Staycation 2018: Babysitting Tilly and Valentines Day

Hey everyone! I'm back again today with another Staycation post! We got to babysit one of our favorite babies (well I guess toddler? But really why are we rushing them growing up....she is still one of our babies!) We had never babysat for Tilly before so I was a little nervous she might freak out when mom and dad left her with us. Needless to say she barely noticed!

All the girls love Uncle Tim it's really hard to compete! They all think he's so funny and I'm just second place compared to him but that's okay I think he's pretty great too :)

Tilly is obsessed with books which is adorable! She doesn't even need you to read to her she just wants to flip the pages, lift the flaps, kiss any mirrors and then move on to the next book! The one she's holding in the picture above is a Thanksgiving book which we read approximately 3000 times.

This girl also loves to eat! Any time you are eating she needs to be eating too. I feel the same way Tilly :)

She served up some delicious meals out of her food truck..

and cooked in her kitchen...along with playing with every other toy available! We spent so much time playing with her cash register and princess castle it was so much fun spending time with her!

And of course it was great to see Rachel, Ant and Ally that day as well- but I didn't take any pictures of them :)

On Valentines Day we had a low-key day around the apartment. I headed off to a hair appointment mid-afternoon while Tim got started cooking dinner. I had no idea what he was making besides steak but came home to a delicious smelling apartment. He had prepped everything and was just waiting to start our meal.

Nothing is more handsome then this guy cooking! *sigh*

We had a delicious meal of filet mignon (seriously the most tender steak I've ever eaten) with homemade garlic butter on top. Our sides were roasted red potatoes and broccoli au grautin which were both amazing. Seriously, this guy can cook!

I loved having a low key valentines day at home with this handsome guy it was perfect! 

Life Lately: Oh TWOdles!

We had another baby-filled weekend around here with another birthday party! Emma turned two last week and her Mickey Mouse Clubhouse themed birthday party was a blast!

Emma is obsessed with Mickey Mouse and constantly is saying "oh Toodles" so this was a perfect theme for her party. 

Brittni had asked me to make Mickey mouse versions of my pretzel treats and Emma was loving them! She immediately started pulling them off the plate and kept trying to get adults to give them to her. She's hard to say no to!

Here's what the treats I made looked like:

To make them you simply have to place a hershey kiss on a pretzel (I use butter snaps) and put in the oven for about three minutes on the lowest setting. Take them out and the hershey kiss should be nice and melted. Press a large m&m into the center and two mini m&ms in the same color above to create Mickey's head and ears. I then place them in the fridge for at least 24 hours before I serve them. They are always a crowd pleaser whether you put them in the shape of Mickey Mouse or just place one M&M inside like I've done in the past.

Tim and I took a selfie with two of our three nieces. The best part about best friends is that when they have kids they become your nieces and nephews! Even when they aren't related by blood they are some of my favorite people to hang out with! You can see my recap of Tilly's first birthday from last weekend here.

Tim is determined to turn Emma into an Eagles fan. We all have different teams we are fans of so we shall see who she decides to choose!

Tilly was having a great time running around with this walker! She is on the move now and is running! After not getting a ton of time with her at her party last week it was so nice to hang out with her!

She was also more interested in eating the cookies they were supposed to be decorating then actually decorating them. I can't blame her!

Emma enjoyed putting as many sprinkles as possible on hers! Anything to make a mess :)

How sweet is Tilly in this picture?!

Emma's cake was perfect with all the Mickey characters- she loved it!

Brittni's sister brought a blow up bouncy house for the little ones and Tilly was a little apprehensive about it!

A sweet family moment!

Emma climbed right on my lap to eat a pretzel. Love this little girl!

My other little love Tilly holding my hand while Emma sits in my lap- my heart just melts when these girls love on me!

Overall it was a wonderful Saturday afternoon birthday! Brittni and Stephen asked for money in lieu of gifts so they can purchase a swing set for their backyard. It was such a nice idea and when I mentioned it to my mom she said they did something similar for my brother and I when we were little. Great minds!

After the party we stopped home quickly and then headed off to the Warwick Mall to do a bit of shopping since we both had gift cards burning holes in our pockets. 

After a little shopping at Old Navy we decided to eat dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings.

We picked Buffalo Wild Wings because we had a gift card but I was not impressed with my buffalo mac and cheese! It just wasn't great and I wouldn't necessarily choose to eat there again in the future. Tim did like his wings though!

We headed home shortly after and decided to watch All I See Is You starring Blake Lively (she is my ultimate girl crush---I mean who has hair as beautiful as hers? No one!)  I was pretty disappointed that the movie wasn't as great as I thought it would be. Definitely not one I would recommend.

On Sunday we had an event to attend at Quidnesset Country Club in North Kingstown.

Tim coaches football and his team had their banquet on Monday. We enjoyed a yummy meal and it's always so funny to see the kids interact with Tim.

After the banquet we spent the night hanging out at home! It was another quick, fun weekend!

What have you guys been up to lately?

Life Lately: Tilly Turns One!

Happy Monday everyone!

We had a celebratory weekend that started off on Saturday with Tilly's first birthday party! 

We headed to a CT brewery to celebrate and once we entered the back room we were so impressed with the decorations that Rachel and Ant had created for Tilly's special day. 

We got to see all three of our favorite girls at this party! Emma was super excited to see the dinosaur and wear her beautiful dinosaur dress.

Parker was a happy girl hanging out with her Uncle Tim.

Taking some dinosaur selfies.

Tim enjoyed trying out different beers and we both enjoyed Auntie and Uncle time. There were SO MANY babies at this party!

Tilly was SO gentle with her cupcake. She carefully picked pieces off to eat instead of smashing her hand into it.

It just says a lot about her personality- she is so gentle and sweet!

And the girl loves food!

Such a cute birthday girl!

Emma and Tim played on the cornhole set and used it as a slide.

Ant created this whole backdrop for the photo booth which was really cool! Tim and I had to take a picture with the dinosaur.

And Emma slid some more!

And Parker napped away!

We got to take home out photo booth picture which was so nice- I absolutely love polaroids. We had such a great time and will get to see everyone again next weekend for another birthday party!

On Saturday night we stayed in and watched about five episodes of Game of Thrones. We are finally in season 7 and are almost caught up- such an incredible show.

As for Sunday we spent the entire day in our apartment. I spent a good portion of the day cleaning the apartment and doing laundry. Eight loads of laundry- my newest record. Then we watched football all afternoon- GO PATS!

How was your weekend?!

Easter Weekend and Crazy Times At Work

Oh my goodness! Long time no chat. Things have been a little crazy around here. We did a computer conversion at work which honestly was more like a down-grade so the past two weeks have been absolutely terrible at work. Since I've been bogged down at work and been working a lot of hours this blog has kind've fallen to the wayside. 

So lets start this off with Emma taking over my job so I can have some time to blog....

A couple weeks ago Tim and I walked in a 4 mile MS walk in support of one of my co-workers Carolyn.

It was a beautiful day for a walk especially down by the water!

We also had the chance to hang out with two of our favorite babies that same day.

Emma was a little crazier then Tilly- what a difference a year makes. It's so funny to watch them together and know they'll grow up being friends.

After a long week at work (including until 9pm on Friday night and most of the day on Saturday) we went to a couples night at Tim's sisters house.

And on Sunday celebrated Easter with my family and then with Tim's family.

Also, look what happened to my cabinet this week...

We heard a loud pop and this happened!

Hopefully we will be getting some replacement glass soon....it was so weird how it happened!

A long frustrating couple of weeks....but tomorrow is Friday...and at least it's spring!