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I took Miles on a movie date the other day! We went to a "Mommy Matinee" at Mcmenamins Kennedy School where families are welcome to bring their wee ones to the theater once a week. It was a little hard. Miles fussed toward the end so we left a little early but we DID it and you really cant beat the cool AC and a slice of normality for $3!

(Im a few weeks behind on Instagram updates)

Getting ready for a snooze.

 Afternoon naps are our jam! 

 Sweetest photo of my precious niece and Miles. This girl is the greatest! She is such a loving a kind person and not to mention and huge help to my sister. Shes a peach!

 My boy sure is fast these days. He perfected doing the worm/crawl as his mode of transportation and hes real good at it!

 Howdy!

Miles got a new tooth a few days ago- a total of seven now!!

 Missing my girls! Im planning to take a trip to visit my sister and girls in Las Vegas at the end of September. This last visit was a little crazy with the wedding planning and all so it will be nice to spend mellow time at her home. I cant wait to see these faces!

 I could spend hours walking around our local nursery geeking out on the most amazing plants.

 It has been one year since I opened a space at the antique mall. I love love love picking, selling and taking my kiddo along with. 

Making a toast at our wedding. Also, I do believe that we are getting our wedding photos tomorrow! Eeep, CAN'T wait to share them!

Golden Days

I forgot about these old photos I started to collect while pregnant with Miles. Now with a boy of my own that I photograph like crazy, I can really appreciate the thought of their loved ones documenting a moment in their lives.

(Hi sweet Jim! You have nice hair, son)

Miles reminds me of this little peeping fella.

March 6, 1927

Donald 3 years old

 October 1919

Saturday night feels alright!

 (Bubbie keeping me company at our yard sale a few weeks ago.)

Dudes, I didn't really do anything today and it pretty much ruled! Papa works on Saturdays (boo, hiss!) so Miles and I were left to fend for ourselves all day. We leisurely ate breakfast, watched a super awesome documentary on Netflix about the banjo (Steve Martin narrates!) and then took a two and a half hour nap with my boy. Such a good lazy morning I tell ya! Finally around two o'clock we bravely headed for the mall to check out some shoes for Miles. The mall was a zoo. Seriously, people are crazy there! We went to Nordstroms to see what size he even was now and we realized he was just a wee bit too small for most of their solid sole shoes but I did like the way Tiny Toms fit him. See my kiddo has fatty fat feet and for the record he did not get that from me. I have to squeeze them into most moccasins and even that is just too torturous for me to do so I was hopeful to find a brand that would work best with his cute fatty fat feet. Anyways, we jetted pretty fast out of the mall and headed to a thrift spot we like and made a sweeping victory in finds. Hooray! After that we headed home for some time outside on the hammock untill papa came home from work. Pretty much the rest of the evening was spent having dinner in our backyard and good laughs were had as a family. Steve pooped out pretty early tonight and Miles lingered on till about ten thirty-ish so now this mama gets a little mama time. Im enjoying sparkley berry lemonade in bed, listening to Nina Simone and window shopping online. My kind of night!

Yum, yum, yum!

Sweet blog I recently found. 

Kids neon toes and green kicks.

FUN for your feet!

I really need to do this to our shades.

Mandy is a stitch!

Cool books for cool kids

Views on a Thursday night

Our home is extra peaceful tonight. I don't know if its because over the last few weeks our house has been filled with family and noise but whatever the reason is I sure am loving this place right now. Miles went to bed tonight around 8 which is earlier then usual so I just sat with him in bed and read my book while nursing a headache. Papa was at a friends house catching up with his buddies so I took the opportunity to just lay still next to my sleeping son and enjoy the silence. Usually once Miles goes to sleep I seize the moment by cleaning up the home, finish left craft projects or catch up on emails but tonight I really just wanted to be still. The wee one woke up around 12 AM with a burst of energy ready to p-a-r-t-y! He was such a goof. I swear this kiddo laughs at everything! So for about 30 minutes Miles and I cruised around our home snacking on carrots and baby pinwheel crackers till he fell asleep in my arms. Man, do I love being a mom! At the ripe old age of almost 8 months old (!!!) Miles is just a super happy, growing, beautiful boy who REALLY makes me a complete person.

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Its been a little over a week since Steve and I got married! FUN! Ive got to tell you that the planning and preparing was not so fun. Both our families arrived a few days before the celebration to help improve our backyard for the party. They were all such wonderful help not to mention the company was great! Ive got to say that in situations like these I become a complete freak with details. It can be a little daunting when your the only one out of everyone who sweats the little stuff. The reverend was scheduled to arrive at our home at 5:45 to marry us at 6 so Steve and I left our home 30 minutes before the ceremony to take photos in our neighborhood. After the photos we headed back home and ended up waiting around for what seemed like FOREVER. I called the reverend 6 times to find out what the hell was going on because truthfully at this point I was starting to seriously worry/panic/freak out- still no answer. I felt  heartbroken! Why was this woman doing this to us!? We had worked so hard on writing such a beautiful ceremony and our backyard looked perfect and our families were here and we were all dressed up... I wasn't really sure what to do. She was over an hour late. In a normal day one hour goes by fairly fast but on your wedding day to be one hour late feels like eternity! Im sure I was a total wreck during those moments because its pretty much a blur to me. I know we took family photos during that time and eventually my mom ushered me into my room for some alone time with Miles while I fed him (that actually helped my nerves). When the reverend finally arrived she apologetically told us that she had the times misunderstood and that her phone wasnt working. Still that was lame. I wasn't happy and my mom was furious but thankfully she was here now and we were just so excited to finally get married. During the waiting time, our photographer-friend told us that her husband (whom Steve is good friends with) was ordained and would be willing to come down and marry us if needed. Hell yes! He was awesome and arrived super fast with their sweet daughter in tow. What a good friend indeed! Even though he didn't end up marrying us, it was still so cool to have our friends join us for the party.

    Besides the waiting, the rest of the evening was an absolute dream and the ceremony was beautiful thanks to my darling husband, loving family and supportive friends.

DIY time!

 HELLO! Thought I would come back from a week long brake and share a pretty cool DIY with you foxy friends. For my baby shower my sister had our friends and family write special notes to Miles, papa and me on parenthood tips and messages of love to baby Miles. I finally thought of a super easy and cute way to display our special notes in the kiddos room by tying them to a small branch I found in our backyard. You could easily clothespin photos to the branches or hang jewelry off of them as well! Here are a few more ideas I came across on Pinterest 1 2 3

By the way- One week as a married woman!!

Mr and Mrs

 We did it!! We had the loveliest ceremony and party all thanks to my husband (so cool to say!)  and our amazing families! I only snapped a few photos on my phone but the real gems are the photos that our photographer friend took of us all night. We should be getting those in a few weeks and I will do a great big ol' wedding photo post then. My family is visiting for a few more days but once we are back to normal around here I will fill you all in on our super special day! 

I am a married woman now!!! Holy smokes, what an exciting year this has been, my friends!

 My sister baked such a delicious cake! The inside was red velvet. YUM! Also, peep the beard we painted on the groom. It looked so cute!

 

Fun bottle labels that I ordered from Pinhole Press and also made myself at Kinkos.These were such a great hit plus something sweet we saved.

My darling nieces made this window sign for Steve and I to be hung behind us during the ceremony. This was such a special gift from them.

First whole day as Mr. and Mrs. Schleicher!

TWO MORE DAYS!

 

This mama and papa are going to be married very very soon. Friends, I am so EXCITED! What a year this has been for us. Both of our families are in town and have seriously worked their tushes off to help make our wedding as lovely as possible. We are so grateful for their love and support and are looking forward to celebrating our marriage with them. Life is good!

One week from today!

Last night papa and I had a real good talk about what is on our to-do list for the next few days involving wedding and family plans.  Dude, this week is going to be heavy. HEAVY. 

Miles sat up by himself yesterday. Balance has been a tough one for my large headed friend but I think he has finally gotten it! While rearranging the art in his room I happened to look back and saw baby cakes sitting upright playing with a tiny coconut guitar. I pretty much melted into a proud mama puddle! 

Miles in the sky with diamonds

 4 months old

5 months old

 6 months old

7 months old (teeth!)

 

sweet, sweet baby