I had to share this deal with all of you real quick!
Groop Dealz is having a great sale on bib bubble necklaces for the next couple of days! I know these are every where right now — for just $19.99. They look great with everything. And this price is so good!
1. Are you singing the Soul II Soul song now? “However do you want me? However do you need me?”
2. I’m back from Atlanta. After making a stop in the Mart’s best kept jewelry/cash and carry secret (at least it was a secret to me), I jumped in the car and came on home. I met Clemson Girl and got to spend a little bit of time with her on Sunday before I left town. And I also ran into a couple of other new blog friends on the 7th floor of Building 3 at market. So fun!
3. We made a quick Target run when I got home and picked up pizza for supper. Back to the diet and time with my trainer this week. Woof!
4. My child is potty trained. Potty trained! I plan to do a post about all of this, but I’m not really sure how to do a post on potty training without using the word p*op. Ew.
5. After two weeks with my mom, saying goodbye was not fun. At all. It never ever gets easier. But she is my friend and one of my favorite people. I’m glad I got 3 days with her at Market.
6. And saying goodbye to Nina was just as sad. And tearful. Just gives us more reason to schedule more family trips together.
7. I have a mani/pedi date with a friend tomorrow! I can’t wait.
8. Hudson has his first dentist appointment this week. I’m pretty sure we should have taken him a year ago, but I was so busy with a newborn that I forgot. But he goes this week. Any tips for the first time? I’m pretty sure it will be traumatic for at least one of us.
9. I think one of the most wonderful, rarely mentioned things in the world is getting to ride in the car alone. After two very long road trips with my kids in the last three weeks, I drove home from Atlanta all by myself on Sunday.
10. Is anyone watching Newsroom? I watched the first episode and really like it. I’m really just counting down until Homeland comes back..
11. This is the craziest thing, but after Hayes was born I started weaning myself from reality TV. I love(d) reality TV so so much. And I really don’t have anything against it. But I was so anxious after Hayes was born and I found that shows with lots of screaming and fighting made it worse. I miss my Real Housewives. But my stress level couldn’t take it.
So… dentist tips? Any TV recommendations for a former reality TV lover?
On Wednesday morning, we loaded up the car with the boys and left my parents’ house. My mom and I were heading to the Mart in Atlanta to shop for a couple of projects. I’m looking for Holiday Market decorations for December and my mom is a decorator, so she’s always shopping for clients.
We stopped over in Chattanooga for the night and the boys ran wild in the hotel room. (This is when I recorded the fun interview with Melissa, Kelly, and Beth Anne.) On Thursday morning we got up early and drove to Atlanta. We met my mom’s best friends at the Scott Antique Market, which is one of life’s great experiences!
It’s not the best experience with a double stroller, so my mom and I went and got checked in to our hotel in Atlanta. And then Hudson and Hayes just ran around the hotel room and burned off some energy.
A few hours later, Todd met us at the hotel. It was so so so great to see him after two weeks apart. And Hudson was so excited to see his daddy. And Todd was even more excited that Hudson is now potty trained!
Todd actually drove the boys back home so they don’t all have to endure a weekend of market in Atlanta. I’m already excited to get home to them on Sunday!
My dear friend Nina met us here in Atlanta. I’m so excited to have a few days to hang out with her and catch up. We hit the ground running on Friday morning and our feet are paying for it!
We had a super fun lunch with some of the other blog and Twitter girls. I only have iPhone pictures from lunch.
Sarah, (Marcia- not pictured), Ashley Brooke, Laurie, Katie, Nina, and me
Sarah and me
Tonight we met my dear friends Lyndsey, Callie, and Sarah for supper at JCT Kitchen. Lyndsey and Callie are both so very special to me because we experienced pregnancies together and raising children together. Sarah is such a great, genuine friend and I’m so excited I got to see her on this trip.
Tomorrow and Sunday we’ll just be crossing things off our lists at Market. But, I’m not going to lie, I’m missing my boys. (Yet I’m also enjoying some quiet time in a hotel room.)
I have a few random little things to share with you all today, so I thought I’d just do a hodge podge post.
1. Last night I did the most fun thing with some of my favorite fellow bloggers. Melissa from The View From Five Two set up an interview with Kelly from Kelly’s Korner, Beth Anne from The Heir to Blair and me. We used Google Plus to do it and it was really just so much fun to chat with these girls about blogging and what we’ve learned over the years.
Melissa recorded the whole thing and posted it to You Tube, so you all can watch it if you want. And make sure you check out these other girls’ blogs, if you don’t already read them!
2. The always fabulous and super talented Ashley Brooke of Ashley Brooke Designs has some great new summer designs and I couldn’t wait to share them with you!
3. I have about 3 giveaways in the next week from some of my favorites. I can’t wait to share all of these with you.
4. One of my newest sponsors– and a favorite new product of mine– is JV Clothiers. You all need to visit their website and follow them on Twitter (@JVClothiers) for updates. They are adding so many new schools this year and will soon have great, preppy boy clothes for every school! Football season is so soon!
5. One of my favorite new custom monogram companies is Briar Rose. She has the cutest appliqué and monogrammed outfits for kids. And I am absolutely loving this beach towel! You should definitely look at her Etsy shop.
