Say Hello {Link-Up}

Today I'm linking up with Laura from The Everyday Joys! She is hosting an awesome, one day, Say Hello link up! I've "known" Laura since our pre-boy-mama days! She is awesome - head over, check her out and join the fun! 

me & my little beach bum 

1. What blogs do you visit daily? Please list 1-3 of your favorites.

3 of my favorites are:

The Polluck Potluck 

Stuttering Shell 

Workaholic Momma 

{But you can see lots more of my favorites on my sidebar too!}

2. Are you on Instagram? If so, what is your user name?

Yep! BeachBumandBaby

3. Can we find you on Pinterest? What's your Pinterest address, and what can we expect to see you pinning most? (recipes, DIY projects, home decor, etc.)

Duh! Of course I am. I love Pinterest like a fat kid loves cake. You can find my boards here. 

4. What are your favorite blog link-ups to participate in? (weekly link-ups other bloggers have...any number will do...please link us to them!)

Right. So I'm not so great at the link ups but I LOVE reading:

Shannon's So What Wednesday

Rachel's Menu Monday 

Emily's Friday Confessional 

5. Why do you blog?

I blog to document, to journal, to share, to learn and to interact. 

I may not be the best or most consistent blogger but I love it and the blogging community just as much!

6. Tell us one random fact about yourself.

I can fall asleep just about anywhere. The car, the sofa, the floor. You name it. And STAY asleep. A plane could land in my house and I'd still be all nice and snuggled up. Drives my husband batty!! 

{I didn't have a huge problem waking up to nurse when Trey was a baby but I did have the monitor turned up HIGH at all times! You know... just in case...}

Weekend Wrap-Up

Let's start this off with the most exciting thing to happen around here - it SNOWED on Friday. Like actual stick-to-the-ground and make snow balls, snow!



I ran and woke Trey up from his nap as soon as it started to stick and we ran outside to play in it.

Why, you might ask?

Because I WAS SCARED IT WAS GOING TO STOP.

It doesn't snow often 'round these parts so I wanted to make sure Trey got to see it.

But it didn't stop. We went inside to warm up and J.D. called and told me he was on his way home! Trey and I were SO excited!! Once he got here we went back out for round 2 and by this time we were able to make snow angels and throw snowballs with a bunch of our favorite neighbors. It was such a fun time for everyone but especially all of the kids around Trey's age who hadn't really seen snow before!! They didn't even know what to do with themselves!

Once we got back inside I showed J.D. Trey's new furniture that had been delivered and placed that morning. Our plan was to leave Trey's crib (which we hadn't converted to a toddler bed) in his room and just have the delivery people place the other items wherever so that we could paint this weekend and then maybe switch him to his new bed next weekend.

Well.... Trey had other plans.

Pretending to sleep on Friday afternoon

When I went to put him down for his nap Friday afternoon he cried "Noooooo crib, sweepy in my biiiiiig boy bed."

So. Friday night we took the crib apart.

And guess what?

He did great. Really great! Slept just as long as normal which is 8-8ish! Naps have been slightly shorter at about 2 hours instead of 2 1/2.

He told J.D. the next day that his new room was "a wittle scareee". I can't blame him for that. The only things that haven't changed yet are the wall color and the drapes. He also spent WAY more time playing in there this weekend than he ever has before - every time I turned around he was off to "go play in my big boy room". I'm very, very glad he likes it so much!



Saturday we hung around the house, played in the snow a little bit more and then when the cabin fever had gotten the best of us we headed out to our favorite Mexican restaurant!

Trey's had a pretty bad runny nose this weekend - so I picked up a fresh pack of boogie wipes and a new vicks plug in to help him breathe a little better in his sleep.

Once we put Trey down for bed JD and I decided to order a movie. 

I picked this. We had watched the preview for it Friday night and it looked funny. 

Right. Because oh, about 3 seconds into the movie....

J.D.: "We've seen this"
Me: "Huh? no we haven't!"

Hmmm yea maybe we have....

Me:  "Gosh we should have watched the preview first!!"
J.D.: "We did!..... LAST NIGHT"

So... about that.... 

Tell me I'm not the only one that this has happened to. Puh-lease.

Jams in jammies while Mama was at the store!

Today was spent working on random things around the house, a grocery trip for me while the guys played at home and just getting ready for the week. Nothing exciting at all! 

Now I'm off to snuggle up by the fireplace in J.D.'s office and catch up on some DVR! Perfect Sunday night! 

Sometimes We All Just Need a Laugh

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I mean, RIGHT?!

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I've never even seen Twilight and I can't stand that chick... 

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Isn't this why they invented Pinterest? 

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ALWAYS

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Dog shaming. I love it. I need this for when Zoe runs away!!! 

And for all of my fellow PLL fans... RIGHT?!?!

Hope this got a laugh out of some of y'all!!! 

Currently Loving

Ok, tell me I'm not the only one sucked into The Carrie Diaries. I was a HUGE SATC fan back in the day and I am so obsessed with this show! 

Big shout out to my friend, J for telling me about this beast of a handheld vacuum! Loving it. Works great on stairs, small spaces and it has an attachment that spins - awesome for pet hair. You can find it here (don't forget your 20% off coupon)! 

I picked up one of these Burt's Bees Lip shimmers on a whim one day while at Target and let's just say I think I have almost every color now - they are really moisturizing and kind of pepperminty with a perfect smidge of color. Love them! 

We are so obsessed with our Citrus Lane boxes - this is the one from January! The plates are my favorite and I know that Trey likes the book (with cd!) the best. Getting these little surprises in the mail each month is so awesome. Right now you can save $10 off your by using this link or clicking that citrus lane button on my sidebar! 

What are you currently loving?

Planning T's "Big Boy" Room

We did it. We finally agreed on and ordered all Trey's furniture, bedding and most of the accessories for his "big kid" room.

We had originially planned on a "vintage-y robot" theme but it just never came together the way I was envisioning it. Then I stumbled upon these sheets.

I love it because I've been able to find a happy mix between some sort of "theme" that Trey will find fun and some neutrals that I feel have some longevity. These sheets just called to me, I think they are still playful and child-like without being "too much". Trey has always loved choo-choo's and J.D. has a soft spot for them as well, so they are both excited!

The furniture we picked is an espresso color and has a very classic feel to it, definitely something that can grow with him. I picked touches of navy to tone down the train items as well as lots of navy gingham to give it some dimension.

We still have some art work that we need to order. I've been looking on Etsy, Land of Nod, Pinterest and haven't found anything that I am over the moon about so if anyone sees anything amazing please send it my way!

And last but not least we still haven't picked a paint color. I want something like a pretty tan or a light gray. Again, any specific paint colors that you love are more than welcomed!

I am excited for this change but I love his nursery. It's always been such a happy and cozy space. I think him turning 2 and a half next month is just really getting to me. All of these "big kid" changes are too much for this mama.... Whhhhhy do they grow so quickly?

Quite a few of the things I have purchased are on back-order but as soon as a paint color is picked and everything is here we will be working hard to switch everything over and make his new space cozy! I can't wait to share the "after" with y'all! 

It's Raining! It's Pouring!

On the days that Trey has school I pick him up at 1pm and we head straight home. And by straight home I mean after playing in the courtyard with his friends while I chit-chat with their mamas.

Since it was gross and raining today we all headed to our cars. Trey was in a super silly mood, as was I and we were both getting DOWN to some "mouskersize" in the car.

When we pulled up to our house I wasn't quite ready for the fun to end. I asked myself "What would J.D. do?"

(Why? Becuase he's the "fun" parent. I strive but I will just never be as naturally fun as he is. It's just not in my DNA.....but I'm working on it.) 

Then it hit me. I said "Trey! I have an IDEA! Do you want me to go grab your big coat and boots so we can splash in the puddles?!?!?" You would have thought he won the lottery. "YEA!!! SPLAAASH PUUUDDLES!!!" "LET'S DO IT! TIME TO ROLL!!"

So we did. Both of us. Until our faces were red from the rain and cold.

It was perfect. 

I love sharing my life with this little boy. 

Wednesday Randoms

Just thought I'd share some randoms of what has been happening in the BB&B household as of late.

• I got to meet up with this twinsie and have dinner with some awesome new friends, Ashley & Sarah this past weekend. We had Mexican (yum) and shopped at TJ Maxx Perfect night, no? I picked up some chalkboard mason jars to use as Valentine's Day teacher gifts and a huge chalkboard that I'm in love with!

• The weather here has been insane. Hot-cold-rain-repeat BUT we did get to go to the zoo with Trey's besties (Hiiiii E&J!) last week and it was SO much fun, the boys all had a great time it and the most perfect temperature. Our highlight of the trip? The train. It's always the train.

• Trey started his new computer class at school yesterday and has talked about it non-stop since he got in the car at pick up. I love how silly he is and all of the funny things that he says these days. 

• Speaking of, after I left the other day for dinner Trey apparently sat on the floor, put his head in his hands and said "mama? maaamaaa? This is tewwibul....." JD and I still couldn't stop laughing about it. Where do they come up with this stuff? 

• I'm completely obsessed with Mrs. Meyers products right now and cannot get enough of the "Basil" scent (which, honestly, I had never smelled before because it sounded gross. It's so not.)  I even "yelled" at J.D. for using a different spray in the kitchen the other night.

• I'm in such a post-Chrsitmas funk. I always feel like January to March go by so SLOW and boring. I will say I have enjoyed all of the new tv shows on in the evenings, Revenge and Nashville especially! 

That's about it for us right now, nothing too terribly exciting! I just read on our local weather blog that we may get some snow at the end of the week - trying not to get my hopes up but we rarely see any here and it would be so fun!!

Trey's first! And only! Snow at 4.5 months - December 2010