Trendy Tot Tuesday #18

All of a sudden, Presley has outgrown all of her shoes.  I am always browsing online trying to find reasonably priced shoes and I recently stumbled upon the website 6pm.com. How have I never heard of this site before? There is a huge 'kids' section and all of it is discounted from the regular retailers.  I was going through the 'girls' stuff and found a ton of cute outfits and shoes that I liked! 

Here are just a couple of things I found :)

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Won't you please join us?

Trendy Tot Tuesday is a chance to talk about kid's style, and pretty much anything goes.  Pictures of your cutie, talking about their style, a Polyvore board, linking to the new kid's line at the Gap- anything!  ALL ages are welcome, from you sweet pregnant mamas stocking up a closet to the teenagers that probably pick all of their own stuff now :)

This is a hop-style link up so please FOLLOW YOUR HOSTS (myself, Kelly and Megan), and this week's guest host- we are in spots 1-4.  Also, jump around to meet other bloggers! We hope everyone gains some new followers from this link up and finds some fabulous new blogs to read!

Please link back to (at least) one of us, and feel free to steal our badge if you'd like.  If you're a tweeter or instagram-er, use #trendytot.

Interested in guest hosting?  Please email Megan to get added to the list!

I chose Brielle & Raya this week because I was amazed at how these two girls are already such little models! For realz, y'all, look at those poses! I DIE!

This weeks guest host is Claudia from "Pretty Little Dahlia." I am amazed at how much hair little Dahlia has! She is so cute!

Head on over to www.prettylittledahlia.com to see some of this sweet goodness!

excuses, excuses!

Lately, this blog has been one fat suck fest.  I very rarely post and I haven't shared good quality pictures in like four hundred and eleventy days.

Like everything in life these days, I'm blaming PDizzle :)

Girlfriend has become very attached to me and usually doesn't let me out of her sight.  If I try to sit down at the computer she climbs right up in my lap and bangs on the key board!  So, I can't blog when she is awake.  Then, life has just been so dang busy with work and Adam being gone SO much that when Presley finally goes to bed at night I just plop down on the couch and sit in the silence to collect my thoughts (and sanity!)

Single parents out there- you get a "good game" smack on the tail feather.  SHOOT! It's hard!

I am normally off work on Wednesdays so you'd think that I  could sit down then (Presley usually still goes to school even though I am off) but, the last few weeks I have kept her home a lot due to some super fun skin issues she has had.

We really have been doing a lot of fun things lately.  We have spent several weekends out at my Dads house, we recently found a fun splash pad that Presley lurves and have just started planning her 2nd birthday party!

This age, almost 2 years old, is such a double edge sword.  I love that during this stage of her life she is learning SO much, talking all the time, discovering her vivid imagination, showing her true personality and loving (most things) her little life.

But, it also is a very hard stage.  Presley has always been a very determined, stubborn and strong-willed youngin'.  I've been reading all sorts of things about how to talk to and treat your typical 2 year old and it's just...very, very hard when you're in the moment and you're running late for work and GOD FORBID you ask a toddler to sit down and get dressed because that would mean they'd have to move their little midget legs and walk away from the box of wipes that they've already emptied out onto the floor and OH MY LANTA LITTLE EINSTEINS IS ON!!!!!!!!!

So, yeah.

Welcome to my life :)

Most posts are coming...SWEARSIES!

Trendy Tot Tuesday #17

You probably all know that when it comes to shoes, Presley is mostly a Converse type of gal.   Recently, though, I ventured into Academy to buy her first pair of tennis shoes!  Ever since then, I've been on a mission to find her some sporty lookin' play clothes because-gosh dern it- the Nikes I bought her make her look so cute!

**side note: If our kids ever have a shot at being athletic they better pray to sweet baby Jesus that they inherit every ounce of the athletic ju-ju from Adam.  Mama ain't got a lick sportiness in her bones.*

While going through some of Taelor's (my favorite niece) old clothes we kept and I found some little running shorts and immediately put them on Presley.

My eyeballs exploded, y'all. 

I instantly knew that this was going to be the inspiration for my next Trendy Tot Tuesday post!

I found all of these pieces on Zappos...who would'a thunk it?

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Won't you please join us?

Trendy Tot Tuesday is a chance to talk about kid's style, and pretty much anything goes.  Pictures of your cutie, talking about their style, a Polyvore board, linking to the new kid's line at the Gap- anything!  ALL ages are welcome, from you sweet pregnant mamas stocking up a closet to the teenagers that probably pick all of their own stuff now :)

This is a hop-style link up so please FOLLOW YOUR HOSTS (myself, Kelly and Megan), and this week's guest host- we are in spots 1-4.  Also, jump around to meet other bloggers! We hope everyone gains some new followers from this link up and finds some fabulous new blogs to read!

Please link back to (at least) one of us, and feel free to steal our badge if you'd like.  If you're a tweeter or instagram-er, use #trendytot.

Interested in guest hosting?  Please email Megan to get added to the list!

This cutie just celebrated her 2nd birthday and looked SO sweet in her outfit! I loved the "lemonade theme" party! Head over to Honey Pie Accessories to see the pictures!

This weeks guest host is Ashleigh from "Life with the O's" and I'm just gonna go ahead and proclaim my jealousy that she just got back from Hawaii with her hubs! Also, their daughter Brinleigh reminds me a lot of Presley!

Trendy Tot Tuesday #16

In an attempt to help relieve Presley of her Eczema (which, funny story that's actually not that funny- we have some other issues going on with her skin but she still does have a touch of Eczema.  Another story for another day) we ordered her a Hazelwood necklace. We ordered it from Hazelaid and on their website they state:

"Hazelwood works to create a more alkaline environment in your body through direct contact with your skin, which may help to prevent and remedy many of the symptoms caused by acidosis (being too acidic).  It is believed that the wood absorbs excess acidity from your body until a balanced PH is reached.  This will radically improve conditions caused by excess acidity, which can include skin issues such as eczema, as well as internal issues such as ulcers, acid reflux, heartburn, and teething pain."

This is the point we finally reached after buying/ordering every single cream/ointment/lotion/body wash/magic potion from the land of Eczema trolls.  Desperate doesn't even describe it.

We have only had it on her for a few days, and I think it may take a week or so to actually see results.  Nevertheless, it looks ah-friggin-dorable on her and makes her look like a little Tarzan/hippie baby.

They also make the Baltic Amber necklaces for teething babes, which I wish I would have had when she was in that dreaded teething phase.

If you have a little nugget who is going through something that is throwing their body off I highly recommend trying this before Tylenol/Motrin :)

Hazelaid has SO many cute little designs of necklaces, it was hard for me to choose which one to get Presley.  I ended up going with the brown and mint 13" and it's really cute.  I do think that I should have gone with the 11" necklace, but I was just nervous that it would have been too tight around her neck.  

Won't you please join us?

Trendy Tot Tuesday is a chance to talk about kid's style, and pretty much anything goes.  Pictures of your cutie, talking about their style, a Polyvore board, linking to the new kid's line at the Gap- anything!  ALL ages are welcome, from you sweet pregnant mamas stocking up a closet to the teenagers that probably pick all of their own stuff now :)

This is a hop-style link up so please FOLLOW YOUR HOSTS (myself, Kelly and Megan), and this week's guest host- we are in spots 1-4.  Also, jump around to meet other bloggers! We hope everyone gains some new followers from this link up and finds some fabulous new blogs to read!

Please link back to (at least) one of us, and feel free to steal our badge if you'd like.  If you're a tweeter or instagram-er, use #trendytot.

Interested in guest hosting?  Please email Megan to get added to the list!

Tot of the Week:

I can't pass up a fuzzy headed baby that also just so happens to be super handsome and stylish! Head on over to Joy Is At Home to see more pictures of this cutie!

This weeks guest host is Heather from Mama Dish!

holiday weekend catch up

I just realized that I never blogged about the last couple of holiday weekends we have had lately!  I know it's a little late now, but for memories sake (and our next blog book) I am going to write it all down here so I don't forget!  

Mother's Day

Adam was out of town this year during the Mother's Day weekend.  It wasn't a big deal since we usually don't get all worked up for holidays, but starting early on in the weekend I was getting a little caught up in all of my other mommy friends Facebook statuses.

"Husband and kids brought me breakfast in bed!"

"Currently getting a foot rub from one child while the other paints my nails!"

"Going on a shopping spree....KID FREE! YAY!"

So, there's that.

Here's how I celebrated: 

(warning: you're about to enter the "Pity Party Danger Zone)

~Wake up at the butt-crack of dawn (around 5:45 am) to the sound from the baby monitor of Presley wheezing and gasping for air.

  

~Jump straight out of bed and run in to check her out and we sit on the couch while I monitor what the heck  is going on.  

~I can't remember if I call my Mom and ask what to do, but I am pretty sure I did because I'm a mature adult like that.  

~I decided that I need to take her to the ER because she is clearly having trouble breathing.

(I'm not one to worry about stuff like this.  I normally just wait it out and hope things get better.  When I decided action needs to be taken immediately then you know things sound pretty bad)

~We hurry off to the hospital which is about 3 minutes from us.  Super nice hospital that has only been open for a few years.  ER is empty and we are taken straight back.

~Doctor and nurse come in to check things out.

~Presley goes BUCK ASS CRAZY because other people are looking at her and messing with her.

~After some tests and evaluations it turns out Presley just has an Upper Respiratory Infection!

~We get an oral dose of Decadron (steroid) and are on our merry way home.

~Presley is almost instantly better and no longer coughing and wheezing.

~Steroid makes Drama Baby super psycho and we are forced to go through the day with no nap.

~You guess how the rest of this day went.  

So, there was Mother's Day 2013 :)

Now how I intended on spending it but I did demand a re-do once Adam came home and things were back to normal!

Memorial Day Weekend

This past weekend we headed out to my Dad & Step moms house on the Tennessee River where we had a little get together with some family and friends.  It's always such a good time out there with the boats, jet skies, 4 wheelers, dirt bikes, dune buggy, unlimited amounts of junk food, and a fully stocked refrigerator full of every kind of beer you can imagine :)

It's pretty typical of Adam to head straight out to the little fishing boat and stay out for hours on end.  This weekend he was pretty good about coming in every once in a while and giving me a break from watching Presley.  It's always a little harder to let her just roam around out by the water because I get so nervous that she will fall in.  My Dad put up her swing so we spent a lot of time pushing her in that!

We grilled hamburgers and hot dogs, had some awesome potato salad (which I cannot confirm that I may or may not have eaten 4 helpings of in one sitting), took the jet ski's out, hung out on the dock and playing in a little swimming pool!

It was the perfect weekend with the family, but we were exhausted by the time Tuesday morning rolled around and it was time to head back to work!

Trendy Tot Tuesday #15

Presley's 2nd birthday is just right around the corner! I know that July will sneak up on me and I will be running around like a lunatic trying to get things ready.  We have the location (it's a gymnastics party!) picked for her party, but that is about it!  One thing I am trying to get taken care of is her birthday attire :)

It's important, ya'll!

I haven't had the time I would like to search the good ol' internet to find an outfit that I absolutely love, but I have come across a few good ones.  

top left- HERE

top right- HERE

bottom left- HERE

bottom right- HERE

I really love the bottom left outfit, it's my favorite!

I'm still in denial the my little Pdizzle will be 2 years old.  If you need me, you can find me curled up in a corner bawling my eyes out!

Won't you please join us?

Trendy Tot Tuesday is a chance to talk about kid's style, and pretty much anything goes.  Pictures of your cutie, talking about their style, a Polyvore board, linking to the new kid's line at the Gap- anything!  ALL ages are welcome, from you sweet pregnant mamas stocking up a closet to the teenagers that probably pick all of their own stuff now :)

This is a hop-style link up so please FOLLOW YOUR HOSTS (myself, Kelly and Megan), and this week's guest host- we are in spots 1-4.  Also, jump around to meet other bloggers! We hope everyone gains some new followers from this link up and finds some fabulous new blogs to read!

Please link back to (at least) one of us, and feel free to steal our badge if you'd like.  If you're a tweeter or instagram-er, use #trendytot.

Interested in guest hosting?  Please email Megan to get added to the list!

Tots of the Week:

Basically, these twin brothers are the shizz!  I can't wait to check out their blog some more!

hump day=dump day

I know it's been a while since I have put recent pictures up of Presley.  Do you know how hard it is to carry around a huge Nikon camera and wrangle up a busy toddler? Purtty hard--which is why all of the pictures and videos I have these days are from my iPhone! 

Moms, holla if ya hear me!

We have a wedding to go to this weekend so I am making it my personal mission to get some decent photos of everyone when we have real people clothes on and don't look homeless :)

Until then, I'm just going to throw out a bunch of pictures and videos from my phone! If you follow me on FB/Twitter then you may have already seen some of these.

Happy Wednesday!

going shopping // at the doctors office

bath time fun

QT with the 'rents

happy // sad

ahoy cap'n // weekend at the river

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