Mixed Prints Life

Happy Grandparents’ Day to my Momma and Poppy and happy FIRST Grandparents’ Day to Grandma and Grandpa! I love all four of you SO much and I’m so happy to share my first year being a grandbaby with you! I couldn’t ask for better grandparents! Love, Charlie

After Eddie K. offered so graciously to take Charlie to the Worth Days Fest, we decided that he couldn’t really ride the rides, so we would join them for the parade instead. I.love.parades. if you haven’t figured that out yet and I’m hoping Charlie learns the joy of them also! I love racing after candy, getting freebies, and watching all… View Post

Not so much – Charlie tried ground chicken for the first time today! (After I got over the smell) I served it to him and let’s just say – I don’t think he enjoyed the texture AT ALL! Thanks to Camille and our friend, Devin, Charlie got to try the jarred chicken also – he seemed to like that a… View Post

Hi Everyone, It’s me, Charlie! Mommy and Daddy has a Vegas party tonight to celebrate our friend, Julie’s 21st birthday! They were able to get ready to go and celebrate right in Crestwood (they went as BlackJack!). I made a brief appearance at the party to say hi to Julie and get married at her wedding chapel, but then Mommy… View Post

Today, I said goodbye to my very first baby – my green/gold/baby poop colored Kia Rio…she has been with me through some pretty great times…I even cried as Jim drove her away…The newest addition to our family is a 2007 white Ford Focus – I barely get to drive it and I’m back to having the secondary (blue Kia Rio)… View Post

We started out the morning gathering our things together and slowly doing some cleaning. Charlie was ready and raring to go, so we headed out to Northville, Michigan to see their Main Street and check out things from their cute shops. Did I mention I want to LIVE here?! It’s so quaint and adorable that I could just curl up… View Post

In this small area of Michigan there is a LOT to do and a lot that we wanted to do, so we headed to Ann Arbor again. Our first stop was through the college campus to Krazy Jim’s Blimpy Burger. This place has appeared on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives with Guy Fieri. My mom was adamant that we try it… View Post

We opted to spend time at one of my favorite places for breakfast AGAIN – Cracker Barrel! (YUM YUM YUM!)We then headed back up near Frankenmuth for a trip to Grandpa’s Tiny Farm. For just $5 per adult, we received a personalized tour, a horse-drawn carriage ride and a petting zoo. Charlie was able to meet many animals and particularly… View Post

We started the day pretty slowly with a quick trip to Walled Lake’s Farmer’s Market. Charlie, Jim, and I had much success. We ended up with four ears of corn, 1/2 a watermelon, 1 onion, 2 mini-loaves of bread, 1 container of Buckeyes (homemade peanut butter chocolate candies – YUM!), and 1 bag of homemade tortilla chips. Jim then made… View Post

As is typical with my family, we usually opt for some meals in and some out. After getting some essentials at Kroger, we made quick egg bacon and cheese sandwiches on sourdough English muffins! (Thanks, Jim!) We then headed out for the hour-drive to Frankenmuth, MI aka Michigan’s Little Bavaria. We started out in downtown Frankenmuth and sampled coffee from… View Post

Since we arrived at our destination later last night, we decided to play it local today. A certain *little* someone woke up at 6 a.m. (!), so I quickly fed him, then put him back to bed with daddy, where they snuggled for a few more hours. Once everyone was up, we headed to The Breakfast Club in Farmington Hills,… View Post

Charlie didn’t sleep in the hotel’s pack n play. Thankfully, there were two queen-sized beds and so he and I snuggled in together (the beds were one of his favorites of the trip). He woke up bright and early at 6 a.m. (!!!!) – an internal clock that obviously keeps working on vacation. We used this opportunity to feed him… View Post