Weekend Goodness- Easter Edition

You how I like to try new fruits I find at the grocery store?

Well, I found this delicious thing! Its called a Cherimoya and it is so tasty! 

Its very sweet and soft. 

Dan and I slept in until 9:00 on Saturday- it was great! I haven't slept past 7:30ish in a long time. (Ok, so I did wake up at about 6:45 and then fell back to sleep around 7:30). Once we started our day, I did some laundry, worked on some art for the nursery, and Dan worked on a table he's building for our dining room. We ate lunch and then used our new zoo pass (that my parents got us as a gift for us and the baby) to go to the zoo for a couple hours.

I felt like one of these little guys, waddling slowly around the zoo :) 

 Dan went over to his mom's house to take care of her dog while she's visiting our new niece and nephew :) I had a typical "If you give a mouse a cookie" moment. I borrowed this little spot cleaner thing from my parents to clean the cushions on a glider we got from craigslist for the baby's room. I cleaned the cushions and it worked so well, I figured I would spot clean the couch while I was at it. Spot cleaning turned into cleaning the entire thing. And then I decided to spot clean the rug in the living room. . . which also turned into cleaning the entire thing. Its so nice and clean now! :)

Dan and I went over to my parents for Easter lunch. We had ham, cheesey potatos, and asparagus- it was delicious.
The Easter bunny dropped off bags of treats for all of there too :) 

I'm so excited to have this week off to clean, organize, and relax! Spring break came at the perfect time in my pregnancy!

Weekend Goodness

Nella, Maggie, and I had a late night snuggle session on Friday night while Dan watched a creepy movie. 

We got a vacuum as a belated wedding gift this weekend! I was super excited and went a little vacuum crazy. There is not a piece of hair nor speck of dust to be found anywhere in this house now! Haha! 

My mom, Meagan, Molly, and I got brunch and talked about baby shower things on Saturday. 

And then Dan and I went to my school holiday party Saturday night. We got there about an hour after is started and were really worried that it was going to be a terrible party (hence the horrible work party snapchat screen shot). It was almost silent when we walked in the room and everyone was sitting at tables. Luckily not long after we go there, they started playing music, we had some food (and a few cupcakes) and played a white elephant gift game thing. It ended up not being horrible!
We went to Dan's mom's house afterwards- she was having an winter indoor block party. We stayed a little longer than anticipated and I was a very tired girl when we got home. Another busy, yet fun, Saturday!

It snowed a good amount on Saturday night/ Sunday. I made some "snow ice cream" (snow, milk, sugar, vanilla) with some nice, fluffy snow :)
And even though it was probably not the best idea, Dan and I went to Target- I was feeling super anxious about getting our house ready for the baby and felt like we needed to stock up on some things- nesting is definitely kicking in around here! 

We spent the rest of Sunday relaxing.

Weekend Goodness

Dan and Nella went hunting this weekend. Maggie and I had a nice, calm weekend without them. We watched Christmas movies on Netflix and ate snacks together :) 

I met Sarah, Steph, and Alli for drinks on Friday night. The four of us haven't been together in way too long! Although I didn't get a picture of us, I did get a picture of the bag of cookies I snuck into the bar for little snack. 

I took my mom to my new favorite Hmong market.
She loves spring rolls now too :) 

I think George put on a few pounds. He is HUGE!
He comes when I call him. . . I haven't seen him in a while and when he ran over by me, I couldn't help but laugh! He looks like an orange raccoon now! 

Dan and Nella came home a couple of hours ago. Maggie and Nella were so happy to be back together! (And I was happy to have Dan home too!) 

I was out and about finishing up some Christmas shopping and then wrapping presents today. I can't believe that Christmas is in a few days!

Weekend Goodness

We had another busy weekend. . .

Dan and I registered for baby things! We went to BuyBuy Baby where Dan had fun scanning to his hearts desire :) and we registered for some things on Amazon too. I was really excited to register for things but I wasn't sure how much fun Dan would have registering. He really liked it! 

I've been on a cereal kick lately.
And a Serial kick too.
If you haven't been listening to the Serial podcasts by This American Life, I definitely recommend them! 

We took Maggie and Nella to the dog park Sunday morning. They always have so much fun running around and playing with the other dogs :) 

After the dog park, we went to get our Christmas tree! While we were searching through the trees, we found a perfect little bird's nest on a branch. 

Chrysanthemum's new favorite toy is the Christmas tree and it's decorations. She has been occupied batting at ornaments, biting needles, drinking from the tree stand, and snuggling on the tree skirt all afternoon/evening long! 

Weekend Goodness

Dan and I babysat our nieces on Friday night :) 

I love when she makes this little face so much! 

Pancakes with honey for breakfast!
Mmmmmm

I was busy cleaning in the morning and lay down on our bed to rest for a minute.
Nella, Maggie, and Chrysanthemum joined me for a surprise nap and Dan took this picture :) 

We celebrated my friend Steph's birthday on Saturday-
This was the only picture I took :(
But it was of the first snowfall that stuck! :)
Happy birthday, Steph! 

I made a prefect batch of chocolate chip cookies. 

Maggie found a new spot to (try to) get comfortable :) 

On our way to my parents' house to watch the Packer game.

Maggie is obviously a Packer fan. Nella can't handle that responsibility yet :) 

It's going to be another busy week this week! I have a cake to frost and deliver, a dress to shop for, and Pat and Emily's wedding this weekend!

Weekend Goodness

Dan and I voted on Friday evening.
Don't forget to vote on Tuesday!

The sunsets have been gorgeous these past few days. 

We got donuts for breakfast on Saturday!
Donuts with sprinkles make me happy :) 

I had a busy day at the mall with my mom and Meagan.
Dan had a busy day with Nella. He tried cutting her nails and cut one just a little too short.
He texted me a picture of what looked like a murder scene and asked if we had any of the stuff that stops nail bleeds in dogs. Poor puppy! Once the bleeding stopped, she was just fine!

I took Meagan to my new favorite Hmong market. She's just as in love with it as I am.

Chrysanthemum and I had some quality snuggle time Saturday night.
I was so tired after my day filled with getting donuts, cat food, new pants that fit my growing belly, spring rolls, and visiting my nieces. It was good relax with a snuggly kitten :) 

I felt like 5 year old this morning. Even though we gained an hour, I was still up bright an early.
I made a batch of waffles from scratch in my extra hour. It was definitely a good decision.
Then I went into cleaning mode. Dan was forced into cleaning mode too (thanks for putting up with me, Dan!).

I'm sitting in bed with my laptop right now.  Nella jumped up and is laying on my feet-  I could be here for a while (which is just fine with me!). Happy start of November!

Weekend Goodness: Lac Du Flambeau Edition

There were tornado warnings galore on our way up north. We didn't see any funnel clouds!
It was late-ish by the time we got to the cabin- we spent the night eating snacks and chatting with our friends. 

The dogs jumped in the water right away the next morning :) 

 Dan and Mike spent a good chunk of each day fishing their hearts out. 

Sarah and I spent a good chunk of each day relaxing and reading magazines. 

Dan and I stopped in Stevens Point on our way home. Rosie just moved into a dorm and we wanted to check it out :) Happy freshman year, Rose! 

My mom, Molly, and Meagan watched Chrysanthemum while we were gone. We found a few surprises around our house when we got back. Haha! 

As always, the weekend went by way too fast! Tomorrow is the first day of school. . . wish me luck!