BRITNEY!!! (Spears, that is)

So, yeah, I like Britney Spears...she is and always has been a guilty pleasure of mine.(I get a LOT of flack for this) I have loved her since "Hit Me Baby One More Time". Now, I know that she doesn't have the best voice, or even remotely close to it, but the girl can bust a move and I love that. Well, she used to be a much better dancer than lately, but she's on her way baaaaaack!!! Like I said, guilty pleasure...but I'm not hiding it!!! My good friend Erica happens to love her as much as I do and she got two tickets for her birthday and asked me to go! Of course I said yes without hesitation...and then I hung up and screamed with excitement! The concert was in Columbus, Ohio which was about a 2 1/2 hr drive for us and we had so much fun! There was one small snafu and of course it had to do with me injuring myself. Right when we got to the motel, I fell on the concrete and fell straight on my bad knee ( I shattered this leg two years prior)....Erica was terrified and ended up getting up and felt o.k. besides some scrapes. Well, as time went on, it swelled to about the size of a baseball so we went to first aid at the concert...they gave me ice and told me to elevate it...um, yeah, I really can't elevate it at a concert that is packed full of tweens dancing....sooooo I pushed through and boy did it hurt, but I was determined not to let it ruin the concert. She didn't sing one note...which I knew she wouldn't, but I loved it nonetheless. Some of it was a bit much, but I really did love it. After the concert we ate at a place across the street from our motel called "Raising Cane"...it was chicken and they had the BEST sauce ever for their chicken fingers! While we were eating I decided to check out my knee and was shocked! It was the worst bruise I had ever seen! It is a week later and the bruise runs all the way down to my ankle and all across my knee and on the sides. It was a pretty bad fall I guess....Poor Erica, she can't take me anywhere! We went back to the hotel and stayed up till about 2 am just visiting, it was so nice. The next day we went to lunch at a great little place downtown Columbus, it was so eclectic and had GREAT food! We then had ice cream at a place called....wait for it.....JENI'S!!!!! No one EVER spells their name like me, I was pretty excited. The place was adorable and the ice cream was to die for. I had lemon/blueberry that was out of this world, the blueberries had just been brought it fresh that morning. Erica had the salted caramel and it was just as delish!!! It was a great 24hrs away and seeing Britney was so awesome...despite ending up in first-aid! :)

Erica and I at the motel right before leaving for the concert...we were just a little bit excited! :)

At the concert

Yes, I was taking a picture of myself in the bathroom...it was the coolest bathroom at one of the neatest restaurants downtown Columbus,OH
Notice the spelling??? That's my name, and that is how I spell it!! I was beyond thrilled to find this little gem of a place, it had the BEST ice cream!






This was a cool mural on a side of a building downtown Columbus

The LOVES of my life!!!!!

Jake was giving Connor a bath the other day and Connor had gotten Jake soaked with all of his splashing. Jake came out of the bathroom and took off his wet shirt and threw it in the laundry and was holding Connor and all of a sudden I just thought they looked so cute that I made them stop for an impromptu mini photo shoot with mommy. I was glad that i did...I am in love with these photos. Jake is such a tremendous father to Connor and Connor adores him to no end. I am so blessed to have them. I may do a little more editing to them, I'm still learning how to make my black and white photos look really good, but that's alright, I'm in love with them so far.

Jake's birthday weekend...the BIG 30!!!

I mentioned earlier that for Jake's b-day weekend we went to a minor league game in Indy on Saturday night, while my parents watched Connor. The night could not have been more perfect...it was supposed to rain, but luckily it held off. Jake was thrilled to see his name on the big scoreboard, he really got a kick out of it, so that made me happy! on Sunday, we took a drive to a state park in Spencer, Indiana that Jake has always wanted to go to. It was a fun day, very laid back, and just a nice family day. I was still hobbling along a bit due to my injury at the Britney concert...I will share more about that incident on a later post when I get my Britney pictures from Erica....good times!!! :)

Friends, Fun, and SUN!

A couple weekends ago some friends of ours had a yard sale. I had told them that I would be over to help out so early Sat. morning the three of us made our way over to their house. Jennifer and Steve have two girls that Connor just adores, he has taken to them so well and they are awesome with him so it is nice when we visit b/c they do so good together. Another friend of ours was there with her baby girl who is 6 months younger than Connor. (Hannah and I have already decided on an arranged marriage between the two) Ha! We had a lot of fun and ended the day with some Bob Evans and Dairy Queen...all the kids were beat and more than ready for a bath by the time we got done with our ice cream, so were the parents for that matter, but it was such a nice day with friends and it was so nice and warm out...I love those days! I definitely didn't get the Mother of the year award though having forgot to put sunscreen on Connor...poor little guy was awfully sunburned. Surprisingly though, he tanned really well from it! Lucky kid!

Another BEAUTIFUL night

BUBBLES!!!!!!!! These are Connor's new favorite thing. He says bubbles, bubbles, bubbles over and over again until he gets them. He also is really into the sidewalk chalk so we went out this night to do a little bit of both and I got these shots. I just love these moments...he is so calm and happy outside. I am so looking forward to many summer nights with our little man.

Rainy Sunday

Connor would be outside 24/7 if we let him. This particular night was so perfect outside, so we let Connor explore outside in the mud puddles. He had a lot of fun and mommy and daddy had fun watching him!

Catching up

It's been awhile since I have blogged...a lot has happened, but i haven't been in the bloggy mood I guess. (Is bloggy a word?) Oh well. I hope to get back into the groove because I do enjoy it. Four days after my last blog post on our Anniversary, I celebrated my 29th birthday. It was a great birthday...Jake and I just spent the day bumming around and my parents watched Connor. It was a great b-day and my awesome hubby bought me the Ipod touch! He actually gave it to me early, but I LOVE it! It was a wonderful 29th birthday...I'm holding on to my 20's with a death grip...but I have a year I guess. My husband on the other hand, just celebrated his 30th b-day this past weekend. We had a great day...I wanted Jake to do whatever he wanted and so he chose to go to a minor league game on Saturday night and so we did. We also have plans to go to Cincinnati in June and see the White Sox (his fave team) vs. The Reds and we will stay the weekend. Luckily my awesome parents watched Connor for us so we didn't have to chase him around all night. I surprised Jake and had his name put on the scoreboard announcing his b-day and he LOVED it! On Sunday (his actual b-day) we spent the day at a State Park and just had a fun day.

In between all of that, here are some odds and ends that also went on........

~Connor finished his swim class and after his one bad class, he ended up LOVING it!

~I went with one of my best friends to Ohio to see Britney Spears!!!!!!!!!!! I hope to have some pictures up soon. I get ribbed a lot for being a fan, but I have followed her since the beginning and I just love her! We had a great girls couple of days away, it was awesome!

~I got asked to take pictures at the Father/Daughter dance at our church and had a blast doing it! I do have to say that I was very pleased with how they turned out.

~I am still really enjoying working out at Bally's. I look forward to it now and that's not something I ever thought I would say.