What's Up Wednesday

I can’t believe that it’s already been a month since What’s Up Wednesday… man, these come around fast!  Let’s get right to it!

What We’re Eating This Week

Cake, cake, and more cake.  Cookie cake, regular cake, cupcakes, leftover cake.  Two weekends ago was Valentine's Day and this past weekend we celebrated Brian and Olivia for their birthdays, so we’ve had a lot of cake.  And naturally all of the leftovers come to our house, so we’ve literally eaten cake every day for the last ten days.  I guess I shouldn’t complain since I love it so much, but geez, I feel like I’ve gained five pounds in the last week.  I’m eating salads and fruit for lunch every day to try to balance it out.  Haha.

What I’m Reminiscing About

Olivia is turning two tomorrow, so I’ve been looking through old photos to include in recent posts, and I miss having a baby tiny enough to cradle in my arms.  You can join me on my trip down memory lane in the following posts.

My Pregnancy With Olivia in Chalkboard Signs

Olivia Cate's Pregnancy Story

Olivia Cate's Birth Story

Olivia's First Year in Pictures

What I’m Loving

Warmer weather!!  It’s been very mild here these last few days – highs in the seventies and lows in the fifties – and I’m loving it!  It’s been like a little taste of spring and it has me looking forward to green grass, blooming flowers, and sweet, warm sunshine on my bare shoulders!

What We’ve Been Up To

We celebrated Valentine’s Day a couple of weekends ago, we celebrated Brian’s and Olivia’s birthdays this past weekend, and Olivia had tubes put in her ears Monday.  It’s been a very busy couple of weeks!

What I’m Dreading

Brian is leaving on Sunday for a business trip so I’ll be a full-time working single momma with two kids for four days.  It’s always extremely tough and it makes me wish that I was a stay at home momma without a corporate job.

What I’m Working On

I’m in the middle of a home tour series here on the blog, and I’m still working to get the entire house cleaned up and photographed.  On top of that, I’m also working on my new year’s resolution to declutter every aspect of my life.  These two projects kind of go hand in hand, because a decluttered room makes for an easy room to photograph.  As a matter of fact, I just cleaned out Jacob’s entire room this weekend and knocked out my goal to declutter as well as knocked out my goal to get it cleaned up and photographed.  It feels good.

If you’re new here or you’ve missed any of the tour, you can see the rooms I’ve posted so far below.

Front Sitting Room 

Formal Dining Room 

Living Room 

Kitchen 

Guest Bath

Playroom

Master Bedroom

What I’m Excited About

Spending the day with my girl tomorrow.  Brian and I always take the kids’ birthdays off of work and we spend the entire day with them doing whatever they want to do.  Olivia rarely gets one on one time with us, so I’m sure that she’ll enjoy it just as much as we will.  I still can’t believe that she will be two tomorrow.  :o(

What I’m Watching/Reading

Watching – still loving The Bachelor and I’m already getting sad about the fact that it’s almost over already… they should just have that show on all year round!  Can I get an amen!  I’m still loving Lauren and I also love Caila.  I’m having a difficult time deciding who he should choose, so I’m glad I’m not in his shoes! 

Reading – The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.  Still.  You guys, I just haven’t had any time to read lately because all of my spare time has been consumed by blogging and planning for Valentine’s Day and for Brian’s and Olivia’s birthdays.  

Via

What I’m Listening To

I recently revived my Justin Timberlake 20/20 Experience album, and y’all, I’ve missed it terribly.  When is he ever going to put out another album?!  

Via

What I’m Wearing

It's quite a challenge to answer this right now… our weather has been all over the map lately!  Cold and sunny, warm and rainy, 30 degrees when you wake up and 70 degrees by the time you leave work.  What am I supposed to wear when the weather is drunk?!

You can see the day by day in my January Recap.

What I’m Doing This Weekend

Not a whole lot of anything.  As a matter of fact, I don’t think we have any plans at all.  Since Brian is leaving Sunday for his business trip, I’ll probably spend the day sulking.  Haha.

What I’m Looking Forward To Next Month

Warmer weather, the time changing, and hopefully spending more time in the great out-of-doors!  Once the time changes, we can finally resume our after dinner walks, and I think that’s what I’m looking forward to the most!

What Else Is New

We got this play kitchen for Olivia for her birthday and I just know that she and Jacob are both going to love it!  You guys, it’s soooo adorable!  Even if it did take us Brian four hours to put together.  I cannot wait to give it to her tomorrow!

*Linking up with Shay, Mel, and Sheaffer for What’s Up Wednesday and Jessi's Design for What's Hap-"Pinning" Wednesday.