Somebody That I Used to Know- Gotye

So many reading this that actually know me in real life will be first to tell you. I love music. I am a music junkie. If I had the power and funds I would have a Slacker, Mog, Pandora and Spotify premium account if I could and still find things to buy on Amazon and iTunes.

So while listening to my fabulous Squeezebox, another must for the music junkie, I stumbled upon one of those songs that make you stop what you're doing and just marvel at the sure brilliance of the song. My most recent find is "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye. To say this song is addicting and hypnotic is a huge understatement. I can't get enough of it seriously. I am listening to it right now on Mog and I'm considering hitting replay again. It's dark and moody but isn't that okay some times?

Weekends!

Well one thing I've learned over the past year is weekends with a baby are crazy! Aren was busy Saturday at a marriage seminar so me and my parents were Jack's Little Gym buddies.

 

This picture was about a minute before a major meltdown before he said grandma I think for the first time. We went to McDonalds afterwards and Jack enjoyed his first oatmeal raisin cookie.

We had lunch at McAllisters with Alex, Mom and Aunt Kay. During our shopping at Krogers, Aren was finally able to meet up with us. We enjoyed dinner at Panchitas with my parents and grandfather. Jack used a crayon for the first time appropriately!

 

And then they went back in his mouth! Oh well, at least I'm thankful for some progress! Sunday, we had church and today it was back to DARS. I had a nice surprise waiting for me at home- the new MOG iPad app. Which so far looks killer! Well that's about it for me- off to cheer on my favs in the Voice.

 

Busy Busy

So lots has been going on since I last blogged. This week I've been getting back in the school swing of things. Wednesday was my first day back in our web conference class. Jack really enjoys playing at grandma's when I have to go to class or see a client.

Wednesday night, we went to Spring Creek and Jack enjoyed his grandpa taking him around to see the rolls and ice cream. They enjoyed a moment outside.

 

Spring has finally sprung here which means one thing: about 2 weeks of nice weather and on to summer. This week, we finally got to take Jack's 1 year pics at Sears. We weren't sure what the experience was going to be like. Aren spent most of his time chasing Jack back into the studio.

 

I did snag some cute shots of him playing with the mirror.

And apparently he kept leaving the studio to get to this toy-

 

After pics, we enjoyed a nice dinner with Aunt Kay at Anejo's. Today I spent most of the day at DARS and Aren and I got away for date night to see the Hunger Games which was excellent. Turning in for the night, happy Saturday!

Peek-a-boo

Okay so this is an action shot of Jack playing peek-a-boo with the table next to us today at McAllisters. The ladies at the next table were really surprised by this little face peering at them during their lunch but thought it was the sweetest thing ever.

I've spent most of today reaping the side effects of having a kid on Augmentin. After we got back from lunch, he actually spit up today which was a first being that this was day 4 of taking it.

On a lighter note, I started Mockingjay today. First time ever I have read a whole series before the movie came out so I'm proud of myself. Looking forward to watching it this weekend.

That pretty much summarizes my Monday, off to watch How I Met Your Mother!

 

Sunday Sunday

So today was not a really fun day around our house. After what we thought was a recovery from the ear infection it seems like Jack is still not doing well. We had to leave Church early this morning and didn't last long tonight.

Lunch was great, we spent it at my mom's and had some really delicious Boston Market and sweet tea. One important lesson I've learned this week is to not read "Catching Fire" before falling asleep or my dreams will have a Hunger Games tint to them. On a side note, this will probably not deter me from finishing tonight.

So for those of you reading this who don't know what the title of this entry means, about 2 years ago, we started a little Sunday night tradition called Sunday Sunday. Our little gang is currently missing a member, Emily who is in France. During her last Sunday Sunday, she started a countdown on Alex's dry erase board and every week we take a pic counting down her time in France and post on Facebook, so I leave you with tonight's picture! Happy Monday!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

So we started off this morning going to Little Gym. Jack was super excited to get back to class and to see Miss Stephanie again. We are still working on getting Jack to hold the bars during free time but he voluntarily scaled this obstacle course this morning!

 

Jack also had fun chasing a new girl in his class. She was a walker so he had a hard time keeping up! We came home and Jack played with both of us and took a nap around lunchtime. He is still on Augmentin for his ear infection and it's definitely been upsetting his stomach.

We joined Aunt Kay for lunch at Casa Rita's and did some shopping at Target. Later we joined Grandma, Grandpa, Paw Paw and Uncle Alex for dinner at Golden Corral. After dinner, he got behind the wheel of Paw Paw's truck.

Where we've been

After a two week hiatus, the blog is back! Here's what's been going on around the Haggard house.

Sickness, sickness- One thing I've learned over the past year is that families are really good at sharing! Between the three of us, we have had flu, sinus infection, bronchitis and an ear infection. Luckily, everyone is beginning to feel a lot better. Last Friday, Aren went and filed paperwork to run for precinct chair. Jack and I went down to the headquarters with him to watch him sign his candidate paperwork. We should know in the summer if he's got the spot or if there will be a runoff.

Saturday was mine and Aren's 5th wedding anniversary. Since everyone was feeling under the weather we kept it low key. We celebrated lunch at Fresco's and had dinner at Bayou Jack's.

This week everyone finally started to feel better. This picture was from this week of Jack and Grandma hanging out after I brought her car back from a DARS run this week.

I have really enjoyed being off on Spring Break this week. Today we took a trip to Southlake Town Square. Here's Jack on his way with his favorite car toys- Barney and his toy van.

We went to lunch at Which Which and Jack didn't like his sandwich but loved his rice Krispy.

After that we walked around Southlake and enjoyed the nice weather!

 

 

 

Saturdays

We started off Saturday at Jack's Little Gym class. He got to play with balloons for the first time in class which he really enjoyed. After that we went to lunch at Casa Rita's. We spent that evening hanging out with Aren's family. Jack really loves playing with his cousins and he amazed me with how much more active he's already gotten playing with them.