St. Patrick's Day Parade 2017

This Saturday we headed downtown to check out the annual St. Patrick'd Day parade. Little man quickly realized that parades mean lots of free candy and big trucks. Needless to say, he's a fan.

Below are a few pictures from the parade!

Valentine's Day 2017

Happy Belated Valentine's Day! I hope you spent the day surrounded by people you love. We tend to keep Valentine's Day pretty low key around here since neither Kevin or I are super into celebrating it. We still exchange small gifts and try and kick up dinner a notch, but overall nothing too fancy!

We started our celebration Monday night, when Lincoln and I whipped up heart shaped sugar cookies! Lincoln, much like his mommy and daddy is a major cookie monster! Although, I will say he takes after me just a tad bit more, because he is a frosting first kinda kid, just like his momma.

After the boys went to bed, I broke out the Valentine's gifts for Kevin and Lincoln and headed to bed myself.

Lincoln woke up to a new set of dinosaurs and was so excited he insisted on taking them in the car with him on his way to school! Little man's valentine celebrations continued with a school Valentine's Day party that Kevin got to attend (I had to work, boo!).

We had a fancy family dinner at home that evening to celebrate and I came home to flowers and special snacks from my boys!

After Lincoln went to bed, we ended our Valentine's Day in with a movie and wine.

Low key and perfect. Just the way we like it!

Now back to the work grind...happy Wednesday!

Life Lately

A few photos from life lately that I don't want to miss posting!

A few weeks ago, little man and I went out on an ice cream date. We had to trudge through tons of slushy snow and hit two ice cream parlors before we found an open one, but it was worth it. 

We've been in Kindermusik class on Saturday mornings for the past several months. Our last class was just a couple of weeks ago, and we celebrated with Nutella Crepes...the best!

I headed to New York for a work trip for a week and it was a beautiful sunny 50+ degrees outside. It felt like spring and it was glorious!! 

We also took clients to a Brooklyn Nets game, which was pretty cool.

And then I came home to this snuggle bug and it was the best thing ever! (Creepy stalker mom photo for the win!)

Because is it really a weekend without a trip to Home Depot with these two? (Trick question!)

This little dude is always "fixing" something! 

Wreaking havoc on Home Depot since 2014!

It has been freezing for the past several weeks, even months (I'm talking 4 degrees outside freezing). So when the sun finally came out, we made a beeline for the park! It may have only been 33 degrees but it felt like 50!

People have gotten pretty creative with endless amounts of snow we've received lately! 

Dropping sick beats...haha just kidding, watching Dinosaur Train! 

In case you wondered if it's a good idea to give your kid ice cream for breakfast and be a "cool" mom...this was the aftermath! #sugarhigh

Have a great week! 

Lincoln James: Two and Half

It's been a few months since Lincoln's last update. Since he will be two and half on January 31st (time goes by way too fast!) I thought it was time for a little update.

My favorite things about two and a half include...

baking cookies with my little man...and his inability to keep his tongue out of the cookie batter! (rest assured any cookies you receive from us are made with a little extra love!

that any older gentleman with a beard is referred to as "Ho! Ho! (Santa)" 

how every single game of play or pretend involves him coming to "save the day" with his firetruck, police car, helicopter or garbage truck. 

that he takes his fire truck, garbage truck, teddy bear, lovey and new dinosaur from nana to bed with him every. single. night. (thank goodness for double beds or I don't know how everyone would fit!) 

that every time we play "hide and seek" he feels the need to giggle and talk loudly so whoever is "seeking" will be sure to find him! 

his genuine concern when he thinks anyone is hurt or sad and his immediate response of "no cry" followed up with a kiss to make you feel better. 

his excitement in helping daddy with any home improvement project that we may be working on (and daddy's amazing ability to include him on each one!). 

And, because this is real life, and if we're being honest, there are also a few things I'm not such a fan of when it comes to being two and half. 

Here are a few things that are not my favorite about two and a half...

that we no longer sleep through the night. That darn "big kid" bed has been the worst for sleep regression and we usually have a visitor pitter patter into our room around 2-3 AM every night. 

the word "no." NO explanation needed ;0) 

that he's growing up just too darn fast and I can't freeze time. 

In all honesty, Lincoln has been the best toddler! So easy going and even tempered (that's saying a lot for a two year old!). And, anyone who knows me, has heard this before....for as difficult and as frustrating as it was when our little man was a baby and dealing with the separation anxiety and reflux, etc....he has been the easiest, most good natured toddler. (I'm knocking on all the wood that typing those words didn't just jinx me). 

We love you so very much little man! Now stop growing so you can stay my baby forever!! 

2016 in Review

It was another great year full of highs and lows! 

We kicked off January with a trip to the Museum to see the Legos exhibit. 

In February I got a girls trip to Arizona to visit my bestie! 

In March, we took Lincoln to his very first St. Paddy's Day parade and had a visit from the Easter Bunny!

In April, we celebrated daddy's birthday and in May we celebrated Papa's birthday and Mother's day! 

In June, we headed down to California to celebrate my baby brother's college graduation and took a trip up to Sonoma. 

We also finally finished our "mini" kitchen update in June! 

July was a big month! We went out to Hat Island for the 4th of July, watched movies in the park, threw my sister a bridal shower, and our little guy turned TWO!! 

August was another fun month. We sold our house and celebrated my baby sister's wedding!

In September we headed to the Spokane County Fair and celebrated our 4th Wedding anniversary. 

October is my very favorite time of the year and the beginning of all the holiday festivities! We headed to the Pumpkin patch, bought a new house and also had some family photos taken. 

In November, Lincoln and I went on a mommy/son date to Daniel Tiger Live! We also celebrated Thanksgiving with our family and found out that Lincoln will soon have a new cousin, set to arrive in June 2017! We also headed up to Greenbluff to pick out our family Christmas tree. 

December was our most eventful month with a trip to the North Pole and sledding!  Kevin and Lincoln went back east to visit his grandma and great grandma and Lincoln got to go to the Air Mobility Command Museum and saw the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center. And last but not least, we celebrated Christmas! The best one yet.  

New Year's Eve 2017

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a happy and safe New Year's surrounded by loved ones. We spent the holiday with some friends and it was perfect. We had a delicious dinner...crab for the seafood lovers, a steak for me, caesar salad, garlic mashed potatoes, garlic bread and Red Lobster Cheddar biscuits. The champagne was flowing any my girlfriend made yummy champagne jello shots!

The kiddos were dressed up in matching PJs and we counted down to midnight for them around 8PM thanks to the Netflix New Year's countdown. They spun noise makers and blew poppers and they were all tucked in and asleep by 9 PM so the parents could enjoy the evening! We played some games, watched some movies and just barely made it to midnight!

We also ended up staying over so it was so much fun to watch the littles wake up, and run around the house together, while the adults nursed their headaches from one too many glasses of champagne ;0)

We started off 2017 perfectly. After a lazy morning, we headed home to get ready for the week and to head back to work/school after a perfect week off. Family naps were had for all and we woke up to takeout, chatting about our resolutions for the new year and playtime, before an early bedtime for everyone.

Cheers to 2017!