Acca-What?! & A Couple of Announcements!

Part of our new schedule is that Jack is staying at my parents house (2 hours away)

two days a week, overnight on Wednesdays. 

I work halfway between our house and theirs so it is a pretty good system-

My mom picks up Jack at my office in the morning on Wednesdays, 

and brings him back to me at the end of my work day on Thursdays.

It's great. 

Until I get pictures like this:

And news that my poor Bubba has a fever!

And because I can't snuggle him or smooch those rosy red cheeks. John took me to see a movie. 

This movie was perfect. Funny, light-hearted, quirky, maybe a tad bit nerdy?, and the real kick- musical numbers! 

Some may call it a renter, but this is John and I's perfect movie. He will deny it up and down, but we both left smiling. 

Round off the evening with Modern Family and a little NyQuil and we call that a recipe to cheer up a mama that is missing her baby.

9 more hours until this week is over. Can I get an Amen?! (I will assume crickets since most people work on Friday's). 

***If you follow me on Twitter you have seen this 23409123412 time since the weekend, but my AMAZING, fabulous, and absolutely hilarious older sister has started a blog. It's laugh-out-loud funny and helps me get my Megan fix now that she is 10 really stupid hours away from me! Please check it out, show her some love, I promise you will not be disappointed! 

***After doing my sister's blog design, and helping out a few friends with their blog designs, I realize how much I miss it! While I love my design by Melissa, I seriously miss messing around with the look of my blog! It's a really fun creative outlet for me! I decided to open myself up for business! I know how EXPENSIVE it is to get a professional design, and I also know how big of a headache HTML can be. I am offering really simple and elegant designs at a really REALLY low price! (less than $50 people!!) Check out my new blog design page and email me with any questions :) 

Home Sweet Grand Rapids

What a wonderful weekend! I haven't been back "home" since the holidays, so it was a much needed return to Grand Rapids. I love it here.. John and I's goal is to move our way back here eventually.. I cannot wait until that day arrives! We had so much fun visiting with my parents, watching Jack love on his grandparents, and even had quite a bit of "Mama & Daddy" time. Friday night we went out to eat at the clubhouse of the golf course my parents live on. We had such a large group that we ended up in a private room. Da Bubba fell asleep on a pile of coats in the corner (questionable parenting) and was such a good sport! On Saturday my parents shooed John & I out of the house. We went out to lunch and then to the movies. We saw 'This Means War'. Our favorite couple (that so INCONVENIENTLY live far far away) have a wonderful movie review blog called Two Tickets For... They gave us the thumbs up to see this movie, and we were so glad they did! It was a great date movie, we were both laughing and enjoying ourselves the whole time!

Saturday night we got... a babysitter! Like not my parents or my sister.. a real babysitter! She's a family friend that I trust no questions asked, but it was still a little strange.. Writing out Bubba's schedule, giving her the whole dealio, feeling really odd about being the mom instead of the babysitter (wasn't I JUST on the other end of this?). We went out to dinner with my Aunt & Uncle and my parents at this little restaurant that had wonderful beers on tap and creole food (How fitting for Mardi Gras!) It was wonderful atmosphere and really reminded me of how much I LOVE Grand Rapids - I love there there are so many little places to discover and explore! After we ate they cleared off our table for a dance floor and we were informed by our waiter that the local Roller Derby team comes there after games? matches? what do you call them?? to "celebrate". It was definitely a spectacle! 

Yesterday my sister Megan came home for the day too and we enjoyed delicious french toast and carmelized bananas made by my oh so handsome hubby, relaxation, MSU basketball, a walk on the golf course, and a big family Sunday dinner! John suggested I stay in Grand Rapids for a few more days because, well, why not? I was sad to see him leave but happy for a few extra days with my mom! My dad also decided to let me borrow his fancy camera and I have been snapping nonstop pictures since! The following are from Saturday night before we left for dinner and Sunday.. 

 

 

While I'm home I'll be shopping for some new glasses, looking at living room rugs & other home decor, getting my teeth cleaned, and hopefully visiting with more family and friends! Hope everyone's weekends were as great as ours!

Happy Monday :)

A Sunday Date, A Sick Day, & A Terrifying Discovery

Yesterday John & I had the opportunity to go on a date - the BEST kind of date. Our family friends have season tickets for MSU Basketball and had 2 extra tickets for the game yesterday afternoon. They offered them to us which was sort of AMAZING. To top it all off the game was against our biggest rivals and the seats were fantastic. It felt so good to be back in East Lansing. We parked kind of far away (where it was free) and walked, enjoying the wonderful weather. I miss campus. It still feels like home. 

There is honestly nothing better than a Spartan basketball game at the Breslin Center. You could literally feel the arena buzzing with energy and excitement. I love that my husband and I both graduated from this amazing school. I'm glad we both have so much pride for our alma mater and both enjoy routing for our FAVORITE team. I cannot wait for Jack to grow up loving them too. John and I had permanent smiles plastered to our faces the whole afternoon. We were really able to enjoy it, knowing Jack was in good hands at my sister's (thanks Meg!). Did I mention that we won? It was just the cherry on top :)

Even Bubba got decked out in green!

Hanging with his Uncle Seany

Having so much fun! 

I'm not really a huge NFL fan (or any pro sports for that matter.. except the NHL - Go Wings!) So watching the Superbowl wasn't a huge priority. But my sister had some of our oldest friends over so we made delicious treats (no pictures.. we ate them too fast.. oof) and ate, and watched the very disappointing commercials.. I ended up leaving before the game even ended so I could be home to watch The Voice with my hubby. We LOVE The Voice :)

Today I woke up feeling TERRIBLE. So did Jack, after his morning bottle we snuggled in bed until 9:30. I guess John felt awful too because he showed up at home during his lunch break and decided to take the afternoon off. So we are a miserable family of three, in our sweats, missing out on probably the last gorgeous 45 degree day for a while :( 

Jack has been super fussy today. Like, extra EXTRA fussy. I don't feel good, John doesn't feel good.. this is a terrible combo. We just keep trying to rock him and make him comfortable. When John let him chew on one of his fingers, he noticed 4 little bumps (two on top, and two on bottom) protruding from Bubba's gums. Here. We. Go. I have heard so many horror stories about teething I am terrified. But we are going to stay calm, as on schedule as possible, and hopefully we will transition through this phase smoothly. 

Sometimes I feel so helpless when it comes to being Jack's mom. When I don't know what he needs or wants I get so frustrated and flustered. Thank God John was here today. With my mom on vacation I can't call her with my "Is this normal?" and "What does it mean if...??" questions, which inevitably turn into reassuring "you can do this" pep talks. I need those, a lot. We were finally able to get Jack to calm down and just snuggle. Once he calmed down he played and then munched on a teether toy that we put in the freezer for a couple hours. Hopefully we will all wake up feeling better tomorrow!