CHEESE & BLACK OLIVES

TGIF!!!

i'm so glad it's FRIDAY! it's one of those weekends that i have so much going on, i know it's going to just fly by but at least it's the weekend!!

i haven't posted any pictures of my favorite little boy lately which is weird since i see him at least 2 times a week!

i love my nephew so very much and he is just so much fun to be around!

he talks all the time now too!

billy and i get to watch him every wednesday night, gotta love the quality play time with the little man :)

here are some recent pictures of dominic....
pics were taken with my phone.

talking on the "phone"....

my ipod, ha!

not sure why our computer was out of the office and on the living room floor...

did any of you have maple town as a kid?

i did and my mom kept mine.

i always stored it in a little green suitcase.

last time D was over i took it out for him to play with.

he didn't last long and the fuzzy animals house turned into a garage for his cars.
we go to my parents every sunday night for family dinner and dominic is always there.
he is a very picky eater and usually doesn't eat with us.
just snacks on whatever he'll eat.
he does love cheese and black olives.
he decided to mix the two!
last sunday my dad made steak fajitas.
the only thing dom would eat was steak.
he ate 30 minutes after we did.
my dad just gave him the whole pan of steak! ha!
it was all cut up small and of course the pan was totally cooled off.
one of billy and dominic's favorite thing to do is play knee hockey....
they both get so into it!
it's fun watching them play.
the wood floor is slippery so they are always sliding all over the place.
last picture is my favorite....

i'm off to read blogs, i'm SO behind!
i hope everyone has a great weekend!!

PINK ORANGE GREEN

the colors i (we) have decided on for our wedding...

pink, orange and green!

more than likely varying shades of all 3.

i know these are kind of spring colors and our open-house is in september

but our event is outdoors there will be plenty of green (grass).

speaking of pink, orange and green

look what i came home to yesterday...

pretty flowers from my future hubby!!

it was such a wonderful surprise!

he bought the 2 dozen roses separately and the leafy filler

and made the arrangement himself!

pretty impressive, huh!?!
i love him :)

here was my inspiration for center pieces....

i started making the tissue paper flowers...

mine turned out....um, huge! ha!

they are pretty though and i added buttons to the middle.

the flowers are too big for centerpieces but it was my first attempt and i'll be making some more smaller ones soon. i will still be using my huge pretty flowers for something.

i do have to say they are time consuming and the tissue paper rips easily.

my brother broke a bunch of branches off the trees outside my house last night so i could experiment.

i also made some small flowers with paper flower cutouts and buttons in the middle.
i attached them to sticks and stuck them in mason jars.

tied ribbon around the jar and attached two pink roses to the ribbon.
i think they look cute but i might want something bigger for centerpieces.
i like the sticks, i think they are perfect since we'll be outside.
for the masson jar filler i think i'm going to use small rocks/pebbles, inexpensive and outdoorsy feel to them as well.

i have many more outdoor decor ideas i'll share later on!!
the wedding planning is so much fun and time consuming!

if you want to catch up on my wedding posts here are the links....

SHOES ---> PRETTY IN PINK
RINGS ---> BLING
CEREMONY/RECEPTION ---> DATES

HAVE A GREAT WEDNESDAY!!

p.s. sorry i have been M.I.A. lately, work and life are just plain busy!
i will catch up as soon as i possibly can! miss ya'll!

p.p.s. one of my besties started a blog! she is not sure if she will be able to keep up with it yet, she is one busy momma! stop by her page and welcome her :)
LAURA'S BLOG

beyond lazy...

for the past 4 weeks or so i have been so lazy,

it's almost pathetic.

i get home from work,

plop down on the couch with my mac

and sit there for way.to.long!

usually having a glass or wine or two ;)

i have to admit we have the comfiest couches.
when i sit all the way back my feet barely hang off the edge! ha!

this little guy entertains himself...

he doesn't quite get the fetch thing...

we throw the "baby"...

he goes and hides it...

i think this pic of him is adorable though :)

anywho,

after having endless weeks of laziness

and not getting much done besides

internet searching for various wedding things.

i want that to change my lazy ways immediately!

when i went to the doctor this past friday i realized

my weight has hit a new high for me :(
i will be working my butt off at the gym and eating healthier.
i plan to keep track of some things with my weekly goal chart.
i know i can do it!
i'm motivated and i have a wedding in 6 months!!!

first night went just as planned...

i had such a productive evening!

i finally made it to the gym, had a great workout!

i went tanning.

i made chicken breasts for lunches for the rest of the week.

i also cooked up some hard boiled eggs.

i made chicken pot pie for dinner, so yummy!

i got a load of laundry done.

put the finishing touches on my weekly goal chart.

i'll take pictures of it soon.

we were still in bed by 9:30 and we started watching couples retreat.

it was very funny but i fell asleep about half way through.

one more pic of our baby...

we set up our humidifier because our room is very dry...

it was bubbling and

gus just stood there and stared at it

turning is head to the sides, it was too cute.

hope everyone has a great day!!