it has been one of those days.. Mr. Murphy is testing my patience knowing that for the next 4 days.. I only have to worry about numero uno.. 

it was one of those days..  I should have known I set myself up to fail when I found a random self tanner cloth in my drawer while looking for trashy vegas my jewelery.. so I rubbed it all over my body.. I want some colour before I go.. because I don’t know if I will get any in the 41 degree sun rays shining down right now.. 

I let it dry and went to get ready.. seeing as I packed 99% of my oh my god what fits and what am I going to wear wardrobe I went with lulus.. baggier ones from my pregnancies.. and get this..  one of Dustins white wife beater tank tops..

RED FLAG RED FLAG

I know better.. I threw on a zip up and walked out the door.. umm.. oh yah.. I forgot I had the car seats in Dustins car.. at work.. so we grabbed our cheap stroller and headed down.. I started to notice my body temperature was high.. and I think it had to do with the body wipe.. my skin wasnt breathing..  we walked into Bostons and I remembered.. 

only the base was in Dustins car.. Brixtons car seat is at home.. 

ayiyiiyiyiy

I ran back and got it.. and by the time we got back I decided to just eat lunch there.. 

seriously. I handed her a whole slice of pizza to see if it would buy time for me to eat my lunch.. and the sister ate it all.. every bite.. I was shocked.. and to top it off.. I thought I punched in a small.. and a giant medium came to the table.. 

we headed to the bank.. in and out of the car.. enough said ;) then over to get groceries and some toiletries for Vegas.. and then I started to sweat.. my skin not breathing combined with my over sized clothes.. and in the middle of the baby section.. I thought I was going to pass out.. but I had on an over sized wife beater and didn’t have the balls to take off my zip up.. after picking up Brixtons bottle 5 times from tossing it over the cart.. cramming all our groceries into the 2 cubic feet I had left in the cart.. we got the hell out.. and half way to the car I ripped off the sweater.. threw the kids in the car.. and was grateful enough to catch my glimpse in the window reflection.. 

oh boy.. sight for sore eyes.. 

stringy kind of rained on hair.. huge lulus and a shirt with my purple bra hanging out.. skid row I tell yah.. 

I think this was the Higher powers way of making sure I really enjoy my vacation tomorrow.. 

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah buddy!!

OK.. so I leave in 4 days.. 4 days! so excited.. today I ended up meeting the ladies (with kids in tow :0) to a little get together.. and we caught up and met and talked about the trip.. one of the lovely ladies ordered some t-shirts for the big day.. tank tops.. I am not really a tank top wearing kind of gal.. unless is it a tent like structure on my body.. so I enquired about a t-shirt.. but at the end.. also threw in an .. “I don’t want to be the difficult one.. if they can only do all tanks.. I will do a tank” 

but wasn’t thrilled about arriving in Vegas looking and feeling like a stuffed sausage.. 

so when I was given this at the meeting.. I almost died.. 

a large.. I think its safe to say.. a mens large.. there is nothing feminine about this.. gulp.. this would be my

WELCOME VEGAS! KACEY IS HERE!!

my mind started rolling about ways to make it fit.. and then I remembered about PINTEREST.. when in doubt.. pinterest will sort you out.. 

so I snuck into Brixtons closet where I keep my sewing machine.. and gave it a try.. I had nothing to lose ;)

before..

and I laughed when I pulled out the bag of sewing machine goods.. and this popped out.. 

my las vegas magnet! what the whose ee whatten.. meant to be.. 

and this my friends.. 20 minutes later.. is the finished product.. and please don’t mind the horrible lighting.. and the kids tooth paste smears down the window..

BAM! I had to switch over to Christmas pants.. I don’t wear jeans in this house.. ever

I am very impressed with how it turned out.. and now I am ready to rock it out in Vegas.. on the plane.. and walking around not looking like “the mom” of the group.. 

thank you pinterst.. not only do you give my family more original meals.. you got my back this time.. literally.. 

fun in the Canadian sun.. 

yesterday was a great day.. we headed up early (for us) to celebrate a friends sons birthday party.. and Olive was ready for friends and cake.. not particularly in that order.. she has been spoiled with birthday parties this month.. and I think its safe to say she is almost entirely out of her shell.. 

look.. she even sits with kids.. her sister.. not so much.. 

I always have the crying kids..I don’t get it.. Brixton was trekking along so well in these situations.. and then bam.. she gets an ear infection and is out for the count..  I also just noticed how many of our kids have light hair.. 

We stepped into the car all shiny and beautiful in Seattle.. and walked out looking a little worse for wear.. what was I thinking.. in part of my “start under packing” mindset.. I gave B the clothes on her back.. which was a beautiful romper Tabitha bought her for her birthday.. cream coloured.. pink trim.. and I handed her a pack of yogurt melts in an attempt for car serenity.. yah.. she was covered.. in purple.. top to bottom.. all in her neck and face and ears.. and of course.. her one outfit we packed her.. Olive stepped out missing a pigtail and hair clip.. and I made a mental note to travel in our pjs.. 

Tabitha has a killer back yard and it entertained my child for hours.. almost 5 to be exact.. we got out of the car and Olive got all excited yelling that we were “at the park!” because she could see the giant yellow slide peeking out from their fence.. 

I snuck all these photos from Tabitha’s face book.. because in part of my new “leave the phone in the car and be more hands on with your kids” I have no photos to show.. not one.. 

thankfully Brixton slept in Nathans crib and woke up rested.. I went to change her and as she escaped out of my pry.. which is also her new thing.. and peed all over her one already dirty outfit covered in purple goo.. awesome..  I was able to find some rogue pjs in the car and she wore Olives Christmas (are you shocked) pj shirt and size 2T lime green pj pants.. also belonging to her sister.. 

I wanted to kill some more time before we headed home.. and I had a little treaters I wanted to drop off for a friend.. who lived in the same area.. so we crashed a family nap;) 

We headed to Chateau Rosse and I think its safe to say Olive fell in love with Mr.Brad.. and she let him lead her all around their property to see the cool fishies and killer play house..  she let us stay and tornado her home.. and then cooked us some mean waffles.. which was awesome.. because I was trying to think of what awful drive through we would get stuck with for dinner.. because my original plan to take the girls to was squashed when we ended up looking like we were run over by a train.. 

my ladies..  I am loving all this time we have had together..

Tier 1’s baby ;) (this is totally an inside Kelle Hamton joke)

too cool for public school

this blog entry..

I am doing some blog archive reading right now and dying.of.laughter.. and seeing my sweet babies face.. ugh.. I cant believe how many details I missed! and its so nice to be able to read them.. 

“It will come soon enough. And when the time does come, it will be a lot easier letting them go when I know I made the very best of the time they were mine to keep”

“my baby is finally getting bigger.. it melts my heart as much as it breaks it.. ”

olive was so short and little :)

oh B..

“ the highlight of the day was when Tiff was coming out of the crazy kids run around play area that malls love to offer.. and she smacked her head on a giant wooden flower that was sticking out of the wall!!” 

the daddy is in Detroit.. Detroit what! and we are on day two of single parenting.. and so far.. good.. it is kind of weird..

knowing that there is no daddy coming home.. there are no dinner time lines.. no quick 15 minute clean before he gets home ;) its been very nice :) 

today.. for the first time EVER.. I had dinner with my ladies.. the three of us sat at the table and we all ate together.. the worst part.. I always said that was the ONE thing I wanted to make sure I did as a parent.. and here we are.. our first time and Brixton just turned one.. I blame Dustins awful schedule..  and Lord knows I am not making three dinners..

and today I also did something I haven’t done in a long time.. packed up the girls and headed to the mall.. at 5:30 pm.. the sun was still shining.. and I needed some clothes for Vegas.. and with the way the Beibers has been the last month.. I was scared.. 

Brixton rockin it out in the Nordstroms shoe department.. in the middle of a crazy sale..

mama forgot Olives water.. so she was sippin on B’s bottle.. 

the girls surpassed my expectations.. and I was able to try and squeeze my ass into multiple pairs of coloured skinny jeans while they entertained each other.. 

ok Vegas.. I am kind of ready for yah now :)