Lucy loves Jude

Tonight at bedtime, this happened....



 ,,,,And I just felt like you needed to see it. I know I needed to see it.  There's a little girl who's so completely obsessed with her big brother.  She literally just watches him the entire day, and in her eyes, he really can do no wrong.  It's pretty cute.

What you can't see in this video is the super long day we had and the colds we're fighting off.  I'm not gonna sugar-coat things folks, there was snot everywhere today.  I lead a glamorous life, I know.  Because of this, and the fact that it was raining outside, we stayed inside. all. day. long.  I nearly died.  We usually run an errand, go on a walk to the park or at least just go outside in the backyard to not feel so cooped.  But today we had none of that, and by the end of the day I was done.  Not to mention, poor Chris has been dealing with a terrible flu-like virus since last Thursday, so when he comes home from work (there's no sick days in residency....that just made me think of "There's no crying in baseball".....yikes, I need sleep) he's pretty out of commission.  Let's just say I'm pretty ready for full health around here!

PS.  Is it getting cold where you are?  It is here.  I wore an entire outfit of fleece today (I was super cozy and warm, not to mention it was the perfect kleenex material for all the you know what we got around here).  We busted out our space heaters and sweatshirts and are pretty ready to tackle these cold autumn/winter months.  I think.  Hope you are staying cozy too!

PPS.  Cozy is by far my favorite word in the English language.

Night guys!

block party

Have I told you how much I love our neighborhood?  If not, here goes:  I love it a lot.  It's absolutely perfect for us.  We really had no idea where to look when we found out we would be moving down here, but we immediately fell in love with the charm of this part of town and I'm so glad we did.

There's a lot to love: convenient location, "firetruck" park right down the street (where every mom is so nice and friendly...I have my park mom friends aka I get to socialize with someone older than 2 aka it literally keeps me sane), cute brick houses, lots of young families and lots of fun people.

The thing I might like the most, however, is the fact that I really know my neighbors.  For me, this is huge.  Since Chris is in his 2nd year of Radiology now, he works a billion hours a week, including overnights at the hospital (which are pretty much the dumbest things ever, including the fact that I'm alone with two kids with no family in town, and the fact that he's out of commission the whole next day because he has to sleep and/or he's just super tired).  I really had to build myself up for this reality.  What girl/mom isn't a mess when it comes to creaky house noises in the middle of the night?  But you get the idea.  The point is, I feel much better knowing that if anything were to happen, or if I needed anything, I'd be able to call up my neighbors and they'd be there in no time to help!  Peace of mind is everything, isn't it?

So needless to say, since we have some super awesome families on our street, it was really fun to all come together and take over the street for our annual block party.  There are 4 boys all around Jude's age that pretty much took over the party.  When I told Jude he was going to get to play with them in the street, he couldn't contain his excitement.  It was a huge mommy fail to mention it at breakfast, because I didn't stop hearing, "Outside street party mommy? Outside street party now pease mommy" until 1pm when the darn thing started.  We were seriously like the 2nd family there because Jude was such a party animal.  Needless to say, it was everything and more for that kid.  A police car even showed up, for heaven's sake!  (Funny story about that: Jude wouldn't go near it.  He's all obsessed with them until he gets the chance to see one up close and personal and then BAM!...instant tears and 'no danks, no danks!!"  We were able to get somewhat close when the officer handed him m&ms.  Jude won't stop talking about how the officer gave him chocolate...)

Anyway, do I even have to mention that we didn't catch a nap that afternoon?  So of course it was Meltdown City when we went inside.  But until then, it was pretty fabulous!

Here they are, folks.  Standing far, far away as they watch the police car drive off, lights flashing and everything

Driving his car in the street was a highlight.  I'd also like to draw your attention to the chalk all over the car.  Jude started coloring it one day and goes, "Oh now happy car!"  Now he refers to this car as the 'happy car'.  "See, momma, happy car!"

And there they go, driving off into the sunset...

I would've gotten more pics, but between the balloon chasing and car driving, I was occupied.  Also, I don't think I held Lucy for more than 5 minutes while I was there.  I felt weird, but was totally ok with it...

Speaking of that girl, here's a nice shot of my view today

Don't you just love that drool?  We've got a lot of it as this little one is growin' some toofers.  Already has 2 down on the bottom!

Have a good Wednesday!

Lucy's all over the place!

Hey guys!  Just a quick hello this morning!  I've been meaning to get my videos organized and up here, but the process takes forever.  But I really want to show more videos, because you need to see these two in action.

Speaking of action, Lucy is in full on scooching mode.  As of lately, she's really trying to figure out this whole crawling business.  It's super cute until I realize what that means in terms of having 2 on the go.

Yikes!

 Have a great weekend!

Motherhood

It's late and I'm awake (I'll regret it in the morning).  I somehow found myself scrolling through all my Facebook photos (there's a lot) and I thought to myself, "oh gol, what happened to me?!"  

My hair was blonde. And blow-dried and straightened.

My eyebrows were plucked and like perfectly shaped.

There was makeup on my face.

I was wearing cute clothes that fit without too much of a muffin top.

Heels?! I wore heels.

There were these cute things I carried around my shoulder that held my lipgloss (God forbid I go without some gloss) and wallet.

I traveled to places....other than Target.

I was carefree and so, so happy.

Meanwhile, tonight, before looking through all the photos, I was feeling pretty good about myself because at least I brushed my teeth.  Don't even ask if I washed my face...(the answer would be no). And it hit me: I am living a completely different life than I was 2 years ago.  Because two years ago life was about me.  I had no one else to worry about but myself, and what I'd be doing on the weekends, and what I'd wear, and what color eyeshadow I'd put on. And can't forget the gloss!

Now I worry I'll even get to take a shower (people, that takes way too much strategic planning with 2 kids). Now I worry if my kids have clean clothes, and not super saggy diaps, and where I put the desitin and did I pay that bill, and what is that scratch on Jude's leg and why is he so quiet and should Lucy be turning away from food like that and where's the bottle with the nipple she likes and can I make a sandwich and feed a bottle at the same time and did I put away the milk from this morning and are the doors locked and who's that person outside that looks suspicious and might kill us all and did I call the dr and make that appt and will Chris ever come home?

Just like that, you guys, Just. Like. That. That is my brain constantly. It just goes. And Goes. And if you paid any attention, you would notice that I made no mention of outfits. Or makeup. Or cute purses. I wish I had time to worry about that stuff. Because don't get me wrong, I love that stuff! There's just bigger fish to fry. And other 'accessories' to worry about. 

And I don't mean to toot my own horn, but these accessories are even cuter than any outfits or purses I own. 

So I'm gonna enjoy this time of constantly pretending that dry shampoo is just as good as a real shower, and throwing on dirty stretchy pants because they were conveniently ready for me on the floor from the day before.  One day I might have to look socially acceptable again. Until then, I'm just gonna go ahead and say these two stole all the cuteness.

Nighty night! Off to get some beauty sleep if you know what I mean...

Ps. Jude woke up twice in the making of this post. No wonder I have no energy for eyeshadow...