Halloween Village Walk

The Saturday before Halloween, we went with The Wilson’s to the Greenfield Village, Halloween Walk.  Basically you walk the perimeter of the village and they give you candy and they have a bunch of things going on.  It was a blast.  Vincent slept through the first 20 minutes of it but we had a great time.

I know Vincent wont remember that night, but I know Mike and I will and we can look back on those memories together and say, “This was your first Halloween, Vincent!” and before we entered the Village, Mike and I looked at each other and smiled, “This is our first Halloween as a family of three.”

Happy Halloween Everyone!

Vincent 1-7 Months

Vincent turned 7 months on the 25th of October – it’s kind of hard to believe that not to long ago, he was being born! He is such a cute and loveable kid and I am so grateful he is in our lives.
He is still sleeping through the night and by the off chance he does wake up it’s usually because his teeth are hurting him.  Poor baby.  I just wish they would come in already and give my little man a break. 
He is laughing all the time over the silliest things and it doesn’t take much for him to crack a smile. 
He is on the verge of crawling, taking a couple crawls than going down onto his belly again.  He is really trying, I think we are looking at another couple weeks here and we will have a little man on the go!
Love this little guy, with all my heart.  Kiss kiss, Vincent. 

Farmers Market’s Are My Friend

My in-laws invited me to Greenfield Villages Farmers Market end of September and it was absolutely delightful.  We bought amazing products such as Italian spices/herbs, homemade soap by the Amish, Sweet Potato Pies, A cannoli that I ate on the spot, some chocolate covered strawberries and some kettle corn.  Amazing.  I even rode the carousel because who doesn’t want to feel young again? Am I right or am I right?

I had such a good time and I plan on going back next year (with a little more money to spend too, wink) Thanks for the invite fam, it was a blast

When Daddy Feeds Vincent

This is what happens when Mike feeds Vincent

Need I say more?

The time we took a road trip with an infant.

I am going to be playing catch up since I started a new blog, but I wanted to share with you some adventures in between.  This one starts off with a trip to Boyne Mountain.  Back in end of September, I got a call from my boss on a Thursday night saying he had a stay at a Boyne Mountain time share condo for Fri-Mon and he was not able to go.  He said to talk it over with my family and to give him a ring later if we were able to swing it.  I asked Mike and was like, do you think we could manage? We were teetering back and fourth when one of us (cant remember who) suggested that we invite Mike’s sister/bro in law/nephew (who is 3) with us, because the condo is two bedroom.  They talked it over and sure enough the stars aligned and we were able to swing it.  I called my boss back up and said “We’ll do it!”

We left early Friday (Around 2ish) and got here around 6ish.  By the time we were settled in and ordered a pizza it was 7.  Vincent did amazing.  He took a couple naps in the car ride, we pulled over to feed and use the restrooms.  I am so grateful he is such an easy going baby.  After we scarfed down some pizza and we put the babies asleep, Jenn and I headed out to get some groceries (to save some money on food since we had everything including a stove in the condo) So we went to good ole’ Glenn’s market in Gaylord and got some food. 

The place was absolutely gorgeous! We had a couple drinks that night and woke up the next morning refreshed and ready to take on the day.  But before any of that, we had a great breakfast homemade in the condo by my wonderful husband and we enjoyed seeing the fog roll in.

We went to Avalanche Bay for the majority of the day, and surprisingly, it wasn’t as stressful as I thought it would be.  We ended up doing a kid swap.  The guys would take the kids as Jenn and I went to go down some slides then we would come back and take the kids and the guys would run off and go down some slides.  It worked out pretty nicely.  After about 3 hours there we left to go back to the condo so Vincent could nap.  We had some lunch and took a nap myself.  Around dinner time, we decided to go out to Dinner (so brave) and it was a little rocky, especially with a Toddler and a baby.  But we managed.  After Dinner, Mike, Vincent and I went to Kilwains Ice Cream for a dessert.  It was delish!

 

After dinner/dessert we decided to head back to the waterpark for one more go-around.  It was a blast.  We came back, relaxed a little, put the babe down and relaxed.  We joined him shortly after… Vincent had a rough night that night so he ended up sleeping with us in bed (which scared the crap out of me so I didn’t sleep at all) thankfully he did.  We got up that morning, had some breakfast, packed up and we were back on the road. 

I am so glad we went, it wasn’t always easy – but I am glad we are taking adventures still.  Makes life more fun, huh?

Dear Teenage Self

Dear Teenage Self -
First and foremost I want to give you a high five.  You’ve always stayed true to yourself throughout the years even if it made you uncool or different, so I just want to let you know you are all sorts of amazing. 
Believe it or not, the three best friends you’ve stayed in close contact with still be your good friends in your late twenties… it’s not without some drama, but let’s be real you’ve always loved a little drama or at the very least a good story. 
You’ll outgrow your party days pretty quickly, by the time you are 23/24 it’s lost its luster and you’ll actually really enjoy staying in and cozying in with a blanket and a good movie.
Smoking is not cool.  Stop. 
You are going to meet your prince and he is going to treat you the way you’ve always wanted to be treated.  He is going to make you laugh your ass off and will ultimately give you the most wonderful gift you could have ever be given. 
You need to take better care of yourself in every aspect of the word.  You need to talk to yourself more kindly, you need to eat healthier, and stay active… It’ll become harder and harder to put the time you need to stay fit so please, take care of yourself.  Drink water, eat your greens and for the love of God get a good pair of running shoes and take that up sooner than later, ok?
Trust your parents more, they know what they are doing.  One day you will really understand their love for you when you have your own kid.
Don’t be so hard on yourself, you are stronger than you believe, you’ve already accomplished so much already. 
Learn to love yourself because you are all you have at the end of the day.