McLazy Monday!

So glad that my first cold, post-baby, is almost gone! Riley and I had a case of the snotty noses this weekend, but we made it out alive. We spent almost our entire Labor Day nursing, napping, and watching a marathon of 'Rehab: Party at the Hard Rock Hotel,' (don't judge :)). But we did have a blast the last few days visiting with my parents and little sisters. They got a room at Green Valley Ranch, which I loved because 1) they have an awesome pool, 2) nice rooms for the fam, 3) close to my house and my salon, and 4) they have a U-Swirl yogurt shop, (which I'll confess my visits there in a bit :)). We also finally got a tour of Freddy's fire station, now that we can't "jeopardize" his career, (he's finally off of probation :) )



After giving the girls their back-to-school haircuts Friday, Joey brought the baby and we all went swimming. Riley took his first pool experience like a champ. He actually seemed very indifferent to the whole experience. Just lots of looking around. He did squeal in delight when we passed him back and forth for a bit, but mostly, he just chilled. He didn't care too much for the wet swim diaper once we got out, but as soon as I got him into a dry diaper and put him under the hooter hider for a snack, he dozed right off to sleep. It was nice and warm out, but not too hot. It felt so nice just chatting with Cindy with my little man asleep on my chest pool side. (A small glimpse of many great pool days to come in California :))

My cold didn't really attack until the next morning, but it was still nice just playing with the fam. Cindy did brave a new Sharon Stone-esque haircut, which we all love.



Fell asleep before I could publish my blog last night, so sorry! Anywho, where were we???

So had a blast with the fam. Everyone got their hair cut. Riley swam and loved it. Ate a lot of froyo, which in and of itself Is not bad, but when a certain someone, maybe me ;), put cubed cheesecake chunks on top of it, it's not so guilt-free. So no, I haven't lost any more weight and we slacked on our workout for the first time this past week, but the mega accomplishment is that I didn't gain any weight. Hooray! Now that I'm feeling better, we're back on it!

It's been fun making food for the little man. He's had: carrots, butternut squash, sweet potatoes, bananas, avocado, apples with cinnamon, peas, rice cereal, and baby oatmeal. It's difficult to know what to give him next because there is so much conflicting information. I have started peeking in the baby food aisle at the grocery store to see what other foods are in the stage 1 jars and going from there. It's surprising how good everything tastes. Joey and Freddy don't seem to agree. They're not too happy being my taste testers. Oh well ;)

So just working on getting my cosmetology license transferred to California and hunting for a great salon to rebuild my clientele. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated :) Joey is also on the job hunt. We may be making a preliminary trek down to get the job sitch under better control. If you've ever seen the movie 'Grandma's Boy' you'll think it's so funny that Joey's mom called this weekend saying she just wanted to check on her new roommates (us). Hahahahaha! We're so thankful that they're helping us so much by letting us stay with them until we get settled, but it's going to be a big adjustment. Kinda weird to not have our own house and space, but it's all for the greater good. And my in-laws are easy going, sweet people that have always been so great to us, as has the rest of our fam.

More Nevada to California moving shenanigans, Riley updates, and other Adkins updates. (P.S. Hope you all caught 'The Real Housewives of New Jersey' reunion special part 1 & 2; those bitches are crazy!!! Yikes Bikes!)