{{Happy (almost) Halloween}

a POTTY Update

okay, okay, okay

I know that I said no more potty posts, or well that I would limit them, and I have!

BUT we do have an UPDATE!

I really put the whole potty thing aside, but last night before Prissy pants went to bed, I asked her if she had to potty, we went in her bathroom and I sat her down on her potty...

and she DID IT!!!

I was SO proud!

and then this morning, I did the same thing, and once again- she DID IT!

SO I put rhinestones, yes rhinestones, onto her Potty Chart!

{{there's only 1 rhinestone each for Thursday under each spot,
b/c we started before she went to bed last night- I wasn't really expecting her to go}}

My little girl is becoming such a big girl!

it's oh so bittersweet! 

I can't help but to think of the Pull Up commercial song,
"Mommy WOW, I'm a big kid now!"


with LOVE,
A

a much needed "Mommy Juice" night

so yesterday I shared that we were going to have a Girls Night with Nonna...

it wasn't really our typical "Girls Night", but there was a few glasses of "Mommy Juice"!

and before putting Miss Prissy pants to bed, 

I decided to take a shot at the whole Potty thing, 

which I am SO glad that I did... read the Potty Post {{Potty Update}}! :)

anyways back to the "Mommy Juice"...

{{mine & my Mom's glasses}}

(please note that apparently all the normal size wine glasses were in the dishwasher, 

therefore Nonna's tiny glass makes mine look like a GIANT glass)

I don't know if it's because now that I'm a Mommy that I can no longer finish a glass  

or if it's because I'm old OR maybe it's both?!

Either or, or both, it's a pretty sad thing- 

Ohh well, that just means MORE wine for PIZZA night tonight!

{{I choose to see the glass half full, which in my case it is, or was}}

CHEERS to the weekend!

with LOVE,

A

Prissy pants ♥

this post is ALL about my little Prissy pants!

NEW WORDS:

On our way back home from North Carolina, 

(Tuesday)

Prissy was playing "peek a boo", and I was saying "BOO" every time she would lower her blanket from her face, and then she just said BOO too!

perfect timing with Halloween coming up!

Wednesday

I asked her if she had, sorry there is no cute or nice way to say this,

"poo'ed" and she did her little routine of pointing down to her diaper and making a face, BUT this time she  repeated me and said "yucky"- which I think she picked up from her cousin during our NC trip!

I feel like we are on the edge of many more words to come!

(or at least I HOPE we are!)

Other than saying more than "baby talk" she is still a LOVER of...

*DANCING

*Watching MOVIES

*Goldfish (the snack)

*Being a TOTAL PRISS and walking around in heels
(YES, heels! I'm a proud Momma) and carrying purses

*Giving "LOVE" and Kisses (and saying "Mum" when she does)

*BOOKS

*Getting into JEWELRY and wearing it!

*Putting $$ into her piggy banks!

*Chasing Angel around the house

*Coloring

*Going on walks with Mommy

*Getting into EVERYTHING (especially Mommy's PURSE and wallet)

*Going SHOPPING

*having Girls Days and DIVA (spa) Days

*SHOES

*Making MESSES

 {{her bath necessities- bath rose petals}}

*MILKSHAKES

 {{Steak N' Shakes Happy Hour!}}

*MILK

*CHOCOLATE

*Happy Meals!

*Being outside, having Pool Days!

*Going to Starbucks and getting her "coffee drink" like Mommy!

 {{which is just a "Double Chocolaty Chip Frapp"}}

*Dogs
*Especially her little Doggie "Prissy"

*Hello Kitty

*Her baby dolls

*BATH TIME!

I feel my little Prissy pants is becoming such a little girl, 

and while it's bittersweet, I'm loving every minute of it

(well maybe not the minutes where we have meltdowns!) :)

Uhh OH!

Just whenever I wanted to start being a better blogger,

I get this...

which reads...

Content Encoding Error

the page you are trying to view cannot be shown because it uses an invalid or unsupported form of compression.

Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem.

This is SO my luck!

Yeah, let me just call up the owners of Blogger!

Thankfully, after a lot of persistence, I got it working again!

(obviously!) :)

with LOVE,

A

let's play

CATCH UP!

SORRY for, once again, being MIB

{{missing in BLOGGING}}

Me & Miss Prissy pants have been busy busy girls!

(and too, I'm still trying to figure out how to upload pics from my phone to the blog- 

without emailing them all to myself!)

SO it's been over 2 weeks since I've blogged

and here's what we've been up to...

*a lot of growing (will do a special post on that in a bit)  :)

*made 2 special visits to NC to see Auntie Jenn Jenn and the MINI's and the newest little MINI!

(will do a post with LOTS and LOTS of pictures!)

we feel NC is our second home now! 

& 

we'll be back there for THANKSGIVING! 

*being CINDERELLA (me, not Miss Priss- she's more like the messer-upper- Thank GOD she's so cute)

*I've put the whole "potty training" on hold for a bit- while I've introduced the potty to her, she is still too young to really understand it fully, and until we master the words "poo" and "pee" I feel we won't be making any progress, no matter how many books I buy!

I always try to blog and capture our lives, especially the special and sweet moments, but I'm still trying to balance it all and find the time to actually sit down and blog about it all while living this thing called LIFE! 

Pretty sure I already have my New Years Resolution picked for this year!

Be Organized and Find Balance!

anyways, I'm determined to be a better blogger!

WISH me LUCK!

ohh and...

HAPPY Thursday!

and speaking typing of it being Thursday...

tonight will be GIRLS Night- woo hoo!

and I'll try to take pictures and do a little post on it tomorrow,
or even perhaps tonight after Prissy pants is in bed!

with LOVE,

A

SECRET

I'm going to let you in a little secret,

a STARBUCKS Secret!

being the SB LOVER that I am,

I'm a bit sad that I am just now learning of this secret menu of theirs!

Oh Well! Now I'm sharing it with you...

{{click to enlarge}}

HAPPY FRIDAY!

make it FABULOUS!

with LOVE,

A

my first text post!

Totsy LOVE ♥

So a few weeks ago, Totsy had MUDPIE things on their site,
I'm OBSESSED and in LOVE with their stuff
SO I of course got Prissy pants a couple things!

{{a blanket & sippy cup}}

AND today it finally arrived!

that is the only thing about Totsy that I do NOT love- the shipping process- it takes FOREVER to get,
BUT whenever it does finally arrive, it's a little like Christmas!

Yes, that's an "h" monogram on the blanket, I chose the "h" b/c they were out of the "k"'s
and I really LOVED the blanket, besides our last name starts with an "h" so it's fitting!

Prissy pants using her new sippy cup!

***Please excuse her super-low-wearing-headband

TRZP

{{The Rachel Zoe Project}}

okay so last night was the season premiere!

I actually fell asleep with Prissy pants, BUT I made sure to have it set to record,

just in case such an event happened! :)

Can I just say ... I LOVE her!

I do, however, wish she would eat a BIG hamburger though!

BUT girl can dress, and I LOVE her hair and heels!

but anyways- back to the show!

I LOVED whenever she was honest and let us know how 

she felt whenever she found out she was having a boy..

"I found out I was having a boy and I cried for a week. Or two. Maybe three"

But then she found cute boy clothes and got over it! haha

LOVE her!

I guess to most, that seems really mean, selfish and even a bit vain-

but I know where she's coming from on it.

I too, would have been disappointed if I found out I were having a boy.

Not that I wouldn't of loved having a little boy, because if Prissy pants would have been a boy-

I would have loved him the same!

BUT I just LOVE having a little girl!

And Thank God for giving me a little girl and not a boy,

b/c I'm not sure I would know what to do with a little boy!

I am lucky enough to get to live out having a little boy through my nephew! :)

Can't wait until next Tuesday night!

with LOVE,

A

here's a recap of the episode on the Purse Blog

Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

 the arrival of a little Princess...

{{Brynne Alexa}}

{{ 7lbs. 4oz. 19inches}}

she is pure perfection!

I just feel bad for my Mom, Nonna, this makes three grand-daughters ...
which means...
that's A LOT of TUTU's and SHOES!

and one more picture, because... well just because! :)

ahh... LOVE her SO SO much!

Zoe ♥

I'm SO excited for The Rachel Zoe Project!

Season Premiere on September 6th

{{at 10 PM}}

This will help with no more PLL's on Tuesday's now!

Can't wait to see her baby bump, and her maternity wardrobe!!!

LOVE her!

Wordless Wednesday ♥

{{Prissy pants & her Potty}}

the PRINCESS & the POTTY! ♥

This week I got Prissy pants a POTTY!

{{on Tuesday}}

being the "camera-happy Mommy" that I am-

I, of course, have pictures!

After all that we went through to get this little potty-

it was well worth it- because it's the CUTEST little thing!

equipped with a place for wipes and TP!

&

it even came with a thing of soap!

LOVE! LOVE! LOVE!

okay now for the PICTURES

{{please excuse the bad quality- I took them from my phone}}

 {{opening it up}}

{{Prissy pants testing it out, the wrong way, 

I think this is going to be a lot harder- then I originally thought!}}

 {{testing out the lid...}}

:)

She thought this was SO much FUN to do!

AND
it even came with  STICKERS
(that match the seat)

SO cute!

Okay NO more "potty posts" - well for this week at least! ha

POTTY Time

it's my POTTY,

and I can try if I want to,

try if I want to...

OR 

just sit IN it- as Prissy pants did!

(evidence below- of COURSE I took a picture of it!)

Okay so I know my little Prissy pants is only 18 months old,

but I feel it would be good to get this thing started

PLUS

I don't know how many more poopy diapers
(sorry non-Mommy friends- that was probably a bit TMI) I can take! ha

I LOVE my little Princess,

but a Momma can only take so much!

{{DOWN with diapers!}}

WISH us LUCK!

... testing ...

This is my FIRST posting from my phone- Please excuse it not being in my normal text and form! I'm still trying to figure it all out! :)

NOT ME Monday

{{confession session}}

*Due to my being super busy last week, I was a bad housewife housemaid

and now today, I have lots and lots to do!

*I HATE when my "TO DO List" is super long!

*I think all Mommies should have assistants! ha :)

okay Sorry, but today's is super short because I have A LOT to do 

and Prissy pants is down for her nap- 

so I gotta go and do as much as I can before she awakes and makes more messes for me! :)

***the Real Housewives of New York Reunion part 2- TONIGHT! {{10 pm}}