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So did I mention that my hubby gets to come home in August for 2 weeks for his mid-tour leave? THATS RIGHT!!!!! WOO HOOO!!!

So needless to say I can’t think about much else. But that also means I’ve been getting my bod ready for my hubby to feast his hands eyes hands on.

That means a new hair cut, eye brow wax, some extra squats, and a new outfit to wear when I pick him up!

I recently teamed up with Shabby Apple and yall, their clothes are to die for. I’m talking adorable! Womens dresses, maternity wear, you name it, they have it. I had the best time checking out their website.

Help me Rhonda, I need these:

Right now they are having a summer sale, PERFECT! So click on this link and prepare to want to throw a million things in your shopping basket!

Which dress should I get?!?!

Way back when I told you that I dreamed of being able to rant in Spanish like Claire from the Cosby Show.

Well, I’m just going to go ahead and admit it. I watch the Cosby Show instead of reading parenting books. Yep, true story. I love it and never get tired of it. I take mental notes on how they deal with issues and handle conflict with their kids.

Then I see something like this and I am on.the.floor. I’m on the floor partly because it’s friggin’ hilarious and partly because I have had a tap dancing performance with Bud in the kitchen while blaring a hip hop version of Itsy Bitsy Spider. There may also have been a robot involved.

You’re welcome for this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaBTaok3qG0

This past weekend I was at the beach celebrating some dear friends who vowed to love each other forever. Yay TK and Anna Jane!! TK and Sam have been best friends since they were little and Anna Jane is one of the sweetest chicks I know. Sam was supposed to be a groomsman but clearly his little “business trip” got in the way. So I went to represent the Metzlers! Everything from the rehearsal dinner/dance to the reception was so wonderful. SO FUN!

First of all, I wore heels all weekend and danced my face off with wonderful friends I don’t get to see enough.

me and Jess before the wedding!

oh heeyyyy hotel mirror

Secondly, I slept in on Saturday, had a few SLOW cups of coffee, put make up on without someone at my ankles, ran without a stroller, and got take-out without having to quickly shove it in my mouth so Bud would quit poking his fingers in it and ate it while watching the Kardashians for like 2 hours…. moment of silence. I missed my little man but it was a nice little break.

Jessica and Lindsey… love these girls!

my DELICIOUS take out!

It was an awesome weekend full of a lot of laughs, late nights, and really sore feet.

** Warning, picture overload about to overcome your senses.

I am finally posting pictures from Bud’s first birthday party! It was such a fun day. My boy did great especially considering how mother-loving hot it was. Everyone was such a good sport for braving the heat and celebrating our boy.

the clevys…. aka the planet hangers (and yes i kept making jokes about them hanging the moon)

Me and Jude, my amazing friend who selflessly took pictures so I could focus on the birthday boy

Miles 🙂

Lorin and Laela

the Hornadays!

Sam’s sweet fam who drove over for the party! So sweet!

Brad Ro and sweet Molly

I love the Kearns fam!!

the water table was CRUCIAL!

Crane boys!

Parker!

I wanted to make it really special with little details about the theme (it was space themed in case you missed that) because Sam and I always tell Bud “I love you to the moon and back” every night before he goes to bed. So I thought it’d be a fun way to play out the theme and it didn’t involve me renting a miniature pony…WHY DIDN’T I RENT A TINY SPACE PONY?!

Anyways, we invited family and close friends of Bud’s. People who know and love him and are willing to hang around in 100 degree weather watching me sweat more than a housewife reading 50 Shades of Gray.

The invitations were TO DIE FOR. As per usual, my sister-in-law Lauren over at Saint Folly made all other invitations look like clip-art with our custom designed invites. I can’t wait to frame Bud’s to put in his room because I’ll treasure it forever. Get in touch with me if you want to have anything done by her; she does stationary, invites, and cards! Instead of gifts, we requested peeps bring donations for the Rescue Mission and we were able to bless them with some awesome stuff!

For the food, I’m just gonna bullet-point because me so tired.

– Pluto Punch = pineapple juice, sprite, lemonade
– Meteorites = rice krispie treats
– Little Dippers = Chickfila nuggets with sauces
– Far Out Fruit = umm fruit
– Space Trail Mix = ummm trail mix
– Cupcakes with stars and rocket ships on them
– Space Ship shaped PB&Js

The gift boxes I made into little Nasa goodies. I printed out Nasa stickers and just slapped them onto gift boxes that I got from Michael’s… very easy. Then I filled them with Pop Rocks, Astronaut food, and the worst idea ever: astronaut and rocket shaped chocolates.

I won’t lie, the chocolates were my least favorite of the party prep. They didn’t turn out great and the molds were a pain in my ass.  But, I had already committed and I didn’t want 7 unused chocolate molds on my hands.

stupid things took forever

I made a little space centerpiece out of foams balls and wooden skewers. I painted them and well, put it together… not too hard!

I made a little birthday banner with card stock and yarn. My amazing brother/Bud’s Gruncle made him a little rocket-boy painting that I used to decorate his high chair for the cake extravaganzaaaa.

The cupcakes were bought from a local bakery, Dewey’s but my friend Sarah and I made the fondant toppers. That was a hilarious afternoon because I think we covered every hard topic in life (marriage, religion, politics… Metzler/Lidbom 2012) all while I had a whiny child at my ankles. Plus, we learned Bud is terrified of Yo Gabba Gabba.

Dewey’s also made his smash cake. They did such a great job! For real, check it out. Bud DESTROYED it. It was awesome. Dude dominated half of it and I eventually had to take it away because I knew it would end up all over me later.

he really wanted me to have some…. so thoughtful

see! i told you he dominated it!

I also got some cool paper lanterns to act as planets and a MASSIVE one as the moon and suckered my friends Nadia and John into helping me hang them at 9pm on Friday night.

Here’s a nice shot of the ‘planets’

Oh, and did I mention that I built a spaceship for the kids to play in? Yeah… that happened.

From beginning to end it was a great first birthday but it would have been an amazing first birthday party if his Dada would have been there. We missed you more than you know Sam, hurry home to your people.

Here are some more shots from the party:

i mean…. come on

the three stud muffins

Bud and Gammy

Bud and Nana

Bud and the 2 granddads!

Well, I survived Bud’s first birthday party! It was so fun and we celebrated the little dude well. I went a tad over board….. maybe even built a spaceship for kids to play in :/ Ill post pictures when I have them put together. But until then, here are some random iPhone pictures I’ve taken over the past couple of weeks. Yall- my kid is getting old and I love it. He’s so curious and WIDE OPEN.

my coffee time at the beach

boat time with bud!

cat effects = best app ever

busted

watch out gurlz

define “overboard”…

he’s on step 5

my lifelines

naked trucker

first date with laela, he’s a bit coy with the PDA

beach swingin

if i could live in a hammock i would

there are few things cuter than a nekkid baby…. nekkid

More of the photographic storyline of our beach trip!

We LOVED our beach tent and it was key for giving Bud a break from the sun. Here he is showing me the importance of filling the frisbee with sand

Bud has started putting his feet up on the table while he eats, its kinda hysterical. Also- remember that one time I show my double chins on my blog?

KISSES!

I mean…. seriously? How could I not want 20 of these dudes! I mean, I DON’T but I kinda do. Help me.

20 OF THEM!

Instead of writing out what we did at the beach, I’m showing you in pictures! Translation: I don’t feel like typing it out.

Yall- Bud’s FIRST BIRTHDAY was this week! We are having the party tomorrow and needless to say, I’m going way.overboard. Like, for real, cut me off. I’ll post all about it, don’t you worry! (I know you’ll be on the edge of your seats…)

A face only a mother could love….

Family Picture (Bud is asleep…oops)

I like to call myself the “Kitchen Chaperone”

Seafood Boil, a beach tradition!

Brodder/Gruncle…. and his pomade

Poor Nomi

ATTACK

Dessert = Juggling Show

Big Brodder

Just so I’m not one of those bloggers that only puts good pictures up, this is a “real life” shot. Please notice the flying marker that just hit me in the eye, classic.

Wagon = Beach MUST HAVE

oh hayyy gurl, can i get your number?

riveting game of paddleball

ladder ball!

the beach fam

Well we are back from the beach (insert crying noise here) and we had an awesome time. Bud loved it and loved being around his uncles. He took MONSTER naps each day because he’d get so worn out showing off all his new tricks.

Here are some shots from the beach, take me back!

crazy gruncle

So Bud has been a crawling machine and I know most almost-1-year-old parents are celebrating first steps…. well, we’re celebrating Bud finally crawling and proud of it!!

Babyproofing is in full force!

So we had maxed out on baby-pooling it up last week so we decided to do some finger painting outside instead! SO.FUN. 

Seriously, just do it. Bud and I both loved it and I didn’t care if paint got everywhere because it was Crayola so I knew it’d wash right out.

I decided to mess around with my camera and I loved how these turned out. I didn’t want to edit them at all so these are the raw results. I love want to relive this day over and over!

See? Doesn’t this look fun??