Roberts Family Blog

Ok.  I am just going to admit this even though it pains me - I am a slob!  I have turned into a "mom who doesn't shower" until 4 pm in the afternoon.  My moment of awakening came late last week and wow it really made me take a look at myself in the mirror and question some of my habits of late.  It all happened because, in typical "me" fashion, I completely forgot that I had volunteered to bring a sick friend dinner, and it was just past lunch time and if I was going to have a meal prepared and delivered by dinner, I was going to need to go to the grocery store asap.  So I grabbed the kids out of their high chairs and headed to Target.  After running like a lunatic through the store grabbing items I needed, I was standing in line to check out.  In the meantime I had noticed chunks of macaroni and cheese in Hayden's hair, and definite smudges of sweet potatoes on Pierce's cheeks.  Additionally, I was dressed in my uniform of yoga pants and a sweatshirt, with a greasy ponytail and flip flops.  No make-up (except perhaps smudges from yesterday's mascara).  Not cute.  Just yeah.....yuck.

After loading my groceries on the belt and trying to keep my patience with Hayden who was grabbing candy bars and toys off the rack in the check-out lane, I glanced behind me to see one of the CUTEST pregnant girls I have ever seen.  Totally stylish and put together from head to toe.  Her designer maternity pants and high-lighted locks were capped off by a look a sheer terror on her perfectly made-up face!  Now she could have been thinking one of two things, either "Oh my god what have I gotten myself into", or "I will NEVER let myself go like that after I have my baby", neither of which bodes well for me LOL.  I just felt my cheeks redden, and I thought my god, it's 1 pm in the afternoon and I looked like I just rolled out of bed.  This is just not acceptable!!

In my defense, I do have a rather hectic routine in the morning that doesn't lend itself to a long and drawn out beauty regime.  Typically I am up around 6:30 am to feed Pierce, and while he goes back to sleep for another hour or two, I will get to work while the house is quiet and peaceful.  Once the kids get up I am making breakfasts, getting them dressed, etc, and then by 9 am I am typically in meetings for work.  However, I am going to turn over a new leaf of at least showering first thing in the morning and perhaps even putting on some light make-up and blow-drying my hair.  The fact that my boss recently instated a web-cam policy for our team meetings, and jammies aren't part of the RMS dress code, is going to help me keep this habit up I'm sure!  Undoubtedly this will help me feel more professional and polished, as opposed to a sloppy mom with no sense of hygiene!  Ok there, rant over!!  On to kids stuff!

So....both my little men are sick with coughs and runny noses!  Pierce seems to be suffering more than Hayden at this point, but luckily it hasn't affected either of their sleep or eating habits.  They are both just a bit whiny and uncomfortable.  I'm just thankful that we are getting this out of the way this week, instead of next week in Colorado.  Now Nate and I just need to stay healthy!!

And drum roll please, Pierce is crawling!!  Although he has been practicing for awhile now, just finally yesterday he took a few small crawls across the living room - REAL crawls!  Now of course today he is weak and crabby from being sick, and won't repeat his feat, but what can you do?  I'm excited to see him take off once he is healthy again.

And another drum roll please, Hayden is potty trained!  Ok I'm totally jinxing myself, but ever since my whining post about potty training last week, he has been doing FABULOUS!  Rare accidents, and no fear at all about going brown.  In fact, he probably wants to go too often now that he has the hang of it LOL.  I'm very proud of him, and feeling like the hard work has paid off.  It's very nice to not have to change him or buy diapers anymore (for him atleast!).

I will leave you all with some photos of the boys from this weekend.  It was low-key in preparation for our big vacation coming up in 6 days YAY!

Here we are starting to pack with a little help from the boys

A little Sunday afternoon relaxing time in the Fort I made for him while he watched some "shows"

Let's paint!  My little budding artist loves the bingo markers my mom got him for Christmas.

And look who we found on the shelf in our closet when we were cleaning and re-organizing LOL.  Hayden has always loved to get up here, and it looks like Pierce is following suit.