The Things You Do.....

We had our family photo session this past Saturday. It was okay. It was way more exhausting than I envisioned it to be with three kids, namely two that can't walk and one that enjoys eating grass, leaves and sticks. Also possibly exhausting because I ran 12 miles Saturday morning. Take your pick. I tried to chalk this up to #1 as an adventure. We were going to a cool place to play and let a nice lady take our picture. Enter a generally uncooperative #1 and she may or may not be in pictures. Photoshop is most definitely this photographers best friend. If she's not photo shopping #1 into the actual picture then she is spending hours editing the leaves and moss from Hadley's mouth in every.single.picture. We will always remember this Christmas card as the year we sweat our asses off in winter clothing while it was currently 86 degrees in North Georgia. In October. I didn't expect it to be 50 but I could have stood  some weather in the 70's with a nice fall breeze. I also laid down in the woods. (Was that the correct form of laid or did I make this creepy?) In the Single Gal's brand new J.Crew sweater she just bought. As in, I took the tags off of it before I wore it. Thank God nothing got on it that didn't brush off. Some out takes from our sweat session. 

11 months old today by the way!

Playing in the creek afterwards

Checking out the cows

Guess what I will be doing this Wednesday? 

My dear friend and I are taking our girls to see this. My friend did it last year and said her daughter loved it. #1 will be receiving a birthday present early, her Rapunzel princess dress, and we will be heading down to Phillips Arena. Lord help me, I hope the screaming is less than when I went to Barnes and Noble for a Stephanie Meyer book signing during the rage that was Twilight. I still love Twilight.....just not screaming teenagers. 

And now I have the rest of this week to have anxiety about #1's birthday party this Saturday. 

xoxo

The Housewife

Things Your Husbands Think You're Crazy About

birthday parties

It's that time of year again where you become obsessed with Pinterest. Then you quickly bring yourself down to the reality of throwing a kids party that does not include a party planner and a million dollars. You remind yourself that the "Pancakes and Pajamas" invites have already gone out when your three year old says, "Right, Mommy......my "My Little Pony" birthday party." Ummm....no. We can invite the ponies. Maybe. I've had an epic fail on locating My Little Pony pajamas. Ordered Doc McStuffins. Husbands are all: "How many people are coming? When did you want me to build the dollhouse? Why are we building a dollhouse, can't you just buy those things? 

family pictures

The questions on these are endless. "Why does everyone need new clothes? How much are the pictures? We have to drive WHERE to take these pictures? What day are these pictures again? 

They don't realize how lucky you were to get a cancellation spot with a photographer that only charges $150 and not $450 ( I know they work hard but is that really a necessary amount?) because people usually "book these a year in advanced." The Christmas card is the culmination of my year. It takes two weeks of narrowing cards down to 30 prime choices, layouts, colors and fonts. Then mocking up no less than 10 designs and pestering Single Gal about which one looks the best. Then your husband sees the charge for the 75 cards, return labels and your email request that he go wait at the post office to pick up Holiday stamps. To which he will always respond with, "Why can't we just use regular stamps?" 

the fall birthday party circus 

These are the parties you have to attend which could be anywhere from one party per weekend to coordinating three parties, your half marathon race number pick up in Athens, helping Baby Sis register and actually running the half marathon. Everyone has a fall birthday......not sure what to tell him. 

XOXO

The Housewife