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{Friday Night}
Price gets home | dinner | bed
{Saturday}
bed
{Sunday}
up early | breakfast | start chicken soup| walk and visit the dog park at Breakheart Reservation | Price grilled chicken wings | shower | make cheesy spinach dip | finish chicken soup | make ham and cheese sliders | watch The Super Bowl | bed
{Friday} Daddy gets home! | Blue Apron for dinner | Grimm | bed
{Saturday} Sonic for breakfast | NH liquor and wine | visit Catherine and Ed | hang out at home | bed
{Sunday} Old Navy | PetSmart | Contatiner Store | Tasty Burger | hang out at home | Blue Apron Chicken Supremes for dinner | watch The Grammy’s | bed
ahh back to some nice weekend recaps!
{Friday Night} Price gets home | make dinner- cheese burgers and fries | shower | hang out | bed early
{Saturday} MY BIRTHDAY!!! | wake up| back to bed & price made breakfast | watch DVR’d shows | flowers from mom arrive | hang out during the snow | make pizza using the new pizza stone | bed at 9.30
{Sunday} long horrible night!! | take Kemper for a walk at Revere Beach while Price stayed home with Autumn | McDonald’s | Price painted the belly cast | nap | watch the Pats lose! 🙂 | pigs in a blanket | watch the Seahawks vs 49er’s game | Price made me funfetti birthday cake | put Autumn to bed | cake and last pumping | bed
Wow.
What a year 2013 was.
Last night, before the ball dropped, Price and I were talking about all the stuff that happened in 2013. It was an amazing year. It was a trying year. There was a lot of change. And there were a lot of great things and plenty of crappy things but, thankfully, the good things greatly outweighed the crappy things.
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I had a pretty shitty birthday in January. It just never works out.
We got our dog, Kemper, back in February. And then survived house training him in a blizzard 7 days later.
Price got a new, awesome job in March. And we found out I was pregnant too!
My mom and Grandmother moved to Florida.
We found out our baby had an omphalocele in May.
I went to Alt NYC in June. I got to hear some pretty talented people share some valuable ideas, including Martha Stewart. Then extended that weekend to have a NYC adventure with my best friend.
We had an amazing weekend camping in July. I was just 6 months pregnant hiking and using an outhouse. No Big Deal.
My best friend moved across the country in August. And I cried all weekend after saying good bye.
Price and I went to The Florida Keys for our Babymoon. We got engaged on his birthday!
And we just had a baby in November! She had her surgery to repair her omphalocele and had an amazingly quick recovery and has been doing amazing well ever since.
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I’m glad to see 2013 go. But only because I’m looking forward to see what great things 2014 has to offer. I can’t wait to see Autumn grow up. We’re going to get a new car. We’ll visit family and friends. And quite possibly get married.
So that leads me to my One Little Word for this year…
I’m going to embrace what 2014 has to offer. We’ve had some much change this past year that I’m still finding my footing along the way. I’m trying to find some balance. I’m trying to find some sleep 🙂
I picked the word embrace to help me remember to embrace the good, the bad, the things that teach me life lessons, and things that take my breath away. To embrace moments that are worth remembering and the people worth forgetting. To embrace change, sadness, happiness, and absolute joy.
I’m looking forward to embracing it all and charging forward with 2014!
{Friday Night} Price picked me up | order take out from Domino’s | dinner | watch Scandal and Grey’s anatomy while Price went to Home Depot | watched Grimm together | bed
{Saturday} sleep in | leftover pizza for breakfast | dog school for Kemper | Target | Price mowed and made new step for garden | cleaning | lunch- spaghetti squash for me and leftover Thanksgiving sandwiches for Price | dishes | make cookies | She’s All That | blog drafts | fell asleep on sofa by 9pm | Price watched TV & part of SNL | bed
{Sunday} watch DVR’d SNL | grocery shopping | make sandwich for lunch/dinner | make our belly cast | shower | bed
{Friday Night} Price picks up car from shop | work late | soup for dinner | Grimm | bed
{Saturday} up early | dog school for Kemper at PetSmart | Michael’s | Old Navy | drop off Kemper at home | John Harvard’s for lunch | get rabbit hay and feed the horses at Sweet Meadow Farm | Price drops me off at work | Price picks me up at work after 8 | lounge around | bed
{Sunday} up early | TJ’s pumpkin waffles for breakfast | make cornbread muffins | grocery store | cooking all day: making cornbread and sausage stuffing, cranberries, carrots and pineapple, buttermilk and sour cream mashed potatoes, and turkey!! | Price installs black out shades & new ceiling light in The Bean’s room | watch NASCAR | watch football | dinner | lounge around | organize recipes from magazines | bed
 
{Friday Night} left work early = home early | watch DVR’d Grey’s and Scandal | Price gets home | dinner: Blue Apron’s Filipino Steak Stir Fry | Price painted The Bean’s room | cleaning and laundry | watched Grimm | bed early
{Saturday} up early | McDonald’s | go to my office to get car seat and pumpkins | Dexter Dog Park in Brookline | take the car Paul’s Foreign Auto Works to have check engine light looked at | talk to my Brother | home | watch Red Sox parade | Price has leftover stir fry for lunch | Price goes to Home Depot | make Trader Joe’s lobster ravioli for lunch | Price finished painting the nursery | laundry | nap with Kemper | make dinner: kale and chick pea soup with ditalini pasta in a tomato broth | Price mowed the lawn | relax & lounge around | bath | bed
{Sunday- Day light savings time!} up early | Price makes coffee | watch SNL | Tito’s Bakery for breakfast | Peter’s Park dog park | back home | assembled crib | work on decorating the nursery | lunch: leftover soup and grilled cheese | Price put car seat base in car | grocery store | Price put door sweep on front door | made peanut butter banana bread | made dinner: Blue Apron’s Seared Flounder with Green Beans and Millet | unload & reload dishes | make apple pie together | work emails & blogging while Price watches TV and plays with Kemper | bed
{Friday night} home | Price tidied up the den and moved the rabbits from 2nd floor down to the basement | I made salad | tidying up the kitchen and living room while ‘watching’ Grey’s and Scandal | folding baby clothes | go to bed early
{Saturday} up at 4.35 with Kemper | back to bed | get out of bed at 7am | Starbucks for PSL’s | brought Kemper to the dog park | Haymarket for veggies | Mike’s Pastry for lobster tail | home | start cleaning for hours | grocery shopping | Price folding loads of clothes | prep for dinner | get ready | Cstherine and Ed come over for dinner | snack on cheese and crackers while chatting | dinner: chicken with shallot wine sauce, roasted lemony aparagus, sauteed mushrooms, and rice | dessert | Cath and Ed leave | lounge around while watching the Sox game | sleep | more Sox game | bed
{Sunday} slept in ’till 8 | breakfast : coffee, cheesy eggs, bacon, tots | watch Grimm | Home Depot to pick out and get paint | go to work at 12.30 | Price painted 2 walls of the baby’s room | home at 7.30 | watch DVR’d NASCAR race | dessert for dinner | blogging | watch Red Sox | bed
 
My baby shower was 2 weekends ago. It was so lovely and we had such a fun time celebrating with family and friends.
My mom came up from Florida on Friday night to surprise me for the shower so it was great to be able to celebrate with her there as well.
Sooo freaking cute!!
The general idea for the shower was to focus on fun fall things from pies, crisp apples, and bright changing leaves. We enjoyed goodies like a caramel dip with apples, fresh baked banana bread, and homemade caramel popcorn balls.
We all enjoyed goodies and wine (well, I had apple cider) while we caught up and did baby shower things. Just kidding… baby shower games are THE WORST and I would have climbed out the 4th story window instead of playing a game.
But I couldn’t get out of opening the presents, but I could drag Price into the festivities and that is exactly what I did. 😛
 
Price and I had registered online using Baby List. It’s an online registry that allows you to ‘pin’ things, basically just like pinterest, to your registry from any website. We decided to use this for our registry that it would make things easy for people to shop, esp when living in a city with limited access to the big box stores like Babies R Us.
There were lots of very cute outfits to show off. Like, one of our friends is a diehard Batman fan so he obviously gifted us some adorable Batman themed onesies. Cute!
Pricer is kinda super excited about diaper bag. He likes that it has a list inside to remind you of what to pack. (I think this just gives me backup for when he forgets something)
My sister gave us a great bouncy seat as well as this adorable onesie for The Bean.
 
A big THANK YOU to Kellie and Cheri for planning this wonderful party and another big THANK YOU for everyone who came or gave us a gift for The Bean.
xoxo
{Friday Night} home early | Price gets home | Price goes to Kurland’s for poker night | leftovers for dinner | lounge around and fall asleep on sofa with Kemper | Price home at 11.30 | bed
{Saturday} sleep in until 8am | breakfast and shopping at Ikea | Target | drop off Sizzix stuff to Jamie | late lunch/early dinner at Not Your Average Joe’s | Petco for Kemper meds and toys | home | unpacked the car | lounge around & clean up | Price watched Red Sox game | I went to bed at 10 | Price went to bed after the game
{Sunday} I got up early & went to Trader Joe’s | make jumbo strawberry chocolate chunk muffins | get ready | walk 3.5 miles and picnic on The Esplanade | Price got 2 kinds of pumpkin beer | home to watch NASCAR race, lounge around, and nap | Price mowed the front yard | make butternut squash soup for dinner | baby clothes laundry | watched football | bed early
 
{Friday Night} work a bit late |Â home | mom at the house to surprise me for the baby shower | dinner at Red Lantern | bed
{Saturday} up early with Kemper | go to Haymarket | Bread and Butter for Breakfast sandwiches | clean up the fridge and kitchen | lounge around watching Food Network and nap | get ready | baby shower | Kris came to the house for about an hr | relax and organize gifts | bed
{Sunday} up early with Kemper | lounge around and sort baby shower stuff  | long brunch at local 149 with mom | naps | assemble the bouncy seat and sort clothing by size | pizza dinner at Prince’s Pizzeria | blogging & mom knitting while we watch TV | bed
 
 
{Friday Night} leave work early at 2.30 with Price | get take out from Crown Fried Chicken for lunch/dinner | naps | watch Scandal | Price set up the Wii & watched Breaking Bad episodes | went to bed early
{Saturday} oatmeal for breakast | lounge around | get ready for apple picking | Sonic | apple picking at Cider Hill Farm | shopping at Carter’s and Khol’s | Hannaford for grocery shopping | take out from Prince’s Pizzeria | pizza for dinner | Price made dough for beignets | blogging & picture editing | bed
{Sunday} up early | news | meet Finely (Kemper’s cousin) at Revere Beach for some puppy play time | Price made beignets | lounge and nap on and off until 4pm while watching football & NASCAR | dishes and laundry | made our first Blue Apron dinner | clean tub & upstairs bathroom while Price cleaned the rabbits’ cage | watch Grey’s | shower | bed
 
 
 
 
 
 
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