Day 2- your least favorite song

ewwwwww Kenny Chesney. Don't like it.
First off- I don't think he should be a country singer. Nothing country about him.
Second- quit singin about the damn beach. we aren't on the beach. You don't drive tractors on the beach.

this was right up there with that dumb Dougie song.. I think I missed that craze.. and Poison. uck, hair bands.

WTF Wednesday

Yep. I know it's Thursday. But yesterday was REALLY one of those days that just made me say WTF so I can't pass it up.. and, well, I was just too tired and busy to do a post yesterday. so there.

Woke up yesterday with chills, headache, backache and some other "issues"... ugh. WTF. TGFG (thank god for grandma) started my day off just awesome.

After I relaxed for a while I decided to head to the mall to get some shopping I needed to do out of the way. Seriously I think maybe 2 of the 9 stores I went into had air conditioning. really? I wasn't feeling the best anyway.. and trying things on in the dressing room when your clothes have to peel off of you because of all the sweat, well, doesn't make you want to buy anything. WTF.

After the mall I went to Famous Footwear. When I walked in I heard a voice I didn't know say "oh my god it's so good to see you! how are you doing?!!" I didn't look up. I didn't know the voice and I was in Fairview. I heard the voice keep talking. "what are you up to today?! just lookin for some new shoes?! can I help you find anything??" now I knew it was an employee and I looked up. WTF? who greets people like they went to high school together and haven't seen them since? I said in my I don't feel good leave me alone tone "I'm fine."

As I was shopping in the same store I saw a lady come in with a stroller. The same guy greeted her. "Oh hi! How are you today? What ya looking for?!" the lady said she was just looking around. The guy answered with "well, Mom shoes are over here." WWWWTTTTTFFFFFF! who says that?! the lady responded with "well, I guess I'll steer clear of that section. (rolled her eyes)" hahaha. perfect.

Then there was Rallys. Large Sweet Tea and Large Fries please!

Is this real? Ok, their large soda could hold the whole Mississippi in it and that is the large fry? WTF? talk about dissapintment! maybe it's just because I love thier fries so much.. but idk.. back to mcdonalds for this girl. Buy one get one free Big Macs for me! haha.

As this whole day is going on I keep getting texts from Brandon. my love. "hey babe! you makin BLT's for supper?!" omg. I was so tired. haha, I do love blt's.. but I HATE the smell in my house.. but that's another story. I said "I'll make BLT's if we can go Jeep shopping!" haha. that didn't happen. WTF. I went through with my end of the deal!

While I was frying up the bacon Brandon was pacing around the kitchen bossing me around like usual. I told him to get in the shower while Lyla was sleeping. He was like Erin. What happens if she wakes up?!! ONE of us is going to have to hold her and you are frying bacon! omg. Brandon, honey, you don't have to hold her AT ALL TIMES. He said "but I like to." lol, WTF. Help me out a little babe. Losing my sanity one conversation at a time......

Happy Thursday! :) I feel much better today and promise not to lose it.
BTW- watching Fox 2 news and they are saying they are gonna have a story on how the heat affects our attitude! hmmmmm. yep. blamin it on the heat.

Day 1- your favorite song

Ok, so I am bored and looking for something to do.. because I don't feel like making supper and Lyla is sleeping and the only thing I really have left to do around the house is vacuum.. (sp? I hate that word.) Anyway Sarah over at Keeping Up With the Roscow's did this and I thought it was cute!
SO I am going to start this 30 day song challenge! Here goes..
Day 1- your favorite song

Lady Gaga-You and I

Ok.. definately not my favorite song EVER but my favorite song right NOW.

My favorite song ever would probably be some Garth song or something but how can you pick one?

A Wilgraf Weekend

It's Tuesday again.. time for my weekend wrap up!
Funny.. last night I was watching Two and a Half Men and Charlie was talking about what he was gonna do that week. He said he likes to save his Monday's for hangovers and re-coup time. EXACTLY. anyway..
Friday was pretty low-key. We went to dinner at Tequila's Thursday night and I think we were both still feeling the effects the next day.. I went to get my hair done that afternoon. ahhhh, so nice for someone to do my hair for once! When I worked at the salon I always secretly wished I was the one with my head in the shampoo bowl. hehe. Anyway. That took a while. Well, because I got some highlights and my hair is naturally almost black soooo it takes some time to get it light. I ended up not getting home til almost seven. But we had a relaxing night with some kick-ass jambalaya I whipped up.
Saturday was my friend Sarah's baby shower. That morning I did her hair, made some dip for the shower, wrapped presents and got myself and a baby ready to go .. well my mom ended up helping with the baby a little lot when she came down to go to the shower with us. The shower was soooo cute. Animal print everywhere and just over the top everything. It was nuts. Like who comes home with two frying pans and wine/wine cooler cup and glass for just showing up at a shower with a gift? ha.. are we in Evansville? Anyway.. there was great food, good friends and Lyla got to hang with Stella for a bit!

After the shower I went over to Sarah's to help get everything inside.. I think we kinda thought about going through it all too.. but after we got it all in we were so hot and sweaty it just wasn't happening. Brandon came over a little later when he got off work and we played some darts in the basement (where it was so much cooler) until it was time to head to a party back at the legion. I think Brandon and I were home by 11.. long day!
Sunday was hot. (haha, it's not funny really) We slept in for a while and layed around the house. That afternoon Lyla and Daddy were gonna hang out at home while I went out with some friends. I had a great time out and I think they had a pretty good day too. Lyla is definately a Daddy's girl!

and she loves being nakey.. but that's another story:)

Hope you all had a good weekend!

Thank You Thursday

Thank You computer screen for going out 3 times in the last 5 minutes. I know you're still mad that I squashed cheese in you a few weeks ago. Move on.

Thank You Tequila's for calling my name every.single.day for the last two weeks straight. It's getting out of hand.

Thank You Cassie for making me feel like a freak show because I am able to take a bath with my baby and I don't think breastfeeding is weird. Maybe you're the freak show! :) jkjk.

Thank You Sears for having exactly the swim suit I wanted for 34 dolla! ... and thank you cashier lady for wanting to sign me up for 1 million things as you can hear my tired baby fussing and being totally ready to get out of there. Sometimes you need to take no for an answer.

Thank You Gerber for making your peach baby food smell like total ass. I thought I liked you, Gerber. Looks like Lyla is getting peaches when she goes to Grandma's house!

Thank You Lively Grove for being hot enough to send everyone home from work.. except for my boyfriend. :( poor guy.

Thank you new walker toy for being my daughters new favorite. You're a lifesaver.

Thank You Amber from Teen Mom for making me feel like I am the best mom ever. You suck and I wish I could take your little girl home with me and not fight/yell/scream in front of her.

Thank You super huge fly for buzzing around my living room for the last 3 hours. I can't find you.. but you rock.

Thank You Lady Gaga for taking over my life. And when I drove my mom's car home last night without you I felt so lost. I'm turning into a monster!

Thank You Lyla for falling asleep as soon as I layed you down! ahhhh, Mom's gonna eat lunch.

Thank You Brandon.. for being.. you. haha. (he would kill me for this....)

bananas and cereal and spoons, oh my!

Last Monday was a big day for Lyla!! It was the first time she ate out of a spoon.. why Monday you ask? Well. you see. Lyla is eating an eight ounce bottle and I put rice cereal in it too. When we get done she is still hungry! Did any of you run into this?! And I don't think she takes as good of naps anymore because she doesn't get full enough.. I figured this was the next step even thought the doc said to wait til 6 months. I'll probably get in trouble next time we see him.. but what else was I supposed to do?!

mmmm.. this is good, Mom!

Our first food of choice? BANANAS. oh my she did so good with it too! She loves eating out of a spoon! She gets better at it every time! And last night she ate a whole container of them and an 8 ounce bottle. big girl. maybe that's why she slept for 12 hours?? :)

nana face.

Ok so here's what I want to know. All you mommies out there: when did you start giving your baby solids and what did you start with? And do you have any tips for me?! I am lost on it all! ok, not that lost.. but let me know what you think! :)

A Wilgraf Vacation -Week! (a long one..)

Whew, yeah, it's been a while! I thought I was going to update a little on vaca.. that didn't happen! Nap time? what nap time?! Vacation was good, but busy busy with a baby! so, I'll wrap up the whole week!
LAST Friday we went to eat at Tequila's.. I didn't want to have dirty dishes the night before I left.. that's a good excuse for going out, right?! Brandon wanted to get in as much Lyla time as possible before we left!

I don't usually brag about my kid like this but seriously, that dress. New favorite outfit. I just think it's the cutest thing ever!!
After we got done eating we went to my parents to pack up Lyla and my stuff in my dad's truck to leave in the morning.. then went home to hang out with Daddy a little more and get a good nights sleep!

Saturday morning we left about 8:30 to meet my mom and dad to leave for Table Rock! Well, we had so much to do still that we didn't end up leaving til almost noon.. but we were there by 5 and Lyla did great on the drive!!

she has been hangin on to her car seat toys while she sleeps.. makes her feel more secure. lol.

Josie did good on the drive too! haha, yes, we had a full vehicle!

After we got to our rooms we unpacked and headed to a little pizza place to eat. My mom and dad stayed to listen to a band there and Lyla and I walked back to our room. We were tired girls!
Sunday was hot hot hot. We went for a little boat ride but came back because it was just too hot for Lyla. That night my mom and I went shopping at the Branson Landing and Grandpa hung out with Lyla back at his room. It was a good time... and just ask my mom sometime how good I can read a map! hahaha, oh lord.

Lyla stayed down in the cuddy most of the time with a fan blowin on her.. it wasn't as bad as outside.. but man it was hot! She did really good on the boat though! She fell asleep as soon as we started moving!
Monday was a little layed back. We stayed around the hotel most of the day.. went to WalMart.. and later that evening I took a ride with my Uncle on his boat with my cousin Kelly, her friend Cassie and her boyfriend Bubba. It was a great time!! I think we barbequed that night and just hung out outside.
Tuesday Brandon was coming, yayayayayayay!! Because of the heat, he got off early and could come down that afternoon! My dads boat had to be worked on that morning, so I went with him to pick it up. After that me, Lyla and my mom hit up the outlet mall. And that evening Brandon got there and Sean and Jill came too!

I know this is bad.. but Wednesday and Thursday kind of mesh together. ha.. I know one night we went to a Mexican restaurant called Tequilas.. it was SO GOOD. I really liked it! We also went to a breafast one morning at Ma's Place.. a must have when we go to table rock. And we didn't even know we would get a show with breakfast! Those waitresses were NOT getting along.. ha. We also went to the Landing just me, Brandon and Lyla one day. We ate lunch at the floating restaurant.. I think it was a Bass Pro place.. it was called The Fish House. So good! I had alligator tail. They also have huge fountains that go to music.. we watched them for so long. Made my day.

Lyla looooves her stroller and was great while we shopped! (if we stayed movin...)

Friday morning Brandon went with the rest of my family on the boat to breakfast. There was a place on the water they wanted to try. Later that day we went out on the boat with my brother and Jill while Grandma and Grandpa hung out with Lyla. We had a great day! And supper was waiting for us when we got back!

I don't think Sean needs your direction Rambo Brando. haha, yeah, we had a good time!
Saturday was a little more layed back. I went to eat with my family while Brandon and Lyla stayed back at our room. We went to Starvin Marvins! Great buffet. Great t-shirts. When we got back we had to switch rooms because the rooms we had for the week only went from Sat-Sat. I know, weird. So we did that while everyone else went boating and then took Lyla for a swim in the little pool by our room! She did sooo good.

back off dad, I'm tryin to drive my boat.

time to dry off and take a nap!

That evening I got Brandon to take me to White Water! It's a water park in Branson. We had such a good time! We ran around like little kids. haha. They have a deal that you can come after 5 and stay til 10 for 25 bucks. Not bad at all! And they had all kinds of deals on food too. We got pretzels and pickles and nachos for 3 dollars! We had a great evening! And I think we both crashed as soon as we hit the pillow. I can't wait for Lyla to get big enough to do stuff like that! It's going to be so much fun.. we loved watching all the little kids play in the water.

Sunday it was time to go home! I think we were all ready but we has such a good time. The ride home.. well that wasn't much of a good time.. but that's another story. Oh Lyla, why can't you just sleep in the car?! Needless to say it was a pizza night. :)

Daddy, why you gotta put this thing on me?!

I hope you all had a good week! I know we did! I have a lot to catch up on in blog land! And a lot more to catch you up on.. guess who started eating bananas?!?! 

and also just thinking after looking back over this post.. someone else needs to start taking the pictures! where am I?!?!?!

I have to admit...

I am addicted. It's getting bad. Out of hand really.

to cream of mushroom soup.

It's really starting to be a problem. Well, problem for me? no. but maybe for Brandon. I'm sure he is really getting sick of it. Let's take a look at what I mean.

My meatloaf. Let's see. I LOVE meatloaf. I make the meatloaf and usually cut up some red potatoes and put them all around it and slap some butter on them and there ya go. Yummy in my tummy. Nope.. this time it looked a little "dry"... so what do I do? COM soup. it goes with everything!

and here's the after. not dry anymore! it was oh.so.good.

Here's a roast I was making in my crock pot. I found some recipe online that called for some beef stock, lipton onion soup crap, fresh garlic, salt and pepper, and probably some other stuff I am forgetting.
Well here's how my recipe went: chicken stock cause that's all I had, minced onion cause that's all I had, seasoned salt, garlic from a jar in my fridge... and cream of mushroom soup. low.. for 8 hours.
I bet mine turned out better than theirs. just sayin.

I also put it in: hashbrown casserole, chicken casserole, anything with stuffing included really, green bean casserole, turkey
I wish I could put it on: pizza, pasta, breadsticks, salad, pulled pork, chicken strips, fried chicken, grilled chicken, corn, baked potatoes, and really anything else I want.

I usually go grocery shopping with my mom. Because well, I like my mom, and it's hard to go by yourself with a baby. She might get maybe a can or no cream of mushroom soup but I always end up with at least 6 cans. Yeah, it's bad.

then I stumbled across these babies. YEP! that's an extra big can of COM soup. My dream has come true. Makes my life SO much easier! love in a can.

So there ya go. Now you know my weakness. It IS the only one.

A Wilgraf Weekend.. with fireworks!

ok ok I know I know. It's Thursday. It's been a little crazy around here. and this is what I opened my computer to:

yep. a piece of cheese. from Friday. what a nice surprise.

ANYWAY back to the weekend.

Friday I think I stayed home with my baby. Pretty sure. That was a long time ago..

Saturday Brandon had to work and Heather (Brandon's sister) came over to babysit Lyla while I went boating with my mom, dad, Jill and Kim. I think they had a pretty good day together.. and Lyla got to go to Rural King! Aunt Heather even got her a new lifejacket! We still haven't tried it on, but we'll see!

Sunday was a pretty relaxing day. Brandon actually got to stay home with us allll day! We cooked a big breakfast while Lyla napped that morning and just watched tv and did things around the house the rest of the day. That doesn't happen very often and it was so nice. That afternoon we got ready and headed up to my mom's house to drop Lyla off to spend the night. Brandon and I went and had pizza and bloody mary's and went to the block party in Evansville. We had a great night! and Grandma said Lyla did too :)

Well, Monday was the 4th! of course... we planned on going to the parade that morning, but we were running a little late so we skipped that and headed to the picnic in Steeleville. Brandon's family goes every year and it's always a good time. They have some great fish sandwiches too! Lyla was great the whole time just smiling at everyone!



they also have a craft fair area there where I found some things for myself! imagine that.

That afternoon we got home, took showers and Lyla and Mommy took naps while Daddy layed on the couch. ahhh, can we relive this weekend please? It was nice having all three of us at home!

Evansville has fireworks every year at dark on the 4th. So Tony, Sarah, Camden, Ryan, Becky and my Mom and Dad came over for a while to do a few little fireworks here before we headed to find our spot for the big show. 

Then it was time to go! Lyla looooooved the fireworks! She watched and watched til she just got too tired!

just layin on our blanket lookin at the sky! :)

Our first 4th of July as a family <3

Hope you all had a great 4th of July as well! We are leaving for Table Rock Lake on Saturday and I won't be coming back until next weekend! don't know if you'll hear from me right away but I am sure I can do a weekend wrap up during a nap time:) Have a great Thursday! Maybe my computer will start cooperating now so I can post some more!

Confessions... it's like talkin to a priest, really.

maybe not.. I mean, I ain't askin for you to forgive me or anything! Just makes me feel better to get it all out. lol.

I confess I dropped my phone in the toilet at the ball diamonds last night. It WAS before I "went".. but I just stuck my hand right in there and got it.. it turned on this morning! but there are still a few water spots in it. yes yes I have it in a bag of rice.

I confess if one more person told me to put my phone in a bag of rice last night I was going to punch them in the face. Yeah, I have a bag of rice right here in my car! let me get it. sike.

I confess I used Brandon's Old Spice MATTERHORN in my bath the other night because it said 8 hours of Ice, Wind and Freedom. That's exactly what I needed at that point in my life.

I confess I hate making supper for only me at night and I will find any way possible to get out of doing it. But when Brandon gets home from working and going to the farm I feel so so so so bad when I didn't make anything. :(

I confess I am going boating this weekend and wearing my one piece for the first time in public. It's really a weird feeling but it would be even weirder letting everyone see all.of.this.

I confess I have been watching Ice and Coco on E! and it cracks my crack. That girl has issues..

I confess I told someone yesterday that I was the hottest thing in the kitchen. (what??)

I confess I keep having dreams about maggots. Yeah. It's the grossest thing ever and it's embarrassing even talking about it on my own blog. Maggots. And if I don't kill them fast enough they turn in it worm things.. like flat worms that can suck on you like a leach. Anybody know what that dream means?!?!?!?!

I confess I wish I was one of them girls that always was dressed up and cute. Buuuut when I get dressed those t-shirts look oh so good.

I confess I can't wait for fireworks and I really really really hope Lyla isn't scared of them. Her daddy likes them too.

Have a happy 4th of July weekend everyone! I know we will.. goin out on the new boat, friends, fireworks.. and farming season is OVER! yayayayayayayayaya!
Peace. Bring me a sparkler.. I love sparklers!!

Lyla Marie.. 4 months and growing!

Well it's July first and you know what that means... my baby is one more month old! Where has the time gone?!?! 4 months. 4 months of changing dirty diapers, washing bottles, cleaning up spit up, crying and rocking, naps, baths, binkys, crazy car rides and more love than I ever thought I had in me. I wouldn't change one bit of it for the world.
So what has Lyla been up to in the last month? Let's see.

She went swimming for the first time on June 4th!

we barbequed...

and she went to her first Fireman's Parade!!

This month has been so much fun. Lyla seems to be "finding" her thumb. Which is fine by me! And she definately "found" her feet! New favorite toy by far. I need to get a good picture of her with her feet! I think she is also starting to think about rolling over. And she might have done it a couple times when I wasn't looking.. Her sleeping is awesome! She sleeps a good eight, nine, ten hours! And naps three times a day. I couldn't ask for a better baby. Lyla looooves walks and looking at the trees. I can't complain because it makes me get out there and walk! She loves the stroller. Another new fun toy is her walker! her feet don't touch the ground yet, but she likes to sit up and play with the toys on it.
I don't know exactly how much she weighs right now.. we go to the doc next week.. so we will give that update then:) Pray we make it through this round of shots...

Here's to another great month with my baby girl. I love her more than anything in the world and I couldn't imagine life without her. Sometimes I wonder how I got so lucky. I know one day my stay at home mom days will be over.. but for now, I'm soakin every second of it up.

My 4 month old :)