A Day in the Life.....

I have been wanting to post this for a couple of months now but something better always comes along :)
I defiantly want to remember this season of my life because things inevitably change so I am posting today!

A day in the life on a typical Wednesday with Katie...


I set my alarm for 6 but I don't pry myself out of bed until 6:15. (and that is a good day!)
I head to the kitchen to make Luke's lunch, get his breakfast ready (fruit loops) and feed Chip and Chloe.
I head back to the bedroom turn on my straightener and put my phone on the charger. Wash my face, brush my teeth, all that good stuff. Fix my hair and get dressed.
Next comes the fun part, time to wake Lucas up! I always say "Lucas time to get up" and that is Brent's cue to start the waking up process. Lucas always ends up in our bed during the night. He always tickles and plays around with Lucas to get him up, that way he wakes up in good mood! Lucas is such a night owl (like his daddy) and won't go down until 10 pm! I hate it but it's just the way it is so getting him him up at 7:15 is never fun! He'd sleep until 9 everyday if he could.

Once Luke is up I get him dressed. and turn on his cartoons (sponge bob). I let the cat and dog out to go potty (this is a new thing, Chip has been baned to the house due to our terrible neighbor that we think took Callie so he can only go outside when supervised), Chip escapes from the back yard! Ugh, I yell for him and look around the house and don't see him or hear his jingles, I go out the front door and yell and here he comes from up the street (near the bad neighbor) I get everyone inside and we are ready to go! Luke and I go tell Daddy bye and head out the door at 8:05. Yay we are on time!

I get Luke to school at 8:15, we head to the class room and I drop him off.
I head to work and get there at 8:25ish.
I do lots a boring work stuff that I can't talk about on here :)
Lunch time I go to Papa's and get some pizza they were giving away free salads today! Score!
I do more work stuff and close up shop at 3:30. This is why I love my job!
I call and chat with Brent on my way to pick Lucas up, he is never really happy to see me I always come at snack time. I talk to his teacher a little bit and we head home.

On Wednesday nights I help out in the church nursery so we have from about 4:00 to 6:00 to relax and get all the things I need to do done!
Lucas plays cars while I work a little bit on a baby shower gift, prepare a casserole for dinner. I change Luke's clothes (diaper explosion) and we head out the door again at 6:00!

I'm loving getting to work in a nursery!
We go in chat a little with the girls, get Luke settled in the class next door, and I head to my class.We had no babies last night, zero. I was so sad! I always look forward to seeing them all.
After church we head home again. It's 7:45.

Brent has the casserole in the oven, I make some corn to go with it.
We eat dinner and chat about the day. Lucas eats corn and Cheetos. Toddlers.
After dinner Brent puts Lucas in the bathtub and I load the dish washer and clean the kitchen.
I put Chloe in the back yard for a little bit and Chip in the garage with his new kitty box since he obviously can't be trusted in the back yard. Get some laundry started. Show Brent my latest project.

At 9:00 I turn on "Bobby" King of the Hill for Lucas in my room and he drinks his milk while I take my shower. I get my PJ's on, Lucas and Daddy play for a bit.I let the dog and cat back in the house. Lucas starts throwing his evening fit that he does so randomly, we think he is just overly tired (I mean it is 10:00!) He gets really mad at daddy ( we still don't know what that was about)so he lays with me for a little bit and watches t.v. while I catch up on facebook and a few blogs. He decides he's not mad at daddy anymore and goes in the living room to be rocked. Lucas is out by 10:30 and is put in his bed.
Phew what a night! Brent and I watch Nightline together and this is when I go to sleep. I think he stays up watching t.v. for a while.

And there ya go! Nothing exciting but I love it so much!

MY behind the scenes

"One reason we struggle with insecurity: we're comparing our behind the scenes with everyone else's highlight reel." -Steven Furtick




I saw this on a few other blogs and wanted to join in the "reality" I just love being real with myself and everyone else.
I love to seem put together (as all of us do) but that is hardly the case! So here it goes.....

• I was the pregnant girl saying "Lucas will never wear cartoon characters, that is so yucky"; guess who was wearing Curious George flip flop yesterday.




• I am having the hardest time disciplining, I just can't bring myself to do it, yet I fear that Lucas will run all over me in his teen years.

• Some days my marriage does not feel solid.




• I am having such a hard time with most of my friendships.




• My house is always organized but never clean.




• I never iron if it's wrinkled I say it adds character.




• My very most favorite part of the day is driving to work by myself listening to Air1.




• I never make our bed or Lucas' bed.




• I never clean our bedrooms either.

• I never wear make-up.




• I love my job most days but hate being here.




• Brent and I struggle in the communication department, but we are working on it.




• I want to be a better wife and mother but don't know how.




• I really dislike facebook but feel like I "need" it for some reason.




• I want to get to know Jesus better but that won't happen if I don't open my Bible.

Ok so that is it! Now share yours :)

Mommy's Day Weekend!

I had a wonderful Mother's Day Weekend. Lucas and Brent got me a plant and sweet card and Brent did some of my "chores" for me! I was so happy! I feel so SO blessed to be able to be a mom!

Saturday I had to get up bright and early to take Chip and Chloe to the vet. They did really good! And checked out healthy! Chloe was my first "baby" and I love her dearly! She has been with me though so much! She is 6 years old now and I can hardly believe that! Time goes by so fast.

Then Saturday afternoon we had Ethan's 2nd Birthday Party, Ethan's hair was long and he got his big boy hair cut, I was so sad. Ha! Lucas and Ethan have been friends from birth and I hope they will always be a part of each other's lives.

Micah, Ethan, and Luke. (Micah trying to escape!)

See the knot on his head?! He ran into a chair Friday night then hit it again in the same spot at the party Saturday. It looks so bad! We really need to get him a helmet!!

Saturday evening we spent some time with my mom (Luke calls her Mema). We went to Sam's and Hobby Lobby and got dinner at Chic-fil-a. Mom and I went to the cemetery and put some flowers down for Mema. We did pink roses, they were her favorite. I miss her most on days like these. Today is my mom's birthday and I know it's going to be a tough one.

In honor of Mother's Day and Mom's Birthday we had some family over last night for dinner.

I make the cake! Ha! Doesn't it look artistic? Mom loved it and it tasted very good even if it did look a little...umm different.

Mema C. brought me a Mother's Day gift, shoes of course! Ha, I just love her.

How did she know I've been wanting some of these.

Love em!

And believe it or not my little Wally World hydrangea bush produced this! I am really getting into this flower/gardening thing. So pretty. I love having fresh flowers with out having to go buy them.

And one more sweet Mother's Day picture.

Hoping all you mommies had a wonderful weekend!

Sunny Days!

That "sun" that I drew for Lucas, he insisted it was a spider!

I now really know where my drawing skills stand!

Happy Friday!

Random Phone Pics!

Have I said how much I LOVE my iPhone lately!? Well I do! I love having a phone that takes an OK picture when I need it because I have never been one to carry a camera around and with a funny 2 year old I am always needing to take a picture of something and I am so glad I'm not missing anything! Not to mention Instagram! I am so hooked! As you can tell, ha!
Even have Brent talked into getting an iPhone, now that's something! Ha!



Last night Brent walked into Luke's room and told me to come here and this is what I saw.
All his cars (that he could find) were lined up in his book case, looked like a used car lot or Papaw's house ;)



Another thing that I have discovered! These cups, I've been seeing them everywhere for a while now and just didn't want to shell out the extra money. I usually can't use the same cup twice without putting it in the dishwasher ( I'm kinda a weirdo about it) but when I went to Wally World last week I spotted them and they were pretty cheap so I snagged myself one and one for Jessica so she won't have to use her old styrofoam cup at work anymore, and I will say I love it! Yesterday I drank twice the amount of water I usually do because I could just fill it up instead of taking a ton of bottles with me! So this morning I filled it with sweet tea instead of being tempted to stop for some! So much cheaper and easier!
Why didn't I think of these?! :)





Last week Nester was talking about map art, you know when you get an old (or new I suppose) map and wrap it around a canvas? Well I got to thinking I could do that but I'm not into maps so I thought I would get a poster size picture printed out and wrap that around a canvas! So I did and here is the out come!



I love it! The only thing I will try to change next time is the luster of the print I'd rather it not be so shiny but honestly the shine shows up way more in the pictures it really doesn't look this shiny in real life.



A top of my newly filled hutch!


I think the hutch is DONE! For this season any way. Yay!



This is how Lucas fell asleep last night, so sweet!


Hopefully you noticed the sucker in his hand!


Had to get another. This Instagram is so neat-o!



Sleeping toddlers are the best ;)

Happy Wednesday!

Party Time!

A food Party that is!

Friday night I hosted a Tastefully Simple party at my house and it was so much fun! I love having people over and using all my fun dishes! And the food was so yummy as always!



A few of the dips we tried.

The best beer bread ever!

Everyone's Favorite! It is served with "Twisty Grahams" a graham cracker pretzel, so so good!

I really enjoyed everyone who came! I had a small group but I think everyone had a great time! Including the 2 year olds and the dogs! Only at my house ;)

I can't wait for Kristin's and Miranda's Parties in the next month!

Had to post this:

I am making my friend's little girl a dress for her shower and I am so excited! I worked on the bow to match on Saturday and it is done! So now I have to start on the dress, hopefully I can get it done this week/weekend!

My very first bow :)

Mema's Dishes

Here are the dishes I was talking about in yesterday's post.

Mema loved all things flowery and all things homey. How I miss her :(.

But I am so happy I have some of her things to remember her love. Mom has been so generous with letting me have whatever I want of her dishes and linens, she knows we both share a love of making our home pretty. I learned so much from Mema about "keeping house" and a lot of the times when I am making a bed or hand washing dishes I am thinking of her.





They are now some of my most treasured possessions.