a weekend of fun! Nights at the bars and a day at the spa...a much needed vacation before heading back to work on Monday! I can't wait:) Oh and I hear Jenny's crab cakes are too die for so dinner Saturday night should be delish!

Trials of a toddler bed

Easter Sunday Kaitlyn climbed out of the pack 'n' play...
April 27th she climbed out of her crib...
April 27th I moved her crib down to the lowest level...
May 10th she showed me how she could climb in and out of her crib...
May 10th I switched her bed to a toddler bed!

So far she has yet to actually fall asleep in her bed...everynight around 9pm I find her with her pillow, "mi-mi" and "raddit" sleeping next to the baby gate.
She is also refusing to nap making afternoons very trying for all involved!
I'm hoping she'll soon get the idea that bed is WAY more comfortable than the floor...but if she's going to sleep in her room who am I to fight it!

Not something I thought we would be doing this early in the game, 21 months old and in a big girl bed, tear! If you can keep your kids in their cribs do it for as long as you can!!
p.s I know there is some tent thing you can but to put over the crib to keep them in but I just cannot get onboard with that idea and this had to happen sooner or later may as well deal with it now before I head back to work and sleep deprivation is more of a pain than it is now!

Last week of being a SAHM...

I accepted an offer...and I'm excited about it I think:) I'm sad about not seeing Kaitlyn all day and not having our morning snuggles watching Elmo and sitting in pj's until just before 11am when Evan came home for lunch. I'm sad I don't get to sit in the sun with her and draw in chalk on the back patio and play in the water table. Kick the ball around or play tag. Sad we don't get to walk to the park and play on the swings or take lazy naps together in the afternoon. BUT there is the weekends and I know bringing in more money for our family is the smartest and best move I can make right now. Who knows maybe Evan will start hitting the big accounts in the next year or so and I'll be back home without the stress of figuring out what bills to pay when and not have any late:) Until then I'm back in the office working for Lerner Financial. I'm lucky I am going to get the hours I want, 7:30am to 4pm allowing me to spend more time in the afternoon with my crazy family:) I'll be dealing with clients as the "Client Relationship Manager" a job I feel I will truly enjoy with a boss who I feel will be more understanding, easier to communicate with, and a pleasant change from the last year and half of misery I endured.

Kaitlyn and I have spent the week together and it's been fantastic, although I could have done without all the "no!" s today offered, but thus is life with a toddler! She did get a new rash guard long sleeved shirt today and life vest for the proposed venture on the boat this weekend with "Anny" and "Dadda". i'm sad I don't get to see her first trip on the water but hope Evan will take some pictures for this photograph crazed Mum! I also snagged a new swim suit for myself today, actually two. One for sunning and one for working out in...ha you might say to that last statement but I would really love to get back in the pool this summer with some strenuous workouts! For now Courtney and I have decided to get Denver city park passes for the summer to take the kids to the pool and get a workout in...we'll see what the next couple of weeks brings for our decision process.