Tea for TWO

There's a little place

 

 in our backyard...

 

  

 That little girls dream of.

 

 

 

 

He may hate us one day for this...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

but until then...

 

 

 

fabulous memories will be made!

A BIG thank you to AmyE for taking a little extra time to capture this little moment for us!!

The GOAL

There are days when this life just becomes over whelming.

 

 When dropping my kid off at the neighbors, with her toothbrush, in the morning just so I can be at work a few minutes early makes me want to cry.

 

When trying to be mom at home and clap out and the park and teacher conferences and trying to be a great student at school and field work and trying to be an adult at work, and the gynecologist doctor, and some sort of a wife becomes completely absurd.

 

 When dumping out the same basket of clean clothes on my bed for the 15th day in a row to find my kid a clean outfit makes me want to throw it all out the window.

 

When watching my husband fall asleep at 9:00 on the couch because he is just totally worn out from working 12 hours a day six days a week before we have even had a chance to really speak makes me want to throw a fit.

 

When my chest feels so heavy at night because the weight of life is so very real.

 

 When I would rather scratch my eyeballs out than figure out how exactly I am going to fit in forty hours of work in seven days this week.

When I have an emotional breakdown because my mountain dew is not only diet but also caffeine free! {I mean REALLY what is the point}

 

 When I realize that I am asking my six year old for fashion advice.

 

  When I seriously contemplated downloading a Taylor Swift song 

 

When life just straight up brings you to your knees, there really is only one thing that makes it all worth it in the end.

 

  These people, my little family that we have worked so hard for.

 

 

Knowing that the end is near and the time I will have to spend with them will be priceless.

 

 

This little guy, knowing that I will soon have time to travel to wherever this life may take him.

 

It is what we all work for right?  

 For the love of our families.

 

 

So here’s to not losing my mind before May of 2014 and being able to keep my eyes from filling with too many tears before then.

{all photos taken by the lovely AmyE}

 

Crying in the corner signing "Something MORE!" 

My only Wish

I am a great procrastinator.  My best work is completed after 10pm...I need the pressure!  Because of this I went into my sister's wedding reception with no Maid of Honor speech prepared.  I had an idea of what I wanted to say but nothing written down, practiced or even in compete sentences.  So I winged it.  I followed the hilarious Best Man who gave me instructions to be the sentimental one because he had funny covered.

My sister and I have an unspoken bond.  We don't talk everyday but at some point in our lives we became close.  I want to make sure that if she ever wants to remember exactly what I wish for her, she has it written somewhere.  So here goes, my best recreation of what hopefully came out the night of their wedding.

It has always seemed that you were so much older than me.  Although at some point I have realized that we are only a mere 18 months apart.  Jessica and I are very different.  She's quiet, I'm loud; she's reserved, I'm out going, but we've always managed to find  a common ground.  Several years ago, Jess came to my husband and I (my boyfriend at the time) and told us that she was moving.  We were all living together in an apartment in Atlanta and Jess decided without knowing a soul, she was relocating.  So we packed her up and shipped her off to Florida where she would meet Derick.  A few years ago, while our beloved grandfather was dying of cancer, Jessica told me she never wanted to get married until she experienced their kind of love.  My grandma slept every night in a recliner because that was the only place my grandfather felt comfortable in his last days and while they fell asleep she would always hold his hands.  So my only wish to you, is that you have the kind of love that they did and that it last for as many years (and more) as theirs.  I love you both!

The Sarno family is so lucky to have gained a new member, my sister, my hero.  LOVE you Jess!

-With Love,
Your Procrastinating Sister

First DAY September

I know, I know, you are missing me like crazy!  But somehow between the wedding creeping up, school, kindergarten, work and life...the blog has taken a back seat! I have SO much to share...so here's my first DAY!!

HELLO September, we have been waiting for you!!

I'm linking up and you should too!

It's Official

We have finally arrived home from our two mini vacas.  First off to Boston and then St. Simons. Both were a complete blast and we can't wait for more! 

PBK luggage, never gets old

plane train

she talked mimi into adding this LARGE passenger to our travels

FLIES much better than her mama

NO trip would be complete with Dunkin!!

Panda made it!

My sis is super cute preggers and CAT-5 is still in LOVE with their gentle giant OLIVER.

and two sox.

(don't worry, i did NOT cut her bangs. I don't know what is going on in this pic but almost had a small heart attack at first glance thinking someone had hacked those bad boys!)

I do have REAL pics I will share soon, when I don't feel like being lazy!!

NEXT UP St. Simons

cuteness

I know Mother of Year, first time to the beach and no real camera!! St. Simons via the iPhone is just as good!

the hubs and I LOVE the ocean as much as I LOVE flying...BLAH

but we managed

cracking me up with her stool!

beach bound

the volvo has a built-in booster that we let her ride in sometimes, she loves it but is still a little short!

sand

lighthouse

more sand

homeward bound, with her new fav popcorn thanks to the vending machine!

I have been working non stop at the wedding workshop!!! LOADS of work done.  The sis is due any day and my parents want to load up with as much wedding decor as than can to take up when baby G gets here.  It is all coming together PERFECT, if I do say so myself!!  Be on the look out!

My summer vaca is officially over!