lush

what's better than after a long day than an even longer amazing bath? nothing. this is amazing. 

i don't think i'll ever get out ;) 

thank you amanda!! 

conversations with a 3 year old

my kid is so weird. and lately trying to talk to him is impossible. tonight it went like this-

'mama! look it's a fat fat'

'what?? where did you learn to even talk like that?'

'honey boo boo'

so he says the exact same thing and me asking him the once again where he even came from, mid sentence he interrupts and says- 

'meow'

ry and i both just laugh. but really i don't know where he came from sometimes!! 

summer days

bare feetsies

snow shacks

walks to 7-11 for slurpees 

the smell of grass

the sounds of the babes running around outside playing

pool days 

staying up late watching the sun go down

going on walks when it cools down enough

and more pool days 

{our favorites of summah time}

justified

i was going to do a full post of how i felt. but then realized my feelings and outlook in no way need any justification. if you don't see it that was as well, then i honestly feel bad for you. i couldn't be more proud to be where i am now because i worked for it. not because i get everything handed to me. me and the millions of others who work for what we have can sleep at night knowing we truly earned it.

peace&love 

today

a full post is soon to come. but i must say i am completely shocked at peoples behavior in situations. it never ceases to amaze me how immature some still are.

i am grateful for my friends and family who have taught me to work for what i have. and appreciate that feeling of knowing what we do have and where we are today, we did working our ass off.
side note- { i couldn't be more proud of christy for being where she is as a single mom}

even more so for those who stand for the values which we should all have

xo

chels

my daggoh

'uh mama- look what nookie did'
those words are never good to hear. she pooped all over my room. ugh. i swear if i didn't love dogs so much they would be gone! i cleaned up the poop and then jagger wanted a drink. i told him to go downstairs to get his from earlier. little did i know he thought it would be a good idea to take it upon himself and pour a new one. he comes upstairs and the conversation goes like this-
'mama i spilled. i was gettin a new drink and i spilled downstairs'
my first thought was- ughh puhlease don't tell me he spilled fruit punch on our carpet. he could tell i was super frustrated because his sweet little voice said, 'but please mama don't be mad at me'
prego hormones enter here: i bawled. it made me so sad!! i must just have such a short temper with the kids becuase he thought i was going to be so mad. so as i'm walking downstairs trying not to let him see me cry he just keeps saying over and over how much he loves me.
the kid seriously melts  me. he is such a stinker sometimes but i can't imagine my life without him.

we head up to bed after cleaning up the mess and he is promising me he won't spill anything evah evah again until he's a grown up like i am ;) now we're in bed and he says-
' i love you mama. because you always let me watch michael and sam { burn notice } and law and ordoh'

mmmmm. he's amazing.

ughhh why are my pictures so blurry lately? i haven't changed any sort of setting. and i've been using the same blogger app on my phone. so dumb!!

i married a good one

ry is more amazing than i could have ever imagined having a husband be. he works such crazy shifts and yet never complains. when he is home he loves to spend his time with us. we are going to be selling our jeep to get my new x5- right babe?!  so he had to fix a couple coils and of course his little shadow was right behind helping. jags loves to help his daddy. i walked into the garage and saw this

it melted me. i love how these two love each other

this weekend my dad came over on saturday and helped all day putting our sprinkler system in. side note- whose idea was it to build a house and not include the sprinklers and fence?! ugh. but the good news is we'll have our sod delivered in 1 week!! i've had this vision ever since we started building our house of us sitting outside on the grass while the littles play like crazy in our circle. i. cant. wait.


h a p p y m o n d a y :)

eleven

we've only got 11 weeks left until baby sis makes her debut. i think ry and i are totally freaked out. if she were to come early at all- we have nothing ready! we have just been so busy with our house. which by the way- who decided it was a good idea to build so we had to put our own sprinkler system, yard, and fence in?? ha. ry hates when i ask that ;) i would be more than ok if these next 11 weeks didn't fly by like the past over 7 months have!!

favorite child

is it bad to admit you have a favorite kid? well i'll have to get rid of this post before my kids start into the blogging world then. 

kennedy is amazing. she has her moments where she can be rough but seriously- i would take 10 of her over 1 more jagger krew. i'm sure it's a mix of her age versus jagger but man she is SO much easier than he is. and sometimes- i think jags wakes up in the morning thinking, 'what can i do today to drive my mom crazy' 

he can really be the sweetest little boy but he will turn on you in 2 seconds. especially if ryan is home. 

i really do love both of them so much. but somedays i am so grateful kennedy is such a good girl!! 

twenty six

baby sis bump at 26 weeks. time is flying and i wouldn't have it any other way ;)