THIS WEEKEND I:

Watched: The Big Short
Listened: to several directors on headset at work 
Learned: that I still get swollen while pregnant, high blood pressure or not 
Ate: a PBJ because all I want is peanut butter 
Read: several books to Jack 
Drank: milk because I’m craving it too! 
Thought: and thought and thought about the economy after watching The Big Short 
Wished: I could take a really long nap 
Realized: that I was this tired last pregnancy and that I’m not just lazy 
Bought: a new wardrobe at IKEA

THIS MOMENT

SNAP DAY

We had such a great day today! I’m glad I documented some of it for SnapChat. I usually do this when we go somewhere fun and I want my sister to share in it while she’s in Chicago. But now I’m glad to have this morning till night glimpse of a day with Jack. I know in 10 years I’ll be overjoyed to see my little guy as a toddler!

It was an average day but we did a lot and that made it so awesome! We woke up easily with no alarm and headed out for a Hip Mama play date at the trampoline park. It was Jack’s first time there. He is a relatively shy kid and I really notice his attachment to me when we’re with other kids. But today I was thrilled to see his interest in the other kids and parents. He’s definitely learning and I think day care is helping with that. Then we ran to the store for some groceries and it started snowing a ton! Instead of freaking out about the snow like a normal Perri or even Pittsburgher, for that matter, I decided we needed a sled for Jack. So we ran by Toys R Us to buy one with a gift card from Christmas! It was perfect! I put it right to use and dragged Jack to the house while I carried in the groceries! Then we bundled right back up into his snowsuit and headed outside for a few more rides on the sled. He loved it! Our evening was easy at home and I even prepped healthy meals for the week and made smoothie bags for the freezer. I felt like a Pinterest SAHM today! Ha! Honestly though I’m glad I was so productive!

Not every day is this action packed but I do feel great when it happens. Plus it helps on the days that Jack watches like 3 hours of Daniel Tiger while I lay on the couch because I’m too tired to move (I don’t snapchat those days). I can remind myself that’s sometimes it all comes together and I know that I’m not terrible at this parenting thing!

THIS MOMENT

Painting with trucks at Tot Time this week! I’m so excited about our membership to the Children’s Museum so we can make this a regular thing!

30 BEFORE 30: #11

So I did it! I hit the five year mark of full time employment at KDKA-TV! I began part time while a sophomore in college working a few hours a week to run audio for a very (VERY) simple call-in show. But it was my start! From there I interned with a reporter and a newscast director, then was hired in the Operations and Engineering Department as a part time employee. After a year in Operations I was finally hired full time! I can’t believe how fast it has gone and that I’ve been at the station almost a decade total! 2017 will mark that milestone! 

I feel really proud of myself for setting a goal in TV and sticking to it. I went to college knowing that this is what I wanted to do with my life and I made it happen, with the help of so many mentors and great colleagues. It’s not my perfect job, but it’s TV and I’m happy that I get to do it. It lacks in creativity and sometimes that frustrates me, but I’m thrilled I have a chance to freelance in addition to this work. Shooting and editing, working with a big crew on a live event are some of my favorite parts about freelancing and TV. But I’m glad I have a stable TV home (watch, a week from now I’ll be laid off because I told myself this job is stable) where I know what I’m doing and can work in the field I chose.

DOCUMENT

I know a lot of bloggers out there choose a word for the new year. I’m new to doing that but I’m going to try this year. My word is an action, DOCUMENT. 

I want to document as much of my life as possible. I tend to dwell on the negative and when I blog I seem to focus on all the good things in my life and I realize what a great tool that is. I don’t want to sugar coat my life here on the blog, but by making posts about life right now I can really focus on all the details and not let negative moments or thoughts overtake the good ones. Does that make sense? I hope it helps me! 

I also got a five year journal for Christmas. I am looking forward to writing a few blurbs every day and to be able to see progress, changes, differences between the years. 

Another big undertaking with this goal word, Document, is to organize all of the family photos. I’m pretty good at doing my own scrapbooks but my mom’s photos are a mess and those are all my childhood photos. I really want to get them all scanned and at least organized by year in the computer. If I’m lucky I’ll even get them put into books. But that’s a big goal. 

I feel really confident that with a plan I can put this word into action in 2016! 

OUR CHRISTMAS

I love the Christmas season and this year was great. It started out a little rough for me because I love decorating the house for the holidays. We’re living with my parents to save money and I sort of broke down when we pulled out the holiday decorations. I had a place for everything last year in our big Lawrenceville rowhouse and I loved it. I miss that place so much but I know that we’ve got a good plan in place to set ourselves up for the future. Plus, the best part is that we are totally surrounded by family. That’s what really matters. 

We certainly had a lot of family time this year. On Christmas day both sets of grandparents and aunts were there to watch Jack open presents. Then we had a lovely, fancy breakfast. Afterwards we visited Nona & Papap before I had to leave for work, but everyone else stayed for a lamb dinner. 

On Christmas Eve we visited with the McCaffrey family at Becki’s house. It’s one of my favorite traditions. We always take a big cousin photo, have a fun grab bag and enjoy gabbing with everyone! 

And on the weekend between Christmas and New Years we always have Weber Christmas. I always love seeing the whole big clan. This year I suggested anUgly Festive Sweater Contest. So many people got into it! Uncle Ricky was the judge and awarded Mark the prize hat! I hope we can pass on the hat over the years and start a new tradition! 

I love spending this season with all of these amazing people in my life. I can’t believe how lucky I am to be related to them! 

IT'S A...

…GIRL!! 

We are going to welcome a little girl to our family in May!! We waited to tell the family on Christmas day! We wrapped up a Christmas dress for our baby girl and had our whole family open it, not knowing whether is was a suit or dress inside! We made everyone tell us their guess before opening it and the unanimous thought was a girl! Everyone was right and we couldn’t be more excited to add to our family!