3rd Wedding Anniversary

Let's pretend I'm writing this yesterday. Ok? Thanks!

So it's our 3 year wedding anniversary, we spent the day as a family with the intentions of Grace going to my sister's for the night and Danny and I could go out to dinner, romantic right?

Plans changed since we were having so much fun together and we decided to stay at home and make dinner instead. It was the perfect day (with the exception of the major meltdown in her stroller because now Miss Thang can walk so that's what she wants to do. all. the. time.

See?

She can't be stopped.


Wanna see my pretty flowers??

 

I leave you with this:

Goodnight.  I promise to post recipes for potato bites and apple pie.

This is the Good Life

I am the luckiest woman in the world. There, I said it, are you jealous? Sitting on my deck, enjoying a glass (bottle) of wine, a (citronella) candle, I successfully baked my first apple pie, chocolate chip cookies are baking in the oven, daughter is in bed. I mean really, is it fair? I think so. Your life is a great life too. I'm a little jealous of you.
I don't really go to church, I don't really believe in it but I can't help but thank God on a night like tonight for this crazy, wonderful life of mine.
People run all day long, run to drop your babies off at daycare or school, run to work, pick up dry cleaning, get the groceries, stop by at the bank, go home, make dinner, feed children, clean the house, put children to bed, feed yourself, clean the kitchen AGAIN, sit down...no wait laundry's done, get the basket of clothes and fold them, put them away, sit back down only to realize it's 10:30 and time to brush your teeth and get to bed before it's time to do it all over again in the morning. WHEW! I'm exhausted just thinking about it!
It's important to take a breath and enjoy your life in the moment. I know I have a hard time doing so. You get caught up in the everyday mundane things of your day to day life that it's easy to forget to step back, breathe and look at this wonderful life in front of you.
This is my wonderful life:

Now if you'll excuse me, I have some cookies to consume :)

These are a few of my favorite things

Book is read. This book:

An amazing book by the way and very easy read, I suggest you run to the library and pick it up, or download it on your Kindle, Nook, whatever you like. Pick it up, read it. ::gavel:: the end.

Laundry is done, shirts ironed, kitchen is clean, house is vacuumed, bathroom is clean, toys put away, husband and daughter asleep, wine being consumed.
So now that Grace is walking....WALKING!!!!! I have to buy her some shoes. The shoes she currently has will just not do, there is no traction on the bottom with the exception of a pair of pink sparkly sneakers and black and white check mary janes from her cousin Sophia. I actually have a love/hate relationship with shoes. I HATE to buy shoes, I think to spend that much money for something you put on your feet is ridiculous, meanwhile I love shoes and I want pretty ones that are also comfy which = $$
I bit the bullet and bought these for Grace:



and these:


they are both See Kai Run and since she gives me an incredibly difficult time with putting and keeping shoes on, with the exception of maryjanes so I'm hoping these will get the job done! :)
In the mean time, my feet got jealous so I bought myself these:


they may be considered "slippers" but I don't care, I intend to wear them in public and they will be adorable. DSW had them on sale and by God, I had to have them!
So now that you know a few of my favorite things tonight I must go relax and consume more wine. As you should too.