a cup of lindsey Jo

instafriday.

2012-02-24T10:14:00.002-06:00

february photo a day challenge pictures..

just to help you figure out a few of those..

makes you blush: my messy craft room. embarrassing.
cold: the inside of my fridge. do you ever want to look in peoples' refrigerators? or garages when the door is open and you drive by? am i the only nosey person in america?
the letter b: is for baby. that one wasn't too hard. but how cute is isaac with sweet potatoes all over his bod? pretty. stinkin'. cute.

last friday was his 4 month check up. aren't my boys cute waiting on the doctor?

this is a few minutes after we were informed isaac henry is in the ZERO percentile for his weight. my child doesn't even exist.

so it's been operation get-some-meat-on-his-bones around here. (p.s. i'm not starving my kid. he eats all he wants. he's just so wiggly i think he burns the calories before they're stored. he's as healthy as an ox, but as skinny as a worm. he sure didn't get his fast metabolism from me, i can tell you that much.)

cue making baby food..

one jar of sweet potatoes: 89 cents.
2 sweet potatoes = 7 jars: 95 cents.
FRUGAL!

a few more things, monday isaac laid down in his crib awake and took three naps. no tears. 1.5 hours each. i thought we had a break through.

i was wrong.

my friend amanda gave me this onesie before IH was born. she went to yale. i'm pretty sure she might be the first person ever from our tiny hometown to go to an ivy league school. smarty pants.

i would love for isaac to go to a fancy school one day. i would love it more if he got a full ride. but i would love it just as much if he works a blue collar job that he loves and takes good care of his family. i'm excited to see how he uses the talents God gives him.

and on a completely different subject, i'm planning a shower for kayla.

it's gonna be cute. all aboard the mason jar bandwagon!

lent, and i don't mean the kind between your toes.

2012-02-22T06:00:00.000-06:00

well the lenten season starts today. and i've never really been one to give up something or whatever. i am, after all, southern baptist. so it's not a rule or anything. just being free in Christ over here, what what!

but i like the idea of it. step away. spend some time with the Lord. get your ducks in a row. get the crap out of your life. so this is what i'm doing..

1. limiting my facebook usage to once a day for 15 minutes. i need to. i need to be more present with my boys. i need to be more intentional with my friends. and i need to be spending more time in the Word. so facebook is limited for a while. i think it'll be good for me. i initially was going to log out completely, but there is a prayer accountability group that i want to be a part of on the ole facebook, and i think that it will be valuable to me. i'm gonna have my cake, and eat it too.

2. i'm cleaning this house. and when i say cleaning, i mean cleaning. i'm throwing out the junk, or at least boxing it up and moving it to the garage to wait for a yard sale. but i feel like i'm drowning in stuff and it's got to go. if we don't use it, love it, or need it for the future (i'm referring to mostly things like isaac's stuff and maternity clothes) it's gone! i've read this blog a buncha times and i'm psyched up. let's do this!

3. we're doing this daily devotion to prepare our hearts for Easter. it's a family devo. ok, it's a kid devo. it has ornaments that go along with it like the jesse tree at Christmas. but i'm looking forward to reading the scriptures, being in prayer, and remembering Christ's death and resurrection as Easter approaches.

and on a completely unrelated note, happy anniversary to my momma and daddy! 24 years is a long time. and boy, am i happy you're married! first of all, i wouldn't exist without y'all. secondly, i can't tell you how much of a blessing it is to be one of the few people in my age group whose parents are still married. i love that. and i love y'all. thanks for being a picture of what a Christian marriage looks like for me and bry.

4 months.

2012-02-17T13:48:00.000-06:00

isaac henry is 4 months old. 4. months. old.

i can't believe it.

at four months isaac henry:

has mastered rolling from tummy to back. hasn't rolled from back to tummy yet but he's super close.
found his feet. and loves them.
loves to bounce and do "superman," you know when you hold a baby over your head and say "soooooper-man" like a fool. he loves it.
LOVES looking at that baby in the mirror.
has played in the bathtub. and pooped in the bathtub.
tried cereal for the first time and seemed to like it pretty good. no worries, he's still lovin' the boob.
has played in the exersaucer. loves it. and has took a liking to a few new toys.
still in a good schedule of eat, play, sleep. but his night time sleep is back to being crazy. plus, he only wants to be rocked to sleep. bad habits are forming over here, and i might see some crying-it-out in the future, but probably not cause momma's a softy. and daddy's even worse than momma.
he babbles all of the time. he's a talker. we're talkers on my side of the fam, so it doesn't surprise me that he has lots to say.
11 lb. 2 oz. 24 inches long. he's a string bean. wearing mostly 3-6 month stuff. 6 month sleepers cause he's a tall one.

he's a great baby. a character. a delight. we are so blessed. i could just eat him up. i probably give him 600 kisses a day. no exaggeration.

here's a few more pictures for your viewing pleasure..

check out his good ole days..
1 month. 2 months. 3 months.

instafriday.

2012-02-17T12:57:00.000-06:00

some instagrams from february photo a day..

sun flare.

view out your front door. weeds. i'm ashamed. i really need to get out there and work.

lips. these ones belong to brybear.

sweet. is what ole brybear is. he brought home some flowers.

valentine. my little man in his heartbreaker hoodie. that hoodie tells no lies.

and me on the 15th. i had just rocked isaac to sleep. i was sporting my student council shirt from 2003. and i immediately fell down our bottom 4 stairs after this picture was taken. my hind quarters still hurt.

down low.

and now for some pictures without prompts..

here's my handsome man in his panda sweater on sunday mornin'.

don't laugh.. and don't tell me what happens!

we'll be watching the first 2 this weekend. and i've been reading the books. i know i'm about 7 years late on this, but i thought it was about time. i can't believe how unbelievably cheesy this story is. and i can't stand bella. team jacob all the way, but that's probably because i don't find rob pattinson the least bit attractive. i'm just starting the third book so i still have time to change my mind. but probably not cause vampires suck. hehehe.

aren't these the cutest drawer pulls?

if i was getting a daughter anytime soon and redoing a dresser for said daughter, i would soo use those.

and lastly, my sweet baby. he's 4 months old today. monthly update to come.

linking up!

pictures with momma and daddy.

2012-02-16T11:16:00.000-06:00

isaac henry loves the mirror.

seriously, if he knew it was himself i'd call him narcissistic. but he thinks it's another babe, so really he's just being friendly.

grab daddy's goatee. eat daddy's face.

check and check.

also, can i just give a little shout out to our friends meghan and andy who watched our babe so we could have a valentine's date? thanks for that.

it was the first date we'd been on since isaac was born. we ate japanese and walked around target and it was romantical. and good for us.

then we proceeded to come home and hurt each other's feelings. that's always a good time. marriage is constantly teaching me about grace, and forgiveness. and hopefully i'm becoming a better wife and person because of it. but i wish Jesus would teach me those things without me having to be crappy and sinful first. sin, yuck.

no worries, we made up. wink wink, nudge nudge.

and i'm embracing the camera and/or iphone. for the first time.

valentine's swap-a-roo.

2012-02-14T06:00:00.000-06:00

who doesn't love fun mail? so, i participated in the valentine's swap over at good times never seem sew good cause i love a fun package.

i got paired up with sara at sweet november.

she sent me a cute little package with lots of goodies. and a note that instructed me to open one a day.

tantalizing, isn't it?!

i cheated. i couldn't help myself. i just can't handle wrapped packages that are for me! i need to open them. also see: why bryant and i open christmas presents no later than december 5.

but when we emailed she said she woulda done the same thing, so i don't feel too bad.

look at all the fun!

LOVE this cupcake..

sara made a lot of this stuff and she even has some of the stuff available in a little shop. go browse!

thanks sara for my package! and thanks to caroline and alissa for hosting the swap. lots o' fun.

happy valentine's day friends!

excuse me, sir.

2012-02-13T09:03:00.000-06:00

my weekend feels like it didn't happen.

i guess we'll try again in 5 days.

instafriday.

2012-02-10T12:20:00.000-06:00

i've been doing the february photo a day challenge. i missed january. oops.

so isaac henry pooped in the bathtub last night. a milestone that all parents aspire to reach. he also peed TWICE while he was diaper-less. he hasn't done that since he was brand new. must have been a bathroom confusion day or something.

whatevs.

i love that little critter.

is that not the most hilarious thing?!

we got down the exersaucer last week. he loves it.

and apparently my lunch.

which was an apple, cheese, and a buffalo chicken wrap. and it was good. and fairly healthy. but can i just tell you that i wanted a milkshake so bad last night at like 10:30 that i woulda left to get one had it not been for the fact that i already took my pants off? who knew that not wearing pants would help you practice self-control?

i'm linking up over at life rearranged.

have a great weekend y'all!

valentine's scrappy heart wreath: a tutorial.

2012-02-07T06:00:00.000-06:00

i rarely decorate for holidays outside of christmas. and i have some fall decor. but i got the hankerin' for a little lovey dovey decor for valentine's day. and i wanted a quiet craft to do during naptime.

thus the scrappy heart wreath was born.

here's how it's done folks.

gather your red fabric scraps. or pink. or whatever color you want, i guess.

take a coat hanger and bend it into a heart shape. my hanger is conveniently red.

cut or tear your scraps into little strips. make sure they're long enough to tie onto the hanger.

i also suggest keeping the different prints in different piles. organized chaos. i didn't go in a pattern per se, but i didn't want to put two of the same prints right up next to one another.

and then just tie the strips in knots around the hanger. over and over again.

keep on tying!

until ya can't tie no more!

adds a little romance to my front door, don't ya think? makes me wanna go on a lover's walk.

ya like those weeds in the bottom left hand corner? they're taking over my flower bed and i was gonna wait until it got a little warmer to deal with them, but now my bulbs are popping out and i need to get out there before peoples' eyes are drawn to my flower beds.

but that's neither here nor there. happy valentine's day friends. go make you a wreath while there's still time!

wrap up.

2012-02-06T21:41:00.001-06:00

i told bryant last night that i saw a quote that i thought described our life right now: the days are long, but the years are short. he said he felt like the days are short and the years are short. i'm grateful to be busy because it means we have people that love us, and things to do for church, and family to see, but i'm about run ragged.

i just felt like life would slow down after christmas. and it has yet to do so.

anyway, a few of the exciting things we did this weekend..

friday night we went to a surprise party for our friend lisa. she turned 24! it was a lot of fun. and we got to be those people that bring their babies to parties.

ain't she adorbs? and fellas, she's single!

saturday i met some of my gurrrl frans at the goodwill for half off day. i got lots o' good stuff. 2 sweaters, a skirt, and a shirt for me. and a shirt for IH that still had the tags. all for a measly $12.

saturday night kayla and trey, otherwise known as treyla OR aunt kay and slim jim, came over for some snuggles and conversation.

i'm ready for them to be married. and i'm ready for isaac henry to be off the boob so i can send him home with them. [disclaimer: he's still got quite some time on the boob.]

and sunday after church and church meetings and such, we went over to andy and meghan's to watch the superbowl. in our pajamas. you know it's true friendship when you can go over to someone's house in your jammers. we watched it over there last year too, so i guess that makes it a tradition.

and today, i did 8 loads of laundry. that's it, no more clothes in this house. that's just too much laundry. also, bryant locked the keys in the car at work. which is good since we have 1 key for that car. it was bound to happen eventually. at least it wasn't running like that time i locked the keys in the truck at walmart when i was jumbo pregnant.

all that to say, i hope your monday was not monday-ish at all.

mason jar soap dispenser. a tutorial.

2012-02-02T06:00:00.000-06:00

you know i love my $6 soap. but bryant is a germaphobe. and i say that in all meanings of the word. so he uses sooo much soap. it was getting a little pricey, even with the sales. but we're germ free over here!

as i'm trying to be more economical and frugal and all that, i figured buying one of those big things of soap and filling up dispensers would be the smartest thing to do. combined with my love for mason jars, how could this go wrong?

and i know that there are multiple tutorials floating around the interwebs for this kind of thing, but none i found had pictures and i like pictures. i find them helpful.

cue montell jordan. this is how we do it..

1. get yo' jar out. clean it.

2. using a hammer and nail, pop a hole in the jar lid. you should probably do it over newspaper if your using an old zinc lid, cause the ceramic will bust and there'll be little shards.

3. this is what the busted ceramic looks like. use your nail to pry under one of the big pieces of ceramic. once you get one loose, the rest will fall out.

4. no more ceramic! just throw those pieces away. or save them for some mosaic craftiness. i opted to throw them away.

5. then get out your versatile wire cutters.

6. and using the nail hole as a starting point, cut a hole big enough to fit your soap pump in.

7. stick in your pump and hot glue it on the underside. like-uh so..

8. let the glue cool. trim down the end of your pump so that it fits in the jar. add some soap and screw on the lid..

and there you have it, your own redneck-chic soap dispenser.

wash up.

videos and awards.

2012-02-01T11:05:00.000-06:00

last night i did jillian's 30 day shred. go ahead and put me out of my misery. blast you, exercise!

i kinda wish chubbiness was still coveted. like in the victorian era. i would be the coolest and everyone would want to come dine at my palace cause i got the chub.

and here are some presh videos of the fruit of my loins. they're kinda long-ish. but he's just so cute, so i never want to stop the taping, ya know? so probably only my parents care about watching them, but that's just the facts of life. and probably emily, cause she's avoiding studying like the plague.

this is him babbling. he's a chatter box.

and this is him looking in the mirror at himself. he loves that babe in the mirror. so do i. and then he rolls over and spits up at the end, so that's cool.

in other news, my friend, julie, gave me the liebster blog award. thanks girl!

it's a little game where you give an award to your top 5 fave blogs with 200 followers or less. and when you get the award, you have to turn around and give it right back. like ellen and her audience cheers.

don't act like you don't think ellen is hilarious.

so without further ado, i award, in no particular order:

melissa at Jack and the Kumquat. she's fun and has the most precious little chicken. and by chicken, i mean daughter. i don't know her in real life, but her brother went (goes?) to tennessee so we're only separated a few degrees.

my real life bestie, emily at Frolicking in Charleston. she's hilarious and she reallllly needs to blog more. now. put down the junk food and write a blog. maybe about your recent dates?!

my other real life bestie, ann at My Joyful Hallelujah. she is a hoot and writes about Jesus a lot and is a huge encouragement. need some Jesus today? go read her blog.

sierra at Sierra's Soapbox. we went to college together. and she is real witty. good stuff.

and last but certainly not least, jamie at Adventures of my Owens Family. we also went to college together. she just had a new babe. he's presh, as is the rest of her fam.

here's the fine print. you don't get a trophy or anything. kind of a bummer..

Liebster in German means dearest, beloved, or favorite,

and it is for bloggers with under 200 followers!

Rules of the Game:

1. Thank your Liebster Blog Award presenter on your blog.

2. Link back to the blogger who awarded you.

3. Copy & paste the blog award on your blog.

4. Reveal your 5 blog picks.

5. Let them know you chose them by leaving a comment on their blog.

go leave them some love. no one hates a comment!

ketchup.

2012-01-31T14:52:00.001-06:00

life has been busy. but not blog-it busy.

we have something to do pretty much everyday during the week. and even when we don't, i feel like we do.

some noteworthy things that have been going on..

becky came for a visit!

ain't she pretty? isaac loves the pretty girls.

i made some of this cheddar bacon dip. it's delish. for real.

i grocery shopped for february. i'm really diggin' this shop for the whole month thing. except for the it costing a few hundred bucks. but when i have lots o' teenagers, my bill will probably be that much every stinkin' week. i'm gonna have to get a job.

we hung out with momma and daddy this weekend. the boys worked on our taxes and me and momma paid mammaw and pap a visit.

yesterday, i ironed bryant's shirts. i hadn't ironed since before isaac was born. it took me 2 hours. no joke. and that's proof that i love my husband.

i've done a few crafty-crafts that i'm planning on sharing soon.

and is it beautiful weather where you live too? it feels like spring time here. and i love it!

monday.

2012-01-23T14:45:00.000-06:00

we're still in pajamas. at 2:20.

doing laundry. planning the week. making lists, i'm a list maker.

is everyone as bummed as i am about picnik shutting down?! i'm really grieving over here. i don't own the fancy schmancy photoshop, how am i supposed to put those numbers on IH's monthly pics now?!

spaghetti for dinner.

our new nephew, seth, was born yesterday. he's so tiny. i want to squish his face. you forget so quickly how little they are when they're brand new.

last night it was super stormy. tornadoes in january, not cool. really tornadoes anytime, not cool. we were huddled in the downstairs bathroom at 2 am. sitting on a toilet, holding a sleeping babe. nice.

and now for what you've all been waiting for. i got my hairs cut.

i'm pretty sure i'll put a collage in every blog 'til april 19. just my own personal way to say RIP picnik. RIP.

thanks for all the sweet and encouraging comments on my last blog. it sounds like a lot of us struggle with comparing ourselves to others and selfishness. let's ban together and make each other feel loved and valuable, just how we are. deal?