Five Five Five

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My son is being a terrible sleeper again. He woke up at midnight and stayed up til 4am. Then woke up for the day at 7am. Me and the hubs are exhausted. I think it is his teeth. He acts fine. I don't know. I am just so tired. Being a mom really is the hardest job in the world.


{TWO}
Wednesday night was date night. We needed it and we had fun. We went to a place that was doing a 4 course dinner paired with Arizona wines. It was really good but we left hungry.The first course was scallops-- they were amazing. But with only 2 of the teeny tiny scallops on your plate, you really wanted more. Ya feel me?

{THREE}
I have been really enjoying seeing friends this week. Wednesday we met a friend and her son for lunch and Thursday was another friends birthday. I took her lunch and a small gift of face masks and bath salts and another of our friends surprised her and came with me. It was a fun morning/afternoon and I treasure those friend dates.

{FOUR}
Pretty random, but since it gets so hot in Arizona, I am super excited to have cold water back :)
It really is the little things.

{FIVE}
Uhm. Hello Nashville and Gray's Anatomy premiers! I am loving my fall shows back!


Tish

Oh the weather outside is delightful.

The weeks have merged together for me.... You? I find myself so busy doing nothing it seems.

Our son, the normally good sleeper, has been waking up in the middle of the night. That makes for a really long day. He is teething and this is the first time that he has really made a fuss about it. The molars. Poor guy. He wants to be snuggled and held a lot.. and I am ok with that. I love me some baby snuggles.

The weather--- is everyone talking about it? I mean C'MON- freaking b e a u t i f u l.
Took advantage at the park (and Yes, baby boy is in his 4th of July tee-don't hate)

 

 

Took a trip up to Prescott to visit grandma and went to lunch on Whiskey Row. Walked around. Played with leaves, and had a good time in the b e a u t i f u l weather again!

 

 



 



I had to celebrate Fall a little bit. I mean it dipped below 100. I made a big pot of chicken noodle soup a couple days ago and a big pot of chili today. What can I say? I am Tish and I love soup.

 

 





Hope you are loving the beginning of Fall too...

 

 

Tish

 

Cherish today

Today has been a long day and it is only 10:52 am.  Maddox woke up at 3:30am wide awake. He kept saying "ball game mama, ball game" to which I had to keep repeating there was no ball game. It was sleeping time. He proceeded to put his batting helmet on and run bases. Awesome. I put him back in his bed around 4:15. No such luck Charlie Brown. He screamed and cried and screamed some more.
Now, I should have prefaced that he is normally a really good sleeper. If you follow me on twitter you would know that last night after he hugged and kissed us goodnight, he then waved and told us bye and we left his room.

He finally fell asleep for an hour, but I was woken up by a phone call that broke my heart. I won't get into details yet, but life is too fragile. It is too short and you just never know what each day can bring.
With that, I have tried to be better today as I am picking the bags under my eyes off the ground, and trying to drown my headache in coconut water and ibuprofen. I am trying to remember it is all too precious to waste and to play with my son and to hold him and if he wakes up at 3am, to let him. I am a stay at home mom and while it may be uncomfortable for the day, soon, I will miss those moments with him.

Do ya?

Tish

Fabulous Five!

Link up to the girls for Five on Friday!

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I have lunch today with a sweet friend and her son. Is it at a fastfood place with a playland-yes. Is that ok? Sure. Otherwise we would never get any talking done :)They are moving next month and I am trying to sneak in as much time as I can get between life, her packing and oh, life. For those of you single ladies or ladies sans the kiddos, leisurely lunches rarely happen with little people!

{TWO}
My husband booked me an hour Swedish massage for the afternoon. Ah. The bliss is awaiting me!

{THREE}
Dinner is via the crockpot tonight. Chili Colorado. It is easy peasy. Dump a can of enchilada sauce, a couple beef bullion cubes, stew meat. Let the crockpot do her pretty job. The rolls up with beans and cheese in tortillas, broil a few minutes, open a corona, and enjoy!

{FOUR}
I am loving Essie Boudreaux on my toes as we ease into Fall. Granted, in AZ, Fall does not come for a LONG time still--I am planning a pool party for tomorrow afternoon--but I like to pretend.

{FIVE}
Speaking of Fall, I am about sick to death of summer clothes. I am ready for jeans, sweaters, layers and boots. Sigh! C'mon!

Tish

Taking food to a new Mom

Taking food to a new mama:

I am an assistant organizer for a Mom's group. I really like being able to look at our calendar and have things to do with Maddox nearly every day if I want to. Something else special we do is "Meals for Mommies". If a mom has had a major surgery or a new baby, we take her 5 meals. I wish that I had that luxury during my time home with Maddox. We were crazy busy and packing and there was NO down time to just enjoy being a new family. I am sad about that, but we are in our new state and our new home and all is well.

For my meal, I had several components. I started with a tried and true casserole. I love a casserole because it is easy, usually has all of the meal in one dish, and can be frozen, or cooked that night --oh and leftovers are easy peasy. I added a loaf of French bread to accompany my casserole. I did not need to add any sides since my casserole had chicken, rice and broccoli. Voila. A must is a throw away container. Run to the Dollar Tree or Walmart and grab a foil one so there is no need to return dishes. I added 3 paper plates, napkins, and throw away utensils so that mama didn't need to worry about clean up at all.

Was I done there? I could have been I guess. But, where is the fun in that? I baked some yummy chocolate chip muffins. Muffins are good because mama can eat that one handed, and they can also be used for snacks or a quick breakfast. I then put in a container of strawberries for some more sweetness and I figured her 2 two year old would like them too.

Speaking of her two year old, I made a quick little snack bag for him with cheese nips, pretzel sticks and marshmallows (one of Maddox's favorites) and also a little crayon pack with coloring sheets. He felt special getting them and told me thank you with a huge smile.

I wrapped up a sweet little pj set for tiny man and I was done.

Easy, quick, pretty inexpensive and you just made the day of a family with a new baby.

Little man is 21months

Is there much in life better than hearing the sounds of laughter and happiness coming from your child? I really cannot think of anything. Giggles and smiles from that little guy really melt me.

He is 21 months now. He is till obsessed with balls. Baseball, Basketball. Football. Loves them all. Knows logos. It is weird. He is so little but just knows. All he does all day is want to shoot hoops or play catch. He runs bases and scores touch downs. He is preparing for 2 a days. He seems to prefer watching and playing baseball to football for now.

He is talking much more. I love hearing his little voice and opinions.
He says "Are you seeus?" (serious), calls 2 of our 4 dogs by name now "Nolna" and "Nam" (Lola and Sam), he definitely knows ball, ballgame, got it, he got it, you got it, mama, dah-deeeee, (daddy), and so many more, those are his favorites though. Oh and nope, no, top (stop) and hot!

He loves watching baseball games. It is the only thing that calms him down. He also knows if you have your cellphone and throws a fit till you put it down to play catch with him. He will also turn the tv off to get your undivided attention. Yup, so there is that.

His favorite book is still Ten In the Bed. He has SO many books, but that is the only one he ever brings us to read him. I buy him books all the time. He has a huge basket full. Only that one.

He basically only wants chicken nuggets most nights. Sigh. Fail. He does love spaghetti though. IF, and only if, it is with real spaghetti noodles. Don't try to use cutsy pasta for the boy or he wont touch it. He wants big people cups, and spills all the time. Luckily, it is always water so that helps I guess. He loves snacks nad fruit. He lives for yogurt and loves cereal and milk.

He is wearing a size 4 diaper, is about 27 pounds I would guess since he was 25 pounds at his 18m check up. He has so much character and charm. I just adore him to pieces. He really has our hearts.

Grown ups and the drive in.

Labor Day weekend has been full. Saturday night was a grown up night out. We met several friends at a bowling alley and just had such a good time. We drank way too much, danced like fools up and down the lanes and just enjoyed each others company.

Today we lounged all day... probably as a result of last night, even though we were home at 11pm. Lame. However, we did shower finally and head to the drive in. Maddox loves the drive in. We are pretty sure that he wonders why that isn't in his own backyard lol. We saw We Are the Miller's. It was good. Not as good as the hub thought, but it was a good movie. Better than I thought.

Tomorrow... well, other than 2 trees being delivered at ah hem... 6AM, the day is open for possibilities.

Check ya later dolls!

~Five on Friday PARTAY~

Five on Friday link up with the girls is back again. Hi ladybugs!

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My son is the most athletic little tiny human I have ever seen. No really. We cannot go anywhere that has some sort of sport that people don't go out of their way to come up and comment on it. It is crazy. Tonight we went out to support our future High School and their first home football game.
Cuteness galore as he cheered and rooted on the boys!

{TWO}
Pumpkin Spice Lattes are back at Starbuck's. Need I say more? Hello and come to mama maybe ;)

 

{THREE}

I love a good giveaway and right now you can go to Blue Eyed Bride and to Kelly's Korner to talk about how you keep your little ones healthy. They are talking all about Doc McStuffin's, her adorable show and giving away $100 Visa Giftcard. You can earn two entries, I am earning one right now by just telling you guys that you can get one too!  I don't know about you mamas but I get that catchy little tune in my head EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.

 

{FOUR}
This video of Maddox just melts my heart. He wants to watch himself over and over and over again on my phone. Our tv is a "smart" tv and has internet on it so I occasionally put his youtube channel up and he really loves it. HA. I think its pretty entertaining too, but I think I might be partial ;)

{FIVE}

 

I am OBSESSED with Halloween and Fall right now. I have pinned about 7654 things and I am sure people are unfollowing me left and right on Pinterest. Sigh. I cannot help myself. We are doing a few Halloween events with the moms group I am part of and I need a costume. I am pretty sure I am going to attempt to be this scarecrow. I searched Walmart for the right orange and came up empty but luckily Dollar Tree gets me and they had 2 great oranges and I scooped both up. I might even go practice now! I also really think this VS costume is cute, easy and clever!

 

 

Later babes,

Tish

 



Runonsentences

A little bit of this and that....

A few little life hacks that I love:

When cutting green onions, don't use a knife like I used to for years. No, dear, you are doing it all wrong. Use your scissors! Those little puppies cut time in more than half. It is amazing that I have not done this my whole life. Knife schmife!

When you are bored at the computer, do a Google image search for Atari breakout. You are welcome.

Grab a saucepan and add some water, vanilla and cinnamon and cook on low. You can also use cinnamon, clover and allspice. Makes your kitchen and nearby rooms smell good.


A few little odd things about me:

I sleep with a lot of pillows.
I always rinse my hair in cold water.
I use apple cider vinegar to rid heartburn.
I take a nap nearly every day.

Other things:

I have a new Mongolian beef recipe in the crock pot today and my house smells like PF CHANG'S. I really hope it is good because I love Mongolian beef. Last night we had a big rain storm. It was glorious. The skies opened up and just poured. I still am not pregnant. It's only been about 6 weeks but it feels like a lifetime. I brought out a ton of vitamins and started taking them. Exercise is happening now too. My friend told me today that she is about 4 weeks along. I was so happy for her, and sad for me. That doesn't feel like a good friend. I want to just be happy. we have changed our boy name. Our girl name is the same. I am excited for Halloween now. I love being able to see Maddox get dressed up. I never was big on that holiday till we had a kid. Seems that changes most things.


Enough rambling...
Tish