All up in the kool-aid, dont even know the flava

Weekend Recap

 

Jason worked this weekend (two concerts with the Army), so our "weekend" was mostly Friday, on his day off.

We went to Walmart in the morning and decided at the spur of the moment to get Emma a little inflatable pool.

$20!!!

 

 

You can hook a hose up to a palm tree and it sprays water out!

Emma loved the slide. (although it really doesnt slide well)

I spent most of the time hanging out in the pool with her.

We set it up in the front yard for a variety of reasons. Mainly because Jason was planting some new shrubs and flowers .

Curb appeal her we come! (I'll take pictures when they are all planted. We ran out of potting soil. It will get finished Wed)

I dont remember the name of these flowers, but they come back every year. So they say.

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Jackson hung out on the porch.  In dreamy land.

With the perfect weather, the pool, the gardening, the neighborhood kids playing, I felt like we should have all been singing Patriotic songs. Ah, that's the life.

Comparisons

Emma: About a month old

Jackson about a month old:

When Emma was born, everyone said she looked JUST like Jason, and she continued to look just like him for her entire first year and then people said she was a mixture of the both of us, although more him.

When Jackson was first born, he looked like Jason, but then he started to look different. Now the family cant decide who he looks like. Maybe he will be a pure 50/50 mix of the both of us? Maybe he'll look more like me? Right now we cant tell.

Hungry?

I've been doing much better than I anticipated at preparing meals and keeping the house clean while staying home with 2 kids.

That's not to say you wont find a few tumbleweeds of dog hair hiding in the corners, or perhaps some toothpaste in the sink. But, considering the love of cleaning that I had while pregnant has vanished, along with my free time, I'm doing pretty well.

And on the cooking front, we've hosted Jason's family for dinner a few times since having Jackson, and while my meals are usually in the semi-homemade category, at least we are eating at home, right?

The other night we made fold-overs.

Oh so delicious. This time, instead of using our usual Pillsbury pizza dough in a can, I bought a bag of frozen bread loaves and used one for the two of us (um, one bread loaf? Could feed 3 or 4.)

It was an excellent choice. Requires some thought ahead of time, as the bread has to thaw overnight, but well worth it. And a much more economical choice too as the bag of 5 loaves was about the cost of two cans of pizza dough.

For dessert I whipped up a not very good cobbler.

I should get zero credit for this because A) it was refridgerated pie crust and B) it was canned peaches.

It was just ok.

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I've been kind of down in the dumps lately. Hormones? Post-partum? The loneliness from staying home with the kids? All of it?  It's left me pretty darn depressed the last couple weeks and I cant seem to shake it. I'm hoping that when Emma starts her summer camp (26th) Jackson and I can get out of the house to help my sanity. I took both kids to Target the other day by myself (and I should when a medal for that I think) but other than that, I havent gone anywhere with the two of them alone. Shut up in the house all day isnt good for me, I  know.

Anyway, I'm hoping it will get better soon.

I've been waiting two years for this moment

When I was pregnant with Emma, and found out I was having a girl, I went out and bought a little girly outfit for Holly to wear, took a picture of her dressed up, and then posted it so you would all know I was having a girl.

Here is the post.

Here is the picture:

Do you see where I am going with this?

I knew I'd get my money's worth out of that outfit.

Hmmm...What do you think they mean by "Down There"?

For Mother's Day, we gave Jason's mother a gift certificate to a local spa for pedicure and manicure.

(as a side note, it has been two years since we've really been able to afford a nice gift for Mother's Day for Jason's mother. It felt great to give her this gift certificate.)

(although, as another side note, gifts are not necessary for Mother's Day and I know that. I'm just saying, before we wanted to get her a spa gift certificate and couldnt afford it with the whole Two Mortgage Thing)

ANYWAY....

The Spa gave Jason this fancy laminated sheet that listed all they offer:

Check out the last listing under Color Treatments....