Finding A Happy Place.....

Anyone who has talked to me personally in the last couple weeks knows I have been pretty down over the events that took place at the last Doctor's appointment.  No point in re-hashing it now.  But anyways, I have really been working HARD at rising above it and getting back to my happy place instead of curling up in my bed and just staying there for A LONG TIME!! 

So, what to when I am down......a few things!  1. My little Buttercup, Lily Grace has really cheered me up!  She can always make my heart happy.  LOVE HER SO MUCH!!!  She has spent the night with us a couple of nights over the past two weeks and it really did cheer me up, A LOT!!!  2. Getting everything ready for My Little Man's arrival!!  I just love to wash all his little clothes and squeeze them!  I know that is SO weird, BUT it makes me feel close to him!  #youwouldntunderstandunlessyouwereinmyshoes  So excited that his chair is coming on Monday!!  Can't wait!!  One of the guest rooms has become the storage room for all his stuff.  #ineedmynewhousealready!!!  Pretty much put in my mind this house WILL NOT be ready before Little Man's LONG AWAITED ARRIVAL!!!  This is 35 years in the making people!!!!  I can't believe it is only 2 months 20 days away according to the countdown app!!!  HURRY UP DUDE and get here already!!  3. Shopping.  Who doesn't love to shop when they are down??  It sure as heck helps me!!  I have done a lot of shopping for my Little Man!  I actually think I am ready for his arrival.  I just need to get the formula and diapers and I'm set!  #helloHolleformulaandHonestCompanydiapers!!  Only the best for My Little Man!!!  You should see his little swim outfits for the beach!!  OMG, I could just eat them up!!!  Oh, and the handmade destroyed denim jeans I am having made for him!!!  I can't even stand it!!  Get him here NOW!!!  I probably won't put him down until he is about 4 days old!  Sorry Friends and Family, I doubt you will get to hold my Little Man!!  I will be too busy eating every ounce of him up!!!  4. Lunch with my Sister.  This has been difficult to fit into the house building schedule, BUT due to the circumstances, I fit the must needed lunch dates in!!!  She can ALWAYS cheer me up with her cra cra comments!  I am sure everyone in the restaurant gets a kick out of our conversations!  You know these people listen!!  5. A little core yoga action at Exhale.  6.  Erin Condren.  The woman is a pure genius!  Just trust me on this one!  She will CHANGE.YOUR.FREAKING.LIFE.  Go look for yourself.....www.erincondren.com.  You will thank me later!!! 

So, you know what the BEST part of me being down is.....My Father in Law has been SO much more calm with me and totally butting out of my house building!  Which, has made my trades people SO HAPPY too!!!  I think they might be even happier than I am!!! 
#hereallydoesdriveEVERYONEcracra

My Little Buttercup wearing my Kidd Rock concert shirt!  If you haven't seen this Dude in concert, you are missing out!!  She thought she was SO big in that shirt!  Gosh, I love her!!!

 

So, back to Erin Condren....This is my little gift from her!  It is simply amazing!  It's wrapped like a dang Christmas present first of all.  How cool is that???

The goods!  It's my life planner.  It's personalized with my name on it.  LOVE IT!!  The cover is interchangeable too, so as soon as my Little Man is here, guess what the cover will be????  People, this is LIFE CHANGING!!  I know I said it once already, but I am telling you, it is going to change my life! 

This is the back cover of my Life Planner.  You can customize this little gem! 

I think I might have a problem!!!!  My other Erin Condren book is an address book, BUT let me tell you something, this is no ordinary address book.  This thing is an address book on steroids!  My Life Planner will be going pretty much everywhere I do for the next 18 months!  I can't believe I can even plan Little Man's 1st Birthday in the same planner as his birth!  HELLO.......what is better than that??  Well, except the fact that a year is going to go by WAY TOO FAST!!!!  Ok, I will just keep planning his first Halloween, Christmas and Beach trip!  Oh boy!!!  This Little Man is going to be one busy little Baby!  He might need his own Life Planner!!  :-) 

 

Until Next Time My Loyal Followers,

 

Lesley

 

It's a......

So, today is Father's Day and I thought it would be the PERFECT day to reveal the gender of  Baby R, finally.  I can't wait for Jason to be a Dad to our sweet little Baby.  He is going to make an amazing Father.  Happy unofficial, official 1st Father's Day to Jason!!!! 

Anyways, Jason insisted on a gender reveal party and since he doesn't ask for much, ever, I thought I would go ahead and indulge him.  He called me SO excited one day with this idea of a gender reveal party and how he wanted to do it.  I actually asked him who the heck he was, because to know Jason is to know the man NEVER gets excited about ANYTHING, EVER except if it involves making money.  So, he got mad at me and hung up on me.  I thought it was SO funny, because most guys just really don't even want to do this gender reveal party stuff that is all the rage these days.  So, I called him back and said, ok, I am sorry for making fun of you and you can have this silly party if it really means that much to you.  So, I wanted to come up with a way to make it appeal to men, so I called my Sister and told her what Jason wanted to do.  She laughed too, BUT plans were underway for a Manly kind of gender reveal baby shower, if there is even such a thing.

I decided I wanted to have professional pictures of the Gender Reveal Baby Shower to have lasting memories of the special day that all our friends and family came to celebrate Baby R and the special moment with us.  We loved celebrating Baby R with so many loving people that took time out of their crazy hectic lives to share in our moment. 

The chosen day of the celebration was May 3, 2014.  My Sister and Brother in Law opened up their home to all our friends and family for the special day.  My Sister even gave up her birthday weekend for us and I am so very grateful for her to give up her weekend to share it with us.  She has been the most supportive person during this process and there are a lot of days I don't know what I would do without her! 

The Gender Reveal Baby Shower invitation.  I just loved it!  It was made from a sweet Lady on Etsy.  She did a fabulous job! 

Can you guess what Baby R will be yet??

Mommy and Daddy are SO excited to let all our Friends and Family in on the secret!!!

With the Hostess with the Mostest!!

 

Ok, I will stop the suspense now!  It's a.....

YAY!!!!  Baby R is a BOY!!!!  So excited!!!  Did I mention, moments before this happened, someone fell in the pool.  It was SO funny!! 

Everyone was SO excited for us!

Just some of the people that came out to celebrate Baby R!! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shopping Adventures

One of the best things about building a house is getting to shop for it!  I mean, seriously, so much FUN!!  Lots of work, but lots of fun!  But, it does get a little boring looking at tile, granite, bathtubs, faucets and on and one!  However, furniture is NOT so boring!  So, I braved the furniture store with my little mini me #thekidismereincarnatedforreal.  I haven't gotten to spend a lot of quality time with her over the past months with all that is going on, so I picked her up on Friday and took her for pizza (her FAVORITE thing to eat and just about only) before shopping.  She was SO good and I loved the time I got with her! 

She was SO excited to get on this thing!

 

Testing out the chaise for LuLu!  I think she approves!

 

So, today was just one of those days that I feel like I got so much accomplished!  I got up early to unlock the house for the Inspector to tag the AC.  WHOOOOO HOOOOOO, we FINALLY passed and can now get the framing inspection!!  At this rate, there is a very good chance I will be in the new house by July.  Let's all take a moment and pray for this!!!  I got my drapes and blinds ordered too.  I can't wait to see how the drapes turn out!  I LOVE the Lady that is making them.  They are going to be AWESOME!!!  Think bling, people!  Lots of bling!!  I even got some work done and got my formula subscription set up for Baby R!  #onlythebestformysweetlittlelove  It was such a productive day that I had time to do some shopping for Baby before my meeting with the pool guy.#thereissomethingtobesaidforgettingupearlyeveryday 

So, off I went to Buy Buy Baby to got a few things that I want to have right when we get home.  I LOVE how helpful and friendly the staff there are!  I may have gone a little overboard since the sales girl was like, "Wow, you are really stocking up on stuff!"  It is one of the few ways I really even feel that I am actually having a baby.  I know people look at me like I am crazy when I say I am having a baby in September!  

A few of the things I got!

Then, I went to Babies R Us and bought the thing I have been dying to buy!  I can't even wait to use it.  I bought it at Babies R Us versus Buy Buy Baby because Buy Buy Baby excludes the 20% off this item and Babies R Us doesn't and the return policy is a little better!  I want to go on record and say that I still LOVE Buy Buy Baby the BEST for all things baby though!!!  Such a nicer store with a lot better products!!  Kind of like comparing Nordstrom to Macy's.  Nordstrom is just WAY better!!!   So, I am sure you are very curious what the #1 item I want to use more than anything, and here it is.......

Yes people, this is the BEST thing EVER!!!  It's a Keurig for Baby Formula!  This is going to change my life!!  I can't even stand it!!!

 

 

Tomorrow is Baby R's sono appointment to see how the development is going.  These are my favorite appointments and I look SO forward to them!  I just wish it could be a moment I had "alone" when I was there like normal girls!  Oh well, at least I don't have to gain weight and get to drink!!!  #alwaysanupsidetothedownside  Ok, I must end my post so I can get back to planning our first family trip WITH BABY R!!!!  SO EXCITING, yet so weird to plan a trip to with a baby that isn't even born yet!  This Baby has to start being a beach bum like Mommy and Daddy sooner than later, right??  #mustgetapassportforbabyR

 

Good night my people!

 

Love,

 

Lesley



Memorial Day Weekend

Here's a guess at what we did over the weekend.........

 

Ding Ding Ding, if you guessed Vegas, you would be correct! 

Yep, we left for Vegas on Thursday and came back last night.  It was A LOT of fun and we are completely exhausted.  That two hour time difference is rough!  If you know us at all, you know all we did was gamble and eat the whole time.  I was bummed we didn't get to go to the pool though because that is my second favorite thing to do in Vegas.  The pools were PACKED though!  So, we went over to Aria for lunch at Wolfgang Puck's restaurant with one of Jason's clients that was also there.  It was actually a great lunch and I LOVED his client!!  She is my kind of people!!  :-)

So, it was a fun and relaxing weekend of Roulette playing and eating at Scarpetta's and STK.  If you ever go to Vegas, you MUST go to STK.  It is simply amazing!!!!  Check it out for yourself online at http://togrp.com/togrp-stk-las-vegas/about/.  It is really trendy and a lot of celebrities eat here. 

The weather was gorgeous there too!  If I had known we were coming home to the crappy weather it has been yesterday and today, we would have stayed an extra day for sure.  Our flight home was delayed an hour due to the weather here.  YUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope you all have a great Memorial Day! 

Until next time,

Lesley

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Last Week Fun

What a week it was!!  So busy!  I met with a Drapery Designer so I could get the drapes and blinds started in order to have them completed and installed by the move in.  #ifonlyIknewwhen  I loved her and knew she would be great at getting the look I want for the house.  Thank God for her because she has her work cut out for her!  I think she was more excited about getting to design drapery for the nursery!  I told her she could do whatever she wanted with the color palette I have for that room.  I can't wait to see what she picks out!!

Friday morning with the long awaited delivery of our concrete tile for the roof.  I LOVE the colors, BUT the pitch of my roof is so low, you can't really see it, so I pretty much stressed about the perfect colors for nothing!  Oh well, at least the planes landing at the airport will get to appreciate.  We also had work done at our current house being done in order to put it up for sale in the next couple of weeks.  So, since I was having work done at our current house, I had lots of time to get some stuff picked out for the new house.  We had to move furniture from one side of the house to the other.  What a mess the house was in!  Plus, meet with a trim carpenter and granite fabricator.  The house was seriously a revolving door of contractors in and out ALL DAY LONG!!!!   Nothing like your house being a complete disaster with people coming over to meet you.  Needless to say, I was exhausted after Friday and went to bed before 11pm. 


Saturday was the same eventful day.  I had to go unlock the new house before 8:30am to let the AC guy in and check on the roofers.  Then, the concrete floor guy (#trustmedonteverhaveconcretefloors)doing work at our current house came to finish the job which meant moving more furniture.  Then, we had to meet the dumpster guy so he could move the dumpster at our new house from the storm.  That was a NIGHTMARE!!  Four hours later from the scheduled arrival, he FINALLY showed up!  At least that is taken care of now though.  #nomorestormsplease

The disaster that is the living room! 

This was not fun to clean up!

After all that stuff was done, Jason and I went to look at light fixtures so I could get some visions of things I liked from the internet.  Poor Husband has no sense of style or vision!!  Good thing I know what looks good and what doesn't.  I love my Husband for letting me pretty much have all the say in this house.  I think he is going to be last forever in the new house!  I also think he is really getting sad at the thought of leaving the current house.  Afterall, it was his first "real" house, so I totally get it.  But, this girl right here, can't wait to get out of this house!!!  I wish I could count down the days to moving day!!  I can't wait to have a house that is ALL ME!!!  If I could kick this current house, I would!!  The last time I drive away from it will be THE BEST!!!!  #getmeawayfrombarcentralnow

So, after all the house stuff on Saturday, Jason wanted to go to Choctaw.  The Man doesn't ask for much, so I figured why not.  It will be good to take a little road trip together anyways!  When we arrived, Jason headed to the craps table and I went to the roulette table.  I think it was about 20 minutes later, when Jason was standing behind me which I knew that could only mean one thing.  He lost......I on the other hand was doing GREAT!!!  So, I kept playing and he just watch and I would make bets for him since you have to pay a .50 tax for every hand you play.  I started with $100 and ended up with an additional $400 so I got the my money back.  I can't say the same for Jason!!! 

Sunday was time to put the house back together so I of course called my favorite Brother in Law to help move furniture!  He is kind of like my pseudo kid!  He lived with us for the summer last year and I still kind of miss him.  He was like my little helper around the house! 

I got so many things accomplished through the week and so glad my weekend turned out to be pretty awesome!  It made up for last weekend for sure!!!  Now it is onto this week and getting more things done for the house.  Some of these contractors make me crazy with their lackadaisical ways!!!  This is the part of building a house that sucks!  You are depending on pretty undependable people!  Oh well, it will all work out and the house will get done at some point.  Like my Sister in Law tells me, at least I have a house to live in and not an apartment!  I feel sorry for her stuck in an apartment with two kids!  They are about to have to go month to month making their monthly rent more than our monthly house payment!  I told her to come on over and move in over here versus paying that kind of crazy amount!!!  That is insane!!!   They are having several issues over at their new house, so I am pretty certain we will be in our new house way before theirs gets completed at this point.  Actually, at this rate, I am pretty sure out of the three houses, mine is going to end up being done first.  #beingcompletelycrazyandhavingtobeincontrolhasitsbenefits

 

 

My Unofficial 1st Mother's Day

Mother's Day Sunday started off PERFECT!!  I got up, took a shower, went downstairs for coffee, put my makeup on and fixed my hair.  Great way to start my day for sure!  Jason and I had made plans to go to Brunch before going over to the in laws for dinner.  I LOVE Brunch and my favorite place to go is La Duni at Northpark.  So, off to Northpark we went. 

When we arrived at the mall, the parking lot was CRAZY!!  I knew this was not a good sign, but we went in.  When we got half way to La Duni, I could see crowds of people just standing around waiting.  So, I told Jason we didn't have time to eat there and had to go somewhere else.  So, we left and went to Uncle Julio's.  This has become The Hubby's new favorite place to eat.  It is good, so I was ok with going there especially since I we didn't have a lot of time. 

Did I mention we were running late because the Husband is does EVERYTHING at the last minute???  He went to get a Mother's Day card for me, so I couldn't be mad at him for doing something nice.  Too bad I have NO CLUE what the card says since it is in Spanish!!  Yep, when you wait until the day of Mother's Day to get a card, there isn't a lot to choose from. :-)

So, anyways, while we were at Brunch and I was about to order a Bloody Mary, Jason got a call from the Father in Law.  All I could hear Jason saying was, "oh, really, no way, someone broke in".....  Me being the paranoid freak I am, immediately thought someone broke into my new house, but it was actually the duplex we are also having built.  I must say, I was relived it wasn't my personal future residence since it would have delayed things a bit!!  Well, my day got totally screwed up after this phone call and it ended up being a pretty horrible day!!!!

No Bloody Mary on my first unofficial Mother's Day really sucked!!  I guess I could have gotten one, but since I didn't know what we were about to deal with when we got to the duplex to assess what had happened, I didn't want to even start drinking yet!  The Father in Law just said we had to get over there ASAP and get the fireplace that the vandals had drug out of the back unit to the alley.  UUUUUHHHH, the fireplace literally weighs probably 500 pounds!!!!  Ok, sure, no problem.....Jason and I can move it.  Sure thing!!  Hey, forget that I was trying to have a nice little morning on my first unofficial Mother's Day!!

The Father in Law told us that we had to call the Brother in Law to help move the fireplace but we couldn't get a hold of him.  Jason was really confused why we even needed to move the fireplace back inside the house since it was pretty damaged and had to be replaced most likely anyways, plus the fact that it has been sitting outside in the backyard all morning.  What was another few hours going to hurt???   We had to be at the in laws house at 2pm for Mother's Day and my Brother in Law was already half way to the house for the party. 

Anways, long story short, the Father in Law insisted that we not leave until the fireplace was back in the house, so I told Jason to get the dolly and see if he could get it moved.  The Father in Law was on the phone and Jason left to put to deal with getting it moved and I took the phone and told the Father in Law that we had plans today and this wasn't one of them.  I then said, "can't we just do this later when we have someone else to help move this thing?"  He then starts SCREAMING at me telling me all kinds of crazy things, so I just hang up!!  I just started crying hysterically!! 

I called my Sister (she can usually calm me down when dealing with the people I have to deal with these days) and when she answered I was crying so inconsolably that she couldn't even understand me!  I was upset mainly because my First Unofficial Mother's Day had been totally ruined by a JERK!!!  My Sister just told me to consider the source and not let someone like him ruin my day and just to hurry up and Lily would cheer me up!  (Actually, Lily called me a little later and asked if I was still sad and not to be sad.  It was really sweet and when I got to the house, she immediately ran to me and asked if I was still sad and said she would play with me and I wouldn't be sad anymore.  She did make me feel better!)

Then, Jason called me, so when I answered, I was still crying and he was like, "what is wrong."  I told him I was sick and tired of The Father in Law being rude and I wasn't going to take it anymore!  He told me to calm down and come down to the duplex so I could help him move the fireplace the rest of the way.  So, I went down there and helped move this dang thing in my white pants and wedges.  But, thank God we finally got the dang thing back in the place and locked it up.  To know me is to know I don't cry very much!!  But, I am just so fragile and emotional with all the stuff going on in my life right now!! 

The fireplace the vandals tried to steal.  It is upside down and one side of the glass was busted out.  I guess they figured it was a waste of their time at this point!

 

Before getting to the in laws, we stopped by Buy Buy Baby to get my Mother's Day gift.  I had told Jason to get me this diaper bag I wanted, but Jason being Jason never went to get it, so of course we had to do it the day of.....But, at least I could make sure it was the one I really wanted.  #WinWin

My new diaper bag!  Perfect gift for my First Unofficial Mother's Day!

Then we made it to the in laws and I got to see my Little Sweet Lily!  She brought me a gift and opened it for me and said, "This is for your wine, LuLu."  She always knows how to make me smile!!  Everyone noticed something was off with me, because I am usually pretty talkative, but I just pretty much kept to myself and just sat in the corner and you know what?????.....It was actually pretty pleasant just being off in a corner and talking to few of my favorite people over there. #turningoveranewleafattheinlaws 

My Favorite people did make me feel better after we all sat in the corner and I told them what was wrong with me.  They know how things go over there more than I do since most of them have been around longer than me!  I don't think I will ever get used to their family dynamics, but I don't have to either.  I can be my own person and don't have to agree with their ways or behaviors just like they don't have to agree with me or like things that I do.  Different personalities is what makes the world what it is anyways!  In the end, the in laws are good people that mean well and I do love them, but they just make me CRAZY!!!  #thisisnormalright?????

This is going to get LOTS of use!!  Lily knows me well!!!  :-)

 

Today has been another rainy day!  So, I have taken advantage of it and been spending the day to myself doing whatever I want to do at home!  It was a great way to spend the day after what I dealt with yesterday!  Now, I just need to have a glass of wine and wait for the Hubby to get home to eat dinner!  Then, take a scolding hot bath and get ready to watch The Real Housewives of Orange County!  #bestwaytoendtheday

 

Until next time!!