Wednesday Whatevers & A Very Vague Celebration!!

Hey friends! So I've seen on several different blogs where they'll do "Midweek Randoms" or "Brain Dumps" to shine light on random happenings in their lives.. I've decided to call mine "Wednesday Whatevers"... you like? So here goes..

• I'm back on the Body by Vi kick and LOVING it! Honestly, it's like the easiest diet/weight loss thing I've ever done. It's regimented so I don't really have to do any deciding.. What I mean is, I picked a couple of the shake recipes that I love -- Cafe Latte' & Peanut Butter & Banana -- and that's what I have each day. Cafe Latte' for breakfast so I can get my coffee fix in, and Peanut Butter & Banana for lunch. I like it because I don't have to make the healthy choice. I know that sounds terrible, but I'm the type of person that if I go to a restaurant and there are all these yummy choices...9 times out of 10, I'm NOT going to make right/healthy choice. Now, if you like a lot of variety in your meals, there are TONS of different shake recipes so you can spice up your life! :) I haven't been real crazy about weighing myself, but I think I've lost about 2 or 3 pounds so far and I feel sooo much better already! PS I am by no means a sales rep for Body by Vi, just telling y'all about my personal experience with it! 
• There are WAY too many sites out there with "deals" for adorable kids clothes. I mean really...they need to stop. My bank account is suffering.
• We're going skiing in March with a group of friends and I don't think I could be any more excited!! I am a bit nervous since it will be my first time away from Bailey Grace overnight, but my mom is coming to keep her so I'm sure it will be fine! All I've got to say is thank God for FaceTime!! :) 
• If you've been reading this blog for very long at all, you know that I have a love for cooking. I just love being in the kitchen! However, I'm in a rut right now and SO tired of the daily question -- "what do you want for supper?" OVER it! Maybe I'll get out of this rut soon, especially considering supper is the only meal that I don't drink a Vi shake... I'm sure I'll get more excited about it soon, ha!
• John John & I got a Bowflex Treadclimber (used on Craigslist) for each other for our birthdays and we looovvveee it! I can get on there and do 25-30 minutes while surfing the web or reading a book and it's just grand! 
• I've been periodically thinking about things I'm enjoying about not being pregnant, and today I'm enjoying not having to go to the bathroom 97 trillion times a day. I just drank a whole bottle of water and I still don't have to go. It's a miracle I tell you!
• When I say I'm enjoying not being pregnant, I by no means am saying being pregnant wasn't worth it. Bailey Grace was worth EVERY ounce of pain, discomfort, annoyance I went through! Duh! 
• Bailey Grace... oh dear how I love that sweet baby girl. I mean really...she just lights up our lives! I don't know any other way to say it. We are best friends! :)

• Okay, enough of the riff-raff going through my brain. Now for the "Very Vague Celebration"!!!! There is something I'm working on that I am SOOOO excited about! I have to hash the details out before I can share my news here, but just know....It's gonna be big....and great!! And NO I'm not pregnant! So get ready for a big reveal sometime very soon! Then we can all have a little 30 second dance party like they do on Grey's Anatomy! 

Later peeps! 

Catching up on Holidays with Bailey Grace!

Hey friends! Well, this will be another one of those catch up posts.. got to get all my photos and stories posted of Bailey Grace so I'll be able to look back! :)

First up, Halloween. Tiny Tot was only 9 days old, so we didn't get out and trick-or-treat, but we did dress the part!

(please excuse the socks on her hands! her little hands were cold and most baby mittens just aren't very thick...therefore we use socks -- just when we're around the house ha!) 

I was rather disappointed..we only had 4 trick-or-treaters! Yes four! Needless to say, we had TONS of candy leftover!

Now, although Election Day isn't really a holiday, we were celebrating in HOPES that we would get the outcome we wanted... I guess neither our celebrations NOR our cute outfit pushed Romney over into the lead.. I digress.. BUT here's BG's cute outfit anyway! :)

Next up is Thanksgiving! We had a bit of a whirlwind day, but still somewhat relaxing and definitely enjoyed being around friends and family! Get ready for picture overload! Sorry, I'm not sorry! :)

 looking at Daddy!

 Four Generations!

Three Generations!

Best friends!

At the end of the day we were all worn out! Had to get the princess in her PJ's. 

I know Thanksgiving is supposed to be a time of being grateful, but honestly since Bailey Grace has come into the world, she's taught me to ALWAYS be grateful! I'm seriously thanking God every morning when I go in her room just that she's there and breathing. 

Okay, now that I'm off my soapbox, moving onto Christmas!! This year was seriously SO much fun just having Bailey Grace there! Kids make Christmas more magical for sure! I can't imagine how much fun it's going to be next year! Ahhh!! Okay, these are not just from Christmas Day, it's from alllll through December. We had lots of Christmas festivities going on! 

Okay, this was a BIG DAY! I think it was around the end of November (after Thanksgiving) when she started wearing her adorable Christmas onesies (from Mary Kate's Monograms) and...drumroll....she SMILED for the first time! I mean, she had been giving these little dreamy smiles when she was drifting off to sleep, but this was like I looked at her, said something goofy sounding I'm sure, and she lit up! :) So special!

 Favorite picture ever! 

 Apparently watching me wrap presents wore her out!

 Best friends went to see Santa together at Bass Pro Shop! 

 Santa stopped by Bailey Grace's house!!! 

 Helping carry Christmas presents!

 First time enjoying the tradition of watching Christmas Vacation at her Granddaddy's house

Wooo! Okay, those are in no particular order... just all of December jumbled together! We are SO thankful for all of our family and friends and especially for how much they all love Bailey Grace! She is one loved little girl for sure! :) 

Alright, that should have us caught up as far as holidays. I might go back and update on just random things that have happened, but maybe not. Still just proud of myself for doing three blog posts this week! Whoop! I hope y'all all have a fantastic Friday! 

xoxo