I will admit that sometimes when I'm blogging that I will google words to make sure I'm using them in the context that I think is correct. I wanted to title this post the way that I've felt, and I came across "burnt out" and "burned out," which are variants of each other if anyone cares to know. Anyway, I had to laugh at the examples that they listed and found they were PERFECT.
1.burnt-out - exhausted as a result of longtime stress; "she was burned-out before she was 30"
tired - depleted of strength or energy; "tired mothers with crying babies"; "too tired to eat"
None of that has really anything to do with the following pictures, but I have been "burnt out." (I'm torn with which one to use.) Last week, Travis left Wednesday morning to work in Birmingham and didn't come home until Sunday at 12:30 am. On top of that, I hosted a baby shower for Meagan at my house on Saturday. Kindness overflows from my huge heart. :) I think that it turned out nice for her, but I just have to say: I am tired in every way. So if we normally talk and we haven't lately, it's nothing personal, I've just been on empty. We went from Christmas to Sage's birthday to Travis' birthday to Valentines' Day to two baby showers back to back. Then there's all that life in between. You know, speeding tickets and such. Hormones flying. Kids crying. Homework. Dance classes. Sugar overdoses rather than real food. I've not been the best wife, mother, friend or human being lately, and I'm hoping that since I don't have any events on my immediate agenda that maybe I can become a person that I like again and the things that I normally would enjoy doing...that I do enjoy them again. Here's hoping. Soooo..... pictures.
This was actually a few weeks ago. I have several pictures that I meant to post and...I just couldn't make myself do it. I thought I'd have more to go with it, and so I'd wait...anyway. Sage got a pottery wheel from us for her birthday. Did you start singing "Unchained Melody" like you better believe I serenaded them with? They haven't painted it or decorated it yet, which is maybe why I was waiting to post.
Meagan wanted these for her shower, and I sent her a picture to see if the placement was okay before I cut the strings. I really just posted this for the cute kids in the picture. Jaggar has, ironically, not tried to tear them down. Actually, they are still up until she comes to get them because I thought they'd look cute over the crib.
I made these mini fruit pizzas for Meagan's shower, thanks to Pinterest, and I was so pleased with how they turned out. They were pretty much devoured, too. All it takes is sugar cookies (I used pillsbury premade aka "open them and throw them in the oven"), marshmallow cream, blueberries, strawberries and kiwi. I had several cuts on my hands, and let me just tell you that kiwi is basically like pouring acid on an open wound. 45 minutes of fire, folks. Made with love. :) But aren't they pretty?
Sweet Sage cleaned her room up for the shower. I also forgot to post (shame on me) her new bedding that you can see here. Mom bought this for her when she was here, and Sage just loves it. (Also, did you know that Travis made her dollhouse bookcase completely by hand? He sure did. When I was pregnant with Sage, I saw a bookcase that looked just like that at USA baby in Birmingham for the mere price of like $300. I loved the pink roof. Obviously, we didn't buy that, but I really loved it. Everything that I did like, Travis would say, "I can make that," and it drove me nuts. It was everything from clothes to that shelf. I worked 4:30 to midnight as an xray tech while I was in school and pregnant with her, and I came home one night when I got off work and heard her baby fish tank on in her room. I was like, What in the world? I walked in to turn it off and there this was. He had been working on it at a house he was working at to keep it hidden. I have to say that it still makes me smile and think of that every time I really take the time to see it. And there's my memory lane for this post.)
She was so proud and wanted me to take a picture from every angle. The heart pillow (I have a red one for Jaggar) was a Target after Valentine's sale I scored for $9.99. They love them, and Jaggar calls his his pillow pet.
The other corner
Because of the baby shower, we missed Isacah's birthday party, which was a cupcake making party. Chrissie was kind enough to send home what would have been Sage's apron, chef's hat and decor for a heart mosaic. She made those hats. Isn't she creative? She also sent home 5 lbs of fat to me in the form of chocolate covered pretzels, sugar cookies and mini sugar cookies covered in icing, cupcakes and an entire TUB of icing. Thank you for that, my friend.
She also gave Travis an apron (Travis stayed with Chrissie and Sean the whole time since he was doing a 4 day shoot in Birmingham) because he's always wanted one. He's such a girl. ;)
After the LOOOONG week, we made it to Sunday, particularly Sunday afternoon. Sunday mornings are not relaxing for me as I normally sing two services after getting there at 8 am. I was so out of it that I almost missed my own part in the first song we did, and I mean solo. It hit me a millisecond before that the dead space I was hearing was to be filled by me. Ha...then I laughed thinking about it. So we eat and then generally crash for several hours, which is exactly what happened. After naps we all laid in our (my) bed while the kids played with every apple product we own. I'll try to do better on blogging because Jaggar has done something the past few days that deserves its own post.
Also, completely unrelated, Jaggar has recently fallen in love with the Wii. I was going to make this its own post, but clearly I lack the organization to make that happen. SO, I don't think it's fair to hold this back from your viewing pleasure any longer. Every day he says, "I wanna play wii," and by that he means "Smurfs." He really dances, and it is HILARIOUS to see. Check him out here.
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