My Life Should be Illegal

So I was printing off fliers for Tippi Toes when it hit me - my life is so good, it should be illegal!

I have hands down the best job of all time,
I'm married to a wonderful, wonderful man,
we live in a great house with an even greater dog (Miles!!!),
we both have wonderful parents and siblings and friends to surround us - life is good!

Even when things get not so good, things are still good ya know?

That's all :)

9 Lives

So a while back when Alex and some of our friends and I went to Colorado over Christmas break we started talking about if we had "nine lives" what we would be or do in the those lives. I didn't think of nine but here are the ones I picked:

1. Professional dancer: I'm talking like hardcore prima ballerina in New York kind of pro dancer!

2. A world traveler: I would totally just go all over the place and see the world!

3. Have a famous cooking/baking blog: I know, I'm obsessed but I seriously think these ladies are AWESOME!!

4. Famous movie actress: I think it'd be fun to be glamorous :) :)

What would some of your lives be?

I definitely wouldn't change my life one bit. I'm just really love my little family of Alex and Miles and LOVE my job!

In other news I've finally used my crock pot for more than just apple cider for a Christmas party! I've made crock pot chicken taco soup and orange chicken which both turned out delicious! Don't you just love pinterest?! That's where both the recipes came from.

Happy Monday everyone!

Baby Amelia!

Hello Friends!
I know I haven't been on here in forever but the truth is I don't have that much to blog about these days unless you want to hear about my ever-increasing obsession of Tippi Toes or my love of food blogs! And then when I do have something to blog about (like going skiing over Christmas break) I don't have enough pictures for all of you to post to make it interesting!

But are you in luck as I am a new aunt with pictures of my sweet little niece, Amelia! When little Amelia was born she had jaundice and was under one of those little incubators so we couldn't really hold her or take many pictures. It was actually kind of funny though because she looked like she was tanning :)

Well last Friday my very good friend Megan, her cutie patootie Esly and I went down for the afternoon to see little Amelia again and of course give lots of snuggles! Here she is!

 The first time to hold Amelia!

 After a while we wanted her to wake up to play but she was grumpy ;-)

 There are those pretty eyes!

 Me, Esly, Amelia, and Alisa

 Megan, Esly, Amelia, Alisa

 She decided to go back to sleep

 It's okay I'll just snuggle!

 Loved all her faces!

Cutie!!

Worst Week of My Life!!!

It's true...it really was. Can I please fill you in?

Monday - I was sick with a 101* fever with chills and hot flashes. I didn't realize I was truly sick (because I'm a perfectionist and I don't get sick) until one of my Tippi Toes teachers told me and I had been teaching all day!!!

Tuesday - I had a run-in with a certain person I know...let's just leave it at that...it's cool whatev, but they did ruin my night

Wednesday - I unfortunately lost a really wonderful (actually fabulous) Tippi Toes teacher :( I hope she comes back to teach with us soon.

Thursday - Or the cherry on top day - I received a letter in the mail from the state saying there was a WARRANT out for MY ARREST!!! Yes people, you heard it right. Long story short, back in October I got pulled over for speeding. I've never gotten a ticket of any kind before and I misunderstood the officer and I thought he was giving me a warning. Well, turns out I was way wrong!!!!!

Friday - I had to go to court to get things settled so I didn't go to JAIL. Luckily a good friend of mine was able to come with me for moral support (thanks, Emily!) and the judge took away all those charges. I just had to pay the initial ticket and court fees which was way better than paying over $600 or ya know hittin' the slammer. However, while I was speaking with him because I was so nervous I word vomited like no man's business and he responds with "do you always talk this much..." Why yes, yes I do ): Glad that's over...

Anyways I am so excited for the weekend and ready for a new week to begin!!!!

Confession

Hello all!
I know I know - I never blog these days! Well I have a confession to make... I've become...A WORKAHOLIC!!

Okay so not in the has way where if I had kids I'd choose work over them but I seriously think about Tippi Toes all the time!!! I can't help myself- I'm obsessed! I just love it so much. Its kind of unhealthy! I figure now's as good of time as any to be a workaholic since Alex and I don't have any kiddos yet. He makes fun of me sometimes and really I try to control myself. Like I try not to work onthe weekends or after a certain time at night so I avoid the off-chance that I get burnt-out.

Anyways just had to share. Hopefully I'll get back into the swing of blogging soon :)

Miles!

Oh how I just love this little man!

So for any of you who don't know the back story:
I did not grow up with dogs and I do (well did) not like them - not really even small dogs. Well, okay some dogs were cute, but definitely not big dogs. So anyways of course my husband LOVES dogs and the great debate began - when were we going to get a dog?

I was lucky that the first year we were married our landlord did not allow pets, but as soon as we moved into a house it was "when are we getting a dog?!" I'll admit I wanted a dog but not the kind Alex had in mind! I wanted a cute, little dog and Alex wanted a big dog. We thought we would compromise on a medium sized dog until one fateful afternoon I started researching labs - I know weird. Well I decided that if we had to have a big dog a lab was a good fit. Alex was fairly convinced I'd fall in love with our puppy and then be okay when he grew big, but there was still a little uneasiness that things would not go well.

So what happened when we found this little guy?! I fell in love that's what! Alex (and myself) was so surprised at how easy I fell in love with little Miles. This is from when we first picked him up - he was a sleepy pup!

I mean really? How could you not?

Anyways the other day I was thinking - wow I really love Miles! And of course I really love Alex and I really love my family and friends, but it is a new kind of love (not that those other loves are the same...that'd be weird). Like how I probably will love my future child. And I've decided that's weird and kind of ridiculous and also kind of scary! I think being a parent is probably really crazy-scary (and yeah, yeah really great too!) But like how do you not worry about your child all the time? Anyways I guess I'll find out sooner or later, but right now I'm good with just being Mile's mommy :)

Things I learned this weekend

Hi Friends!
How was your weekend? Mine was pretty fabulous if I may say! I'll tell you what even with just one year under my belt as Tippi Toes OKC franchise owner I am so much more relaxed! Of course I am still pretty busy (with more things coming as classes get ready to start - August 29!!!) but things are getting just a tad easier and I love that :)

Just a post about things I learned about life this weekend:

1. Chocolate candies take way longer to make if you only have one mold - one of my really close friends, Megan, is having a baby and I along with another friend Sarah through her a baby shower this weekend. For favors I made these chocolate baby candies. They took about 12 years to make though because I only had one mold...

2. Babies need a lot of stuff - Okay I already knew this, but it was just reinforced at this shower!

3. I really can't handle the thought of my sweet baby Miles getting hurt! As Alex and I were getting ready for church yesterday morning, Milies jammed his leg as he was running around and immediately crumpled and could barely walk and was crying. Neither of us knew what to do and I was practically in tears! Thankfully he healed quickly (maybe a twist or a bad bruise?) after sitting (okay being cradled like a baby) and we didn't have to take him to the vet. It was really scary and I would just prefer that to never happen again.

4. Naps are fabulous - in the right setting. After church yesterday Alex and I took a nap! A lot of times I really can't nap because my brain does not stop going, but yesterday worked. We hadn't in soo long and it was soo nice! Except for when Alex wouldn't get up afterwards and I had to go get Miles to lick him awake :) Okay that was pretty great too :)

5. Don't take the loved ones in your life for granted - on Saturday Alex went to hang out with his friends and I decided to have a night to myself. Well of  course part of that time would be dedicated to food blogging (and of course the rest to reality tv)! I came across a really sad post about a dedication to a fellow blogger who suddenly lost her husband; and then another, and then another. After a little more looking, I found that this woman lost her husband suddenly to a heart attack. She asked that everyone make a peanut butter pie in memory of her husband since it was his favorite. That led to bloggers everywhere making a post about peanut butter pie. My reaction - well of course I called Alex sobbing and barely making any sense while trying to explain to him my crazy behavior. Anyways it just reminded me how precious life is. To remember to cherish those that are special to me. And to not take anything for granted.