February recap

It's been FOREVER since I've blogged, and I have a ton to catch up on. I was home from work sick on Wednesday so I started going through drafts that I'd started forever ago and started sorting through pics. I'm still sick by the way... going on almost a week now. Sore throat is finally gone for the most part, but I still sound like a man and am definitely not 100%. 

I have almost 20 drafts so we'll see how far I can get tonight... probably not very far! May is going to be a super busy month for us so I feel like if I don't get caught up now, I never will. 

Here's a little bit of everything from the month of February. All the pics are from my phone and are mostly selfies. The majority of the selfies are due to a little hair mishap that my hair is still suffering from unfortunately.

February 1st

A pic before I headed to Mt. Vernon and Pattonville that Saturday. 

I was sporting one of my favorite scarves from my growing collection. I was also wearing some booties for the first time that I had bought online. I still have mixed emotions about booties. I like them and think they're cute on everyone else, but I feel a little weird when I wear them!

 This was also right before I cut my long hair off and went more blonde. I'm thinking that was a bad decision and I want to go back. 

Colt had to work that Saturday so I made the trip home solo. I picked up mom at their house and we headed straight to Pattonville to celebrate Mal's shower for baby #2.  It was so good to see Mal and also see Emily, my college roommate, too. As soon as we left the shower, we headed back to my parent's for my Logan's birthday party that I previously posted about. 

The next day was Super Bowl Sunday. Colt watched while I did other stuff. Evidently I didn't miss very much by not watching the game this year though.

February was just as busy as January was. I don't think there will ever be a slow time at work again... or at least not any time in the near future. February started off particularly busy at work though with meetings and teleconferences. The days I like best are the days I just get to work. 

I got my hair done that first week of February. I got it done at a place downstairs from where I work. Colt likes blonde-blonde. My hair had been getting darker and darker from low lights so I told my hair lady that I wanted to go more blonde and brighten it up for summer. I also wanted it shorter, kind of a long-bob style. What I was going for was similar to how Julianna Hough's haircut was in Safe Haven ... but a longer version of it. I wanted to go Kelly Ripa short, but Colt said no. I'm glad he said no!  As soon as she started taking the foil off my hair, she said I was going to be real blonde. My hair lifts up really fast. It was definitely blonder than I was wanting or expecting! It was orangey-yellowish looking to me. It was mainly just like that on my bangs where she had colored big chunks instead of really weaving it. The back of my hair was ok. 

Told you it was blonde! I like more of a warm blonde.

I got a few comments from people at work about how bright it was and one comment asking if I was going to the beach. I called and scheduled an appointment to get her to see if she could tone down the front of my hair. It took her a while to get me in. By the time I went, a lot of the blonde had started to die down. I should've just left it alone (like Colt told me too), but I went ahead and went and she put some low lights in. She just did my bangs or the front part of my hair. It looked ok under her light. However, when I looked in a normal mirror, the part she redid was a lot darker than the rest of my hair.  I didn't like it at all. I'm never picky about my hair either... I promise... and she's done my hair a ton of times!  I called back immediately and we scheduled an appointment to redo it, yet a 3rd time. She did a better job of making it match at least, but it still wasn't a blonde that I would've picked. The front of my hair was pretty fragile and my hair overall is not near as healthy as it was. I think it's a little fried. I can usually go months without getting my hair done, that wasn't the case this time. My roots started showing super fast this time. The day after Tax Day, I went to Brittney here in Forney to try to get her to fix it. I think she was scared to do anything too drastic so it will probably be a couple more times before I'm happy and it's healthy again... 

We also started having showings of our house the first week of February. Since then, we've taken it off the market, and I will blog about that later. We had the Junior League Ball coming up, and I knew I needed a dress and enough time to get it altered (shortened). That Wednesday, I stopped at Terry Costa to glance at dresses on my way back to work after a client meeting in Frisco. There were a few that were ok and one that I liked, but I wasn't willing to pay that much. 

That Thursday ended up being a snow day. I got to work early that day so it didn't even start snowing until after I was already at work. Colt picked me up at lunch, and we left my car at the office. 

This was downtown and traffic on 30 as we were leaving.

I'm glad we got out of there early. 

And this was our house when we got home. 

That Friday morning I rode in with Colt early because of the weather. It was still a little frozen in our neighborhood but after that, the roads were fine. We had a baby shower for a co-worker that day at work. I left from that to get home because the weather was supposed to get bad again. Luckily it didn't. It was just very cold!

That Saturday, February 8th, Colt was on call until 9 or so that night so I went dress shopping. I was going straight to the Galleria, but on my way out I thought of David's Bridal so I stopped in Mesquite first. This was the first dress I tried on at David's Bridal.

I went to a few stores at the Galleria, a few stores around Park Lane, and then I ended up back at David's Bridal of all places and bought the first dress  I should've just got the dress in the first place, and I wouldn't have wasted so much time shopping that day!

This was probably my other favorite at Nordstroms. I text Colt throughout the day because I'm not a good decision maker!

And more pics of the dress I ended up with.

I didn't find shoes to match that day. I needed them so I could get my dress altered so I went to trusty Zappos and ordered a shoe at about every heel height. Free shipping and free returns.. why not? 

I ended up having to pay a rush fee for my alterations anyways though.

That Sunday since Colt was off, we spent the day together and went to the gym that afternoon and did a practice open WOD. I will post a video on the next post. 

The next week, February 10th-16th, the weather was supposed to be bad again early in the week but it ended up not being bad at all. Colt was on long call that Thursday and didn't get home until 10:30 or 11. That Friday was Valentine's Day. When we went to bed on Thursday night, Colt acted like he was exhausted and had forgotten about Valentine's. We don't usually do much, if anything. Friday morning he suprised me and gave me my first Pandora charm to go on my bracelet that I got Christmas. I love it!

Our Valentine's dinner that Friday night was frozen pizza :)

We ate at home and ordered the movie Heat with Sandra Bullock to watch. Saturday morning we went to open gym at 11. Afterwards Colt wanted to go play paintball. I was supposed to go too, but the other guy's wife that went ended up not going so I went and got a pedicure instead!

Since Colt was on call that Sunday, I went into work to try and get ahead on hours and get some stuff done while noone was there. Is it bad that I kinda wish it was an empty office all the time and the phones weren't ringing?! I did get ahead, but I lost them all as the week went on and ended up behind again! 

The week of February 17th-23rd, I managed to work out twice that week which was doing good compared to what it had been! Tuesday I had my semi-annual review/mentor meeting at work. That night I had Happy Hour with work at Katy Trail Ice House. Friday's workout that week was Fran. Fran is a benchmark workout of 21-15-9 thrusters and pull-ups. I did it in 5:26 and was hurting. I was also sore for days. After workout, we went and picked up my dress in Mesquite. Colt was wanting to use a piece that they had cutoff my dress for his handkerchief and they didn't save it. It was a good thought. He did pick up a tie on Thursday that matched my dress pretty well though. He even stopped at the dress store to make sure it matched after he bought it! He surpises me sometimes! Saturday, Colt and Josh played paintball. We had the Junior League Ball Saturday night so I had made a hair appointment at 2. I was planning on working a little Saturday morning but I didn't really need enough hours to be worth the drive in so I ended up doing a few things from home instead. I went to the gym Saturday morning for a gymnastics class. At the end of the class we did a tiny bit of work on back tucks. I was scared! It had been years since I had tried to throw myself backwards.

I ended up getting my nails painted. I thought my nails were too short for french but they turned out ok ... although the paint job only lasted a couple days. 

I rushed to get home and showered to be at my hair appointment. Brittney, from they gym, did my hair and makeup.

I will post more of a recap and pics from the Junior League Ball in a seperate post. 

The last week of February I guess was pretty uneventful, or I just didn't write down anything that went on. That Thursday, the 27th, the first workout was announced to kickoff the start of the CrossFit Open.  That led to a few busy weekends between trying to fit in getting judged and being in the middle of tax season at work!  

MIA

Since Colt is at the Mavs game with David tonight (in floor seats might I add!), I figured I would do a tiny little post before I call it a night! We have been so busy (and I've just been tired) that I haven't had the time or motivation to update our little blog on what's been going on in life. I do have MANY drafts saved as reminders to myself on things that I need to get on here! 

The biggest thing that's happened lately is that Match Day was last Friday, and we found out that we are definitely moving to Temple, TX for at least the next 3 years! Colt matched at his #1 choice, and we will be moving at the beginning of June for him to start his residency in Emergency Medicine. We are very excited! Colt also had his last day of medical school last week as well. He is officially done even though he doesn't have his formal graduation until May 30th! He also found out yesterday via email that he was awarded the TCEP (Texas College of Emergency Physicians) Oustanding Medical Student Award. This is an annual award that goes to one medical student graduating from each of the Texas medical schools that demonstrates excellence in Emergency Medicine. There are only 8 or 9 medical schools in Texas. Colt was the one selected from UT-Southwestern. I think he has about 20 in his class that chose to go into Emergency Medicine. He got a call from one of the directors at UTSW today telling him about it personally and apologizing that he found out by email. From the sounds of it, it's kind of a big deal! It's definitely an honor that he got selected, and he will be flying to Galveston on April 12th to be recognized. That's the weekend of the tax deadline so unfortunately I can't go, but I'm super proud of him!

There are lots more updates to come in hopefully the near future on what's been going on with us in the last couple of months. 

Logan's 4th Birthday

Logan's 4th birthday was on January 28th, and they had his birthday party the weekend after Tenison's, on March 1st! I think before Logan's party, Nadine and Joe woke him up from his nap because he was definitely not in a partying mood! About the time everyone was ready to go home and the party was over, he started waking up!

Jacob got Logan a little race track and had it set up when Logan got there. Tenison ended up playing with it more than Logan I think. 

 This is what Logan looked like the whole time. He wouldn't even open his presents. 

 Finally my dad said something about opening the presents for him. He was just kidding, but Logan started taking them one by one to my dad to let him open them!

 Dad modeling the new birthday shirt.

 Lily playing with Logan's ninja turtle mask.

 Tenison sneaking some icing from Logan's birthday cake

And Logan when it was time for cake... still as solemn as ever! I don't think he even ate any of his cake or ice cream until the party was over. We definitely should've started his party later that day!

Tenison's 2nd Birthday

Here are some of the pics from Tenison's 2nd birthday that I have yet to get posted. His birthday was on January 21st and they had his party on the 26th.

He had a Thomas the Train birthday party. Jennifer did such a cute job with all the decorations. Most of his gifts were either Thomas the Train related or "hook-ups." 

 When he first saw his big gift from his mom and dad

 Heath trying to teach him how to ride it

 And cake time!

 Lily and Logan helping him celebrate

January a.k.a. Whirlwind (including my dad's surgery)

Since the New Year, it feels like things have been crazy! There hasn't been much time to relax, much less blog. Here's a little recap of a few things that we were up to in January along with a few pics from my phone.

The first weekend of the year, we got together with the Smithsons on Friday night at Red Lobster for a little late Christmas since Tim and Renee couldn't be there when we got together earlier in December. I sported one of my many new scarves. I think I developed a little bit of a scarf obession this past winter!

We also went to the first free WOD of the year, and here are some pics that were posted on Facebook. Sad to say that this hasn't been a preview of my schedule for working out. I've probably only managed to go about twice a week. We did max out a week or two ago though and even though I haven't been consistent, my maxes have either went up a little or stayed about the same. 

That Saturday we also had to go and replace the screen on my phone. Colt dropped and broke his screen the week before. I made the comment that I have dropped mine a ton of times and never broke it! Shouldn't have said that because a few days later I did! We got three phone screens replaced within about a week!

Now on to my dad... Evidently my dad had been hurting for about two years and never said anything! He had also gotten to the point where he couldn't walk very far at all without having to stop and take a break.  He mentioned it to someone that my brother knows who informed my brother. My dad hasn't been to a doctor in about 20 years so in November/December we all finally convinced him to go. The doctor referred him to a cardiologist. They did an EKG/Stress Test and he ended up having a heart cath done on January 6th. During the heart cath, they ended up finding major blockage in three of his major arteries and said that surgery was necessary. My dad had been sick the week or two leading up to his heart cath. If it hadn't been for that, they would've probably just held him and did the surgery immediately. Instead, they sent him home and scheduled the surgery for that Friday at ETMC in Tyler. I was a little freaked out when my mom first called to tell me that the doctor said he needed to have a heart bypass. My dad was definitely scared and nervous. He was being stubborn at first too and said he wasn't going to have it done because of work and other things, but it wasn't an option. I had already been scheduled to be off work that Wednesday through Friday to go to Alabama with Colt for his last residency interview so instead of flying out with him, Colt cancelled my flight and I went and stayed a few nights with my parents instead. The doctor ended up calling and talking to my dad on Thursday and because he had been so sick, they ended up cancelling the surgery for that Friday and rescheduled it for Monday, the 13th.

 If any of you know my dad, you know that he's always had a flip-top to cover his bald head, and he would NEVER get rid of it, not even for my wedding! The weekend before the surgery, he went and got it all cut off! No more flip-top falling out form underneath his hat :)

I ended up going home over the weekend, and I met Heath and my parents bright and early before the surgery on Monday morning. A ton of people came to the hospital to be there for my dad that day and even a ton more called and text. They ended up finishing the surgery around lunch. During the surgery, they kept calling to give us updates. Everything went smoothly, although during one of the updates, Heath had a not so good reaction that scared everyone! They ended up doing a triple bypass. Once we got the good news that he was out of surgery and in a room in ICU, all of us went and grabbed some lunch. Then we went back to the hospital and waited until we could see him. They started waking him up that afternoon around 4. Since he was in ICU, we had to take turns and go see him in pairs. It took them a little longer than normal to get him off the ventilator. They weren't able to do that until after visiting hours on Monday night so he couldn't communicate with us. By the time the last visiting hours rolled around on Monday night though, he was trying to communicate with me by spelling out things on pillows. He would get so mad and frustrated at me if I coudn't figure out what he was trying to say!! My mom wanted to stay in Tyler so I ended up deciding to stay with her. Colt got us a room at LaQuinta, and mom and I ran to Target when we left the hospital to grab me a couple of necessities and get me something to wear the next day. My mom's a little paranoid. She was afraid our room door didn't lock correctly so she had chairs propped against the door during the night! Tuesday morning we didn't get to see my dad until 10 but when we did, he was sitting up in a chair eating a popsicle. He ended up getting out of ICU and moved into a regular room on Tuesday afternoon. I went back to work on Wednesday so I left the hospital on Tuesday night pretty late. Then as soon as I got off on Wednesday, I drove back down to Tyler. My dad was quite comical after he got in the regular room! He had no filter. He was definitely giving the nurses and my mom a hard time.  When he was moved to a regular room, he made the request for a young, cute, and white nurse. A tech came in that didn't meet those specifications, and he made the comment that that wasn't what he ordered! This was just one of the MANY things he said! He was in a lot of pain those first few days though and it was hard to see him that way. He made the comment that if he would've known how bad it hurt, he wouldn't have agreed to have it done. It's now been three weeks since the surgery and he's getting better and better every time I see him. He is frustrated and bored since he can't drive yet and he's been having to sit at home everyday so that's making him grumpy, but other than that he seems good. He got his stitches out this past week, and he starts physical therapy tomorrow. 

His first big outting was to Tenison's birthday party the weekend before last. My dad wears nothing besides blue jeans, pearl snap western shirts and boots. Due to the surgery, my mom bought him some sweat pants, t-shirts and a pair of tennis shoes (no, he didn't own a pair of tennis shoes or a t-shirt!). I snapped a picture of him while at Tenison's birthday party because he looks so funny wearing anything but his normal attire. 

When I snapped a picture of him, he raised his shirt up to show me his battle wounds! 

He's lost 20 something pounds in the last few weeks, and of course he's frustrated that nothing taste good yet! This may not fix his breathing issue but hopefully it will help him start feeling better once he gets over the surgery.

The week of my dad's surgery was a busy week with lots of driving. On top of that, we had dinner on Thursday night at Grimaldi's with Colt's small group from medical school. It was good to catch up with them and here about everyone's hopes and plans for residency programs. That Friday night we also went to dinner with Gerald and Allison at Chili's here in Forney. We came back to the house and attempted to watch a movie but we all fell asleep! My dad ended up getting to go home from the hospital on Friday. That Saturday after taking the dogs to get groomed, we grabbed lunch and headed to my parents to check on my dad.

The week before my dad's surgery, I also had a doctor's appointment on Tuesday. Due to a few issues that I've been having, my doctor ran general bloodwork. One of the things that she tested, my TSH level, came back high. She referred me to an endocronologist and due to a cancellation, I was able to get in on the 21st. The endocronologist reran all my blood work, plus ran some additional ones to test a few more things. My TSH level came back high again and my antibodies were off so that means I have low thyroid levels and the doctor said I have something called Hashimoto's disease. She prescribed a thyroid medication that I started taking a week or so ago. Colt doesn't seem to be concerned so I guess it isn't too big of a deal. I have to go back in March and get blood work done again to see how the medication is working. 

After a busy week at work the week of the 20th through the 26th, Colt and I went to Cowboy Chicken on Friday night and then stopped by our new Kroger to check it out. Kroger had just opened on Friday, the 24th so it was packed! It's nice though. I went back today to get groceries and it was still a mad house. I have a feeling it will be for a WHILE!

That Sunday, the 26th, we went to my parents and then on to Heath and Jennifer's to celebrate Tenison's 2nd birthday that was on the 21st! I took quite a few pics so I will do a seperate post on that! 

This past week, we started overtime at work. It was hard to even work 45 hours this week so that's not a good sign of what's to come! I joked to Colt that maybe the reason I'm so dang tired all the time is because of my low-thyroid! Probably not though :) Saturday I had Mallory's shower in Pattonville that morning to celebrate baby Hudson. I rushed around Saturday morning and went and picked up my mom to go with me. Then I also had my nephew, Logan's, 4th birthday party that afternoon at my parent's house. Unfortunately I didn't get any pics at Mal's shower, but I will post some pics of Logan's party in a seperate post. Colt was on call Saturday so he didn't get to go. I made it back home in time Saturday night to spend a couple hours with Colt before calling it a night. 

One other thing that happened this month is that we decided to go ahead and put a for sale sign in our yard. We aren't too anxious to sale it immediately because of timing of the match/move so right now we just have it for sale by owner. When we get really serious about selling it, we'll do a little more. Right now we're mainly just seeing if we get any really good offers. We have been in contact again with the realtor where we're thinking his top residency choice is. We're supposed to meet up with her in a few weekends to look around some more, and if we find something we might just make an offer contingent upon match. Match Day is March 21st, and that is the day we officially find out where we'll be living the next 3 years! 

I hope February slows down a tiny bit but I don't see it happening!