Month Recap

I am soooo behind on blogging (and have been pretty bad at really even taking pictures).. So I figured I might as well just go ahead and recap the month. With buying a new house in Charlotte, keeping our house in Atlanta perfect for showings, and deciding on remodel decisions... my brain is in constant chaos. Majority of my camera roll looks like this... 

But then I have a couple of this cutie patootie, trying on her new fall clothes. 

Since AJ is gone all weekend, Maddie Jane gets special Daddy dates every weekend. These two went to Catch Air while I had a sushi lunch right by myself. 

And then I joined them for the last few minutes to get in on the fun too! 

Back at the beginning of the month, we had a little football watching/at home tailgating with our favorite neighbors. 

And then headed out on a date night at the Battery! We caught the end of the UGA game at Sports & Social, then had dinner at Garden & Gun Club. The oysters were aahhhmazing. 

Then ended the night at Punch Bowl Social.. man I love that place. And please note, I beat AJ in Scrabble. 

AND conveniently my bestie lives 3 miles from the Battery and I convinced her and Mikey to come crash our date night! 

Maddie Jane is obsessed with these clip dolls. The Disney version was eighty freaking dollars, but I found some (simi-morphed faced) knock offs on Amazon for $15! 

Back with my best girl, and back in stripes for a little day date shopping. 

I finally got prescription sunglasses and it is life changing!! I am always hesitant to wear glasses instead of contacts, because I NEED sunglasses when driving. Snagged these for $40 from EyeBuyDirect. LOVE.

Also snagged these $7 shoes from Target on my little date with Kell Bell. 

Little Mama looooves the tiny carts at Publix and equally loves to see how much candy she can sneak in it.

MJ and I went up to Charlotte last week, because we closed on the house early!! Our contractor has already demo'ed a wall and ripped out the floors! Fingers crossed to get in this beauty SOON and back with our favorite guy full time.  

We got back to Atlanta late Friday evening and Gigi and CC shortly followed! Maddie Jane had been talking about her date with Gigi and CC to go shopping allllll week! All she wanted was Frozen band-aids, ha! But looks like she talked Gigi into a Fancy Nancy dress too! 

Sam came over to babysit, and we headed to the Ga Tech/Clemson game. I haven't been to a game in years, and it was great to be back at our old stomping grounds. 

It was approximately 50000 degrees and we were in a big sea of orange.. 

The first quarter was surprisingly good.. but we threw in the towel after half time for air condition and shade, ha!

After the game we headed to the Battery (see a theme here, ha) and had dinner and drinks. Mom and Chip had never played Cards Against Humanity before, and I think they may have pee'd their pants! 

 Sunday morning our favorites headed back to SC after breakfast and we took it easy. Maddie Jane refused a nap to we went over to a friends house to watch the Falcons. Little Miss made it about an hour before she fell asleep right in the middle of all the cheering and screaming! 

A lot of stuff has happened in between all these pics, but trying my best to just keep my head above water these days! Posts will probably be sparse over the next month, but then I can start doing new house posts! EEK! Happy Monday, friends :) 

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Friday Favorites

How do short weeks feel like THE longest weeks ever!? I am literally dragging to the finish line today and counting down until I can get in my bed! Here is a random assortment of my favs this week! 

1. Old Navy Finds
Old Navy is always a hit or miss for me and my last haul was 100% a hit. I am loving incorporating some fall colors into my wardrobe and pretending like fall weather will be here soon, ha!

Click here for shirt! 

Click here for dress!

Click here for shirt! 

2. Play time with our girl

Maddie Jane and Molly both have soooo much energy, and this sweet park near our house covers them both! MJ is especially a big fan of the little creek that flows through it. 

 3. First Mani! 
Last Friday I took Maddie Jane to get her first manicure. I was verrrry skeptical, but she was absolutely perfect. Like.. I wondered if she was still my child, she was so well behaved. Her mani was only $4, and she has already scratched it all off, but I am def taking her again next time! 

4. The greatest Honey ever!  

Honey stayed with us two different times this month, and that woman is a Godsend! She helped me so much getting our house ready for viewings and her relationship with MJ is just so special. Don't know what we would do without her! 

  5. Naked Pallet

I know I am like 5000 years late to the party, but I finally got a Naked pallet. It was on sale last week at Sephora for $27 and I finally felt like that was low enough (but still pretty ridic) to snag it! I have been loving trying out all the different shades this week! Now someone come teach me how to contour.. 

6. IDR Family

Our Atlanta office absolutely knocked it out of the park (pun intended) this quarter. We achieved our Q3 goals in August!!! So we hit up (again pun, hahah) the Braves game on Wednesday! So incredibly proud of this team and completely turning the ATL office into a powerhouse! 

7. Daddy will be home TONIGHT!

Ugh, I hate ending on not 5 or 10 but that pretty much sums up this week. AJ started his new job this week and it was my first of many weeks single moming' it. I can normally handle this pretty well but .. the trying to keep the house absolutely spotless for showings with a two year old, working around the clock, and some medical stuff going on.. I am worn me OUT. We are literally counting down the hours  until Daddy gets home!! 

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We're moving... again.

Back last December when we finally purchased our very first home, we thought we would be in it for at LEAST five years. We completely re-did the backyard, put in hardwoods, installed a playground for MJ, plantation shutters, the works! And well life happened... 

AJ was contacted on LinkedIn about a job in Charlotte, NC and we both literally laughed out loud. There was NO way we were going to move to North Carolina when we had finally made it back to our beloved Atlanta. So AJ threw out an astronomical number and said he would move for that and they said.. okay, done. We were blown away and then this ridiculous idea became more of a real possibility. 

He interviewed with them, but everyday leading up to that, it still wasn't real to us. But then he fell in love the company, the technologies, the team, and the insane opportunity that this would afford him professionally and us financially as a family. 

I had originally thought I would just stay in Atlanta and AJ would commute back and forth to Charlotte each week. (It's only a 3.5 hr drive.) But then reality set in and raising an almost three year old, a dog, working full time, and running a household seemed like a very daunting life. So we spent the last two weekends in the Charlotte area looking around at different neighborhoods, and I'm finally on board! 

We have a big FOR SALE sign in our yard in Atlanta and we are closing on this gorgeous house at the end of the month. It's in a smaller town outside of Charlotte, called Huntersville. (Where AJ's office is located.)  This area is so incredibly affordable - we are getting DOUBLE the square footage for the exact same price as our ATL house. We have some renovations to do, and I am excited to put my touch on it. 

My company is also incredibly generous enough to allow me to work remotely part time. I feel so incredibly blessed that AJ's job is going to let me scale back on working and spend more time with my girl. We are going to enroll MJ in a small half day preschool and she will get to pal around with me in the afternoons! 

If you would have told me this two months ago, I wouldn't have believed you for a second. Never say never, huh? Life is crazy and I am so lucky to have some amazing friends and family rooting me on from the sidelines to keep rolling with what life throws. 

Here's to the Pryors moving to the Queen City!

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