Quote of the day

Everyone can make a difference.

Quote of the day

Even though I might be feeling lost in this resolution of mine to find a new goal to accomplish. It feels good to be facing the right way. (If that even makes sense)

Quote of the day

It’s not you, it’s me. Okay I lied, it’s definitely you.  We need to break up.

Quote of the day

Wiz Khalifa said this? Who knew Wiz Khalifa was so wise?

Quote of the day

This quote is me in a nutshell. I thrive on routine, always have. But the whispers to run off and have an adventure, weather it be a vacation or just a new experience, are getting harder and harder to ignore.

Coffee & Mascara

How perfect is this tee?!  If you haven’t already checked out Thug Life Shirts you need to.  They have everything from witty sports humor to Hogwarts Alumni gear. They even have a whole shop dedicated to the obsession, I mean love. A whole shop dedicated to the love of coffee.  Thug Life Shirts you are a hipster’s paradise.

Quote of the day

In the theme of being inspired I wanted to share this quote. “In the waves of change we find our true direction.” As you may or may not know my world has had no shortage of changes these past few months so this quote makes me look forward to see just what will come of all these new things to our life.

My NEW new year’s resolution: Get Inspired

When I am in a funk and just can’t seem to shake it I usually go through my Pinterest quote board. Last night waiting for Kenzi to fall asleep I was doing just that and saw this gem above; it really struck a chord with me because my new years resolution was to “just go with the flow” in hopes that it would be the solution to my hectic life.

After seeing this again I had a light bulb moment. I didn’t need to just give up and go with the flow, I needed to do the opposite. I needed to be inspired. Needed to find a new passion,  to give me drive, to accomplish something.

 Sometimes the only person you need advice from, is you.

Resolutions Suck

So remember like two days ago when I said I wanted to simplify and not plan things and just let the kids be.  Yeah so far I suck at that.  I planned two play dates for next week and I am already getting questioned about plans for the end of the month.  GRRRRR.  And last night was just uhg.  First off we had Rilee’s heritage fair at school. Way more hectic and crowed than I expected, and then the WHOLE family went to dinner. Everyone, in laws too.  It was fine, there isn’t any arguing or anything, just a lot . A lot of people. A lot of talking, a lot of noise and a lot of  “Caitlin put your shoes back on”, “Rilee chill”  “Caitlin get in your chair” “Rilee ssshhhh” “Caitlin Bree!”  “Rilee pay attention you just got your hair in your food”  “Rileeeeee! you just woke up the baby!”

;slkdjfoinvinefz;kxndvinvlkxhndignoianelkjzsdmnviour – that’s how I felt about last night and about this stupid resolution.

It’s been a while

It’s been a while, sorry, we just now got wifi (and Netflix -Yay!!) A lot has happened.  We moved into our new place, kiddo started a new school, Pat got his dream job, we had the baby shower, Halloween, a wedding, Thanksgiving, another wedding, Christmas, New Years and most importantly we welcomed Miss MacKenzi Gene. Isn’t she just stinking adorable? I think so too. She was so tiny when she was born. Just 6lbs 6oz.  She was like a little doll. Honestly she was so small she could fit in american girl doll clothes. It was surreal. I don’t know if it was just her being so teeny or just the newness of everything but I feel like this is our first baby all over again. I have finally started to relax and not check on her every few minutes (kind of). Okay that was a lie but I am sure that part is coming…soon (or eventually).

I think December was the first month in, I don’t know how long, that I was actually content. We were settled in to our new routines, I wasn’t miserably pregnant, I had the breast feeding thing down and Kenzi was actually sleeping well. I am just now realizing how irritated I had been the whole second half of the year. Too much stress and change and expectations.

With that said my new years resolution is to just be happy and do what pleases me. Believe it or not it’s exhausting trying to please everyone and even more exhausting hating everyone and everything. So I vow to simplify, to kick it down a notch. I vow to stop and smell the flowers. I vow to sip my coffee a little slower. I vow not to overbook or overextend. I vow to plan as little as possible.  Vow to do what makes me happy. To say no and not feel guilty. To buy those pair of boots I have been eyeing forever. Learn how to curl my hair. Have more game nights.  Start weekly snack nights. Oh and to just let the kids be.  So what if Caitlin wants to color in all of the coloring books with a black marker. So what if Rilee wants to wear pink sparkley fingerless gloves all of the time. So what if Caitlin just sits in the middle of the parking lot when we go to ride bikes. So what if Rilee just bosses Caitlin around. So what if Caitlin doesn’t want to sit and learn how to write her name perfectly. So what if Rilee wants to draw the same thing over and over (and over) again and hang them on her bedroom wall.  So what if Kenzi just wants to be held all day.  So what if she doesn’t get 20 minutes of tummy time every day. So what if she wants to nurse all day. Who cares! Why makes things complicated? Why not just go with the flow.