Superbowl

We went to the Nichol's house for Superbowl. David and Mike made street tacos, and we pigged out & hung out while all of our children played. 

 Clara & Carter

 Jack Jack pretending he can stand. 

 One group shot of the folks watching the game. 

 Jack was fighting sleep and finally passed out on me. 

 David & Mike pretty much spent the entire night in the kitchen as usual lol. 

Three Trips to L.A. in One Week

I had a busy week beginning of February! We had Misty's marathon at Downtown Disney on Sunday, then Ellen on Wednesday and then we had an appointment for Jack and Daddy at the House Ear Clinic on Thursday. That's a lot of driving over the grapevine in one week!  

 Katy text me and said she had 2 extra tickets to Ellen Degeneres if Misty and I wanted to go down with her and Lindsey. Of course we said YES! I was hoping Katy's good luck would rub off on us. I've been to Ellen twice and never gotten anything for free. Katy has won a 12 days of Christmas with Ellen, and the other time she went, she won tickets to Gwen Stefani's concert. The one HUGE disappointment for me was the taping right before us got to see Daniel Radcliffe. I would have cried tears of joy!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE Harry Potter. They also seen the 1st lady. But we found out we were gonna see the cast from The Voice. I loved it the first season so I was excited. It was also the Superbowl episode. It was hilarious, I laughed so hard my abs hurt. It was also extra long and they had to edit the crap out of it for tv. 

 I stole these pictures from Lindsey's blog. Katy was dying bc she LOVES Adam Levine. 

 Never heard of Clay Matthews till we were there and man oh man was he HOTTTTTT!!!!

And then the best thing ever happened...we were given something for FREE!! haha! It's a Kobo E-reader tablet. And apparently my reaction was priceless bc Lindsey & Katy were laughing so hard at me, Misty thought Katy was in labor but she was just trying not to pee her pants. Lindsey had tears streaming down her face. She said I was like one of those characters on SNL when it's Oprah's favorite things & their heads explode. I then started laughing so hard, we were all dying. Mike was excited about what I won, he's been wanting an Ipad forever but this will do for now. 

 We made an appointment for Jack at the Ear House Clinic bc he's had an ear infection for 2 months straight, so it was time to see a specialist. Mike had recurring infections as well so we thought we'd do a twofer! Turns out Jack has fluid in his ear but there can be fluid in an ear for 3 months after an infection. So we have to see his pediatrician in 6 weeks to see if there is still fluid. And Mike wasn't able to be treated bc he didn't have a current ear infection. The House Clinic was really cool, they had a giant anatomy of the ear that you could look at. I thought at first it was a toy for kids to crawl through shaped like an ear but it wasn't. 

We got done there pretty quickly so we headed down to the American at Brand mall in Glendale. It was only 7 miles away. It's our favorite place to go. We let Clara play at the park area for a while to burn off the car ride. 

 After shopping, daddy took Clara back to the park while I sat in front of the fountain and fed Jack Jack. He started dancing to the music and loved to watch the water show. 

Then we went to IKEA. It was only the 2nd time I had been there, and I'm seriously in LOVE with it. We got so much stuff for hardly anything. It's so cheap!! It was so fun and was on a high!! Had I known they had cool carts, we would not have took our huge double stroller in bc we really needed two carts bc we bought so much stuff! 

 Clara behaved so well, they were both exhausted & hungry. As we were checking out, she was crying that she wanted to eat. So there was a food stand right by the check out, so I went to get her a hot dog. It was $2 for 2 hot dogs, chips and drink with free refills. What the heck? how do they make any money?! 

That was the busiest, most exhausting, funnest week I had in a long time! There is nothing better than quality time with girlfriends! And then quality time with my husband & our little family. 

Couch Bouncy

When we went to IKEA recently we bought Clara a little bench so she could get onto the potty by herself, however it wasn't tall enough. So she found other uses for it. Couch bouncy being one of her new favorite things. She was saying "cheese mommy, cheese", bc she wanted me to take her picture while she bounced. I'm so glad I did bc they pictures are HILARIOUS!! I was laughing so hard when I downloaded them. But then daddy came home and ended all the fun. I guess it was a "Parent Fail" moment when I allowed her to basically bounce on our couch, lol! But it was funny while it lasted. 

 This picture reminds me of pageant hair, lol!!

 After bath her hair was wet. 

She's so darn cute, and cracks me up all day long, everyday!! Love my little Clarabear!!

Misty's 32nd Birthday

32 Reasons to Love Misty

1. Absolutely HILARIOUS!! Literally I get an ab work out when we get going on something funny!! 

2. She's the MOST organized person I know, I aspire to be 1/4 as organized as her. 

3. She's is so thoughtful!! She thinks of things I could never even think about, so detailed in her actions! 

4. She is definitely the most ambitious person I know. When she has a goal, you bet your fanny she's gonna obtain it!! 

5. She also obsessed with goals, she always has something brewing that she's working on. 

6. She's a CLEAN freak!! Cleanest person I know hands down. 

7. She's amazingly smart, and constantly doubts her spelling ability. She can work computer programs like no other. I'm always calling her to help make me a spread sheet or slide show, or anything I could never figure out. 

8. She has the most awesome white girl dance move you could ever see!! Hand in the air, booty swaying side to side, it's rad! 

9. She doesn't know how to say NO!! That's not necessarily a good thing, but she's an amazing friend. 

10. She makes beautiful and tasty Cakes, and any food item she makes is usually delish! 

11. She's the busiest person I know...Master's school, full-time job, home owner, friend to 100's of people, girlfriend, cake baker, marathon runner, concert goer, she's always got something going on and still makes time to come hang with me and my little ones. 

12. She's a beautiful woman inside and OUT!! 

13. She's a shoe whore...and wears clownsized shoes but still has a million pairs. 

14. She's the sister I never had. I can be 100% myself around her, I can say ANYTHING to her and know she's not gonna judge me. She knows ALL ALL ALL my business!!

15. She is the nosiest person I know. If we are out in public she straight up will be looking through you, at the people behind you to see what they are saying. And she has a certain look on her face when she's doing it, so you know you've lost her at that point. 

16. She is the BEST auntie. She LOVES my children so much and they just adore her!! Aunt Fishy for life! 

17. She's scared of death like no other. So am I, we definitely have that in common. But she don't like talking about it or dealing with it. 

18. She HATES to be sang to. She thinks it's creepy when people are looking at her while they sing. Happy Birthday is a nightmare for her. 

19. In high school she ate nothing but ORANGES and PRETZELS when in training for cheerleading. 

20. Misty was the only one at first with a car in high school, she taxi'd us around everywhere. We'd hit up taco bell at 3 in the morning in her car lol!! 

21. This is how great of a friend she is, she let me sleep in her twin bed in high school when I stayed the night at her house, while she slept on the couch or the floor. Show's how bad of a friend I am to allow her to give up her bed...shame shame. 

22. She will lie to you while in labor and tell you the contraction is almost over, even though she has no clue what the machine is telling her. 

23. She sings POD beautifully!! 

24. She's become a hard core animal lover. Almost wrote her thesis on it. Her dogs are her children! 

25. She doesn't care for meat unless is burnt a bit or ground turkey. 

26. She also is not a fan of the ends of fries. She prefers the middles. 

27. She's obsessed with the world's tallest or biggest things. If there is one nearby where she is traveling she will find it and take a picture with it. 

28. She chops up her eggs so weird to the point that they are mush. bleh. 

29. She loves her some seafood, we do not mesh on that one at all!! 

30. She HAS to shower twice a day or she freaks out bc the pits and feet must be washed. 

31.  She HATES feet, they gross her out to the point of vomit. 

32. The funniest thing in the entire world to her is.....dun dun dun....watching ME run!! Run AUBREY Run!!! 

My best friend Misty turned 32 and to celebrate Mike made her a pancake brinner!! She LOVES Mike's pancakes, and he's been making these new silver dollar pancakes that are divine. So Clara and I decorated for Aunt Fishy's birthday. Clara can now finally say Misty but she still calls her Fishy. So far it's her new nickname. 

 Pretty sure I'm the only person in the entire world that has wounded themselves while blowing up a balloon. Really???? who does that??? yeah I do!!! I blew it up too big and it popped and snapped back on my neck and made me bleed. It HURT soooo bad, I literally cried. so stupid!!

 So this is Misty's favorite outfit that I wear....NOT. The shorts that I am wearing were once maroon sweatpants that I wore to a high school football came when Thomas was in high school along with a orange t-shirt and maroon dock martins. Misty has NEVER forgiven me for wearing it and embarrassing my brother along with all of them I was with, lol. SOOOO when Mike and I bought our house, when we were moving she found my maroon pants and decided to dust furniture with them. So I snagged them up and cut them off and they are now my cleaning shorts. In honor of her, I brought out her favorite outfit, and wore it all night for her party, buahahahahaha!! 

 Uncle Eric and Jack Jack

 Seriously that weekend Clara NEVER left Eric alone. She pestered him all weekend!! 

 Aunt Fishy with her babies. 

 When Misty walked in, Clara yelled Happy Birthday to her!! 

 The Bunting's came over and so did Stephanie, my mom and brother Bobby!

 Misty had birthday assistants...Sarah and Clara

 My parents and us bought Misty her Beats by Dre headphones for running. Eric also bought them (my fault I should have called him) and so he took his back and got her an awesome Dyson hand vac that she has wanted forever. 

 Steph brought the infamous birthday box!!

My mom made Misty a delicious cake and Mike's breakfast turned out awesome. I wish I would have taken pictures of him cooking it! Happy Birthday to the BEST friend anyone could ever ask for.