Sunday, October 14, 2012

Yum! Brain Cupcakes

Our little lady LOVES to watch How to videos! So much that we have an app on mine and my husbands phone where she can and does watch several different "how to" baking videos. She will spend hours watching them if you let her. I don't where she picked up the love of baking from because it surely was not from me! While grocery shopping we saw a spooky brain cupcake kit and of course Belle wanted it. She asked and asked the whole way home if we could make it as soon as we got home and so we did. My husband had the bright idea of making her own how to video and of course her eyes lit up right away. She's only 4 so I had to jump in here and there and feed her some of her lines but overall, for our first "how to" I think she did pretty darn good :) I think we have a chef in the making. Happy Halloween! Hope you enjoy the spookiness!







Thursday, September 27, 2012

Not the baby anymore :(

Sitting here reminiscing today! Where has the time gone?! I remember this day like yesterday. She had to have her purse and high heels even in the rain. She's my lil priss. I don't know where the time went but now my baby girl is going to be a big sis and not the baby anymore :( She's had a long time by herself though sucking up all the attention. She kisses my belly every night before bed  and when I pick her up from school she tells me how much she missed her little sister and they haven't even met yet :) She was such an easy baby. I never had any trouble with her. Of course being a new mommy I was tired and cried on occasion but when I look back and even now she has always been a good little girl and I was just being overdramatic.She woke up one day and started walking on her own and weening her off the bottle was a piece of cake. Once morning I introduced Mr. Sippy cup to her and that was the end of it. She never asked for a bottle again! Potty training was really the only thing that took a little longer for her to figure out but since that accomplishment shes only had 2 accidents in her bed (my fault because I put her to bed without going to the potty first...oops!) I know now to try and not sweat the small stuff and enjoy those sleepless nights because it sure does fly by. She has taught me how to be a better mommy and she will always be mommies firstborn precious angel.

Saturday, September 8, 2012

DIY Craft table

 Well about a month ago my mom called and said she had found a child's table on the side of the road. She knows I love free stuff and I loooove to redo furniture so she brought it to me. Ive been meaning to find myself an old table and do the same for me but I dont want to buy one and Ive had no luck yet getting a free one on the side of the road :/ Haven't really been looking though ;) I was in such a hurry to slap some paint on this that I forgot to get before pics. It started out as an ordinary brown table. The top is particle board and the legs are pure wood. With a little bit of sanding to roughen up the surface and some white paint this is what it turned out to look like.


 
 
I added a paper roll to the side for her art projects using a .97 cent curtain rod from walmart.
 
 
 
This lovely owl stencil was cut out using my Silhouette Cameo :) I love how it turned out. This will be for both of my girls to use for many wonderful crafts to come. Isabelle was so excited and is a very happy lil lady!
 
 
 
 
 

Thursday, August 30, 2012

My favorite things


First day of Pre-k

 Today was my big girls first day of Pre-k! From the moment I woke her up to the last shoe that I put on her sweet little foot, tears were running down my face. She asked my why I was crying and I said because I didn't want her to grow up. To add on to my heartbreak and tears, she said to me in the sweetest little voice, "Don't worry mom because God will protect me right!?" At that point I knew I had to bring myself to stop crying because she knew she was going to be okay and I didn't want to frighten her. I tried to keep her all to myself these past four years and I've had so much fun watching her grow and learn new things. I know this will be good for her and be on the right track for kindergarten. She's just too independent at 4 yrs old and it breaks my heart. I know mommies all around the world go through the same thing and that brings me a little bit of comfort to know I'm not alone :) This is just the beginning of many happy and proud heartbreaks for me but precious milestones for her. I refuse to let her get married!!! ;) I love you my sweet sweet sugar booger!
 
 
 

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Boy Oh Boy I'm glad Im havin another girl

Spent the evening with my little nephew today and let me just say...boys and girls are like night and day! He wore me out! I guess I'm just not use to it. He has soooo much energy I wish I could borrow some. He yelled, he made loud monster sounds, wanted up, wanted down, wiggled and twisted and turned. He was so sweaty and sticky. He picked his nose and whatever he had in his hand automatically became a weapon. He swatted and grunted and wanted to push every button he could find! PHEWW!!!! I'm worn out just on this recap ;0 Dont get me wrong, I love him to pieces and kissed him every second that I could actually get a hold of him but MAN, I am not cut out for that.LOL! I'm use to my little princess. She's dramatic but gentle. She's sassy but sweet and she nurtures all her little baby dolls just like a real momma would. I love to dress her up and play with her hair and paint her nails and teach her how to be crafty. She lets me hold her and sing to her and she grabs my face and tells me that I'm "the best mom EVER!" But...my poor princess gets beat up by all her little boy cousins especially Noah. He will not hesitate to slap her silly if she gets in his way. He's only 1yr so she understands he doesn't quite know what he's doing. I do want a boy  eventually to carry on the last name but boy oh boy right now, I'm glad I'm having a girl. Now I know I'm asking for it because this little girl may turn out to be a rough little tomboy who also picks her nose and grunts like a monster and if that happens I will be okay. I am happy with whatever God gives me but its just amazing, the huge difference between little fellows and little ladies. Its funny because when Belle was little I never had to put anything away that I had on the coffee table because she just wouldnt touch it. No was No and she knew what the consequences were if she did. When I know Noah is on his way we all quickly run around the house frantically hiding EVERYTHING that is at his eye level and within his reach. If its there, he will grab it,smash it, rip it up, chew it and spit it out. It's exhausting! It's a relief to be able to spend time with my little booger and then send him on his way and return all my stuff to its proper place. *SIGH* I love him to the moon and back. He makes me laugh hysterically and I get to experience all the things that little boys do so much differently than little girls. He's my crazy little baby hulk and I  enjoy every minute that I have with him. Despite all the amazing craziness, I wouldnt change it for the world!!!

Saturday, July 21, 2012

Lil Miss or Little Mister?

Today was a good day for our little family. We are 5 months into our pregnancy and decided it would be a fun idea to have a gender reveal party. Really it was all for our sweet little girl Isabelle. When she found out she was having a party she ran up to me and said "Thank you so much for my party mom and I am so happy!" Just to hear her say that made me so happy that we decided to do this. It was such short notice to order a cake so we went with the idea of putting balloons filled with helium into a box. My husband and I decided to go ahead and find out what it was since we had to get the balloons and I wanted to get some good books on being a new big sister. Of course my little lady wanted a sister and honestly I was leaning toward that way as well :) I explained to her about the colors of the balloons and what to expect and she was ready to go. It was time for the big reveal and with all her might she ripped the box open and out floated 6 pink balloons!!!! The look on her face was priceless and I was fighting back tears of joy. We were surrounded by loved ones and I couldn't have asked for anything more. It was one of the best days EVER!!!




Here are the 3 books I bought for my girl. Now she will definitely be an expert on being a big sis ;)

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Memorial Day Fun

We had a pretty fantastic Memorial Day weekend. By the grace of God, I managed to wake up feeling pretty good. We started the day with breakfast cooked by daddy and then it was clean up time. My floors were in need of some serious mopping. I dont know about all you other mommies out there but I try and I LOVE to come home to a fresh clean pinesol smellin house. Now I know it can't happen all the time but I try my best ;0 My friends keep telling me this is something that I have to let go of, especially with 2 kiddos. It's a work in progress! I am trying to be OK with messy (fyi...it's so hard!) I wonder if there are any other mommies out there with more than one child who share my OCD!? Anyway, enough of my rant. After my house was clean :) we headed to my in-laws house for a wonderfully delicious dinner. We visited for a while and then it was POOL TIME! Isabelle had been looking forward to this day since the pool closed last fall. I didn't join daddy and Belle this time, instead I stayed on the sidelines and took photos and enjoyed watching my girl have a good time with her papa bear. I just love little daddy's girls. I know she feels so safe in his arms. She thought she was such a brave girl swimming all over the pool by herself with her floaties...that is until daddy tried to teach her how to dunk her head under water :/ Oh those daddy's can be so rough sometimes. She learned how to hold her breath under water though. It was time for the pool to close so we headed home and ended the night with a nice warm tubby (bath) and snuggled in bed with popcorn and a movie. It was the perfect end to a perfect day...until...my nausea decided to rear its ugly head at 11p.m :) Oh the joys of pregnancy!!! Here are some of the sweetest photos from our pool adventures.


Friday, May 18, 2012

And then there were TWO...

I finally decided it was time to get myself one of these here blogs that every other mommy I know has. I'm a bit computer challenged so It took me a while to  find the time and energy to set one up. My husband and I recently found out we are expecting another child and we are super excited!!! Our 4 year old Isabelle was quite shocked and amazed that I could let anyone else grow inside me besides her :) I am about 12 weeks along and sicker than a dog. This pregnancy is far worse than the first one and I feel like I'm going to die! jk! It is pretty intense though. I'm looking forward to the morning that I wake up with no nausea, I'm not sure I will know how to react though. Well with all that to say my husband and I are looking forward to the sweet chaos to come and couldn't be happier. Isabelle is pretty stoked. Here she is holding a sono of her sweet little brother or sister (if she doesn't get a sister she will for sure have a meltdown!).