Simply the Smith's

I have so much to update and talk about so I'm just going to jump right in. The shower is over and I just got the pictures this morning so look for a full on update next week on what I did for decor and pictures of the venue it's amazing My Mom had her surgery and is officially cancer free. I'm so happy and glad that it was caught and taken care of quickly. We went on our annual blueberry picking trip and let me just say I know every year it is just going to get better. Grayson was such a good boy and ate blueberry's happily in his stroller. This past weekend I was up to my eyeballs in final shower preparation so my mom offered to take Grayson overnight on Saturday night and it was just what I needed. I breezed through my final shower prep and went on a date with my husband. It was wonderful and amazing. And even though I had the chance to sleep in I was up at 6:45 (major mom moment there). Our 5 year (!!!!!) anniversary trip is about 3 weeks awa...

I have not officially done an update on my nugget love thunder thighs since 12 months and since he is 16 months!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I figured now was the time to jot some things down so that I don't forget. As always his updates are in letter form to him so that one day (hahahah probably more like never day) I can print them out for him to have. Dear Bubbie Lou, Wow have you changed in four months!!!! I mean it feels like yesterday we were gearing up for your first birthday and now you are inching closer to being two than one. Time defiantly speeds up when you have a small baby. You have mastered walking. You actually climbed first. You mastered those stairs in a day and the next day we had a gate waiting at our house to be installed. Now you know to wait for Momma or Daddy to go up the stairs. You walk everywhere and fast! I love seeing those little thunder thighs running around the house. It makes Momma's heart so so happy. You had an awful bug bite get infected but yo...

Andrea at Momfessionals wrote a whole post about being a Yes Mom. I read it and stored it in my memory bank and thinking about how I wouldn't be a Yes Mom for years because my baby is well still a baby ( shhhh I know he's a toddler but I'm in denial) Anyway...........the other day we were hanging out at home and I let G wander where he wants on the first floor. We have a gate that stops him from getting up the stairs and so aside from getting in the garbage (which he did once and pulled out all his old diapers) he can do what he wants. I was picking up the bathroom when he came waddling out of the laundry room with my swiffer. I have the basic one ya know green with silver handle? I use for the wet and dry swiffers on my floors almost daily. We have a dog and a crush and run driveway so just think of all the hair from my dog that sheds year round and the gray dust from our stone driveway that get dragged in on the daily. Every time I go to BJ's I buy the swiffer ...

Friday night is take out night so after I grab my nugget love from daycare we went and grabbed food. On a side note  they just started ice cream Friday's at G's daycare and I feel like it's a true parent moment. I get to send in ice cream money!!! It's the simple things that make me happy.  So we grabbed food and headed home to just spend some good old fashioned family time together. We worked outside for a little bit and tried to coral G. He likes to be wherever he shouldn't be, like my flower beds, or climbing the lawn mower. After getting him nice and tired out and giving him a bath I put the monster to bed and we got ice cream. Our new Friday night ritual is to get ice cream and watch Leah Remini's show it's all relative. I love it she is so effing funny. It just cracks me up. Saturday- Grayson woke up and felt a little warm. I took his temp and it was 100. So after breakfast I gave him some Motrin and then I saw it. The ugly teeth poking through. P...

I ordered an Erin Condren planner. With everything that has been going on lately and our life just getting more hectic things were starting to slip. When I was at my previous job I had a planner and that was the best thing ever! I wrote down everything. I could look at the month / week ahead and know what was coming up. Since that job and having Grayson well I have just become the hot mess express. So yesterday after forgetting another thing (my husband having a hair cut he remembered I didn't and had already made plans oops) I ordered the simplified planner. From the website it is beautiful. In my mind this will be my saving grace. So there is this awesome feature where you can order the whole 2015 year and the remainder of this year. Hello awesome it costs $5.00 but so so worth it. So now I have a planner for the rest of this year and next year which means I can plan until my little hearts content. Now I'm a Cheapie McCheaperson and I went back and forth f...

I love to plan parties. It's one of my favorite things to do. And I admit that I always go way over board. This bridal shower however is a first for me. I have to plan it with six other people. Hi my name is Katlin and I have OCD. The one semi-good thing is that most of the girls have been MIA. However that puts a lot of the planning and prepping on my shoulders. Most of the time I can handle it all but this weekend I broke. I lost my ever loving mind on my husband, who by the way did NOT deserve it but he is always in my direct line of fire. I had a full day of shower errands to run. I went to the florist and had a number in my head and then when it was almost double I froze and just paid it. Ahhhhhhhhh about half an hour later when talking to my momma I realized I can't pay that! So now today I have to call and change my order. That thought alone makes my anxiety a 20. I ordered the rest of the desserts, and finished paying the room rental fee. I have about $300...

It's Friday and I'm more than ready for the weekend. Somehow short weeks seem to take longer? Is it just me? Anyway this weekend we have no plans!!! I'm hoping to finish up my crafts for the bridal shower that as of Sunday is 2 weeks away! I'm only starting to sweat a little bit. We booked this cute little coffee shop that has a back room that is attached to the outdoor patio it is really cute there. Well they just opened a bar there which is cool and offer packages for mimosa's and things like that. I called about the mimosa package it's $5.00 a person!! Keep in mind we have 40 people coming. Not one person has RSVP'd no and so I have to plan on every person drinking that is $200.00 just for drinks. So I then asked if just the champagne would be cheaper he said yes and gave me a quote for 7 bottles it was $27 a bottle and that comes to $189.00 um not that much cheaper buddy. Thanks but no thanks we will bring in our own. I sent him an e-mail stati...

If I could wrap my perfect weekend up in a bow and keep it forever it was this weekend! Thursday I got out of work early and ran to the grocery store to grab a few things that we needed for the weekend. Then I snatched up my sweet baby boy and we headed home. It was such a nice feeling knowing I had FOUR days off. I did some spray painting for the shower and got a few other crafts crossed off my list. Then it was an early night for us because the next day was busy busy busy. We got up and roasted potatoes for our salad and then got ready to head out. We spent the whole day at my parents house. We walked down to the craft show and left just before the parade started. It was close to nap time and the have a million fire trucks which in my opinion are way too loud for my nuggets little ears so we skipped that whole situation. Plus I have been going to the celebration in my home town since I was 7. I marched in the parade for 7 years. And the parade once you have watched it once it...

It's the first day of July and like any good blogger I'm going to list my goals. Some are give-ins because they are just happening and others I will have to work at. Here goes nothing- 1) Organize my bedroom 2) Go to a craft show 3) Family date to the Zoo!! 4) Organize laundry room 5) Set up G's swing set 6) Drop 5 pounds 7) Go on at least 2 bike rides a week I wanted to throw in some fun things too instead of just work because I will for real get burnt out. I like lists. I like goals. My husband is normally a happy participant of my lists. I'm hoping July slows down a little bit because I blinked and June was gone. What are your goals?