so anxious...

We are being transferred!!!  Ahhhhh!!!  My husband was offered a super great job in Houston, TX and we are picking up and moving our whole lives 18 million hours away from my home :(  I am excited for the new adventure, palm trees, constant (semi-constant) warm weather, beaches, and more... but I am also so sad to be so far away from my family, friends, and my familiar kansas city.  Plus, since we aren't really sure where we want to live in Houston we will be staying in the Hilton downtown for 3 months... which would be so glamourous and fun if we were without a child, but living in essentially one room with a two-year old (even hotel suites w/ two bedrooms classify as a one bedroom to me) is going to be a little challenging.  Don't get me wrong i am super excited for a 3 months of housekeeping, but i keep getting flashbacks of sorority living w/ my closet exploding all over our 3 person room... and pretty much me and my two roommates living on top of eachother.  But I guess it could be worse....

Now i just have to get myself organized.  We have to be out of our house Thursday, June 30!!! Have I started packing?  Absolutely NOT!  Chris keeps telling me that I have to figure out what i want to keep out of the moving van (things I won't see for like 3 months) and keep only the clothes 'I need' hi, does he know who I am?!? I NEED all my clothes, and shoes, and belts, and jewelery, AND hair products... i mean i come with a ridiculous amount of baggage.  Well I need to get some rest and procrastinate a little longer before I start packing this week! 

Wish us luck on the move!!!  Will fill you in soon.

*Soon to be the most fashionable girl in H-town
(need to do some serious damage at Oak Park before my plane lands in H-town)

My tiny fashionista is growing up

So it has been awhile since I last wrote, Keira turned one, I began writing for an online newspaper called Examiner.com as Kansas City's Style Examiner, and my clothing line (Kiki Rose Couture) will be sold in a super chic boutique in Stilwell, KS called Ambiance!!! Life is going well!  I just wanted to post a few pics from Keira's bday but promise to write soon!  It has been super crazy, but I have loads of stories to share soon!

A Diva Turns One..

I absolutely can't believe it, my little darling angel is turning one on the 16th!  She has come so far she is now walking, and talking, and getting into everything and I LOVE IT!!! We are having a diva party for her this weekend and I bought the Big Top Cup Cake (from the infomercials) for her own special one year old cake!  We have been practicing blowing out candles and opening gifts so she will be a pro this weekend.  My parents took pictures of her 2 weekends ago for her birthday invite and I have posted the cutest.  She is absolutely the cutest toddler ever!

Moving, I hate/love it!

This fourth of July weekend we moved into a new, bigger, better home, man oh man I didn't realize how much harder it is to move with a baby.  First of all I have absolutely NO IDEA how we managed to fit everything we did into our tiny little townhouse.  Our new home looked like a war zone of boxes, clothing, and packing tape this weekend, we finally managed to organize all of our stuff on the first level. The second level is unfortunately another story.  ALL and I mean ALL of our clothing is in boxes, I have worn the most hodge podge outfits to work this week because I don't know where anything is!  But one major plus I found half my missing clothes from when we moved into our townhouse.  I was prego during that move and didn't care about anything so I am sure I just threw them in a tote and stacked it in the garage b/c I was upset about not fitting into anything anymore :(  Oh well, now it feels like I have a whole new wardrobe again :) 

I am currently working on a new project, on top of my clothing line orders (because I am a crazy person and can never sit still) I found a super cute (well soon to be super cute) dining room table set that I am painting black laquer with a super shiny finish, and then recovering the chair seats to leopard print!  I will upload pictures as soon as it is finished.  I currently have only sanded it down.  This weekend I get to do all the painting and chair covering! yay!

Why did you do it?

Dear Lunch Stealer,

Why must you keep doing this?  I was so excited today to eat my left-over Spin-Dip Pizza from Ingredient, and when I went back to the fridge it was gone!  I hope you enjoyed eating someone else's left overs, you jerk you.  Because of you I had no lunch!

I hope the spinich dip went bad in the fridge and you throw up all night as a result.

*Kati

Kiki Rose Couture's Newest Summer Dress

Keira is modeling my newest design!  A super cute, super comfy a-line shift dress!

This adorable dress is available for custom design in your choice of color/fabric

Dress is available from newborn to 3T!

Visit http://www.kikirosecouture.blogspot.com/ to order yours today!

When is enough, enough?!

i multi-task, everyone multi-tasks, but when do you say enough is enough?!  Yesterday I was driving down the road from my lunch break and saw a man in his car shaving, texting, and driving ALL AT THE SAME TIME!!! Right down the middle of 135th Street.  Now, I know I live in kansas, and the rest of the world is probably thinking... so what?  there can't be any traffic in kansas,  but yes there is and lots of it, especially on this particular road.  And this man was wreaking havoc on everyone in the eastbound lanes.  Seriously?!?! i wish i could've taken a picture of him on my phone, but again, where do you draw the line.  He had his visor down, his mirror open, shaving with one hand and texting with the other, while guiding the wheel with the texting hand.  INSANE.

Making Promises I don't want to keep...

i am a people pleaser.  and believe me my husband takes full advantage of this weakness/strength.  i was sitting on the couch a week or two ago, irritated STILL that i couldn't find the swimming suit that i had envisioned and my body is still not looking how i envisioned so i stupidly said i am going to start doing my workout dance videos.  now when on earth do i have time to do this?!?!  i am sure not getting up any earlier than i have to in the mornings, when i get home at night i have to cook dinner, than go straight into my sewing if i want to keep up on my sales and marketing for my clothing line: kiki rose couture when do i have time to workout?!? anyway, chris was like... you need to just start running, you will hate it at first but i would love it if you would just do my football work out with me.   i was like um, no.  i hate running!  i know hate is a strong word but i mean, maybe even more than hate i loathe it.  i am scarred from my many years of elementary school and jr high when you had to run the mile.  i hated that run, so then i began to hate running all together.  so, then chris gets irritated with me b/c i don't want to 'at least try it' seriously what does he not get about being scarred for life?!  so then i stupidly say, b/c i know he is mad (and he is probably just faking to get what he wants b/c he knows i am a people pleaser) FINE!  I will run with you for one month and if I hate, even if i do get skinnier i don't have to do it ever again.  BINGO.  promise i won't keep.  So the next day i was forced to go to a jr. high track/football field and run his football drills.  he must've been going easy on me the whole way there i complained, we got to the track and saw other people working out and immediately wanted to leave, hello i am a terrible runner and my face gets all red and i don't have proper work out gear, only sick white nike shorts from college (when i used to work at finish line for one horrible summer) one pair of really old nike shocks (again compliments of finish line) and old sorority tees.  clearly i need to go shopping.  anyway, i tried all the stalling tactics in the world... we need bottled water, we need to get some different socks, etc but chris was having none of it and i was forced to run. :(  it wasn't that bad and i actually felt lots better afterwards, but have i been since?!  absolutely not. 

Having a husband that could read my mind could really save me from a lot of tears and stress...

So a couple weeks ago, I came home from lunch with two of my besties and Chris and Keira were leaving to go to the pool. and I had a SERIOUS meltdown.  I had this whole first trip to the pool day planned, and the way it was going was NOT in my plan.  Now this plan was unknown to anyone but me, but still why couldn't Chris just read my mind and KNOW that Keira's first trip to the pool was not supposed to be without me or with me in a non existent bathing suit.  Anyway, we had a huge fight (well it was a fight to me he just thought I was being difficult) anyway I didn't want him to go to the pool without me, yet I didn't have a swimming suit and I didn't want to go and sit on the side.  So then he was like just go in some shorts and a tank... um excuse, sometimes he has a minor lapse in judgement and forgets who his wife is.  Maybe for other girls this sort of attire is ok... NOT FOR ME.  My whole life i have dressed as though I am going to a fashion show, i pride myself on clothing and looking fashionable at ALL times, even at gross old apartment pools with old women in too small bikinis and sagging skin.  My husband just doesn't get this and he is soo stubborn I just immediately start crying and tell him to go without me.  So he leaves, then my insanity begins.  I pull in and CANNOT find my garage door opener ANYWHERE, and I mean ANYWHERE.  I was in my mom's car which i borrowed for the weekend and I knew I put it in there i tore apart the entire car and couldn't find it anywhere, on top of this it was like a million degrees i was sweating, irritated with Chris for not understanding, and now I couldn't even get into my house.  So i have to find the property manager have her let me in, then go for a mad dash to target to find a bathing suit that only i have in my mind yet no one has for sale at ANY store.  This happens to me quite frequently, with lots of things.  You think i would learn but no.  It turns out that my fabulous pre-baby body (which really wasn't that fabulous to begin with) is not back and I have stretch marks and I am not back to my normal size, never conditions you want to deal with when searching for a skimpy bathing suit.  And I refuse to wear a tankini... they are hideous... so I finally settle for a gold lamay... yes i said gold lamay retro style one piece from Zach Posen, which is of course the most expensive bathing suit in Target (but it is Target not Saks so I guess I can buy it).  Anyway... by the time i got my bathing suit, and got back home Chris and Keira were at home napping !!!! Seriously?!?!

All that running around for nothing

and ps. my mom found my garage door opener the next day under her seat.  like in a min and thirty seconds flat.

xoxox

kati

One Year and Counting

We made it through our first year of marriage!!! I can't believe it has already been a year!  Chris and I celebrated our one year anniversary on Mother's Day.  I got two firsts in one action packed weekend in Dallas :)  We had a wonderful time in visiting all of Chris' family for the weekend, and had a blast showing off Keira and Bishop.  It was a whirlwind trip, and from this I have decided that I am NOT a good traveller, especially a traveling mother.  I forget things like bottles, diaper cream, my shoes, etc.  It doesn't help that I also tend to pack like oh 10 minutes before we are supposed to be walking out the door, and now I must pack for two, really three because Chris forgets things too.

Keira learned how to walk (behind a push walker) before we went down there so we had to show everyone her new moves.  The fun has just begun, yesterday I left her in the living room while I went to do my make-up in the bathroom (mind you I can see the living room through the mirror in the bathroom) and while I was in there for a total of like 3 min she managed to pull down an entire shelf of her books, all of her toys, and all of our dvds and then managed to somehow scatter them across the whole entire living room.  I never, ever in a million years thought I would say I missed the days when she didn't crawl or walk... man I didn't know how lucky I had it.  Anyway, she is well on the way to beating my record of 9 months and walking, lucky us.  Got a genius on our hands! 

Kiki Rose Couture

the absolute sweetest baby on earth.

i might be a tad partial, but keira is by far the absolute sweetest and best baby on earth.

Sure love Spring!

So excited that spring is finally here!!! If we have one more snow I am going to lose it!  I bought Keira a super cute umbrella stroller to go on walks for the nice weather! We will definitely be using it tonight!
Can't wait to see what she thinks now that is will actually be awake and curious on her walks!

We know your secrets now...

http://lifestyle.msn.com/relationships/staticslideshowglamour.aspx?cp-documentid=18444225>1=32023

I always Chris LOOOVES to watch Project Runway, Teen Mom, Secrets of Aspen, and The City.
Also, I knew he secretly loves my US magazine fetish,
and to take out the trash!!!

xoxo
Kati

In honor of Fashion Week...

In honor of fashion week, and I so wish i was there, I will be working furiously on my new spring line.  I promise to have it up and running by Friday!  But in the meantime I will be blogging about the greatest of the greats in NEW YORK.

Be sure to check out my new clothing line at http://www.kikirosecouture.blogspot.com/

Remember:  Do a little shopping this week, treat yourself to a splurge (I've already celebrated and bought myself a pair of killer new heels, they are jet black suede 6" heels, i love them soooo much) It's fashion week so remember anything goes!!