Little Letters

First of all…

Dear anyone who is still reading my blog,

Thanks for not totally giving up on me! I'm working on some posts of life lately. In the meantime, here is a dose of randomness from my world:

Dear Summatime,

Yaaaaaaaay! You make me very, very happy. Sleeping in? Check. Late nights? Check. Plenty of cocktails? Check. Me not being grumpy and stressed? Check. Pool time? Check. (I have the sun rash to prove it. Ugh. ) And speaking of pool time…

Dear Kat,
Thank you for the Woodside hook-up. I owe ya, Kathy. I owe ya big time.

Dear Cheerleaders,

I think I am most shocked of anyone when I say, I miss you guys. I am so glad I got to come up to camp and watch your performance. It was fantastic! I was very, very proud. Props to Nuggs and Kater—those switch libs were legit!

{With Abby and Deavyn, seniors this year!}

 

Dear Chris,

Thank you, thank you, thank you for all of your help with the potential new job! I couldn’t muddle my way through this without you.

 

Dear House on 61^st Street,

You should lower your price just a little bit. Because you are SO. DARN. CUTE. And I would love to live in you.

{Darling, right? Can't you all just see me living here??}

Dear 96.5 The Buzz,
Everyone needs to #listenlonger and keep you guys alive! Love-love-loved the Buzz Under The Stars Night One show. The Lumineers were ridic, and I got to try out my hipster headwear. (More on this later.) Also, I discover new songs every day, thanks to you guys. Currently loving “Royals” by Lorde.

Dear Instagram,

You are my version of Facebook. I think I’m addicted. Follow me! (But you have to ask first.)

Dear Nova,

You are still my all-time favorite person, EVER. Every day,  it’s something new with you, big girl! Kisses, crawling, talking, reading books, eating real food…and you’re just so darn cute as you do it all. XOXO!

 

Birthday Celebration

Over Memorial Day weekend, I turned the big 2-9. My last hurrah of my twenties. Yikes. But! My friends (the ones who weren’t at the lake...having a birthday over a holiday weekend was always so traumatic when I was younger) made sure we had a super fun weekend.

Before my birthday festivities began, we had something else to celebrate. My dear friend Julie, who moved out to San Fran almost two years ago, is expecting!! She is due in early August, so she flew back in town so her pals in the Midwest could shower her with gifts for her new baby girl. Jules looked amazing, and the hostesses did a beautiful job with the party.

We hit up the Royals game on Sunday and had a fantastic time. Since my pal Gina had also made sure I had a fun Saturday night (ugh…shots), I had a bit of a slow start. But we made it out to Kauffman Stadium around noon and a few beers in (and a LOT of water), I felt much better. And what a day! It started with a very nice gentleman picking us up in a golfcart for a ride up to the ticket line. Then, once in line, another very nice gentleman came up to us and offered us free tickets. In the twelfth row! What?! Happy Birthday to me. So, the (very jealous) boys bought outfield tickets and we headed in.

{Golfcart ride!}

{Great seats! Thanks, random dude!}

Although the Royals couldn’t pull out the win, we still had a great time. (I ate TWO pretzels. Ballpark pretzels are the BEST.) After the game, we headed out to keep the fun going.  Total bonus—we ran into my good friend Gary, in town from Denver. Love you, G-man!

On Monday, I went out to my parents’ house to celebrate with the fam. Nova was officially six months old on my birthday, May 26, which makes us half-birthday buddies. And look at this big girl! She can sit up, stand up (almost…she has to balance on something!) and is almost crawling. Any day now!!

{Big girl!!!}

It was a fantastic birthday weekend, full of celebrations. I think this really will be my best year yet.