Easter Weekend!

Whew! What a jam-packed weekend!

Saturday Andrew had soccer as usual so we got up early, ate and dressed and headed out the door. Afterwards we got some lunch and then went to meet the Easter Bunny at Whole Foods Market. Andrew clung to me and kept an eye on the strange creature during pictures, but gave him a high-five once we said we were leaving - what a kook. 

After a nap, we took a nice long walk as the sun was about to set, made some yummy fried fish and asparagus (recipe will be posted soon!) and had a LATE night. We had dinner later than usual and then at the last moment realized munchkin still needed a bath - AND we hadn't dyed eggs yet! So we got our crap together, dunked the eggs in the dye, washed the little guy, pulled the eggs out and off to bed he went.

We also had to put together Andrew's basket - we filled a few eggs with some ANNIE'S snacks, THIS book, some bath toys, bubbles, and a Thomas engine. Here are some pictures:

Sunday morning we got up late - couldn't possibly have to do with the fact that we all got to sleep so late - made bunny pancakes and hunted Andrew's basket. We went to the later service at church (where munchkin did a great job being calm and quiet) and then off to granny's for more baskets, an egg hunt, and dinner. And then we stayed for a nap, a few movies and leftovers teehee ;)

Hope everyone had a wonderful, peaceful holiday weekend!

What we've been up to lately...

Photo dump!

We took Andrew to see the Spongebob Movie - he loved it, sat quietly, ate a TON of popcorn, and was smiling the whole time!

I made munchkin some edible playdough and we cut out shapes (definitely want to get some little tools for him to play more next time)

 Went shopping at Wiregrass/ rode the train with daddy!

Andrew got some awesome light-up Paw Patrol sneakers for soccer

Also here are our mommy-and-me TOMS shoes, and hubby's new watch for work

Then recently we went to music class downtown, found an awesome playground/water park/ice cream shoppe/pier and then went to a free day at the Glazier Children's Museum:

Had to go buy a new trash can and pillow for Andrew. His grandparents bought him this sweet puppy pillow pet back a while and Andrew LOVED it. Literally, he refuses to lay down to sleep without it. SO, when it had been peed on a million times and it's nose was super dirty we decided we really needed to replace it. I was super worried that he would be upset since it would be different (they didn't have any of the puppy dog left) but he picked out a seal and held it all the way home and is now obsessed with the new one. I still snuck his old one out while Jesse distracted him though haha!

TTFN! <3

Phase One of our new place

We officially moved on November 23rd, but were able to get the keys on the 18th. We did the walkthrough and signatures and all that, and I snapped these pictures. It seemed really kind of small when it was so empty, and it was a mirrored layout of the model so it really threw me off at first. BUT now with our things in, it looks huge again.

And then we moved stuff in (my mother moved in with us for a few weeks until her new place was ready) and were totally overwhelmed. It felt like we were living in a hotel every day, hunting through boxes for things, organizing everyday to try to carve out a bit more space.... it was rough for all of us.

BUT I got a jumpstart on Andrew's closet organization...

The patio hasn't really changed. Planning on hunting down some wicker furniture, and maybe some sort of play area for Andrew (like a rubberized playmat and.... something. Any suggestions?)

I also was able to get Andrew's bath finished...

(Everything is from Target)

And we have an awesome playground just across the parking lot from our unit. 

Will post the next phase soon! TTFN <3

The weekend!

We had a pretty full few days here this weekend!

On Thursday Andrew had an appointment to get a couple vaccinations, so we went to the pediatrician, survived the whole ordeal (on our own/ without daddy) somehow and went to get frozen yogurt. Mama had a little corner of Cake Batter with chocolate chips, and little man had Strawberry and Mango with strawberries, blueberries and kiwi.

The yogurt shop was just a few blocks from where 'Granny' works so after yogurt we drove over to visit and had a little tour of her office/ met a whole bunch of co-workers.

Fridays are our normal grocery shopping days. Every other Friday it's just myself and the munchkin so we headed out for a few very quick stops as we left late and hubby had an afternoon appointment. We made our usual stop at Whole Foods, and then hit up Target. After spending a bit more than anticipated there, as usual, we stopped for a smoothie at the store's Starbucks. I wish I would have bought it on the way in though -- have you seen those awesome new detachable cup holders for the carts??? SO cool. The things I get excited about....

We made it back JUST in time to pick up Jesse and head to his appointment. 

Saturday morning we all headed to the zoo for the "Chill Out" event. Kind of a bummer that we didn't really get to enjoy any of it. #1 we were a bit late so we missed the Elephant talk and seeing them get cool treats, #2 we only had about an hour there so we weren't going to get to see the Orangutans either. SO we went to the Penguin exhibit, saw them get some treats, played in the water park of the Wallaroo Station and then got a Push Pop to share and headed home. 

...We don't give Andrew sugar often whatsoever. He didn't have any other than muffins and fruit for his first year, had a carrot cake with applesauce sweetener for his Bday, and has really only had frozen yogurt twice since then. He's had a couple small cookies also over long periods of time but this is by far the most sugar he has had in such close succession! Luckily after the initial "Why are you taking it away from me?!?" whine, he's pretty chill about having a limited amount.

After dropping Andrew off with his Granny, hubby and I headed to the beach to meet some friends. We stayed in the water for hours, went to Red Lobster for some yummy dinner and then headed home in time to put Andrew down for the night. We both have some very nice sunburns to commemorate the day haha!

Sunday was just a lazy day, got some laundry, dishes and vacuuming done, watched a movie with Andrew, he tried popcorn for the first time,

and we just hung out. And then hubby and I finally watched "Rise of the Planet of the Apes". Now we can't wait to see the next one!

Hope y'all had a great weekend, and no sunburns! Haha!

TTFN! <3