someone's got a case of the mondays

OHmygoodness. I'm thinking back to when I was so excited for maia to turn two and i was so sure that my sweet baby could never turn into a "terrible two" toddler. HAHA how wrong was i?! don't get me wrong, maia is still soooo sweet and loving 90% of the time, but that 10% sure sucks the life out of you! her tantrum schedule is actually pretty regular...which i think is weird. She throws one almost every day when i get home from school/work. My guess is that it's just her trying to get attention and kind of acting out because she's upset that i have been gone all day, i understand that....i just wish it would stop. by the time i get home (usually around 4) im exhausted and the last thing i want to deal with is this little munchkin screaming at me to "go away" and "i no like you" all while either hitting me or throwing everything in sight. i've been putting her in her bed and leaving the room most of the time when she starts acting like that..and usually about 5 minutes later i hear a quite "mommy come here..i'm sorry" and i'll go in and she's laying down holding one of her baby-dolls, looking deceptively innocent and adorable lol other than that scheduled tantrum she usually only starts to act up when she's hungry or tired...so if i can stay on top of that it brings the number of tantrums down to a minimum!
to my mommies: how do y'all handle tantrums? is there a certain thing that seems to set your toddler off?

on a lighter note. this weekend was AMAZING. me and maia headed out to college station around 11:30 friday morning (after a quick stop at beautique salon to get my hair touched up...thanks meagan!) and got there right around 1, and we stayed until 4 Sunday afternoon. it was full of lots of fun outings with and without maia. me and miranda did a babysitting swap and i watched mackenzie friday and she watched maia saturday...next week we're doing the same thing just switching days :] it ended up working out REALLY well and i'm so thankful that I have someone i know and trust (not to mention a good friend for maia) in college station now! maia loves hanging out with mackenzie so it was an especially good weekend for her! my sweet girl has changed SO much since starting "school" and was a total social butterfly with all of jimmy's roommates...pretty sure they were all wrapped around her little finger by the time we left! she even went down the slide by herself when we went to the park on saturday (y'all know how scared she is of EVERYTHING) so that was a pretty big deal :]

at the park friday night

they are so sweet to each other! and their millions of baby dolls haha

hanging out after brunch on saturday

hahaha i love this picture.

going up the stairs by herself :]

me and jimmy celebrated our agreed upon 1 year anniversary (lol) with a dinner to chilis (super classy) and exchanging gifts! He majorly spoiled me and got me a gorgeous string of pearls...i'm finally a real southern girl ;] after 3 weeks of not seeing him it was nice to have 3 whole days together just hanging out and doing whatever we wanted. definitely very needed for both of us! and I'm super looking forward to this upcoming weekend...jimmy is getting his aggie ring and doing the traditional "dunk" with all of his roommates and a few other friends on friday night! i'm SO proud of him and i know that that ring represents ALOT of hard work and dedication...and i know he's super pumped to finally have the perfect "whoop" and be able to show it off hahaha



this week has started off running and i'm currently avoiding the mountain of homework that snuck up on me. december 2012 seems a lifetime away!

that's it for now! hope y'alls weekend was as good as mine ;]
xoxox

my first post :]

Since I decided to take a break from facebook I thought this would be a good way for me to stay semi-connected to the social media world!

basically this is going to be a blog for me to post my random thoughts and ramblings and also chronicle all of the adorable (and not so adorable) things that maia does so that I can remember them! I've thought on and off about having a blog for a long time and decided to go ahead and try it out!

tonight i have alot on my mind..but I won't bore anyone with the details.
My weekend has been full of friends, family and playdates...and i am very thankful for that! i feel so lucky to have such a great group of moms to hangout with and have playdates with! Maia adores all of her friends and so do i! i've come to realize how important it is for me to have a "mommy network" and for maia to have a consistent group of friends that she sees regularly! I don't know what i would do without them...who else would sit around and chat for a couple hours about discipline, potty training, and tantrums?! and i LOVE how social all the kiddos have become...seeing them interact and their personalities really starting to come out is so amazing...how can such a little person be such an individual?!

we love you guys! and of course everyone not in the picture too :] (i couldnt find a good one of all the kids together...shocking huh?! haha)

this weekend i've also been thinking alot about my friends and family...i feel like this summer was such a big learning experience, i'm not really sure how it happened but by the end of it i really recognized who my true friends were and how very VERY lucky i am to have them! i know that being my friend can be hard sometimes and the people that have really stuck by me mean SO much to me! same thing with my family...even though y'all are stuck with me whether you like it or not ;] maia absolutely ADORES her nana, grandpa, and all her aunts and uncles and they are all so loving with her and sacrifice SO much time (esp. nana) helping me with her so that I can go to school and work. and i know that without them...neither of those would be possible and my life would be 100% different (and not in a good way!) .

 

an oldie but a goodie!

I struggle alot with the fact that maia does not have a "normal" family...but thinking about everyone she does have in her life makes me so happy! i know that she is so loved and has great examples and people to look up to!

and of course a day (hour...minute .. ;] ) doesn't pass without me thinking about my amazing man! sorry babe but i'm totally going to embarrass you on this blog. i just can't even explain how lucky i am to have him in my life, i got used to having him around every day this summer and now that he's gone i realized how good i had it! seeing jimmy and maia together totally makes me melt, maia ADORES him and i know that it's mutual! i don't know alot of guys who would be willing to put up with everything jimmy does. me and maia can sure add up to alot of attitude somedays! this school year is going to be tough, both of us are going to be super busy which means we won't get to visit each other as often, but i'm trying not to get bummed out about it. me and maia are going up to college station these next two weekends and i'm SUPER excited!! i don't know when we'll get to visit after that..but at least we get to go now!

is this not the most adorable thing you've ever seen?!

ok well...i think i'm done for now. I told ya it would be rambling!

I hope that whoever happens to read this has an amazing week and uses some of it to think about all of the blessings in your life!!

lots and lots of love :]