Wordless(ish) Wednesday: I'm baaaack

Well maybe. This was threatening to be an absence I might not recover from. Between busyness and Easter and birthday's and hurting my back terribly, I just can't find the time to post. And actually I have posts mostly written and ready to go. It's just getting pictures uploaded that I have trouble with. And I don't even try and edit my pictures. Still, I have posts for Archer's 4 month update, a 23 month update on Q, Q's SECOND BIRTHDAY OHMYGOSH, Easter, etc etc etc.  But for today, just a picture. Here's a peek at how nursing goes these days. I'd almost forgotten this stage of little hands exploring everything. We're also to that highly distractable phase. I'm telling you, the smiles I get when Archer stops nursing & looks up at me? They're just the best thing ever. This mix of surprise and delight that I can't even explain. I just love that little guy to pieces.

Oh, and as you can probably tell, I'm on Instagram now. User: meghankaty

Happy Wednesday lovelies!

Linking up with The PaperMama

Friday Five

1. Number One with a Bullet- I found new jeans! Thank goodness. Because I haven't worn jeans since somewhere in my 2nd or 3rd trimester. They're not perfect, but I've been having such a hard time finding anything that fit right. Either things dug into my post-baby belly, or gaped in the back (ALWAYS WITH THE GAPS IN BACK!), Or I couldn't get them pulled up past my knees (I'm talking to you Levi's Curve ID Skinny Jeans. I didn't really want skinny jeans anyway, but I was grasping at straws by that point) ANYWAY- There's an American Eagle in the building I work in, so at lunch today I gave it a shot. So glad. I'm a jeans and t-shirt girl and I was wearing my maternity slacks EVERY DAY. One Pair of pants. For both home and work. I also bought a new t-shirt because holy crap, am I sick of maternity clothes. I feel so much more like myself today I can't even tell you. I just wish I had my converse with me ; )

2. Quinn is 23 months old today!! (23 Month Update coming soon! Maybe!) What a great kid he is. I'm trying to soak up these mostly still easy days, as I know Toddler Meltdown city is on it's way. We're lucky enough at this point the tantrums are pretty rare. We had a point some weeks ago that seemed like the beginning, but he was cutting his molars. Those are mostly in now, and he's back to normal. For now. Also? I got him to say 'I Love you' the other day. It was a little gibberishy, and he was just repeating it because I asked him to. Still. I got a little over excited standing in the Safeway produce department.

3. Speaking of my little/ big guy- We have less than a month now until his party! Invitations are on their way out. I've ordered some adorable supplies, and am brainstorming like crazy. I've also spent a lot of time cutting strips of paper for streamers and paper chains. One thing I'm not doing this year are games and party favors which is a bummer. But for one, he's too young to get it anyway. Also there won't be many kids (also a bummer but we don't have many friends/family with kids his age) to enjoy them. Next year I'm all over it though.

4. So I decided Q needs a new Mickey shirt for his party, being a Mickey Mouse theme and all. And then decided Archer needed one too. So Shawn and I were cruising the Disney Store the other day checking out the options. And I'm seriously considering wearing a Mickey shirt, and making Shawn get one too. HA! DORKSSS!!!  At least they won't be matching. Probably.

5. I'm going out after work for Happy Hour again tonight! I decided that I should try and get out at least once or twice a month with girlfriends. So we're hitting up Gameworks for cheap happy hour, and I'm going to use some game tokens that I have collecting dust in my desk drawer. Watch out Tekken- I'm coming at cha.

Happy Friday & Happy Weekend dearies!

Archer is 3 Months Old!

3 Months Old! I somehow forgot how quickly this time goes. I will not be sad, I will not be sad, I will not be sad.
Well first of all little man is getting so big! The other day I tried some 6 month jammies on a whim (since things were seeming tight) and they totally fit just right. Holy cow! No, I'm not calling my baby a cow. Well, maybe a little. We don't have a checkup with the doctor until 4 months, so no weight/height stats this time.
Here are some new things:
Almost rolling from back to front. He hates being on his belly so I don't know if he can roll the other way. Plus it's hard to let him have floor time with Quintin stomping around all the time.
He still refuses a binkie and seems to prefer sucking his fingers. He's almost got the thumb figured out.

Sticking out his tongue, all the time. I love it!

Swatting at and trying to grab toys
Baby acne is gone! Still a little cradle cap, but otherwise he's soft and touchable again, haha. Oh and the birthmark on his eyelid is really faint now. The one between his eyes is still there, but pretty light. The ones on the back of the head and neck are still pretty dark.

Talk, talk, talking! This little guy is so vocal! He makes a crazy little squeak sound too that's adorable.
What a good sleeper! He's starting to wake more frequently during the night (Which seems backwards) but I'm hoping that's just because he's had the sniffles off and on for the last couple of weeks. Otherwise he naps great, and as of this weekend can be put down in his crib and fall asleep on his own. What? Yeah, he puts himself to sleep. I can't even. If I talk about it anymore I might jinx it.

We're still exclusively on breastmilk, which I'm ridiculously proud of. Might not have to break out the canister of formula we bought before he was born. I was supplementing w/ Q as soon as I went back to work, so I'm feeling great that I haven't had to this time yet. (I have NOTHING against formula feeding, promise.)

Here are a few more photos:

Friday Five

1. I had to go to the dentist last week. It was not good. I'm not going to tell you exactly cause it's so embarrassing. Let's just say I shouldn't have gone so long between checkups (I believe the last one was sometime before I got married, maybe 2008...) and I really need to put.down.the dr.pepper. But I just....can't! It's truly my only vice. I don't smoke, don't drink very often, don't like coffee. Still, it's ruining my teeth and making it impossible to lose the baby weight. From Q. So yeah.

2. So on Saturday Shawn had borrowed his dad's truck so we could finally go buy a crib for Archer. He decided while he was out to stop at the hardware store for some shelving units for the garage (you know- to store all the stuff we haven't unpacked, holiday junk, etc). So he came home with those. And two trees. What the what? A Japanese Maple and an apple tree. We haven't done anything with the yard since we bought the house in August. And we don't have any trees in our front or back yard. I believe the maple will go in the backyard corner that borders two other houses. Start working on blocking our view of the trampoline in one if the yards, Haha. Now, wish us luck because we know nothing about plants or gardening. I'm hoping we don't kill these things.

3. And like I mentioned we finally got a crib for Archer. What? He's only 3 months old, lol. I think he'll sleep really well in his crib. He's truly just the best little sleeper. I'm really hoping this isn't jinxing anything, but let me tell you. I feed him somewhere between 7 and 9, and lay him down on his play mat or next to me on the couch. He entertains himself for awhile and then falls asleep by himself. And stays asleep mostly nights when we move him to the bassinet. And sleeps until 3 or 4 or 5. Seriously this kid is just awesome.

4. I've never had a problem with girl scout cookies. I'm not really into Thin Mints (don't shoot!) so I've never fallen into the girl scout cookie trap. Until now. See the thing is? Savannah Smiles. Do you remember Lemon Coolers? These are like Lemon Coolers. So delicious. And Shawn bought me a box. Then 5 more. I don't really think there will be any left by the end of the weekend.

5. So I've done it. I've ordered the invitations for Q's second birthday. Clearly he's just gonna go ahead and turn two whether I want him to or not. Rude! Besides being in denial about my baby growing up, I'm actually kind of excited. I just super love birthday parties. I'm doing a Mickey Mouse theme, and hoping to add some homemade elements to the Party City decor. I think it's gonna be really fun!

Okay dearies, have a wonderful weekend!!

Friday Five

Another week, another five. Weeeee

1. So last Saturday one of my best girlfriends was supposed to come over with her baby girl. But plans feel through when my boys both woke up with the sniffles. Booo! BUT- we rescheduled for tomorrow! Yay! So once again- I can't wait!

2. Also- I decided if I wanted to go out for drinks so bad, I should just do it already. So tonight me and my other best girl are going out! Wahoo! What shall I have? Lemon Drop or 5? My standard Midori Sour? Something new? ALL of the above? Okay!

3. Okay, so fine. I saw everyone on twitter talking about the DrawSomething app and felt left out and confussed. So I downloaded it. And then I downloaded it on my husbands phone. Then I made a co-worker download it. And so yes I'm obsessed. User name: meghankaty   .... if you dare. I am .... not good.

4. I think a trip to Ikea might be in the works for this weekend. Little Archer still has no crib (He sleeps in our room in a basinette right now, but is outgrowing it at an alarming rate). Shawn told me the other day to look online and start thinking about what to get. I laughed in his face and told him I'd created and printed a shopping list on their website like 2 weeks ago. And it's just been waiting in my purse. Patiently waiting.

5. I finally pre-ordered 'Let's Pretend This Never Happened' from the one and only Bloggess. Have you preordered yet? Cause you should. Because, obviously. Plus, free signed bookplate! Oh, and this awesomeness just makes me so happy.
Have a super fabulous weekend dearies!

10 Randomy Things

So these fun lists have been going around and I was kinda sad cause I wanted to do it, but wasn't like "tagged" or whatever (which btw, who cares stupid. I'm uber lame sometimes). Anyway, Mandy at the Haps has tagged everyone. Weeee!  So here we go. First a picture of me, then 10 random things, then I answer some questions.

I don't really have pictures of me, so I just snapped this today real quick like

10 Randoms:
1. My memory recall for stupid stuff that doesn't matter is insane. You want to know the name of that lady that was in that movie? You know the one that was also on that show with what's-his-name? I can probably tell you. Did you know the guy that co-wrote that one song was also in that one band?  (PS That one is a specific reference- Dan Wilson of Semisonic (they sang Closing Time) co-wrote 'Someone Like You' w/ Adele) Do you care? Didn't think so.

2. I have... issues. I've recently heard of something called Sensory Processing Disorder and I won't go into details, but I'm seriously thinking I have a form of this. Let's just say I don't like the seams in my clothes.

3. I made the mistake of reading other people's post and randoms and now I'm just thinking of things other people mentioned that happen to be true for me too. What a poser.

4. I pick things up with my feet. Ewwww

5. I CANNOT have unread blogs in my Bloglovin' feed. Or unread emails for that matter. I must UNBOLD all the things. No really, I MUST! I cannot handle having an unread email. Which means every "work" email I get during the day must be printed and put on my desk, or I might forget about it, cause I can't just leave it unread while I'm working on something else.

6. I make a pretty damn delicious crispy oatmeal cookie, if I do say so myself. I thought it was my nana's recipe, but it turns out it was from a cookbook, haha.

7. I'm obsessed with song lyrics. I used to scribble them on EVERYTHING. You can still sometimes find a random post it note on my desk that will say something like "You're kidding yourself if you think you can find the fractures in my mind"  What the what?

8. In jr high my friends and I made up a dance routine to Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody. No, I am not kidding. Yes, it was awesome. No, the video evidence doesn't still exist. Yes, that makes me sad.

9. I do not care for seeing the clock state the time of 11:11. It creeps me out for some ridiculous reason. Which of course means people like to call me at said time and say, what time is it?

10. And "what time is it" makes me sing, in my head "What time is it? It's time for lunch! What time is it? It's time for lunch!"  It's from Bubble Guppies which Q has only watched a small handful of times, but there it is, stuck in my head forever.


And for the questions posed, my responses:

1. have you ever met someone famous? I have actually- my Aunt was kinda famous. Dorothy Provine if you wanna look her up. She was quite a looker and just a totally sweet, awesome lady. My dad and uncle were also in the movie business but of course I never got to use that to my advantage to meet cool people. (But I can link myself to Fatty Arbuckle in like, 3 jumps) Oh, and there's still debate about this, but Henry Winkler patted my mama's belly when she was pregnant. The debate is if she was pregnant w/ me or my older brother. That counts though, right? I've met a few musicians too (Glen Phillips, Howie Day, John Mayer). And I have a rule now after meeting said musicians that I'm not allowed to talk to "famous" people anymore. Cause I'm such a spaz.

2. what is your happiest childhood memory? Riding my bike all over town and summers full of billions of picnics with friends.

3. favorite album of all time? This is almost as bad as asking which kid is my favorite (BTW- It's Quinn. KIDDING! Archer's not old enough for me to make that decision yet).  Um... Winter Pays For Summer- Glen Phillips? Really I have a whole post in my drafts about this subject. Maybe I'll finish it someday.

4. are you a salty or sweet lover? Well both, really. But holy crap can I put down an insane amount of potato chips. It's a problem really.

5. what is favorite guilty pleasure tv show or movie? I kinda feel like I don't have a lot. Maybe just cause I own up to my bad taste? I do love iCarly. Does that even count since everyone loves it?

6. describe your favorite sandwich. I'm pretty plain (IE: The pickiest eater you will EVER meet) but I love a spicy italian at Subway. Pepperoni, salami, american cheese, lettuce, tomato, oil & Vinegar, salt & pepper.  yummmmm!

7. what was your first pet? Hmmm. There were dogs around when I was little I think, but the first pet that was mine all mine was an albino rat named Christine. She escaped (to my mother's horror) never to be found again.

8. what is your biggest accomplishment thus far in life? Being a mama is pretty much the best thing I've ever done.

9. what is the first blog you started reading? I have no idea. But I think Young House Love might be the first one I started reading like a crazy stalker person though

10. if you had to choose one dessert for the rest of your life, what would it be? Strawberry Shortcake, no question.

So now you know more than you care to about me. haha YAY!

Oh, they're adorable alright

I'm warning you right now: Do not watch this if you don't want more than 1 kid. Because, seriously? Seeing my two little guys together will break your resistance. Oh, and please ignore my annoying voice.

Quinn has become a little obsessed with Archer. He says "Archie" all.the.time. And he's constantly in his face saying Hiiiiii. He loves to give him smooches, and is always trying to get us to let him hold the baby. Adorable.
And yes, I fully plan on using this when the boys are older and are fighting every other minute. "But look how sweet you two used to be!"