Mrs Mama D

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Happy Thursday Friends. We are almost to Friday, but not quite.

My Hubby is emceeing the closing ceremony for the PurpleStride 5K walk next Saturday, April 2nd. We are super excited for this. One of my besties, Katie, is coming into town for the weekend, so she is walking with me and the kids, along with our friend Jen. Katie lost her Grandpa to Pancreatic Cancer and our friend Adam lost his Dad to it last June. Not even a year ago.

Means the world to me to be able to give back and be a part of this! This is for you Dave, we miss you & love you!

A photo posted by BigDradio (@bigdradio) on Mar 22, 2016 at 7:35am PDT

I watched the Season Finale of How to Get Away with Murder last night. I was totally like this as the episode/season was wrapping up...

Anyone else watch it and surprised at all that happened in that last episode? WTF?!

We have lots of things up in the air about life right now. I have mentioned them before on this blog...our lease ending, new house, moving, school for Hailey, daycare for Griffin, financials and making it all work...the list goes on.

I am not sure if any of you are UFC fans and are familiar with Connor McGregor, but this is basically how I feel about everything. Every. Single. Day.

We watched The Ultimate Fighter show where he was competing with another UFC fighter, Urijah Faber, on the UFC Fight Pass. It's a great show if you are interested in UFC. Anyways, McGregor said this so many times on the show it's now ingrained in my brain and has become sort of a thing or an inside joke in our house. My Husband says it to me all the time just like him in an Irish accent.

That's all for today! I hope everyone is having a great week!

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

The 5 W's of the D Family

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

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I originally saw this post on Wife Mommy Me. Thanks Stephanie for the idea.

WHO || Wayne, Leah, Hailey and Griffin. Wayne and I met in a trashy nightclub, were friends for about 6 months and then started dating (7/12/03). I knew just after a month of dating that he was the man I wanted to spend my life with. We were married 11/11/06, had our daughter 6/26/11 and our son 7/14/15. We are up in the air right now whether we want to stop at two kids (one of each) or go for a third. We are not in a rush at this point. Only time will tell.

WHAT || I originally started this blog to document and "scrapbook" our life about starting a family, etc. Since starting this blog, it has become so much more than that. I've met some really great people through blogging and I've had some of the best times/friendships with those people. Sometimes I get carried away with other stuff and what I think blogging should be and I have to remind myself of the original reason why I blog... for myself and my family. I'm trying to get back to that place.

WHEN || I started blogging back in April 2010, when we decided to start a family. The blog has been called a few different things since then. I have shared a miscarriage, two pregnancies that equaled two children, a few job changes, a few moves (one across country to Las Vegas), countless linkups and favorites and fun.

WHERE || We call Las Vegas, Nevada home as of right now, but Minnesota will always be where our true home and family is. We moved to Las Vegas May of 2015. We love the city, everything it has to offer, the weather and have made a few friends in the process.

WHY || Sometimes I ask myself why I blog, but I think I touched on this question above. I think when so much time has gone by with no posts or updates that I should just quit, but then I always find myself coming back to my little space on the internet. I have a list of literally a million things I need to update and share, but no matter how long that list gets, I don't think I will ever quit blogging. I call myself a "part-time blogger." It suits me. Like I said above, this space has introduced me to so many friends (online and IRL) and like Stephanie said, it's a hobby that allows me to be creative, expressive and network with other women and mommies. Can't beat that reason.

Until next time.

Friday, March 18, 2016

Weekly Check In {Three Eighteen Sixteen}

Friday, March 18, 2016

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Happy Friday Friends! This is my week in pictures:

We ran some errands and because it was in the mid 70's here in Vegas, we got shakes from McDonalds. I always forget how delicious strawberry shakes can be. They really hit the spot.

[Do not worry. We were parked in our garage when this was taken. I do not just let my child roam around the car unbuckled.]

We celebrated a birthday at work and enjoyed this chocolate cake. It's called the Chocolate Motherlode Cake and it was DELICIOUS! That's my small piece on the bottom.

I am loving how snuggly Griffin is. Nothing more peacful than naps and snuggle time. This picture and his face melt my heart.

With that said, this is currently how I am feeling:

I finally got the paperwork for the kids to go to the Kids Club at the gym. Hopefully now I can get it filled out and get my booty moving. I want to go a couple nights during the week, too, but I just don't know if it's feasible at this time.

Our passports came! It only took 2 1/2 weeks. Yay! Now I have my certified birth certificate back, which I will need in order to get my Nevada drivers license. Now I am just waiting on the certified copy of our marriage certificate. So many hoops to jump through just to get a new license.

We went to see Pitbull again. His residency started here again on the 12th. We got to meet him again, too. He kissed me twice on the cheek. He puts on SUCH a great show and is one class act.

Before the show we met up with my cousin, Nate and his wife, Kayla. They were in town vacationing in Las Vegas for a few days. We ate at PBR Rock Bar, which is in the Miracle Mile Shops attached to Planet Hollywood. It was so good to see them and catch up.

I wore this for St. Patrick's Day.

It is significant for the following:

1) Green shirt for the holiday;

2) Capris (because the high was 81); and

3) they are a size 12; which is exciting for because I have been in 14's since after Griffin was born and have been struggling with the whole baby weight loss thing since he was born. Hence all the gym talk.

Yay for the small things in life, right?!

And today. Can't go fast enough. I am very much looking forward to the weekend!

Have a great weekend y'all!

Three Things Thursday [Three Twenty-Four Sixteen]

The 5 W's of the D Family

Weekly Check In {Three Eighteen Sixteen}