that time we became matching hipsters

 

But, don't tell Will that our glasses match, he gets pretty defensive. 

I secretly love that he has followed in my trendy ways. I used to balk at the idea that I was "trendy," but now I am totally comfortable enough to admit. Even though Will often laughs at some of the outfits I put together in the name of trendiness, I am tickled to see he has embraced some of my tendencies. 

We could claim that our glasses were a really good deal because they were only $99 from Warby Parker, but we all know its because we like to fit in. 

P.S. you should see all the outfits my stylish husband has been putting together. This real-world job has really upped his awareness for appearances. He left for his work conference with two suits packed and wearing jeans with a blazer, who is this man?? Maybe I could convince him to partake in an outfit post??

Have a wonderful weekend. 

We are just going to lay low this weekend. Bring dinner to a family in our parent's group that just welcomed a new baby. I might take myself on a date to Starbucks to get some work done for my class. We might ride bikes and get more flat tires.

weekend away

(blogger is being difficult and all the spacing is off, sorry about that.)

Our weekend away in Bozeman for my sister in law's wedding was pretty wonderful. Of course we missed Madison, but it was surprisingly easy to go about our days with out worrying about her. The weekend seemed to last forever, three days away felt like a week, which was great. By Monday, I was pretty ready to get home to our baby though. I am so thankful my mom was so willing to stay with Madison and we could try to remember what we were like pre-baby.

The wedding was really beautiful. Erin, Will's sister, put everything together herself. She even made all the food herself, it was incredible. The whole night turned out wonderfully, nothing like spending the evening in the Montana air.

Above are our attempts to get a decent picture together. 

Below is us trying to make the most of an evening sans baby. We were ready for bed by 10 pm, a bit sad.  We just aren't as young as we look.

someone is missing her daddy

After her daily rearrangement of our closet, little miss came out wearing this. She put it on just like this herself and I think my insides were beyond tickled. I love that she remembers that this is the way Will wears his hat. I love that even when he is not here, she is still trying to be just like him. 

We are anxiously waiting my mom's arrival. Scrubbed the house all morning and finally sitting to rest a bit while Madison naps. 

Two more days until Will and I get our first weekend away. Eeek! 

our week in iPod pictures

 

1. Sick miss and her bedhead. 

2. Madison crying while I try to take a picture of us together. typical.

3 & 4. My project that took up the entire week. Redoing the guest bedroom with out spending any money. I did a lot of painting and Madison helped.

5. What our Saturday looked like. She has been on a sleeping strike again. Refusing to nap and then screaming about it the rest of the day. Its really fun. Except not really, its extremely frustrating.

6. We got out to enjoy the Fall colors yesterday. I am still recovering from my sickness, so we did not hike very far.

7. I also painted chalkboards on either side of our kitchen cabinets. Turns out Madison only wants to draw on it when I am trying to. If I am not drawing on it, she just wants to draw on everything else in the house with the chalk. 

8. Date night in. A mexican fiesta and football. Will left today so we were trying to spend some quality time together. 

So thats where we are now. Will gone and me left all alone with this irritable, no sleeping child. No sleep = no breaks for me. I am just thankful my mom is coming in on Wednesday or else I am not sure we would survive. 

Being sick has really thrown a wrench in our lives. It really rocked the good thing we had going where she napped and was happy when she woke up. Now the whole day is just a crying mess and its really wearing me down. Hopefully things will look up soon.

sick.sick.sick

It seems we just can not catch a break. Madison had Roseola a few weeks ago, then popped three teeth, and now she has a runny nose that she shared with me. However, her runny nose found its way to my throat, my sinuses, my joints, my eye sockets, I am struggling. It is really difficult to care for a sick baby when the caretaker can barely stand. Unfortunately, Will is super busy at work and unable to take time away. We are sort of just floating through right now.

On the plus side, I hope that this sickness passes soon and I can thoroughly enjoy all that we have coming up. Want to know what all we are going to be doing??? 

I have another 30 days of working out to the Insanity DVDS.

This Monday Will leaves for a week long conference in Clevleand. 

 My mom comes in on Wednesday to help me with Madison because I am just not cut out to be a single mom. 

 I fly to Bozeman that Friday and meet Will there. Will's sister is getting married on the 22nd and we get to attend sans baby because my mom is going to stay and take care of her. It will be our first getaway with out baby. Not sure what I will do with myself. 

 My mom flies back to Texas on the 26th. We will all cry a bit.

Then on Oct. 4-7, I will fly to Hawaii. This is a super spontaneous trip that my dad so graciously paid for me to go on. So my dad and I will go and see Grant one more time in Hawaii before he leaves. Yet another trip with out baby, what is this.

Then on October 9 -13 I will fly to Austin to stay with my mom. I have not been back to Austin to see my mom in over a year, it should be great. We will also be going to the Scarecrow Festival in Chapel Hill, it is a family tradition.

Then the weekend of October 20 -21, my long time friend Claire is finally coming to see us. I can hardly wait.

Whew, it is going to be an exhausting, but exciting couple of weeks. Definitely trying to smash as much in as we can before the year ends.

Lets hope that this sickness clears and I can be myself again.

this week

This pretty much sums up the week we had.

My daughter in all her independent glory. Insisting on sweeping with my underwear (clean because she took them from the washer) on the handle, but then immediately frustrated because two seconds later she decided she did not want the underwear on the handle. Hard life, sister.

I think that anytime we do anything out of the ordinary with Madison, like go out of town to Breckenridge, it takes a good week to recover. She might be teething, she might just be moody, but whatever it is, she was a little bit difficult this week. She wore me out.

We had a pretty good weekend though. I drove to Boulder to meet my friend Brittany to shop at an handmade craft fair. I was overwhelmed with all the beautiful items for sale and of course was face to face with my indecisiveness and did not buy anything. Well, I did buy some incredible food from the food trucks. There is going to be another fair in December, maybe by then I will have decided on something I for sure want to buy.

Then we went to a potluck dinner with the group of parents we know through church. It was so much fun. We have now known these families for a year and its so wonderful to be completely relaxed around each other and laugh at how crazy life with children is. The night was full of half conversations (you know the ones you can't finish because you always have to stop to get that piece of who knows what out of your kids mouth), messy floors, and feeding each others children.

Will went to work early again today so he can be back in time for me to head to class. We have nothing really planned this week. I am getting the itch to re-decorate something, so maybe that will happen. But we have huge plans for the next month and a half, can't wait to share them. 

weekend iPod pictures

1. Trying out some pigtails. She was not too thrilled about them. 

2. Helping dad scatter the grass clippings Friday night. Quite the exciting task. 

3. Will playing in Madison's room on Saturday. 

4. My outfit of the day on Saturday. We were going shopping. 

5. She finally let us put the helmet on. She previously would cry in sheer terror. We rode our bikes to some trendy little shops a couple of blocks from us. 

6. My purchases. They were all bought at consignment shops. Afterwards, Will said, "you know you can buy clothes that aren't used." 

7. We finally arrived in Breckenridge and we were letting her roam free in the parking lot. 

8. My loves. 

9. Ceremony? What ceremony? Lets just play in the forest! 

10. Finally passed out after the wedding. She refused to sleep on the drive to Breckenridge and was in constant motion at the wedding. So baby was sleepy. 

11. This was her on the drive to Breck. We were playing the game where she throws all her toys and I pick them up, it is really fun. 

12. Riding her own bike in one of the shops in Breck. 

That about sums up our weekend. I am thankful it is a short week because Will has to work early two mornings this week and I am not the biggest fan of getting up and out of bed at 6:30 to take care of miss.

Breckenridge

We headed out to the mountains yesterday, along with the rest of the city of Denver, and we landed in Breckenridge. 

We had the wedding of Will's roommate from college to attend. It was a late afternoon wedding at a rental house overlooking the mountains. It was gorgeous. The town of Breckenridge was bustling with tourists and it was great to be surrounded by such views. 

Unfortunately, Will and I both struggled a bit with trying to juggle the no-nap miss while attempting to enjoy an adult gathering. Some of those, "woah is me", feelings surfaced again, ones that presented themselves continually when Madison was first born. Those feelings mostly surface when I want so badly to recapture the freedom of not having a child. And last night, chasing a baby through the woods and missing the ceremony, being unable to eat any of the appetizers before they were finished, and having to duck out before the cake was cut or dancing started, really brought up those freedom-mourning emotions. After trying for three hours to get her sleep in the hotel, Will and I went to bed on not so great terms. 

But the wonderful thing about waking up with peaks outside your window, is that being able to let go of those heavy feelings becomes a bit easier. We decided we were going to just try and make the most of the morning. And I do believe we did just that. 

The beneficial thing about having a child that does not sleep past 6:30, is that we got to have the town to ourselves. All the shops were closed in downtown Breckenridge, but we visited a coffee shop and just strolled the street. We didn't have to worry about sharing the sidewalk with anyone and talking over any noise. It was just our little family in the mountains. 

We then caught the first trip up the mountain on the Gondola. It was so much fun. We didn't get very high, but it was nice to zoom up and over the mountainside, squeezed in close with each other. Once we got back down, it was time to drive back home. I felt incredibly thankful that we get to live in a place where such rugged nature is only a couple of hours away.

Even though we both still deal with the letdown of unmet expectations that come with trying to accommodate another life, we are in agreement, this life we are living together trumps any life spent apart.