February Recap

Since I have been a terrible blogger let's catch up on what has been going on.
Starting off at the beginning of the month-
Jarred's Birthday- 2/6 Well I started this month off with my first trip to the ER.  I had the flu and was dehydrated.  The flu is no joke.  This is my first time ever having it and I honestly thought being hit by a bus would have been more pleasant.  So I was down for the count for a good few days.  I refused to miss Jarred's birthday though!  I went out probably before I should have.  He planned dinner with his family on the night of his actual birthday (Friday) I had been in the ER Tuesday. I felt much better! But was still pretty exhausted and worried about getting other sick.  Luckily I stayed awake (Felt horrible the next day though - whoops - it was worth it and didn't get anyone sick.  So I call that a win.) He had a reservation for a place in Bethlehem we had been dying to try, The Bookstore Speakeasy.  It was awesome! Food was good the atmosphere was super fun too! I'll post more about the details in the next few weeks since were are going back this month (March) for date night.

Valentine's Day -  2/14 Jarred and I spent the weekend at the shore house together.  It was great, super lazy weekend. The only thing we did was go to dinner Saturday night.  We went to a place in Margate (a town over from OC, NJ).  It was less than stellar.  We won't go back.  It was an Italian restaurant with sushi? Weird... Anyway we both got different types of lobster and pasta.  They were full of lobster and yet I didn't taste even a hint of it :(  It was so bland and bad, shame. The weather called for serious 60mph+ winds and snow squalls.  It was fine pretty much until we drove home, lucky we live close it was a complete white out by the time we got back into town.
Date Night Weekend - 2/21 We were supposed to head back to the Bookstore Speakeasy to celebrate Jarred's birthday in February, however the snow ruined that plan for us.  Since it was about an hour drive for me and my sister and they were calling for 6+ inches in some areas we cancelled that and were going to try to go somewhere closer to us with the kids! The snow started early than they thought and by 5 roads were a mess. So we changed our plans again and went to a place down the street from my sister's house. We ended up having a fantastic time! Jarred and I always love getting to see the kids so we were happy our plans didn't work out as planned.
Beach- 2/28 This past weekend we went to the beach with my parents and my sister's fam.  Pretty low key. Games and hanging out.  Went to a great new restaurant in downtown OC called Vittorio's Trattoria, soooo good!! They are going to be mobbed this summer.  Our waiter convinced me to get the lobster ravioli special and it was one of the bests I've had! Everyone was super happy about their dinners and excited to get back there this summer!  

The weather this month has been horrible here! Got hit with some snow/sleet on our way home.  Jarred and I avoided being in a car accident by the skin of our teeth.  The roads went from okay to horrible. We made it back to my house and spent the afternoon catching up on Walking Dead. :)

Ugh if you read all of this you really must like me.
Now that we're all caught up hopefully I'll be a better blogger and this month catch-up's won't happen again... 

Big Changes.

So I am officially the worst blogger ever, I know. (Side note-I'm actually even worse than I thought.  I was supposed to post this Friday)
Everything just seems so boring to write about these days.  Winter is the worst, it is so un-motivating.   Let's catch up.  There have been a few shore trips. Lots of eating.  Oh and a move happening! Jarred and I officially stopped house hunting back in January.  Let me tell you it has been glorious! 
House hunting was probably the most stressful thing either of us have gone through.  We finally sat down and realized for the good of our relationship we needed to stop.  Within a week we found an apartment and signed a lease! :)  So I have been spending all my free time pinning and shopping.  We move in the first weekend of April. 
Two of my best friends are also moving away... While I'm happy for both of them my selfish sides hates every second of it.  Liz is up first, she left for Nantucket (so jealous) on Sunday.  When I met Liz (6 year ago? longer?) if you told me she would end up being one of my best friends I would have laughed at you.  We have gone through it all and keep coming out closer go figure. I don't think she knows how much I really will miss her around here.  But let me tell you I cannot wait to go visit!! :)
Steph leaves this weekend.  She moved back from State College a few weeks ago and is now moving to Lancaster.  While she'll be closer than she was before I am still super bummed she is leaving.  Steph and I have been friends since I was born (literally - her mom brought her down when I was a baby).  I know nothing will ever effect our friendship at this point but I am still super sad she is moving again! 
Love you ladies and I will miss you both!
Let's take a trip down memory lane... (vegas) (polar bear plunge, sea isle) (psu football) (my 21st birthday)

Everyone's Obsessed with Jarred...

This is a super fun post.
First I hope everyone had a great weekend.  Mine was good! Went to double date dinner with my sister and brother in law to our favorite place to get amazing mussels in Philly - Monks.  so good.

Looked at a few more houses - I'll post a longer update on that soon I swear.
That's about it for the weekend. - Back to work now almost 1/2 way to summer! Typically the rest of the year will now fly by. :)
Anyway on to the reason for this post.  My niece and nephews are OBSESSED with jarred.
Everything is Jarred it's lame and adorable.  
Nora face-timed me the other day and for 2 minutes straight before I hung up on them constantly repeated Jarred's name.  Girlfriend's in love.  Here's the photos to prove it -

Look at the love in her eyes.
On NYE she would walk out of the room Jarred was in and just repeat his name to those of us in the other room.  
She had always had a soft spot for him since she was a baby.  It's the cutest.  Her latest is carrying around my phone which has a lock screen of Jarred and I, she'll look at it and point to Jarred saying his name.
The triplets also love Jarred.  Once they SCREAMED his name when he walked in the door.   If you ask them "what does Jarred do" here is their response (and Greg's)-

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It all started with Tommy getting hurt and unconscionably crying at my parents house months and months ago while Jarred was making this face at him-

Tommy starts laughing and coming up to Jarred trying to cross his arms and make this face back.  He has since perfected the Jarred and now everyone does it.

Such is my life...
(I secretly love how much they all love Uncle Jarred)

Post Christmas Blues

Hope everyone had a great Christmas! 
I think I ended up with all my wishlist items and more! Great job everyone!! :)
It was a crazy holiday as always.
We start off the holidays by getting together with my dad's side of the family the Sunday before Christmas.

                                

                               

                           

                              

                             

                              

Its pretty much insane but one of my favorite traditions.  The kids are starting to outnumber the adults!
Next up is Christmas Eve - I typically go to church with my Momma then my sister and brother-in-law bring the kiddies over to see our town's firetrucks going through the neighborhood with Santa.

some Christmas eve read and green

  

Christmas Day after my brother and sister and their families do their Christmas morning they all come over to my parents house we have another Christmas morning present opening shit show.  The kids seem to enjoy it more and more each year.  As long as they each get the exact same gifts.  We all have brunch then go our separate ways for the afternoon.

Then my parents have family over for dinner.  Jarred typically does his own thing almost the same thing m family does - Christmas morning then dinner.  So I don't see him until after dinner.  This year not until around 11pm. :( Next year we'll have to figure out a better arrangement.  Christmas was fantastic as always.  I hate how it ends so quickly though. :(

This week I have spent thinking of ways to buy things for our house that I can use for storage at my parents house now.  Ikea is amazing.  Minus that I see such adorable ideas for their stuff on pinterest only to find out what I now want is discontinued.  Grr Ikea.  

Hope everyone had a great new year! Looking forward to what 2015 has to bring! Hopefully a new house.  More updates on the house hunt soon!

Back in the Spirit

Trying to be a better blogger!
Before all the house drama went down I had been full of Christmas Spirit.  We were supposed to go ice skating in the city the weekend we spent looking at the house. :(   Hopefully I can find some time to sneak that in before the New Year.
I had also made these cookies.  The recipe was for Halloween and I changed it from "Boo Bites" to "Reindeer Treats," how festive!

I'm going to get back on the Christmas wagon seeing as it's coming up so quickly! (as always) Just finished up my Christmas shopping now all that's left is wrapping.
Just in case someone wants to get me a last minute Christmas gift here was my wishlist this year -

one. two. three. four. five.

And for now I'll leave you with these cuties (not including the adults)

Have a great Christmas!

House Heartbreak

Hey All!
I really do have good intentions on blogging each week, I really do.  Then the week just gets away from me.
Anyway lets play a little game of catch up.
My birthday was great.  Jarred took me to the Melting Pot on Thursday (the day of my birthday). 
Then Friday we went into the city with my sister and brother-in-law for dinner at Ristorante Panorama. Leaving my review off for now.  However you can't go wrong with flights of wine and my all of us acting like flight attendants the entire night. 
We had a great time!

Saturday we went to Jarred's work's holiday party.
Now to the not so great stuff in life currently-
So last weekend Jarred and I looked at a house we thought we could afford.  It was a new build and I can't speak for Jarred but it was my dream house I loved it.  I know he loved it to but I'm sure he wouldn't call it his dream house.  
We looked at it on Saturday there was only one left available that was being built so I rallied our families to come look at it on Sunday with us.  (Which was also the first time our families were meeting!!)  It went great! Our families really didn't have anything bad to say about it overall, so that's a win in my book.  I called our lender to crunch the numbers for me and it was just a tiny bit more than we were looking to spend. 
Dreams crushed. I seriously don't think I've stopped crying since Monday.  I still haven't given up hope.  I'm reaching out to the builder and several friends who are in the mortgage business.  Trying to exhaust all options before giving up.
I never thought losing a house would be this depressing.  I'm feeling very defeated after spending months searching the internet for houses in the area for us and really haven't come up with a whole lot.  I guess we'll see what happens.  Please cross your fingers and toes that this house miraculously works out. Until next time which I'm hoping will be soon and in much happier spirits!

'tis the season

Hi All! I am a serious slacker with this blog these days. Sorry about that.
Hope everyone is enjoying their holiday season.  
Thanksgiving is busy these years with Jarred and I trying to see both of our families.  But hey it works.  For the last 2 years we go to his parents first and have dinner with them early in the afternoon.  Then from there we head to my sisters house and have another dinner! Leggings are a must on Thanksgiving (who am I kidding leggings are always a must for me).  It sounds easy but our families live an hour apart so we spend a lot of the time driving on Thanksgiving.  But it's great.  

(Yup these are our selfies... I take what I can get)

(Thanksgiving should be eaten with your hands)

Now that that's out of the way HOORAY it's Christmas time and no one can yell at me anymore for my holiday spirit overload.  
This past weekend Jarred and I went into the city for some holiday fun.  Last year we didn't really do anything so this year I'm trying to check off as many things from my to-do list as possible. 
We took the train into the city in the afternoon and went to Love Park which has a German Christmas Village during the holidays.  It was adorable.  From there we had a pit stop at Reading Terminal Market until it got dark enough to go see the light show at Franklin Square Park.  Which was great! So very Christmasy of us.  We had a great time.

Sunday my sister and a few of my friends went to Painting with a Twist.  We had a great time up until the last 10 minutes when I ruined my painting.  Who can beat wine and painting! Anyway this was supposed to be posted on Monday or Tuesday or even Wednesday or Thursday. But here were are Friday- my bad! 
Yesterday was my birthday! Hooray 27!! not. More details on my birthday and this weekend Monday! That's all for now!