Simply the Smith's

This past week/weekend has had a little bit of everything. Tuesday night I got whatever Grayson had. It was awful. I woke up Wednesday not feeling much better so I went into work for a few hours and then came home and slept. It was wonderful. Thursday Michael called to tell me that he had gotten Sunday off for our family Thanksgiving. I was so excited. I love having days off together since it is such a treat. Friday we had Papa Joe over for his birthday dinner. We splurged and got steaks (fillet Mignon) and they were Divine. Michael makes the best steaks ever.We put G to bed visited with Joe for a little bit and then headed to bed ourselves. While all of this going on just to the south of us was getting nailed with the biggest snow storm ever. I work about 20 mins from where the destruction happened. And let me just say I'm so proud to live in WNY. I'm also very thankful that we were safe and that all of our loved ones were safe. My brother did get stuck at a Tim Horton...

Yeah and the weekend. So Friday we had leftovers. Since we are on a budget we decided to save our takeout budget for this week and next and have a date night the Wednesday before Thanksgiving so leftovers it was. I was ok with it because I didn't have to cook and on Friday the only thing on my mind is getting into comfy clothes and drinking a beer. Once we were done with dinner the boys went upstairs to play guitar and I watched Parenthood which is starting to bug me because every week the previews get more and more vague and intense!!!! Ahhhh so sad it's the last season! Saturday- it started of wonderful. As in G woke up at his normal time 5:30 and we went downstairs and snuggled and watched "Icky Ouse" Then after breakfast we got ready to head out to a craft show with Gigi, Trace, and Marie. I had my mind set on only spending $40.00 well I spend $41.04 so close enough. I got the cutest coat rack. The picture below is not the best (because Michael took it) bu...

It's Thursday and it is the month of Thanksgiving so here are my tops things I'm Thankful for. My husband- This man I mean. First of all gorgeous. Second of all one of the best people I know. Listen I can fully admit that I'm bat ish crazy and I'm okay with it and the best part is? He is too. He loves me for me. And I love him for him. Nobody is perfect but we are so perfect for each other. I have never laughed so hard as I do with him and I love it. This little man- This little man is just amazing. He has such a sweet heart and a kind way about him. He walked up to me last night grabbed my hand kissed it and then patted my leg. I melted! He is very genuine and shows his feelings. He is very guarded but once he lets you man you just won the golden ticket and he will love and kiss on you like crazy. This Dog- Weird that I'm listing my dog? Well we went through a learning curve when Grayson first came home. Liiiley (Riley) was very nervous abo...

This post is long long overdue. The Wednesday before Halloween my little sister got engaged. But first let me back up. Sunday after the wedding I was sitting on the couch trying to work through my hangover and my phone rang and it was my sister's boy friend. He never calls me so I figured it was a pocket dial and didn't answer mostly because I was stuffing my face. I know I know I should have answered but I figured he would leave a message and then I could call him back. I blame the hangover. Well anyone who is a Mom knows how distracted we can get in a 10 min period of time and I forgot to call him back. So 6 at night I get a call from my Mom that Ryan called her to say I hadn't called him back and that he needed to talk to me. I'm super oblivious and thought it was something to do with Christmas. When he told me that he was going to propose I was super shocked. He had already talked to my parents and had it all planned out with my Dad to put the ring in her p...

So this weekend? It was amazingly unproductive. The time change and all the craziness of October has taken us sometime to recover from and I think this weekend was just what we needed. Friday- I left work ran to the grocery store solo! I can breeze in and out so much faster than without Grayson. I normally always take him with me but with the weather getting colder and his coat getting bigger I decided that since I had a big(ger) trip to make that it would be best to leave him at daycare until I was done. Plus he got to watch the full episode of Veggie Tails instead of having to leave halfway through. Once I grabbed him We grabbed takeout for dinner and headed home for comfy clothes and time with daddy. The rest of the night was spent relaxing. Saturday- I got up and decided that I just felt like relaxing that day. My house was destroyed but I just wanted to hang out with G so we did just that. My sister came over and we tried to get a picture for the Christmas card that was a b...

Well since it is the first Friday of November I'm going to list some of my favorite things about this month Linking up with Andrea !!! One- Of course Thanksgiving!!!! I love the food, family, and football that happens on this day. We have 2 Thanksgivings because it's crazy with a big family so we do one the Sunday before and then on Thanksgiving day. We get our fair share of turkey!!! Baby Grayson last year were does the time go?!?!?!?! Two- We take family pictures on Thanksgiving Every. Single. Year. So I'm really digging this shirt for G to wear! I also like this one too but my husband said I can only get away with Thanksgiving shirts for the first year! Three- It's acceptable to wear Christmas pjs in November because really there aren't thanksgiving jammies. Here are some that I love love love for my little man I already have these for him   I have my eye on these ones as well  I'm loving the deer on the pants and even though...

We are six days into November and I have finally decided to write out my goals First here are 4 simple goals I gave myself for October 1- Get Pumpkins and carve them!- Done and Done! We had a great day at the pumpkin patch and so much fun carving them that is a whole post I'm working on for next week because something very special happened during our pumpkin carving 2-Pick apples again and make a dessert- Done! I picked apples and then made 2 big loaves and 4 mini loaves of apple zucchini bread which was a huge hit! 3-Clean off our "coat chair" and organize coat closet- Did this put now we have relocated throwing our coats over the banister!!! I need a coat rack! 4-Take a family picture with our pumpkins- Fail! We still have the pumpkins so maybe I can sneak this in this weekend! Okay November!!!! This month is surprisingly calm so here we go 1- Have a date night with Michael.- We don't go out to dinner just the two of us very often so I'm hoping...

If you missed my post last week you missed the part where I declared boldly that I was obsessed with Dave Ramsey. I plan to do monthly updates on our Baby Steps but I wanted to share with you some ugly numbers I discovered when embarking on this journey. First a little back story. When Michael and I first got engaged I had a car loan, a small student loan (3,000) and he had a bike loan. We had no other expenses!!! He had $10,000 saved in an account for a house (from his grandpa). We for sure got caught up in the hype of buying a home and that we had to do it sooner rather than later and that the only way to buy it was to take out a loan. Looking back if we would have found Dave earlier our lives would look very different but I know this is now our path to walk and we will do it together.  Anyway we bought a house(used the $10,000 to update it since we bought a fixer upper), and then a lawn mower, and then a new car, and then we decided (when I lost my job) to consolidate s...

I wanted to write about something fun today and my bucket list (that I had to sit down and think about lol) seemed perfect One Have baby #2! Is this weired to put on a bucket list? It's something I want and that we are talking about (a lot!) and so I feel like it's something we want to do. Add to our family. Two  Get my Bachelor's degree I have 2 associates degrees (one in accounting one in business management) but I would love to get my Bachelor's degree. I'm just super indecisive. Also see #1 Three Take a trip just Michael and I for my 30th Birthday. That is 2 1/2 years away and I don't want some big party just a relaxing time on the beach with my hubby Four Go to Disney!!! I have been 4 times and Michael has been zero! I can't wait to take our babies and my hubby for the first time! Five Own a business. This is something Michael and I long for and while we kick around ideas all the time we are hoping that someday we ...