Fun Weekend with Nana

My Mom drove to come see us on Thursday and we’ve been having a blast! Connor just loves his Nana and today they get to spend the whole day together before she leaves home for Arkansas tomorrow ๐Ÿ™ She’s been spoiling him rotten while she’s here!

We had a whirlwind weekend that included lots of shopping, The Cheesecake Factory, Ikea, Crazy8, Sam Moon, Target trips, Babies R Us (where we got a Bumbo…so much easier to feed him in!) We went to church yesterday and ate at Yucatan Taco Stand yesterday and then had dinner with T’s family last night.

Yesterday we took a trip to the Fort Worth Water Gardens
This is actually where Terence proposed almost 10 years ago ๐Ÿ™‚
It was EXTREMELY hot so we didn’t last too long there

My Mom & I share our white glow in the dark skin ๐Ÿ™‚
Which I will be thankful for later because everyone thinks my Mom looks so young!

She brought some tomatoes from Nannie’s farm and they are the BEST tomatoes you will ever put in your mouth…I crave them every summer. I must eat them up because they are getting very ripe!

Connor is now a roly poly
He loves to roll around and play with all his toys on the floor

We love you Nana you are the best ever and thank you for all you do for us!
STAY AS LOOOOOONG AS YOU WANT ๐Ÿ™‚
(HINT HINT)

Shutterfly

Shutterly has the CUTEST Baby Announcements !
They also sell cute stationary and you can make fun photos, cards, & albums.
I made Connor’s birth announcement above and it turned out perfectly! The paper quality is wonderful and it’s not made on thin paper, it’s the thick cardboard paper. I’ve also recieved several birth announcements by Shutterfly from friends who’ve recently had babies, there’s turned out great too! If you haven’t visited their site yet go check it out!
I’m also looking into getting some Birthday Party Invitations when the time comes for Connor’s big #1 next year! It’s never too early to start planning ๐Ÿ™‚ The photos are easy to upload and it takes no time at all to create a customized look. Right now they have a great promo code going on : Free shipping on orders $30+ : Promo Code SHIP30

WALL OF SHAME

Lovely bloggy friend photos so far:
ASHLEY @ DADDY’S DUTY
TIFFANY @ TIFF’S THOUGHTS

I am going to add a STARBUCKS WALL OF SHAME to the side of my blog!
ha..ha..ha…ha…!!!!!
If you would like to be added to the “Wall of Starbucks Shame” with your link then
email me @ beckylbranch@gmail.com or twitter me @ beckylbranch with your pics!
I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE ALL YOUR LOVELY STARBUCKS PICS ๐Ÿ™‚
*THERE MAY BE A PRIZE FOR THE MOST CREATIVE!!!*

Tommee Tippee

Tommee Tippee has the CUTEST baby “china” ever!
Not to mention it is functional and very “tip” proof

In this place setting we have :

exploraยฎ truly spill proof water bottle

exploraยฎ easi-mat

exploraยฎ weaning bowls with lid & spoon

We decided to try them out while feeding Connor tonight. Here he is eating his dinner and the spoon was very easy to use & he didn’t have any problems with it. He’s still getting used to a spoon in his mouth. It also picked up the rice cereal much better than the other baby spoons we have been using.
This will be great when we start baby food in a couple months. He’s already reaching and grabbing for things and trying to knock them over! You can see how this bowl sticks to the feeding mat and won’t spill over…..wow! I love that!

Thank you Tommee Tippee!!!
We love our new baby china ๐Ÿ™‚

Summer Nights

I love this picture of Connor and his Daddy’s feet ๐Ÿ™‚
I cherish every moment with this grin!

I’m so blessed to have such a sweet baby. Connor has been sleeping through the night since he was about two months old. He’s napping as I write this and so I’m back here trying to write on the blog! I made T and I some BLT sandwiches and just baked some brownies for dessert….bad…bad I know! I crave all things sweet after a meal.

His favorite thing right now is to stand up like a big boy

We don’t let him stand like this too long but he just grins and thinks he is something else when he’s standing up like this!

Rice cereal is going a lot better. We are feeding it to him in a bowl mixed with some breast milk every night and I don’t know quite what he thinks of it….but it’s getting easier each day.

(excuse myself…I’m already in my bed clothes tonight!)
Speaking of bowls…this is an awesome one from Tommee Tippee
and it won’t even budge off of this feeding mat! You can read more about it HERE
I’m off to go spend time with my hubby and eat a brownie ๐Ÿ˜›
Nighty night!

Hot Hot Weekend!

This is pretty much what we did all weekend…..vegged out…..
IT IS WAY TOO HOT TO BE OUTSIDE!!!
We wanted to get out on Saturday so we drove to a landscape place in Fort Worth and on the way my air conditioner seemed really hot. Terence pulled into an Auto Zone and got some freon to put in my car….well….it turns out he over pumped the car with freon so the next few hours we ended up at Firestone Tires where $60 later they ended up draining it all out of my car and filling it back up. Meanwhile we are all sweating like pigs waiting for all of this work to be done! UGH! I am so glad it wasn’t anything major wrong with the air conditioner and we just overdid it on the freon.
Friday we had a potluck at work and I always make cake balls
I usually do the red velvet with chocolate because those tend to be a favorite!
Don’t you love my Starbucks apron that Laura gave me??? I LOVE IT!

This weekend I was feeling really drained from the previous week. It seems like I can never get enough done during the day. I am trying to figure out how to manage my time better and let some things go. I am major OCD and a neat freak so this has been very challenging for me! I don’t know how some of you Mom’s do it….blog….work….twitter….this social networking is wearing me out so I think I am going to give it a rest for a bit and spend more time on my family and other things so I won’t get so overwhelmed all the time. I love to blog and visit blogs….but lately I feel like it’s something I have to do instead of something I WANT to do….so I am just going to continue to do things as I have time and not worry about what others think of me or how often I post. I want this to continue to be a fun thing for me and not something I stress over because I don’t have time to surf the Internet like I used to. I mean how do the rest of you manage all of this? It may be easier if you are a SAHM, but unfortunately I don’t have that luxury… maybe someday if God wills that can happen ๐Ÿ™‚

Connor has been very vocal this week!
He’s definitely found his voice and is using it! He does this grunting noise and it’s so funny!
Nana bought him a play center and he LOOOOVES it!
He is definitely becoming more active and he likes to stand up now.
My Mom (Nana) will be here on Thursday and I am counting down the hours until then!

I see you!

Last night we babysat cousin Arielle
I hope they always have a special bond because they have practically been together since birth! They were born a day apart & are such sweet babies!
Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!
XOXO Becky