Happy Friday, friends! I'm sorry for my absence this week. Between work, doctors appointments and our expected company this weekend, I've been a little busy. But I wanted to drop in and wish you all a happy weekend!
Tomorrow is my baby shower and I've been looking forward to it for so long now. My sister-in-law has been planning it and I know that no matter what, it's going to be incredible. Because of the shower, we have 6 troopers driving in from Kansas just for the occasion. I'm so excited to see all of my loved ones and to have everyone reunite to honor the sweet little boy who is soon to make his grand entrance to the world.
So many wonderful things have happened or are happening this week. Some close friends of ours welcomed their baby girl to the world yesterday, my favorite peanut turned 2, my best friend is due any second now and my coworker got engaged this morning! Let's hope the remainder of the week is filled with excitement and joy.
Whatever you get up to this weekend, I hope it's fantastic!
Even though she kept us up most of the night, we are in love. Even though she poops everywhere, we are in love. Even though she tries to nurse everything in sight, we are in love. I have to admit though, she's getting pretty good at peeing on her training pads.
She's pretty much full of personality. She whines a lot (hence keeping us up all night) but that's because she's so young and misses her doggie mama. She cries when one of us leaves the room, and she was right there in the action when I did some yoga earlier. She's starting to play with her toys and she is sleeping in her bed. What's not to love?
We're studying up on training so we can have the best little pooch this side of the Mississippi. Because seriously, I don't want to be the person who goes to the bathroom and comes out to find this ::
So considering the fact that I'm on a dangerously low amount of sleep, do you have any tips for making our next few nights a little easier? It's funny how quickly I believe everyone saying puppies are like having a baby. Man. Oh. Man.
Gus seems to be doing well with her to our surprise. He stares at her. A lot. And moves around to get better views. But I have high hopes for a future best friend status. Then we can get some more animals and one day have a portrait like this ::
Or not. But I needed to share this with everyone so that your Wednesdays are that much better.
I promise more pics of the unnamed pooch are to come. I tried taking more but the lil' booger wouldn't hold still for a second. Which makes me smile just thinking about.
More to come, I promise. And more regular programming when things settle down and more sleep is had.
Hello, gorgeous photo. You'd look so great hanging in my house. You also really, really make me want to go spend time in nature. Photo, I thinkknow I love you.
Good morning! It's April from over at April, Maybe and I'm hijacking Mo Pie, Please. Don't worry, it's just for today! ;) Meagan is over on my blog talking about everything that makes her smile.
First off, here's a playlist of songs that never fail to make me smile. You should play it while you make your way through the rest of this post! Yay for interactive blogging!
Smiles All Around playlist:
1. Stay the Night by James Blunt
James Blunt sings some of my favorite woe-is-me! songs, so when I heard his new album, I was pleasantly surprised by this song. It reminds me of stolen hours in the summertime.
2. Electric Feel by Katy Perry
I had to include a song by my girl, Katy, and this one is perfect because it's actually a cover of a song by MGMT, another one of my favorite bands!
3. Next Girl by the Black Keys
If this song doesn't make you jiggle your leg at least once, we can't be friends. It's infectious, and deliciously angsty!
4. Down with Love by Blossom Dearie
Bebop. Enough said.
5. I Can't Get Next to You by the Temptations
My mom listened to the Temptations when she was young and so when I was young, that's what we listened to, too. Plus that Temptations mini-series came out when I was 8, so really, it was inevitable that just about every Temptations song makes me smile. It was a feat to pick just one!
6. The Moneymaker by Rilo Kiley
This is a song to dance around your room in your underwear to.
7. 9 to 5 by Dolly Parton
This summer I had my first full-time job and some days I have to sing this to myself.
8. Don't Worry Baby by the Beach Boys
I won't say I hadn't heard this song before, but I didn't fully appreciate it until Micaela from Dolce Vita put it on a mix for me. And if you knew how much I loved you, baby, nothing could go wrong with you.
Now that you've got some music to put you in the mood, here are a few more things that put a smile on my face!
This crazy yahoo! My little sister, Autumn. Since we are related, she does make me frown, and huff and puff, and stomp my foot, but she makes me smile more often than not. Through thick and thin!
Rainbows as seen from plane windows!
PIE!!! It's uber appropriate, seeing as I'm posting here at Mo Pie, Please today, but I'm not faking my love of pie. Pie is my favorite food in the entire world. . . key lime pie, pecan pie, chocolate cream pie, apple pie, sweet potato pie, lemon custard pie. . . you get the picture!
My best friends.
Doing silly things with those two best friends.
A tall glass of bubbly! I like the tickle on my lips. . . and the warm feeling in my toes.
Animals Being Dicks is my new favorite website. I can't stop watching, or smiling.
Painted nails. I love looking down and seeing a good manicure!
Other things that make me smile? Let me see. . . silk pajamas, candles that smell like baked goods, baked goods, snail mail, freckles, frozen yogurt with sprinkles, summer sun, blog friends, new books, old books. . . the list could do on and on! I smile a lot. :)
Eep! I loved sharing all these things with you here at Mo Pie, Please, and seeing all the things that make Meagan smile over at my blog. Hope you enjoyed it, too!
Okay, this may be the wrong image to use here but....I can't stop cheesing. I seriously can't. Because, PEANUT IS HERE!!!!
On Valentine's Day, Hadley & Ryan became parents to a beautiful baby boy! He is absolutely perfect! I am so incredibly happy for them; it's going to be so awesome to meet the one and only baby Liam! I can't believe I'm writing that...for so long, Peanut has been a mystery, with all of us wondering (and pretty much counting on intuition) if Peanut was indeed a boy or if we were all going to be thrown a whirl! I just can't believe he's here! I'm so anxious to hear about the moment mommy and daddy met their son for the first time; it makes my heart swell just thinking about it! Eeps! Such a wonderful Valentine's Day!
I slept in til 10:30 today. It was just like a regular Saturday or Sunday for me. And then I woke up, understood that it was indeed Monday morning and that no, I wasn't late for work. No guilt! Just pure incredible happiness! And a little annoyance seeing as how my kitteh didn't quite get it, and thought he needed to be a cute alarm clock (it's not cute when you're sleeping).
So life is great. For those first few seconds when you realize you're at home on a Monday morning and that you never have to go back to that job you dislike and then it hits you...oh man, we leave for our wedding in 5 days! I then bolted out of bed like a maniac.
And now, I'm off to run some errands and do some much needed cleaning. Wish me luck! This week is going to be over before I know it.
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