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Steppin’ Out ~ Fun Weekend!

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Toward the end of last week I was all sorts of excited for the weekend. And not just because my last weekend sucked a big-fat-ace, but because we had some fun stuff planned! {and by we, I mean me}

Friday night, we headed over to Andy’s parent’s house for a big turkey dinner, complete with stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy. {No mac-n-cheese, but that’s ok, I’m not bitter} {Ok, actually I am…a little} Then, after dinner, because the rest of the weekend was going to be so busy, I went grocery shopping. I know! Grocery shopping, at 8 PM on a Friday and ALONE!? It was kind of mind blowing.

Saturday, I had plans to get up early and make an awesome tailgating dip because I was headed up to watch the OSU game with my sister. {Shout out to my awesome husband who insisted I go despite the fact that he re-injured his back and could hardly move all weekend} I figured my personal red-headed alarm clock would have me up by 7 AM. Guess again…I woke up just after 8! It felt great, but cue the HOLY-CRAP-I-HAVE-TO-LEAVE-IN-AN-HOUR panic. No dip was made. On the way out of town I grabbed a coffee. By the time I made it to the tailgate party, my coffee cup was empty and ready to be refilled with a margarita. The Beavs ended up losing, but I had a great time soaking in the last of the sun hanging out with my sister. It was much needed.

Sunday Rylee and I had a hot date with Costco and our friends Lindsey and Otto. And yes, I got “dressed” to go to Costco. It was the only place we went, but it felt good to get dressed. Our visit with Lindsey and Otto was nice, but cut short by two antsy toddlers who couldn’t understand WHY!? they couldn’t run and crawl around the Costco food court area like little banshees. Lindsey and I decided that next time, we’re leaving the kids at home and going out one night after work. The rest of the day was spent doing…well, not much of anything. Dishes. Laundry. Cooking dinner. Fun stuff, folks. It was glorious.

The entire weekend was absolutely glorious.

Ok, on to the Costco outfit…

This one is easy folks…head to toe: Target

Linking up with Mandy!

Rylee’s Fashion Friday {v. 1}

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Ok, so, first thing’s first…I’m changing the name of my Friday ritual. Gone are the days of “Fashion Police”. Mostly, because I actually LOVE the outfits Ry chooses to wear. I love her creativity and I always, always want her to “wake up full of awesome!” {Side note: you must go read that post…go ahead, I’ll wait…} 

Now that we’ve got that cleared up, moving right along…

This is how Rylee has chosen to deal with Fall in the PNW. Layering. Like a true Oregonian.

Blue Sweater: Hand me down
Yellow & White Striped Long Sleeve shirt w/ blue flowers: Old Navy
Purple Shorts: Target
White Leggings: Old Navy, dirt/grass stains: Rylee
Dora Sandals: Target {It might have been chilly out, but it wasn’t raining}

 Striking a pose.

Also? Creeper wolf-dog.

The one I never thought I’d write

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As a relatively fit 27 year old who was doing everything “right”, I never I thought I would wake up Friday morning to something not being…right.

But I did.

So, I called and spoke to the nurse on call. Told her what was going on. She told me to take it easy. Keep my feet up. Then she told me to call and check in on Monday morning. That was that.

I stayed at work for a few hours. Unable to focus, I filled in one of my bosses about something not being quite right, and he told me to go home. Right then. So home I went. Propped my feet up on the couch and slept the afternoon away. Andy picked Ry up that night. He made us dinner. He did the dishes. I stayed off my feet. Something still wasn’t quite right.

And, I guess when you know, you know, because I awoke from a dead sleep at 1 AM and I knew.

At 7 weeks, 4 days pregnant, I was having a miscarriage.

I tried to go back to sleep. For the rest of the night I was in and out of sleep and in and out of bed.

That night, and since then, I’ve had a lot of time to think about what was happening.

And you know what? I’m OK with it.

Surprisingly OK with it in fact.

Don’t get me wrong, I’ve had my ups and downs but, at this point, it is what it is and there is {obviously} no changing it. To be honest, knowing what was happening was much more comforting to me than trying to decide just what the nurse meant when she said this “could be normal”.

It’s a very weird thing to write about now. Especially considering so many of you didn’t even know Andy and I were expecting. But, it’s not something I can just skip over like it never happened.

We are blessed beyond measure in the life we have built together. I truly, truly believe that even though I may not see the reasons now, all things do happen for a reason.

There’s always a silver lining…right?

So proud of my girl.

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This last weekend I mostly sat on my butt on the couch {possibly more on this later}. No really. I didn’t wash a single dish. Or fold a single piece of laundry. Or cook a single meal. Andy pretty much did everything and I sat on the couch. {side note: Not having cable when you are stuck on the couch SUCKS. Hard.}

Rylee was very good and very sweet all weekend. We played a lot of memory and we did a lot of coloring.

She is becoming so grown up. SO much so. Becoming so deliberate. And so coordinated. And I am so proud of her for the little person she is becoming.

She sort of blows my mind, that girl.

And this? This was no exception. She’s been able to spell her name out loud for quite a while, but last night she decided she wanted to write her name. So we did it together. I will keep this piece of paper for as long as I live.