over so soon...

Vacation is officially over and the work week has officially started. Pardon my French, but real life SUCKS! Not only did I come home to a job I'm not super happy with right now but I also have a sweet pup who will be having a leg amputated tomorrow after an accident he had while I was away on vacation. (That's a whole other story, and I'm beyond ticked off! Prayers appreciated!)

While all I really want to do is pout, I'm really super thankful for the opportunity to have a vacation with some of the best friends a girl could ask for. A week in the most amazing of little sleepy beach towns, the most precious "house on stilts", golf cart rides for days, crazy belly laughs, beaches, piers and girl talk were just what the doctor ordered. I cannot wait to be back there!

Ahhh...just relax!

There is absolutely nothing better than a week at the beach with the girls...even if it rains the last two days. I am so beyond blessed to have these girls in my life. Here's to our first annual summer girls trip! One more day!

Counting Down the Days

My grandma has always told me, "Baby, don't wish your life away!".
While I think this is such great advice, I find myself constantly counting down the days. The days to my next Relay. The days to my last Relay. The days til vacation. The days til I will finally be able to sit at home all day and do nothing but dream, read, paint, redecorate my house, do what I want to do.
I feel like we all have these moments where we wish we could be anywhere else but here, and don't get me wrong, I am so very blessed. I just feel like where I am in my life is not at all what I ever expected, or even necessarily wanted for myself. Not that I'm in a bad place at all, I just never expected to be so "settled" at 23. :/

*Fun Fact: this post started out as a count down to vaca with the girls...I guess I'll get back to that later.

The Fault In Our Stars...watch it...with tissues

Ugly Cry.
This is what I did last night while watching The Fault in Our Stars. OMG.
It is sweet, devastating, heartwarming and heart-wrenching all at the same time AND I CANNOT TAKE IT!
But really, I will be buying it the second it comes out in stores.
I honestly feel like a huge part of my life has revolved around cancer, whether it be people in my life that have/had cancer or the last two years that I have worked for the American Cancer Society. In some form or fashion it has been a regular in my life since I was 4. I horrible regular, but a regular none the less.
Because of this so many things in this movie were relatable and brought back so many memories.
I tend to steer clear of this type of movie just because I don't really like to think about how things were during the last weeks and days for Aunt Linda but this brought back the best of memories and really, those last few days were bad but I'm so beyond thankful to have been able to be there with her when she needed us most.
SO, long story short, go watch this movie! It is worth your time, money and tears. I promise!

Religious Experience, Maybe? Maybe Not.

So I feel like I'm going through a religious experience of sorts. A little over exaggerative, of course, but an experience non the less. 

What is this experience? Well you see, after years of seeing articles and hearing people discuss that you should not wash your hair every day or even every other day, I have decided to jump on board with this "movement". Again, a bit dramatic, I know.

I understand for a lot of people this is no big deal but as a girl who has always had extremely oily hair (Thanks, Mom!) I am use to washing my hair every day, sometimes twice a day.

So anyways, not that anyone is actually interested in this BUT I am now going on day four without washing my hair, however dry shampoo works wonders!

AND I have discovered four very important things in these last four days.

1. It is a very freeing feeling to wake up in the morning and not have to immediately stress about "do I have enough time to wash, dry and curl my hair? No. Ok, then curly, messy bun it is!"

2. I actually have time to eat breakfast or spend extra time cuddling with Baby Boy when I don't have to spend 30 minutes on my hair.

3. Hair is like wine (Not that I know anything about wine, but ya know...). It gets better with time! I have so much body without even teasing the crap out of my super thin hair, its impressive!

4. People judge you when they find out you don't wash your hair every day. Do I care? Absolutely not. I got an extra 30 minutes back of my life every morning! :) And, they're just in denial because we all know they don't wash theirs every day either. Just sayin'.

Pardon the shameless bathroom selfie, but look at this three day old hair!

Check out this body! No teasing, just a bit of hairspray! And don't judge my gross bottle cap glasses. :/

don't worry. be happy.

These days my emotions are all over the place. Like, ALL over the place. Today, however, is just one of those days that I cannot help but be happy. Through all of the chaos the last couple of months have provided I can't help but feel that life is so good. And it is. All of the time. Even when I feel that things couldn't get worse, life is still so good. 

My emotional craziness is something I have been thinking a lot about. Everybody has crazy in their life, so I feel like now is my time to choose to be happy through my crazy. We can sit back and be miserable in this life, but this is our ONLY life, so why not enjoy it!? 

It's "Fomma's" Day, Ya'll!

This has been my first official Mother's Day with a baby in the house. Since I am fostering, and my mom decided I should be called "Fomma" (foster+momma), this holiday is officially called Fomma's Day at La Casa de Kacie!

Since today is the day to talk about how awesome your mom is, or how thankful you are to be a mom, I feel that I should follow suit.

For starters, my mom is the best. Yes, she is better than yours, or at least I think so. ;) She has been through so much, put up with so much, yet she has always tried her hardest to keep a smile on her face and a loving, supportive word for her kids. I cannot even imagine what my life would be like without her. I am so very much just like my mother. We are loud and tend to be outspoken. We love hard and fight hard for those we do love. We act alike, look alike and honestly, I can't think of anyone else that I would want to favor so strongly.

As for being a new "Fomma"...wow. I know I've said before that there are no words to explain it, but there really are not! I know this situation that I find myself in with this sweet baby boy could be only temporary, and I am preparing myself for that, but while I have Little Man I am going to act each day as if he were my own. In his almost 10 weeks of life, Little Man has experienced more love from myself, my friends and family, than most people do in a  lifetime. He has truly changed my life and I am so thankful to have the opportunity to "mother" him right now. I just simply cannot get enough of his preciousness!

My sweet parents took my cousin and I (with all of the kiddos) to and Arkansas Travelers game for a fun Mother's Day weekend trip! We had a blast!

My first babies!! Couldn't love them any more if I would have had them myself!

Love my Momma!

You can see my crazy Daddy hiding in the back, he doesn't do pictures! :/

Baby Boy's first baseball game!!