Wedding Weekend = Jerseylicious

This weekend we celebrated Katie & Nathan getting hitched. No better way to say CONGRATS then to spray tan and bouffant your hair like there is no tomorrow right? So, to honor my friend and her lovely husband that is just want I did.

Jerseylicious ain't got nothing on this girl!

One of my favorite moments of the day was when the photographer informed me that I was going to need to bend down a little bit more since my hair was covering the groom's face. That is when I knew that my hair stylist had done it 'up' right :)

A guest star appearance will be made by me this fall when the new season starts up-look out for it. I showed Brooke my pictures today and she said that I looked "beautiful." So, much to Gary's dismay, I think that I will implement a 45 minute process of teasing my hair each morning-anything for my girls :)

Congrats Katie & Nathan!!

Update

Well, it happened again. I was afraid that Brooke would have another episode at school today and-sure enough-she did. I called the DR b/c I am a worry freak and her teacher told me it was pretty bad and was hard to stop. While waiting for his phone call on a phone that was quickly dying, I decided that I would just show up at the doctors office. Yes, I have become one of those parents who arrives-sans appointment-hoping (expecting) to be seen or at least talk to my doctor. This is just one of the MANY reasons I love our Dr. Joe. He came right out to the waiting room (and you know that means no co-pay!) and put me at ease that it is most likely the air, allergies, etc...that is unless she had some kind of blood disorder....That is what I was afraid to hear. I then let him know of my teeny tiny blood disorder that I have yet to have my girls tested for due to the 'pre-existing' condition issue. He put my worries aside saying that due to the recent bill passing, our kids would not be penalized for having anything pre-existing. He wasn't familiar with Protein S Deficiency, but is going to look into it for us to see if testing Brooke (and Caroline) would really be necessary at this point. I hope not, but he made a great point that knowing anything and everything that is going on with the kids in case of an emergency. So, we will see...hope they don't inherit my awesome ability to over-clot and only my extreme passion of musicals and all things New Jersey (more on that later). We shall see-now, onto enjoy some McDonald's (Brooke's treat for a bad couple of days....and Mom's treat for a fun couple of nights) and a showing of our favorite-Annie. Don't be jealous :)

Monday Bloody Monday

We received quite the wake-up call this morning. At 1:00 a.m., Brooke let out the loudest scream I had heard in sometime. I assumed it was a bad dream and headed down the hall to calm her down. When I walked in the room, I noticed the the dim light of her nightlight that there was something all over the bed. We have had a middle of the night throw up session before, so I was prepared. I asked her if she had gotten sick and through her tears she told me no. I flipped on the light and was horrified to see blood all over her bed and covering both her hands and entire face. I wanted to yell for Gary to get to her room as fast as he could, but since that would have lead to child #2 waking up I instead ran to our room in a panic to get him. I was afraid she had somehow hit her head, was throwing up blood-who knows what! Luckily, after looking her over head-to-toe, we realized it was a terrible nose bleed. Brooke had been sniffling and with the weather changes that have been going on along with the heater having been turned on Saturday I think it was just a change in humidity that caused it to happen. Not going to lie-it.freaked.me.out. I don't ever want to see my child covered in blood, totally scared not knowing what was going on. Luckily we got it under control in just a few minutes and the hardest part was getting her to fall back asleep once we brought her into our room...she would have rather had us sing, "Spoon Full of Sugar."
Happy Monday :)

Wedding Weekend

Don't we look young and fabulous??

Tonight the festivities begin for my good friend Katie's wedding. I met Katie in college through an 'elite' invitation only class called, The Chancellors Leadership Class.* This class was only for VIP students that were going to be leaders on campus. You know-future Student Government, etc. Katie and I took this leadership to heart and volunteered to become Greek Week Liaisons for our sorority (Student Government, Greek Week, whatever!). We have had so many fun times throughout the past ten years and I cannot wait to continue the good times this weekend! Congrats Katie & Nathan!!

*I was totally asked to be in the Chancellors Leadership Class only after someone else dropped out. Nothing like being an alternate!!

Giggles

Baby Laughs = Nothing Better

Five Months

Caroline is officially five months! I cannot believe how fast they have gone by. She is more and more fun by the day and is doing SO much. She loves to sit up on her own. She may not quite have the hang of it yet, but she doesn't mind a few face plants :) She is still teething pretty bad. She is constant need of a bib or a regular change of clothes. Caroline loves her baby food!! As long as there are not carrots-send it her way! She has recently discovered a love of organic baby pasta (pictures to come).

The only thing that seems to get Caroline upset is not being able to keep up with Brooke. She stares at her big sister running all around the house and I can tell that she gets frustrated. There is only so much standing in the exersaucer that she can take! I think that she will be on the move in no time :)

Today was the first day that the girls really 'played' together. Brooke was dancing and wanted Caroline to join her. As I helped Caroline stand up so she could dance with Brooke she broke into the biggest laugh I have ever heard! She just thought her big sister was hysterical!! I did too :) It was so much fun to watch the two of them laugh together and I cannot wait for more!!

This was the closet that I could come to a picture of the girls. Caroline was way too fascinated with Brooke's new shoes...and Brooke was too annoyed that Brooke was touching her new shoes. Oh well.

House Pictures-Take One

Wow-long time since my last post! We have been very busy with unpacking (still), organizing and attending the wedding of a college friend where great times (maybe too much fun) was had by both Gary and myself!

In my last post I promised pictures and here they are! I will continue to post more as the rooms get completed :)

Here is Caroline's room! We really didn't need to do any painting. The picture isn't too great, but the walls are a light yellow and the ceilings are actually painted a light blue with clouds. It isn't really my style (the clouds) but it works for now. The previous owner did them herself and I really don't have the heart to paint over her hard work!!




The only project I really needed Gary to do in this room was to add shelving to the closet. Originally, it only had one rack to hang clothes on-they had boys. With a quick trip to home depot the problem was solved and Caroline's wardrobe was back!

In the new house, the girls have their own bathroom. I wanted to find a pretty basic shower curtain-not too juvenile. I want them to be able to keep it for a while. I found a cute one at Target (you know I LOVE Target) and I think that it works! Brooke told me that it was "really cute!"


I still need to get a few more accent towels but it all goes well with the lavender walls that were already painted. The bathroom does have carpet on the floor which I totally do not care for. Down the road, we will update the floors and replace the vanity, mirror and lighting...but that will not be for quite some time!!

Next pictures up will be the kitchen and main floor bath. I am almost done with our bedroom and the living room. Brooke's room still needs to be painted and the family room needs some major decorating work as well. I am also bugging Gary to build me some storage bins in the basement so that the kids toys are literally not everywhere. Stay tuned!!!