Let's chat

It's been a while since I've done one of these posts, 

so lets chat & let me tell you some of random thoughts & recent happenings

•  My parents were in town last month and my sister last week, Sienna was on cloud 9 having them here. Lately she's has been asking if we can go a plane go see them. It literally breaks my heart that she doesn't get to see the people she loves most as often as she wants. If only it was a car ride away instead of a 5 hour flight...

•  I hope I didnt scare any new moms-to-be with my Debbie downer birth post the other day, its not that bad for everyone - I promise.
• Hubs & I made the decision to rent out our current home & purchase a new one sometime early next year. I'm excited and overwhelmed with the thought of starting the search process again. There are so many things I always say I want to do in our current home but there is the "we won't be here living here long enough to enjoy it" we arent even setting up a nursery for baby E as originally planned.
• Getting Sienna a library card was one of the best things we've done for her & us recently, she looks forward to going as if she was going to a candy store and loves being able to pick her books. It also solved a clutter issue in our home. We kept buying her new books as we'd get tired of the same ones quickly and they were just piling up all over the house. I donated most of them and now she gets 5 new ones every other week - win win.
  

• I will never understand why in a state where citrus grows, limes and lemons are so darn expensive. Even in NY it wasn't this much! anyone care to enlighten me?

I hate to be a complainer, but this pregnancy is really kicking my butt. The AZ summer heat is dreadful....worst heartburn ever and this wild one DOES NOT stop moving making me nauseous all day everyday.

Lets have coffee, shall we?

1. If we were having coffee.. I would tell you that I had a pretty crummy week and I'm down in the dumps. Please tell me a joke? Tell me a funny story?

2. If we were having coffee... I would tell you that I'm madly in love with the girl below, shes the sweetest most caring little girl. This picture sums her up quite perfectly.

3. If we were having coffee...I would tell you that I've been experimenting with a lot of new healthy recipes lately that I will be sharing with you guys soon. One of them being avocado popsicles that Sienna goes nuts for!

4. If we were having coffee...I would tell you that I have a new IG account, acup_of_jo - due to recent events, I've pretty weary of who I accept so please dont be offended, but I would love a lot of you back :) ....I've gotten dozens emails from sweet long time followers of my previous account - thank you all for checking to see if we were ok.

5. If we were having coffee... I would tell you that this pregnancy is kicking my butt, remind me not to avoid a summer due date with our next babe. The heat....chasing a toddler...getting larger by the day means a grouchy mama most days...but I'm trying hard to look at the bright side and count down the weeks till we get to meet our sweet little Emmie

lets have coffee, shall we?

Since my mind is just a big mish mosh of  random thoughts lately (preggo brain), 

I figured this was the best way to share some of those ramblings

so lets have coffee!

If we sat down over a latte Id tell you that....

I'm on the verge of deleting my Facebook account, so many gory articles going around lately I cant even deal. Granted I know those who post such things don't mean harm, but I have a hard time scrolling my feed and seeing things like slaughterings of  animals. Yes I know there are lots of awful things happening in this world we should be aware of but I just wish to have the option of not viewing such things If I dont want to. Another pet peeve....advertisements and those "my blah blah said I couldn't get 100k likes prove them wrong" the only thing holding me back is my international friends/family...its nice to pop and see what they're up to since its harder to stay in touch through the phone.

In exactly a month, I will have a TWO year old. I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around it....bittersweet is the best way I can describe it. Shes super excited about blowing out a candle, its all she talks about when we mention her party.

Speaking of blowing out candles, hubs and I will be celebrating our joint birthday along with Sienna next month...though since two years ago our birthday has become quite irrelevant - for a very good reason though :)

With the crazy amounts of snow and frigid temperatures in many places this winter, I'm sure thankful for a winter of 60s-70s and be able to pick citrus fruit instead of shoveling snow. We recently got Sienna a bike seat and its become her favorite thing to do, so its become our little post dinner family routine. The pictures below were from yesterday evening.

 

lets have coffee, shall we?

If we were to have coffee together this morning....

I'd tell you that I don't like Halloween, I didn't grow up with it but I would never deprive Sienna as shes growing up in a different culture than me

I'd tell you that I never drank coffee until I had Sienna, seems like I need caffeine to function these days

I'd tell you that the weather in AZ has been phenomenal lately and its here to stay till next May...Sienna spends most of her days playing outside

Id tell you that my Grandmother passed away last Saturday. She died in her sleep of old age...I haven't seen her since 2011 when Dan & I were last in Poland, part of me wishes I could have been there to say goodbye but another part of me is glad that I don't have to remember her the way she was when she died...instead I'll always remember her meeting Danny, when she was still mobile and alert.

I'd tell you that I'm a little disappointed with the iphone 5s  its been giving me trouble...besides the camera, nothing about it is worthwhile

I'd tell you that we are hoping to give Sienna a sibling next year

I'd tell you that my fairly new desktop computer is about to crash so I've been going mad trying to back up my photos before it does. I think its time for a MAC this way I never see the "blue screen of death" again and worry about losing my photos.

I'd tell you that I'm baffled by the lengths some people take to try and insult someone for no reason, an IG mama I follow was bashed anonymously for picking her childs costume for next year because "they should pick it out themselves" seriously? 

I'd tell you that I'm really excited for Christmas this year!