week {or two} in review.

do you ever have monday mornings when you miss your hubby so much it hurts? after spending the weekend together, you feel like you never even had a moment together?

i do. today's that day. i miss the hubbs.

ahhhh....

sad the weekend is over.

but so glad for a fresh start this week!!!

last week was a whole bunch of sickies over here.

and temper tantrums.

and shots.

but it's all good. we're all healthy now. and i'm thankful for my little muffins.

last saturday we we to the opening FC DALLAS game.

the mccords got b. this little jersey for his birthday. so cute.

he loved the game.

this one got her four months shots on thursday.

she weighs 12 pounds & 14 1/2 oz. almost 13 pounds!!! she's doing great.

i moved her to a 4 hour schedule on friday. i prayed hard about it before doing it. i don't know why it stressed me out so much, it never did with brady. but she's been doing GREAT. she had been so bored eating, and with this change now, she's eating & sleeping a lot better.

and she tried out her exersaucer for the first time. and loved it. i remember b. loving these little rolly things. it's the first thing she went for!!!

thursday was western day at school.   {and miss rachel's last day. boo...}

brady had such fun.

we watched the nascar race yesterday. it was an amazing finish. 

if you don't watch nascar, you should.

it's our first year to really watch. it's awesome. 

{thanks, terri!}

happy monday to all.

friday.

today. has been a good day.

i feel full - anticipating a weekend spent with family.

thankful for progress this week. extremely grateful.

i drank what seems like a gallon of chamomille tea last night before going to bed. {which was at 11.} and by 12:30 i was asleep. yaya. i slept pretty good - until 6:00 when my alarm went off. 5 1/2 hours is much better than what i've been getting. so thanks for your prayers, emails vm's and comments. 

a few people have told me to go to the doctor. i have an appointment for my 'annual' in two weeks. if i'm still struggling - i will definitely ask him about it. until then... i am trying to adjust my lifestyle accordingly. there are several things i'm biting the bullet & trying... and i will post on those when the results are in - and when i'm feeling vulnerable enough to share.

until then.... 

this is what our friday looked like:

lil' miss slept soundly until i went to get her at 7. {we've been starting a 'pattern' this week of crying 30 minutes or so after putting her down at night... and then we get her up... attempt to feed her - which she isn't hungry in the slightest - and then cuddling for an hour or so. i put a stop to it last night. while the hubby was gone. it was hard... so i talked to a friend on the phone instead of listening to her cry while watching my watch....}

we had a sweet snuggle time together while i fed her. 

ahhh.....

i set her down while i went to go get brady.

i came back and she'd rolled over.

right. maybe it was an accident?

nope. she has rolled over several times from her tummy to her back today. and once from back to tummy. hummmmm......... maybe i shouldn't have posted that i like her immobile?

it's my mom's birthday. so after c went down, we made cards. for her and for aunt katie - who's birthday is on monday.

brady loved it. {and now has green marker all over his hands. i thought it was washable??? yeah, right.}

then we went to the post office. and cvs for some photos. and we played at the mall. 

just us. and it was really fun. 

 charlotte fell asleep in her carrier. {she rarely does that anymore - unless we're in the car, of course.}

we ate at chick fil a. just me & brady - splitting some nuggets {and french fries}. 

we talked. and sang songs. and played i spy. 

it was fun. and simple. and nice.

then we stopped to watch the ice skaters. b. was fascinated.

then we went home. read books together & laid the kiddos down for naps.

i watered my garden - again. because it's hot. and i'm proving to myself that i don't always kill things.

and i spotted my first strawberries. 

go me!

and then, after 'straightening up' just a tad {it is friday, afterall}, i read a chapter in my new book club book. 

i have to be honest... i wasn't too excited about this one. i was reluctant. 

but i'm actually enjoying it. i think it's quite funny, really. 

we'll see though.

and now i'm waiting on my hubby to get home. on friday afternoon... ready for the weekend.

we're grilling out tonight. and i'm terribly excited.

are you?

4 months old.

our lil' miss turned 4 months last friday.

wow.

time is such a mixture of whizzing all around me while at the same time standing completely still these days. what an oxymoron, right? i don't think you can ever fully understand that until you have kiddos. and the days & nights seem sooooo long but then one day you wake up and realize that they're smiling back at you. then laughing. then reaching for toys then crawling.... and so on and so on.

no. charlotte isn't walking. in fact, she's not rolling either. but i think it's partly my fault.

honestly, i like that she's not 'mobile' yet. so i don't really 'encourage' her like i did with brady. i love that she likes to sit and cuddle with us. she's definitely a CUDDLER. and i want it to stay that way. i know she'll 'grow up' eventually. i ain't worried. plus, she's perfectly content reaching for the toys on her playmat. and sitting in her bouncy... she's VERY low-maintenence. especially compared to the 'almost 3-yr old' at our house.

she's so.sweet. that's the best way to describe her. 

sweet. 

keep it up, sweet charlotte.

she's exclusively on formula now. no b*milk left in the freezer. {she nursed like a champ. she was great. it wasn't her, it was me. i felt... 'smothered'... if that's at all how i could describe it. i lasted a little less than 2 months. and i'm just fine with that. brady was all-formula and he's in great shape. and likes me just fine... so, there. if you're a nursing mom... MORE.POWER.TO.YOU!! you are amazing. seriously. i know it's not easy... even for the easy babies! keep it up!}she's taking about 6 ounces 5 times a day. and sleeping from 8-7. most nights. praise the lord! 

on that note - i wish i could say it's making me feel like a new person. but it's not. why? because now i'm the one not sleeping. i've even enlisted the aid of tylenol p.m. for the last week - and it worked ONE night. {out of 7}. 

i don't know what's wrong. i can't seem to turn the world off when i lay down. no matter how hard i try.

and i'm seriously a walking zombie. like... all.the.time. and i'm irritable. ugh. not fun. for anyone... especially my husband. and i find myself counting down the MINUTES to nap time. i lay down for a nap... exhausted. and i can't sleep then either. any suggestions?

baseball, mom.

last week, i had an interesting conversation with my little boy.

"i play baseball when i grow up, mom."

"i think that's a great idea, sweetie. when will you grow up?"

"when i'm five."

"five, huh?"

"i two now. {very serious.} almost three."

"that's right, baby. you're almost three."

"i be three on my birthday party. and i eat cake."

"lovely!"

"i play baseball, mom."

he's VERY serious about his baseball. 

so when sweet sarah asked us to come to her hubby's baseball tourney {he coaches our local high school} we, of course, JUMPED at the idea.

brady had.a.blast.

after the game was over, coach sherman {sarah's husband} was dragging the field.

in a big green tractor. 

can you say heaven for my little boy?

baseball + friends + a tractor? it's almost too much!! 

i'm surprised he didn't hyperventilate!!

his wind up:

apparently, {according to the hubbs}, he throws left & bats right.

and that's supposed to be extremely valuable.

right. i can already tell where my hubby's head is at.

and i think i like it.

away. part deux.

so. i finished our vacation pictures. {woot! woot!}

and there are a LOT.

if you missed the first part of our mommy & daddy only vacay, click here.

okay - onto part two.

sunday morning, we were lazy. {after our night out two-steppin' we deserved it!}

we slept in. drank two cups of coffee in our room then two on our patio. reading books. while the church bells rang in the distance. we felt like we were in another world. ahh..... i can hear them now.

then we ate 'brunch' at the peach tree.

such a ladies-that-lunch kinda place, and my hubby was nice enough to endulge me.

but he got this as a reward:

they're infamous ICE CREAM PIE.

i bought the cookbook just.for.this.

chocolate covered cornflake crust. yummmmy.

then we headed out to becker.

it was beautiful.

you could literally smell the lavender driving up.

then, my darling hubby asked me if i wanted to go shopping some more.

like a crazy woman, i said no, let's go to enchanted rock. whoops.

we were NOT prepared. i thought it was a sort of look out. so i didn't worry about grabbing 'proper attire'.

i was wrong. it's literally a HUGE rock.

that you climb.

and it's super windy at the top.

and there are caves.

and trees. and grass. growing on a ROCK. what?!

and it's beautiful.

i love j's hair in this one. hahaha. it was SO windy at the top!

then we went to hondos. for some nachos and the BEST burger i've ever eaten in my life. like, seriously. i offended my husband. but it's truth. you can't deny a burger this good. my mouth is watering just thinking about it.

then, bright & early on monday morning, we said goodbye to our dear cabin. {boo}.

and headed to austin. where jeff had some business. and i sat in the hotel. and watched the bachelor. and read this. {it's so good. really.}

i love austin. i would live there in a heartbeat if we could. it's weird. and wonderful. and fun.

we walked over to UT on tueday. i begged the hubbs to get me a longhorn t-shirt. {we root for texas whenever they aren't playing baylor}. but nope. he said that 'it didn't feel right'. whatever that means.

i love this picture. i took it at the capitol. i think it's so 'texas'.

and then, tuesday, i drove from downtown to the arboretum to go shopping while j had a dinner meeting. {yes, i drove by myself}. and thanks to the garmin i got to avoid traffic and only took a few wrong turns. and i saw this. and i was like, "what?" {in a randy jackson voice!} deer? just chillin in someone's front yard. while people just drove by, like it was no biggie. 

so. cool.

and that's that. we came back and it was a 'rough' adjustment. but so worth it. i love that i still like my hubby. after 12+ years of being 'together', i still enjoy him. i still find him funny. and cute. and handsome. and interesting. i'm blessed beyond measure that i met him. and that one day, seemingly out of nowhere, we fell in love. and it grew. and now we have two littles that are sleeping upstairs as i type this. {ok, one is sleeping & one is making gurgling sounds over the monitor}.

thank you, hubby. for knowing when i needed to get away. and be wooed again. without the spit up. and the diapers, and schedules and laundry and dishes. i love you for knowing me more than i even know myself sometimes. xoxoxo.