A Mini Blogger Meet-Up: Lesley + Ellie.

 {lesley + ellie}

{t + me, taken by lesley} 

{baby besties, taken by lesley} 

{taken by lesley}

Yesterday Tatum + I met up with Lesley + Ellie (of Lemoncakes). We had so much fun! We went to a local park, Phelps Grove. The little ladies played in the grass, while us mommas talked about some plans and ideas. Then, we walked around the little track a couple of times and talked some more while the babies slept. It was such a nice time.

This was my second time meeting Lesley, but our first encounter was very brief, so I was really excited to get together again and really start to get to know each other. She's THE sweetest girl, and her little Elle is such a cutie. 

Check out her blog HERE! You'll love it. Pinky promise.

Tatum Auden: 4 Months.

 

{just don't mess with me, okay?}

Height: 25.5 inches.
Weight: 13.3 lbs.
Head: 16.6 inches.

I can...

-roll in both directions now. I started rolling belly to back at 2 months and back to belly at 3.5.

-yell! And I do it at all the time. Taking me places like the post office can get a bit awkward...

-smile and laugh in reaction to people. It's Smile City over here.

-scoot. I don't do it much, but when I do, I can get a couple of feet in my dust.

I like... 

-playing Airplane.

-visiting my family.

-my toys, but only in very small doses.

-being on my belly. It's virtually impossible to keep me on my back these days.

-chewing on stuff!

I don't like... 

-when people make me wait.

-playing with my toys for more than about 10 minutes.

{I know people hate me for this, but there isn't much that the kid doesn't like. And she seriously cries for maybe 10 minutes a day.}

The First Ouchie 

A couple of days ago, Mom put me on my rocking caterpillar toy for the first time. It was awesome. And then not so awesome when she let go for .00021 seconds and I started to fall off, sideways. Luckily, she grabbed my arm for part of the fall, so my landing wasn't too traumatic. 

I may have still cried, though...

Eating...

My doctor says I can start eating a little bit of food here + there! 

Mom + Dad let me try some oatmeal the other night, but we're not sure about it.

We're rethinking things and might just eat veggies and the occasional fruit for now.

See ya next month, guys!

Love, Tatum

two whales in a pod.

so, as most of you probably know...i hate my job.

one of my "resolutions" for this year was to find a new one, asap.

i've just felt very under appreciated for a long time there.

and i also hate all of the drama that goes along with this job.

i hate sounding really whiny and complaining, but there's just some stuff i have to get off my chest.

(then, onto happy things!)

at the beginning of this year, i took my two weeks of vacation.

after i got back to work, i found out that they didn't count my second week, because i can't take it til after my anniversary.

but apparently no one decided to tell me this the multiple times i asked about it.

thanks, guys!

also upon my return, i find that i have been kicked out my position in the office and demoted to cashier.

it has been about 3 weeks that i've been back and no one talks to me about it. at all.

until two days ago.

my manager comes and talks to me and tells me that because i was out for a week, i was kicked out.

so on top of the fact that i was so sick i could barely walk or even move,

or that i was seeing multiple doctors everyday...

i lost my job.

it's just very hard to accept and deal with.

i want to get out of there as fast as i possibly can.

ANYWAYS.

yesterday started out as a pretty rough day in paradise.

i won't lie...josh and i aren't perfect always.

he had his moment yesterday afternoon, and i had mine later that night.

and honestly, i can't even care that there are occasionally moments like these.

i love seeing how josh and i work through things and every time we do i feel closer to him.

i love watching how the two of us grow together and learn from each other.

it's so beautiful and wonderful to me!

things were mended quickly and we had a fun day.

we went to eat at steak n shake.

every time we go josh always gets chicken fingers and fries with barbeque sauce.

but when the waitress asks what he wants, he says, "chicken fingers with ra--barbeque sauce."

because he hates, hates, hates ranch.

and he did it a million years ago when we first started dating, to be silly, and now he has done it ever since.

it always makes me laugh. :)

i really wanted to go to the pet store afterwards, so we did!

i tried to get josh to guess my favorite fish, but they DIDN'T EVEN HAVE IT. thanks a heap, petsway!

we also looked at chinchillas, which i have a really funny story about, but i'll save that for another day. :)

there was this really funny little bird that hated josh and every time he got close it would snap at him.

but it let me touch it's creepy, cute little toes and talk to it.

and they had a bunch of "free to good home" dogs that i was DYING to have, but i know the 'rents would have killed me. :(

we went to jcpenney's and looked in their jewelry dept. at rings.

they didn't have the kind i liked, they only had the square and pear styles.

but i still liked going to get a better grasp of what sizes and stuff are like.

it was really awkward for me talking to the people behind the counter.

because i didn't like anything they were trying to show me, and i felt so weird being like, "no. no. no." ha.

oh, and at one point the lady was like, "i heard you make a comment about diamonart. what was that?"

and i was like, "um....they're not...real?"

and she was like, "oh. right. they're CZ. you don't want that?"

do i want a fake diamond ring? no, no thank you, lady.

i mean, i'm not trying to be shallow or greedy, but i would like a real ring!

i told josh he had to do the talking, and we left. :)

we went to the movies and saw "when in rome."

it was pretty cute! but there was this lady behind us that thought that literally every line of the movie was like, rip-roaringly funny. josh and i could not handle it. so funny.

i love being with my best friend.

seriously, such a blessing! :)

i just want an english bulldog.

is that so much to ask?

josh has agreed to getting one someday, though.

can't wait!

(images courtesy of weheartit and google image search.)

7 things about me!

i was tagged by danielle from dinosaur toes to do the 7 things about me post.

i've loved reading the other ones that have been floating around, so i'm pretty excited to share mine.

let's get started:

1. i love to paint. i picked it up a few months ago and i just can't get enough now.

i've only ever sold two pieces, so i have a bunch just laying around.

i have an etsy, but as of yet, it's never gotten any love.

these are my latest pieces. the picture quality obviously isn't the best, i apologize.

the first one says : "wishes come true" at the bottom.

the second one: "all for you."

and the last one has: "beat, beat, beat, beat." written across.

2. i play poker.

josh plays a lot and that's what he wants to do for a career: professional poker player.

i started playing to take interest in his main passion, but it has become something i really like, too.

i'm definitely not great, but i'm pretty good for the level i'm at.

i usually cash in 9 person games.

and i've made the final tables a few times in 90 and 45 person tournaments.

one of my best games and accomplishments was the time i played in a 50,000 person tournament, and i placed like,

2,000 something.

it's fun!

3. pee-wee's big adventure is my favorite movie.

i could watch it everyday and not get bored.

maybe even multiple times in a day. (i have before.)

4. i plan to be a children's book author.

when i think of what i want to do with my future, it's the only thing i feel really strongly about.

i just need to take the time and actually put myself to work.

i've been a little lazy!

josh and i talked about this last night, and he's promised to push and encourage me to write.

5. i love sleeping with the tv on.

for some reason it's just comforting to me, or something.

6. when i was little i had a pet pig named arnold. he was my best friend.

he lived in the house, and slept with me, and everything.

i have a distinct memory of us falling out of the bed one time, and being all tangled up in the sheets together.

he was so cute and fun.

pigs really are the sweetest. josh promised i can get one after we're married. :)

7. my biggest pet peeve is when people make a lot of noise when they eat.

with their chewing and all that.

and also if they think something is good, and keep on being like, "mmmm. oh this is soooo good. mmmm."

that makes me want to puke.

and if people like, keep scraping the bottom of the bowl or their plate, as if more food will appear.

bleh!

so, that's my seven things about me. :)

i'd like to tag:

chelsey from always learning.

stephanie from you're the only thing i wouldn't change...

sandy from filled with landerust.

jennifer from in a nut shell.

chloe from seanloveschloe.

and i'm only tagging five because most of the other people i would tag have already done it.

(i need more blog friends.)

:)