So What Wednesday

  This week I am saying, So What!:   -That I am DYING for a new blog design (thanks Shannon for the heads up with Jess' Blog designs. I am so going to use her) but I don't want to get it started until I have pictures of our NEW baby to add to my little treasures. 5 more weeks!   -That 5 weeks sounds like an eternity. This whole adoption thing is a LOT tougher than my pregnancy with Isabelle.   -That we are going to an adoption conference this weekend at our church and Jen Hatmaker will be speaking. Her book,"Interrupted" is amazing and she is hilarious. I am ready to pick up and move to Austin so that we can be besties.   - That Noonday's New Spring Line is beautiful and the stories behind each and every one of the new items is even more beautiful. I am going to be broke very soon (Sorry about that Mr. T).   -That I'm the only human that didn't watch the Oscars or even care a little about who won. Lately, I have only been watching kid movies and so I don't even know most of the people or movie titles to stay relevant. I DO know that I loved Jennifer Lawrence before people found out that she was funny. Hello, she can shoot a bow and arrow like a boss.   -That I am a 28 year old, married, mom in the suburbs and I just said, "Like a Boss". Please still be my friend.

To my old man:

 

 

Happy 30th birthday old geez. Thank you for robbing the cradle and agreeing to marry me...I'm so glad you're not into trophy wives but more into grumpy moms who wear yoga pants (sorry 'bout that). 

  You always take care of me, think of sweet gestures (HELLO! Coffee each morning!) and you keep me and my smart/inappropriate mouth out of many fights and jail time. I owe you everything.

 

Sure, you may be old and fall asleep at 8:30 but I think it's cute that you pretend like you never were asleep. The random laughs that you throw out totally throw me off.

 

Sure, you may be old and not want a raging 30th birthday party, but that's what I love about you. You deserve a low key, intimate, birthday. (Also, your 40th birthday is just around the corner so we can always party it up then...here's to breaking hips!)

 

Sure, you may be old but you can still look hot wearing 3D glasses to watch a little Top Gun.

 

Sure, you may be old but I appreciate that you made that teenager on his skateboard go pick up the trash that he threw down in the neighborhood. My mother earth loving hippy ways are rubbing off on you!

 

 Sure, you may be old and CHOOSE to do a half marathon for your birthday, but you killed that half marathon. Prime age baby!!

Sure, you may be old but you're still a bad ass.

I love you. To the moon and back.

I don't hate the snow. I don't love the cold, but I don't hate the snow. When I lived in Kansas, I did get sick of it but since I have moved back to Oklahoma...I kinda miss it.

It makes everything so quiet and beautiful. It MAKES you slow down. It turns adults into children again by begging for an impromptu snowball fight.

 

 

 

 

 Yes, that's grapes for eyes and a carrot for a nose. Who really has a coal, a corncob pipe and a button just laying around? Not I.  

I have been hoping for some snow to come around because Isabelle has yet to see any (that she can remember). I was right, she had a blast splashing around (it was wet snow, since it was 60 degrees yesterday) running in the slush and throwing snow balls into the air.

I am so thankful for days like this.

 

 

 

So What!

Come on over and Link Up. It'll be a blast.
  This week I am saying, SO What!: -That I am getting a little bit sad about selling my car. It's just too small for this growing little family and it's time to step up to get a mama bear car. I feel so responsible. Also, if you're in the market for an Infiniti G35, let me know.   -That Isabelle's "toddler music" station on Pandora plays A LOT of Bob Marley. Seriously, Bob Marley as kids music? And Isabelle loves it. Seriously.   -I have not gotten on board with this whole Downton Abbey thing. I have no idea what it is and up until this week I thought it was called DOWNTOWN Abbey. For now, I'll stick with my "Real Housewives", they have more than enough drama for me.   -It makes me laugh inside every time I tell someone that "we are expecting" and they ask when I'm due and I say April. They always look at my unpregnant belly and get a weird look. It's really confusing to them and really hilarious to me. Read more about us HERE   -That I am officially (FINALLY) getting baby fever. It took me a while to really want a tiny baby and not just a toddler. Now I am really, really ready for a tiny little baby and everything that comes with that.      

Weekend in Pictures

It's a Monday and we got little to no sleep last night due to Isabelle's coughing (Thanks Mr. T for cowboying up and being the best Dad ever and taking care of her), which means I don't want to talk a whole lot so let's just check out the awesome weekend without a ton of words. Deal?

A friendly game of Bingo with my nephew and Isabelle. (Don't worry, those aren't their wine glasses).

 Spot the golden doodle. He's the best, right? Oh yeah, follow me on instagram (anotherstepmel) if you want to see some of these pics before they make it on the ol' blog.

We attended Isabelle's friends' birthday party. It was a blast and made Isabelle exhausted...win, win.  (That blur is us. We were super fast.)

Happy Presidents Day! Now get out there and enjoy all those discounts in celebration of George Washington's birthday....what's more American than that?!

Well I change my mind.

 

Valentines is kinda awesome. I mean, I can eat make as many sweets as I want because calories don't count when you just eat the batter and not the batch right? Yeah, I thought so too.

I put that theory to the test with Isabelle as we copied a recipe from Ashley's Instagram and I was so pleased with it. #1. It was easy. #2. My toddler could do most of it and #3. There was ONE thing to clean.

Boom. Amazing recipe.  

 

 

 Don't judge my pan. It's not dirty. Plus I only use it for projects like this, not to cook with (Or if I cook with it, I don't let anyone see it before hand...ha!).

 The sprinkles are the best part.

They are much prettier when they are off that ugly pan. They taste so good and they are so cute and festive. I told you Cupid got me!   

 We also enjoyed a good little walk to the duck pond. Isabelle also has realized that you have to go after what you want. If you want to put your arm around your man, you put your arm around your man! Before I know it, she'll be burning her Dora undies. Lord.Help.Me. 

FYI. She is really into choosing her own outfits. She has tons of cute clothes. They are a waste. I should of just stocked up on $7 "princess" dresses like this one.

Just when I think I am the best parent ever and she loves me the most....Mr. T shows up with a giant blue sucker (blue is her favorite color and a sucker is heaven on earth to her).
He's such a chump.


Happy Day of Love, Lovies!

Cupids little workshop

 Free printables HERE

Okay, I've never been a fan of Valentines Day. I think it's weird and made up and expensive. The flowers are 100% markup, the restaurants raise the prices, drop the service and their menu's are always bland. So call me a love-hater but I don't like the day. I feel like Christmas is the time to show love.
All that being said....
I think having a kid is slowly converting me to liking the "holiday". It's fun to make the cute little gifts and I DO love pink and red and now we are making the holiday laid back and fun with no fluff. Plus, hearing Isabelle say, "HAPPY BALENTINES DAY!" is adorable.


Cupid got me.