Lunch Datin'

One of my favorite summertime activities is going out to lunch with friends. Last week I went on a lunch and Target date with this friend. (You can read about it here.) Today I went to lunch with Annette and her ridiculously cute son Christopher. Christopher was so cute and well behaved. He kept waving at Olivia and saying "Hi Olivia." Then he did some awesome dribbling and shooting of an invisible basketball.

Day 3: Best Part of My Day

Christopher rocking my shades

Olivia passed out on my arm

I have another lunch date with some girlfriends on Thursday. Yay for summer!

Happy July

Day 1: Self Portrait

Self portrait with baby

It's not really a self-portrait, but it was the only picture of myself that made me smile. This picture was taken the day after Olivia was born. All I can really remember from then was being totally amazed that Dennis and I had created this adorable little being. Oh, and that I was exhausted and sore. It's been 3 months since that day and I cannot imagine a life without my little munchkin now. Happy 3rd Month Olivia! 

By the way, find July's photo-a-day list here. 

Happy July, y'all! 

Alison+Shopping=BFF

Day 26: where you shop

The bounty from Tuesday's shopping excursion

It's become abundantly clear recently that I have a bit of a shopping problem. I love to shop. I love to spend money. I love stuff. I'm not picky about what I'm shopping for either. I like shopping for groceries, clothes, home goods, books, gifts... I like going to stores and I like online shopping. My daughter has more clothes than she can possibly wear (but I will make every effort to have her wear everything). She already has 3 bathing suits. She's not quite 3 months old and has 3 bathing suits. Is that normal? I have no idea where this crazy shopping habit came from but I'm pretty sure it's here to stay!

Well hello again

Wow... so much for doing photo-a-day! I have a few I never got around to posting. I'll try it again in July.

Day 24: on my mind

So many things come to mind when I see this picture: Am I ever going to lose the baby weight? Isn't the little one ridiculously cute? Am I totally damaging my kid's development by letting her look at computer screens (or TV screens)? Is it really true that exposure to screens (TV, computer, or others) cause kids to have ADHD?  How awesome is my new JCrew hoodie? What were we looking at? Should I start running? Can I take the baby to the kid's club at the gym? Is the kid's club better at my gym or D's gym?

My mind is constantly going and these days it's getting harder and harder to shut it off. My thoughts have just moved from being all about me and Dennis to being all about Olivia with a sprinkling of me and Dennis. I don't even want to admit the 10 million thoughts and questions that sentence just brought up! How do moms with more than one kid ever sleep?

Day 6

Day 6: hat

I am a huge dork and I love Paul Frank stuff. It was a super crazy happy day when I saw that Target was going to carry a Paul Frank line. I found this hat on sale in the kids section at Target. I love it!

Off to get more end of the year schoolwork done...

signs, signs, everywhere signs

(Please excuse the cheesy title) 

Day 5: signs

I had thought I would share pictures of "signs" I have in our bedroom that I love... but instead I had to share this picture:

cheap chardonnay in a mini-box... yum!

I'll share the other signs later, but for now I'm wondering: Is taking a picture with a mini-box a wine a sign that one might drink too much? Or maybe just that one has has a crazy couple days and needs to relax? I'm going to go with the latter, but ask me again after I'm done nursing (so in like a year from now...) and the answer might change.

It's almost hump day which means we're that much closer to the weekend. Yippee!

Are you THAT person? I am

Day 4: close-up

taken by auntie libby 

I can't resist pictures of this little munchkin. I obsessively take pictures of her and then look at them over and over. Then, I send them to others, like 10 times a day. Instagram has become my new favorite app.  I'm afraid I'm becoming that person- you know, the one who is constantly pulling out pictures of her kid and forcing people to look and say how cute the kid is. But, my kid really is sooo cute, don't you think?

Here's a couple more of my favorites, since- let's face it- I am that person!

Gahhhhhhhhh! Isn't she adorable?