lest you forget...

My baby turns one this month, shopping is my middle name, and I have a lot to learn.

Our Judah had a helmet.

After four months, we've decided to stop helmeting him.  His head shape has improved dramatically; while our orthotist has been very encouraging and recommended we continue, we've missed his sweet face.  Here he is, trying to go undercover in his camo sweats.

Jenny Shopping McLover
I miss wearing setsi shoes that my current double wides do not allow.  If I were invited to the Royal Wedlin', since I am living in Pretend Town at the moment, I would have worn these shoes with my tailored suit dess...

...and this subtle and beautiful fascinator.  I would have been in The World News, I'm sure.

you can find this fascinator here on etsy.

Or maybe this dress would've been my pick:

 or maybe this one?

and H likes this one...

and for my niece's wedding in september, I'd like this little number:

I never new that Nordstrom carried so many plus size dresses.  I just always felt that I could only shop at one store: Lane Bryant.  I recently purchased and returned this dress.  It is just a little too summery for K's wedding, and it was actually too big on top (i'm 2-4 sizes smaller on top than on bottom). 

I should really search separates.  I love to shop.  I have so much fun even grocery shopping.  Especially if there are coupons involved...

It's been an enjoyable little shopping trip with you!  It is just great fun for me that Judah gets to be shown off, we can dress shop, and I can tell you what I learned in the last 24 hours: sometimes I make great assumptions.  And you know what they say about ASSuming...

so, lest we forget, tell those people in your heart that they are in there.  Tell them, don't just show them, that you do, indeed, love them, and that they have that place fore'er.  Because no matter how much you brag about him on your blog, and no matter how many people hear you gushing over him, sometimes he, or she, simply needs to be encouraged with the simple words, "I love you, and I am better because of you.  Thank you for being here in my heart, and for sacrificing and for doting and for living with me here. I feel loved."

sweet/salty

sweet:

Salty:

Food Should Taste Good

sweet potato chips

{click above to link to their website)

crunchy and just the right amount of salty, and i loved them with salsa (i'm always thinking i should pick a fancier salsa, but this is the one i love!)

and you thought i was talking about my attitude. :)

in other news...

• s-u-v-i knows how to spell her name aloud
• theo seems to be getting a bit more regular in the pewp department. we cheer for poo around here
• judah will continue with his helmet for at least 4 more weeks (but i miss seeing his sweet headball)
• H's birthday falls on Easter this year, or vice versa
• i volunteered to bring dessert to our family gathering
• i think birthday cake makes a great dessert
• ordering a cake from costco is not labor intensive, and i like that almost as much as i like the cake
• i wish my hair was about 8 inches longer
• it's really a shame that hair extensions are so expensive
• i'm pretty sure judah will be talking before he is walking
• suvi says she loves me like old people love chicken (she got this off the internet)
• theo thinks this is hysterically funny

 and with that, i bid you, good night. 
sweet dreams!!



oh, is it Friday already?

• Hmm...gotta get ready for the birthday this weekend. 
• the house is especially, shall we say, "colorful"
• sometimes colorful means messy and dirty.  think papers, toys, and floors screaming to be washed
• theo is wearing three pairs of undies and two pair of jammie pants.
• he is the kid who streaks at least 35% of the day
• i haven't practiced the fondant.  gonna wing it. (!)
• now suvi is layering up her undergarments to match her older brother.
• she is getting a pink guitar (per her request) for her birthday.  it came yesterday and is so, so, so cute.  but i don't know how to tune it.
• judah is working on 2 or 3 teeth.  it's just amazing the changes and the pain they go through. 
• i'm super tired (see above)
• he's a very easy baby, so happy to play with me, or his sibs, or solo.  sometimes he likes to get a little mavericky. (see photo)
• the weeks of late have been very up and down.  i'm thinking about this and wondering.  i believe it ties in with the disrupted sleep. 
• next weekend i will have an opportunity to sleep through the night...my sister Mari deserves a medal of honor for taking the kids overnight. 
• i am very excited.  date night!
• my hubbinator is a little nervous for the kids to be away from us.  he'll get through, i'm sure of it. ;)

how do i find out

what people are searching who look at my blog.  i've noticed unusual locations looking at this post, about Judah's helmet.  Hmm...

{i love BECCA! because she is so smart and led me in exactly the right direction!!!!}