Simply the Smith's

Okay so I feel like I'm lacking on the Grayson updates so here are just a few things that have been going on and then I will do a full Grayson letter at 20 months (which is closer than I care to admit) -He has a sense of humor. I mean this kid cracks me up. He likes to be scared and then laughs until he can't breath. He is always silly dancing and smiling because he knows it's funny -He is still stubborn as hell with food. I try most days to let it roll off my back but sometimes? It still gets to me. His list is growing a little bit like we added jelly to the peanut butter sandwich. One day it worked the next day not so much and so my child continues to be an enigma. -He is talking up a storm. And his sweet little voice.....I die all the time. When I go into get him in the morning and am met with a MOMMMMMMMA!!!!! Melt my heart. He then proceeds to ask for "Liiiiiiiley"(riley our black lab) "Dada", "whowhowho"(his stuffed owl), "I...

I'm here to admit that I'm obsessed with Dave Ramsey . I spend every night with him as sit up reading his book far past my bed time. I have done up a few budgets in the last 2 weeks and well I'm so excited for our future. Have you ever listened to Dave? Or read is books? The way he tackles debt and our societies obsession with debt being the way we have to live fascinates me. I have been MIA from blog land for several reasons but this one is huge. We are gearing up to have our family be debt free besides our home by 2018. Now we don't plan to start our debt snowball until the beginning of next year because we have to tackle baby step #1 first. Our debt is just something that is unacceptable at this point in our lives. We want to have another baby and remodel the house and have FUN! But with the way we are going those things seem impossible. I mean 3 years is not that much time. Dave says on average it takes 18-28 months but we are going to take a little bit...

I disappeared. I didn't mean to but ya know what sometimes life happens. The wedding is over (finally) . It turned out beautiful. The bride stunning. The groom handsome and the wedding party super fun and crazy. (Whole post on that coming!) We can now resume our normal life and talk about something other than the wedding. Our next focus is out Total Money Makeover. If you don't know Dave Ramesy run on over and read everything on his website . I wrote a whole post on this and will be publishing it soon. I'm beyond excited. Grayson is doing awesome. He is just growing and changing more every day. He talks like crazy and has such a sweet heart. Again a whole post coming soon on the little man that has my heart. Also coming soon. A big challenge I'm facing. One that I'm praying about daily until I have some answers. Fall is officially here and we have done a fair amount of fallish things. We still have a few more things to cross off like pumpkin carv...

This weekend was nothing short of crazy. With it being wedding month I have a ton of things that need to get done so I decided this would be the weekend I started to cross it all off.  Friday when I got out of work Michael and Grayson went with me to pick up my bridesmaid dress. It fit perfect so I didn't need any alterations! Then we headed across the street for a couple slices of pizza. Grayson was awesome and I love that it's getting easier to take him out for longer periods of time. Saturday Grayson and I went and picked up cookies for a fundraiser on Sunday and then while he slept I got ready to go see the Long Island Medium. I went with my mom, sister and cousin and so we made it a girls night and went out to dinner first. I don't want to say too much about my experience at the Long Island Medium because it was super personal and I know that not everyone believes it. I will say this though the energy in the room was amazing. I did receive an awesome message...

We are finally adjusting back to a normal schedule. Michael is back at work after having 5 days off and we are finding our groove again. Papa Joe is doing wonderful and goes back for his follow up appoinment on Monday so so blessed that he made it through and that he is doing everything he can to help his health. Grayson is as talkative as ever and is starting to talk at daycare. We got a letter home yesterday that they will be having spirit week the week of Halloween and it ends on Halloween with a PJ party and snacks. It's another parent milestone buying a snack for his class and him getting to bring it in! When did he get so big? Today I dropped him off at daycare and he walked right in his classroom and I said "Have a good day buddy" My sweet boy turned around and waved bye to me. Made my Momma heart happy. The wedding festivities are getting closer and closer and I'm ready for them to be here and for the busiest month we have to be done. The weather...

I struggle sometimes being a working mom and all. I know I'm truly blessed with my hours of work (7-3:30) and the mentality that my boss has which is family comes first. I was having a rough day thinking about the time I'm missing with Grayson when I read a comment on Andrea's blog . She had done a day in the life post and I don't usually read comments but that day I scrolled through and she had responded to a comment and that comment she made slapped me in the face and hard. "It's hard. When I start feeling like that I often think about "what if I had a 9 -5 job". One where I left at 8 but wasn't home until after 6 and I didn't get school holidays off with my kids. I choose to work (hello, Private School tuition!) and so I choose to also make the most of the time I have with my kids when I get it. Quality, not quantity :) There have been days in the summer where I feel like I got less "quality time" with them than o...