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Friday, March 27, 2015

time flies when you're having fun...

or when you are expecting a baby!

that's right, baby brink #2 is on the way and growing every single day! due to arrive in september, we are so thrilled to have this little one join our family of three.

my (baby) jackson is going to be a big brother?! how could this be?

i have a few pictures to share but for today, i'll leave you with our little pregnancy announcement video. i have to admit that i had the cutest little helper in the making of this video!

i hope you liked our little video and if you'd like more updates, please come back and join us! i'm hoping to start posting a little more regularly... we shall see. ;)

today marks 16 weeks and the time is starting to fly. we officially have 25 more days until our 20 week ultrasound. oh. em. gee.

also, how could i possibly feel the nesting bug already?!

happy weekend!

summer, summer, summertime

old school will smith?! sure! why not?

so apparently the end of the summer (and for some reason, i consider the month of august to be the end of the summer... or at least the beginning of the end of summer?) has been much busier than i would have thought it to be and my lack of blog posts just proves it. we have been going, going, going and having fun at every chance we get.

since my last blog post, here are some things that have happened around here...

we had a picnic dinner and enjoyed a concert in the park...

jackson started his first day of pre-school...

i celebrated the big 3-1...

jackson played hooky and we visited the indiana state fair with a couple of our favorite friends...

we celebrated my birthday and todd's birthday with our favorite friends...

we celebrated all of the august and september birthdays with grandma...

we celebrated all of the august and september birthday with grandpa...

cutest t-shirt ever. from three little numbers.

we had family come to visit... (not so many photos of that... dang. i guess we were too busy soaking up the time together to get the cameras out!)

i really do have lots photos of those things. they are sitting in their own folders on my computer just waiting for me to edit them. one of these days i'll get around to it. maybe this long weekend? that sounds glorious!

and just like that, it is the thursday before labor day weekend. i have taken friday off (jackson's school is closed) so that gives us a four day weekend. we will be spending the evening at grandpa's house for dinner and then jackson is actually spending the night! todd and i had planned to take friday off together and get some stuff done around the house since our little guy would be at grandpa's house. but. todd is lame and had a new employee start at work this week so he can no longer take the day with me. its like he has to be a responsible boss or something. again, lame. ;)

so... i'll be taking the day off, all by my lonesome but still working on some projects. for some reason i feel like i'm nesting (no. not even close to being pregnant) and i just want to declutter and really clean my house. we've lived in our house for 7 years and i still feel like i'm trying to make it feel more like "us." anyway. tomorrow, i'll totally be cleaning and organizing. and taking a few too many trips to goodwill. i am still debating on where to start... the master closet and/ or master bathroom? the pantry? the spare bedroom? oh the spare bedroom. too many spaces. i better get planning!

i hope everyone has a wonderful holiday weekend. any big plans?! i'd love to hear from you!

it feels good to be back. let's see if i can get back into the swing of things!

#thursdaynightsatgrandpas

just about every thursday evening, i leave work, run home to let bella out and then head to pick jackson up from school. i ask him where we are off to and he happily tells me, "grandpa's house!" he knows the drill! ;)

thursday evenings consist of dinner and time spent with grandpa, aunt carrie, (soon-to-be) uncle mike, and our little family of three.

we used to have dinner on thursday nights even before jackson was born... when he was first born (and slept most of the time... before he started going to bed at 7pm!)...and then we took a little break when bed time became pretty important... and now we are back in our thursday routine! we've been back for months and it feels really good.

jackson loves this time with a smaller group of family... what kid doesn't love more one-on-one attention?

aunt carrie and uncle mike are the best playmates. their fun usually consists of chasing (or being chased by) dinosaurs, hiking around the house with hiking sticks, fishing (with the hiking sticks) or playing a mini concert on grandpa's keyboard. those are just a few of their favorite things.

during the summertime it seems like the options for fun are unlimited. this summer you can probably find us in the pool or hot tub before dinner. we really look forward to this dinner every week!

i'm always (probably a little too) active on instagram so if you want to see what we're up to on thursdays, check out my instagram feed and the hashtag .... #thursdaynightsatgrandpas ... because who doesn't love a good hashtag? ;)

the happiest of thursdays to you all!!

4 days. 21 hours. 13 minutes. and counting.

again i have so much to say and so little time. this day job is really cramping my style! ;)

we had a fabulous, warm, sunny, happy weekend and got to watch meagan complete her first marathon and spent some much-needed time with the family. and now it is full force back into reality today... oh and the mini marathon is less than 5 days from now. how did that happen?

so today i'm trying not to be distracted now that i've finally remembered i'll be running 13.1 miles on saturday. time to get a really good playlist set up, make sure i have all of my gear and hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. maybe i'll try to sleep a little extra and eat some good food. sounds like a pretty good plan to me! todd is helping me to find some good music, so check out a few half-marathon playlists here, here and here.

i'm back to work and getting lots done. lots to do this week and i'm ready for it!

(just 26 hours ago this was my view... ugh. like i said. smacked right back into reality this morning!!)

happy monday to you all!!

wordlish(ish) wednesday: a warm spring evening with my boys.

we have a place near our house that is forever under construction. we thought it would be fun to do a little exploring and check out the bulldozer and jackson's favorite part...the dirt. so we did.

and probably one of my most favorite photos...

twins.

i just love those boys.

fresh air.

today.
yes today.
we finally got outside for some fresh air.

just me and my boy...well...until daddy came home. and then it was the three of us.

we rode bikes, played with soccer balls and pushed a dump truck up and down the driveway. over and over and over again.

we were so thankful for the fresh air.
i don't know about you but i'm honestly feeling so very refreshed and thankful for the lovely monday we just enjoyed.