impatiently waiting

I am trying to be patient for many things this week....

TOMS

first ones are for Patrick - the next are for me

(dont judge - they may look like slippers - but read about them here)

oh yes. the watch. 

I am busting at the seams waiting for it's arrival!!!!

and for these new prizes to go with a few outfits from my sale rack purchases from JCrew!! 

(Please, don't panic. I only bought maybe four things from this selection. I promise. Well. Maybe five.)

And most of all.

I am trying to patiently wait to see this little monster, his sister, their parents and my mom and dad for our beach trip!!!! Can't come soon enough!

overdue 'do

Well. It's that time again.  Mophie got her 'hair did' and it was much needed. She now purrs when you pet her again! She may be chilly, but I am sure she feels better with out all of those mats in her hair.

On a different note...

I. Love. This. Watch.

I think it's a pretty color. Good for fall, winter, spring AND summer!

Beautiful.

Don't you just love it?

a steal

Something comes over me when I enter a mall. I morph into a different person each time. Sometimes I am rational, reasonable, and then other times I lose all control. This time, thankfully, it was in the JCrew sale rack...which means I didn't do too bad - and always give Patrick fair warning that I am trying on clothes, shoes, whatever comes my way.

But this trip --- I came out with an $80 pair of shoes for...

$17.00!!!!

All I wear are flip flops, and flat shoes these days. So it's about time I put some heels back on. I also justified it because Eloise ate a pair of my wedge shoes from Banana Republic at the beginning of summer - these are (much cheaper) replacements :)

Being 21 seems like so long ago

...considering after a night out my body takes 24 hours + to recover, including a long nap and a full nights sleep. 

We were so happy to spend a weekend in Savannah with everyone to celebrate Michael turning 21 (we'll get to that later......) and Emory and Grayson's 2nd birthday!!

Here they all are!

Adele made the girls this awesome cake. I am still amazed. She is very talented.

Michael must have looked like he needed help opening his beer...

These next pictures are of Emory and Grayson in their dress up clothes and they are so adorable. It makes me sad that we live so far away from everyone :( 

They LOVED their bath crayons from Adele. Look at that artwork!!

And hair!

Lillian has gotten so big. She is the calmest, most easy going girl I have ever seen. She just takes it all in. 

I didn't want to mix up these beautiful girls and sweet innocence with the rest of this post. So they got to start it all out and be separated by this paragraph. 

Let me tell you. We had a really good time celebrating Michael's birthday. I wish I could post all of the pictures and tell all of the stories, but I probably should keep my mouth shut ;)

Here are a few pictures to share..

An awesome shirt made by Alison and Adele

The Group

Siblings

Michael kept trying to get all up in the picture of Adele and I - pretty sure that hand is hers. On his face. Ha.

Looking back through the pictures, it seems that Alison and I found it necessary to stop whatever we were doing and pose for the camera...very entertaining.

Not real sure? But I just love him. I laugh at these every time I see them...

pose.

Such a cute family...

Happy Birthday Michael!!!

out of order

I just had to go ahead and post this picture. Because I think it's the cutest thing ever. I just love love love her little haircut!! Here's the whole story for you. When you click on the link, and after reading about my sweet niece, please continue on to see what wonderful things little Patrick has been up to :) 

still going...

We're catching up. Not much more I promise.

Sooooo

Guess what color my phone cover is!?!

PINK.

And that would be why this picture has a beautiful pink tint to it. Apparently it covers the flash. Silly people...they should've put a bigger hole around the camera...

We celebrated one of Pat's co-fellows (not sure that word is 'correct' but best way to describe it) birthday's after cleaning up Elle's leftovers from her snack. Everyone met up at a place in The Hill (Italian area in STL) to eat, drink, and play bocce ball. When we got home Eloise was just a chipper as ever. No upset stomach or anything. 

The day after Killer's swim my car was beyond disgusting. Maybe not quite as gross as after our canoe trip last fall (if you recall...Eloise got a bit car sick. On me. And my seats. And the center console. Sick.).  Patrick and I had brunch then tried to find a car wash. The one I knew of was closed so we stopped here.

I was wearing a sundress and it hindered my bending and cleaning.. no one wants to get flashed on a Sunday morning.

So Pat 'super washed' my car. I have never ever used one of these drive up things before. It's very tricky. It says $1.50. So you put your coins in, and then they decide to let you know you only have 3 minutes. THREE MINUTES?? To was this whole car??!

Turbo Patrick got to business. He flew through the steps (we may or may not have had to put more money in - but still. He was moving real fast) and my car came out sparkling!

Have I ever told you that I have the best husband ever??

back track with me...

It's been a while. I am back. 

So Eloise had a rough day a few weeks ago - she lounged around all morning, wouldn't eat her food. Don't worry, we still took a trip to the beloved dog park where she used what little energy she had to play with her pup friends. We came home and she found her ball and cuddled with it (seriously. she did.). Then I heard an all to familiar noise... and surprise, surprise...

Eloise threw up some of her gray fuzzy elephant, rubber from a tennis ball along with the pink fabric from it, some sticks and a few other prizes. 

Needless to say - she was back in action in no time.

I am not sure if she knows how spoiled she is. Pat and I took her to swim when we both had the weekend off together. She, of course, was in heaven. 

Killer. That's her new nickname. These waves from a passing boat scared the poo out of her at first - she kept jumping and biting at them... hilarious. I wasn't a fast enough thinker to video it. This is the best shot of Killer that I was able to get.

Of course we had to make her leave. She would've stayed in the water all day long.

Fast forward.

Last week we got home from work to find our little angel had once again redecorated our home. You see, Eloise has excellent taste and thinks our bedroom pillows belong on the floor in the hallway, the den pillows by the back and/or front door, the sun room pillows belong on the couch and den floor. I don't have the heart to tell her the colors don't match the walls when she switches them around like that...

Anyway.

She topped the charts with an episode last week. Not only did we have a redecorated home, but Killer had torn up her Christmas PJ's, found a new bag of kitty treats and ripped them open, and last - but certainly not least - had 10 heartworm pills as a snack. Yes. Ten. I kind of panicked 

(for all of you ER folk...you know that mom {the one we all kinda laugh at...it's the truth, you know it} that looks like she is running a marathon, deer in the headlights, franticly running through a metal detector without slowing down, with a happy, drooling, pink skinned, brisk capillary refill, breathing, moving, interactive child in her arms? Well...maybe I was that mom. For just like a second. Or two. About my dog......) 

Okay...back to my story.

There were tiny shredded up pieces of aluminum foil, so carefully pulled from 10 plastic pill cases all. over. the. floor.

Elle was just wagging her tail, greeting us with a nice full belly. So I called the vet and they're like "It's no big deal, she'll be fine."

And that was that.