bikes and beer

Sunday Ashley and I ventured out to the Urban Assault Ride for our third year in a row! New Belgium Brewing company puts on this adventure/scavenger bike race each year and it entails lots of riding throughout the city, finding checkpoints and ending with fun contests/prizes and lots of yummy beer! This year Ash and I decided to step it up a notch and make costumes... homemade pink and yellow tutus, lulu matching shirts and topped off with a little flare on our helmet. Who would have thought that a couple of crazy tutus would get us entered into the costume contest where we did not win... but as runner ups received a pair of Zeal sunglasses! Don't worry, we already have a winning idea for next year! We had a ton of fun and ended up being some of the last people to leave the party! Not only did I have a great day with my sister, but it was also my first night/full day away from Adelyn. Jeff was on baby patrol and I was able to go out to dinner and drinks with friends Saturday night before the big race! Lets just say it was a much needed night/day! I most definitely missed my little darlin but knew she was having a blast having dad/daughter time!

I am really looking forward to this weekend:: long weekend at the lake, 4th of July and I am getting another night away... this time with my best friend GIE... watch out Houston!

bargain buys

If you know me well, then you know I am a huge bargain shopper! My sister and I pride ourselves in how well and how often we shop at discount stores such as Marshalls, TJ Maxx. Ross, etc... We have to give credit to our fabulous mother who introduced us to searching through racks at a very young age, we mastered this skill before it was "cool" to shop there. I remember when we I was in middle school and high school and we would shop at TJ's and I use to get so mad that we wouldn't go to the mall! My mom tried to explain to us that we could get so much more by just doing a little work looking at these stores. At that time it did not matter to me... all I wanted was a shirt that said "Abercrombie"! (so dumb)

Well I want to thank my mother for teaching me so young, because now I'm pretty sure the ladies at Marshalls know me as I walk in! I love it when people ask where I got something and I quickly realize that EVERYTHING I am wearing is from one of those stores! (don't get me wrong, I still allow myself to splurge on some good old Anthro) The best thing now is shopping for baby clothes! It blows my mind people that spend tons of money on baby clothes when you can get the SAME thing for SO much cheaper!

Here are a couple of my purchases from Ross yesterday...

baby jammies ($4.99 & $1.49)

bamboo drawer organizers ($12.99)

picture frames ($4.99 each)

spaghetti measure ($4.99)

picture for Adelyn ($4.99)

Favorites

My everyday favorites::


one::
Mac conditioning lip balm
 
two::
bare minerals foundation primer
 

three::
Michael Kors Gold oversized watch

four::
Happ & Stahns Perfume
 
five::
Omerta necklace (Adelyn's zodiac sign)
 

LAUGHING!

The last couple of days Adelyn has begun to show closer signs to really laughing. She has had those squeaky little bits of a laugh but this morning she did it! A full blown real person laugh!! It may be one of the best sounds in the entire world!

after hours

I have to admit I am a VERY lucky mom when it comes to Miss Adelyn's sleep. She has been the most amazing baby plus a wonderful sleeper! Since about 1 month she began a pretty good sleep pattern and would only wake once or twice in the middle of the night to eat. At about 2 months she only was waking up once around 3am to eat for about 15 min and then would fall right back to sleep till 6am. Now she is sleeping through the night from about 7:30pm-6:00am. It is amazing! It is so wonderful to be able to spend all day with my baby girl and then have a couple hours at night to relax and maybe catch an episode of Mad Men.

I have always been a morning person, so I look forward to waking up each morning at 6am with her! Jeff is such a big help, his job is to get her from her room and bring her down stairs and then I will feed her and begin my day! If she eats and goes back to sleep, I have a chance to shower and eat before she wakes up again! Now sometimes she decides that is not an option and Jeff and I try to work out some way for us to both be presentable to the world. I always try to make it a point to get up and shower in the morning because I know otherwise there may never be a chance.

I can tell you that I have never watch so much TV in my life. I know it may sound weird, but when your child eats 6 sometimes more times a day for about 40 min a time... that's a lot of sitting and watching TV. That being said... We need some new good TV from 12-3!

my evening... monitor watching Addy, facebook stalking, painting my nails and a glass of wine

Just saying hi

tutu takeover

Today I began the what I thought would be a quick simple project... making tutus for the Urban Assault bike ride that Ash and I will be riding in this Sunday. This will be our third year to ride in this and it is such a blast!! We decided to take it up a notch this year and make tutus! Well... being the procrastinator I am (Ashley is no better) I started this today. Adelyn and I made a quick trip to Hobby Lobby and in between naps I began tutu #1. No doubt they will be awesome, but they will probably take a couple of days to complete. I thought I would show Adelyn the work so far and she couldn't get enough. I will have to make her a mini when I am finished!

Little Swimmer

We love our sun hats

floating around

She has more sunglasses than I do!

Adelyn was introduced to the pool this past weekend. I know she is still too young for a big pool, but with doctors permission I set up a baby pool out at the lake (in the shade) and showed Addy what all this fuss was about! She LOVED it! She was so happy and content the entire time, plus it made her very ready for her afternoon nap (which mommy loved). I told Jeff that we have to get a baby pool for our backyard but it is going to take some convincing... I mean there is nothing more classy than a blow up pool in the yard!

Father's Day

Grandpa and Addy

Ash and Sean

Adelyn and her golfing buddy

Ash Kayaking  

Adelyn Jane

I hope all the dads out there had a wonderful Father's Day! We celebrated Jeff's first Father's Day at the lake with my family. We all had a great time which included golf for the boys, Adelyn's first swim, kayaking, boating and a wonderful brunch with the family!

favorites

one::
Sophie



Addy already LOVES Sophie and she isn't even teething yet! 

two::
lululemon diaper bag
 
Best diaper bag ever! Simple, functional and I can use it after baby!

three::
aden & anias swaddle blankets



BEST and ONLY swaddle blankets to use!

four::
soothies pacifier


Only pacifier Adelyn will use





five::
Gripe Water

AMAZING... gets rid of hiccups immediately! (even Jeff has used it)


six::
quinny stroller/bassinet

SOOO cute and doubles as a bed on vacations!

seven::
sleep sheep




Addy has to fall asleep to the sound of rain


eight::
Calma bottles




Closest bottle to breastfeeding... A little hard to get her started but it was worth it!


nine::
mustela wash/shampoo

I can't get enough of how wonderful she smells after bath! I sometimes use the lotion on myself!


ten::
Janie and Jack 


Classic and so darn cute!

time to eat?

I love spending every waking moment with Addy, that being said.. I.spend.every.waking.moment.with. Addy.  There is very little time to prepare food and let alone eat it! Don't get me wrong there are those perfect days where she takes 3, 1 hour naps and I get plenty of time to get things done...BUT there are also those days where she decides she does not want me to complete any task that does not have to do with her. Sooo I am jumping on the bandwagon of My Fit Foods! It is yummy healthy food already prepared that can be heated up within 2 min! This is truly the only way I am able to consistently eat a full meal in about 1 min! New moms or anyone who is crazy busy and wants a yummy meal... best idea ever!

Little girl BIG room

Adelyn enjoys her nursery almost as much as I do, just recently she is starting to notice all of the little things such as her animal heads, the big light and she LOVES her alphabet wall! I am so proud of my little darlin, she has been sleeping in her crib for over a month now!!

happy baby

I can't get enough of this happy little baby!

4 years

June 7th Jeff and I celebrated our 4 year wedding anniversary. It is crazy to think that we have already been married four years! I have been so blessed to have such a wonderful husband and now father to our sweet little Adelyn. We spent the day at home with our little family taking a family walk, cooking out and relaxing at home. I couldn't have asked for anything more!

Stew and Adelyn 

yummy dinner cooked by wonderful husband

hooray beer!

Doctor in the family!

Congratulations to Blake Sutton for graduating from med school last weekend! We are all so proud of you! It definitely doesn't hurt to have a doctor in the family! We made the trip to Galveston (only 4 hours) and quickly realized we will not travel by car for more than 3 hours ever again. Poor Aunt Jenny had to sit in the back and observe Adelyn as she had a break down for the last 20 min. Longest 20 min ever!

Aunt Jen and Adelyn in their cool shades

First family pic

The grad and Addy

Sutton family

lounging in the cabana at the pool