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In AJ Date Night Little Things Maddie Jane Molly

April Little Things


Let's look at a big hodge podge of pictures from my phone that never made it to the blog. Up there .. Maddie girl is eating naked after a verryyy messy spaghetti night. 


And sporting some fake nails and a tattoo from Auntie Kell after a good bath! 


Random little dinner date with the Meisers. These girls are going to be trouble growing up together! They are going to the same school next year, and we are all SO excited! 


One morning I was determined to not only go get an acai bowl (been craving those since California) but I was also determined to walk the four plus miles there and back. I started my walk and about half a mile in it started raining.. 


Did we turn around? NOPE. I just started running and oh my goodness.. it felt SO GOOD! I ended up running all the way there.. 


And well of course there was nothing left to do but to run back after we ate! Over 4 miles I ran.. at 7 months pregnant.. after not running in like a year. It felt SO GOOD. Holy endorphins. 


I could barely walk for three days after that.. but I'll never forget that rainy morning with AJ and Maddie running with me in the rain with that big ole belly. 


We put our dry cleaning in a bag and it is picked up each week and delivered back to our house. Somehow AJ's pajama pants got in there and they came back nice and starched.. ha! 


Random nap time snuggles with my girl... 


Masters Sunday curled up on our couch with my newly hung lights and ferns. 


Molly's bark box this month was Shakespeare theme and I haven't laughed so much in my life at this pup! The creators of that box are good.


Man parenting is sooo much easier when it is nice outside. Every single day we are out in the backyard.. a lot of times a ton of other neighborhood kids are there too keeping MJ entertained! 


She put these boots on and declared herself a "farmer mermaid" -- she also says she is going to grow pineapples, strawberries and ice cream on her farm, haha! 


We celebrated AJ's birthday a day early since we had a date on his actual birthday :) 


With this chickadee insisting on braids so often, my braid game has gotten goooood! 


Ready for date night with Age and sporting some Grace Ann Designs earrings! 


Mocktail for me and bourbon for Age. Love this man of mine.. he is so easy to celebrate.



Pamela's brother was in from Connecticut, so alllll the Pryor cousins got to play! So many kiddos that look alike, ha! 



Maddie Jane had a precious little egg hunt at her school. I am so thankful I can work part time and be able to do these things with her! 


This is her bestie Sage.. according to their teachers, they are inseparable! 


Random pregnancy pic.. I think around 28 weeks. He is BIG and I seriously don't know where it's going to all go.. 


It got up in the 80s, so I snagged this little pool for our backyard. Maddie Jane and Clara play allllll the time. And let me tell ya.. two is so much easier than one. 



We had to move the ferns to big pots on the ground because they were getting so stinkin huge. And I rescued these little hanging baskets from the clearance aisle at Lowes. Happy to report they are alive and thriving! 


Also added one more chair, a pouf, and some succulents/aloe to the deck. I LOVE being a plant lady during the summer.


Maddie Jane was playing dress up over at Clara's house and got this pic from the sitter while I was out running errands. Have I mentioned how much I love our neighborhood?? 


Right before I took this pic Maddie Jane said, "Mommy sit down.. we need to talk!" This girl neverrrr stops talking and I never know what is going to come out of her mouth! 


Naps with baby brother! 


Another date night! (Guys date your spouse.. it is SO important and I truly believe one of the most important parts to a happy marriage!) Also. Earrings! Check out Grace Ann Designs HERE.


My desires for date night: Hobby Lobby and Krispy Kreme. And in between the two I just Yelped a random sushi place. Which turned out soooo good. Can't wait to go back and get the real deal! 



Next morning with Farmer Maddie Mermaid.. just soaking up the absolutely perfect weather! 


I had to capture this rare occurrence where we were out to lunch and she sat and colored quietly... ha! 


And ending this big ole April post with my favorite pup. Can you tell we are practically living outside!? Enjoying every single minute of this mild North Carolina spring before it's in the 90s! 


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In AJ Date Night Gigi Maddie Jane MJ Fashion Travel

Parents' Weekend in VA.. MJ's weekend with Gigi


This past weekend we had a parents' only weekend to Charlottesville, Virginia. When we saw Mumford and Sons were touring near us we knew we had to go.. we considered the Charleston show, but it was middle of the week, so we bought tickets to the one in Virginia for a weekend getaway! We left after lunch on Friday for the 4ish hour drive through some gorgeous mountains and vineyards. 


We checked into the hotel, and had a yummy Italian dinner and walked around the outdoor mall by out hotel. Andddd maybe stopped at Kilwin's for dessert :) It was so low key and just what this Mama needed. 


The next morning I told AJ he had to pick out breakfast since I had made the dinner reservations. Well.. he picked the BEST meal of the whole weekend. We walked the two smiles to Moose's by the Creek. Super old joint, linoleum floors, taxidermy everywhere, no dish over $9..And it was COMPLETE HEAVEN. I'm still dreaming about that french toast on good ole Sunbeam white bread. Thank goodness we had to walk the 2 miles back to the hotel to counterbalance a tiny bit of this feast. 


We shopped a little.. AJ found a barber for a much needed haircut, we took a glorious two hour nap.. def skipped lunch after that mound of a breakfast we had.. and got ready for date night number two!


We had dinner at The Local - recommended by two different friends. It did not disappoint. The building has been everything from a mechanic, a coffee shop, a photography studio.. and has now been completely opened up for a two story restaurant. Great vibe and would recommend if you are in Charlottesville! 


AJ's local beer and duck.. I had some soup and salad that wasn't worth a pic, but very yummy.. ha!


We had a parents only weekend last month, this month and have another one in May! We joke that Mom is making up for all the time we were in California and couldn't help us out. We are def getting our time in now before baby number 2. We can't thank Mom (and CC) enough for being so willing to always spend time with our girl!! 
  

Charlottesville is super cute - reminds me so much of Athens (prob bc UVA is there), but with more mountains. TONS of breweries and wineries too that I can't wait to try when we go back in September for my bestie Kelsey's wedding. (She and her fiance both went to UVA.) 
  

And then concert time! The UVA basketball stadium is an amazing venue.. usually in sports arenas you really compromise on sound quality, but not here! I am already thinking who we can see there next! 


We saw Mumford at Wakarusa wayyyyy back in 2011 - and they are even better now. They jam SO hard, cycle through 20+ instruments, and interact with the crowd so much. SUCH a good concert!! 

  

We got stuck in the parking lot.. and of course had to get a snack.. and didn't get to bed until after midnight. Suuuuper late for this 24 week pregnant mama, but it was all SO worth it! Love, love, love weekends getting one on one time with my hubby.. and paired with amazing music just makes it that much better!!  


Meanwhile back at home... Maddie and Gigi made unicorn cookies.. 



MJ showed Gigi her soccer skills at practice on Saturday morning..


And of course they went shopping! At the first store, Maddie Jane ONLY wanted to buy baby brother stuff. She picked all these out right by herself. Gigi even said they had to put some stuff back, ha! 


And don't worry... Fancy Nancy didn't get jipped. Because she was SO sweet getting stuff for baby brother, Gigi rewarded her with this insane haul! Again Maddie Jane picked out everything! Fingers crossed this helps some of our clothes arguments, ha! 


OBSESSED with twirly dresses. 


And then she wore THIS get up for their dinner date on the McDonalds playground...



And the weekend was topped off with ice cream of course! 


We woke up suuuuuper early on Sunday morning to get back in time to meet these two for brunch! We had to take mom to my favorite place to get crab cakes benedict :)



Safe to say.. they both had the best weekend and we did too :) So thankful for you Gigi and all you do for our kiddos!!


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