Vegas, baby.

I'm goin to Vegas. Me and baby boy are heading there. For the day. To visit. Did you know that I lived there for 10 years? I am so excited to see my friends and some family.

I kind of wish that the trip was at least over night, but a day trip is good to start.
We leave at 7am, and get back at 10:30pm.

This was part of our wedding festivity. 03-12-11

{photo by MA Photography}

xo, Tish

Design Schmine..

I. Am. Not. Pleased. With. My. Blog. Design.

You will likely see several over the next days.

My apologies.

Does someone want to create a free one for me? You can add your site to the attributions.

It was worth a try.

No cooking and Photo Op's

Friday afternoon my husband informed me that we were going out to dinner. OK... I can handle not cooking haha.
Got ready, ran our errands and then headed to the Black Angus for dinner. I had a glass of wine while we waited.. a Pinot, and I am more of a sweeter Reisling or Champagne girl. BUT it was good anyway.

My sweet little baby... has turned into a " hold  me while we are at the restarant or I will yell and scream till you do" baby. My husband and I  have decided that we will probably be making less and less appearances at restarants.
We came home, sat by the pool and watched Criminal Minds.

Saturday, I had an appointment for my car. UGH. During the wait time, we went to the Black Bear Diner-- will we ever learn? Luckily it was loud in there and no one paid attention to his screams of frustration. We eventually gave in though. Easier. OMG we are in trouble.

We did a little shopping and browsing and photo posing to kill time.

We came home after picking up my car and remember those 23 pounds of peaches? I froze them (what a pain that was) and the hubby took a bag out and made peach rum drinks. We sat in the pool and just chilled all afternoon. I dont know if it was the sun or the large rum drink or both-- but I didnt feel so well afterwards. Had to take a little nap.. was a little cranky... the husband laughed. I made enchiladas, the husband got The Vow and One For the Money for us to watch and we just vegged with little boy on the couch.

I relish those moments. Sweet. Comfortable. Home.

xo, Tish

Vets and Cranky Racecar Drivers

Don't you hate when you accidentally hit a button and delete your post thus far before it had the chance to save?

Me too. Ugh.

Yesterday was a tiring one. I woke up at 6. Was ready to be out of the house to run errands by 7. Went to the grocery store and post office and made vet appointments.

The vets office wouldn't take all 4 dogs at once, so I took 2 and 2. Let's talk about a mini workout! Whew. Sam escaped briefly. I ran after him, and luckily his pudgy self only slowly galloped and I got him right away-- after I lost a shoe under a car. That was a fun retrieval! Did I mention that I had already opened the car door, Zoey could have ran off but she is too scared. Maddox was in his carrier on the ground next to my car. He could have been stolen. It was a nightmare for about 25 seconds.

I about fell over when I got the $255 bill knowing that I had 2 more dogs coming in a half hour. Wow. I ran home, got the little dogs and brought them right back for their round of shots.

They went a little smoother though... Lola is a good car rider.. Meeko is awful.
My car is a furbie currently. I must get it cleaned asap.

Little boy was way off his schedule and was a monster of a crab apple because he was so sleepy. He finally calmed down and was a speed racer all around in his walker. It was  pretty hilarious. He just ran everywhere. Who knew a 5 month old plus a walker equalled a race car.

Speaking of 5 months... do you count babies by their weeks or a month on the day they were born? I am so confused about it and people keep doing both... SO.... He is 23 weeks old. He was born December 5, 2011. Would you count him 6 months next week or wait till June 5? On his first birthday you don't count weeks... and it may or may not be 52 weeks exactly... you say on Dec 5, 2012, he is 1 year old. A rant. Sorry.

This is how he "sits" right now. How funny is this?

First Mommys Day

My first Mother's Day weekend was eventful.

We planned to go see my husbands mom and dad on Sunday so we went to do our Mother's Day on Friday and Saturday.

What better way to start the weekend off than by going to see a baseball game! We
went out to see our beloved Diamondbacks take on the Giants. No win, but it was a fun night. Little boy was so sweet and in such a good mood. They had a fireworks display after the game and Maddox was entranced. What is it about fireworks that takes you back to being a little kid... where sparklers were THE coolest thing in the world.

My google-boo of a husband found a Peach Festival and a place called Schnepf Farm over near Queen Creek.

They have carnival rides, a country store with jams and breads, they serve breakfast and lunch (although we didn't have either because the line was ridiculously long). And then of course they had peach orchards that you could pick your own peaches. We wanted to go for that reason. We got our 3 empty bags and went to pickin. It was so much fun!

We loaded up and got three bags filled to the brim. At the 2 dollars per bag, we couldn't wait to get all those juicy peaches! We went to pay and low and behold: it was not 2$ a bag, it was 2$ a pound. WHOOOPS. 23pounds and $47 later we left the peach farm. We just assumed that it was per bag. I guess because the orange orchards were just per bag.

After we left there with our 23 pounds of peaches, we went for Mexican food. I love me some Mexican food. Then came home and swam and just enjoyed time together.

Sunday, we woke up early and made the short journey up to Prescott to see my hubs mom and dad. I had whipped up some yummy chicken salad and a to-die-for strawberry spinach salad with homemade raspberry vinaigrette. We sat that out with some other fixings and had a nice lunch with them. After, we watched the dbax on tv and his mom and dad enjoyed Maddox.

All in all it was a super (and busy) weekend.

My mini bell is ringing...

xo, Tish

Kellys Korner New Moms Link Up

I am linking up to Kelly's Korner SUYL New Moms.

I am Tish. This is my handsome 5 month old son and mini love of my life Maddox:

And here are both loves of my life:

I look forward to connecting with you all :)

xo, Tish

Day 4

Day 4 of healthy living was a success. I went on a walk. I am just at 1.5 miles but I will be creeping that up as the weeks go by. I made dr appointments. I am doin it ya'll.

I was at a play group with Maddox this morning.

We ran errands and as it was creeping into the lunch hour, I rushed home to avoid temptation. Temptation of a yummy fountain coke mostly. I think I could have "just" gotten the soda.. the large, non diet, soda - and been ok for a couple more hours BUT...Soda is bad. I have compromised with myself and will "allow" the treat of a diet soda now and again. Eventually, maybe I will also give that up.

On to other things... I am going to play around on Pinterest and find a cute southwest-y wreath to make. I was at Joanns today and put a wreath in my basket, then pride took over and told me that I could do that. I should do that. I let her win.

Had a yummy dinner tonight. Steak, zucchini, corn on the cob, cherry tomatos and croissants. The hubby had some rice but I decided that I would much rather prefer the warm bread. Ah. HEALTHY. Why is so hard? Habits I guess.

What are your healthy ways? What do you do-- besides "work out and eat right"... be specific.

New Girl and Private Practice are callin my name.

xo, Tish

Get Healthy.

I must get healthy. I will do my best to think of it as getting healthy and not a diet. The dreaded word... d i e t. Ahh!

I have no one to blame but me. I could make lots of excuses but that is all they would be.
I am the only one with the power. The P O W E R. Ahh!

A 2.5 hour walk around the swap meet on Saturday. A 1.5 mile walk today in the neighborhood.  I threw out junk. I didn't throw out the juice. Small starts. I found some more great recipes. I love skinnytaste. I pulled out the Zumba DVD that I have never once used. Tomorrow I will research doctors to find one and get checked out.

I am embarrassed to blog about this--but I need to be accountable. To me. To my husband. To my baby. To my family. For me. For my husband. For my baby. For my family.

xo, Tish

Kelly's Korner Link Up

Hi, I am Tish linking up to Kelly's Korner SUYL Friday.
I am a new wife, a new sahm mommy and new to Arizona.
My husband got his long awaited transfer when we were very pregnant. We came down, found a house and waited for our son to be born. We moved here 2 weeks later. It is now about 5 months later and I am looking to meet others in the area.

I am a normal girl. I enjoy going out for lunch, getting pedicures, spa days, cooking, reading, sporting events, wine tastings, country bars, dancing, traveling. Now that I am a mommy, most of that gets put on the back burner because my sweet husband and I have this new world to discover through the eyes of our child.

I look forward to connecting with some of you awesome ladies that also read Kellys Blog :)


xo, Tish

Swimming, Sleeping, and Walking

Maddox went swimming. He was such a trooper that little cutie pie.
We started with our feet and gradually moved to have our whole body in... he did a couple big gasps but was such a good sport.

We had to get out once because he got scared but then we eased back in.

Maddox boy was also a very big boy and slept in his own bed last night. I know. He is 5 months old and that was the first time. We do have good reasons... we are crazy AND his room is so, so far from our room. We will love that feature when he is older but right now, the other side of the house seems so far away. Mind you, we have an 8ft gate that is locked in the front of the house, every door and window is alarmed and we have 4 dogs: BUT I am a parent who worries and he is our first little baby. It was so hard on us. It was harder on mama I think than anyone. I moved 2 of the dogs into his bedroom and had the monitor on high... Maddox was fine. Mama barely slept. I had to keep going to check on him. I had to keep listening to him breathing.

Speaking of breathing.... As most parents do, we searched for "the perfect" bedding set for him. My husband wanted teddy bears so we searched (hard to find believe it or not) and since buying it.... we have used the bedskirt and we hung the blanket on the wall. The curtains, the pillows, the little hanging "art" and the bumper have all gone to an expensive waste. We went and bought a breathable bumper from Babies R US and have that in his bed and a sheet. That's it. None of the fancy stuff we wasted money on. Lesson learned for next time :)

Here is the little handsome guy in his bed:

He also got to play in his walker for the first time. He doesnt walk yet of course but he loves to "stand" and be "up".

He is just growing so much and too fast! Sigh....