Can you say Reconnect?

Today I must of felt some nostalgia or longing for something, not sure what it was though. I didn't realize right away but definitely figuring that must have happened.

Me and the kids soon after my final corporate days :)

I realized that since I quit my full time job, I have lost all time, and seem to have accomplished little in the mean time.

Quitting was amazing! I was excited, scared and completely beside myself, while Zack started losing his hair :P

I thought Id get to big stuff, small stuff, and new stuff! Like play with the kids more, like crafts, games and what not, even more outtings (hasnt really happened). I hoped to finish filling out the kids babies books, organizing the thousands of pictures we have, reorganize tons of different corners of our home, take up some type of exercise routine maybe like a mommy and me something with Jacoby while Cam went  to school. I hoped to get my business in gear, make tons of more products, build my website, seek out other venues etc.

All I can say my life has come to that of the typical stay at home mommy. Im not complaining! haha. Just wish I've made more of it over the past 7-8 months I've been out of the corporate world...

To be continued... Sorry dinner is calling and the kids, inlaws and hubby won't take no for an answer, Can I just say I have so much littler time for ME (seriously not complaining!!!!)

:)

Krissy

Playing Catch up

I have been completely out of the loop this week. It’s been absolutely nutty between work, finding time for the family and sewing for the store opening in a little over a month in Boston. I actually went down to Faneuil Hall yesterday to check out the store and how my stuff will be displayed in there. Its sooooo exciting. I have child dress forms I will be able to use which I am most excited about. And they are in a great eye catching position of the store as well.

Today for a fun Friday I wanted to share some pictures of Cam hamming it up for me the other day. She isn’t always willing for a photo shoot so I grab what I can. The one of her standing on our front steps made me realize she’s growing up and she looks so “old” "(

I have to show the Cobeman too, because he was excited to be sporting his spiderman tee!

XOXO

Kristyn

Some updates and Sentiment today...

I wasn't expecting this, but I am completely having a very sentimental day. These days just creep up on me sometimes, but for some reason I assuming its stemming from the news of Layla Grace yesterday. Every song I've been hearing this morning has been bringing tears to my eyes, which I am also laughing about, because its just one of those days. Some of the songs that have choked me up are Smile by Uncle Cracker (no idea why!), Grown Men Don't Cry by, When the stars go blue, Live like you were dying all by Tim McGraw, Guess Im having a thing for that guy today :) (I have a soft spot for guys in cowboy hats that can play the guitar!, yes Zack knows haha) Our wedding song was It's your Love by T.M. as well.

Last night I invited everyone over for dinner (my parents, my sister's family, and my aunt, whom lost her husband a few weeks ago to cancer, who brought her grandkids over too). It was chaotic, as it usually is with six kids running around crazy while we're trying to prepare and eat dinner, but I just felt completely lucky and blessed for the family I have yesterday. We are very close and always there for eachother, just how family should be. So... Zack got a call a work from me yesterday saying when you stop home for lunch, take out more chicken, everyone's coming over :) (he didn't mind in the least) So what does he do, he sends out an email to everyone giving everyone 3 options for dinner in a menu format (how much do I love him :)):

1. Chicken cooked in a Lemon and Pinot Grigio sauce, garnished with
parsley and Rice

2. Chicken Madeira with baby portobella mushrooms and farfalle pasta

3. BBQ Chicken on the grill with Sweet Baby Rays, steamed corn on the
cob,and rice

All 3 meals to be served with a side Caesar salad

We ended up BBQing because its been a fantastic week weather wise in the Northeast!

Here are a few pictures my mom sent to me this morning of her dropping Camryn off at school, isn't she a doll!

And I guess this is what her and Jacoby are up to today after they dropped her off at school.

Now Some updates:

I got the fabric in the mail two days ago so I plan to start her dress finally this weekend and I will try to document the process for a possible tutorial :) My mom asked me last night, "when are you going to find the time to make it." The thought crossed my mind, but its high up on my laundry list.

I was in contact again with the Local Collection, which I first mentioned HERE. The application is complete, and now Im waiting to see if I will be able to sell my merchandise there or what! The store is suppose to open in Fanuel Hall (Boston) in April. I am still keeping my fingers crossed that this going to be an open door in my "venture."

Speaking of my "venture," (which I began ranting about here) I am completely enthralling my energy towards it right now. I told Zack the other night, "you know when you were younger and had no idea what you wanted to do with your life, well I finally realized what I want to do." I still have a lot of work, but extreme motivation to make it happen.

Happy Hump Day,

Kristyn

Weekend Cuties

Weekends seem to blow by and before I know it I am sitting at my desk again Monday morning in my "cube" day dreaming and rummaging through emails, sipping on my my breakfast coffee, chatting to my cube neighbors about our exciting weekends and where we left off on Friday before I ran out of there as usual in a blink of an eye. Literally, one will see me working away at my desk and within seconds will find I've taken off. All I ever want to do is get home to my family. See my cobeman smiling and going "bahh" and dancing to Barney, and Camryn bouncing off the walls, making her crafts and giggling at all the silly nonsense jokes she seems to make up.

Im posting a few pictures of the kids taken from my camera phone, since my regular camera has been broken for awhile and I havent gotten around to fixing it, along with my sewing machine and computer. I like the "do it yourselvers" and none of those seem to be of that status queu for fixing so they're hanging around until I manage to get to these individual places to fix everything, that is all crucial in building my Etsy shop. I am planning on getting them fixed this week, but I came home from work completely burnt out. Personally I think I drank way too much caffeine today and had nothing to blow it off on but sitting at my desk.

Zack was gone almost all week on business in upstate NY and from the sounds of it we had the better weather here in Mass. But he managed to buy himself a pair of boots for the snow he's been ranting about doing for 2 YEARS! Finally i guess the snow up there made sense for him to get some. I was so glad to hear that when he told me over the phone. I probably sent him 20 phone pictures while he gone, every cute thing me and the kids were doing from cobeman's messy hair in the morning to me and cam doing makeovers which you can see in the pictures below. She really got a kick out of getting me loaded with make up the other night. But she had so much fun, it was worth the pain scrubbing it all off after she went to sleep.

Daddy brought us all home some yummy chocolate that we all devoured within 24 hours! We die for chocolate, everyone one of the 4 of us hehe.

Happy Monday to all and I hoping for a fast week as Friday I am off to Boston to visit some college friends - I need a night off after my week alone with the kids!

~Krissy