Weekend Recap::: Darby's Birthday, My Jeans Fell Off

I'm sure I've said it before, and I'll say it again: if I recapped every single weekend on my blog, you'd eventually stop reading. While I think my life is grand, from the outside looking in, I seem pretty boring... That's why I only recap the truly great weekends. This weekend was one of them.

Keep reading for Darby's birthday!

There's not much to say about Friday night... I'd had a good but busy week at school, and I couldn't wait to crash! After dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings, where Vaught discovered a new love of small plastic cups, we headed to the house to put on our pjs and get in bed! All of the Paces were conked out by nine!

 

When we got home from BWW, these were on my doorstep. It took me two hours to figure out why I was sent this cereal! More on that in a few days.

I overslept my 6:30 Saturday alarm for the gym, so I didn't go until eight. If I don't make it to the gym before seven on Saturday and Sunday mornings, I've basically lost all motivation. I just did a mile and a half on the treadmill and a little ab work. Hey-- a workout is a workout!

 Afterwards, I grabbed a few groceries and had my car washed. No time for breakfast when I finally got back home at ten; I had to get ready for a birthday party!

I picked my mom up in Potts Camp at noon, and we set out for Saltillo, MS.

I make friends easily, but you all already knew that. I am charismatic, curious, and friendly, and I've never met a stranger. Already friends on Instagram and kinda-sorta friends from several years prior, Sara and I instantly reconnected when we were both pregnant at the same time in 2014. Both riding the pregnancy train, of course we had a lot in common! She was due a few weeks before me, and her little girl, Darby, is about six weeks older than Vaught. Yesterday, Darby turned one year old, and we had the honor of celebrating her birthday with her on Saturday!

 

 

The party, which included a lot of pink of course, was a blast, and Vaught had so much fun!

We gave Darby this sweet t-shirt for her first trip to Disney World in November.

 

Vaught tried a cupcake again. He seemed to enjoy this one much better than our previous attempts at sugar.

 

Sweet Darby was picking up cake off the floor around her highchair. My mom said, "Here, let me get you a clean piece!" Bev is very serious about cake...

Us and our littles! I so wish we'd taken a picture together about a year ago right now so we could compare!

Darby & Vaught were instant friends!

Such a sweet family: The Davises

We left the party shortly after two, intending to go see my sister's new house. She called to let us know it'd be a little while before she was home, so we stopped by Kohl's to return something and look around.

My jeans fell off.

While getting dressed Saturday morning, I got really frustrated. I had a new pale pink top I wanted to wear that I knew would look great with sandals and skinny jeans. There's just one problem; none of my jeans fit me anymore.

I dug out a pair of size sixteen skinny jeans from Torrid and had absolutely no problem zipping them. As a matter of fact, I probably could have pulled them on without even unbuttoning them. "Maybe see if you can get a new pair today," Eric offered, as I cursed and grumbled at myself in the mirror. I knew as I was wiggling around at the birthday party, trying to keep them up, that it was bound to happen. And sure enough, as I got out of my car in the parking lot at Kohl's, I felt them slipping past my hips. I reached to pull them up and realized that they'd been so loose, the button had come undone. Screw. This.

Just right LCs!

My mom had noticed too that I'd lost even more weight since I've returned to teaching, so she gladly helped me find a new pair of jeans at Kohl's. It sucks being in between sizes. All of the fourteens I tried on fit, but the size twelves from the junior section were all too small. Seriously, ten more pounds and I'll be there, but I found these great Lauren Conrad jeggings that are perfect! I love her jeggings because they're not that cotton-y material; they're actual jeans with a little stretch to them. My sweet mom bought them for me, and it was all I could do to not wear them out of the store! Since it had begun pouring, I just decided to stick with my too-big Torrids... They are now in the trash bin :)

Too-big Torrid jeans :(

 

Also found this adorable top... because brunch is always a good idea.

After shopping at Kohl's, we grabbed a quick lunch at Five Guys. I'd never been, but we recently got one in Southaven, and I've heard great things about it. Mom and I both ordered a cheeseburger and fries, and we weren't at all disappointed. It was amazing! Vaught approved too!

After Five Guys, it was time for coffee! I ran (in the rain) into Barnes and Noble to get a small cup of the house roast for mom and an extra hot cappuccino for myself.

Finally, my sister was home from grocery shopping and we got to go see her new house. Is it bad that she's lived there for two months and we just now visited her new home?!

Vaught and Cherish played in the floor the whole time!

We left Lauren's house around six, and I dropped Mom off to meet my dad in New Albany. Vaught napped the whole way home and continued napping when I put him in his crib. He slept until seven Sunday morning... A day of birthday cake and shopping wore him out!

I went to the gym Saturday night, suddenly motivated all because of this cute ChinUp Apparel tank my mom got me! "Dancing is my cardio!"

Afterwards, I went to Starbucks and had every intention of working on next week's lesson plans until they closed, which I thought was at 10:30. Turns out they close at 9:30, so I only got about half an hour to work! I had a grande strawberry acai refresher with water... It was amazing!

I wasn't ready to go home yet, so where did I go?

Duh.
In my defense, I'd scored some awesome coupons for baby wipes and produce that I really needed to use. I'll just stop at that.

Sunday

Vaught slept until seven, and we had breakfast and got ready for the 9:30 church service at Life Fellowship in Olive Branch. This was our third time visiting this church, and we have really enjoyed it!

 

After church we got Starbucks for the ride to Potts Camp to see mom and dad.

Snapchat: kcpace12

We got home from my parents' around three, and I took a two hour nap. It was amazing! I owe an enormous THANK YOU to my sweet husband who entertained Vaught while I slept. When I woke up, I made this amazing peanut butter protein smoothie and worked on lesson plans for another two hours. Vaught got a bath at 7:30, and we were in bed before 8:30.

Overall, it's been yet another fun, relaxing weekend! We had such a great time celebrating Darby yesterday, spending the day with my mom, and catching up on a little sleep!

Hope you all had a pleasant weekend as well!