Best Friends Forever. I know what that is. Literally.

Out of my almost 27 years of existence I’ve been friends with Ryan for almost 25 of them. Crazy right?!

I think so. 

I don’t see him enough. We all are busy. Not a good excuse, we need to hang out more. I miss him. Sometimes I don’t realize how much I miss him until I’m in his severely goofy, overly chatty presence. You see, he never stops talking. But I love that about him.

We grew up on the same street, My first memories ever are with him. He made me do boy stuff all the time growing up, but he was a good sport and sometimes would even play barbies or dress up with me too.  We were fixtures of each other’s homes & lives.  Also? My Brother and his Sister were high school sweet hearts & married 16(i think?) years ago. We were even in their wedding together.

We are family. Which is awesome. Our families are literally one now, and have been for some time. We often intermingle on Holidays & Birthdays & it’s always so comfortable. I think of his family as my own. I really do. I think of him as my third Brother, & his sister? Well she’s my sister too.

He got married yesterday to a wonderful lady named Danielle. Ryan also became an official second Dad yesterday to her three boys that he loves insane amounts.  Out of everyone I know Ryan is the most stand up guy (besides my brother). He’s a “good guy” in every sense of it.  Nice guys finish last is often true, & has sadly been true for him a few times.  Not this time though. He was so happy yesterday dancing at his reception with his Wife. It made me really happy.   I was really quiet yesterday. It’s because I was kinda emotional & feared that if I spoke too much I’d burst into tears in front of everyone.

His Step-Mom was toasting him & his wife at the reception & she was saying that she entered Ryan’s life 19 years ago. I zoned out on everything else she said after that. I was fixated on that number….19. I couldn’t believe that it had been 19 years.  That seems so long ago. But, I remember clearly when she and her 2 daughters came into their lives. (also, those 2 girls are part of my life too. I love them so much. Again, we’re like a big huge family) I just sat their & looked around at everyone, I knew so many of them & felt so comfortable there with everyone. I reminisced with Ryan’s Grandma, Connie about a few funny stories from our childhood & realized that this just isn’t the norm. We are really lucky. I am really lucky that I have this huge, wonderful extended family. That I’ve had it for a really long time & will always have this great connection with a group of people that aren’t “blood” related. That when they ask how my own little family is they aren’t just making small talk, that they genuinely care.  I felt very grateful on our long drive home last night.

I’m happy I got to spend time with everyone yesterday & celebrate a happy, happy day for Ryan and Danielle.

xoxox

and this is completely random but I will always think of Ryan when I hear this ridiculous song. We were super young, spending the weekend at My Brother’s & his Sister’s duplex back in the day & we tried our hardest to choreograph a dance to this song!

Cleaning out closets.

My closet. I wish I took a before picture. My bedroom was covered in piles of laundry that wouldn’t fit into my bulging closet. I got rid of 4! Garbage bags of clothes/shoes today. F. O. U. R. I was proud of myself for parting with all those items, some even still had tags! I pretty much got rid of almost everything pre pregnancy I owned. My body is different now. Those clothes would’ve never fit me properly again, no sense in letting them take up space any longer!

Sundays are for playing in the water on a 100 degree day!

Zombie Milo.

Sundays are for a spicy, delicious, spaghetti dinner.

Sundays are for baking cupcakes on the kitchen floor.

Sundays are for snuggling on the floor with the dog before bed.

Happy Sunday.

No! Not that kind of party, get your head out of the gutter.

For the past month or so I’ve been doing “bed dates” with Milo.  We grab the lap top & head to my room, get cozy in my bed with our blankies & pillows, turn down the light & find something to watch on Netflix.  Sometimes it’s a movie, last night happened to be an episode of Yo Gabba Gabba!

It’s nice to cuddle with my little boy & he LOVES this time.  We co-slept a little in the first few months Milo was a fresh bebeh but, it was just something that never really worked for us.  He was most comfortable & happy sleeping on his own, & we were happy not sleeping on the edges of our queen bed to ensure he had enough space.  He thinks it’s really neat to hang out in our bed & runs to our room & jumps in our bed – pulling the covers over himself when I ask him if he wants to watch a movie in our bed.  I hope that he continues to enjoy this as much as I do for at least a few more years!

I love that something so simple makes both of us so happy.

And it is a Happy Friday indeed.  Today I am road trippin’ it to Santa Cruz for the weekend with a group of crazy fun Girls. All for #TerraFest2011 aka, my best friend Terra’s bachelorette party!!! We are staying at a beach house & going to have way too much to drink, too much to eat, & fun fun fun!!!!

I’m really looking forward to it. I haven’t let loose & had a crazy time in an eternity.  I fully intend to have a rad time this weekend. To follow the debauchery follow my instagram account, username = KristiMaristi, or follow me on twitter! (yeah, I’m back, for now.) I am going to miss my MJ’s a lot though. I’m really trying not to think about leaving Milo for two nights. It makes me super sad. Him & I are always together, he never spends the night anywhere & I never leave him. He’s my buddy. BUT, technology is rad so I will be facetiming him before bed each night! I’m already looking forward to that!

I hope you all have a fun weekend & if you don’t, I’ll have fun for you!

xoxoxo

PS, there is not Fit Friday post today. I will be not doing anything healthy this weekend so I don’t feel right about talking fitness to you guys! I’ll be eating poorly & drinking heavily.

because it’s only appropriate:

girly songs: