five on friday

Linking up today...

Don't be fooled by all of the pictures that I take with Trace... This is the reality of taking pictures with a baby. He loves to play with and pull on my hair with his tiny wet fingers, which ensues a knee-jerk response of my hands to fly through the air and peel my hair, strand by strand, from his tight grip before my hair ends up in his mouth. It hurts like a mother and unfortunitely he gets great satisfaction out of this, as you can see below... His concentration level is admirable, I suppose......

A few weekends ago we decided to grab our Mexican Train game and beverage of choice and head on over to our neighbors house for a casual night of fun. Once well into our night, Bryan dropped his popcorn all over their kitchen floor and proceeded to fall out of his chair. Needless to say, he had the "24 flu" the next day! It was awesome.

During one of my massively bored days at home I drank 2 cups of coffee, ate a large plate of power greens and decided to put my insane amount of energy into lining my pantry shelves and reorganizing everything. I bought 9 baskets at $10.00/each... Which means I spent nearly $100.00 on freaking baskets for inside my pantry. Although they look nice I'm pretty positive I could have gone to h&m and walked out with a good amount of clothes for that price. Eh, whatever. I'm super geeked about my pantry and show it off to just about everyone who comes into my house!

Ladies, if you have a newborn or are pregnant -- do yourself and your child a favor and buy them a 2 pack of the Aden + Anais security blankets. They are so soft, they are breathable and they come in cute colors. These security blankets are perfect for playing peekaboo, for calming crying fits and for assisting in putting your child down for naps/bed. They are also great for car rides and general comfort. We keep one upstairs in Trace's room and one downstairs in our family room, so that where ever we are, Trace has access to one. His new favorite thing is to eat it, as you can see in the picture... I plan to buy 2 more - 1 for the car and 1 extra, incase we lose one or one is in the wash, etc.

Trace now has his very own large personalized rolling duffle from Personal Creations and I'm totally in love with it! It's huge and there are so many zippered pockets. Very patriotic, right? Love!