February~ good bye

Wow it's already the end if February, where has time gone? But with all this time flying by a lot has been accomplished and happened: ordered flower girl dresses (hope they work), ordered invitations, wrecked my car, mom had her surgery, found out a sweet friend / bridesmaid is pregnant, my sisters wedding date is May 16th, helped my sister do a invitation for the wedding, talked to the florist, did the cake tasting and made a decision on that. 

See, a lot!!

I would much rather do all wedding stuff instead of the others in that list. 

I get to celebrate the marriage of my sweet friend this weekend along with our nephew - Bryon's 5th birthday. So we have family coming in and get to enjoy Bryon's camping party (cute idea). 

Work has been insane, kids, parents and all involved I feel. Just a heads up to parents: ask the teacher before you become upset about something, it is usually a misunderstanding and can easily be cleared up. To feel better a special secret person gave us a little treat to make Friday better.

The only request I had for today was to go out to dinner, so Happy Friday and yeah to no cooking!! 

Busy January

It has been quite a week. Mondays was MLK day so as teachers we had off. I got to sleep in and meet my soon to be MIL and SIL for lunch. Afterwards I went to the fab place of Hobby Lobby and found a lot of good things for a craft day. Here is a little treasure I needed😊

We have finished registering and Granny was here this past weekend and worked on my dress to make it wedding day gorgeous. So, 2 huge things off the wedding to-do list.

On Tuesday Ashley had asked me to pick up her little man from the baby sitter. He was happy to come with me until he realized mom wasn't around. But we had a snack and feed Sprinkles our snack and were

 happy enough till mom showed up. 

With a short week for school it makes it feel so much longer. So I felt I needed this little pick me up for a Thursday.

With lots of meetings  and conferences to handle I am super glad it's the weekend. 

We had Sprinkles fixed and I was a nervous wreck for her. So we get her Friday evening and she is sleepy and snuggly (Just the way we like her).

 She ate dinner and was resting. She didn't want to sleep alone so I slept with her on the couch. Saturday morning she was back to her old self, ready to run and jump. The vet said no running and jumping  for 2 weeks - they didn't tell me how to keep her from doing those things though. She acts like nothing happened. Tim and I said we would like drs like hers who do quick small procedures with an immediate recovery.  

Ashley and I did crafts but we I had a few Pinterest fails.
We had invited my parents to lunch after church so my mom and I could go dress shopping for her. Our lunch turned into a family affair, Jordan and Josh came with. We all parted ways my mom and I went to the mall, Tim and Josh went to get a refrigerator for our garage and my dad and Jordan went home. Busy Sunday, just the way I like them - getting stuff done!! 

Our new year

We are in full swing of the new year, so far so great! Tim has accepted a new position at work, Account Manager. He is excited and so am I for what is ahead for him and our family. With this new job he may not be gone too often. 

We took sprinkles to the vet this past Monday, she weighs 8 lbs, if you've been reading the other blogs she had been staying pretty consistent with about a pound every 3 weeks. Guess she hit a growth spurt. 

Saw this at target, cute!! It's amazing how much pug paraphernalia I see out. 

Sleepy pup

Today I was really wanting something sweet, so why would brownie cupcakes not be just what we need?  Made the house smell fabulous.  

I have gotten most of my orders from Etsy, and so far so good. My sweet girls have started planning my shower, that just delights my heart to know I have friends who want to be a part of this special time. We are 117 days out from the big day. It's coming so fast. Tim tried to say we needed to practice our wedding day kiss.  Silly boy will find any reason to sneak a kiss. But I do love him so. And we also plan on registering this week, apparently we are late to the game on that one.    

Have a great week!! Hoping to get more items off my wedding to-do list. 

Holiday break

It has been wonderful to be off from work with Tim. We had Christmas with his family Christmas Eve and enjoyed watching the boys open their gifts and get excited for their Nerf guns {and the big boys had fun with the Nerf guns too}. I think Kelley got a classy pic of her hubby, it may not make it into the social media world.

We had a late night and an even earlier morning. We had to get ready for my family to come over and open presents. We had tamales and muffins for breakfast, don't ask about the combination. With my family we draw names and only buy for that person, and I would like to say that Tim and I enjoy gifting others. We had a yummy lunch and a surprise visit from my brother. Stinker said he wouldn't be home until mid-January. Then for the evening we went to Kelley's parents house for game night and dinner. It's always a great time with everyone.  

Tim wanted to go spend some time with Tyler in Kansas so I stayed here and held down the fort. And man was it a challenge. Sprinkles is extra crazy with just one parent on watch. She has lot of built up fetch energy ready for daddy.

This is her waking up and she wanted to send this pic to her dad, it's cute but not cute enough to make him rush home. 

I got some lovely visitors, Ashely and Megan, it was nice to see people that respond besides just Sprinkles who stares at me. We also had my littles stay the night, they have been asking since we bought the house. 

Everyone doing something and me tending to the house. Gracious me I guess this is what it feels like to have a family. But me and the girls did watch  High School Musical 2 & 3, I told them it keeps me young. 

To ring in the new year our friends Ashley and Chad invited us over for a fun adult evening with games and snacks. It's so nice to have couple friends that we both enjoy spending time with.

And as Ashley said it's the year if the Baker wedding, it's getting closer!!! 5 months away! 

Speaking of wedding I have found a lot of goodies on Etsy. I've got to get some things knocked off that to-do list. 

Happy New Year, here's to 2014 and all the exciting things to come!

Tis the season

Tim and I are in full swing for the holidays. We have our tree up and its ready for some presents ~ the hold up, I ordered a tree skirt form Very Jane and it's not here yet. But our presents will be ready when it gets here. 

A quick recap on our thanksgiving (and the break I was longing for) it was great. We had a fabulous meal with family and the girls went shopping all night long. I got lots of good "deals" and am 90% done with Christmas shopping. Tim got a TV and I got a washer and dryer as early Christmas gifts. 

We got our washer and dryer in separate deliveries of course. But the washer is fab and the dryer has yet to be tested by me. 

When we moved in I wanted to paint one wall as an accent. Well we decided to wait until last Friday night and here's how it turned out. 

We thought it wasn't too busy with just one band of it.

Little miss went to the vet Tuesday and she weighes a whopping 5.5lbs. The girls at the vet just love her, they all went with her to get her shots. So we got her a special treat for having to get shots, no fun. 

If you can tell she's too busy to smile. 

Here she is finished, looks like a milk mustache 

Good ol' Kelley gave me the sacred recipe to the egg nogg I think I need. Tim and I got all the ingredients to enjoy tomorrow. I figure what a better way to spend a Wednesday that I get to leave early than to wrap some presents and drink some 'Nogg. My school gave us all the gift of time, so I get to leave at 1:30 and do what I need.  

7 more school days until Christmas break😊

Thanksgiving break anyone?

I am gearing up for some time off from work, I think it's needed for many of us hard working teachers. Having 5 days off in a row will be such a blessing!!

Tim and I have gotten all the Christmas lists on my side of the family (which is a lot), now to prepare to buy all the goodies. We are planning on doing some Black Friday shopping, I think he has been making a plan of attack. 

For Thanksgiving we are having it with my soon to be S-I-L Kelley's family and all of Tim's family mixed. So that means a lot of yummy food and chatting. With my mom just having treatment this past Thursday her and my dad might be joining us if she is feeling up to it and everyone is healthy (can't be around ill people). 

Sprinkles is C-R-A-Z-Y!!! She loves to chew hair (mine or Tim's), chew your soft delicate hands, and eat:) Tim thinks she is huge, he describes her as Hercules off of Sandlot, (exaggeration much?)

We bought her a cute Christmas tree outfit and when we got home we realized that she may not be able to wear it for Christmas so here is her debut, isn't she precious?! She hates it and walks funny so this didn't last long.

We had our first snow of the season so we stayed home all day today and enjoyed some Christmas movies and resting. It is nice to catch up on laundry and cleaning the house leisurely. Sprinkles loves the snow, she eats it and then she gets it on her face so she ends up looking like Santa, too cute!

Busy puppy mommy

I had every intention of doing a post last week to tell everyone about our new adventure but it has been a little crazy at the Baker household. Learning to be puppy parents is hard work! We have been training her to go outside to potty and she does super fabulous with it until you turn the corner and find a mess on the carpet. Needless to say I have done countless loads of laundry for little Sprinkles. She loves to play like a maniac and then take a rest by laying on you so sweetly. Little Miss has such personality!

We went and visited our close friends Ashely and Chad, they have Hurley the Great Dane and we thought our 2 pups should meet. Hurley was little unsure of Sprinkles:)

Last time I had commented on how excited I was to get the shoes I had ordered (from justfab), well they came in and it was a no go. I really wouldn't bother ordering from that website. Since receiving them I have shipped them back and have possibly found a new pair of shoes for the BIG day which is only 6 months away!!

Thanksgiving is quickly approaching and that means pumpkin pie, it is my most favorite thing to bake. I think Tim is just as excited to eat it as I am to bake it! Maybe I should make one to practice? And I will say I am hoping Kelley will come prepared to make some eggnog, so yummy!!