St. Patricks Day! {Weekend}

Another "Baby's First" is in the books!

 

I have always loved hoildays because my mom always did such a great job of making every holiday the biggest & most fun holiday of the year... Ever since I was younger I would think to myself how much fun it would be when I had children of my own to make holidays fun with and I always promised myself I'd make each holiday SUPER fun. & Even though Gunner is still so small (yes 4.5 months is still small to me!) I wanted to try my best to make it fun for him! So, I did the best I could for St. Patty's Day!

 

Rick & I got our tax refund this past week and I spend most the week paying off credit cards and debt, and putting the rest in savings & towards bills... So this weekend I thought it would be fun to have a little mommy&gunner shopping day! We went ALL OUT! My mom went with us and we had the best time shopping!!

 

First we went to Carters (my biggest weakness I swear) and I got - literally - B A G S of clothes for him! He doesn't have a lot of clothes for 6 months, so I stocked up on those and got lots of cute summer clothes (baby's first summer!) I won't lie, I spent over $150 on just summer clothes for him. HOWEVER, that is AFTER 2 coupons & additional 20% day! I was so proud of myself leaving there saving over $100! Then we went to Old Navy and I got even MORE clothes for him! I love Old Navy for boys because they actually have really "cool" kids for little boys. Girls clothes are freakin adorable EVERYWHERE, but boys are harder to shop for. & Carters and Old Navy are always winners in my book. Between the two - I darn near filled up my trunk with bags of summer clothes for him. & now his closet is FULL of adorable clothes for when he grows into 6-month sizes (hopefully not too soon). & he undoubtedly will be the coolest 6-month old on the block! I made sure ;)

 

I also did a little splurging on myself and got new makeup and that was better than Christmas! I've been scraping the containers for weeks now hoping to just get a few drops on my skin - so it's beyond fun to have a whole new set of makeup!

 

The rest of our tax money went into savings (what was left after bills and paying off my debt completely) & this week I plan to go open up Gunner's first bank account to put some money in there & start his own savings account :)

 

The rest of our St. Patty's Day weekend was spent with friends & family! Gunner and I went to lunch with some beautiful ladies and he had a blast! I dont get to see all my girlfriends too often because of our schedules and being so busy always - so it's always a big treat when we can get together. & gunner just LOVES beautiful ladies so he had a really fun time too at BJ's with us.

 

Sunday I tried to make it really fun for Gunner, but there's really not a whole lot I could do with him to be "festive" this time. I thought of green formula, but then instantly thought that wouldn't really work out & probably is very unsafe for him... so then I though a green bubble bath? But then instantly realized that wouldn't be too sanitary... All day long I did what I could to incorporate the holiday, but it was tricky. We both wore our green while we went to lunch & errands with Auntie Karin & Gunner wore his ADORABLE fedora! LOL, really, that was the highlight of our day. Then Rick & I started designing Gunner's Easter basket (Rick is insisting on making him a custom basket so we've started figuring out the plans for that)

 

All in all, I'd say it was a really fun weekend! Maybe not as festive as I would have wanted, but it makes me even more excited for next year because now I have BIG plans for his 2nd St. Patricks Day! Can't wait!!

 

 

Little too much shopping & he passed out!

Having fun with all his friends in his crib!

Baby's first "White Tee" (LOL) I was cracking up at how cute these were, I had to buy them! He loves being naked because he's always hot, so after his bath - he was loving the no-sleeves!