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Some weekends don’t go quite as you plan. I had my sister lined up to watch Zoe on Saturday and an afternoon and evening of fun things planned for Chris for his birthday. Unfortunately around 10am Saturday morning Chris got an emergency call form work and spent literally all weekend working. I had to undo all of our plans, cancel the cookie cake and have all the sads that his special weekend was ruined by work things. Needless to say my first mother’s day was pretty craptastic too since my husband worked away the entire day. I did get in lots of Zoe time at least!!! Her and I have so much fun playing together!

Chris and Zoe got me an Apple Watch for mother’s day!!! I am loving it and realized how much I missed my fitbit for the reminder to move. I have the health activity alerts turned on so my wrist is reminding me to stand up more and get moving. I am finding myself running in place as I cook or brush my teeth again. There are three goals you are supposed to get every day, activity/calories burned, 30 minutes of working out and 12 stands in 12 hours. I want to see those circles full so this is going to be good for me! Also, having my texts come in on my wrist so I don’t have to carry my phone around has been fantastic!

Things that did happen this weekend? Zoe and I went grocery shopping Saturday evening and grabbed BBQ to go. I stopped and got a slice of cookie cake for Chris and I to have Sunday evening. I made BBQ nachos with the leftovers Sunday for lunch.

I had Zoe sitting next to me on the floor while I ate and we watched Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. She was less concerned with Mickey and more interested in my food. That look she was giving me….goodness! A few more weeks and we will be starting solids! Hang in there Z!!!

Sunday night I made lasagna for Chris since we didn’t get to go out to eat. He finally got to come upstairs and spend some time with us around 7pm. Hopefully we can recreate all his birthday fun another weekend! Poor guy!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!!! Despite cancelled plans, I am thankful for the time I got to spend with Zoe and some downtime around the house. I got lots of cleaning done and half the grass cut so that is something! Linking up with Biana.

May 15, 2017 by Nadine

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Weekend Shenanigans

The first weekend of May is in the books! It was a gorgeous weekend here in Alabama with temps in the 70’s. Gotta soak it up as much as possible, soon it will be hot AF and I will want nothing to do with the outdoors again.

Saturday morning my sister came over to hang out for a little bit and spend some time with Zoe. We headed to meet her niece for lunch at a local Mexican restaurant, then went to my nephew’s baseball game. Unfortunately, Zoe is not a fan of screaming parents and promptly had a break down. We had to leave a little early, but I at least got to see my nephew bat once and play on the catchers mound for a few minutes. I hope she gets over the screaming before football season!!!

That afternoon, Chris and I hit up HomeGoods and stopped by his parents house for a bit. We never made it out to eat, so we stopped at Publix on the way home and grabbed some snacks so we could make it home in time for Zoe’s bedtime. Classy AF with our dinner right here….

Sunday was meal planning and grocery shopping. I had to try the new Midnight Mint Frap at Starbucks. You guys, this one does not disappoint!!! So amazing and not too sweet. It was the perfect treat.

I had to snap a picture of Zoe in her cute outfit too!!! My Godmother got this one for her. I envy the fact that she can pull off white leggings. You will never find a light color on my bottom half. If makes me look a like the Stay Puff man. How cute is that tunic? I die!!!

Sunday night I made a bacon pasta that was delicious! I will be sharing the recipe soon! We enjoyed it while we caught up on Chicago Med/Fire/PD, Vampire Diaries and Scandal. Is it just me, or is this the best season of Scandal yet??

We did watch one episode of 13 Reasons Why on Friday evening. I am interested to see the rest of them. There are a lot of mixed reviews out there. I also started to do some organizing around the house. I redid the laundry area and we got a cute set up for the soap and brushes near the kitchen sink. Next up will be under the sinks. HomeGoods and TJMaxx didn’t have what I wanted so I am on the search on the internet I guess. No area is safe from reorganization!

What are you all getting for your mom for Mother’s Day? I haven’t quite decided yet. Usually I have that figured out by now!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! Linking up with Biana.

May 7, 2017 by Nadine

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Weekend Shenanigans

This weekend we….

Played lots and lots of the new Mario Kart for the Switch!

I stopped by the new Panera that opened in our town! Oh how I have missed their iced green teas and delicious foods! While I was in the new shopping center I checked out Ulta’s Grand Opening and the new HomeGoods. I fully intend to hit up the HomeGoods again this weekend when I have more time to browse.

Interrupted Zoe reading her book…

And ate the most delicious chicken flautas at our favorite Mexican place.

A few other things not pictured was the open house that we went to yesterday. An amazing renovated house sitting on 5.7 acres with a private lake and a pool. Swoon!!!! A delicious Italian dinner Saturday night from Papa Sal’s. And lots of organizing, meal planning, grocery shopping and tons and tons of yard work.

Hope you all had a fabulous weekend! Linking up with Biana.

May 1, 2017 by Nadine

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Weekend Shenanigans

Ugh. Monday. Am I right? I am exhausted! A certain Little Miss thought she was too good for naps all weekend. Goodness! Anyways, Saturday started off with an appointment at the hair salon. I love my hair girl, it was fun catching up with her and leaving feeling fabulous!

I mentioned Friday that one of my friends from Atlanta was coming to Birmingham this weekend. Unfortunately, Chris ended up having to work a lot this weekend (poor guy!!!!)….but we did squeeze in a great lunch with them on Saturday!

I suggested a few places to them, and they picked Saw’s BBQ. If you read any food critic list or southern magazine, you will know Saw’s is usually at or near the top of the list for best BBQ. It was so great getting to catch up with B and his wife. This was the first time that Chris actually got to meet them and I hope that we will get to see them more often now. Good company, good food!

Saturday evening I stumbled upon The Blind Side. I forgot how much I loved that movie! Speaking of things from the past….did you guys know that Party of Five is on Netflix?!?!?! I loved that show and I am totally re-watching it!

Sunday morning I read a little more of The Girl Before and flipped through a few magazines. We did our grocery shopping and dropped by to see our youngest nephew. He turned seven this weekend!! The rest of the afternoon was spent consuming fettucine alfredo, catching up on some of our shows and we watched the first three episodes of Big Little Lies! I was a little skeptical when I heard that they were making a tv series with it, but they have done a really good job. I love the casting!

Other things that happened this weekend? We took our first family photo of three. I know, she is almost 5 months old!!! I have millions of pictures of Zoe by herself, and several of her with Chris. But none of the three of us, and hardly any of me and her together. I have decided to really make more of an effort to change that. Even if they are with a few selfies!

I hope that you all had a wonderful weekend! Linking up with Biana.

April 24, 2017 by Nadine

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Easter Weekend Shenanigans

I can already tell that today is going to be a long day. A little miss had me up every 10 -15 minutes since 245am in a little game she called, let mommy think she is going back to sleep, jk! Needless to say, I will be running through Starbucks for a venti something or another with maybe even an extra shot of espresso. It is hard to be mad, because when I finally gave in around 430am, and considered us up for the day…I turned on her light and she just smiled up at me so big. And then an hour later when I was doing my makeup in the bathroom, she took her Minnie Mouse and covered her eyes with it and fell back asleep. Rude.

Anyways, Easter weekend was fabulous! I tried the Pink Drink from Starbucks for the first time. So delicious!!! I also really liked the coconut milk mocha machiatto.

Zoe and I got the grocery shopping done on Saturday. This picture is what I call, I am trying to avoid sweet treats but its Easter and single servings dont count…