cursed car, mickey mouse, & elton john

How's that for a blog title? I truly believe the back bumper of my car is cursed. I've replaced it 4 times now with some dings in between the big dents. About a month ago someone backed into me in the parking garage, but they were nice enough to leave a note and their insurance paid for a new bumper.

A week ago, we had gone out to dinner after work on Friday and hubs noticed there was a small scratch in the middle with some purple paint left behind. Wouldn't you know, the next Monday I noticed that a purple car always parks right across from me. Major side eye to you Mr. Purple who didn't leave a note.

Wednesday I went to go run errands during my lunch and found this. Ugh! Someone swiped my car and just kept on going. I don't know why I have such bad car karma. I think the bumper needs to have a scratch on it at all times.

So while I was out I did a little retail therapy. I had seen the Too Faced Country palette advertised in the Ulta mailer and could not stop thinking about it. The car ding is just what I needed to push me over the edge and I made that pretty palette mine. I've used it twice now and love the colors. They go really well with my brown eyes and how cute are the color names?!

Later that night, hubs walked through the door and handed me these pretties. Cute little pink flowers can always put a smile on my face.

Oh my Mickey loving boy. The other morning he told me he wanted to have his picture taken with his big Mickey, lovies, and passy. How could I saw no to that? We have a smaller, more portable Mickey, but the big guy is what he wants to tote around lately.

Bubs has been taking him in the car for the ride to daycare. Yesterday morning he told me "Mama, he's my best friend!" Love it. I've also got him trained now to say "cheeseburger" and smile whenever I hold up a camera/phone.

When I went to pick Quinn up from daycare, I somehow brought home a little baby Elton John. HA! One of his teachers had given him these sunglasses and they crack me up.


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big boy bed

When we were at the beach this past month, we came to the realization that Quinn was too big for his pack n play. The poor thing couldn't stretch out in it and after waking up from a nap crying, we decided to give a big bed a go. The condo we were staying in happened to have a toddler railing, so we set it up and he did wonderfully. Once we were back home, bubs immediately asked for a big boy bed in his room, ha! It wasn't exactly part of the plan, but we already had furniture for him stored at hubs' parents' house so we went and picked it up. 

While the furniture is in great condition, it wasn't exactly what I envisioned for the big boy room, so bubs had to wait a couple more weeks while I painted the bed. I told him Friday morning it was all ready and he would get to sleep in his big boy bed that night. He was pumped!

He was so excited I could not get him to sit still and smile for a picture. He wanted to check it all out and make sure all of his friends were accounted for.

And of course there had to be some wrestling with daddy to really start off the big boy status. Lots of giggles.

His new quilt came in the mail Saturday evening, so it was washed and added to the bed Sunday morning. He loves his anchor sheets and new blankie, as he calls it. He did so well sleeping in it too! I was worried he would get out of bed on his own about a million times, but he didn't. Not even once! He did so well each night and each nap. I'm very proud of my big boy.

The hubs was finally able to prime our bathroom on Saturday, so Quinn and I headed to the park. It was operation wear him out so he would take a good nap. I'd say we were quite successful.

He loves being able to go down the slides all by himself. He kept shouting, "watch mama!" and it made my day. He also shared his chalk with another little boy (after a bit of coaxing haha).

I was embroidering some shirts when little man woke up and of course he wanted to see what I was doing. It didn't last long though. He sat in my lap for about two minutes and then promptly raced off to watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. I could hear him singing the theme song down the hallway. Adorable.

I've started making different appliqué designs and selling the shirts through my Facebook page. So far it's been a lot of fun. The only problem is that I pretty much want to make one of each for myself too ha.

This morning I went to get Quinn ready for daycare and he was still out cold. He had wriggled himself underneath his new quilt and he looked so precious. The hidden bonus to the big boy bed would have to be that he looks so tiny in that big bed. He still looks like my little angel baby.

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well hello there

Anyone still here? No? So it's been almost a year since I blogged and well, life man. It gets in the way. Instead of writing about it I was just out doing it. I've thought about coming back before, but then the gap in time just seemed too big so I'd let some more time pass by.

My friend Meg wrote about how she missed reading about everyone's lives. I miss it too. Instagram is too easy to do instead. You just let the pictures do all the talking, but sometimes the words are the best part. So I'm going to just hop back into it. I might backfill in some posts, but who knows.

Bubs is quite the ham these days. Thank goodness he loves taking pictures, because I certainly like snapping as many as possible of him. When I tell him "let's go take your picture" he immediately runs to the front sidewalk and starts hamming it up.

I made us matching lime green monogram anchor shirts the other day because, well, why not. Who needs a girl to be matchy with? This mama does it with her boy!

Quinn thought it was great. He exclaimed, "Mama, you have a geen shirt like me!" (We're working on that R in green, but honestly I love when he says "geen" and "lellow")

We're deep into the "let me do it!" phase as well. He wanted to press the white button on my phone to take the picture. Such a smart cookie…it's terrifying.

I'm already trying to think of more matching appliqué ideas. I see Minnie and Mickey in our future for sure!

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slow it down

Not sure how, but we managed to get up on Sunday in time to go to church. Probably what got me out of bed was the fact that we had another busy day planned. We were getting our picture taken for the church directory at 12:15, then zooming off to our old house for the afternoon. We're between renters and wanted to spruce up the yard with some fresh mulch.

Well, God must have been serious about keeping Sunday as a day of rest because after church everything else got canceled. The photographer never showed to take the pictures and my mom called to say the mulch lady had forgotten and went out on the lake for the day!

We all relaxed for the afternoon, taking naps and snuggling on the couch.

Apparently two lovies weren't enough. He had to hold onto four! Sweet boy.

We are totally the best parents ever. While the hubs and I recovered on the couch, we let Quinn play how he saw fit, including climbing into the bed of his truck. That devilish grin was right after I told him to get down. Boys.



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silly mornings

On the very rare occasion that we have some extra time in the morning before needing to leave (99% of the time we're running late), I try and take out my phone to snap some pictures of my silly boy.

Most are normally blurry...

Or have really terrible lighting...

But they're moments...moments of being silly or sweet or a cranky toddler.

I don't want to forget how little he was...

Or the funny faces he made...

So we take pictures together and send them to daddy or memere or papa or whoever else might find it adorable, ha! If I tried to wait for the perfect opportunity with the right light, right camera, right expression, I wouldn't have anything. I'll take my blurry pictures over nothing any day.



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walk in the park

Our rental house is in between renters right now, so the hubs went to go spruce it up for the day. Since Quinn and I had a whole Saturday to fill, we took advantage of the beautiful weather and headed out.

I had to run a couple errands and for being so patient with me, afterwards I took bubs to the park down the street from our house.

I'm not sure which he liked better, the swing or the slide. He probably went back and forth about a dozen times.

Now that he's a bit more stable on his feet, it was great to watch him climb and slide completely on his own.

I hate that this picture is blurry, but it's the best I could get. He was a man on the move!

He thought he was cool stuff crawling through the tubes all on his own, choosing which slide to go down.

Watching him exit the tube made me giggle until I realized that I'm not so sure I could do it any more gracefully ha!

It was the best hour of my day, watching him run and jump and the huge smile spread across his face. He pretty much rotated between swing, slide, and snack the entire time. He sat down for only about 30 seconds when I snapped the above picture. I believe he enjoyed himself and I enjoyed the nice long nap he took when we got home!


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countertop reading

While I finish getting ready for work in the mornings, Quinn loves to sit on the countertop. Sometimes he plays with my make-up brushes. Sometimes he brushes his teeth. This time he did a little reading.

Gosh I love my bubs!

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simple sunday

This Sunday wasn't very different from any other Sunday, but I think that's what I liked about it most. It was a simple day, filled with routine. We went to church, went out to lunch, and went home.

Daddy helped Quinn color while we were waiting on our food. Notice how they're both holding two crayons? Gotta do it just like daddy!

While Quinn was sitting in my lap he wanted to wear my sunglasses, but only on top of his head. Again, gotta do it just like daddy!

After nap time, Quinn "helped" me with some laundry. Those would be daddy's church socks ha.

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clemson vs sc state game

Another Saturday in the south means another Clemson football game! This one was an early game, kickoff at 12:30. This also meant it was hot, hot, HOT.

We watched Tiger Band do their 90 Minutes Before Kickoff show, which is always a favorite of mine.

Kevin, Kathy, and Eric came to the game as well, while Ashley had a sleepover with her best friend and my mother-in-law kept Quinn back at Kathy's house.

I got a picture with the Rock since it's been vandalized. Such a shame that it happened! No school deserves to have their traditions messed with {even Carolina ;)}.

I'm so glad the Tigers won, but it was very hard to pay attention to the game. It was definitely not as exciting as the Georgia game the week before. We ended up leaving at the beginning of 4th quarter because it was so hot. I was beginning to feel dizzy and need some shade and some food.

We were going to have my mother-in-law meet us at Brooks to tailgate on campus after the game, but due to an escapee (the dog) her timing was off and she couldn't get on campus. We ate at the house instead and crashed for a little before heading home.

We now have the next two weekends off until Homecoming on the 28th!

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