roadtrippin'

So, we left for Rockport the morning of the 9th.
I know- first you're hearing about it! Anyway...
What were we doing the NIGHT of the 8th?

Making a roadtrip playlist.
Zach made one for his iPhone, I made one for my iPad. We hit the road, put them on shuffle and had good music the whole way down and the whole way back. Awesome.

Here's MY playlist-- what would YOU put on YOURS?

1. Say You'll Haunt Me -- Stone Sour
2. Poker Face -- Lady Gaga
3. Price Tag -- Jessie J
4. Timebomb -- Beck   **
5. The Crow & The Butterfly -- Shinedown
6. Californication -- Red Hot Chili Peppers
7. Scar Tissue -- Red Hot Chili Peppers
8. Under the Bridge -- Red Hot Chili Peppers
9. Like A Stone -- Audioslave
10. Hotel California -- Eagles
11. Devil's Dance -- Metallica
12. I Disappear -- Metallica
13. Of Wolf and Man -- Metallica
14. The Judas Kiss-- Metallica
15. Firework -- Katy Perry
16. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) -- Metallica
17. For Whom the Bell Tolls -- Metallica
18. No Leaf Clover -- Metallica
19. P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) -- Michael Jackson
20. Smooth Criminal -- Michael Jackson
21. Smells Like Teen Spirit -- Nirvana
22. Death Of It All -- Rob Zombie
23. Dragula -- Rob Zombie
24. Scum of the Earth -- Rob Zombie
25. Judas -- Lady Gaga
26. Uprising -- Muse
27. Dude (Looks Like a Lady) -- Aerosmith
28. Wanted Dead or Alive -- Bon Jovi  **
29. Sweet Emotion -- Aerosmith
30. Jailhouse Rock -- Elvis Presley
31. Hound Dog -- Elvis Presley

I feel like I need to explain a couple-- namely the ones with the ** next to them. FIRSTLY, I'm not a fan of Beck. I couldn't care less about the rest of his music, but THIS song happens to be the song that was during the credits, and therefore the name of, my favorite episode of True Blood. It was a season 2 episode, the one where they escape from the Fellowship of the Sun church with Godric. I think that's right- and the episode ends with Luke blowing up Godric's house? Yes. And SECONDLY, I similarly don't listen to Bon Jovi. BUT this song is the theme song to Deadliest Catch, and when you're going to the coast to fish, it's necessary to channel your inner Hillstrand/Hansen/Harris and get your Wanted Dead or Alive on. 

Any of my songs your faves? Any you're surprised by?

image sources: {rhcp, eagles, metallica}

rewind

We had a very *good* week around here!

Monday, of course, was Valentine's Day. Zach and I had 9:30 reservations at P.F. Chang's in Sugar Land, and it was kind of nice, actually. We missed all the mooning high school kids, and while it was still busy, it wasn't like there were mobs of people everywhere.

I hesitated about posting the picture, though, because the neckline on my dress is messed up-- it's a square neck, the lining was folded out and I didn't notice. Boo. But we rarely take nice pictures of the two of us. And by rarely I mean practically never.

We spent the rest of the week being pretty lazy-- my mom and dad both worked Tuesday, Zach was off so we just hung around. Wednesday was more of the same. We spent the day in pajamas and played around the house. Liam loves nothing more than an afternoon spent with all of his cars, and I enjoy getting down on the floor and playing with him.  Thursday, my parents and I took Liam up to the Premium Outlets for the day and enjoyed being outside and out of the house.

Friday was busy and FUN, except for the very beginning. We had Liam's 18 month (1 month late) checkup at 8:30 in the morning. L is a big boy: he's 34.5 inches tall (99th percentile) and 30 pounds (90th percentile). Dr. Shaya was incredibly impressed by how strong he is, and he demonstrated by kicking the nurse in the gut with his thunder thighs when she gave him his shots. I felt bad, but it was her responsibility to hold his legs, after all. After we left the doctor, we headed to the mall to check out the City Flats at the Gap. My lady friends had all been raving, so I went to see what I could find. Due to the President's Day sale, I only paid $6.27 per pair! Considering they were $39.99 regular price, I was puh-leased. Then we headed to the park for our park playdate with Haley & Owen, Jacci & Scarlett, Taylor & Grayson & Gracie, and Haley & Haden. The kiddos had so much fun and it was nice to spend the afternoon outside.

Saturday, we spent the day at my parent's house. Liam got into his swim gear and played in the sprinkler. The kid loves water, y'all. He played with his Cozy Coupe, he played with his pushy Mater toy, he threw the balls for the dogs... My mom bought L a towel that pulls over his head- an anticipatory action for when my dad *finally* pulls the trigger on putting in his pool he wants. After we stripped him of his wet swim clothes, he ran around in his towel/cape for a while and loved every minute.

L also has a thing for getting IN dogs beds when they're in them. Not so much when the dog is elsewhere, but once a dog is in a dog bed, it's like moth to a flame. He cannot help himself. Cooper and Tucker BOTH got to experience this.

Playing 1-2-3 with Grandpa Ed.

Liam has been slowly, but surely, coming around to his ImagiNext toys-- Spike the dinosaur and Big Foot. Saturday night, I turned on Big Foot, gave L the remote and went to get my face cleaned up for bedtime. When I came out, L was feeding Big Foot. While he was on. Usually, he won't get within 10 feet of these toys when they're on. It was too cute. We then proceeded to play ball with Big Foot for about 20 minutes. Thank goodness these toys are finally getting some (little boy) playtime.

And THAT was our exciting week(end)-- hope you all had good ones too!