Random Instagram Friday

Well Hello Friday, so glad you're here!  

Even if it is drizzly and dark.  

We totally need the rain.

I don't know about you but when Friday rolls around my brain turns to mush.  So I'll just leave you with a few Instagram pics and sincere wishes for a wonderful weekend!

Me Hubsy finally hung up the toilet paper holders we bought like 6 months ago.  They got buried in our guestroom which is essentially a catch-all room. Is this really post worthy you ask?  Why yes!  I swear we haven't had a toilet paper holder in two of the bathrooms for like 3 years.  AND he finished the tile in the bathtub, looks gorgeous huh!  He is the man, what can I say :)

I found my new favorite breakfast this week.  I often make scrambled eggs in the microwave at work (and get plenty of weird looks) but found a way to dress them up a bit.  I put in some fresh basil from my yard and shredded parmesan, can I just say HEAVEN!

We took the boys on a playdate to an indoor arcade since it was raining.  E had a blast with the bowling game.  We play it on the xbox a lot but this was his first "real" game.  He was so cute, he kept clapping to help the ball move faster :)

I got in the bathroom cupboard to get out a towel and I found Hubsy's Ipad in there....wha?

Seamus is just too sweet.

I adore the last pic, his puppy happiness is contagious.

Oh that we may all be so happy with the little things in life!

Have a lovely weekend all!

Life Rearranged

6+ years and still waiting to sleep

I have been waiting to sleep for 6 years now.

*Sigh*

Will it ever come?

Ok, maybe I'm being a tad dramatic but really...just a tad.

I don't know what it is with my boys but there is always some sleeping issue and they end up waking me and Hubsy up sometimes 6 or 7 times a night!

It varies from true night terrors to just not being able to sleep.

The other night L (my 6yr-old) was already on his way to our room when he thought he saw a giant rat in the hallway.  He screamed for me and I've never heard that kind of utter terror in his voice.   I thought surely he must have had a limb cut off!  OK, not likely but I was half asleep after all. 

Thankfully it was just a rat (sort of).

Don't even get me started on E.

That boy will resist sleep AT. ALL. COSTS.

His excuses for coming to our room are endless, and some are really hysterical, except that I'm being woken up and I'm not exactly the most pleasant person in the middle of the night.  They usually don't become funny until reflecting on them once I'm already up and showered.

Then we went and got a puppy that can't go all night without being let out to pee.

What were we thinking?

Needless to say I was BEYOND grateful to Hubsy when he offered to have a sleep-out in the living room with both boys the other night.  Oh and he took the night shift with Seamus too :)

Long live the monster tent!  Even though it takes up half my living room , it provides days of new adventures for the boys every time we bust it out.

I had 9 blissful hours of totally uninterrupted sleep and man was it heaven. 

HEAVEN I say!

I may or may not have taken an additional 2 hour nap later that day too. 

I admit nothing.

How about you?

Do you or your kids have trouble sleeping?

How do you deal?

And since Seamus is just too cute, I'll leave you with this pic.

Have a great week!

We adopted a sweet baby boy!

Boston Terrier that is.  

Sucked ya right in with that title didn't I ;)

As you know we recently lost our sweet boxer.  Well I can tell you that the lack of her presence has been tough for us all.  We knew we would want to get a puppy at some point and decided now would actually be a good time since Hubsy is off from teaching for the summer and would have some time to train the dog before we all get insanely busy again in the fall.

He was rescued from a puppy mill, fostered for a while, and has now moved into his forever home :)

Meet Seamus 

(aka Seamus O'Shea, Batman, Mr. Mister)

Yes, I have given him several nicknames already

Ain't he a stinker?

So sweet!

He's quite tiny, only 3 months old after all.

You can see why I call him Batman, check out those ears!

We're pretty excited about having Seamus join our family. 
It really is like having a newborn - what with all the nighttime potty breaks and all. 
He's quite the snuggler and thinks he is a lap dog.  Problem is I kind of like it for now, not sure about when he's bigger though so we'll try to keep the lap time to a minimum :)

Happy almost weekend!