Last weekend, after we got back from our failed trip (still bummed about that one), we did some fun stuff in town. Saturday, we went walking around one of our fave parks, Brackenridge and took V on the Zoo Train. The last time we went on it was months ago and we had to hold her tightly on our laps - this time she sat by herself (next to me, of course) and she was just such a big girl about it. Made me proud :) 

The weather all weekend was windy and cool and totally perfect. That night, Ronnie was fiddling around in the yard (his favorite) and I finally joined him on the front porch. We had some beer, talked about the future and I was freaking out the entire time that I was hanging out with my HUSBAND. Oh, it feels so nice to say that!!

Sunday, we went looking for bluebonnets. I'd read online that there were some good ones at McAllister Park (right down the street from our house) and while there were some good patches, it wasn't anything very lush. I think we're already late in bluebonnet season - which is typical of my procrastination every year, which is why I've never gotten a picture of Violet in them until this year. I just can't handle this picture. So big and so sweet. Love this girl!

Monday, I was surprised at work with a little wedding celebration! One co-worker made cake pops for the first time because she knew I loved them and they came out so good! We had chips and dips, champagne and those big, fake wedding rings you get for bachelorette parties. Such a fun afternoon and I'm seriously so grateful to work with these people. Drinking on the job never gets old either.

Monday night, this is the only picture I got but you can tell why it was a must. Girlfriend only got one bite of chocolate pudding and while I was behind her cooking dinner in the kitchen, she made the biggest mess of her whole life. I guess it's good we got this far without huge messes. ha It was hilarious, she was squishing it between her fingers and loving life. She got a goood bath after that!

Last night, I took this picture because now every time we get home, she has to sit in her chair for a bit before we go inside. It's so cute and I'm glad she got the relaxing gene from us ;) And if you're wondering, the chair is from Walmart. FIVE DOLLARS! Get your kids one stat!

 

Instagram love.

Geez, I am getting really bad at posting in a timely manner! Timely as in, not so friggin late in the day.

(Not sure why but late in the day posts always get overlooked. At least from my experience.)

I have so many pictures I haven't shared so no better time than today so I can link up with Jenn!

If you've never visited her blog, please do. She is my creative, DIY idol. I want to be like her when I grow up :)

 

Follow me on Instagram!

 

If you do already, you've seen these ;)

 

1. Throwback from the new mama days // 2. Books were her friend when she was sick // 3. Cutest dress evah.

1. Stop growing please. // 2. Starting her on Dumb & Dumber #parentsoftheyear // 3. The dump everything out on the counter game

1. Obsessed with Kohl's bebe clothes! // 2. My favorite lunch date // 3. Selling this precious dress for a friend if you're interested!

have a lovely night!! :)

Instalately + Giveway Winner

I'm a day late on choosing my Shabby Apple giveaway winner, sorry!

The winner of the $50 credit is.....

LAUREN E!!

Congrats, friend! 

I'm sending your info to Shabby Apple and they will get in touch.

Thanks everyone for entering :)

For records sake, two nights ago, V started connecting the "ma" sound she's been making for a while and we definitely have heard "mama" a couple times since then. I won't call it official just yet but she's on the way and I'm so excited about it! :) (Sorry, Ronnie, she'll get ya next time ;)

Now since I have nothing more to say than I'm annoyed to be stuck here at work on a completely dead day, here's some IG pics from the past week. Follow me if you're on there! colormejesss

1. That's a new face / Oh, just reading upside down / Choosing accessories for her photo shoot
2.  Boss' daughter's bat mitzvah was at a gorgeous hotel  / Niles hanging out with Sibley. He ain't scurred.
3. Soft kitty, warm kitty :) / Just a quarter of the leftover candy from the bat mitzvah / My cutie elf!

Have a Happy Thanksgiving, y'all!!

Wear those stretchy pants tomorrow!

funkalicious

I'm not sure what's up with me lately but I have fallen out of my blogging groove!

I am ridiculously busy at work with our huge event being two weeks away but I'm also overwhelmed at the thought of leaving V next week for 10 days. Bleh. I'm in a funky funk mood.

So instead of talking about whiney/unimportant things, I'll share some pictures. I take a million of them and never print them so I should probably do something with them, right? So blogging is how I do!

Oh and if you're one of the fabu ladies guest posting for me starting next week, send me your posts by this Friday, please and thank you :)


1. Beer thirty during a rain storm // 2. Winding down for the night // 3. LOVE
4. Deep thoughts during dinner // 5. Or not so deep after all // 6. When do we leave??

1. Aunt Jeena visited from college! // 2. It was hard but I sold some baby clothes //3. Love my girl!
4. So lady like this one // 5. Crawling is coming and I'm scurred! // 6. My fiance is an embarassment to us all.

And I have to clarify, he did NOT go out in public like that.
Nor would I ever ALLOW him to go out in public like that!

 

Linking up with my frand Jenn for her new Instagram linky party!

Some Violet Catch Up

Thank you for all the kind comments on my last post. I'm so glad that many of you can relate, thanks for the support! As I said in that post I'm really going to focus more on my life again and posting all the goings on around here and right now, we are Violet obsessed! She's pretty much the cutest little girl EVER even if I am a little biased. We just love her like crazy and are in awe every day of how much she changes, grows and learns. It truly is awesome to know we're seeing her learn things for the first time EVER right in front of our eyes. I don't ever want to forget these things!

Since I'm trying to play catch up on all things Violet around here, I'm going to post some of our NICU pics. We probably have a couple hundred of just her first week so it was hard to narrow it down.. But after this I'm gonna do some picture posts of her first couple of months. We just have so many pictures that we've never uploaded anywhere, not even to our Facebooks.

Thanks for being so kind to bear with me ;)

1. Going to visit my girl for the first time
2. Worried but excited new momma & daddy
3. After her first bath
4. With her momma scented lovey
5. Tired after some skin to skin time
6. Happy (jaundiced) girl
7. So in love
8. Daddy loving on her

This is just a mish mash of her before we took her home. The side is us getting home with her and the bottom center is our first night with her at home.. We were so happy to have her there with us! :)

And in case you're new around here or just interested:

Birth Story Part 1

Birth Story Part 2

NICU Story

Fun with Our Phones!

I can't believe it's been a week since I last blogged! Whoops. But I'm back and linking up with Savanah for Fun with our Phones Monday! I've not been super fun lately so I don't have any exciting pics to share...but this is just a capture of my last week ;)

So excited about this because I just finished up Season 4!

And Dexter's kind of a cutie..for a serial killer.

My mom bought me this cup that I am IN LOVE with!

I love the color and the "hammered" look :)

I'm sort of an evil momma who likes blinding my dogs with the flash.

Their faces are too funny, I can't help it!

I'm not sure if this dude sells Mary Kay OR if his favorite colors are Blush and Bashful? :/
and yes, a guy was driving it.

My sweet Sibley girl

Our crazy ass storage unit.

I love how organized Ronnie and his best friend were at the end.

And last but not least, me and my baby daddy at Chuy's. Yum! :D

Looking just as funny as the dogs with the flash in our face.

Have a fabulous Monday!!