Brrrr... Baby It's Cold Outside!

Seriously... I don't know what it is about a coat that makes my baby look like a little girl and not a baby.

Oatmeal Sensory Tupperware Box

I am obsessed with Pinterest. During one of many 1 hour scrolling sessions I found these things called sensory boxes. Stumbling upon them couldn't have been better timing. I say this because Josh was been traveling a lot for work... I mean A LOT! This means lots of evenings where I need to make dinner and entertain a toddler at the same time. Thus I bring you Easton's dry oatmeal Tupperware box:

Yes, she eats the oatmeal...

Yes, this can be messy, but isn't that the fun of being a kid. Plus I just vacuum it up or let the dogs lick it up. This even works great in her highchair.

Big Girl Seat!

After many, many conversations with Josh, we decided it was time to turn Easton forward facing. And let me tell you it is like a whole new world for her. She absolutely loves seeing what is ahead of her instead of what has passed. Below is the first time she rode forward facing. It was early this past Saturday morning and her and Josh were headed to the vet while I stayed home and cooked a yummy breakfast. Oh, and she is so super cute. When I turn around and check on her she will just start waving at me like "Hey Mom! I am here just relaxin' and enjoying the view".

A Little Peacock

Happy Halloween from our little Peacock!

Pumpkin Patch 2011

I my name is Melissa Bosley and I have a problem. I am an addict. Umm... I am addicted to my camera and taking pictures. So with that being said... We headed to Kerby's Farm for some fall fun, pumpkins and a crazy amount of pictures.

2010
3 months

2011

15 months

After the pumpkin patch we headed home to carve pumkins.

Closet Purge... Heartbreaking.

This past weekend I worked on our walk-in closet. Umm well, I worked on my side. I finally bit the bullet. Gave into what is now and stop thinking I might. It was heartbreaking. There were times my heart absolutely sunk and other times I was like Peace Out Homie. Who knew going through your pre-pregnancy clothes would be such an emotional roller coaster. I am definitely not at my pre-pregnancy weight. In fact I am like 25 lbs. away from that. So all those fabulous concert going tight fitted jeans, sexy and strappy tank tops, and get free drinks miniskirts made the move to the storage/garage sale container. I am not going to lie I was sad and mopey about this. I love my daughter and adore her, but part of me misses those days when Josh and I would spend every weekend night at P&L or at a concert. When we could be irresponsible and drink until the wee hours of the morning. These days we are ready for bed by 9 pm on a weekend.

It wasn’t just the “party/going out” clothes that saddened me, but also the crazy number of Limited dress pants, Calvin Klein dresses, GAP jeans, many more name brand items that are in perfect condition that I had to toss in the outsie pile.

By 9:30 pm last night my wardrobe was cut to less than half and I was left with a ridiculous amount of hangers, a trash bag full of clothes for Good Will, and 2 containers full of clothes for the garage sale pile.

There were two things I just could not part with. I tried. Really hard. Just wasn’t happening. Mostly because I knew how much I spent on them. A pair of black GAP capri pants that I wore maybe twice and a Calvin Klein dress that I wore twice. I just couldn’t take them out of my closet.

On the bright side of my closet purge, it really lite a fire under my rear-end to lose some weight. I have until June 2012 before the Basehor City wide garage sale to restore those pre-pregnancy clothes to my closet! Well, at least the jeans. BTW I am now accepting prays to help make this happen.

Though there are times I miss those wild and crazy days before I was a Mommy, I wouldn’t change a thing about my life right now… my family of three. I am right where I belong.

Oh, and I am in need of more clothes.

To Arkansas....

A couple of weekends ago we headed to Benton, AR.....

To see Memaw and Papa

(and Uncle Jerry, Aunt Rita, Cousin Lacey, Kyle and Jacob)

To enjoy the 80 degree weather and eat grapes from a bag!To make a stop at the Bella Vista information center.
To give our power wheel a tune-up
To attend the Nutt Family Reunion

(Bryant Side)

To snap an handsome picture of my Papa

To recreate a family photo

To play on the farm with Uncle Sparky
To feed the fishiesTo push our power wheel that ended up breaking down even after a tune-up. Man I gotta hire better mechanics!