Linking up with Lauren Elizabeth today!

1. I think this kid loves the water :) Considering she haaated her bath for nearly the first year of her life, this is a welcome change. I don't even care that now she wants to sit and play in the bath every night for at least an hour.

2. Love this color, but hate the polish. Say what? Ok so it's a neon and dries as a matte (how I'm currently wearing it) BUT slap a top coat on and it only looks gorgeous for as long as you don't touch anything. I had entire nails popping off! Not literally, but the entire polish! Even as a matte, it chips immediately. However, it's top 5 worthy this week because I'm obsessed with the color. So much so that I've resorted to carrying the bottle in my purse and doing touch ups as needed (it dries super fast so that helps).  FYI: the polish is Sinful Colors - Dream On.

3. My baby brother turned 27 yesterday! And Violet finally sorta kinda likes him! High five for that! Not sure why she's so shy around men sometimes (I honestly think it's because she's so daddy obsessed that she just doesn't want any other guy around but him. ha). but slowly but surely, she's getting more comfortable. Except in this picture when she just wanted more yogurt and ain't nobody got time for pictures when there's food around ;)

4. You can't go wrong with anything Strawberry Shortcake. I get my hoarding tendencies from my mom and she's kept tons of our toys, clothes, papers, art and anything else she felt was memorable from our childhood. It used to be annoying and I'm sure my dad hates their full garage and attic but I love being able to see these things and hopefully I can pass them on to Violet one day. Whenever I can trust she won't ruin them :)

5. Now that it's the summer, my sister comes in every few weeks from college and I love seeing her with Violet. They love each other like crazy and I'm happy they at least get some time together. SHe came in last weekend and we got to spend Sunday together. We still need to make some plans to go visit her - she does live near the beach!!

So, that's been my week! We've had a whiney teething child (we're at almost a full week of awful sleep. Send help.) but we've survived. Tomorrow we have plans for another day at Sea World and I'm SO excited. I had no idea I'd love going there so much!

How has your week been?!

Discounts, High Fives and Nails!

I have the day off!!! 

But before you go and get all jealous, just know I didn't get to sleep in. My child decided no one in this house was sleeping in today! Oy. I'm just grateful to not have to go to work! Know what I'm saying? 

Ooh and I have some fun news today! ...

My March Etsy Sponsor Chip & Chisel is offering y'all 20% off your purchases again, before the month ends! Just use code YAMC20 (you must like her FB page first to qualify) and the code is good through Sunday! I truly hope everyone's gone over and had a look at Lindsy's jewelry - it's amazing. And as I've said before, I'm completely obsessed with my C&C necklace!

You can read my full post about Chip & Chisel here. 

Now for my High Fives!!

1. My sweet girl turned 13 months yesterday! I was in denial over her turning 1 last month but being over 1 is just too much!

2. My friend and I visit a local restaurant so much (because Nacho Monday, y'all!) that apparently we are part of their top 50 customers so we got invited to a customer appreciation dinner last night! ha Both of us are moms so getting out for the night + Hobby Lobby + a free meal and margaritas = highlight of our week.

3. It's been so gloomy and dark the past few days and I love it. I know that's mean to say when you northerners are sick of cold, dreary days but believe me, it makes our warmer temps feel much cooler and bearable.

4. I was disappointed in how streaky Julep Bette was since it's a jelly but lo and behold, I actually had a good idea and gave Bette another shot. I was wearing Julep's Oxygen and just painted Bette over it and I love how it came out! Moral of the story - paint a jelly over a pale color. So much prettier and easier to use. (I suck and didn't take a good picture but take my word, it's pretty!)

5. I'm so excited to spend the Easter weekend with my little family - Violet's 2nd one. Crazy! Hopefully we can find a place to have her picture taken with the Easter Bunny but I'm not too concerned about it - she was obviously pretty traumatized by Santa. ha (I just realized I never even posted our Christmas pics here. Whoops!)

                                      

Have a great weekend, y'all. Enjoy your Easter (if you celebrate!) :)

high five for FRIDAY!

 

1. There's some not so awesome stuff going on in my personal life (NOTHING to do with Ronnie, things are great there :) and it's turned me into a weepy, grouchy mess so I'm taking a break from Twitter and Facebook. And you know what? I'm actually pretty happy without them (for now).

 

2. Remember we were going to cancel cable? Well I called Time Warner and I . got . swindled. Totally felt like this after the swindling too. But how could I say no when they knocked our cable/Internet bundle down $25 AND upgraded our Internet? Ronnie seems to think it's should've been real easy to say no - it wasn't. I guess we'll just have to keep cable another month ;)

3. Ronnie made these Roasted Chickpeas last night and all three of us LOVED them. I'm not sure what recipe he used but they're all pretty similar, this one looks close enough. Ronnie just changed it up and used some different spices, it's really all about what flavor you want anyway.

4. I am so in love with this newbie toddler stage and wish I could just freeze time. She is just so silly and fun and learning all sorts of new stuff. Hangers and junk mail are her favorite "toys" lately.

5. I've been obsessing over embroidery hoops for a while and I could easily just buy one of the many on Etsy but I'm thinking crazy thoughts and have decided to make one! I mean, I just freed up a whole bunch of time just with quitting Twitter alone! Has anyone seen an tutorial that's pretty easy to understand - say, Embroidery Hoops for Dummies? Please send it my way or send me your own tips!

Linking up for the first time with Lauren, love her blog!

 

Happy Friday, friends :)