Meet Amelia!

Mimi's new sweet baby arrived yesterday!

Amelia Grace Richardson

She was born 3/13/13 at 12:20pm, weighing 8 pounds 14.7 ounces and 22 1/2 inches in length.  She has a ton of dark hair (similar to Logan's when he was born) but she did not get his beautiful eyelashes :(  She has taken well to breastfeeding and overall is doing great!

Shawn and I are so excited to be Auntie and Uncle again!  Shawn's looking forward to our next baby already so he can form his swimming relay team with the kiddos!  Mom and I took Logan to the hospital to meet her yesterday and he was a little confused.  Now there are 2 babies and he's not quite sure what that is all about!  He was pretty much uninterested in Amelia, but he did likes his presents from his mommy.  He did "hold" her once, but just for a second and he was over it. 

Mom is going to be staying with him while Mimi is in the hospital but he's spending most of the daytime here with me and Nora.  He still thinks Nora is awesome and I am sure he'll feel the same about Amelia very soon!  Logan is gonna love being a big brother!

Week Awesome: Part II

Bryce and Theresa have left.  :(  Boo

We miss them already.  Why do we have to grow up and move away from each other?  Ok...enough sad.  We had a great time while they were here and can't wait until them come back to visit again!!

The first full day they were here was one of my Logan days...we wore him out pretty early!

On Shawn's birthday, Eric's band had a show downtown at the Red Eyed Fly.

We got some swimming time in with Logan a couple of times too! 

Out to dinner on Shawn's birthday.  A bunch of his friends from work came out for dinner and drinks!

Bryce had never been here before, so we took him to a bunch of the best places to eat.  We also floated the Comal River in New Braunfels, which none of us had done before.  It was really fun.  Now that we've done it once we learned some stuff that will make it better next time.  We are going again...for sure!  We had a couple of really awesome game nights and I got a new game that was really fun!  Kind of like Balderdash (please tell me you've heard of that game...) but about each other instead of using word definitions.  It's called Truth be Told.  Super fun.  Bryce made his mission for the week to try not repeat a beer.  He tried a bunch of the Texas beers and some other beers he had never had.  I think he only found one he didn't like and so did Theresa.  Not too bad!   On Wednesday we played trivia at The Highball.  It was really fun!  We didn't win, but we learned a lot :)

Shawn's birthday was Thursday and he had just a tad too much fun.  Well...more than just a tad.  He won't be doing that EVER again.  But he had a great time and I did tell him it was his last birthday to really let loose.  Time for him to grow up.  Last birthday of his 20's and he'll be a dad next year.  I don't think he's excited to have to grow up...I don't know who I'm kidding though.  He'll never really grow up :)

Now back to real life again.  Back to work and cooking and such.

It seems to be impossible for us to get a good picture together anymore :(

Logan's 2nd Birthday

Logan is 2! Can you belive it??  I certainly can't!  It seems like just yesterday I was flying down to Austin to witness the birth of my first nephew.  Time sure flies by...

He is 2 now though, and her is really starting to act like a little boy.  Tantrums and all.  But most days he is the sweetest little guy!  Hugs and kisses for everyone.  He shares his favorite things with us.  He even helps to put things away.  What an angel.

His party was Dinosaur Train themed.  That has been his favorite show for quite some time (PBS show...really cute) but a couple of months ago (after we had already started making and buying things for the party) he decided he LOVED Thomas and Friends.  Oh no!  At least it is still trains!

Mimi put a TON of work into these decorations...The Buddy balloon she bought though :)

 I made the cupcakes and the cake for Logan.  He isn't a huge fan of cake so we covered his cake in M&M's...he LOVES those!

Mimi's been working on these goodies bags for several months!

Dad and Ana flew in from Chicago yesterday and will be staying until Tuesday!  We tried to get a good photo of them...

Yummy...M&M's!

I think the kids had fun! 

My Birthday Party

I was just looking for a picture on our camera memory card and I found a bunch of pictures from my birthday!  Mimi, Ian & Logan came over and Shawn took pictures.  I had completely forgotten!  There are some really cute ones of Logan :)

I'm pretty sure this picture of Mother & Son couldn't be any sweeter!

Logan wanted to help me with my cake...he wanted to grab all the candles, but we put a stop to that! Notice that I am holding his hands back :)

Time for the jammies...it's game time!  While everyone else was playing Trivial Pursuit, Logan decided to play peek-a-boo with my curtains!

Logan decided that since Uncle Eric was sitting in HIS chair, he would sit on Marcie's bed with her.

"Hello Uncle Shawn!  Why are you still taking my picture?"

I found Auntie Lisa's IPod!  Yay!  Now for a place to play with it...

My chair!  Yay!

Proof that we got Eric to play that Wii Dance game with me!  Notice Mimi, the ginormous poopy-pants, just watching.

All partied out.

I'm pretty sure Ian didn't move from this spot except while we were eating.



What a fun birthday!!

Musings

As I mentioned in my last post, Shawn and I went out to dinner at Flemings for my birthday.  It was so delicious!  We had an appetizer, steaks, wine, and we got a free dessert for my birthday!  It was the best free dessert I have ever gotten at a restaurant!  It was enough cake to for at least 4 people...and it was heavenly!  Seriously...go there for your birthday!  We got dressed up nice to go out too, which I love to do! 

There are so many December birthdays at work that a bunch of us got together at BJ's for dinner the other night to celebrate 4 birthdays at once.  It was so much fun!  There is always lots of laughing when the girls from work get together!  We got 4 free desserts too...but they weren't very big :(  It was still fun though and I'll get to hang out with the same group tonight at our work Holiday party!  I will be sure to take some pictures.  We went to Shawn's corporate holiday party a few weeks ago and the Christmas party for his store is tomorrow night.  We're going to be all partied out soon!

Dad, Ana, Mike & Niko will be here soon too...for Christmas!  Yay!  I'm so excited for them to be here, even if it is only for a few days.  Dad's going to teach Mimi and I how to make perogi.  Yummy...

Another Birthday...

Tomorrow is my birthday.  I'll be 32.  Yikes!

Ever since I turned 30 I have stopped looking forward to my birthdays.  I am not enjoying aging.  Oh well...I guess I'll just have to deal with it like everyone else!

Tonight Shawn and I are going out to dinner at Flemings.  I am so excited about that!  It will be yummy and I get to spend the evening with my favorite guy!  He left my birthday present out last night so I would find it this morning.



Now lets zoom in on the small box...

Yay!  I've been wanting some diamond earrings for a long time!  I wear my birthstone earrings all the time now, but these will look beautiful!  I have the best husband ever!

I also got my birthday present from Dave in the mail...new shoes for work!

I have really needed new work shoes for quite awhile, but I have been putting it off because they are so expensive.  I found a website with some great deals on Danskos and so Dave told me to add them to my Amazon wishlist and he got them for me!  So excited to start breaking them in.  There was also a Starbuck's giftcard...my favorite!

So far this birthday is turning out pretty nice and it hasn't even started yet!  Tomorrow is family dinner at home.  We're doing build your own tacos and game night!

Week Awesome: Part 2

So, Week Awesome continues.  It is almost over though, so we decided to make the most of it!  Last night we went to Wahoo's for dinner.  Yummy!  Fish tacos are awesome, and they had good queso and margaritas too!  Can't beat it.

Then we decided to head across the street to Kung Fu Saloon, because I remembered that they have SkeeBall there.  After we got there we discovered that not only is there SkeeBall but it is FREE!  Score!  We had a few other friends that came out to enjoy the night with us too, which made the giant Connect 4 and giant Jenga even more fun!  Can't wait to do it again :)



Week Awesome!

Shawn has dubbed this week Week Awesome for several reasons.

#1  My bestest Theresa Vargo is visiting with her mother Barb Sequin.  Yay!

They love us so much that they drove down from Indiana to spend the week here!  They arrived Sunday night...and so Week Awesome began!

Monday we went to lunch at the Hula Hut.  Theresa and I shared a drink that was served in a fish bowl!  It was tasty...fruit juice and rums.  Yum!

We also went out to dinner at an Irish pub downtown called Fado.  It was really good!  I had a drink that was delicious.  It was called a Black Velvet.  It was half Strongbow and half Guiness.  Delicious!  We all had really good food too.  Everyone cleaned their plates!  The waitress tried to get me to try some drink that sounded disgusting.  It was Jameson Whiskey with pickle juice!  Gross, right?  Anyway, we had fun and I got called an asshole while we were walking back to our car.  Oh...fun times with Theresa!

#2 Yesterday was Shawn's 28th Birthday!

Shawn decided that he wanted to rent a canoe and go out on the lake for his birthday.  Mom found us a deal a few days earlier so we decided to do it.  Barb and T had one canoe and Shawn and I were in the other.  We had 2 hours out on Lady Bird Lake.  It was awesome!  Shawn and I will being doing this again for sure!  I forgot to sunscreen my legs though...mistake!  They are beet red!

Just starting out.  We ditched the life jackets pretty quickly!

We got our exercise!  Especially Barb and I, because Shawn and Theresa decided to relax back a few times into the canoe!

Downtown Austin from the lake.

We encountered some wildlife along the way too.  Theresa was afraid of the swan...he did sound pretty mean though.  But I just reminded her that we had a paddle and I'm pretty sure we could take him!  There were a ton of turtle too!  Shawn and I drove our canoe under the Congress Street Bridge to see if we could see the bats...we could not.  They tuck themselves way up into the bridge during the day.  We could hear them though!  You could really tell there were a ton of bats up inside the bridge!

Overall, the canoe experience was awesome!  And so Week Awesome continued!

#3 Eric came home from his trip to Indiana yesterday, just in time for Shawn's birthday!  The house was not the same while he was gone!  Of course Nessa was CRAZY EXCITED that he was back.  Plus, she just got back from her trip to England and Ireland.  And she brought us a present from Dublin.

 It's Mini-Marcie!  We love it!

Marcie is not so sure though ;)

We all went to Plucker's for dinner for Shawn's birthday since he get a free meal on his birthday.  It was a great time!  Logan was super adorable, as usual!  He was eating everything in sight...he really liked the ranch dipping sauce!  Afterward, we all came back to the apartment and played a new game Theresa brought with her.

Basically everyone acts really stupid during the game and there are some hilarous trivia questions.  Ask Shawn about cantaloupe.  That is all I will say about that!

Well...the week isn't over yet!  We still have outlet mall and Harry Potter ahead!