Random Mom Musings for the Day

by admin on June 4, 2013

Hey guys!

I know it’s been FOREVER since I posted, but I wanted to share a few of my random musings from the day. Just a few of my thoughts as I went through an typical day with my almost 3 year old little girl. So without any further ado, let’s get into my…

Random Mom Musings for the Day:

  1. Getting compliments on your little girls hair is so worth every second of the HOURS it took to get it to look like that.
  2. Hanging out with your kid would be so much more fun if you didn’t have to tell them not to lick the door handle in the bathroom.
  3. I’ve become the non-cool mom jammin out to some song from 10 year ago on the radio while she screams “No Mommy!! STOP DANCING!!!” from the back seat.
  4. How is it that when you ask your kid to go wash their hands and face, they can go in the bathroom and stand in front of a sink of water with the faucet at full power, and manage to not get a SINGLE DROP on either their hands OR their face?!
  5. A Toddler’s Idea of Interior Decorating “After cleaning a room, scatter legos on the floor for a little pop!”
  6. Me: “Why are you crying?!?” Lauren: “[Insert mumbled frustration about how some attempt to do something destructive didn't work out]” Me: “Hahaha! Mom-1, Kid…20 :-/”
  7. Stop trying to carry everything in your mouth, no, you’re not a puppy.
  8. Stop shrieking for no reason in public, it scares old people.
  9. Stop grabbing things off the counter! Just because you can reach it, doesn’t mean it’s for you. Go play with those loud brightly colored hard plastic things strewn all over my house, you know, your TOYS!
  10. Hardest job I’ve ever had & the boss is crazy, but I wouldn’t trade it for the world… well… maybe not the whole world, but a quiet island in Tahiti would be nice… ;)
As close to Tahiti as I'm getting for now...

As close to Tahiti as I’m getting for now. :)

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In Honor of Mother’s Day, A Letter to Lauren…

by admin on May 12, 2013

Dear Lauren,

Thanks for making me a mom. Not just any mom, your mom.

The way the Lord brought us together was not my design, or even my desire, at the time. But, in being true to your nature, even today, you did not care what I wanted, you were coming anyway.

And the first year and half was rough. I spent most of it chasing after everything else I that was, employee, wife, friend, rather than just being your mom.

But after a year of just focusing on you, and your dad, and our home, I’m finding that being your Mom brings out the best parts of me!

It makes me more patient, more kind, more thoughtful, more relaxed. I give more grace, and enjoy more laughs, and have learned to appreciate just being able to make you smile. Loving you has helped me to understand how God loves us, and that understanding has transformed me.

So to the little girl who squirms when I do her hair, spills something different on the floor every day, and has no problem waking me up for a cuddle at 5am… The same little girl who smiles every time she sees me, makes up silly songs with me in the quiet moments, and is definitely one of my favorite dancing buddies…

Thank you for making me your Mom. I love you… :)

Ashleigh & Lauren, 5 Months In…

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We Like To Party!!

by admin on May 8, 2013

… cue that Beyonce song as the background music…

We Hales’ are just now starting to come out our biggest party season of the year. Every year about this time we spend our weekends attending weddings, birthday parties, and baby showers, and we LOVE it!!

Of course Lauren loves the birthday parties best, with all the fun games and yummy food!

Happy Birthday KJ!!

Daddy loves the baby showers, (cuz I never make him go)… ;)

But my favorite, by far, are the weddings!! I love going to weddings! I love the food and the drink, the decor, and the music, the attention to detail, and the overall desire every host has for you to have the best time of your life… so I make sure I do! So this April, when we Hales’ were to be invited to not one, but 2 amazing weddings, I made sure I was ready to party.

The first wedding was the wedding of one of my best girlfriends, Melanie to the wonderful Mr. William Lake. It was held in Philadelphia, PA, and so we dropped Lauren off in DC with Auntie Jessie & Uncle Draz so that Mommy & Daddy could make a date of it. Therefore while Lauren was taking pictures like this…

Off to the Park!

and this…

Pizza with Pet!

and this…

Let’s Go Cuse!

Mommy & Daddy were taking pictures like this…

and this…

and this…

As you can tell we had a pretty good time! Well, not as good a time as these two…

Yeah they had a pretty good time… ;)

But we had a good time none the less! Of course we were super hype to get a date night…

My Favorite Dinner Date

… and also to catch up with friends…

… and Mommy just couldn’t wait to get on the dance floor!

But hey! It was a celebration!! Of our group of 7, this was #4 to get married!

Congrats Mel!!

… and we were all so happy to celebrate our girl and our bond.

My Girls…

But the party didn’t stop there!!! About 2 weeks later, Lauren got to attend her very 1st wedding when she got invited to the ceremony for this lovely and amazing Thomas & Adebola Stratton!!

Congrats to the Strattons!!

It was truly a beautiful event! It was held at the The Cotton Room in Downtown Durham.

Check out that table decor!

Although I was a little nervous about it, seeing as it was her 1st wedding, Lauren had a blast! She loved singing the songs with Mommy…

… eating all the yummy food…

… and most of all the dance floor!!

Enjoying the Party!

I mean this girl cut up! She was practically a permanent fixture out on the floor.

Her favorite songs were the line dances, like when they played the Cha-Cha Slide and The Wobble, or as Lauren calls it, “The Wobble Dance”. She would jump, roll her arms, and sing “yeah, yeah!” She asked for it at least twice more later that week. :)

“Wobble Baby Wobble!”

We stayed out on that floor and danced and danced until she and Daddy both tapped out around 10pm. Only pausing for a moment for a quick cake break and then back on the floor!!

We Like to Par-Tay!!

So, as you can see, we had some great times in April and with the everyday stresses of work and life, it’s nice to spend time with the folks you love and enjoy the party!! :)

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Our Favorite Prayers

April 26, 2013

Jesus said in Matthew 19:14, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to those such as these.” Amen. You see, we are a family of (non-denominational) Christians. Because of that, I’ve always known that Lauren is not just my daughter, but she’s God’s daughter, [...]

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(Almost) Wordless Wednesday

April 24, 2013

Who needs a jungle gym when you’ve got Daddy?

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Lauren & The Phone

April 22, 2013

Uh Oh! I think we may have a problem here… Our little girl has developed a LOVE for talking on the phone! Pretty much when it rings, she thinks it’s for her. And if you give it to her she’ll run into the other room and proceed to have a conversation. A lot of time’s [...]

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A Quick March Recap

April 2, 2013

Wow! So can you believe we’re in April?! I don’t know about you, but 2013 is flying by for us. So much so that we didn’t actually stop to take a lot of pictures of the stuff we did in March, but the ones we did take I’m going to use to do a quick [...]

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Our Weird Parenting Style

March 27, 2013

… aka “How We Suck As Parents” We Hales’ are no strangers to being called “weird”. We watch weird stuff, play weird games, and sing weird songs. So I guess it should have come as no surprise when I realized that our parenting techniques are a little weird. The more and more I talk to [...]

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Lauren Feels Electrical!

March 6, 2013

Have you seen the new Internet Explorer commercial? No, not the one about being a Child of the 90′s, but the one where they sing “Oh Oh Oh Oh! Feeeeel Eeeeeletrical!”? Well just in case you haven’t, here it is: Now THIS is Lauren’s new favorite song! When we give her the ipad during her [...]

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Awesomely Awkward Preschool Artwork

February 26, 2013

About every week or so, Lauren’s preschool send home a stack of her artwork. Which, if you think about it, is pretty amazing considering, Lauren doesn’t like to do it. No seriously, at home, she’ll do artwork just fine, but apparently there are times at the school, when she doesn’t feel like being bothered, so [...]

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