What's Up Wednesday

The last Wednesday of every month, I will be linking up with Mel at The Larson Lingo, Shay at Mix and Match Family, and Sheaffer at Pinterest Told Me To. 

Strap in, this is a LONG post! How I used to do these every week is beyond me! 

1. What we're eating this week...

Saturday we hit up one of our favorite dive bars - Barney's! Nothing like a good burger and draft beer with your infant :) #parentsoftheyear

Sunday: I cooked the sausage skillet from last week we never got around to fixing.. oops! 

Monday: Boiled shrimp tossed in a garlic lemon sauce with baked red potatoes

Tuesday: Whole roasted chicken with rice pilaf

Wednesday: I'm using the leftover chicken to make a Chicken Spinach Mushroom Alfredo casserole. You can find the recipe HERE. 

Thursday and Friday, AJ is going to be at a conference so I will be taking advantage of leftovers and miiiight just order some take out as a treat for two nights of Maddie by myself, ha! 

2. What I'm reminiscing about...

Thanks Timehop for always having me reminiscing. Oh high school.. This feels like WAY more than 8 years ago. Man oh man, we thought we were SO COOL. 

Vegas date night at FIJI .. ha! Love this guy. 

3. What I'm loving...

I am LOVING Maddie Jane's sleeping. She is doing really, really well. We consistently get 6 hours straight a night and sometimes we luck out and get 8-9!! I really shouldn't be posting this.. you know what they say... the second you brag about your baby's sleeping, they will stop sleeping! 

And we have been working on napping too! I am really concerned about her having to nap in a crib at daycare next week, so I have been trying to train her. Normally she naps in her swing and sleeps at night in her cradle, so trying our hardest to make crib sleep happen! Today she went down without a single pat on the bottom! Now if I can only get her to stay asleep longer than 10 minutes! 

4. What we've been up to...

Saturday night AJ's boss and research team hosted a baby shower for Maddie Jane. They all showed us SO much love! We are so incredibly fortunate to have so many people in California that love our girl! Unfortunately, this is the ONLY picture I took. Mom fail.

Last night I took Maddie girl to meet up with some of my coworkers. She was SUCH a sweet baby and was a total ham!! 

5. What I'm dreading...

Leaving this girl next Monday. Holy cow I cannot believe 13 weeks have already come and gone. I am going to miss her SO MUCH. Bring on all the tears. I am NOT ready for this!! 

6. What I'm working on...

Cleaning the house, organizing everything, and trying to go ahead and make the life of a working mom be as smooth of a transition as possible. Planning on setting outfits out the night before and having the diaper bag packed. Any other tips Mamas??

7. What I'm excited about...

My mom is coming to LA in two weeks!!! AJ has a business trip and I will be doing a few days by myself (please go ahead and add me to your prayer list!!) but thankfully Mom will be here for four days to help me out. SO ready for some girl time :) And look at these two!! They already have the sweetest bond. We LOVE Gigi!!

8. What I'm watching/reading...

Of course, the Bachelor. If you're an avid watcher like me, you GOTTA go read Sheaffer's recaps every week. They are HILARIOUS. 

And Shonda has had me hooked since I was like 13 with Grey's and the past couple years with Scandal, but HTGAWM is starting to lose me. I'm not a big fan of the direction the show is going.. 

I have never read any of Sally Hepworth's books, but saw this as a suggestion on Shay's monthly book review awhile back and decided to give it a try. 

I loved the author so much, I decided to read her most recent book as well! Both are great, easy reads you can pick up anytime (or like me, read mindlessly at 4 am on your Kindle app on your phone while feeding a baby, ha!) 

9. What I'm listening to...

Currently listening to Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.. hot dog, hot dog, hot digitty dog!

10. What I'm wearing...

Well normally I am rocking pajamas or yoga pants, BUT I was putting on a little fashion show for Paige last week when trying to decide what to wear on my date night. I am actually looking forward to wearing real clothes again regularly, ha! 

11. What I'm doing this weekend...

AJ will be at the conference until late Friday night, so after MJ goes to bed, Mama will be snuggled up on the couch watching FULLER HOUSE! I have been so looking forward to this for months!! Wine, take out and netflix? You got it dude!

12. What I'm looking forward to next month...

Easter! I started working on Maddie's Easter basket today actually. And I am already counting down until I get Good Friday off from work, ha!

13. What else is new...

I have mentioned this conference AJ is attending the next two days a couple times in this post. Well it's not just any conference, he will be speaking in front of a Nobel Prize winner!! He is the only speaker that does not already have a PhD. This is HUGE, he is getting noticed by the Physics community and I could not be more proud of him!! His intelligence and drive is mind blowing. He works SO hard. I mean all day, all night, this guy is working. Thankfully he will stop every now and then to take a selfie :) ha