5 on Friday

This has been one heck of a week to say the least. I am so happy its Friday! Here's to a much better weekend!

1.) I'm so happy to have my husband home again. As I said in a previous post, he found out his father passed away last Saturday night and has been in Phoenix, AZ with his brothers handling all the details. They got back yesterday afternoon and to say we were happy to have him home was an understatement. Jackson was laying his head on his daddy and I put my arm around Jake and said, "that's my daddy", to which Jackson pushed my arm away! Ha. So cute.

2.) I'm also happy to have our new computer up and running today! Our previous computer was a computer I got from work. It was running slow, but it was free so we just dealt with it. Well, a couple of weeks ago it finally bit the dust. I took it into work and unfortunately there was nothing they could do with it. It was dunzo! So we had to look into getting a new one. I'm loving the new computer and especially the speed!

3.) I'm so happy to be feeling better. Tuesday my ear started hurting. Ugh, just what I needed after having Jackson in the Dr. on Monday with a double ear infection and pink eye and my husband out of town. I ended up going to the Dr. myself to find out I had an ear infection and strep throat. To make matters worse, I noticed yesterday that Jackson had a rash all over his body. It turns out he's allergic to Penicillin. Great! He was taking Augmentin for his ear infection, which has Amoxicillin in it. He's had Amoxicillin before, but the Dr. said it doesn't always cause a rash the first few times they take it. So we got a new antibiotic for his ear infection and she said the rash should be gone in 3-5 days. 

4.) I'm loving this cute picture I took of Jackson in our back yard yesterday (before I noticed the rash). We were getting some fresh air after being stuck inside most of the week.

5.) I'm loving these Sangria Bacardi drinks. After the week I've had, I may need to get some more of these. ;-)

Throw-back Thursday: Me at Jackson's Age

I'm going way back this Thursday, and sharing some pictures of me when I was around Jackson's age. 

This picture is of me, taking a bath in the sink. :-) Don't you just love my cute little tan line?

This is a picture of my Grandma Stoffel (my Dad's mom) feeding me some sort of cake it looks like.

I believe this was at my 1st birthday party.

Me, at my Grammy and Papa's house (my Mom's parents) wearing my Grammy's glasses. :-)

Now its your turn! Grab the "Throw-back Thursday" button and Link up your post below!

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Project Life 2013 - Week 20

My layout for Week 20!

It was fun to use some "girly colors" in this layout, since it was mostly about Mother's Day! 

I used the Happy Day Mini Kit Freebie from Scotty Girl Design.

Asking for Prayers

Without going into too many details, Saturday night we got a phone call, letting us know that my husband's dad had passed away. 

Late that evening, Jake and his 2 brothers drove from St. Louis, MO to Phoenix, AZ (where their dad lived) to take care of everything.

Its been an emotional and exhausting last couple of days for them and I just ask that you'll keep them in your prayers.

Jake wasn't super close with his dad, but nonetheless, it was his dad and its still hard.

Thanks so very much for your thoughts and prayers.

May Monthly Round-Up

Today, I'm so excited to be the guest co-host for Jennifer's Monthly Round-Up Link Up! The monthly round-up is a link-up where you highlight all of your previous posts from the last month! How fun right!

Here's how you  can play along, linkup, join in the fun......

---> follow your host and co-host.

---> write your post and link up.

---> lastly, give some link love: in your blog post, link this Monthly Round-up button to your blog post by pasting the code into your HTML. 

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That's it.  Super easy.  

 

I hope that you'll join us today and check out Jen's blog! She's so sweet! She has such a beautiful home and the cutest little boy, Boston! She does the cutest DIY projects and makes adorable leggings for babies and toddlers! I am so thrilled that she asked me to co-host with her this month!

So without further adieu, here is what I posted about in the month of May!

Week One!

May 1: Wordless Wednesday Link-Up: I shared my favorite of Jackson's 18 month pictures.

May 2: I explained my new "Throw-Back Thursdays" Weekly Link-Up

May 3: I revealed all of my favorites from Jackson's 18 Month photo shoot and linked them up with Favorite Photo Friday

Week Two!

May 6: I started my "Mother's Week" series off  with some of my favorite Motherhood quotes and printables.

May 7: I shared some of my pinned Mother's Day crafts.

May 8: I shared some gifts I'd love to have for Mother's Day.

May 9: I started my "Throw-back Thursday" Weekly Link-Up with a picture from Mother's Day 2004.

May 10: I finished up "Mother's Week" with a collage of pictures of Jackson and I and talked about being a Mom to Jackson.

Week Three!

May 13: I shared how Jackson has just started lining up his toys. Its so cute!

May 14: I shared my Project Life page for week 16 of 2013.

May 15: I posted about our Mother's Day.

May 16: I shared a cruise we went on in 2007 for my "Throw-back" Thursday Weekly Link-Up.

May 17: I linked up with Favorite Photo Friday and shared some pictures from our recent trip to Faust Park

Week Four!

May 20: I posted about our weekend.

May 21: I shared my Project Life pages from weeks 17 and 18 of 2013.

May 22: Wordless Wednesday-I shared some pictures of Jackson and I walking on Sunset Trail near our house.

May 23: In celebration of all the graduations going on right now, I posted my graduation picture from 1999 for my "Throw-back Thursday" Weekly Link-Up.

May 24: I linked up with Darci's 5 on Friday Link-Up and shared 5 things that I was loving.

Week Five!

May 27: Memorial Day

May 28: I shared my Project Life page from week 19 of 2013.

May 29: I launched my new blog design.

May 30: The Story of Us celebrated our 5 year Blogoversary with 5 reason I love blogging, a giveaway and I posted pictures from my 5th birthday party for "Throw-back Thursday".

May 31: I did 2 link-ups in 1 post. The 5 on Friday Link-up again and Holly's Summer Bucket List Link-Up and shared 5 things I'm looking forward to this summer!

Wow, what a great month May was! 

Now its your turn. I can't wait to read all about what you did in the month of May. Be sure and Link Up below!

Monthly Round-Up Reminder!

Another month has gone by and it's almost time for the.....

Monday (June 3rd) we'll be linking up for the Monthly Round-up!

I'm super excited to be co-hosting this month with Jennifer from Our Love and Our Blessing!

We'd love to have you come link up your posts so that we can see what you all were up to in the month of May!

Unsure about this linkup?

Click HERE to read all the details.

xo

5 on Friday: Summer Bucket List

*Thanks to everyone who entered my 5 Year Blogoversary Giveaway yesterday! Check here to find out the winner.*

Today, I'm combining 2 link-ups in 1! 

 

I had actually been wanting to do a summer bucket list post, so this came at a great time!

1.) This is probably what I'm looking forward to the most this summer... our trip to Gulf Shores, Alabama. We leave on Saturday, August 3rd and come back on Saturday, August 10th. It will be our first vacation with Jackson! I can't wait to spend a whole week on the beach. We are taking my parents along for the ride as well. They haven't been on a vacation in years and we thought it might be nice for them to get away and to help us out with Jackson. We have a rental condo on the beach reserved and have a few things planned to do while we're there. It should be a great time!

2.) Our 6 Year Anniversary is July 14th. Last year we planned our vacation around our anniversary since we were celebrating 5 years. This year we'll probably keep it more low-key and may just stay a night or 2 somewhere close-by. We're still deciding on what we want to do. ☺

{Jake and I on our 5 year anniversary trip to Mackinac Island, Michigan last year!}

3.) Going to White Birch Water park with Jackson. White Birch is a little water park, just right down the street from us. We went a couple of times last year and Jackson was still a little bit small, but loved it there. I think he will have even more fun this year! I can't wait to take him back.

{Jackson at White Birch last year.}

4.) Taking Jackson Strawberry picking at Eckerts. I've never been strawberry picking before, but I'm really wanting to go this summer. 

5.) Going to see a couple shows at the Muny... particularly Mary Poppins! I just love going to the Muny. Its one of my favorite summer things to do in St. Louis.

What are you looking forward to this summer??