Happily Ever Mock

Who would go in chilly rainy weather to get snowcones?  Only us! We wanted to make sure to get a final snowcone in and Joyce had yet to experience the goodness of Bahama Bucks, so Christopher and I bundled up Hallie and headed to meet Joyce and her boyfriend Jay for snowcones last night.  A last hurrah of the Summer if you will!

After we ordered, Joyce and I let the boys wait on our snowcones, and we hopped in the car to stay warm! The boys finally met us in the car and we all squished in to eat our yummy treats and share a few laughs! 

I got my favorite, toasted coconut! PS..I don’t know if you can tell in this picture of Joyce, but they have color changing spoons! So cool! They are blue but turn purple when you put them in the icy snowcone! 

Nails- Flock together by Jamberry Nails

When we got home, we put Hallie in her crib and she slept 9 hours you guys!!!! I kept creeping on her on the monitor to make sure she was breathing! 

Today we are baking cookies, decorating for Fall and I am making my Auntie Janie’s Black Eyed Pea soup for dinner! Yummy!!! 

I hope everyone has a great weekend, and now I leave you with a laugh…

Hallie seriously has the cutest sneeze!

Enjoy!

<3 Kelly

Linking up today with September Farm for Oh hey, Friday.


Going into the weekend:


1. We are making progress on the crib transition! I put Hallie in her crib last night at 8:45 and didn’t hear a peep from her until 4 am. I was thinking, “Okay, not bad…another 7ish hours like last night” When I went in to get her I realized her eyes were still closed, so I put her paci in and she went right back to sleep for another hour, AND SO DID I! This crib transition is bittersweet! I miss her at night and I peek at her on the monitor an embarrassing amount, but it’s all worth it to see this sweet smile when I come to pick her up from her crib in the morning!
 (this was after getting the sleep sack off…her pjs are just so much cuter!)

2. The weekend means slowing down a bit. Taking a break from the crazy schedules and spending some quality family time together…but it also means 2 whole days without my BIG girls at work! Hallie and I have so much fun with them during the week and they love Hallie to pieces! And of course, I love them so much and am always excited to hear about their fun weekends on Monday!

3.  Today we are saying goodbye to Summer! (I HOPE! TEXAS WEATHER CAN BE TRICKY) A little rain today is supposed to bring on a cold front…our high…72! It’s not even supposed to leave the 80’s all weekend! AMEN! So to put Summer to rest, tonight, Joyce and I are heading out for one…last….snowcone at Bahama Bucks! Mmm! Toasted Coconut!


4.  Packing up Summer also means unpacking Fall! This weekend I fully intend to unpack all of our Fall/Halloween decorations and bake some fall inspired goodies!! I LOVE decorating for Fall and love even more when our house is filled with the sweet and spicy scents of cinnamon and pumpkin! Lots of recipes coming soon people! I love baking/cooking for Fall! Which reminds me, I will also be making our first BIG pot of soup this weekend! Hurray! I will also be purchasing Hallie’s Halloween costume! Can’t wait to share that! I love Halloween entirely too much!


5. The weekend also means catching up on things I didn’t have time (aka didn’t have the hands) to do during the week! Thanks to Christopher being home to help out with Hallie, I will have time to send out Jamberrry samples (which if anyone from the bloggerworld would like one, send me an email and I would be happy to send one your way, they are the BEST! kelhof87@gmail.com) and work on Hallie’s 0-3 month photobook on shutterfly! I can’t believe she is almost 3 months old! Time is flying! Slow down!


So with that, I will leave you with a few new favorite pictures of our little sweet pea…where she still looks teeny and not too grown up!

<3 Kelly

For today I thought I would give a little update on what we are up to currently…


Reading: I am ALMOST done with Sophie Kinsella’s Wedding Night. It has been pretty good! I am OBSESSED with her Shopaholic series and CANNOT wait for her new one to be released.  This one is about 2 sisters.  One going through a divorce, and the other rushing into marriage. It’s all about one sister trying to save the other from an impending divorce.  It has been pretty funny. Not my favorite by her (Undomestic Goddess) but still entertaining! 

Working on: SEVERAL things!
The BIGGIE is transitioning Hallie to her crib.  It has been a challenge because it is so much easier to but the paci back in her mouth when it falls out if she is right next to me…but now I have to walk down the hall.  She finally hit what I hope was a turning point last night though. I only had to wake up once to put the paci back in and she slept for 7 hours, which is good….but not great for her! SOMETIMES SHE WILL GO 10 HOURS! Seriously! 
The other thing is planning Hallie’s Baptism…we had a class for it last night.  

Watching: Not much right now. Waiting for our favorite shows to return (Parenthood, Big Bang Theory, Pretty Little Liars (okay that one is MY favorite…guilty pleasures and all) and Last Man Standing. Right now we are in that Filler show limbo…You know Shark Tank, Guy and Rachel’s Kids Cookoff, Garfunkle and Oats, Rewrapped…
But…I just heard some AMAZING news you guys! Another reason to look forward to October! GILMORE GIRLS is coming to Netflix!!! YES! So I guess you know which show I will be binging on! 

  And SOOO many more!!

Hope everyone has a great Thursday! One more day until the weekend! Yippee!
<3 Kelly 

I have been a Nanny for SEVERAL years now! And I truly believe that as a Nanny I have worked just as hard as a mother and done everything a mother has done before I became one.  I was definitely prepared for what was to come when I found out I was pregnant! The only differences I have found are:


You know you’re a Mom when:


1.) You get the Mom brain…yes folks it’s a real thing…I wore my shirt inside out to the grocery store this week….Mom brain at it’s finest.  


2.) Your bedside goes from:
                            This…to….

Hello All-
Hope everyone had as great of a weekend as we did! Here is what our weekend consisted of:


Friday: I got home late from work, so we went out to dinner as a family.  Here is my little sweet pea before we left…
Christopher’s Dad made it for her in his print shop! We love it!

Saturday: Saturday was super busy and super fun! First, Hallie and I went to brunch with my friend Emily, who just moved from Austin to the big D.  She was so sweet, she even brought a little Lamb dressed Hello Kitty stuffy for Hallie…which Hallie already loves!


After Brunch Hallie and I ran a couple of errands…one of which included getting some Fall clothes for Mommy because it is supposed (Fingers crossed, lots of prayers) to cool off at the end of this week! 
I can’t wait to share with you what I got! I’ll post about more of my Fall faves for Mommy later in the week!




After our errands we popped over to my parent’s house for what was supposed to be a good swim and pizza’s on the grill….but it started thundering and lightning, so it ended up being a quick dip and oven baked pizza.  It was still SUPER fun and we got some great pictures! 
   Hallie and her Bapa 

 

Snuggled up after our dip!































The wine we had with our pizza…Middle Sister Wine…which was fitting because both my mom and I are middle sisters! 🙂

 Sunday: We woke up early and went to Mass. Hallie wore one of my Church dresses from when I was a baby.  So sweet seeing her in my clothes! (The bathing suit was mine too!)

 After Church we went to Lunch and then bummed around the house for the rest of Sunday! 

 Snuggling on the couch with Mommy!

Hanging with her BFF after Bath! 

Looking forward to another great weekend this week! Hopefully with Fall weather! I am itching to take out my decorations and bake some Pumpkin Chocolate Chip cookies!!
What did everyone else do this weekend!? 
Happy Monday!
<3 Kelly 

Linking up today with September FARM for Oh hey, Friday

For today, I thought I would formally introduce you to the furry member of our family, my first baby, Stella.

Here are 5 things about our silly lovable puppy girl!

1.) Everyone is always asking me what kind of dog she is.  Stella is a miniature Australian Shepherd.

2. Stella HATES being in water…no bath….no pools. I can only ever so rarely convince her to get in to the first step of my parents pool…and usually once she gets out, she avoids the pool like the plague the rest of the day!

3.) Stella loves being dressed up! Tutus, fancy collars….the dumb cheesy bandanas from the grooming salon..She will seriously cry when you take them off and whine until you put them back on….I wonder where she got that from….?

4.) Stella was so much sweeter to Hallie when she came home from the hospital than I thought she would be.  She actually looks out for her like a big sister! It’s the sweetest thing ever! Once, I had my hands full, and Hallie started crying, so Stella ran to find Daddy to take care of her! She will also stand and watch over her until I get there if she starts crying and I’m in another room.  She is very protective when visitors come, and she even lets Hallie play with her fur…yep…these 2 are going to be besties!

5.) Stella was the female runt of the litter, which I hear is the best dog to get….I think I’ve heard right, because this dog is pretty awesome!

I don’t know about you guys, but I shop on amazon and ebay an embarrassing amount! Seriously! I have been known to find an old style of a nice product instead of buying a brand new one. Usually its not because I am being cheap….its mainly a preference thing! 
Anyway, I was recently told my my awesome friend Callie that amazon will donate a portion of your purchase to a charity of your choice! 
Seriously!? I can shop and help ANY charity I want at the same time!? Sign me up!
It’s simple to do too!
1.)Just go to http://smile.amazon.com/ 
2.) Pick the charity of your choice
3.) And start shopping!!
Right now the charity I am supporting is Smile Train. This charity provides cleft palate and lip surgeries to children in poor countries.  
Check it out, and go pick your charity now!
<3 Kelly Mock 

Hello bloggerworld! I don’t know about anyone else, but this lady is ecstatic that September is finally here! 
Here is what September means for me:
1.) September is the start of Playgroups for us and we couldn’t be more happy!!! Hallie and I went today for the first time.  Not only was it great to get out of the house for a few hours, but it was so nice talking to other mom’s and meeting their cute babies!!!  Today we met at the mall in the carpeted area near the fountain and chatted and let the babies play on their blankets! It was so fun watching some of the bigger babies scoot around! Hallie happily kicked and squealed on her blanket…when she wasn’t napping of course. 
Here are a few pictures of Hallie from today….one of the mommies is an aspiring photographer and was so sweet to share some of the pictures she took today!

 Last year’s costume- I was Mary Poppins!

  

 Last year I went with my Sadie girl, and this year I get to bring Hallie! I am so excited!