Anne's Birthday a month late

Okay so I feel bad. I totally forgot I had taken pictures on Anne's Birthday, but uploaded them yesterday! So let's all just go into our imaginary place and pretend today is January 31st.

Today is Anne's Birthday! We have everyone over to the house (even little Jack) to celebrate Anne becoming an old woman. (Next year it will be official. bahahaha) I love being the youngest. No matter how old I am...they are always older. :) ....if only I LOOKED like the youngest....

Anywho. Jack was a hit -- I feel like most of our birthdays will be overshadowed by this little 10 pound wonder.

The picture of Mark in the middle here craaacks me up. I was hounding him with pictures and he was so polite and just smiled. I don't think he feels like he can tell me to buzz off yet. :)

Lazy snowy Dallas day

Yesterday I had my interview. :/ blah blah...let's just go on skip right on past that.

Blake took me to a movie yesterday to cheer me up (I don't think that was his intention but it worked) and it was fun! The snow outside northpark was insane! Looking out over the courtyard was really pretty.



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When you give a squirrel an inch....

Funniest thing I've ever seen. Sarah and I were quite literally rolling around on the floor with tears running down our cheeks on Superbowl Sunday after talking about this. What the h is this about? Who does this?

hahahahahahahaha

WAIT! EVEN BETTER!!! SKIP TO THE 46 SECOND MARK! My mom kept asking "who's driving the boat?!?!"

Hugs, tummy aches and clorox.

Ohhhhhh today. As everyone knows by now...my mom and I are still trying to get this house ready to move in. So when I go and do something else besides going to do the house to help...it's a very big deal. So this morning I woke up bright and early (all on my own I'll have you know) to set off to Pat and Stacy's house. I wanted to bring Stacy some clothes to borrow. Listen to this craziness -- Stacy is all like, "Ohhh nooooo, I haven't lost ALL OF MY BABY WEIGHT 4 WEEKS AFTER HAVING A CHILD SO I CANT FIT INTO MY SIZE ZERO PANTS" Uhh. Okay, okay...I have to admit...that was a slight exaggeration. (Or an outright lie. Love you Stacy...) But really...Stacy wanted some jeans until she has lost all of her baby weight and I offered her mine because let's face it...girlfriend has smaller hips than me. *eye roll* So basically anyone who knows me well enough knows that I use any excuse to go and see Jack and this way I got off by supposedly "doing something nice." No. I kid, I kid. But I did see my little Jacky Poo who looks pretty much like an adult compared to the last time I saw him (2 days ago).

He looks like a little bean. And look at the size of that CHIN! I don't know where he gets that but it's adorable and will make for a fantastic pout in the future when he is trying to get out of something. :) Totally just reminded me of Gary Coleman from Different Strokes.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

I wont lie...neither Patrick OR Stacy probably super appreciate that reference since he's totally crazy town now but it's sort of a funny comaprison all the same. Jack was a little cranky today (apparently with a few stomach issues if you get my drift.....). However, after a little lunch and some playtime with his FAVORITE AUNT...little Charlie (we call him that sometimes because he looks like Charlie Brown) settled right down and fell asleep on my shoulder. *sigh+giggle*

What do you think? Pretty good comparison...

Anywho. After Aunt time, I went to the house to help my mom and inhaled a little too much Clorox. I left feeling dizzy and high. Uhhhh. IM A SLAVE! IM TELLING YOU! HELP!

On a brighter note, I have an interview tomorrow and really hope it goes well. Wish me luck!!

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Worst painters ever

Um. My mom and I are officially the messiest painters. She was working on the ceiling and literally poured her bucket all over her. How that is possible I don't know...but mom was a biiiit clumsy today. :)


She's going "ohhhhhhhhh". Hahahahaha. I made her sit like that until I found my camera. Hahaha
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My little boy!

I just cannot even get used to how adorable baby Jack is. I'm pretty positive I annoy everyone by talking about him all the time....but I just don't care. I'm completely in love.

Superbowl feaver!!

My lovely bfffff Sarah had people over on Sunday for the Superbowl. Blaker came with and we had a fantastic time. Copious amounts of alcohol and delicious food made by none other than Jimbo Neuhoff. Another fun night with our fun friends. :)

Packing, moving, and sore muscles.

As most of you know, we are moving once again. I absolutely despise moving. The packing...moving things...and then unpacking. It seems so silly when you are only going a few miles away. The positive thing about it is having a fresh start, getting to redecorate, and get organized!! So first things first...this house needed a serious face lift. More along the lines of Heidi Montag's "10 surgeries in one day" procedure...but you get what I'm saying. First in line is painting. Literally every single room. CEILING AND WALLS. *sigh* My poor muscles hurt just thinking of it. Mom and I started out on this venture last week. About 20 minutes into it, my roller and handle snapped in two, the roller rolled down my ponytail and flew across the floor. I was horrified to say the least. (Not the best start to a very long project.)

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On Sunday Pat and Anne came over to help us paint. THANK GOODNESS! Let me tell you...I took a much bigger project on than I thought I had. Anne has some funny footage on her blog here too. I get a little hyper when I see people other than my Mom. Anne's painting pants got to be her painting pants because they had holes in them...so let's be honest. I took the liberty of tapin' her up. :)

hahahahaha. lovely angle Annie Fannie. :) I can't believe we have to go back tomorrow and keep painting. It's work for slaves I tell you!!! My mom is turning our home into a child labor sweat shop! Heeeeeellllpppppp!!!

I want my baby jack, baby jack, baby jack.....

Okay. I've been terrible at keeping this up -- HOWEVER! I have photos and things to update all on and will do so asap. Don't really have time to say much right now, but couldn't resist putting this new picture of Jack up. Cutest picture of him so far -- hands down. (My humble opinion, of course....) Mom and I think he looks like a little baby bird with that little mouth. :) Tee hee..

Life ongoing.

So nothing really fun or different is going on with me. I'm having withdrawal issues from not seeing Jack for almost a WEEK! :-( He is definitely number one on my list.

Mom and I are getting ready to move on the 1st into a new house on Northaven. I'm hoping it will be a good move for her and will be a bit more settled. We have been studying our little furniture pieces that we made out of graph paper and trying to plan out our rooms. (I love that my Mom has these pieces -- she needs to do this for a living! She's so good at interior decorating.) I don't have a picture of the outside of the house, but probably wouldn't want to put one up anyway. It's in desperate need of some flowers and "sprucing" up. I'm excited for us to get in and make it our home. Besides that, I'm still trying to actively find a job -- so if anyone hears from a little birdy that something is open...give me a ring! :)

I have been looking through magazines today and thinking about my sister getting married. This will be another very big year for our family and I'm so happy for Mark and Amy. I'm trying to think of the best possible use for the embarrassing and horrifying pictures of Amy that I have. I'll be brainstorming for the next 8 months. :) Anyway...nothing exciting to report. Maybe next time.

Jack Sprat is born!

So there is a huge payoff for being unemployed. :) (Besides being able to sleep in) I was available to be at the hospital when Pat and Stacy had little baby Jack! Stacy had a c-section and Jack was born at 9:11 AM. (MY BIRTHDAY!) He weighs 8 pounds 11 ounces and is 21 inches long. He is totally perfect and quite possibly the cutest thing I've ever seen. I held him tonight and he is absolutely amazing! Jack is the first newborn I have ever held. Super exciting night. His little hands (that are actually huge in comparison to the rest of him) are so perfect and tiny. He smells adorable and has rolls like the michelin man (completely expected with our family). I'm an aunt!!! Jeez that makes me feel old. I will make Jack a promise today. I will always try and have candy or gum with me at all times. :-) Does that make it better? OH MY GOSH! I JUST REMEMBERED!!! I bought sour patch kids at the store earlier and forgot all about them. :-) See ya people...I have a box of cellulite and high sugar waiting for me.



HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACK SPRAT!

Chevy Chase's Christmas Vacation....

Well, it's been a very lazy week for me. We had a wonderful Christmas -- many presents, lots of laughter and a very eventful "family game night" hosted by Anne and Mark. (I still can't believe they are married! She's a Robinson!!)

Since Christmas (and even a few days before) I haven't done a single thing related to finding a job.....shhhh.....

Fun little do dads

Such a fun night!! Amy came over last night and gave me a little fun present. She made an adorable card to ask me and her other bridesmaids to be a part of her wedding. I love how creative our family is!! She even did all of our hair how we wear it -- I have a side bun! :-)

Also, totally random side note. I bought this little stick on blackboard that's SO fun!! You can put it up on walls and then take it back down. I got the idea from Anne who has a super cute one she got from seejanework.com. Mine isn't as cute, but it was only $6. Haha. Paper source!! LOVE IT!

This has been such a crafty 2 months and I absolutely love it!! First off, Anne wanted these bird cake toppers by artist Ann Wood. They were all sold out (and a bit expensive) so Mom and I decided to make them ourselves. Really, honestly...most of this was my mother. But I helped in small ways! I think they turned out so well -- so cute. They were quite the hit at the wedding, if I do say so myself.

Once that project was complete -- I started with fun holiday crafts. I love me some Martha Stewart!! I want to work for her. I started making little elves out of pinecones and needle felting penguins and polar bears. They are cute little projects that aren't overwhelming to take on and leave you with a grin on when you're finished. 

Not sure what I'm going to do next -- but I'll figure something out. :-) 

Mi loco year.

This year has been overwhelmingly active. Michael was married in May to the beautiful Laura who has broken into our family with great ease. Her parents are fantastic and her sister is my new best friend...although I’m not sure she knows that yet. :-) They are so happy together and I'm so glad they found each other. I've never seen two people more in love!

After their wedding, May 2nd, we started to plan Anne’s wedding. In the me

antime, Pat and Stacy announced they were going to have a baby (Jackson Patrick) and Amy and Deuce were engaged! As for me...I am devastatingly single, work part time at

a golf course where I am stung by bees, asps and other woodland creatures, and I live with my mother. ....need to work on things. Haha, i kid, i kid. I couldn't be happier for my family. So Amy found her dress (ADORABLE), Pat and Stacy are due in January, and Anne’s wedding was this weekend.