My Once Upon a Time...

Happy 8th Birthday to the funniest, most opinionated, cuddliest, sweetest, and endlessly energetic kid I know! Watching you grow up is bitter sweet, and I’m so proud to be your mom! Just stay little for a bit longer please! We spent his actual birthday as a family, and I took the boys to a claw machine arcade, because Finn LOVES claw machines. They came home with so many stuffed animals and trinkets. For his big gift, I got him an airhockey table for the playroom and they've been playing on it so much already! We had dinner with his other moms and GG and then got some Ice cream afterwards.  His kids birthday party is still coming up, but he told me thank you for such an amazing day at least twelve times that day! My sweet baby, I wish I could keep him little forever!

I received a phone call from my ex mother-in-law last year, saying that she wants to take me on a trip, just her and I, anywhere I want to go in the world. Say what?!? I didn't have to think very long to decide that I wanted to go to Ireland. She had already been a few years prior, and we started planning our trip for this summer. While I have traveled with her with the family many times before, we never been on a solo trip, and she spoiled me beyond belief, from flying first class, shopping, to five star hotels and Michelin restaurants...I was in awe the entire time. We had a red eye flight and arrived around 8am to our first hotel in Dublin before we started to explore the city. We visited Trinity college, walked around, took a hop on/hop off bus tour, and enjoyed the beautiful weather that was such a stark contrast from the Phoenix heat. I was obsessed with all the flowers on every building. We toured a lot of castles and visited beautiful gardens almost every day! Every afterno...

A few random pictures from our July! Fox got his braces and I haven't gotten used to his new smile yet! We had a movie date! And my favorite co-worker and I had a brunch date! My mother in law sent me this picture of the boys in Washington, I guess they were laughing because Finn farted haha.  Pool time with this cool dude. I want to remember how sweet and loving Fox is at this stage of his life. He constantly hugs me, tells me he loves me, and will hold my hand while we are watching TV. I know my days are numbered, but I hope he never loses his sweet and caring spirit. Finn had $5 and spent it on this book blanket. We both love it, but lucky me, he is always willing to share. I took the boys to Activate one afternoon, and they had a lot of fun playing all the different games there.  I guess they took this selfie and since it was registered to their wrist bands, it was emailed to me after. I loved watching them have so much fun together. Our yearly trip to the inflatable obsta...