Simply the Smith's

Have you checked out Holly and Jake ? Well you should. They are are both so hilarious and I wish I could be the cream in their funny Oreo cookie.  Now onto business. 1. I always pick _____________ over ______________. Bread over salad.You know when you go out to a restaurant and they bring a bread basket and then you get a salad with your meal? This carbivore will skip the salad and eat all the bread! This could be why my ass jiggles. 2. Look at the size of those...  Lovely Lady Lumps 3. I recently learned.... That kids are stubborn even when they are 11 months old and that their sole purpose is too give their parents gray hairs and mini breakdowns every day. But then they smile and you forget all of it. They are hyenas. 4. Only when no one is looking... Do I stuff my face with crap food. Example- Someone brought donuts into work. When everyone was around I was all "pshh I'm on a diet never will one of those touch my lips!" Then when everyone was back upstai...

I'm a freak. I did the Jillian Michaels 30 day challenge and I saw some results however not enough. When it comes to weight loss I can be the most impatient person. I want to do a hard core workout eat a pizza and then go put on my "skinny" pants. It makes me so sad that it doesn't work like that. I was fed up with doing random workouts and not really sweating. I need to sweat like I'm being walked to the electrical chair to feel like I did something. Jillian did this for the first few weeks but then blah. I didn't really have a schedule to follow and I got bored doing the same workout everyday. So I started to do some research. I became obsessed with finding the perfect workout that would work with my life. I tried the gym before work that went over like a fart in church. So then I decided I needed to do something. Even though I have tried I cannot even get to the gym after work. One morning when I was eating my 3rd bowl of cereal an infomercial ca...

This week I'm saying So What! That Grayson won't eat table food yet.... This kid is weird with a capitol W. He comes by it naturally he was born to the queen of weird. Especially when it comes to food. I can't do any ground meat that is packed down (hamburgs, meatloaf) Taco's I will eat. Anyway. He refuses all table food except for banana's (yes I just sang the Gwen Stefani song to spell that out) Why?? I have no idea. Today at daycare they told me that I have to start moving him to the Waddler Room schedule because holy shit he is moving there in less than a month and he has to follow that schedule. So what do I do? I have no idea but for now I'm saying So What because somehow him eating that god awful food from a jar that smells like a dog barfed in it makes him more of a baby. That and he loves it. As in his eyes light up like a women who just got proposed to after dating a guy for 20 years. He acts like he doesn't know it's coming but he tota...

When we were visiting my Aunt and Uncle this weekend so I could help him register for an art show my aunt made a comment that left me scratching my head. I truly think it was a compliment but it still made me think. She said "I have never in my whole life seen a baby on such a schedule". About a month ago Grayson went to spend the night at my aunt's house. We had our football party and since drinking was the only thing on the program we made plans for an overnight. I packed the exact amount of food and medicine that he would need. I thought nothing about it but I never pack G extra bottles. Since he was about 2 months old Grayson has been on a schedule and has not varied off of it. Sure the schedule has changed but once he is on it he is good too go. Right now he eats like this 7:00-7:30- 8oz. bottle 10:-10:30-yogurt and 6 oz bottle 1:00-Fruit and Cheerios 4:30-5:00-Stage 3 meal and puffs 7:00-7:30-8 oz. bottle He has been on that schedule since October. He ne...

It's Friday and therefore I can only write in list form so this is perfect 1- Blender Bottle I ordered the two pack so that Michael could have one too. We have been drinking a protein shake for breakfast the past week and these bottles are perfect to mix and take on the go. 2- Glass Jar I have been wanting these forever. I just never bit the bullet but I needed them for G's 1st birthday party and they came yesterday in the mail!!! I love them!!! I can't wait to put them to use in our house once the party is done. 3- Grayson's birthday shirt Oh em gee!!! I love this shirt and when it came in the mail I was so excited it is perfect. I ordered up one size and I'm glad it did because it will fit him perfectly! 4-There is a flood warning for our area today so I'm hoping to just make it home before all the craziness starts and then this evening we are under a high wind warning so I'm praying we dont' lose power! 5- It's Friday a...

My husband and I were talking the other day about our child hoods that were vastly different like worlds apart. He was talking about some of the disappointments that he experienced and how it really affected him. I told him not to worry he gets to re-do all of that with Grayson. It really got me to thinking that by having a baby you get to live life all over again through your child's eyes. You get to have a first Christmas morning, and learn to walk. You get a first birthday cake, and lose your first tooth. There are endless firsts that we get over again because we became parents. We get to undo all the things that we may have not liked in our childhood and make them right with our own children. We get to relive Disney or experience it for the first time with them. We get to start traditions that are all our own. So having a baby who is only soft and squishy for what seems like a split second is really like hitting the reset button on childhood. Getting to sword fi...

Grayson, 11 months bubbie!!!! You know when to smile. And you do it oh so well. This month was a month of changes. You started a new daycare and have just really done so so good since being there. You got your two top teeth (FINALLY). You went a whole month without sickness!!! Yahoooooooo! We have not had to make another doctors visit, and my wallet thanks you. You are so into books and cords. We play a nightly game of keep G away from the DVR and ALL the cords in the house. You're curious that's for sure. I left you alone in the living room so that I could throw out your diaper and all of the sudden I heard a weird noise,you my dear boy had grabbed my full cup of water and spilled it on you and the floor. I just started laughing because you were so proud. You laugh when we tell you no and I'm sure that's a preview of your teenage years. But you still stop doing whatever you were doing and listen so it makes my heart happy. Speaking of happy. You are full of smile...

If you you dropped in to my house on an given day of the week you would see that my 11 month old child has taken over. My entire house is covered with traces of him. Back in the summer someone was walking through our house and made the comment "this baby has taken over your hosue". Back then I laughed and said " I know right, what a pain". However I realized that it's a blessing and I would miss triping over all of his things. Here are all the things that make me smile because he lives here! A drying rack for all the bottles...... Toy basket and the random toys he pulls out (photo bomb by Riley) These chubby ankels and toes in his high chair The tooth brush that he thinks is a toy and crawls around with it in his mouth like a dog The bibs on the arm of our "feeding" chair. I feed him here every night The sippy cups and paci's that have taken over my shelves The tubby toys on my bathroom floor because having them...

This weekend was awesome sauce. We went to dinner at the Elk's club by my grandma's house on Friday. They put on a really delicious dinner and it's a nice family place. I love going somewhere were Grayson can be loud and drop his sippy cup 989126489 times and no one blinks an eye. We had brownies for my Aunt's birthday and since it is G's birthday next he got to pull the knife out. With supervision of course. Grayson with his Gigi People say we look alike I don't see it Saturday Grayson and I just relaxed and worked on laundry. He was a goofball all day and those are my favorite kind of days. When Michael got home he banned me from the kitchen. Which I'm not complaining I took a nice long hot shower while G took his afternoon nap. Michael made the most delicious steak and potatoes. I was in heaven! Then had made me desert. Brownies Sundae's and no there are no pictures because I inhaled that shit like a crack head getting a fix. ...

Today is Valentine's day and the controversy that it's a made up holiday and you should tell the person you love all year round how you feel. Well blah blah blah. It's a reason to go above and beyond. We don't eat fillet every week or even month for that matter but it's a nice excuse for Michael to cook that dinner for us. But then again I'm a holiday whore. If you tell me it's national donut day I'm the first one in line at Timmy Ho's stuffing my hole with donuts. Or when the lady at Tops was handing out cookies because it was national chocolate chip cookie day and I contemplated walking by her several times to get multiple cookies. I love holiday's. It's fun to celebrate with your loved ones. My parents always celebrated Valentine's day with us. We had a card and candy waiting for us at breakfast and they (my mom) always bought us valentine's donuts. We did get Grayson a couple small things for Valentine's day. This boo...

In case you missed yesterday Tuesday and Wednesday were shit shows.....until I talked to my husband on my way home from work. I was exhausted to the point where my eyes looked like two piss holes in the snow. I called him on my way home after picking up Grayson. He told me to come home and take a nap. That he was already cooking dinner and he would feed G his dinner and that I had a whole hour to sleep. This alone brought tears to my eyes. But then I walked up stairs and found this on my pillow You see I had called Michael earlier in the day saying how I felt like a bad mom. I had got frustrated with Grayson the night before when he would not fall asleep or stay asleep and I was running on fumes at that point. He tried his best to reassure me that I'm a good mom but I just kept rambling about how tired I was and that I couldn't take a nap because then who would make dinner? and that would be more time away from Grayson and I would feel guilty! I was really strugglin...