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Thursday's Ten

{one} I am so so so excited that The Vow comes out tomorrow! I kind of have high expectations for it which will probably be a bad thing, but with Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams it can't really be bad. 

{two} Roxie was driving me nuts this morning. She has some days where she wakes up and decides she's not a fan of Adalyn. Today was one of those days. She wouldn't stop barking/"talking", she started biting Adalyn's toys, biting my socks, ringing the bells over and over and over. She just needed to play and let out some energy, but I was busy with the baby and oh my goodness...could not stand her.

{three} I am sometimes mean to Roxie during the day and then I feel guilty at night when she is cuddling with us and then the next day...rinse and repeat.

{four} I think Adalyn is going to have blue eyes. I know she still has time for them to change, but I feel like they might be here to stay! Mr. B has bluish/greyish eyes and since brown eyes are more dominant I thought for sure she would....

{five} Baby smiles never get old. Especially when it comes from a little someone that you've made.

{six} I am so excited to move! I bought some moving boxes today and I can not wait to start packing! And possibly getting rid of somethings. I am a borderline hoarder though so we will see what happens. It's times like this when you realize just how much crap valuable belongings you have. 

{seven} I am also excited to whip up some Pinterest DIYs in our new place! And I still don't really know how to find people to follow on there so if you're on it {who isn't?!?} could you find me and follow so I can follow you back? I don't really know how you would find me...maybe jpsmelser?

{eight} I cut Adalyn's nails all the time and she still manages to scratch her face off. This has been a new thing since her hands have been attempting to find her mouth and it's not always successful. She took a little chunk out of her forehead on Sunday and then she scratched her nose twice yesterday and then she woke up and her cheeks were scratched this morning! I'm thinking I might need to cut and file them- so I did that today and I hope it helps! 

{nine} I am trying to blog more again- I have been pretty successful this week! I think the key for me is to plan ahead/have "themed" days. 

{ten} I had a cute idea planned {thanks to Pinterest!} for Mr. B's birthday from Adalyn and she didn't really cooperate like I had in mind...shocking right? This new love for her hands was really messing with my pictures. And then I realized that I wouldn't have enough time to erase and re-write and have her smile for a picture- it would take way too long. So after the first one I decided to make it blank and then just add the text on Picnik {which is a post for another day!}. So I did what I could and in the end it still came out cute{how could it not with that little monkey??} 

and Mr. B loved it!

What I'm Loving Wednesday

Today I am linking up with Jamie for What I'm Loving Wednesday! 

These are so helpful and easy in keeping up with the little ol' blog.

{one} New Condo!

I'm loving that we found the perfect condo for us to rent for another year or two in order for us to keep saving for our "forever" home. We were looking again, but we weren't finding too much in our price range that we loved. Obviously a house is a big decision and something we really wanted to be confident in. Adalyn was overtired {the happy kind, thank goodness!} on Sunday night and she just wanted to talk and play. I decided to check craigslist real quick to see if there was anything good to rent in the area {there's usually not}, I found this condo in a great area, in our price range, just what we were looking for- we were the first ones to respond and we got it!! So thank you God and thank you Adalyn! We move in a few weeks! 

{two} My hard worker

I'm loving his determination and perseverance to provide the best he can for his girls.  Between the long commute to and from Boston, working and getting his MBA-I appreciate him more and more each day that I am home with our little girl. I am so thankful I get to spend each moment with her because of him. 

{three} My dream

I'm loving that I get to live my dream of my being a SAHM

{four} My Baby 

 I love this girl so so much. She makes my heart melt everyday.

{five}New Milestones

I'm loving watching Adalyn reach new milestones. Currently, she is obsessed with her hands in her mouth. It's so hard for me to get a picture of her these days without her hands in her mouth-I don't love that part, but I do love the new milestones!

{six}Mild Winter

I'm loving that this winter has pretty much been non-existant and we have been on multiple walks outside!

{seven} This Picture.

I'm loving this picture that Ellen posted on twitter.

I sent it to everyone and posted it on fb.

It makes me laugh every time. 

And it also confuses me every time.

As well as grosses me out every time.

So many emotions in just one picture. 

A Special Day

We are so excited about this special day...

it's almost scary!

23 years ago today our favorite man was born! 

He's an amazing husband.

A wonderful daddy.

And a great provider for his girls.

We are still in shock that the Lord has blessed us with such a fantastic guy.

When God created him he had us in mind. 

And we are so very thankful!

Weekend Wrap-Up

On Thursday, although it wasn't technically part of the weekend- it was an important day no less, we celebrated Auntie Olivia' birthday!

Wearing her pretty dress that Auntie O got her for Christmas. 

We hung around the house for a little and went out for dinner at Panera {Yummy!!}.

We are so blessed to have Olivia in our lives and we are so thankful that Adalyn has such a great role-model! 

She is a great help with both Roxie and the baby and she is so mature for her age. 

Seriously...talk about 12 going on 20. 

As always we enjoyed tubby time. 

We slept in.

{This looks like one of those weird puppet things, but I just took her legs out of the sleep sack :)}

We went to the dog park and let Roxie have some much needed playtime/get her energy out.

{Dog parks are the best- you just sit there for 40 minutes, let your dog play and then she's tired for hours and hours!}

Then we met with a realtor as we are starting to look into purchasing a house again. 

"Again" as in we were looking before Adalyn was born, took a break and now we are looking again.

Currently we are renting a duplex and very eager to get out!

We spent the night at home relaxing, made some orange chicken and watched the Ides of March {too many swears for my liking and really sad that politics really are like that...the story line not the swearing. Although, I guess it's probably both!}

On Sunday we went to the earlier service for church and it was a bad idea.

We will not be doing that again.

We had to wake Adalyn up and it didn't go over so well. 

Duh.

The whole never wake a sleeping baby thing...it's for a reason.

Duh.

I had to go into the lobby 3 times because she was fussing because she was so tired. 

Not really a huge fan of the whole squeeze through the aisles, while tripping over human legs and chair legs and having everyone stare at you while you exit. 

No thanks. 

Lesson learned.

Then we went over to my parents' house for the day to hang out and meet the two newest additions to the farm.

Rylee and Rosko. 

They are 8 week old brother and sister Border Collies.

I was so excited for Roxie to meet them. 

One of the biggest regrets I have is not getting two puppies- or at least a playmate for Roxie.

She is such a social dog and I think she would've loved it.

Unfortunately, finances didn't allow it at the time. 

Currently, she is a little too big to really play with them.

She knows to be gentle, but she is still a giant compared to them and they aren't quite ready for a gentle giant.

She's intimidating regardless of that fact that she can be "gentle".

But soon enough it will be fun for them all!

When did my little puppy like that become a horse?

I was also excited because there would be a baby and puppies in the same room, and I am not really sure if there is anything cuter. 

I am hoping for a good photo sesh in the near future.

{Please note the versatile bow.  Thankfully, the Bills and Pats are the same colors so I just covered up the Bills logo for the day...3 times because Mr. B kept throwing it away!! Grr!}

::Warning, cuteness overload::

We enjoyed a relaxing day and were ready for the big game.

Of course the night couldn't continue with out doing our favorite dance moves {Soulja Boy}.

All good things must come to end. 

And here is the Super Bowl in a nutshell.

Friday Funny: Denial or Dumb

First off, thanks for all the hair feedback! 

I will have to tally the votes and see which style was the winner! 

And then get the courage to make it happen....

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Now, I realize that Roxie's first year of life she was treated like a human. There are currently many situations where she still is, but trust me she is quickly turning into "just a dog". 

 I am proud to say that through all the misconstrued actions as a doggie parent...Roxie doesn't think she is a human. 

By name anyway. 

She is convinced she is a puppy. 

Not a dog. 

Not a doggie. 

A puppy.

We have always called her "pup" or "puppy" so it obviously makes sense.

I just didn't realize the amount of therapy she would later need down the road in order to understand that a puppy is a dog. 

Puppy=Dog.

It's really not that complicated.

But, apparently it's confusing to grasp.

{She was walking away to get some water until I said "Hi Doggie"}

I didn't realize her attatchment to this identity until we had Adalyn.

When Roxie comes over to Adalyn I say "Hi, puppy! Hi, doggie! You see the doggie?"

{Although Adalyn is a genius she has yet to answer that question btw}

and I noticed Roxie either stares at me like "Where is the doggie?!?!?"

::Roxie loves other dogs. Has no regard for personal space or I-don't-like-you-I-will-bite-you cues- any kind of attention will get the little nub going. {And by little nub I am talking about her tail, she is a girl so get your head out of the gutter} Other dogs truly light up her world::

So if she isn't staring at me, she is jumping up on the couch to look out the window for said doggie. 

It's become quite comical. 

We try to tell her that she is a doggie. 

She is technically no longer a puppy.

We go over flashcards with her.

We have her look at herself in the mirror and repeat after us.

Just kidding we don't really do that. 

But I know you wouldn't be surprised. 

She just can't seem to get it in her head. So I am thinking she is either in denial about her age..or she's dumb. 

I'm thinking we are going to go with the latter ;) 


Ps. When I played this video to make sure it worked, she heard it and jumped to the window. That pup dog! 

Hair we go again....again

Almost two years ago {I can't believe it's been that long!} I posted about my hair saga.

Surprise, surprise I am back to where I started. 

Both with the highlighting and length situation.

It's basically a never ending battle. 

And I do realize that my life is going pretty darn well if this is my battle. 

Thinking about it, I realize this is a completely vain post, but it's a girl problem and I could use some advice.

The status of my hair typically revolves around two things:

1. Money

2. My age

I understand the suspense of my current hair situation might kill you, but instead of posting the same story/pictures head on over to that post first.

Then {if the suspense didn't kill you} come back here so you can hear my drawn out complaints this time around. 

I really do like having long hair. 

My pregnancy really helped speed up the long dreaded grow out process. 

The problem I always have with long hair is looking younger than I am. 

Especially now that I have a baby, I really don't like going out and having people think I am a teen mom. 

People can be really rude with their looks and it's not appreciated.

I feel like I want to wear a shirt that says "I am 24 and married. Stop with the looks!!!"

Also, my sister is 14- TEN YEARS YOUNGER than me- when we go out people think we are the same age! 

This is a problem. 

We went to a Zumba class the other night and the older ladies kept making comments about how young we were and how we wouldn't understand what it's like to have a small bladder and make it through the jumping songs without the need to pee etc because they've all had kids etc etc

Ummmmmm I had 8 weeks ago!!!! 

I am flattered that they couldn't tell and I was too shy to say anything, so I just let it be.

And by "let it be" I mean make snarky remarks in my head.

Then last night put me over the edge when my Grammie told me that her friend was looking at a picture of our family and thought that I was Ali's YOUNGER sister. 

So the time has come. 

I was waiting until I lost some more weight because I know I am not going to look how I did before with short hair. 

You know, the whole best-shape-of-your-life-for-your-wedding-then-get-married-eat-like-your-husband-and-gain-twenty-pounds thing. 

Oh, you don't know about that? 

Yeah, I don't either....ahem.

So I've had a few styles and colors and body shapes {both hair and actual body}. 

I'm not 100% sure what look I will go for.

I'm kind of scared.

Do I realllly want it short again?

I think I do. 

I don't want to go as drastic as last time, 

{Look how different A looks in 3 years!}

but really, the shoulder length hair makes me look the youngest. 

I wish I could do this style

But my hair is too thick and I think I will still look young. 

So I think I will have to go a little past my chin. 

Now the decision is what style??

I know this is really awkward to have so many pictures of just me...but I need some advice and as I'm sure you all know- you go into the salon expecting to look like Jennifer Aniston and come out looking like...yourself. GASP. Disappointment every single time. So this is my hair, this is the different styles I've had {ignore the color} 

What do you think??