My Favorite Vacation!

Hello everyone! Hope your weekend was great! Mine was good but nothing spectacular. Luke is moving up a class at school and because of this the director suggested we work on the most awful word/phrase in toddlerhood.....Potty-training. Yes, it was horrible, and no, we did not have much break through. I'll leave it at that cause I know you really don't care that I almost went bald in three days.

On to better things.Today I'm linking up with Holly @ Where we can live like Jack and Sally. She is talking about favorite vacations. I really don't know that I can list a favorite. Babes and I traveled a lot before we had kids. Our first trip together was before we were even married. We went to Miami for a week. A year later we were married and  went to Mexico on our Honeymoon. For our one year anniversary we went back to Miami. Since then we've gone on a 9 day cruise with family to the Caribbean,  a week in Jamaica with another couple and after Luke was born we went to Destin, Florida. I had fun in Destin but going on a vacation with a 5 month old is not really a vacation. He was still waking up once a night and getting up really early. I would have to say Miami or Jamaica are top places. But I don't know where I've put my pictures for Miami so were gonna go with Jamaica.

This is babe's and I enroute to the resort. We stayed in Ocho Rios and it was about 2 hours from the resort. But we bought a couple drinks before we loaded up and it made it fun. About halfway the bus made a pit stop at the little touristy/holeinthewall place, Loading up on more drinks. Apparently it was some moonshine that they used in the mixed drink. For the record, this is not wise. By the time we made it to the resort I was ready to pass out.

                                                               Some of our views!

babe's and I before going up the falls!

Going out for dinner!

This was our last vacay before having kids. The last vacation where we drank everything we wanted and didn't have to worry about tomorrow. The most we worried about was what our dogs were doing while we were gone. Funny looking back on that now. Kids really do make your life different. But I wouldn't change it. 

Now we are renting a lake house in August for babe's BD. We've done this every year since we've been married (same house) and last year was the first we couldn't having a new baby. So I'm really looking forward to it since it's the most vacation I'll have this year. 

Also, our ten-year anniversary is less than two years away. The babies will be 4 1/2 and 3. Not sure how I'm gonna fell being away from them a week but I'd love to go somewhere really amazing. 

 

This is my dream spot. Bora Bora

But considering I'll still be in school and we'll still be on one income and going to Tahiti and back in a week sounds horrible I'm gonna settle for this....

 

Hawaii

So that's it folks, one of my favorite vacay's and a fantasy vacay. Thanks for the fun link-up Holly! Until next time....

Angel

Five on Friday!

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I'm writing two days in a row! Look out blogging world! So today I'm linking up with Darci who doesn't even know I'm stalking her yet. I'll tell her sometime. I've seen here Five on Friday post a couple of times and have wanted to participate but always let the day get past me. Well today I'm going to do it!

One:

Where, oh where is Huggle Buggle

                    Bear?

Cutest book ever! My kids love it and want to read it every night! My 14mo walks around the house saying 'buggle bear'. Too cute. 

Two: 

Omg! Soooo good! I am not a beer drinker AT ALL! But I love these! I'm usually all about some Vodka but I think these will be my boat and pool drink from now on!

Three:

Just because I still look at this and laugh! This goes to show Anything is possible! Never give up if you really want it!

Four:

Arbonne Re9 advanced! This skin care is AMAZING! I'm so in love I signed up to be a representative! If you want to change your skin try this! If you want more deets feel free to email me! 

Five:

Summertime with the family. I Love having pool time and ball games and just playing outside until way past bedtime with them. They will always be a favorite but I'm really loving life with them right now. They're at great ages and everyday is a new reason to wake up excited.

And there you have it folks, my Five on Friday! Now give me another reason to smile and leave me a comment!

                     Angel

Saying "I DO!"

 
So I'm doing something I rarely do.....LINKING UP! I actually love linking up and finding new blogs to read, but sometimes it's hard to find the time between two babies, school and work. But the babies are in bed,  I have put in my time this week for school and the hubs is out watching Game 7 so I got the evening to myself.

A little background for you first.
So Babe's(this is really our name for each other) and I had been together for two years when he purposed. I had moved to his hometown with him just nine months before. Why I moved off with a guy without a ring first is beyond me. I'm sure my parents were praying every night.

We had a semi-rocky start. He was a college kid when we met and had trouble committing and we broke things off for a while before we got together for good. We got engaged in September and set the date for May 15, 2005!

Now let me just say that we were very broke when we got married. And yet, I still tried to plan some big elaborate affair! I really am not sure what I was thinking. Should have taken the little bit of money I got and put it with our down payment on the house but alas I did not.

Right before I walked down the aisle!

The fountain outside the reception.

You can probably guess what's going on. :) look how young I am! Oh what eight years and two babies can do to a girl!

Location: A small church in an older neighborhood. I wanted outside but the hubs being the ever pessimist that he is worried about rain and heat and any other thing mother nature might throw at us. Just for the record, that is so him and he's still like that to this day. He loves to be the rain on my parade. Anyhoo, when we found this church we loved the size of it. We were only inviting about 100 people and that approximately what this church fit. So perfect. The reception was scheduled at a banquet hall downtown. It was awesome because you could have anywhere cater and it had an outside 'park' that was lite with a fountain. Beautiful. My father-in-law who was a funeral director at the time used one of the funeral home limos to drive us from the church to the reception. Now when your poor this is a great idea. But looking back now, a little weird.

Bridal Party: Ha! I really have to laugh when I look back on this part. My sweet BF tried to tell me the dress were ugly but I thought I was doing them a favor by finding something that wasn't $200!! But yes, the were horrendously ugly and a wretched shade of pink. I loved the colors: pale pink and black. But the dresses were just so horrible-color and all. I'm so sorry ladies that I made you were them.

First Dance Song: Etta James "At last". I'm really not sure why we choose this song. I think I heard it a few times in planning the wedding and decided it would work. I'm not disappointed in the choice-it's a beautiful song, but if I had to do it over i would probably go with the song I had always wanted to dance to, Vince Gill's "Just look at us". Not sure why I decided against it then. Maybe I'll have a vow renewal and play it then.

Honeymoon: Nothing at all I regret here! We went to Rivera Maya, Mexico to a all-inclusive resort for seven day and it was bliss! Couples massages, horseback riding on the beach, too much food, even more liquor(in room liquor dispenser!). This was Babe's mom's gift to us(and a partial down payment on a house) so we got to splurge a little. I'm a total beach girl so I wouldn't change this. Unless she had given us 10,000, which in that case I would've booked a trip to Bora, Bora. Maybe for the 10 year. Hey look, a second reason for a vow renewal!

So, do I regret anything?  Eh, Maybe. It was fun. We danced and partied for five hours. If I was planning now I would definetly do a beach wedding. And if it wasn't a beach wedding, it would be smaller than what I did. I probably would only have my sister as a bridesmaid and I would go for something outside in the fall. I also would have a change of dress into something a little more casual(but still glamourous, I am still a girl) to party in. One biggie....I would hire a professional photographer. Worst mistake, EVER! I wish I had better pictures to show the kids when there older. But it is what it is. We had a great time parting with people we are still friends with today and that I do LOVE!

It's getting late So I will check in later, lovelies!   

                                                              Angel

Sigh.....

As much as I love my husband and my kids sometimes I wish I could go back to simpler times. So hard for me to say that. I just don't get how some people do it and seem so normal. Are they lying to everyone?!! It just gets so hard trying to stay above water. And I'm not talking financially(although, sometimes that happens). I just mean taking care of two babies and keeping a house clean and laundry done and figuring out what you'll make for dinner and really, the list keeps going. And to top it off, I am the by far the world's biggest stress eater!! So yes, I've gained five lbs and can't remove them and that's with crazy amounts of exercise!! 

See the bloat around the middle? Ugh. Got to get off the sugar and carbs! I used to have the tiniest, like, tiny, tiny waist. Always had the hips, those didn't change much but I miss my waist. Will it come back eventually?? Or is this what two kids in sixteen months does to you?! 

And continuing with the stress theme, see this adorable face?? Well he told me he wanted some more cereal yesterday so I asked him to bring me his bowl. He brought back a completely empty bowl. If you have a 2yo you know that's not good. So I go in search of the missing milk and cereal......

Yes, that's my sofa. Just for the record he eats at his little table which is by the sofa. 

Sorry to have made this post such a whine fest. Next time we'll make it a 'wine fest' instead! Later luvs!

                       Angel

Sometimes I just shouldn't......

Ok, let me start off by telling my dinner story from last night. Sometimes I wonder why I try. Wednesday night before class I made a meatloaf. Put it in the fridge so hubby could stick in the oven and it would be done when I got home. But I forgot to tell him to put said meatloaf in the oven. So it sat in the fridge overnight and we had Taco Bueno. In hind sight, I think that's what I was wanting to happen. HeHe. So Thursday, I stick the meatloaf in the oven because I do not like to waste food. But apparently it had been sitting too long because it was mush. I tried to make sloppy joes out of it but it just wasn't working. The hubs compared it to dog food but he's really picky so I don't think his opinion should count. ;)

On another note I did officially started back to class this week. Taking  Biology with Lab. Kinda nervous about it, it being my first lab and a summer course but I'm am determined to do this. I've decided to do nursing so I may become a little crabby on my bloggy here. That's ok, right??

I know I haven't talked about fitness all that jazz in awhile. I've been running like a bear is chasing me in the woods but just not talking about it. I have managed to get to 152(back up to 155 this morning but I know it's water :)). I've kinda hit a plateau though it this seems to be normal for me when I get to the bottom of the tens(does that make sense). It's like I have to work twice as hard just to get to the next tens but then I can go back to my not so hard schedule and still lose weight. SOOOO FRUSTRATING!! I'm am happy to say that even though I'm still in the 150's I'm wearing things I haven't worn since I weighed about 140-145. So I guess I'm doing something right!

And just for random pictures sake here is me and Lil in our matching hot pink outfits. I couldn't get her to put the bottle down for five seconds to take a pic. I'm loving being able to wear my old clothes again! It's not a great pic of them but these are my favorite jeans from Guess. I love the way they fit!

 

I'll try to find something more interesting to talk about tomorrow! I know there somebody out there reading this thing! Much love!

 

Angel

Weekend Update

Hello Everybody! After a long week with sick babies and then a sick mommy I got to have a wonderful night out with the hubs and friends. Let me start by saying what hell I had to go through to get to Saturday night though.

Wednesday morning both babies woke up with fever. Lillian is now One and this has never happened yet. We always go through the 'one has it, gives it to the other, gives it to the other, gives it to the other'....I mean seriously I could continue on that. I'm sure you know the feeling if you have kids. So we go on through the day with them fighting over who gets the center of mama's lap and one kid crying cause the other kid won out. In the middle of the nap they took turns vomiting on me. Four times I changed clothes. The house was a disaster and smelled worse. I cleaned the best I could but this mama was tired and woke up Friday feeling like crap and running fever. And I still had to take care of babies. Saturday morning I was going to work whether my clients wanted me there or not.
I just could not handle another day at home. OMG I love those babies, but at that moment to keep loving them I needed an adult night with LOTS of tequila!

So mama-in-law kept the kids and we went out for a friends birthday. We been friends since I moved here to Central Arkansas but since I've had the kids I don't get to see much of her. But she is due in October and I couldn't be happier. Hoping now that we both have kids we hang out more. Unfortunately, that's just how things go. 

Me and ta BD girl

and below, the gang I get shit-faced the most with.

Yes, I'm wearing hot pink skinnies. I bought these at Kohl's and loved them but was way too scared to wear them. They sat in my closet for a month with the plan to return them. Then I seen a post from Laura at Walking in Memphis In High Heels and decided to go for it. Since following her blog I really have wanted to be more out there with fashion. I used to love to get dressed up but having two babies really reaked havoc on my self-esteem and body. But I never want to be a frumpy mom. Life is too short for that. So I put those hot pink pants on and strutted myself into the restaurant. And yes, I got some looks. But that's ok, I'm happy I did it. I really am excited to wear them again! So later homeslices! Hope ya'll had a great weeked!

 

Angel