Grandparents come and a party for Dean

we have had a busy week. it has been full of lots of fun! dean turned one, in laws came on Wednesday, day in Newport RI, planning for baby boys party, a 24 hr hospital stay, the actual party, grandparents leave, Sad...
thanks to everyone who made deans day special!
here is a picture recap. enjoy!

He is ONE!

I don't like writing much, and especially on blog posts. I just wanted to say Happy birthday to my little boy. It is a bitter sweet day for me. I have been a little emotional today. i have loved everyday i get to spend with him! i absolutely adore this bundle of joy. he is seriously so happy. which in turn makes me happy. He is my world. and i love that i am his mama. Love you dean boy! you have made me so happy and have taught me so much already. xoxo

Product Junkie???

if it goes on your face....i have got to have it, or i have probably tried it. lets just say i'm a little bit of an addict. i am a snob about my product or brand, though i have had to lower my standers while the hub is in grad school. but for reals.....creams, lotions, serums, masks, honey, yogurt...yes that is right some food is great for the face! I am currently in the market for something for crows feet (wrinkles around the eyes) and something for my forehead since i can't have my BOTOX yet!
I may need some help....like rehab or something.....


xoxo

who has time to blog anymore??

i think i blog for family purposes? living so far away is the easiest and quickest way to show what we have been up to. i also blog to keep some sort of journal. but i know my blog is lame-o! so here is some picture updates....projects i have finished, so much more to do, and of course my dean boy. he is 1 in 9 days!!! AHHHHHH! xoxo

So I shop at thirft stores.....

when i moved from Connecticut to rhode Island i decided i wanted to change up the look of my place. so i sold things and replaced them with more things. chris thinks we have too many things and we probably do, but i like my things. i wanted to make my place clutter free, so when the dean boy would go exploring, my things wouldn't be strung all over the house. i put tupperware in drawers and towels in another. he can totally destroy that if he wants! for now my apartment is a work in progress. chris says i have a never ending list of what i want to do. and he may be right...but i love it. it's fun and it's something i like to do. for now, now that i am pregnant, i get my sweet friend amy to do my dirty work, spray painting that is. i think she spray paints for me on a weekly basis. and i always tell her this is close to the last thing and then i find more things to re do, or purchase. poor amy. i am almost done being pregnant!! here are some pictures of what is done and what i still have to do. i want to repaint the table, another chair and a crate to name a few....... xoxo

11 months!...and a few pics of the place

seriously...11 months? I only have 11 weeks to go??!! crazy!
i love this little boy. he is my world and i wouldn't trade being his mom for anything.
he loves attention and gets it wherever we are. i can't believe he will be one in less than 4 weeks!
he is growing up too fast!

































so i sold this beauty....and got this beaut. I am pretty excited about it!





















xoxo

I haven't blogged in awhile, so here is a post!

dean went to the doctor today. i was about two months late. Oops! he weighs 25lbs 8 oz he is 31.5 inches long he is such a happy baby. i am not joking, and i feel dumb for kinda bragging about it. but seriously EVERYWHERE i go, whether it's the plane, grocery store, (he loves to flirt with any girl that will look at him), the cashier asked if she could just keep him at her register all day so she could stay happy while she was at work. the mall, my ob gyn's office, his doctor's office. i will usually get comments like this..."oh aren't you the happiest baby ever", or "he is the happiest baby i have seen in a long time". "oh he is so smiley". "is that boy ever not smiling?" a restaurant owner even told me," if more babies came in and acted the way your baby did i would want to have a baby." i was beaming. but i do warn them, he does cry and he does have his moments of being UNhappy. he is a growing boy! he now claps waves bye-bye on cue. says "HI" has stood on his own twice. he says mama and dada and knows who we are. he has gotten picky with eating, the ped doc says that's what toddlers do. he rather have what mom and dad are having than baby food. i don't blame him. (i am not going to list everything, those are just the developments for this month)

On to my next topic.....we were able to fly home for a few weeks. (dean and I) we saw family and got to relax from our day to day routine. it was fun, but torture at the same time. i realize how much i miss out on living away from it all. but at the same time...like living away????
since we have lived out of the state of Utah, and i don't know if it is just the east coast. but whenever i mention i am from Utah...i get "Oh then you must be Mormon" HA HA i just love it. we are not supposed to judge and i think sometimes us "Mormon's" get it the worst. i had someone ask..."is that why you are having your kids so close together, so you can have like 8?" UM YA ThAT's IT!! WOW!!! I know this is such a RANDOM post....however I just wanted to write down a couple things that have been happening in our not so exciting life! Thanks for reading! xoxo

Brimfield, MA

I died and gone to heaven! I love antiques! I have been cursed by my mother!
My Connecticut friends have been raving about the Antique show in Brimfield, Ma for months. And to me it did not disappoint! I am horrible at bringing my camera to events...I so wish I did to show you all how cool this event was. I went with my cute friend Amy, that I have mentioned in the previous post.....my walking buddy. She was kind enough to have me drag her and her two kids around for an hour and a half. Now mind you...we hardly touched the place. It was huge! but it was also hot...like 95 and felt like 105+ humid! so our little ones...oh and my pregnant self couldn't be there all day. I can not wait to go again in September! I hope to be there a little longer....hopefully it won't be so hot. Here is what I was able to grab...before I ran out of money and space in the car. I am excited to add it to my additions to my apartment!