Milo is such a lucky boy. He is so loved by so many. He is also lucky because he has two wonderful Grandmothers and a Grandfather that basically worship the ground he spills his milk and crunches goldfish crackers on. He sees at least one of his grandparents weekly. Sometimes he sees all of them, multiple times in a week.

I always had a wonderful relationship with my grandparents. And if you’ve been reading here awhile you know I had a special bond with my grandma, Mariam. So, the fact that he gets to spend so much time with his family and grandparents makes me so happy. I’m grateful that my Mother was finally able to move back to California last year so she can be here for Milo. We’ll never let her leave again!

Grandparents can be a wonderful thing, I miss mine daily and am so sad often that none of them ever got to meet Milo and see this truly amazing human I created.

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!

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:

Yesterday was my THIRD Mother’s Day. WOW, I can’t believe I’ve already celebrated this wonderful Day three times.

Yesterday was a very normal day.  We didn’t do anything extravagant, I received zero “gifts” but, the day in itself was all the gift I needed.  I don’t need a super expensive piece of jewelry or really nice diaper bag every Mother’s Day, & I certainly don’t expect it.  It’s just not how we do things.  Don’t get me wrong, every once in a while, when the bank account isn’t dry we do those types of things but, we never are expectant.

Mercer brought me my favorite breakfast in bed yesterday morning, before Milo was even awake.  I lazed around in bed, nibbled breakfast for about an hour.  Got up & was even lazier, where I snuggled on the couch waiting for my little sleepy head Nugget to get up.  Then we snuggled & watched an episode of Barney under a blanket.

Finally around noon I got dressed & decided that I wanted to go buy some new yarn. I know, exciting stuff! We went as a family to the craft store…. The rest of the day was pretty boring, but perfect. Watched the Giants SWEEP Colorado, crocheted some “Granny Squares” for a blanket I’m attempting. (I’m a complete amature at crocheting), played outback, Milo peed on the potty! I finished the evening off with TOP RAMEN (fancy, right? Well it sounded good & it’s what I wanted)  for dinner while watching a few episodes of Khloe & Lamar!

Pretty normal day, I just got to be extra lazy, & watch shows with Kardashians in them with zero protest from the husband.  I didn’t have to change a diaper (I rarely do on the weekends though), or give a bath, or make any meals for the day. It was perfect in my book.

Next year hopefully My Mama doesn’t have to work so I can spend part of the day with her to celebrate. My Mom has a crazy work schedule so maybe next year it will be a little more normal & we can celebrate being Moms together!

I hope you had a relaxing, or special day if you’re a Mom.  But, just know, if it’s not what you wanted, or didn’t go as planned that happens.  It’s not always perfect.  My first Mother’s Day was AWFUL! I’ll always remember it though!  Things happen sometimes that just get in the way of a good time.  But the good thing is we get to celebrate this every year! So there’s always hope that the next one will be better! <3