Eileen Josephine

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Yesterday I unknowingly dropped my phone running from my car to the house in a freak 10 minute thunderstorm. It was raining so hard that I was dripping by the time I got in the house. Later when I couldn't find my phone, I asked Greg to get it from the car, but he found it on the ground totally soaked. Right now it's in a bag of uncooked brown rice sitting in my hot car trying to dry out. It was acting crazy turning itself on and off and calling people, I could barely hear anything in the speaker when I tried it out, then later the button wouldn't work. Ugh. Things are looking up though! It's not acting crazy and the button works... now I'm just hoping the speakers will survive. 

For now I'm using my super oldschool first generation 8g iPhone, which I thankfully still have! 

Keeping my fingers crossed that I don't have to get a new phone yet. I'm trying to hold out until the iPhone 5 :)

<3 Lindsay

PS Instagram is still my favorite!!! Follow me: EileenJosephine

Instagram is Still my Favorite

Just a little Instagram mosaic from recent photos. I'm still loving Instagram so much! Sometimes I forget all about Twitter :) 

 

1. Vada at our front door looking all teensy   2. Vada cheesing   3. Vada looking pretty   4. The front room. The black rectangle above the fireplace is my "I HAVE FLYING MONKEYS... and I'm not afraid to use them!" sign :)   5. Vada in her swing on the back porch with her new Oobee.   6. Standard sitting in the car legs shot   7. The remains of the tiramisu Greg and I killed on our date night   8. Vada with her first lollipop   9. Vada wearing a bunch of my undies as necklaces! (I was folding laundry, she was helping.)

<3 Lindsay

Instagram is my Favorite

Instagram is my new favorite iPhone app. I saw that a lot of people were using it for a while and didn't quite get it, but once I downloaded it, I was hooked! I thought it was just a little photo editing tool (I have a million apps for that stuff) but it's actually kind of like a photo version of Twitter. You follow people and their photos pop up in your feed, then you can "like" them or leave comments if you want. You can also link Instagram to a bunch of other sites that you may be a member of (Twitter, Facebook and Flickr to name a few.) It's fun to get a tiny glimpse into peoples' lives throughout the day. I do get jealous of all the people I follow who are in warmer climates though, playing outside in short sleeves and everything! Unfair :)

Do you use Instagarm? I want to follow you! If you want to follow me, my handle is EileenJosephine.

<3 Lindsay

The Weekend

We didn't do a very good job finishing my weekend to do list...

Saturday was one of those days where you're super gung-ho, pumped and ready to get down to business and get things done, but then despite all of your efforts and enthusiasm, you fail. It started off right - I got to sleep in a little while, my sister and I went to yoga, and then we got cupcakes and brought them home for the boys. It started snowing and it was really pretty... Everything went downhill though, once we went out to run errands. I wanted to get some stuff at Michael's because I had a 50% off coupon, but I lost it, so I ended up just getting some glue. Then we went to Jo-Ann's to get some fabric so I could finish my pillow and make my Christmas stockings, and they had NOTHING. Like almost the entire store was empty. They're moving to a new location in APRIL and have already started getting rid of everything. I mean they've already started selling their fixtures... Isn't that a little early? Now I'm a little screwed in the sewing department. I was so annoyed but decided I would just go to my favorite quilt shop to get some of what I needed. We drove all the way there, and it had already closed, and would be closed on Sunday, too. I was so bummed because I really had my heart set on making my stockings and finishing my pillow cover!

But we did get some stuff done this weekend and I had a good time hanging out with my sister, even though she said my butt is the same size as J-Lo's...

Me - "Of course they had to do a scene with her big butt. It must be in her contract, her butt has to be featured at least once per movie."
Elyse - "Yea, I mean her butt's not that big. Your butt is the same size I think." (Totally serious.)

THANKS! Whatever, I'd rather have a big butt anyway. 

Anyway, we went to Pop's for lunch on Sunday and got free hot chocolate (YUM) and then we went and got Eclipse on blu-ray because Greg was dying to see it. (Seriously.)

elyse and jon being goofy at pop's
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Elyse and Jon headed back to Richmond after we spent 30 minutes looking for her keys (I found them... in her purse.) Then I went to work and when I got back home, Vada was in bed and Greg and I started tiling the backsplash. We finished putting all the tiles up on one wall but had to stop after that because it was getting late. Plus it was like 30 degrees outside and poor Greggy's hands were freezing off cutting the tile on the back porch. As long as Greg gets home from work tonight at a decent hour, we should finish the other wall and then tomorrow we will do the grout! It looks so good already. 

Here's a picture of us just getting started:

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Maybe next week the kitchen will be ready for its big debut! (Fingers crossed.) 

<3 Lindsay

Mommy's Little Helper

Greg snapped some Hipstamatic shots of Vada and I hanging out in our matching aprons today! She was helping me cook for our mini Thanksgiving :) 

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Vada accidentally gave herself a little bit of a shiner the other day, but it's getting better. Poor girl.

I would say our first "Thanksgiving" at our place was a success. Good food and great friends and family. That's really what it's all about right?

At one point tonight I couldn't help but think, "wow." Here I am hosting a Thanksgiving dinner in my own home with my husband and our little girl running around playing with her cousin and her aunts and uncles... It feels like just yesterday I was a little girl running around with all of my cousins at my grandparents' house on Thanksgiving! I can remember it so vividly. Eating a ton of black olives, giggling with my cousins and brother and sister, the "kids" table at Aunt Nancy's, Grandpa stirring the gravy, Grandma putting tons of whipped cream on our pumpkin pie... 

I love Thanksgiving so much. It's definitely my favorite holiday - I like it even more than Christmas. Can't wait for Thanksgiving number two on Thursday :)

<3 Lindsay

Chicago!

I love it. This is the only big city I've ever liked.

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And this is what happens to me after just one drink...

 
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HAHA! Greg and I are having so much fun. Tomorrow = Renegade. 

<3 Lindsay 

Crochet FAIL

I spent the evening trying to teach myself to crochet. I've got single crochet down, but I'm still trying to master double crochet. I tried making a granny square for an hour, but I failed miserably. 

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I read a ton of tutorials and watched some videos, but still just didn't get it right. DAMN! I think I might need a real-life teacher. My hands hurt so bad right now...

<3 Lindsay

Happy

I've been feeling really happy lately - on purpose. I've been allowing myself adequate "me" time, trying to stay positive, worrying less, and taking things a little slower than usual. This might sound weird, but I've kind of been expecting less out of myself lately, and I think it's actually helped me accomplish more and feel better about... everything? Greg and I have been spending a lot of time together recently too, just taking it easy and enjoying each other's company. He always makes me happy. And this little cutie pie, well she's just the best...

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She loves milk and thinks she's sooooo cool when she drinks out of a straw. I need to get some good pictures of this little girl soon, before she grows even more!

<3 Lindsay

Warning: IT'S TOO HOT

I was laying out in my parents backyard, torturing myself in the blaring 100 degree sun with absolutely no breeze, trying to get a base tan before our vacation next week, and this happened...

My iPhone couldn't hang.

<3 Lindsay

Just Another Day...

I didn't get enough sleep last night because I stayed up too late waiting for Greg to get home from work. When I don't get enough sleep, I usually get anxiety, so this morning wasn't the greatest. I eventually managed to get ahold of myself, thank God, because I really didn't feel like dealing with that crap today!

Vada had her 12 month checkup this afternoon. At 19.4lbs and 29.5 inches long, she is still trending in the 25th percentile for weight and the 75th percentile for height - tall and skinny just like her dad! I hope she is at least 5'8'' :)

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The doctor said Vada is doing great! I cut her off from the bottle after her birthday, and have been giving her milk in a sippy cup since then, which she isn't very enthusiastic about. She knows how to use the sippy, because she will drink water from it, but just doesn't seem to like milk. Doc said taking the bottle away at one year is a good move, and not to worry about the milk. Eventually she will drink it, but it will probably just take some getting used to since she's been drinking the same thing for her entire life and now I'm changing it up on her. She has seven teeth right now, with her eighth one about to pop through any second. Next come the molars, and he said although it will be a little while, he could feel them already starting to come in! 

Greg came with us to the appointment, (he tries to go to as many as he can, which is really nice) so we picked up some lunch after we left the doctors. We had a coupon for Quiznos, buy one get one free. Luckily mine was free because it was disgusting. I just don't like subs, they always taste gross to me. Blah. 

I did thirty minutes on the elliptical at the Y today and left Vada in Child Watch. I put her down standing up by some toys and she didn't even care that I left, which was amazing. The girl watching her said she cried half the time she was in there though, I guess she freaked out a little bit once she realized that I was gone. But, by the time I was finished and went back in there to get her, she was sitting on the floor playing with some toys like a nice little girl! I was very impressed. She also played on the floor with the other babies at the babysitter's the other day, which was a first. This decrease in separation / stranger anxiety makes me VERY happy, to say the least. I think she has a lot more confidence now that she is more mobile, (pulling up and cruising along the walls and furniture.)

The rest of my day was spent cleaning... laundry, vacuuming, dusting, tidying, and dishes. By the end of this weekend, my goal is to have every single room in this house spotless and every single item exactly where it belongs, even if it only lasts for 5 minutes. I'll let you know how that goes ;)

Oh yea, here are my new shoesies and rug. I love them both.

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Time to veg out on the sofa and watch my stories.

<3 Lindsay